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Photo by TIMOTHY WYATT This year’s Kayaking for Kids event raised $22,000, which was a new personal record. The proceeds were given out last week, with each school’s family resource center in the county receiving $2,500 each. Pleasant View Elementary was presented with their...

Photo by TIMOTHY WYATT On the water: More than 75 participants took to the Cumberland River this past weekend for the seventh annual Kayaking for Kids event, raising more than $21,000 for community organizations and local school resource centers. In the kayak division, Damon...

Organizers of a local boating race are hoping to generate more than $20,000 to help local schools and children’s programs this weekend. The seventh annual Kayaking for Kids race will take place on Saturday, Aug. 5. Registration starts at the Whitley County Fairgrounds at 8 a.m....

We are about one month away from the Sixth Annual Kayaking for Kids event, sponsored by Whitley County Tourism and the Whitley County Fiscal Court. This year’s race is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6, at the Whitley County Fairgrounds, and registration is now underway.

Nearly 100 people turned out Saturday at the Ballard Ford East river access point for a morning of kayaking and raising money to help local children as part of the annual Kayaking for Kids race. “This is my favorite project that I have ever been a part of as Whitley Coun...

A local boating race that has generated thousands of dollars to help local schools and children’s programs in recent years is returning Saturday. The Fifth Annual Kayaking for Kids race will take place on Aug. 7. Registration starts at 8 a.m., and the race will begin at 10 a.m....

Despite COVID-19, the Whitley County Fiscal Court and the Whitley County Tourism Commission still plan to hold the annual Kayaking for Kids kayaking and Jon Boat race this year. Suffice it to say though that it will look a little different this year than it has in past years...

Some local elementary schools and Upward basketball programs received money last week thanks to a recent kayaking and jon boat race near Williamsburg. August’s Third Annual Kayaking for Kids race generated a little over $15,090, and last week those proceeds were distributed to...

Some local elementary schools and Upward basketball programs received money last week thanks to a recent kayaking and jon boat race near Williamsburg. August’s Second Annual Kayaking for Kids race generated a little over $6,400, and last week those proceeds were distributed to...

Whitley County’s Second Annual Kayaking for Kids Kayak Race Saturday featured nearly four times as many participants and raised more than twice as much money for charity as did last year’s race. This year’s race had 98 participants, featured 71 kayaks or jon boats and raised...