We're in the town of Wayland, Kentucky in Floyd County where a special event is going on through April 22nd. The hometown team Smithsonian event is here and you need to come and see it. On display along with the traveling sports Smithsonian through April 22nd is a special collection of championship memorabilia from schools here in the mountains dating back to the 1920s to the present day. You can find this in the Wayland Community Center. Wayland Mayor Jerry Foltz says the local exhibit is something everyone should experience and take pride in. The local exhibit in conjunction with the Smithsonian though is the centerpiece for today and for the next four weeks, four and a half weeks or so. And again I would encourage anybody of any age to come and visit and see what's here. On display everything from old basketball rims to championship trophies, school jackets, and game used equipment all on display as a living tribute to our past. You've got any sports blood running through you at all when you walk in that room and you see the things that are displayed there. I've been in and out of the room now for four weeks. I still, the hair on the back of my head will kind of kick up a little bit when I go in there because that's a very special place. Mayor Foltz sees sports as a way to quiet the stereotypes from folks who aren't from the mountains. And all of us have sports, either have played sports or we are, maybe it's through our families, it's an uncle, it's a brother, but sports and athletics has played a huge role in our culture. And I think that that's just something we need to take a little pride in and embrace it. I think we get criticized sometimes in eastern Kentucky, the stereotypical view of who we are and how we live and how we dress, how we talk. This has always been a mainstay and I think it's a real strong thread that kind of weaves its way through small communities especially and gives us something that we should be proud of, that we should embrace and not shy away from and actually share. And that's what we're attempting to do here. Reporting in Wayland for EKB Sports, I'm Jamie Johnson.