Gendek said another basketball tournament is coming to the convention center in December. The new flooring at the convention center is also letting it host a Battle of the Blue Bridge basketball tournament on July 9-10. We'll have welcoming ceremonies and a parade at Friday After 5."
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We have back-to-back world series in softball and baseball. One major thing that draws visitors to the city is tournaments.Ĭhris Gendek, destination development and sports management director for the CVB, said, "This July is really busy.
Sarah Haynes, the CVB's destination sales and service manager, said, "We're trying to incorporate the boats into more things in the city." The passengers already visit the Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, Green River Distilling and the Western Kentucky Botanical Garden. 9.Įach will bring between 150 and 400 passengers from as far away as California, Delaware, Massachusetts, Michigan and Minnesota to town, Calitri said. He said he's also looking four "brand new bluegrass events" in addition to what's already here.Īmerican Queen Voyages' American Queen, American Duchess and American Countess paddlewheelers are scheduled to stop at English Park 14 times this year by Nov. The more societies that visit, the more tourism dollars the city will attract, Calitri said. Louis to get them to take a road trip to the Green River Distilling Co. One will be in connection with the International Bar-B-Q Festival in May and the other involves working with bourbon societies in cities like Nashville and St. The CVB has a strong focus on bluegrass and bourbon.Ĭalitri said he's working on two bourbon-themed events for 2023. The more things we have going on that weekend, the more people we can expect to come." Previous events have seen geocachers from Germany, Egypt, New Zealand and Canada.Ĭalitri said, "I'm talking with Tim Ross, the city's public events director, about creating more events around it if we get it. Owensboro is a finalist for GeoWoodstock XX, the world's largest geocaching festival, which will be on Memorial Day in 2023.Ĭalitri said the event could bring 5,000 to 7,000 geocaching enthusiasts to town from all 50 states and more than 30 countries. I kept it, I guess, because I was just a little bit proud that a guy like that hated me.Hundreds of people from across the region lined Veterans Boulevard to see the vehicles and drivers.Ĭalitri wants to bring the race back to town in 2023.Īnd he's hoping to find out soon if that can be arranged. I found it the other day, when I was cleaning out a desk drawer. Lawrence and if you hear footsteps behind you in a dark parking lot, pray it's a white guy! I will pray he's black!" He used what we call the "n-word" in just about every sentence, advocated more public hangings and concluded, "You take care Mr. He was vexed that I had written an article that basically said we didn't need the Klan in Owensboro and we were fortunate that it wasn't here. "I read our ramblings when I resided in Owensboro," he continued. It was from a former Owensboroan, who was living in Indiana. The only piece of hate mail I ever kept is dated Aug. I read his obit one day and thought, "Now, you'll find out if Jesus was Jew."
He kept sending me pamphlets and other "proof" that Jesus was Aryan. I had written something that said "Jesus was a Jew." There was a guy years ago who hated Jews.
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