TO OTHER WELL KNOWN AUTHORS, BILLY CLARK, THE FAMOUS ONE FROM THE SANDY VALLEY AND THE LATE THOMAS CLARK WHOSE IMPACT ON KENTUCKY WAS ENORMOUS; IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

MORE RECENTLY, ALAN ECKER, WHOSE WINNING SERIES IS INTERNATIONALLY POPULAR, THE BOOK "THE FRONTIERSMEN" HAS SOLD MORE THAN THREE MILLION COPIES.

>> THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN SUCH A JOY, ACTIVE IN PROMOTING MY BOOKS.

THEY ARE A DELIGHTFUL GROUP TO WORK WITH.

I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THEM AND THE WAY THEY HANDLE THEMSELVES AND THE WAY THEY HANDLE MY BOOKS.

IT IS NOT OFTEN THAT AN AUTHOR GETS SUCH GOOD HELP.

EVERYBODY THERE SEEMS TO BE PART OF A FAMILY, AND EVEN THOSE WHO COME FROM THE OUTSIDE, LIKE MYSELF AS A VISITING WRITER, I AM TREATED LIKE I BELONG THERE, LIKE I AM PART OF THAT FAMILY.

IT IS REALLY VERY NICE.

>> JESSE STUART LIVED SUCH A FULL, COMPLICATED LIFE, VERY FEW KENTUCKIANS HAVE A SENSE OF THE BROAD RANGE OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

HE WAS AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR.

HE PUBLISHED MORE THAN 60 MAJOR BOOKS, MORE THAN 460 SHORT STORIES AND 2000 POEMS AND THOSE ARE JUST THE PUBLISHED WORKS.

HE WAS ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST IMPORTANT EDUCATORS OF THE LAST CENTURY.

HIS INFLUENCE ON THE TEACHING PROFESSION, PARTICULARLY APPALACHIA AND THE SOUTH IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO MEASURE.

IN ADDITION TO BEING A GREAT AUTHOR AND EDUCATOR, HE WAS A GREAT CONSERVATIONIST, DONATING MORE THAN 700 ACRES OF HIS HARD-EARNED LAND TO THE KENTUCKY NATURE PRESERVES COMMISSION LATE IN HIS LIFE.

FINALLY, IN TERMS OF THINKING ABOUT STUART'S GREATNESS, HE WAS A GREAT SPOKESMAN FOR THE PEOPLE OF HIS APPALACHIA HOMELAND AND FOR KENTUCKY.

WHEN THEY READ HIS POEM "KENTUCKY IS MY LAND" THEY ARE GETTING A GREAT TESTIMONY ON HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO BE A KENTUCKYIAN.

IN THE LAST SIX YEARS WE HAVE PURCHASED A HISTORIC BUILDING IN ASHLAND, KENTUCKY.

IT IS A 30,000 SQUARE FOOT HISTORIC BUILDING.

PARTS ARE ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.

IT IS ON THE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.

SO HERE AT THE JESSE STUART FOUNDATION, WE HAVE TWO BOOKSTORES.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE HAVE HERE IS A LARGE WAREHOUSING AREA BECAUSE WE DO OUR OWN ORDER FULFILLMENT.

THAT WAY WE ARE FAIRLY SURE PEOPLE GET THEIR BOOKS IN A TIMELY WAY, AND THEY GET THE BOOKS THEY ORDERED.

ONE OF OUR PRIZE POSSESSIONS HERE AT THE JESSE STUART FOUNDATION IS THE JESSE STUART ROOM DEVOTED TO MEMORABILIA, ALL HIS RARE, COLLECTABLE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPT MATERIAL, HIS WORLD WAR II NAVY UNIFORM AND VARIOUS OTHER ARTIFACTS THAT HELP OUR VISITORS UNDERSTAND JESSE STUART MORE AS A HUMAN BEING.

ONE OF MY SIMPLE SAYINGS IS THAT GOOD BOOKS MAKE GOOD READERS.

WHEN PEOPLE BUY BOOKS FROM THE JESSE STUART FOUNDATION THEY ARE LOOKING FOR BOOKS THAT TELL ABOUT OUR HISTORY, OUR CULTURE.

AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR BOOKS THAT TAKE THEM TO THE SOLID VALUES OF OUR PAST.

AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR CRITERIA.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR BOOKS ABOUT OUR REGION.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR BOOKS, OFTEN TIMES, BY REGIONAL AUTHORS, JUST AS JESSE STUART HELPED YOUNG PEOPLE DURING LIFETIME, WE HAVE TRIED TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE ALSO.

WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THE WORKS OR PUBLISHED THE WORKS OF SOME EMERGING AUTHORS, AS WELL AS WELL-ESTABLISHED BOOKS.

APPALACHIA IS REALLY A GREAT FERTILE AREA FOR WRITERS.

THERE IS A LOT OF TALENTED WRITERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR REGION.

ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT SMALL PRESSES CAN DO AND ARE DOING, SIMPLY TO PUT BOOKS OUT THERE IN THE WORLD THAT ENGAGE READERS.

BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE GREAT CHALLENGES OF OUR GENERATION, TO KEEP BOOKS ALIVE IN OUR WORLD.

>> THE FOLKS AT THE JESSE STUART FOUNDATION PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO KEEPING BOOKS ALIVE.

NEXT LET'S MEET A WOMAN WHO PUTS A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO TURNING OLD OR EVEN DISCARDED CHROESING INTO ONE OF A KIND TREASURES.

>> IT SEEMS TO ME EVERYBODY LOVES A TEDDY BEAR.

I HAVE PEOPLE COME UP AND SAY OH, LOOK AT THAT SWEET OLD TEDDY BEAR.

THEY WILL PICK HIM UP AND THEY WILL HUG HIM.

MY BUSINESS NAME IS JUDY GEAGLEY BY HAND.

I MAKE TEDDY BEARS OUT OF RECYCLED FABRICS LIKE SWEATERS, QUILTS, FUR COATS, STOLES.

MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS TAUGHT ME NEVER TO WASTE GOOD FABRIC.

I DO A LOT OF GOING TO THRIFT STORES TO FIND MY FABRIC.

I GO IN WITH AN OPEN MIND.

I MAYBE FIND A COAT I LIKE, AND I'M THINKING THIS COULD BE CUTE AS A RABBIT OR A BEAR.

I THINK IT IS JUST AMAZING THAT YOU CAN TAKE AN OLD COAT THAT SOMEBODY HAS WORN, AND TURN IT INTO A TEDDY BEAR SOMEBODY WILL REALLY LOVE.

THERE ARE SOME COATS MADE FROM THE WOOL COATS, THE CHANCEY BEARS WHO HAVE A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE.

SWEATER BEAR IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT KIND OF A SWEATER HE WILL BE MADE OUT OF.

THIS ONE HAPPENS TO BE A PRETTY RED SWEATER.

HIS HEAD TURNS, HIS ARMS MOVE, HIS LEGS MOVE.

AND HE IS QUITE A FRIENDLY LITTLE BEAR.

A BEAR FULL OF MEMORY, MY CUSTOM BEARS ARE MADE FROM CLOTHING SOMEBODY HAS WORN.

AND THE FAMILY REMEMBERS THINGS, MAYBE THE GRANDFATHER WORE THIS COAT, AND I CAN MAKE A BEAR OUT OF IT, OR MAYBE FROM HIS FAVORITE SHIRT.

I HAVE DONE FLANNEL SHIRTS AND BLUE JEANS MIXED AND WEDDING GOWN.

I AM MAKING A BEAR FOR A LADY IN FLORIDA.

HER MOM KNITTED HER A SWEATER, AND SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T WANT TO KEEP IT IN A TRUNK, CAN YOU MAKE ME A BEAR.

THEY CRY WHEN THEY GET THESE BEARS.

IT MEANS SO MUCH TO THEM AND IT IS SO MUCH BETTER TO HAVE SOMETHING FROM A PIECE OF CLOTHING THAT REALLY MEANS SOMETHING TO SOMEBODY, INSTEAD OF IT BEING PUT AWAY IN A CLOSET, AND YOU NEVER SEE IT.

BUT YOU CAN HAVE THE BEAR SITTING OUT AND YOU CAN ENJOY THE MEMORIES.

WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I MADE MY CHILDREN TOYS.

SOMEBODY SAID WHY DON'T YOU GO TO A CRAFT SHOW, AND I HAD NEVER BEEN TO ONE.

I HAD THESE WOOL SKIRTS.

I CUT UP THE WOOL SKIRTS AND I MADE FIVE TEDDY BEARS.

AND WE DID THE SHOW, AND THEY SOLD WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR, AND I WAS HOOKED.

I HAD TO MAKE BEARS.

