The Derby Festival Committee Had You in Mind When It Cooked up the Schedule of Events

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Start taking your vitamin pills tomorrow and don't stop until May 4. The Derby Festival Committee had you In mind when it cooked up the schedule of events. There are over 60 events this year, and two-thir- ds of them are free. Put on your truckin' shoes and get into the fun and flair of Derby Week.

Friday, April 25

The They're Off Luncheon will kick off the 20th annual Kentucky Derby Festival, but if you don't already have tickets, it's too late. A.B. Chandler, John Sherman Cooper, Adolph Rupp and Colonel Harlan Sanders will be honored. ; Take in the displays of 100 of the best photographs in the country beginning daily at 10 am to 4 pm through May 9. Also featured will by the Henry Koehler collection of racing oils and sketches. All will shown at the First National Bank Tower at Fifth and Main streets. nib" , Don't forget the chuckwagon and beer garden at Fifth and Main any day from 11:30 am to 2 pm and 6:30 pm to 9 pm through May 2. Joe and Dolores Nevitt of Plymouth Road in St. Matthews will provide the recipes. The Bluegrass music is free, but you'll have to pay for the chow. ru x '..,iiim Susan Dishman, Patty Kalember, Laura Donley, Nancy A Derby montage by Steve Sebree Gibbons and Annette Grundy will take their chances at the spin of the wheel for the crowning of the Derby Festival Queen at. the Derby Festival Coronation. The gala social event will begin at 9:30 pm at Convention Center. Invitations are available through the festival committee at 621 W. Main for $30 per couple.

Saturday, April 26 Mike Ehrler will lead off the third annual balloon race in the JU hare balloon at 8 am at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center. Twenty "hounds," including Mike's son Chuck Ehrler will pursue, trying to land nearest to the hare. The event is free.' Serving Jeffersontown since 1907

Go downtown at 1 pm to see some of the nation's top-notc- h Volume 67, Number 42, 12 Pages Thursday, April 24, 1975 Twenty Cents amateur cyclists compete in a 35-mile cycling street race, lapping around Chestnut, Liberty, Sixth and Seventh Streets. Cornea little early to f ihd accessible parking. That will be your only cost. Spend a dollar to see local pedalers from Waggener, Ballard, Trinity, Sacred Heart, St. X., and others in the eighth annual pedalathon bicycle and tricycle fun at the Fairgrounds Planning is the key to Derby fun Speedway. The event gets underway at 1 :30 pm. By Sandy Hinton making the trip to see it in person. it's a great place to take the early earlier than that to pay the $10 Wear your new hat or tie and bring your binoculars out to Staff Writer Broadway will be closed to traffic about arrivals from out of town. entrance fee. No camping or spending 1 the opening day of Churchill Downs. The races begin at :45. 4:30 pm, so arrive from the side of The paddlewheelers will churn out at the night is allowed on Churchill Get into the act with your two-dollar bets. Watching Derby Week activities can Broadway you plan to park on. It's first 5 pm, Wednesday, April 30, from the Downs property, though. an come, first served on parking lots close If you've never spent Derby day in Take in the Schlitz 40-horse hitch while doing your Derby be fun. Living right here where Clark Memorial Bridge, upriver to Six to Broadway, some do shopping at 3ashford Manor Mall anytime through May 4, array of colorful events is built around and businesses Mile Island, and back. The Belle of the infield, warnings may be in order. you take open their lots for parade-goer- s. Again, You can probably count on never except for a break during the Pegasus Parade. the Run for the Roses, should Louisville will pit its horsepower advantage of them. make sure you park on the side of against the Delta Queen from Cincin- seeing a horse, you'll walk amid Round off the day with the Kentucky-Indian- a All-Sta- rs vs. If you plan .to attend the Great Broadway you plan to go home from, so nati and the Julia Belle Swain from massive throngs, wait in line for the the U.S. All-Sta- rs in the Derby Festival Basketball Classic. Steamboat Race, the Pegasus Parade you won't be blocked in by the parade. Peoria. toilet facilities, and make long treks to Reserved seats are available from $3 to $6.50. The contest will or the Derby itself, a little If you know someone who has an The Derby Festival Committee says long lines at the betting windows. office, in one of the higher buildings you can see the race from either side of Mostly, you will be surrounded by start at 8 pm at the Fair and Exposition Center. . TOWN TAt.K answers are on aloifg" ttie parade route, make friends the river. To make a picnic out of it, teen-ager- s and young adults drinking Page 8 l tek. The Town Talk with him. His window will be a great take a sack dinner and settle early in and emitting a musty, smoky odor. Sunday, April 27 questioi l Derby twist with vantage point from above. Or, grand- comfortable surroundings such as Be prepared. Take a blanket to sit on $5 to tht iner. See Page 4. stand seats may be purchased for $3 Cox's Park. and wear cut-o- ff jeans, if that's your Helpcheeronnearly200cyclingaddicts,beginningat1 pm each. Chairs along the sido of Broad- Police will direct traffic along River thing. Take food, or you'll spend a in Cherokee Park. The racers will brave the Kentucky Derby way sell for $2 each. For reserved Road on the Kentucky side, and will fortune and walk a mile for a

