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ACTIVE RECREATION AND THE OUTDOORS Getting ii 7 the return A I Astronomy Day is set at Falls of the Ohio TOMORROW is Astronomy Day, and the place to celebrate the national event in the Louisville area this year is the Falls of the Ohio State Park in Clarksville, Ind. The University of Louisville Rauch Planetarium, the Louisville Astronomical Society and Wheeler Elementary School will contribute to events from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Falls of the Ohio Interpretive Center, 201 W. Riverside Drive.

What can you expect? foStJ-' 'T mJ? KT" C.J A i 1 AJL 111 lift There's metnod to this mmadiiess hour telescopes with solar niters set up outside tor viewing the sun and sunspot activity. Exhibits in the lobby, including an impressive display of meteor pieces, various telescopes and resource materials on exploring astronomy. Discussion of plans for the new planetarium that will replace Rauch. Guest speakers making introductory astronomy presentations in the auditorium at 12:30, 2 and 3:30 p.m. Children's activities, such as making pin-hole constellation charts.

There also will be storytelling, creative movement and sculpture-making each with an astronomical theme. The Wheeler By JEFFREY LEE PUCKETT The Courier-Journal LINDA STAHL NDY RICH and Mark Brickey anguished over I last year's inau Elementary rine Arts Club will be in charge. Walk, run for some good causes Lanesville (Ind.) Police Department is sponsoring a bike ride and five-kilometer runwalk in Southern Indiana tomorrow morning to raise money for Kosair Charities. You can register starting at 7 a.m. at Lanesville High School.

The runwalk begins at 8. There is no fee, but you are asked to bring pledges to Kosair Charities. The bike ride begins at 8:30. You can ride 15 miles or 40 miles. The fee is $10 for the 15-mile tour and $15 for the 40-mile tour.

Riders are invited to collect pledges too. At 10 a.m. there will be a bicycling safety clinic for children, Lanesville High, 2725 Crestview can be reached from Louisville via Interstate 64 west to Lanesville's Exit 113. Turn left at the end of the ramp and follow Lanesville-Crandall Road about two miles to Ind. 62.

Turn left again and look for signs to the event. For the second year, Ministries United South Central Louisville will hold a five-kilometer runwalk that starts at 9 a.m. tomorrow at St. Rita's Catholic Church, 8709 Preston Highway. The entry fee is $12 or bring $50 in pledges and the entry fee will be waived.

Registration begins at 8:30. MUSCL, an interdenominational coalition of 25 churches, is using the road race as a fund-raiser and to increase awareness of its mission, which is to help low-income people living in ZIP codes 40213, 40217, 40219 and 40229. 1 jf you go-. to consider, as in bad weather. He's been asked about rain more often than WAVE-TV weatherman John Belski.

"I have two standardized responses," said Rich. It rained at Woodstock. What if it doesn't rain? Besides, we've worked too hard for it to rain." KrazyFest is the live-action version of Initial Records, the company that Rich owns and Brickey co-manages. It's the home of several KrazyFest acts and also a major international distributor of punk and hardcore music. Given that, it's significant that KrazyFest and the city of Louisville have been cooperating; there's a long history of Us vs.

Them when it comes to punk rock kids and authority, but KrazyFest may represent a turning point. Last year's KrazyFest was held at the Thunderdome, a large concert hall and nightclub that has since closed. Alternate indoor venues were either too small, Rich said, or unwilling to work with KrazyFest. Enter the Louisville Music Industry Alliance (LMIA) and its executive director, James Worth. LMIA was formed to promote Louisville as a musical force along the lines of Nashville, and KrazyFest was a perfect fit for its agenda, Worth said.

LMIA acted as liaison between KrazyFest and the city, working out obstacles such as permits, insurance and security. "People wrote them off as a bunch of skateboard kids who were trying to act professional but they are professionals," said Worth, who found the mayor's office receptive, if not eager, to make a deal. "We have a non-alcoholic event that kids want to go to we're not twisting their arms and it's a lot better than hanging out on Bardstown Road," said Worth, who believes that KrazyFest could one day draw 25,000. "We hope this year opens the eyes of a lot of people." Perhaps unavoidably, some KrazyFest fans have questioned any alliance with the enemy. "Even though the punk thing is to be an outsider, it really is cool to feel like a part of your community," said Brickey, 24.

"I know that sounds lame from the caol-kid perspective, but it really does feel good," Louisville suddenly finds itself tripping over outdoor events. Two concert series will be staged this summer Rockin' at Riverpoints, Friday nights on the Great Lawn at Waterfront Park; and Louisville City Stage, Saturdays on the Belvedere. KrazyFest's opening night will compete sort of with tonight's Rockin' At Riverpoints' 10,000 Maniacs concert; the crowds are so different for each event that it's almost inconceivable they would overlap. "They have a beer-drinking crowd that just worked 40 hours and wants free music and some Polish sausage," Brickey said. Add a bunch of 18-year-olds from Michigan who want to hear a little punk rock and you get a Friday night in downtown Louisville that's more alive than it has been in years.

"I think it's a good thing" to have options, Rich said. "It shows people how much there is to do in this city." I gural KrazyFest, a three-day hoedown of punk rock and tattooed love boys in Elvis jumpsuits. Would anyone come? (Yes, 4,500.) Would they have fun? (Oh yes, to such a degree that music fanzines and Web sites nationwide lauded the festival as a major event.) Would anything blow up? (Unfortunately, yes, as a lightning strike took out a transformer and effectively canceled the last few bands.) And would there be a Son of KrazyFest? The answer is this weekend's festival 28 bands performing tonight, tomorrow and Sunday on the Belvedere in downtown Louisville. For the moment, at least, Louisville is the nation's punk-rock capital for a crowd that could conceivably top 6,000 if the weather cooperates. People are traveling from as far away as Italy to hear bands such as Sick of It All, Shipping News, Jimmy Eat World, Elliott, Snapcase and Brickey's band, the Enkindels; restaurants are stocking up on vegetarian food; the downtown Holiday Inn (dubbed the Hardcore Hotel) has been sold out for weeks; and record stores that cater to the genre are gearing up for huge sales.

While moving outdoors has an enormous upside Rich cited more room, comfort, the chance to dangle your feet in the nutrient-rich waters of the Ohio River there is also weather i inu ntno Tv-. Lrr i I X- I 1 f.v Learn to recognize Kentucky wildflowers Jack Still, an educator for the Louisville Nature Center, will do a slide show on native Kentucky wild-flowers at 9 a.m. tomorrow at Locust Grove Historic Home and then lead a short hike through the Locust Grove Woods. After the hike, light refreshments will be served and there will be a tour of the historic home. The event, which is scheduled to conclude at noon, is $20 per person, with proceeds benefiting Locust Grove and the Louisville Nature Center.

For a reservation, call (502) 897-9845. Canoe demonstration On Tuesday from 3 to 8 p.m., Quest Outdoors and Mad River Canoes will sponsor an annual canoeing demonstration. This year the location is Long Run Park. There is no fee and no reservations are required. You can try out some of the newest canoes by Mad River Canoes and talk to an American Canoe Association-certified instructor.

If you think you like paddling, drop by the park, which is on Flat Rock Road in eastern Jefferson County near the Oldham County line. For more information, call Quest Outdoors at (502) 893-5746. Here's the complete KrazyFest schedule. A fresh band will be onstage every 30 to 40 minutes beginning shortly after the gates open. Downtime between sets will be devoted to such things as karaoke, a Mr.

KrazyFest competition and a bad tattoo contest. Tickets are $10 for Friday, $14 for Saturday and $12 for Sunday. A three-day pass is $30. Get tickets on-site, at ear X-tacy, Ground Zero or Better Days record stores, or by phone at (502) 499-PUNK. Friday Gaies open at 6 p.m.; Out, Kill Your Idols, Saves the Day, the Enkindels, Get Up Kids, H20.

Saturday Gates open at 11 a.m.; Burn It Down, Buried Alive, Fastbreak, Silent Majority, My Own Victim, Cave In, Shai Hulud, Zao, Jejune, Braid, Ink and Dagger, Snapcase, Sick of It All. Sunday Gates open at 11 a.m.; Red Sun, Victory at Sea, Le Shok, Jazz June, Sarge, Metroschifter, Shipping News, Elliott, Jimmy Eat World. I BY STEWART BOWMAN, THfc COUHILF1-JOURNAL A mayapple blossom hangs under the plant's foliage. Call Linda! Linda Stahl's column appears in Weekend EXTRA Call her at (502) 582-4666 or send a fax to (502) 582-7080. May 21 1 999 Weekend EXTRA Page 1 3 Page 12 The Courier-Journal Weekend EXTRA May 21 1999.