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Staycation – Elk Country Visitors Center – 8/30/24

It’s “Staycation Destinations” on Family Life Keystone Elk Country Visitors Center – the PA Wilds North Central Pennsylvania is gearing up for a massive influx of tourism, as we move past Labor Day Weekend. The Elk Country Visitors Center at Benezette, Pennsylvania, sees 400,000 guests annually. Add in the people who go elk watching each …

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Aug 30, 2024 4:20 PM

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Staycation – Elk Country – Bonus Content

Staycation – Elk Country – Bonus Content Pennsylvania Elk Country Educator Ben Porkolab is featured on this week’s Family Life “Staycation Destinations”. You can hear that primary feature here from FamilyLife.org/newspodcasts. He also wanted to add some advice for those who go to the Elk Country Visitors Center, any of the nearby national …

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Aug 30, 2024 4:18 PM

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Staycation – Niagara Power Vista – 8/23/24

It’s “Staycation Destinations” from Family Life The beauty and majestic power of Niagara Falls draws tourists from all across the region and all across the world. The power of those millions of gallons of water has powered the generation of electricity which now accounts for all the electrical power used in New York State. The …

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Aug 23, 2024 4:12 PM

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Staycation – Drake Well Museum & Park – Titusville – 8/16/24

It’s “Staycation Destinations” on Family Life The last week of August marks the anniversary of a milestone that transformed northwest Pennsylvania — and transformed the world. It was 1859, when “Colonel” Edwin Drake struck oil at his new well south of Titusville. As he and his team developed the infrastructure to drill, store and transport …

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Aug 16, 2024 4:20 PM

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Staycation Bonus Content – Drake Well & Pithole City – 8/16/24

This week’s “Staycation Destinations” feature took you on a radio tour of Edwin Drake’s Well #1. It essentially became the birthplace of the modern petroleum industry. The Drake Well Museum and Park, with its indoor and outdoor exhibits, tells of this history. In this additional interview segment, Emily Weaver of the Friends of Drake Well …

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Aug 16, 2024 4:18 PM

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Staycation – Theodore Roosevelt Historical Site – 8/09/24

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Aug 9, 2024 4:20 PM

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Staycation: Coudersport Ice Mine – Gary Buchsen – 8/02/24

It’s “Staycation Desinations” on Family Life This week, a visit to a unique phenomenon of nature, in North Central Pennsylvania. The Coudersport Ice Mine has been a longtime attraction for locals and out-of-town visitors. After being closed for a number of years, Gary Buchsen (the father) reopened the Ice Mine ten years ago. Between Memorial …

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Aug 2, 2024 4:21 PM

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Staycation: The Jello Gallery & Museum – 7/26/24

The JELL-O Gallery – Le Roy NY It’s “Staycation Destinations” on Family Life The hometown of Jell-O brand gelatin continues to celebrate the century-plus of fun, wiggly food. The Le Roy Historical Society intentionally chose a more-fitting name for its museum — this is an art gallery. As you’ll hear in this podcast, some of …

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Jul 26, 2024 4:21 PM

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Staycation – PA Trolley Museum – 7/19/24

It’s Staycation Destinations on Family Life We take a Trolley to this week’s Staycation Destination. The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum offers a ride into pre-automobile history. Most people think of the Land of Make-Believe in Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood when they think of trolleys. However, the electrified mode of transportation was real-world big business, shaped the development …

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Jul 19, 2024 4:22 PM

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Staycation – PA Trolley Museum – Bonus Content

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Jul 19, 2024 4:18 PM

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Staycation: “All Things Oz” Museum – Allison Lehr – 7/12/24

Family Life’s “Staycation Destinations” this week takes you to Somewhere Over the Rainbow!…. L. Frank Baum’s hometown — Chittenango, New York — has a claim to fame that draws together everyone from cowardly lions to scarecrows to tin men…. and your little dog too. Baum wrote the book that inspired the 1939 Judy Garland movie …

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Jul 12, 2024 4:20 PM

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National Soaring Museum – Elmira NY – Staycation Destinations – 7/05/24

National Soaring Museum – Elmira NY – Staycation Destinations The Soaring Museum is an interesting placed to visit any time, but the week ahead (July 6-13) has a unique event while comes to our listening area only once every four years. Some two dozen motorless aircraft “descend” on Elmira, New York for the International …

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Jul 5, 2024 4:20 PM

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Staycation – Hanford Mills Museum NY – 6/28/24

It’s “Staycation Destinations” on Family Life “Staycation Destinations” takes you to a museum which celebrates how a water-powered sawmill fostered a transformation of America. The Hanford Mills Museum in Delaware County New York displays a still-operating waterwheel that powered the mill’s equipment. Education Coordinator Ryan Jones tells us about how economic, geographic and social history …

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Jun 28, 2024 4:20 PM

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Staycation Destinations – National Women’s Hall of Fame – 6/21/24

It’s “Staycation Destinations” on Family Life We begin the Summer 2024 tour of Pennsylvania and New York in the Finger Lakes region, celebrating 300+ people who transformed medicine, culture, sports, politics, the arts and so much more. Every one of these special people — a woman. The National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls …

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Jun 21, 2024 4:20 PM

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Staycation Destinations – Noon Report Special – Labor Day 2023

It’s “Staycation Destinations” on Family Life! This special edition of the Family Life Noon Report offers a radio version of our “vacation slideshow” from Summer 2023. This half-hour special recaps our Staycation Destination interviews from the past few months. Hear these stories, about the women who launched a cultural movement from an upstate New York …

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Sep 4, 2023 4:30 PM

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Staycation Destinations – a Labor Day Weekend Special

