Jon Prell

Matt Eckert, who has been at Holiday World and Splashin' Safari since 2000, was named as the new president of the iconic park in Santa Claus, Indiana. The park has been owned and operated by the Koch family since it opened on August 3, 1946 as Santa Claus Land and has grown to be one of the top amusement and waterparks in the country. Holiday World is also home to The Voyage roller coaster, which as of last year, was the number one rated wooden roller coaster in the world. The park is also home to the The Legend and The Raven roller coasters.

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If you have flown at all over the last few years, you are very familiar with the announcement about turning off your electronic devices to prepare for departure or landing. Actor Alec Baldwin created quite a scene a while back while on a plane when he refused to stop playing 'Words with Friends' on his smartphone. They say the devices could interfere with the planes instruments during takeoff and landing. Turns out, that is not entirely true. In fact, not true at all.

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We have all heard about the dangers of texting while driving and how those types of accidents are on the rise. There have also been reports about the dangers of eating while driving. A new study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention says that drowsy driving could be the most dangerous habits for motorists and some don't even realize they are doing it, which is the really scary part of this.

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It happens every year, you get that one gift that while you appreciated the gesture, just doesn't work for you for whatever reason. You can talk about something not fitting, being the wrong style, but the main reason it probably won't work for you is because you just don't like it. But what do you do with it?

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Trust is a really big deal. Some people trust too much and others don't trust as much as they should. There are some people who simply don't trust anybody. Maybe you have been told to be more trusting of other people. No matter how you slice it, putting total faith and trust in someone else can be hard in today's world.

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I have never been one for making New Year's resolutions for a lot of reasons, but I do try and focus on something every year. Like everyone else, I get caught up in other minutia and my resolutions just kind of fly out the window. It dawned on me, over the weekend, that maybe doing less is the ticket this year.

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Patti Page, legendary pop and country star has died at the age of 85 in a Southern California nursing home. Page sold more than 100 million records over her incredible career. Her most notable records were 'The Tennessee Waltz' and 'How Much Is That Doggie in the Window'. Page charted more than 81 pop hits between 1948-68, but her sound was as much appealing to country audiences as pop audiences.

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It was bound to happen at some point in time. If you have been to a movie at any Showplace Cinema in Evansville, Newburgh or Henderson recently, you have seen the on-screen warning about cell phone use in the auditorium. It is strictly prohibited, as it should be. There is always that one person that is Facebooking and Tweeting right through the previews. It so unbelievably rude and annoying!

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We live in an app world anymore, don't we? Everyday it seems there is a new app for something and as the technology improves, which it does about every five minutes, there will be more and better apps doing more amazing things that will allow us to stay plugged-in or maybe even unplugged depending on what floats your boat.

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Whoa! About an hour ago, I had one of those moments that stops you dead in your tracks: I realized my wedding ring was no longer on my finger. Talk about panic! I am not one to lose things, but the only other time this happened, it was my wallet and I wasn't anywhere near as freaked out as I was about an hour ago.

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2012 is winding down and New York City is preparing for it's annual New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square. At the stroke of midnight, as is the custom, everyone will sing 'Auld Lang Syne' - but what does it mean and where does the term come from? The song has actually been around since 1788.

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Christmas is now over and your kids might still have their toys scattered all over the place or maybe not. Remember the days when every Christmas there was some 'must have' toy that people would line up for days in advance to make sure they got one? Things like a Furby, Tickle-Me-Elmo or a Razor scooter were almost impossible to find at the height of their popularity. That doesn't seem to happen much anymore and manufacturers like Mattel and Hasbro are becoming very concerned.

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