Off the Beaten Path with Sam Dick

Sam Dick goes off the beaten path to meet Dale Morgan, an athlete turned financial literacy teacher.

Sam Dick went off the beaten path to visit Trooper Island along the Kentucky-Tennessee border.

Sam Dick goes off the beaten path to meet Sarah Lister, who has delivered hundreds of care baskets to blood cancer patients.

Sam Dick goes off the beaten path to profile Walter Tunis, longtime music critic for the Lexington Herald Leader.

<p>On a Sunday morning, churchgoers park along a gravel driveway at a Harrison County farm. Some carry coolers and food into a red and white barn. Farm owners Kassie and Jason Bennett greet the families with hugs and...

<p>A steady clicking noise pulsates every second inside the milking shed on a dairy farm in East Bernstadt.</p><p>Third-generation dairy farmer Ronnie Patton has attached milkers to three dairy cows lined up...

<p>Four years ago, Christmas changed Pat O’ Neal’s life.</p><p>Her granddaughter, Jessica Duerr, gave O’Neal a gift that would bring her fans from around the world. Jessica decided her grandmother needed a new project...

<p>A loud thud echoes as Brian Hovis strikes a croquet ball with his mallet. The 51-year-old is practicing his croquet swing on the lawn at his home in Lawrence County.</p><p>I ask. “Do you ever get any strange looks...

Paulette Baker and her twin sister are the activity directors(Submitted / Annette Dence and Paulette Baker)<p>Their smiles and infectious personalities times two pervade Providence Nursing Home on Versailles Road in...

Ronnie McWhorter keeps a journal about all the dough bowls he makes(Sam Dick / WEKU )<p>Walking into the Madison County home of Ronnie McWhorter you are surrounded by examples of his woodworking craft. More than a dozen...

The 300-400 page books are full of family history’s and photos from generations ago(Sam Dick / WEKU)<p>At the old, former train depot on Main Street in the town of Pleasureville sounds of construction come from inside...

Pope Francis makes Father Jim Sichko a Missionary of Mercy(Jim Sichko / Submitted )<p>Even as a young boy growing up in a small Texas town, Father Jim Sichko knew exactly what he wanted to do later in life.</p><p>“I...

Whitney uses the “Grappler” to pickup litter(Sam Dick / WEKU )<p>Whitney Lewis slowly makes her way through some brambles near the Kentucky River in Jessamine County and aims her litter pickup tool called a Grappler for...

New Scout Executive Jessica Moses of the Blue Grass Council(Sam Dick / WEKU)<p>A Winter breeze sweeps across a 17-acre lake at the Scout’s Camp McKee in Montgomery County. It’s peaceful and quiet except for the...

Buckshot’s grandparents started a grocery store in 1970 in Bagdad(Sam Dick / WEKU )<p>Passing through the Shelby County town of Bagdad, you come upon a two-story, century-old brick building. The large, light green...