62-mile If of Cycling Road Race over a le course. can be the key to enjoyment. Here's a seats, send your check to the Derby direct you to parking. The Belvedere sandwich. you're brave enough to how-t- o in art of being Festival Committee, 621 W. Main, and wharf will most likely be crowded, take beer, don't forget those long lines The Derby Festival spring horse show is billed for short the those prepared h?fore you strike out for the 40202, or pick them up at Founder's and you may not get the picturesque at the rest rooms. from $1 is who don't know a gait a gate. The admission worth events. Square. Some are still available, but view of the race you would from farther Getting through the gate with beer the look at world champion horses and the blacksmithing The oy Festival Committee hurry. east on River Road. Besides, parking or other alcoholic beverages Is a exhibitions. promise, the Pegasus Parade will be a Or, you can take your chances and downtown will be expensive, and could problem, but it can be overcome. Come take a free look at boats on parade beginning at 2 pm. spectacular array of floats, bands, stand along the side of the street for be hard to find. Be ingenious. Camouflage your more. event. Hawkers stroll If you decide on Cox's Park and flask. Veterans of the infield can tell Entries will be limited to 101 , and many of them will be decked antique bicycles and much "The the you many ways to" overcome out and owned by your friends and neighbors. They will cast Land of Make Believe" is the theme of along the sidewalks selling the usual come armed with blanket, sandwiches this 20th of fare of toys and cotton candy for and booze or whatnot, don't let the momentary obstacle, since Churchill off at Six Mile Island, sail down to the Clark Memorial Bridge the rendition the event. circus If you prefer the cozlness of your younger set. friendly police see your bottle, cans or Downs management prefers you buy to compete for the honor of best floating float. Go to the and back living room to braving the crowds and Last, if you missed the live telecast whatnot. It's against the law in the their but expensive Belvedere, Cox Park, or right down to the riverfront for the first-han- the witnessing the parade d, it will and the live parade, you can catch public parks. versions. Take a large cola bottle, fill best viewing. be televised live on Thursday, May 1, highlights on Friday, May 2, at 11:30 If you're determined to see the 101st one-fourt- h full with bourbon, three-fourt- After looking at the boats, stay a little longer for the Square on WHAS-T- V Channel 11. It begins at pm, on ABC's Wide World of Enter- running, and you don't already have a with cola. Looks like a soft half-ho- 2-- in reserved seat or box at Churchill drink, you'll know the difference Dancing Exhibition from 5 pm at the Belvedere. The 6 pm, a later than the past, tainment. but Race, with a Downs, your only few races. Kentuckiana Square Dance Association will entertain you and will start on Broadway at Floyd The Great Steamboat hope is the infield. after the first competitor added this year, is Gates open on Derby day at 8 am. Be with their twirls and swirls. and proceed to Ninth Street. third The kids would vote it's worth always a favorite of local citizens and prepared to see lines forming much Continued to Page 5 Dance the evening away on the Belle of Louisville for the Welcome Wagon dance cruise. The Leaves of Autumn will provide the beat, and reservations will be required in advance. Boarding will take place at Fourth and River Warf at 7:30 pm. If you're not on the Belle, come out to Oxmoor Center for Was privately? the Pop Concert and Fireworks at 8:30. But take heart. Come a decision made little early to avoid some of the traffic, bring a blanket and maybe even a bottle of wine, and expect it to take at least a half hour to get out of the parking lot afterward. The Louisville Orchestra will entertain you for free under the stars, with Cifty syncopated fireworks by local resident Colonel Cliff to submit bid on Shelby annex Wise. By Sandy Hinton and with school board real estate man John the law states that closed meetings The building, built in 1932, was a dis- may Monday, April 28 Bruce B. VanOusen Kennedy. He said a price was be held on that subject only after a black school until Jefferson County cussed for the 0.9-ac- re parcel, but said vote to go into closed session is made schools were desegregated In the The Jeffersontown City Council amount would remain confidential in public. Further, no final action may 1950's. It served until about two years For young hardy, try your strength at the free Derby has the the and decided to make an offer to purchase until the bid is accepted or rejected. be taken in closed session. ago as an annex to Jeffersontown mini-maratho- n, 11 of Festival beginning at am at the top the the old Shelby Street School annex Mazzoli said the price "looks real In addition, the law requires open- Elementary School. Mazzoli said reno- hill in Iroquois Park. The foot race is sanctioned by the from the Jefferson County Board of good." He asked each councilman to ness only when a quorum of the public vation, estimated at about $50,000, will Amateur Athletic Union. Among others, you will be making Education. see