It’s “Staycation Destinations” on Family Life! Each Friday afternoon, our Noon Report took you to a unique location in the Family Life listening area. Our goals were to find a variety of places which connect with a variety of interests, fairly close to home, and fairly affordable — whether for a day trip or a …

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Sep 4, 2023 9:55 AM

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Staycation – Museum of Play – Rochester – 09/01/23

“Staycation Destinations” on Family Life The Strong Museum of Play opened a generation ago (in 1982) and unites multiple generations with the delights– and the necessity! — of play. Rochester native Margaret Woodbury Strong (starting in her childhood) became a prolific collector of dolls, toys and many other household items. Her legacy now brings hundreds …

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Sep 1, 2023 4:30 PM

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Staycation – Presque Isle PA – 08/25/23

“Staycation Destinations” on Family Life Presque Isle extends about five miles into Lake Erie, giving northwest Pennsylvanians — and visitors from a wide range of the region — a combination of lake front beaches, walking trails, natural settings and so much more. Visitors can enjoy picnicking, swimming, wildlife watching, and rentals of kayaks and paddleboards …

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Aug 25, 2023 4:36 PM

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Staycation – Griffis Sculpture Park – 08/18/23

It’s “Staycation Destinations” on Family Life A World War II soldier carried art supplies with him onto battlefields. When he could, he painted to find balance amid the violence around him. After his return home in western New York, Larry Griffis Jr. felt a tug between his budding career running a family business, and fulfilling …

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Aug 18, 2023 4:30 PM

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Staycation at Watkins Glen – Racing Research Center – 08/14/23

Tens of thousands of stock car racing fans decend on Watkins Glen in New York’s Twin Tiers each August. That happens this weekend (August 18-20, 2023). Whether you are going to be among that throng, or if you live in or plan to visit the area other times of the year, the International Motor Racing …

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Aug 14, 2023 4:30 PM

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Staycation Destinations – Buffalo Pierce Arrow Museum – 08/11/23

Family Life’s “Staycation Destinations” The Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum owns one million pieces of memorabilia, from small automotive mementos to classic cars, carriages, motorcycles and bicycles. Co-founder Jim Sandoro talks not only about the current exhibits at the museum, but also how a prosperous city became home to the manufacturers of — and consumers for …

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Aug 11, 2023 4:30 PM

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Staycation – Buhl Park – America’s Only Free Golf Course – 08/04/23

Family Life’s “Staycation Destinations” A western Pennsylvania golf course has been open for 110 years, but in all that time, it hasn’t brought in a dime in green fees. The founder of Buhl Park in the Sharon/Hermitage area thought that the sport of golf taught so many life lessons, he wanted a place where the …

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Aug 4, 2023 4:30 PM

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Staycation – Ska-Nonh “Great Law of Peace” Center – Liverpool NY – 07/28/23

Family Life’s “Staycation Destinations” for Summer 2023 “Ska-Nonh” translates into English, roughly, as “peace and wellness” or “I am glad it is well with you.” That Native American vocabulary — and philosophy — gave the name to the Ska-nonh Great Law of Peace Center along the shore of Onandaga Lake in central New York. The …

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Jul 28, 2023 4:30 PM

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Staycation – Women’s Rights National Historical Park – Rebecca Weaver – 07/21/23

Family Life’s “Staycation Destinations” for Summer 2023 Tucked into the Finger Lakes region of New York is the Women’s Rights National Historical Park. It’s so appropriate that this launching point of a major movement in American culture is this week’s “Staycation Destination”, because this week is the 175th anniversary which made Seneca Falls a historic …

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Jul 21, 2023 4:30 PM

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Staycation – Gettysburg Beyond the Battle Museum – 07/14/23

Staycation Destinations for Summer 2023 Untold hundreds of battles littered the nation when the American Civil War decimated this nation. Yet one which happened July 1-3, 1863, has become etched in U.S. history, in part because of of the two-minute, 272-word address President Abraham Lincoln would deliver to commemorate the war dead at …

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Jul 14, 2023 4:30 PM

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Staycation – Elk Country Visitors Center – 8/30/24

Staycation – Elk Country – Bonus Content

Staycation – Niagara Power Vista – 8/23/24

Staycation – Drake Well Museum & Park – Titusville – 8/16/24

Staycation Bonus Content – Drake Well & Pithole City – 8/16/24

Staycation: Coudersport Ice Mine – Gary Buchsen – 8/02/24

Staycation: The Jello Gallery & Museum – 7/26/24

Staycation – PA Trolley Museum – 7/19/24

Staycation – PA Trolley Museum – Bonus Content

Staycation: “All Things Oz” Museum – Allison Lehr – 7/12/24

National Soaring Museum – Elmira NY – Staycation Destinations – 7/05/24

Staycation – Hanford Mills Museum NY – 6/28/24

Staycation Destinations – National Women’s Hall of Fame – 6/21/24

Staycation Destinations – Noon Report Special – Labor Day 2023

Staycation Destinations – a Labor Day Weekend Special

Staycation – Museum of Play – Rochester – 09/01/23

Staycation – Presque Isle PA – 08/25/23

Staycation – Griffis Sculpture Park – 08/18/23

Staycation at Watkins Glen – Racing Research Center – 08/14/23

Staycation Destinations – Buffalo Pierce Arrow Museum – 08/11/23

Staycation – Buhl Park – America’s Only Free Golf Course – 08/04/23

Staycation – Ska-Nonh “Great Law of Peace” Center – Liverpool NY – 07/28/23

Staycation – Women’s Rights National Historical Park – Rebecca Weaver – 07/21/23

Staycation – Gettysburg Beyond the Battle Museum – 07/14/23

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