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“Ahoy mateys! Are you ready to swim?” Mayor Linda Gorton asked Friday afternoon as a crowd of children waited to give the new feature, dubbed Paradise Lagoon, a try for the first time.

Paradise Lagoon replaces the old pirate ship feature, which was removed in 2021, after more than 20 years at Woodland Park, because corrosion made it no longer seaworthy. Gorton said it was sad when the pirate ship, known as the U.S.S. Woodland, “was lost in the briny deep.” The new play structure at Woodland Aquatic Center opened Friday, May 26th.

Watch video of the unveiling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNj_V...

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Here's what you need to know about the Kentucky Derby:

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Deviled eggs and Kentucky Derby go hand-in-hand. Here's how to make them. #deviledeggs #kentuckyderby #recipe

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Kentucky U.S. representative Morgan McGarvey calls for federal gun reform laws in the wake of the Louisville mass shooting that took five lives at Old National Bank. #news #louisville #kentucky #gunreform

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Louisville Police released bodycam footage from the first two responding officers to Old National Bank mass shooting that killed six people, including the shooter. The suspect, police said, was waiting near the bank entrance to “ambush” officers. #news #bodycamfootage #kentucky

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University of Louisville chief medical officer speaks abouttrearing the victims of the April 10 mass shooting at Old National Bank in Louosville. #news #louisville #kentucky

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Get ahead of the Derby this year by learning to make a #MintJulep early by watching this short!

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Linda Gorton, a registered nurse and former vice mayor, became the second mayor in 20 years to be elected to a second term in Kentucky’s second-largest city. Linda won with 71% of the vote Tuesday, easily besting challenger David Kloiber, a first-term Lexington-Fayette Urban County Councilman, investor and head of his family foundation. Kloiber received 29%. | Photo by Marcus Dorsey / Lexington Herald-Leader

Read more at: www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/election…

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President ‪@JoeBiden‬ and First Lady Jill Biden landed at Lexington’s Blue Grass Airport Monday morning, Aug. 8, 2022, to begin their tour of Kentucky after historic flooding caused catastrophic damage and dozens of deaths in parts of Eastern Kentucky.

Read more at: www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article2…

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