him privately after that meeting, agency involved is present. It does not be necessary for various heating and the 13-mile trek against Louisville Mayor Harvey I. Sloane. If the overall cost Is reasonable, the and he would tell them the amount. provide for making decisions on the electrical problems, painting and in- If you're not out racing, enjoy a free ice cream party while council intends to remodel It for use as "Then, you can tell me whether you basis of polling members individually. stallation of an air conditioning' system. in to waiting for the rs to arrive huffing and puffing want it or not, and I'll make the offer However, a recent court case, "No general funds will be used Circuit Alex- it from at the Riverfront Plaza. The party starts at 1 1 :30 am, and you'll next week," Mazzoli said. Jefferson Court Clerk buy this," he said, "we'll get get your ice cream a half hour later. But, Mazzoli later said some of the ander Booth declared a telephone vote federal revenue sharing or some other councilmen had left the meeting before of fiscal court members illegal. He said agency." Mike Grisanti will carve a 6,000-poun- d ice cream could learn their individual wishes the law required such votes to be taken Mrs. Katherine Dugan of Grape sculpture of the Great Steamboat Race. he on the purchase. "I'll get, to them and in public session. Street, adjacent to the school, appeared While downtown take advantage of band concert tunes by tell you who was against it," he said Mazzoli said he did not regard his at Monday's regular council meeting to the 113th U.S. Army band from Fort Knox at the Belvedere, two days later. conversations with Individual members protest the possible parking of the from 11:30 to 12:30. Or, listen to Karen Kraft sing Prior to the regular council meeting about the bid price to constitute a city's garbage trucks at the annex. April 21, Mazzoli pri- , a petition signed Country-Wester- n on the 400 block of the River City Mall. Monday, met "vote." Tearfully presenting vately and Individually with several Mazzoll said he would like to house If you're wondering what to wear this summer, take your council members to discuss their the police department on the lower Continued to Page 12 lunch break in the 500 block of the River City Mall from 11:30 reactions to the bid price. floor of the two-stor- y brick building. to 12:30 and watch the Louisville central area fashion show At the public meeting there was no This would include offices for a radio daily through May 2. further discussion of the purchase idea, dispatcher,' the police chief, and the Mazzoll Jeffer-sonia- n Round out the day with the Knights of Columbus Derby but afterward told The police clerk; and lockers, showers and a there was no opposition to the lounge for the officers. Oacli a winner! Festival dinner at 7 pm at Gait House. Reservations must, the price and a bid would be made this The upstairs would be into in converted be made advance. week. large conference rooms, and maybe If you feel like some fresh air and a little dancing, board the Asked about the legality of reaching "we could put the museum over there Belle of Louisville at 7:30 pm at Fourth and River and listen to a decision on the basis of such private some day if the security's tight." $1 meetings, Mazzoli insisted the basic Security is one of the council's the tunes of Leaves of Autumn. Tickets are going for 2.50 a . couple. decision had been reached in public the concerns, he added. Mayor Herbert S. previous week. Meyer Jr., and some of the council Tuesday, April 29 He said he felt it vital to keep the bid expressed concern last Wednesday that price secret to avoid possibly losing out vandalism may be a problem in the ' The Stuart High School will make music on the 400 block of a police department and possible to some other bidder. He said the predominately black neighborhood just to purchase is not yet final and northwest of Gaslight Square. City Mall. will be a concert on the museum. decision Pay your carrier 60' the River There also bid will The decision to proceed with the bid In fact the offer ask for a delay "We're all worried about vandalism. on the Belvedere. in If round-the-cloc- k wes reached over several days In a 0f 60 days which the city can But, and when we have a for the April delivery Trial, 5:1 5 at Churchill I think See the Derby preview at the Derby series of meetings and conversations Investigate remodeling costs and make dispatcher, don't we'll Downs. which may have violated the new a final decision on the purchase. have that problem and if It's well of Eastern Jefferson Mall In Kentucky open meetings law. The open meetings law provides that lighted," Mazzoll said. a go over to the Greentree front-runnin- g For little On April 16, all decisions by public agencies must Mayor Herbert S. Meyer added his County's 7-- the full council dis- Clarksville from 9 for a 6quare dancing exhibition by the cussed the possible use of the building be made in open session, with some opinion, "You're going to have all newspaper. Councilman Richard L. Mazzoll told the .exceptions. Discussions of real estate kinds of verbal abuse of the police Continued to Page 3 council he had looked at the building matters are one of the exceptions, but officers over there."