I DID AT FIRST BUY PATTERNS BECAUSE I WASN'T VERY FAMILIAR WITH GOING FROM MAKING CLOTHES TO MAKING TEDDY BEARS.

BUT ONCE I GOT STARTED, THEN I GOT TO THINKING ABOUT ALL THESE IDEAS I COULD COME UP WITH IN MY HEAD, AND I STARTED DESIGNING AND IT WAS FUN.

I HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL GIFT SHOW FOR TEN YEARS.

THE FIRST TIME WE WENT TO NEW YORK IT WAS THROUGH THE KENTUCKY CRAFT MARKET PROGRAM.

I WAS SKIN OF THE EXHIBITERS IN THE BOOTH.

I HAD NEVER BEEN AN A PLANE BEFORE, HAD NEVER BEEN TO A BIG CITY LIKE NEW YORK BEFORE, AND I WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED.

I HAD NEVER BEEN TO A HUGE SHOW BEFORE.

AND I GOT AN ORDER FROM A VERY HIGH END JAPANESE STORE ON 5TH AVENUE, I WAS SO EXCITED TO GET THE ORDER, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE STORE.

I ALSO MAKE A TEDDY BEAR CALLED TATTERED OLD BEAR.

I DESIGNED THE BEAR BECAUSE OF OUR DAUGHTER.

WHEN SHE WAS 16 SHE GOT A JOB, SHE CAME HOME VERY TIRED AND DECIDED SHE NEEDED A NAP.

I LOOKED IN ON HER AND SHE WAS ALL ANYTHING ELD UP HUGGING HER OLD TEDDY BEAR, AND I THOUGHT THERE IS MY STORY AND MY NEXT BEAR.

AND THE STORY IS ABOUT ROBIN AND HER OLD BEAR AND HOW HE HAS BEEN COVERED AND HAS LOST AND EYE, AND BEEN PART OF THE FAMILY.

MY HUSBAND PRINTED OUT THE STORY, AND WE TIE IT ON EVERY TATTERED OLD BEAR, SO EVERYBODY WHO BUYS A BEAR LIKE THAT, THEY GET THE STORY.

HE IS MY BEST SELLER.

THIS IS "MICHAEL BEAR" WHO WEARS GLASSES.

HE WAS NAMED AFTER OUR SON, MICHAEL, AND HIS LITTLE BOY, MICHAEL, OUR GRANDSON.

AND MICHAEL THE DADDY WEARS GLASSES.

THIS IS KING GEORGE, WHO IS QUITE ELEGANT.

HE CAN STAND.

HIS FEET ARE MADE SO HE CAN STAND.

HIS ARMS AND LEGS MOVE.

HE WEARS HIS VEST AND HE WEARS THE KEY TO ANYBODY'S HEART THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HIM.

AND HE ALSO WEARS GLASSES.

THIS TEDDY BEAR HERE IS MADE OUT OF PERSIAN LAMB COAT FROM THE 40'S, IT IS A LARGE VERSION.

HE HAS A MOVABLE HEAD, AND HIS ARMS AND HIS LEGS MOVE.

HE IS A COLLECTOR BEAR.

THIS IS OLD YELLAR, AND THAT IS WHERE HE GETS HIS NAME, BECAUSE OF HIS FUR.

BUT HE ALSO HAS MOVABLE HEAD AND ARMS AND LEGS.

THIS OLD BEAR IS JUST A SWEET OLD TEDDY BEAR MADE OUT OF WOOL.

I MADE HIM A SWEATER TO KEEP HIM WARM.

IT ALSO HAS THE STITCHING ON IT OF TATTERED WHERE PERHAPS A LITTLE BOY OR GIRL DRUG HIM AROUND AND HE HAS BEEN TORN AND PATCHED.

YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO COME UP WITH NEW PRODUCTS.

PEOPLE WANT SOMETHING NEW.

YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ALWAYS ON CREATING SOMETHING NEW AND DIFFERENT.

I WAS ADVISED TO START A BABY COLLECTION.

I HAD GONE TO SEVERAL OF THE STORES TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT I COULD MAKE THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT, AND EVERY STORE I WENT IN, THEY WERE CARRYING THE SAME THING.

I THOUGHT HOW CAN I COMPETE WITH THIS?

ONE DAY IT CAME TO ME, SWEATERS.

SO I COLLECTED ALL THESE SWEATERS, AND NOW I MAKE BABY QUILTS OUT OF SWEATERS.

