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Hobby Day will boost productivity, fun for all ages
By Angela Oliver, Messenger-Inquirer
When Todd Reynolds, an educator at the Owensboro Area Museum of Science and History, surfed the Internet a few weeks ago, he found that January is National Hobby Month.
“I just thought it was too cool to pass up, so I called around and arranged Hobby Day for the museum,” he said.
Hobby Day is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the science museum, 122 E. Second St. Admission is $3, or free for members.
And Reynolds said he hopes it will be the first of many.
“I’d like to grow this to an annual event,” he said. “People will always need new ways to have fun.”
Hobby Day will feature several booths with local people demonstrating their craft. They include stamp collections, model trains,
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beekeeping, doll-making, photography and bicycling. Also, the Kentucky RC Airplane Club will have a simulation booth.
“People can come in and freely walk around to see what interests them,” Reynolds said. “No one is going to try to sell you anything. They simply show off their hobbies and tell you what to expect if you want to start.”
Reynolds said as he surfed the Web that day, he connected the word “hobby” to a conversation with his father, who died in the late 1990s.
“He was about to retire, and he confided in me that he was afraid of that because he had no hobbies,” he said. “I know kids are usually our biggest audience, but I hope people like my father will come and find things to occupy their time. I want this to be for everybody.”
Angela Oliver, 691-7360, aoliver@messenger-inquirer.com
“I just thought it was too cool to pass up, so I called around and arranged Hobby Day for the museum,” he said.
Hobby Day is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the science museum, 122 E. Second St. Admission is $3, or free for members.
And Reynolds said he hopes it will be the first of many.
Hobby Day will feature several booths with local people demonstrating their craft. They include stamp collections, model trains,
see day/page B4
beekeeping, doll-making, photography and bicycling. Also, the Kentucky RC Airplane Club will have a simulation booth.
“People can come in and freely walk around to see what interests them,” Reynolds said. “No one is going to try to sell you anything. They simply show off their hobbies and tell you what to expect if you want to start.”
Reynolds said as he surfed the Web that day, he connected the word “hobby” to a conversation with his father, who died in the late 1990s.
“He was about to retire, and he confided in me that he was afraid of that because he had no hobbies,” he said. “I know kids are usually our biggest audience, but I hope people like my father will come and find things to occupy their time. I want this to be for everybody.”
Angela Oliver, 691-7360, aoliver@messenger-inquirer.com
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