Trading places in Hazard

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A restaurant owner from Sunnyvale, Calif., traded places with a woman from Hazard for the Dr. Oz Show, reports the San Jose Mercury News. The owner of Sunnyvale's Country Gourmet American Bistro, Julia Blom, spent the day at France's Diner, in Hazard."It was hard for me being a health-conscious mom to serve Dr. Pepper to a 3-year-old," she said as she saw how different dining was in Kentucky. According to the news report, the abundance of trees and scenery made an impression on Blom, but the camera crew was not interested in highlighting that aspect of Hazard.Producers of the show wanted to compare the happiest place to live in America to one of the unhappiest places based on some recent surveys.

The Washington Post visits a company in Louisville to report on employment trends.Tom Hudson's manufacturing company, Nth/works, produces dishwasher doors and refrigerator hinges for appliance manufacturers. Because the appliance industry depends on housing starts, the employment situation has been slow to restart at Nth/works, where almost half of the workers had been laid-off.

Loretta Lynn spoke with Robin Roberts of ABC's Good Morning, America. Lynn discusses her granddaughter musician Tayla Lynn and what it takes to survive the music business. Last year, in a profile by the Pittsburg Tribune Review, she discusses Tayla.

The sculptor of Lexington's Flying Horse of Gansu statue has created another work of horse art for Western New Mexico University in Silver City, N.M. The Silver City Sun-News reports on the donation of the sculpture of a wild mustang by Huo Bao Zhu to the university in appreciation of its exchange program with China. The art will be cast at Huo's foundry in China and will be installed next summer.The donation is part of Huo's goal to donate 48 art pieces to various institutions across the United States. His project began after he was diagnosed with leukemia in 2003, at the age of 48, and received what he called, "a second life," at the UK's Markey Cancer Center. The Herald-Leader reported on damage to the Lexington statue in 2007.