ONE DAY I DECIDED I NEED TO MAKE TOYS, SOME REALLY SOFT ONES FOR BABIES.

I JUST STARTED PLAYING WITH THIS FABRIC AND I CAME UP WITH THE LITTLE RABBIT, KNOT BUNNY, MADE OUT OF ALL SWEATERS.

AND I DID A LITTLE LAMB, A DOG AND A PIG.

AND I HAVE DONE THESE LITTLE ELEPHANTS AND SHEEP AND A PIG.

AND I HAVE EVEN MADE LITTLE POCKET ANIMALS THAT ARE VERY SMALL.

THE HUMPTY DOMPTYS ARE A BIG HIT.

THE BABY LINE IS VERY GOOD.

BARNEYS HAS SOLD A TON OF THEM AT THEIR STORES AND THEIR WEB SITE.

I HAVE MADE TEDDY BEARS FOR DANIELLE, STEELE, THE AUTHOR.

I DON'T DO IT BY MYSELF, GORDY HELPS ME ALL THE TIME.

AND RIGHT NOW HE IS THE MAIN ONE DOING THE CUTTING AND THE SEWING BECAUSE WE HAVE KIND OF REVERSED ROLES.

HE HAS RETIRED FROM HIS BUSINESS.

HE TAKES THE ORDERS, AND HE CUTS AND HE SEWS.

HE DOES EVERYTHING I DID, PULLS THE FABRIC, TRACES THE PATTERN ON THE FABRIC, AND THEN HE CUTS AND PINS AND SEWS.

HE ALSO HAS TO PUT THE JOINTS IN.

HE CUTS THEM OUT OF A HARDBOARD AND HE PUTS THEM IN.

TOGETHER WE GET IT TOGETHER, AND THEN HE CAN STUFF IT, AND I CAN HAND-CLOSE IT.

IT IS A COMBINATION OF BOTH OF US, SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ALL THE CREDIT FOR BEING THE DESIGNER.

IT IS BOTH OF US.

I NEVER THOUGHT THIS WOULD HAPPEN TO ME, JUST LIVING OUT HERE IN THE COUNTRY AND STARTING OUT WITH BEING HOME WITH THE KIDS, AND I AM AMAZED THE BUSINESS HAS GROWN TO WHAT IT HAS.

I LOVE DOING WHAT I AM DOING.

I TELL EVERYBODY THAT I SEW EACH STITCH WITH LOVE.

>> JUDY GEAGLEY AND HER HUSBAND USE A CREATIVE PROCESS TO TURN SOMETHING OLD INTO SOMETHING NEW.

THE CREATIVE PROCESS IS CERTAINLY IN PLAY HERE AT THE NATIONAL QUILT MUSEUM, AS WE'VE BEEN SEEING THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM.

FOR EXAMPLE, HERE IS A PIECE CREATED BY FRASIER SMITH OUT OF FLORIDA.

YOU MAY WONDER WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT IT, YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT, BUT IT'S TRUE.

THIS PIECE IS MADE OF WOOD, CARVES FROM BASS WOOD, PAINTED WITH WATERCOLOR.

I ACTUALLY HAVE A SAMPLE IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME.

WHAT A PIECE OF WORK.

THE CREATIVE PROCESS IS IN PLAY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES, INCLUDING WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY WHERE KIDS FROM ACROSS THE STATE COME TOGETHER FOR A COMPETITION ON PROBLEM-SOLVING USING A SIMPLE BUT INGENIOUS TOY.

>> WE ARE THE RUSTY ENGINEERS HAVE BEEN A TEAM IN THE LEGO LEAGUE FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS.

LAST YEAR THEY WENT TO ATLANTA FOR THE WORLD TOURNAMENT.

>> IT IS ALL ABOUT SCIENCE, MATH, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING.

ALL OF US REALLY LIKE THAT.

I ALWAYS THOUGHT OF A CAREER IN ENGINEERING, THAT IS WHY I WANTED TO BE HERE.

>> I PROGRAMMED THE ROBOT ON THE COMPUTER.

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WITH THAT, YOU HAVE TO GET IT EXACTLY RIGHT ON SOME PARTS, VERY FRUSTRATING, CHANGING IT BY SO SMALL OF A MARGIN.

>> I LIKE BUILDING, I LIKE THE PRESSURE OF COMPETING.

