The Hometown Newspaper for I n ^ PRINTED WITH SOY INK • VOL. 112 NO. 31 COPYRIGHT © 1993, THE CADIZ RECORD, CADIZ, KENTUCKY AUGUST 4, 1993 50 CENTS Trigg to get additional dry hydrants MATT SANDERS pected to cost approximately Editor $35,000 and bids are expected The Pennyrile Resource, Con­ from several companies in servation and Development North Carolina and Indiana, Council is accepting bids to ex­ said P'Pool. pand the number of dry hy­ There are at least 20 Trigg drants located in Trigg County County locations that have and the rest of the Pennyrile been designated for dry hy­ Area Development District drants, said P'Pool. "We'll go counties. first with the sites that will At least 10 hydrants will be serve the most people." installed in October or Novem­ The average installation cost ber in Trigg County, said Kelly of a dry hydrant is $350, de­ P’Pool, RCD chairman and pending on materials needed. magistrate of the Trigg County However, one hydrant was in­ Fiscal Court. Trigg County has stalled in the county for about: had four dry hydrants for about $200, said P'Pool. Members of; one year. the county's road department A dry hydrant utilizes a wa­ and soil conservation service ter source such as a pond, will install the hydrants. stream, or other body of water Dry hydrants can mean a and allows a fire truck to pump drop in insurance costs by as water and transport it to the much as 40 percent. A dry h'y- fire site. The nine-county project is ex­ See H ydrants, Page A-3: Ricks is candidate THE CRIME DOG -- McGruff the Crime Dog (David Whitehead), es- 31, hosted by the Housing Authority of Cadiz and Cadiz Police De­ coded by Marshall County Deputy Sheriff Todd Freeman, was a spe- partment. (See related photos on page A-8.) for Cadiz cial guest at the "You Can Live The Dream" Drug-free Picnic on July Record photo by Matt Sanders Local businessman and Cadiz City Councilman Jim Ricks has become a.candidate for mayor. Schools in better financial shape Ricks, who has served one two-year term on the city coun­ SCOTT BROWN The annual financial report have to do," Superintendent Jim to get by. cil, filed the necessary papers Staff Writer will be sent to Frankfort for Wallace told the school board. KERA requires that each in County Clerk Wanda The Trigg County School approval and was reviewed When the school board ap­ school system maintain a 2 Thomas' office on Aug. 2. System started the new fiscal during the August 2 school proved the budget for last fis­ percent carry-over each fiscal "My interest in city govern­ year July 1 with a carry-over of board meeting. cal year, Wallace called it a year. Trigg County had a 6 ment has been stimulated dur­ $725,824, which is an increase "I think we did well because "barebones budget" and said it percent carry-over, according to ing this last term on the city of $138,800 from the end of the we took in more than we spent would represent the the bare council," said Ricks. "I have previous year. and that's obviously what you minimum in order for the school See Schools, Page A-3 been part of a very good city council and now I would like to serve with the new council as Festival booths available at two sites the mayor of Cadiz." Ricks owns two local busi­ Jim Ricks The Ham Festival Commit­ Monroe and Jefferson streets le ft. cooked pork skins, and snow nesses - The Music Shoppe and tee is looking forward to an ex­ (available on Saturday only) Just a few of the foods that cones. In the park, there will be Quality Security, which sells gineer from Fort Campbell. cellent array of booths for the has 18 booths available and will be available will be corn ice cream, barbecue, pizza, fire and burglar alarms. He Ricks' wife, Lucretia, is a 1993 Ham Festival. the new location on the corner on the cob, barbecue, Polish hamburgers, hot dogs, etc. also is fire alarm and sprinkler registered nurse at Trigg County There will be two locations of Marion and Jefferson streets sausage, funnel cakes, Mexican There will be lots of business systems inspector through the Hospital. Their daughter, for craft booths this year. The (available for Friday and Sat­ food, pork chop sandwiches, state fire marshal's office. usual location on the corner of urday) has only four booths ham biscuits, burgoo, fresh- See Festival, Page A-3 Ricks is a retired facilities en- See Candidate, Page A-20 Golden Pond still on minds of many ROBIN CARTER On June 14, 1963, President the area was by ferry — cre­ Staff Writer John F. Kennedy announced LBL ated a unique sense of commu­ Occasionally, while driving would be created by the Ten­ nity. or walking along many of the nessee Valley Authority. "The people betwixt the backroads of Land Between the Kentucky Lake had been rivers were a different breed," Lakes you might come across made in 1944 when TVA said Kelsie Calhoun, born and the last remnants of the area's flooded the Tennessee River raised in Golden Pond. "We past — a crumbled foundation, valley. The creation of Lake tended to our own business and a leaning stone chimney, con­ Barkley would result in Land didn't leave the area much. crete steps leading to an invisi­ Between the Lakes, a national "Couldn't really afford to. ble front porch. recreation area. There was a toll to get across The ruins in LBL stand as tes­ In order to create this park the bridges they built. Mr. Sam timony to the land between the which would result in the eco­ Downs worked at the toll house HOUSEBOAT??? - No, this house was moved from Golden Pond by barge due to the creation of Land rivers, a 40 mile stretch of land nomic growth of the area, the Between The Lakes. (See related story and photos on page A-7.) on the Cumberland. Fifty-five secluded from the world by two people who had lived there, cents for a passenger car, 85 Land Between The Lakes photo great rivers, the Cumberland the people who's ancestors had cents for a big truck or $1.10 for and the Tennessee. lived there, would have to By the time Dr. Thomas the Cumberland in honor of the payment of the service in the a truck and trailer. The land between the rivers leav e. Walker of Virginia explored Duke of Cumberland. Revolutionary War. "If we w ent out, we'd have to no longer exists except in the In the early 1700s, the the area in 1748, the Shawnee The first permanent white The isolation of the land be- pay to get back in, and that was minds of those who once lived, "between the rivers" region was River had been abandoned. settlers moved to the area in tween the rivers — for many loved and lost there. inhabited by Shawnee Indians. Walker renamed the river 1787, soldiers given land for years the only way in and out of See Golden Pond, Page A-i8 Two Sections • 34 Pages O p in io n ......................... .................................................A-2, A-3 O b itu a rie s ................ .............................................................. A-4 'Drug-free' picnic Thomas-Bridges S o c ie ty ............................................................ A-12-A-15, A-17 a big success reunion weekend S p o r ts ............................................... B-1 - B-3 Page A-8 S e n io rs .............................................................. .....................B-4 Page A-12 TV Listings, Entertainment.......................................B-5 - B-8 A g ric u ltu re ............................................................................B-10, B-11 Classifieds .............................................................. ...B-12, B-13 — ................. ' ' J " i t i A-2/nu^adi^tec|^ OPINION Tin can ice cream Just the Other Day What's vanilla, tastes great on a hot Derby Pie underneath it. By Billy Rawls summer afternoon and might possibly in­ For those of you who might want to try jure your rotator cuff? Tin can ice cream. tin can ice cream, here's the recipe from Since I am a writer who at­ I was introduced to this treat during the the Cooperative Extension Program of tempts to express thoughts ver­ "You Can Live The Dream” Drug-free Kentucky State University: Matt bally, someone gave me a Picnic on July 31 behind the Housing Au­ 1 cup milk S a n d e r s proverbial axe to grind for thority of Cadiz office. 1 cup Half and Half them. It was not a new axe. It Everyone attending the picnic had a 1/2 cup sugar was one that I had ground be­ wonderful time and making tin can ice 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract fore for myself, but it evidently cream was one of the more popular events nuts or fruit as desired was in need of sharpening during a full day of activities. In fact, Put all ingredients in a quart ^zip-lock again. Here are some thoughts several people insisted that the newspa­ better part of the afternoon rolling a freezer bag. Place bag inside a 2-pound regarding consideration for self per had to take part. frozen coffee can across the floor. Maybe coffee can. Pack the can with crushed ice. and others. Basically, tin can ice cream is mixing it was not all afternoon but enough time Evenly put at least 3/4 cup of rock salt There are more axes that need grinding "than you can shake a all the ingredients for ice cream in a went by that the mayor, police chief, over the ice.