>> THE MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO HAVE FUN, BUT ALL THE OTHER OBJECTIVES ARE THINGS LIKE GETTING THE DOLPHIN BEFORE THE OTHER TEAM AND GETTING OUR TECHNICAL PRESENTATION DOWN.

>> WHERE ARE LEGOS A GOOD BUILDING MATERIAL?

>> BECAUSE THEY ARE EASY TO BUILD WITH AND JUST SNAP TOGETHER AND THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH THEM, LIKE YOU CAN BUILD ARMS OUT OF THEM, STUFF TO GRAB, TO RETRACT STUFF.

>> MOST OF THEM YOU LAUGH AT, MOST STARTED OFF AS A JOKE.

ONE CAME FROM THIS SUMMER, THEY WERE GOING TO PLAY ROBOT WARS AND FOUND OUT IT WOULD WORK WELL FOR THE MISSION AND THEY KEEP BUILDING AND YOU GET SOMETHING THAT IS WORTH POINTS.

>> OUR DESIGN A REALLY UNIQUE, ONE MOTOR CONTROLS FORWARD AND BACKWARDS, MAKING IT MORE ACCURATE.

THE ONES IN THE PAST HAD TWO MOTORS ON THE SIDES, ONE CONTROLED THE RIGHT SIDE, THE OTHER CONTROLED THE LEFT.

BUT NOW IT IS BETTER.

>> IT IS A LOT OF FUN FOR THE KIDS.

IT IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

IT IS GOOD THEY ALSO DO RESEARCH AND TEAMWORK PRESENTATIONS.

THEY HAVE LEARNED A LOT.

>> I REALLY LIKE RESEARCHING DIFFERENT THINGS, THE PROJECT WAS FUN, AND THE TEAMWORK TO BUILD IT.

>> IT IS MORE FUN THAN STRESS.

YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE FUN.

>> IT IS A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR THE KIDS.

FOR MY PARENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED, EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, THE KIDS WILL TEACH YOU.

YOU JUST NEED TO SPEND A FEW HOURS A WEEK WITH THEM.

AT THE END OF AN EIGHT OR TEN-WEEK PERIOD, YOU WILL KNOW MORE THAN YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD.

>> I AM A SCIENCE AND MATH PERSON, MY TWO FAVORITE SUBJECTS.

THIS IS A GREAT ACTIVITY FOR ME TO BE INVOLVED WITH.

AND I GET TO SEE MY FRIENDS.

>> I WANT TO BE AN AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO HELP ME.

>> I WANT TO BE AN ASTROPHYSICIST, MY ULTIMATE DREAM.

>> THE FIRST LEGO LEAGUE, A NONPROFIT NATIONAL COMPANY, IT IS FOR KIDS THAT ARE GENERALLY FOURTH THROUGH THE EIGHTH GRADE UP TO AGE 14, REALLY AN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM WITH TEAMS COMPETING IN THE WORLD TOURNAMENT.

THIS IS JUST ONE STATE TOURNAMENT.

OUT OF ALL THE STATES, ABOUT 50 TEAMS QUALIFY FOR NATIONALS AND 3 TO FOR INTERNATIONAL.

AND IT IS SOMETHING THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR A FEW YEARS.

KIDS GET TOGETHER AND LEARN AND HAVE FUN AT THE SAME TIME.

>> THE FIRST LEGO LEAGUE WAS STARTED IN 1998 WITH COMPETITIONS GOING ON IN KENTUCKY SINCE 2002, STATE WINNERS EARN THE CHANCE TO GO ONTO THE NATIONAL OR EVEN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.

I AM NOW OUTSIDE ON THE FRONT LAWN AT THE NATIONAL QUILT MUSEUM IN PADUKAH.

YOU MAY WONDER WHY I'M STANDING NEXT TO MARY-WEATHER LEWIS, BECAUSE SHE HAD A PAW PAL.

SHE PAID $20 FOR THIS DOG BACK IN 1893, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN QUITE A LOT OF MONEY TODAY.

I KNOW SHE WAS A REAL DOG LOVER.

THE REASON THE STATUTE IS HERE, THE PARTNER WILLIAM CLARK FOUNDED PADUKAH.

THAT LEAVES US TO THIS WEEK'S PAW PALS, A GREAT PICTURE FROM A FAMILY IN SPENCER COUNTY, A PICTURE OF TRAVIS.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE, THANK YOU FOR SENDING THAT ONE IN.

GO TO THE WEB SITE TO SEE MORE OF OUR FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS.