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Spring 1986 UA68/13/4 Bowling Green, Vol. 6, No. 2 Kelly Thompson Chapter, Public Relations Student Society of America

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Gone arc the days when To call/hissemester's the bride and her mother Entertainment slaffenthusiastic, how­ planned every detail and Christiao Diversions ever. is an understatement. the groom 'sonly respon­ In January. 1986 , the Trends in Christian sibility was to meet his entertainment , public relations senior bride-to-be at the alter. seminar class at Western Kentucky Library History Today, couples are plan­ unshelved 3 setout wi th a number of ning their weddings goals: GovernmentCheese together , writing their own Music .. . not food , 1 First and foremost-to vows al:d making lasting produce a publication that memones. wou ld m eet the needs of the Reminiscing community for which it represents . China seen withouta veil 2. To make the One woman's view , semester-long experience DollarGcneraJ Store one of Iearning; Adotlar'sstitl adotlar 3. To makea mark on the Bowling Green High Purples history urthe maga7,ine ; 19'.!9champs and Beech Bend Park 4. Toenjoy the experi­ Whereit began, where ence. it'sgoiog 8 As a true learning expe­ rience, budgeting und Latchkey childre n- is it a Romam,a Johnson has Health and re-budgeting brings to you problem in Rowl in gGreen'~ been a memherofmore Recreation the f1rst fu ll -color edition of More and more children thao 50 civic a nd pro­ BOlI'lingGreen. In ad­ are being left alone to takc fessional groups. Her Massage Fortheheatthofit ,,' dition, by incorporating a care oflhc m seh 'es before seven-page resume shows Physical fi tness variety of new ideas and and after school as both the versatility, efficiency Bowling Green'S statl.lS segments, the publication parents enter the labor and dedication t hat abso r bs " better represents the com­ force.' l'age 18 e\'ery ounce of her energy. Community munity. 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Cnarlene Claf~ • Christianity: Where IS it going?

BrCH1P POI.STON tucky Uni\'crsiry. Bowling G reen resI­ own pockets. dents hal'e two new ways of presclll ing Hopefully, tbe thearrc's financial prob. their message: the Christian Drive-In It'ms will be cased due to a trJ(le-ofT wit h "All orGad's judgment will be m('wd our Theatre and a contempnnlry Christian the ncw Christian radio station. W/hile the on this lI'orid as Sawn's ('mmissari{'S, rhe music radiost(nion. SUt ion will oc giVing free public it y \0 t he /x.',151, the ,lilt i-christ, (he 1.1/5c pmph,·, "We want to be al'(lil(lble (or people who drive-in, the d rive-in will in nlrn give a will wreck IliIv

"It·s bcroming more fashionable to Ix- (I ing the movies can be expensive (some of (FCC) h3J desillnated their frequency cons<:rvatiw Christ ian Ihese cla ys, because the more popular til Its rent for S 150 or (90.7 on the F:-' I dial) for educario!J(11 uS<: th~y ' re adopting the world's way in pr~­ more p~r showing), :tnd tin.- drive-In dId only, no advcnising can be sold. Some s~nt ing t h~ir messag~," says Dennis end up "a little short last year." according funding will come (rom natio!J(tlly syn­ Okholm, an instructor in t he phi losophy to Whitting h il l. Howel'er, he and his dicated programs th:lt:ITt aired, bllt the and religion department ar \'qestern K~n - blOt her make lip the d i(ference nut o( their rumlining funds will have ro come frum ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

the public, Cummingseslimates It will rock guilars may create a modern pop Some discord also exists in the way the (o>t about S 12') ,000 to operat~ WCV K in sound, the members of the comemporary artists are presenting {heir. mcss,lgcs. the first year, and he feelsconfidem thai movemem arc not your aver,lge members "COntempora ry Christian has its good and the funds can be raised. of the rock and roll crowd. According to an bad fjoints, ,. says Okholm. "On one hand "With 1200r so churches in the imerview in RoJlingSlOoc magazine, i{ does provide teenagers wi lh an alterna­ Bowl ing Green ar~a and no radio station to Gnmt has a prayer meel ing wilh her per­ tive 10 Twisled Sister (a hard-rock band), serve them, I believe the community sup­ formers and (rew before every concert. Her but I also see some aspects o(Christianity port will be there for us, ,. Cummings said. manager, Dan Harm'lI, adds rh,lI for either missing or distorted in thisap­ The spread of Christian conservat ism IS members of her entour"ge, 'There's a proach. Also , why arc the albums and being fueled by the new wave of evan­ ,tanding rule that dJ<:rc's no drug use. \Xle t icke{ prices so expensive for some of these gclicalmusicians who have made con­ have a pretty Strict policy I hat single guys performers' They sholtld be puforming for tempor,lry Christian music so popular. The are not allowed 10 have girls in their rooms iove, n()t profit." leader in this movement is Amy Grant, also. We do try to uphold a certain montl In whatever way the message is being who wasdtscribed b}, Tht' \V;/shingwll Standard . ., presented, both sides seem to be trying to Post as "a confusingl}' sexy image from an Not surprisingly, I he emergence of accomplish the samc objective. Rolling avowedly spiritual singer. ,. Christian rock has caused" dn:p general ion Sronequoted Amy Grant as saying to a Gram is not the type who t r,lvcls from gap in some 'Ireas . Fundamental ist colleges group of A & M recording exeCUllves aflcr one revival lent to another 10 spread her like Bob jones University in South Car­ the first time they listened to her religious me"agt. During her tour to olina and Jerry Falwell"s Libeny University Unguarded album, "Everybody wants promote her successfu l Unguarded in V irginia have banned concerts by con­ hope ... It·s pretty bleak out therc , pretty album, she traveled with 20 rons oflight­ lem]"lorary Christian art iSIS, wh ile other dark The statisl in arc obvious from teen ing and sound equipment, a seven piece groupsghtdly open their arms to them. A suicides and all the (r"zincss. So wh,1I we're band and three back-up singers. The lour performance last rear at \Xlestern by Myron trying [() do is take Christian principles grossed more than 52. ') mill ion (or Gram. LtFevre and the Broken Heart B,lnd, one of and make them understandable, Even if it as well as presenting her to Illtndreds of the more popular Christian groups in the doesn't say jesus," Gr-Mlt adds, "i t doesn't thousands of f.,ns across the United States. nal ion, drew a small but enthusiastic martet. ~ Although the synthesi~ers and h,lrd- crowd. Kentucky Library: State's history un shelved By TODD HORNBACK Ietrers. diaries, journals, account books, People in any diSCipl ine which deals in church books, theses and dissertations, she history are very much ,Iware of l he manu­ Storms that ragc yesterd"y arc gone added. scripts, Hodges said. Researchers ca n usc 3 forever , they leave a trai l. but the experi ­ '" \Xle're )USt as happy to have the leners, guides such as th~ National Union Cata­ e!Ke can ntver be cxacrly the same. HiSlOry diaries or memoirs of a poor farmer as we logue of Manuscript Collections to be di­ follows the same p,lth ,tS storms. but his­ are a governor," Hodges s;lid. reeled 1001 her Iibraries to find spccific ~ tory can again be broughl from the past to The manuscripts have not only been manuscripts. C Z the present through writing', photographs used by WKU students, bUI historians, III filet, libtary workers have used the Cl and dr-awings which are kept in an archival folklorists and genealogists from around manuscripts to do resc,lrch for the exhibits Cl environment the country have used the sources for re ­ in rhe Kel11ucky l\·!useurn. M "m It iseasily forgotten how much histOry is search of Kentucky or othet topics. " 'Growing Up Victorian' was con­ Z in a cou1l1ry, a state, a city or a comm­ (rived by a child's diary, ,. Dianne Watkins unity. but Bowling Green is enhanced by a s,lid, referring to josephine Calvert's diary. library which sets a goal of preserving \Xlatkl ns is the education curator for l he Ke!l!ucky hislOry library. Ir is an cxperience to hold thl' diary of a A quolc is uscd in the exhibit fro m the young girl and ca refully turn pages and Calvert diary. The entry reads: examine the eloquent penmanship that had "\Xf chad bettcr lessons this morning OC'CII written almost 100 rears ago. Thc than we have had for a good while. We (the words of which tell everyday eve!l!S ­ girls I mean) had the pleasure of seeing some amusing , some trivial, but all giving Master Hugh Campbell. Sam Stout, Em­ history of an era which we may never see. ery Phill ips and john I{odes receive first The diary of josephine Calvert is JUSt class p"ddlings.·' one resource of hi story that can be found The inscription inside the diary showed wit hin I he walls of the Kentucky Museum that Calvert lived in Bowling Green and and Library . The manuscript section of the started the diary in November of 1878. library , found on Ihe second floor, holds The diary, part oft he manuscript col­ the hand and type-written originals of lection, is joined by photographs, maps, various worb. sheet music , newspapers, cassette tapes Manuscripts are unpubl ished materials and video tapes, all of which give a histori ­ used as primary sources, Pat Hodges, cal viewpoint of their own Manuscripl Librarian in the Manuscript Pat Hodges, manuscri pt librarian, in The Kentucky Building, which houses and Folklore Archives, said, These include the Manuscript and Folklore Archives the library and museum, has 80, 167 continued on pi/ge 4

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1I1Iel during (his time, rhc)' til/ked and conrinllccl from fX'g~ :I learnccl about e"ch other. At Vi/lbs. the), square feeT . J\Iuseum items Gin be found I);/rft'l.!, bllr ("Jell suid they "'ouid write. Ihroughout the building and arc connected Since it WilS the summer of 1913 1111d (lit' historical ly to informat ion found in the midd'" 0(\'(:I"\\,1 II, he would hill'c to /C:II'e library. fiJfo,·crsms. Befort' hc lefr, (hey dccichl fa "The interesting thing aoout the mil")' once he r('ru ffl ed (mill {ile Wllf. On building is each pan of it re lates toan­ O<:lOlx·( 11, /915, (hq W L'rt' llllired ifl O{ her ." Watkins slljd. m.1lrimnny:IJ Henr), and Jillliee Gil,,:>. One example of I his rehllionship is r he The preservation of the manuscripts is Janice Holt Giles (ollc<"tion. This col­ important to the librarians. Collt.'("t ioos lenion conrains the manuscripts of her such liS the Grl'(.'n Collection (rom Fa ll s of UContemporary Music" nOlcs {orall of her historical novels and rhe Rough, Ky. and theorigioal jouroalsof nores for her book, R 11/1 Ale u Ri.'er. Not the South Union Shakers have 10 be pro­ only arc the millJUscripls housed in the tected ina special manner, as doall manu­ Kentucky 13uildin8, but possessions of scripts. The library also has various Giles arc found on the third floor of the manuscripts dealing with the book Mrs. building. Her desk sits serenely in Ihe \'(/il!gs o(rllc Clbbag{' Hnch, wrinen by corner of the room as if it wen:: waiting fo r Al ice Hegan from Louisville. A w lkctiotl someone to begin typing on the old type­ which d irenly deals wit h history of wriTer that il now support s. The worn h 'ys Bowling Green can bcfound in the fl Lmily of the ry]X'writer show the Ust' by G i les as papers and business records ofCnlvert, she fervently worked to create he r novels. Youoglo\'eand Obenchain. The Young­ A frec-staodiog bookcase perpendicular to loves owned a drug SlOfC in Bowling Grttn the desk shields her personally owned during theeivil \'(/ar. According to the books by olher aurhors. papers, the Younglo\'es could hear the Julia Neal, the former director of the bill t Ie r:lging from within the walls of thei r Kentucky Building, helped to gel (he business. Union soldiers would come into "Information Radio" papers and p<:rson,d [Iems (rom Giles home the srore. domned 10 Ihe museum, G iles used the "i\-I ost things arc tamlly malumls kept Ke nrucky Library (o r research Oil her books in an archival envi ronment," Hod.r;es said. Run Afe A R i"cr ~nd Tilt" J3c/iewr. This environment includes a proc~ss for t he In the foreward by Giles in Run Me A preservation of rhese malerials. ]}oxes that Rin'f, she proiscd I he cfrons of M iss El­ ho ld the papers arc acid frC(". Lights in [he FOLKCRAFTS izabeth Coombs. a librorian a( the Ken­ library have special shields. The tcmpe ra ­ lUcky Librory . Houghton-~I imin Co. ture and humidity levels in the srorage area gained the copyright of the book in 1964 of the manuscripts are kept al a constanr. in which Giles refe rred to Coombs as "an Pinsl ic clips and rustproof stapks arc used C,k,d,comt;ng ~ old friCllll and ~Iued assist,lm to re ­ to hold papers together. The manuscripts and candy-making suppl ies search ." In an autographed copy of rhe lind photographs are copied OntO Permalife Art and cra ft supplies book , Giles wrote, "r or the Kentucky Paper which has a life expectilncy of300 Library where I did much of the research years. W/ hen resell[ch is Jane in the library, Ask about our plan for for thisbook." t he copied manuscripls arc used in order to saving you money on T he growing mountains ofhiswrica! preserve and to lessen rhe handling of the infurmation extend much further Ihan the your an suprlies. originals. Although copies arc used b~' wa lls of Ihe Kemucky Building. The researchers, the originals can be seen if one manuscripts arc so fu ll of historical knowl­ asks a libr.Lrian for assistance. edge that the windows and doors of the &12-6232 729Ch~'nu' The special care of Ihe manuscripts by museum allow the informal ion to escape the I ibrarians and others has kept history when used in the wrilings of others. The alive ill the Kentucky Libraryaod Mu­ Kentucky Libr.lry hilS prescrve(1 pan of the seum. The Kentucky Building is found history of Bowling Green and Kcn tucky- between Centn and Kentucky streets in 1fiol1e ®nk ~estlttmll1t history that has been performed . written Bow ling Green, Ky. on the W KU ca­ O LD ScOrrsVILLE RoAD and researched. Giles and her I ife arc pan mpus. W E SERVE of Ihat histOry. The tronquility within the museum and (-3m,l, Slylt! O"'''{'r$ A Greyhound bus stnppccl in Bowling library in no way suggests the historical Crec'n, K)'. Thedri.wopcncd (he bus SlOrms which rage ioside the files. I.et not doors and a/lowed ticket hoMers (0 enter, the storms pass, but watch thc lightning CALL AND M AKE REsERVATIONS HenryGilcs roucleel rhe bus, SC'Jrdu:d for and hear rhe thunder. .... MON. - SAT. 5,30 P .M. - 8,00 P.M. a scar, lind sur dowll. The wom:1II scated WI' also h.:1pi! Par/lt!J anll 8.UI'IIIi!{J ncxt (0 Itim hlill boo/rdcd rite blls in OWNED By M RS . FOJU:ST STICE I.ouisville and was h""d,oc/ fOf EI P'ISO, Bowling Green magazine PHO NE 842-8866 Texas {() I'isi( Ira :Wllt. They rem,111led neighbors all rhe bus for rhe 4SltOllf (rip Subscribe today ARTS AND. ENTERTAI NM ENT

Western Kentucky University's summer dinner theatre wil l present two highly acclaimed productions- Exil fheBody, a hilarious farce, and Dames at Sea, a long-run off-Broadway musical. The Hilltopper DinnerTheatre will open June 13 and continue through August3, and will in­ clude a complete dinner and Sunday buffet. For more information contact Western's de partment of communication and threatre at 745-3296. For reservations call the WKU ticket office at 745-5222.

Members of the band really know how to "cheese" it up.

Say cheese: 5 Government Cheese By GREG MADDOX

Although Bowl ing Green isn't known as a (Own ofmany bands, it 's had so me st rong representatio n in the musi c world. Perhaps the first band to Ix: successful ill Bowllllg Green w,tS (he "I-lill toppers" during the mid-50s. They were a group of college students who hit it big wit h a (":J[ch)' sound and the popubrity to m'lIch. They appeared on the" Ed Sullivan Show" and .. Perry Como Show," as well as performed overseas . A few years ago the group "Sgt. Arms' b"Gt!lle:1 hit with (he co llege-based crowd in Bowl i ng Green. Today, a new, encrg~(ic band is ~mcrging in Bowling Grcen ,md (he recogn ition is beg inning to bllild. The band is made up of four \Y,I ~s { ern grad uate" none of whom was a music major, but all of whom enjoy play ing music. The le

But it's r .... tll y nO( thilt easy (Q label the "'Chcese" sound It 's conrinued on page 25 R E M N s c N G China without a veil By JANE MASSEY everything else w:u; a century or more theTC arc signs thallhe woman is pregnant behind." wit h as(:cond child, an abortion is Although the students were hesitant suoll};l)' recommended. If the coupk re­ Imagine a 12 x 12 room fu rnished and frightened by the Ameri can tC'Jc hns at fuses, nCj:atiwsannionsarcapplil-d. For only widl a bed, chairs and a desk. first, tlK'y soon IJ\:came used to the idea. example, there could be a chaoge o( work­ A g hcttosccnc? "Some Chinese have been taug ht lhal ;111 pl:!ce (whI ch often separates (he couple) or N o, bUI rruher home to dle avcraFc Americans arc very bad ," she said. "h·lost adt(fease in income. Chinese ('1mi I)' of three. of my studems had never seen a foreigner. "ThaI, I knew before," Nnve said. "But Imagine being told by the government But they arc warm and wonderful people. after] had been there awhile, [ nOt iccJ that Ihal ),OU (aulcln"{ go to school to be a \'(/e lx'Cam(' very close very, very a ditch digger. Classes were held three hours n day, five about what that meant. T hen I rt'alized Stories of suppression and abu~ c often days a week. A classroom mon itor was that som('l hi ng was being do[\(: with the leak out (rom behind the iron curtain, bue prescot I hroug hom all ml"(;rings to PC<.'VC Ilt littlc j: irls." we usual ly dismiss (he srorics as W cstt"rn an }' discus.iolls 0 11 pol itics, rei igion or N nve asked a few trusted srudents about propaganda. ideology. This was a hard ad justment for this. Besides, nobody can li \'c like that any­ Nave. Thc)' JUSt dropped lheir hl'ads and I said more-it's JUSt not (air. "I had to bean cons(all1 watch abom 'they'TC killi ng baby girls!' Fair or nOt, somcdo. how I said things," she said. "Ev('n though "Chinese men want male hci rs," she The bad sidcofcommunism is g lossed they were extremely good 10 me and (lid said. "They're only allowed one child; and, over by such governments ,mel, therefore, everything to make me feel comforwbk. I if that child is fema le, she oft eo docsn' t it's a sid e not o(ten seen by W esterners. always had 10 Tl'membet th;11 everything] li ve. Cou ples arc destroying their own Con.equcntl),. only a select few arc a ll owed did was being w;l\ched and evaything I children ... I JUSt couldn't , and stillcan't, to stay in Communist China for an ex­ said, monitored. J becameextremel), aware dtal with that.'" tt'nded visit. of how free American's freedom reall y is." Navc discovered that tile people of Pal Navc of Bowling Green isonc ofthc China and America share man)' Ilt'(.-ds and (cw. desirl'S. But , there isa majo r difference 6 Navc reccnt Iy $I.'rvcd as a teachiog :L5 - bcrween LI S besidts cuhure. sistant of English :Lt the Shicuao Collegc of "A nK'ric:ltls have a dream of wh~t can be Ed ucation inChcng Du, China and t he Chinese don't," sht said. "\'(/e "It's not like 'Ict me tell you about my expect good, \'Qt' expect 10 achieve, to trip to China, n, she said, " It has changed improve and lochange. T he 'American m)'life, I realize that 1 don't know what a d ream' is achievable. T he Chinese dream as hard time is, I've been so priVileged, and well, but the)' realizt, that fulfillment is I've gnne wichout reali zi ng JUSt how privi­ unlikely fOT most. They JUSt say 'that can leged I II;Lve I)(.'e n," never be.'" Nave voluntt'cred as a teach ing assiSUlnt "I came away from rheSlImmcr won­ after having r<:ct'ived allier trom the Eng­ dering how m uch persecution (here has li sh Language lost itute/China laSt (all, been in the wo rld while I "'e been going on

Sixt), Americans were chosen (Q teach with my life," shesaid.

English (Q Chinese junior and senior Although she can't help ft'el ing tremen­ middlc sc hool tcachers, dous sorrow for the Chinese people, she' can T he Chinese government is working on rook back L1pon her t i mt there in a positive what t hey ca ll' Four I'. lodernizations'. In Surprising Iy , tilt: studem s did nor li g hl . order to accomplish these, the people need hesiwt<: to :Isk her questions aboul democ­ "] g:Li(led mOTe respect for t ht, freedom to 1carn Eng lish," Navc said, racy, American lifestyles and Christ ianity. we <:njoy," Nave said. "I realize t hat I' ve T hc Chinese gO\'Crnmem is very recep­ H owever, most c lassroom qUl'Stions arc t:lkl'n so much for granted, It's a strange tive to American Christian teachcrs, ac­ superficial. Navc's students would ask her land - a land o( pain and par-Jdax - but I cording to Navl', towalk with lhem aflerclass. Once (rtt love it because of the people. The Chinese "]t'S a very interesting paradox," she from the res traints of the classroom , the arc a wonderful, coumgeous, strong, admi­ said. "The Chinese wanted Christ ians Ix:­ students would ask more probing ques­ mbk, warm, caring race." cause the government sensed their comm­ tions and the walks would sometimes la st Also, N(lve's stLidell1s told her that the itment toexcelll'nce," threc to four hours. experitnce has changed their pe rcept ions of Nave and her colleagues arrived in Anot her dimcult adjustment was the America and Americans for the Ix:tter. ChinaonJuly I and left AugUSt 23, recognic ion that the government controls "Culturally, I think, that lhe summer "I fclt as if [ had been I ifted out ot roc e\'t"rylhing. "You do what )'OU 're tOld for wasancxtTCmcl), importaJlt point in the 20th century and pll! somewhere in the the rest of your life ," she said. liv('S of 360 students," Nave said. "And 19th cell( ury ," N:Lve said, "There was very For eX;lmple, the governmeOT reqU ires the pe ripheral advantage to that will be litt1cthat was (nmi liar . The train s(:(:mcd fhar a couple [\:Lve no mOf(' than one chi ld that tht,y ull go home and talk abo ut their almost the only link with this century, Officia ls regularly visit couples, and if POSIt lve ex peTienee. • REMIN ISCI NG Where a dollar is still a dollar

Bv JANE I\I ASS EY This bri ck bui lding soon became the diCtions that the com pan}' wou ld have (() warehousc ofJ. L. Turner and Son, \X'hole­ relocate to Louisville or Nashville," Turner sale. The wholesale business wasn't a new says. "Bill, we've proved Ihem wrong!" The din ner conversation at Tdlie's Res­ vc murc for the Turners, Both father and Although thefilci Ihat agrowingcor­ lauram usually focuses on the weal her , the son had spent limt· as s:tl es men fora por:ltion has its home office in a runll crops or the ch il dren, Bm somet imes Nash .. ill e~b:\sed wholesakr during the Ketl[ucky town surprises some, il s~ems phrases like "capital (ormation," "third hue '20s and early '305 ... M y grandfat her only natural to t hose who know I h~ org:ltl­ quarter profits" and "compauy inter­ and mlher ttavelt,,-l Ihrough all the small ization. "Sm:lll town pt'Opleare Dollar f.'\cing" drift over the everyday comm­ towns of Kentucky and Tennessl'(' toeal] General people," says DollarGeneml em­ ciliary on life in Scollsville, on merchants," T urnt'r says. ployee J eff Rice, Twemy-five miles (rom Bowling Green Once the depression hit. (he ynunger Rence Dauer, another employee, ilgrees, on a dead-end side road, off I he Old Turner had trouble selli ng ml"fchandis.c "Scottsville's sma lllOwn nature and Glasgow Road , lits the hendquarf ersof one because of the backed-up·invtntory of rhe fri end ly atmosphere:lfe co nsistent with thl' of the (astcst growing discount rctaiicrs in mtrdm1l1s ... M Yfilt her went to mY' gnll1J­ culture of the compilny." Ihe n3tion ~ DollarGenu:IJ, Behind tht (:It her and said '\Xle've gOt 10 go ,ntO le­ Scottsville residents arc gr:ttclul tor main cumplex arc the rolling hil ls ofa lail ing ourselves; we'vt got to have direCt Dol la rGeneral. "It emplors a 1m of our neighboring farm, COnt:lCI with our consumer,'" Turner Says. IX'Oplc, which is great," Laura Lones 5:1)'S. "Pt'Ople arc surpri sed t hat our litde After W orl d \'Var I I, the Turners "People are proud ofhavLng it here." tOwn of 4,300 can be t he h e~I(lq uan e r s of one opened discount Slores in the rural towns of Despite the s l t~ldy expansion, Cal co mpany that size," says Scousvilie mayor Kentucky. In 1955, Dol larG ~neta l was Turner Sr., clmirm:tn of the board, :Uld George Maxwell, incorporated , and the fi rst Dollar Gen~ral sons, C:l1 J r. and Steve, are determi ned !O But, obviousl y, it works, Scottsvil le luts Store, :IS it is known tochty, opened in think small been the homc of Dollar Gem'ral for <\ 7 Springfield, Ky. A f~w momhs larer, Dol­ "W/e try not tn think of ourselves as a big }'ears, la r Genenll opened a Store in :-'·Iemphis that business," Turner says. "\X'e wam 10 "II JUSt shows that yOIL don't h:I\'<.' to be sold e\'er)'thing for 5 I and under. The store maintain the qualifY of lit tic ness in terms based in the city to havea successfu l busi­ madeo\'er S 1 mil lion in 10 months. of relations with our employees :111<1 cu.- ness," says Dollar General employee D:lvid "That got dad's att ention, " Turner tomers. ~ Gendron. I:lughs. 7 And successf\iI it is. The revenues for The tvtr-c:\ut iOlISJ .1.. 'l'urner didn't DollarGeneral Corporation in 1 9~4 were become overly excited. "He WilS afraid my o\'('r 5480 million. ExpeCtations for 1985's dad was going togobrokeasquicklyas he 1929 Champs re\'enues are 5695 million, which is a long was expanding," Turner says. In faCt, the way from theS 10,000 initial investment elder Turner bought a (" rm in case the z of Dol lar General's fou ndt'rs,). Land business failed. By JOHN SPUGNARDI " Ca l Turner Sr. Inste:id offai ling, the comp:lr:y has sten "m steady SUC(l'SS ilnd Erowth over rhe last four The rea r \929 is beSf known for the "m "Dollar General really got started in Z 1939 beca use a large brick building in decades. The company employs 6,500 stock market crash thin sent America ree l­ Scottsville was on sale for half price, and workers and operales 1.286 stores in 23 m,!; iillo the greal deprC5s inn. But some a Turner will buy anything at half price," ;t:1les. Bowling Grt'Cn residents f~member it as laughs wmnanv oresidem Cal Turner ) r. "There have been a number of pre- tite}'t'"Ur Ihe Bowling Green HighSchool Purples won Ihe state baseball cham­ pionship. When the 1929 Jjuwl,ng Green team had to go door-to-door sell in!; cases of Co ke to 1};IY for I heir uni forms, and walk I wo milcsaday topmCticl'.lhe)'didn'r mind ~ rhey were playing the nalion 's (.woriw pastime. The 1929 Purplesdidn'l mind winninb either. AsamarrcroffJCt, Bowling Grecn won every gill11 e they plarcd that rt:IT, despite having on ly it 12-man ros ter. Bowling Green's first opponent in the !Ournamt1l! was Owensboro H igh School, and thegamc: was b;l rdy a m:ltch. Ilowling Green won 28-4 and they didn'l even bm the last three innings. (The game was so one-sided that Bowling Green's c0.1ch,

Dou).; Smith, forfeited his team's fig-ht l() cominlleaoo p;I,l:c8 REMIN ISCING

continmxJ (rom page 7 Green'scenter fielder, Marvin \Villiams. Florida to house his carnival. It appeared that Ihe hit was destined to be a "Garvin tol<1 Shotgun that he could usc b:u just to hurry the ,game's end!) game-winning home run, but \Villiams the land, ifhe took care of the animals t hm In thei r semi-final game, the Purpll'S quickly chased it down and fired a throw we re houSl'

Gary E, Hairlson photo II

z "Cl m "m Z The brides be'lUty was brearhwking. Design rather than flowers, is more im­ Aft<: f the rings have been t·xch,mged, The flowers sheG!rried cascaded down the portant, HcJsltom silid . the ceremony is ovcr, the cake has been Cut front o(hec dress, aimosl touching Ilu: "Brides arc look i ng for somet hing a and t he last guest has gone home, wh:lt is floor. B;lby's bre,1(h and S:U in ribbons in a lin Ie bit different ." left bllt memories' e/usty rose lightly accented the bouquet o( Fl orists offer many se rvic es to the bride During this speciill time, a professional roses th:l( hl(1 just opened e!lriier the same and groom -everyt hing from thl.' can­ photographer is a must to nlpture this Illoming. A tiny green vine i:lCed the mag­ delabras and outdoor arches to the flo ral once-in-a-lifetime experi ence on papet that nificent "frily offlowers, intertwining arrangemems for the reception. will prcserve your wedding memories "un­ wirh rhe sMin ribbon rh,11 curled around an "When brides come in, they doo 't til death do yo u part .. (XCaSiOllal lea(andswayedgentlyas the always have an appoin tment ," Saoderfur \XI cdding portraits can bc a unique ex­ hride nwde her way slowly to (he fronr o( said, "'but we si t down and look at books of pre ssion of t he love two people share. the Gltlwdm/. flowers and bouquets ilnd pick out what There are many options avai la ble to the they like and go from there." bride and groom. For yea rs. flowers have been associated "Brides should make a list including Videotaping the wedding has become with love, fri endship, grief und cel­ color schemes, bridesmaids. flower ideas popu lar within the last couple of yea rs ebration. No matter what the occasion . and sofonh belore tney com!: in," Sana­ since «lInera equipment has become so fresh flowers arc an expression of personal erfur said . "'If they know how many to buy accessible. This provides a couple the feclingsand tastes. for and what ther want to buy, then they chanct to rclive their spcci'll day as many . White. like rhe color of t he weddi ng will know whal to spend." times as they want. Also ava ilable arc sl ide flowtr an d d ress, has always been a symbol Even thoug h walk-in appointments arc shows somelimcs referred to as "'re­ of purity, of a new beginning and of a fi rst welcome, better preparation would be to fl("Ctions .·· The slides begin with baby love . But wedding bouqucts arc no longcr call ah<:ad and m,lke

13 Same marriage: Second time around

For better or (or worse, for richer or for feelings and their communication prob­ what marriage was all about z poorer, in sickness and in health. After 18 lems. "\Xle h JUSt the ebrations one step further. omics and family living departmem. "\Xle Iwoofyou."' Preston and Ola Mac M iller were mat­ were standing there saying our vows to The Parkers have been married for 18 ried 50 years last ./I.hrch. In a ceremony :u each Ot Iler after being married for 22 years. years. They have twO teenage sons . ./1.1 rs. Forest Park Baptis! Church, the M il ler, This time we knew what for better or for Parker said the shock of sfaning a [1mily, restated their vows before their five chil­ worse really meant." the strain of losing a job and the pressures dren and 11 grandchildren. H

Cemer locatc::d on 3 1-\'\I13ypa",. The Marla applies a reiaxlI!g massage rhat w ill Br LO UISE GI LCH RIST ce nt er spccializes in S wedi~h massage. intrc::ase th<: person's bJ()(xi suppl)-,. "/l-h,sage is one of till' b,,>t things you C,lll Dr. John Erskine, of the Erskine CC1lter M;lr), llil~ dc-dded she ',~ sufkreJ from do for your bOody ," says Marla , "II helps ofCh]ropraoi( in Bowling Green, sa),s, up/xr hack :Im/ncck paill/ollg mough. bot h your mtntal and physical heallh. An "as a pr~v('nrive meaSllfe, Illassag~ is She dcsp(:mrciy Willlt.> rdic(from her dis­ dfec{ iv(' mass,lge 1Il,lkes your bod), fec I Ii ke ~x((' l lcll1 .. Most people do not spend a cOlllfiiU. Thnmgh;1 (flCIJ(/. sht: h';oms il is gCI1 iog ,1 two- hour workoul while proper aill ount of time taking care of their ~dxJUt;m efFeCt! I'e (celm/que I h:u m'IY your III ind is c:: n joying a Iwo-hour rc::,t. " bod ies; massage g ivcs 1helll 1 his oppor­ 5001 he ha {Xl in_ This (c(llllique is all illl ­ II-lary ancllhe Turners arc nO! theonly lunit)-,. " I t keeps rhe bod)-' r~laxed," he ('("Til he;llius 'lrl alld /ix/ay exist" 'IS" people who believe in the drenivenessof says. "' Tension, resulting in headaches ;lnd !iCC/lIed "maiec, even in Bowling Green . mass age. In bet. J\1"rl,1 says ,I growing achmg llluscles, (an often be prevented II is widely lIlis[/lJ(la~((xxl. how('\'('r, number of 1.lowl, ng Green eil izen" now when mas,agc is accurately appl ied to 1 hc 'Illd is offen crinciled /», (hose \\ '/Jo know rea lize wh:ll a healrhful practice it is. Marla body. " /iu/c about 1(5 (n'" /Jal ur('. Alary, like has a regular cI ie lll elc of more than 50 Another Bowling Green chiropraClor, tn;"'}' orilas, h ,s Ix/innl UJIllIllOIl Illis­ women and chat number is steadil y ,n­ Dr. Foy McCorm ick, has always bel ievcd (()Iu:el'liolls :tho! ,t the pmcrict' ;mel flils ncasmg. rlwugln il it bl.:disreputable. She '.5 he.>i- in thc pown of m"ss"gt. He CVC1l pranices The Turners have owned T I.C centcr for it on his own pntiems. "I f you arc a sk i IINI 111111 (() rry ir. bur ((USI ing her (riend's the pase ),ear, th(Jllgh it has operated in masseur," he sa)'" "you ( an definitdy hdp ;1(h ,,«(O, she ,·isils Aliltltl . "Ioc'!! rilN!!pi.,[ Bowl ing Green fou r years prior ro their a suffering p,u icll! You must kilO'" how {Q ,dlv spcc", /i:t c.~ ill Ihis h(';dillg pr;lCl iet' , purchase. "\'V'e'vc tried to makt Bowling accurately manipulate rhe specific body The session rakn p lace in:l pnl'luc Grcen ,! W,lre [11;1/ licens('d mass,lge is ,I rcglUns to erC,lt'· J g(xld Jlus>age." Dr. Sidon, wilh only Ih" I !H! WOI/l,"n P"'SCTH It widespread praoi(e," Marla says, and she McCorm ick says St ress is ca used by high]), is:1 wm(orwh/e ,1rmosphcrc :md Mary im ­ bdievc::s it is fi nally being accepted as a pinched nerves, and {() red un: stress , ten­ medi;nc1)' feels il1 (':Ise. Durin,/! rhe Olle­ Iq;itimate b us iness , sion on tllC Ilcrvt's llluS{ be released "M'ISS­ hOllr visit >AI:!r y firS[ re/ax('s in;l su:am The word massage means frinion. The age r t'l i e\'C~ the ( ausc of , t re ss as well as (h(' cahinet th:u help.> eliminare t()xill.~ lind b,lSic Swed,sh m,ISS;!gc 111lpl ;cs liS ] ng IOong adv<:rse cf(ens of it,"' Dr. McCorm icl ex­ puri/ics Ihe !xxly's SYS1('1ll , N('x(, ;Incr;i h,md st lokes ro rel,lx muS(les and in(rease pLullS quic/.; showcr, M,1ry rcsrs on;1Il e!c,'.1(cd circulmion. Ir originated in theearl)-, wb/(-. Stress is a daily part of many pe(l p l~'s I ROOs by a Swedish (encing masttr and Ilvcs. Hl'eric carecrs ,md busy schedules Hcr lIe('/'; b;le/.; s(ill 'lChe, .>oshe 'Ill" t;)'1ll instructor, Pchr I-I tnri ck Ling . Ie isa hOIXS (he (hcmpi:I'( \\'ill he suCCCSSfil/11l heal ins ;! n, ytt uwr thc ),c"rs mass,lgt h,IS rcducin,lJ her /Xlin. Afuscie lellSWll Iws become associ,ned wi l h ] Ilegal sexual Clused M ;lry's cirnd.1rion le,-c! rn drop. so m~ t hods , [ven loday P(;Ople have mis­ h/ood is 1101 rC;J.cI !l f)<~ I /J(' upJX'r b'K/.; w l nO( in ,lny Wily rekr to sexual in­ ureas ofdis(()mforf. This mue;lses hlood volvement berween ( I iem and therapist, supply ro the body. M;lr!;l ;!Pp!i('s J.;I:1lr Ie ,l rokes 10 her IXII icnt '.5 ncck, b;lek ;wel 111 faCt. Kentu(kv state laws make;1 shouldcr,5 . Sh(' rubs rhe spine. rdcll "in." il legal (or a masseur (male m,lssagc ther­ (('m'iOIl in cach .,,,[{ebrae. apIst) to mas>age a wom,ln lO r p"ymcilt, By lil{' end ofrhe hour. 1\I;lr), S bil('k ;1/)" and convers~I)' , a tn ;!sseuse (female [her­ neck pain hIs /csscncd c()/lS idemhly. "I,Wl apist) cannot massage a male. 111 com­ ill eora(ywmp.1red to ho\\'! Imd fdr, . pl ],l1lce with this SI,lI c law , Marla opcrates Mary says. Her body II/)d mind fi::d re­ TLC wed:da)-' , 7 a, In. 105 :30 p.m. , a(­ fa xed. ulmo.w.ltinwlated. "I used co be­ cc::pt ing onl)-' female dicnlck; Roger takes fieH' rhis pIilctice WilS dlsn·puwbh.:, bUI aplxlintments for males afn:r 5.30 p , m. after Jusr one session wlrh M;lri;l. I realizc " Rogn and I ­ fard icllf!;, Imd Illo\\' sll'ear by Ihc p ractice age, unlike:: some slereotypical things ofllll! ~S;lf-l{'· .. people may have read aoout o rseen on telcvisi()n. Marla has ha d m;!n)-' loca l eh iropra(lors And sodOoC::s Marla T urner, lin'll';ed refer patients to TLC. Th~s~ arc usually Bowling Grc::c::n massage therapist , who, eld{'riy clients who can't mow around Marla says a massage ma kes your along with her husband Roger, owns T LC much. and t hercfore do not receive proper body feel li ke it is getting a two-hour (Tender Lovin", Carc:: ) Cdlulite TmtlJl1C:: !lt blood circulat ion. For such a paticnt. workout. HEALTH AND RECREATION newyou

mmtal and physical wdl- being of the body , it is important 10 learn how todr'al with sness. Marin td Is lut ienls I hal mass­ "ge wi ll !lot eliminate anxiety, rllal mUSI come from within each individual. \'I/hal massage can do is [elax a patient, and once a person is cairn, he is more I ik~ly to better handle n sr ressful si l uat ion Massage can be beneficial to al l age group" Marla believes th(; youngn a per­ son is whell he b~gi!lS to improve his circulation (through t he use of massage) , the benn his healr h wi ll be ill years to come, She has regular cl ients as young as 19 and as old m; 90. Each patient has a di((~re!ll re,lson for vis it ing a massage ther'lpist. Some people who partake in Strenuous exerlise use massage w rebx rheir light muscles: others vis it a masseuse to mai ntain good blOlxl ci rcularion throughout their bodies; of course many cl icnts receive ,I m,lssage sim­ ply hecause it fee ls so nice and they want to paml)!>r t h~mselV(;s for all hour, \'(fhatcvcr the re,lson ,I person chooses tor re«;iving a masS

Many of Marla' s customers swear by the ancient practice of massage The"shaping Up" craze around town

By KEVIN GI{ANGIER buikkrsall hitting the gyms and tracks in watrh what they {',l{ arid Iheamount they a [1 effort 10 stampOlLl ob(;silY in 1986, cal. ..

\Vhcn you hear the word h(;alth, what There arc more than 20 million overweigh I Thl' social aSpeltS afe what ,l{ r mCI many Jo you think or~ Som(; think of Iheir d il't, AmeriCln> , and 20 million more who lX'ople s;lys Crcws. the amollntof nutrition the)' may oc gct­ think th(;yare. Some people exercise llisr becau,e it ting or maybe (;\'(;11 the lIumber of calories Who's behind this fit and trim phase) provides them with the oppo nunity to theycoJlsurnedail)' Toman)" health Onc m,ly Wild to lx:1i(;v

TOtby , there arc more than 20 m ill ion Un"'crsit \' , "This mouv,ltcs IX:Ople to rllg um il I hey have f() be cured confirmed runncrsand million muscle 15 (Onrinllcd ()fl p,lge 16 HEALTH AND RECREATION

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\Xfhat 's available In Bowl ing Green) There are special radio<; to strap around yOllr head so that you Gin bop up and down the street and listen to Lionel Richie ,ing "Can't Slow Down, " There are new w'lIch.:: s (b'lI allow YOll to monitor your speed down to one-one thousandth of a second. Tlwre are even boO(s with straps on them that allow you (0 hang upside clown like a bat \Xfhat would our forefathers (hink if they could see our modern forms of physical pleasure? "Physical titlless bas come a long way In Bowling Green," says Billy Mayhew, as­ ,i,tant manager of Riherd's Sporting Goods in . People arc buying home exerciseC

great! "It's like h~lving ,I cooch in your own everyone wants to lose the lIlches." home," She adds thaI the rclat ively simple Often, the most successful method of Weed control [0 follow aerobics give you the opportunit y staying with a regular exercise program is to work up to a level where you really feel finding someone with whom you can ex­ 'X/eed and rubbish control enforcement good about what you arc doing, ercise, somenne who can give you constam is the responsibil ity of the Housing Inspec­ Once you have dedd(-d on an exercise ~upport. ror as authorized by city ordinances. Prop­ that is right for you, where do you begin' The Bob Hop<: international Heart In­ en y owners are required by t he Housing For many, local healrh clubs ,eem to be stitute offers the following lisr of ideas thar Code to maintain thei r property according the social spots. you can usc to build an effective sllppon to the established standards. Property is to Olympic Fitness Center in the \X'estrrn system. be free of abandoned autos, litter, junk or Gateway Shopping Cemer ofTers a nurnber V First, find a friend who shares your {'all weeks , or grasses. To repore non­ of reasons to wke up exercise in a Bowling problem (too little I.'xetcise, excess weight) compli

By Cynthia Dickerson

N ine-year-old Sarah fishes for her key muniry Education, offl:[s working parents with one hand as she jugt;:lcs her school an al(~rna r iv& ti"J high-cost day-care centers books in the ot her. After emeri ng her and to leaving their children home alone. houscalonc, S]J(' rurns on the tdcvision to Ir runs from 2:."<,0 p.m. to 5:30 p. m. each combat the silencc. She begins her home­ schonl day and is open to all schools, grades work, as her morher instructed, and then K·8. However. becauseofrransporration stans wfix her sntlck when the doorbell problems, mostly students from McNeil rings. Suddenly, she's not hungry (or her andJonesJ aggers schools part icipate. pC:lnut butter sandwich anymOft. She hcsi­ "\X'e're providin,g a safe envi ronment for wntly cast's toward the door, trying to the child uftn school,·' SclunaJzbauer said. rcmtmber the rules her mar her had rushed "!t also gives the parents peace of mind. ,. through that morning while getting rcady This pea(e of mind enables parems w feci (hr hu first day ,I{ a new job. Sarah's more comfortable about the safety of I h~ir confused. She docsn"r know whether to ask children; therefore, ther perform berteT on who's at the door or whether to pretend (he Job, she said. like noone is hOIl1(,. Her hcnrr races as she Sara Brrant uses the progl',lrn about trics ro decide. thre<: to four times a week for herdaughtet Unfortunately, this is nOt an un­ Calhy, who is in the fits( grade. common situation of the (,igh!ics. As the ·'Knowing whl re she is and that she·s al l rising COSt oftiving nece~sitJ.res I wo­ right gives me peace of mind,'· she said. incomef;1.miJies , and as high JivorC<: rates Cnthy likes the program tOO, give way !O single, working-parent house­ ·'You gel IOplay and stuff, and you get holds, more and more children arc laking toear your snacks, and whenever you· re care of themselves before and .. ftef school hot, rou get to drink!'· she said wirh excit­ - alone. Estimates for t he number of ement as a smile lit IIp her flushed face. latchkey children range from rwomillion The program is structured to give chil­ to 15 million . Edicoriili Resc.1f<"h Rcporrs dren recr~a[ion, homework, snack and , estimates that there were seven million in activity time. Activities wnge from mak· 1983 Congressional t<:stimony h,is pur the ing boomerlln.gs to crearing cardboard number;1., high as 15 million fo! children pin-on bUHom of the students· hlvorire ages 5!O 13. Whatever (he number, there cartoon cllal',lCtns. G;lrfield was very is a growin'g trend in this counny of le a v­ popular this year. ing children unsupervised b<:causc of tn addition to the regularly phUlllC(1 working and/or {inanci,\! situ;1.t ions. schedule, students also lx:nefi l,fwm the As ncar as can be determined, Bowlin.g snfety tips of visiling groups such as ! hI;: Gr~cn is following rhe naliOo;1.1 trcnd Oowling Green (iremen and policemm. Two·thirds of elemenr;1.ry· children have The Baplist Student Union ha5also both pan:nts or the hOlls~hold head in a visil ed, bringing with it puppel shows ~nd singk . pnr~nt home working, said Karen clowns. SchmaJzbauer. direcro! of Communi ty The program is an alttrnative to t C' I~ · Education in BowlingGreen. And vision, SchmalzbauC[ said. "Here ther en· Bowling Green ~I,!pin follows the national gage in social interanion and social trend in alleviatin.g the latchker problem exp<:ri ences, " suth as learning to work by offering after-school programs and with one allothtr on projects. s(lf-help programs for those children who Srudenrs also gai n the social exp<:riellce do roke care of rh~msdves before and after ofhdping to plan ce[[ainactlvities. Ther school. have input on what some of rhe aCt ivities The after-school program at Wi. 1\. will be, The)' arc involved as much as McNeil Elementary, sponsored by Com· possible, and the older SI udelHs arc given

Ga ry E. Ha irlson photo more responsibll ity such as working on thc quantrly newslettCf thc progmm putS out , Sch lll;llzbauer S;I"J . l)~ e na I ve~ ..1 ,enior recreal i01 1 major at \Xi(;Stern Ken l ucky Unlvcfsity, supcrviscs the ch ildn:n wil h I he belp of t wo ;IS ­ ,istams. She coord inales most of the ac- t ivi[ ies, including speilkcrs and special programs. A popular visilOf is Big Red, \Xi es tern', maS(OI She 1r ies to arr are for children iookccl. If a child is not r~ady to h"ndle tht 19 sill ce il bcg ,1]1 three yC'~lrs ago. Ikcause of Dllrlng tll is t if1l e (he)' learn about personal new adjll>( mcnt , he or she nul' become I he inueased IlltereSt, twO more programs s~fetr skills, such as answering the door (0 fearful and begin to show sIgns. If achild is arc bein); planned for Aug ust SIr,lngers, answtring [ht phone and sexual !lot ready for tho: responsibi I it y of sclr-carc , "\'(I"e hop<' to be ,lblc 10 add ~s need assau lt. They also learn how to handle heor she rna)' gel depressed, become anx­ dicwtes and resources become availahle," ef1lcrg enrics such as fires and poisons. Par· io us, dcucase perfofTmll1("c in SCh()(ll, Ix­ 5. \'(1c 'rc· really a society sil !crs Al ~lcNl'il, thcrl'is:tsharp d rop [hal there are alrefll

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T.C. Cherry, L.C. Curry and \XI. R. (tar or assistance. '['he btst known IS Alt hough a bi II authoriZIng a S20,000 McNeil . A II hough srudenrs presenrly en­ PhoneFriend, sponsored by the American expenditure for latchkey programs was rolled in the program arc given priority, Association of Universitr \X'omen, State passed by Congress and signed by Presi­ student> from ()Iher schools may par- College Bwnch in Ptnnsylvania dent l{cagan inOctobtr 1984 , theadmin­ I icipate if room allows. However, Linden New programs can be starred in istration has llot sought funds in any of its said I h(; r(;s[ of the area s(hoois ,hOllk! be Bowling Green by comaning Child Pro­ supplemental appropriation requests. re,[(hed in lhe 198G-87 school year. ten ion, which then works with the Since the Reagan Administral ion views the If parems and chi Idren wish to get a Bowling Grecn/\X'arren County Task latchkey is sue as a local one, parents are preview of the proSwm or to revinv what Forct on Missing and Exploited Children. rurnin!! to their communiries for help. has already been learned, [hr "1' m in The latchkey problem "obviously one Parents and communities must facr rhe Charge" program will appear on Storer thar won'r go away. It is eSl ima[ed that by problem and learn more ;,bout it Knowl ­ Cable', public access Channel 2 during rhe 1990, two of evtry rhree mothers nation­ edge lead, 10 understandi ng and under- summer months,lnd periodically Ihrough­ wide will be employed outside the home. 5tandin5 to accomplishmelll. S()('ie t y, and our the year. The 4 5-minU1e summary tape Each rcaran additional 4 percent of the rhe parents who are a part of it, musr highlight> faCCIS of lhe program. n"ticJ'u's mothus wkt jobs outside [he understand the trend that has dominaTcd There arc ot her after-5Ch(lol programs in home. IA1tchker stat iSI ics arc affected by the eighr ies. Togethrr, they can be better Howlins Green, however, mOst require these trends and rise paralkllo them. preparcd to manage latchkey situations in transportation unless th~ school is wi t hi n rhe futllre. "" walking distance. The Boys and Girls Clubs of Dowling Green provide care for children during t he week and in [he sum­ mer. The Girls Club offers ans and hu­ Safety Tips manir ies. spons and self-awareness Protect Your Child and Yourself act iviries for girls () 10 18 years old. "\X'e do whatever we can think of 10 keep them oIT the streets and 10 keep them 0-.- Work wdh your child in writing an emergency card containing the family busr," Dir~c[()r Javonni Burchel1 said. name, address, phone number, emergency numbers and directions to the The Bop Club offers to boys 6 lO 18 hou~e. Place it next to the phone in a permanent location. years old spOrts , games, arts ,lnd crafts, Create imaginary emergency situations with your ch ild and discuss lessons in kitchen maimcnance and home­ o--.r work time. what to do in each emergency. These programs in Bowl,ng Green, in ­ 0-.- Define specific emergencies such as fires, gas leaks and accidents and cluding dar-care progmms, arc helpful to outline the emergency procedures for your child. It may be helpful to write 20 tltt llumerous p,lrenrs ,lnd chi Idr~n using them down and keep the information in a permanent place. them Bur arc they enough) \Vhat about h Find a neighbor whom yourchtld can caff on in case of an emergency. children who have no uansportation to these programs) Even if they've par­ 0-.- Do a complete salety check. ofyour home before you begin letting your riripated in the "I'm in Charge" program, child stay alone. Make sure appliances and heating sources are in good they may still fed frightened at rimes when repair. Check locks on doors and windows also. they have no d irerr adult supervision h Don't hide an extra Key near your house. G ive the spare to a neighbor. According toSchmalzba'ler. something Make sure the key works and that your c hild carries it out of sight. else needs to happen .. [ think the parents, h Teff your child to take the same route home everyday and to walk home tht schools and the community nttd to with a partner. work togethu [0 rtsolve the latchkty issue and do what is in the best mterest of 0-.- Either set upa signal for answering the phone or train your child how to childrrn," she s;tid. answer it. For example, hang up on obscene callers, don't give personal Some cirir< . such a. one in Fair(1x, Va. , information to strangers and tell the caller that Mom or Dad cannot come to haw neighborhOOd chtck-in programs the phone right now. where trained, neighborhood-based fum ily 0-.- Make sure your child has enough change for a phone call. day-care providtrs kttp watch Oil neigh­ borhood children assigned to them. The 0-.- Tell your child not to let anyone in the house unless you said that it's program is designed for older clementar), okay. Alert your child to anticipated visits. It may be helpful to make a list of md junior high school children. Wirh allowed visitors. A peephole may be necessary so the ch ild can determine if permission from p,lrCntS and the providers, the person is a stranger or a recognized visitor. children can sta), at home after schlx)l, visit 0-.- Establish house rules such as complettng tasks cefore television, friends, play in the neighborhood or ,lttend cleaning up any mess, recognizing visitors, playing outside and phoning or ~ft cr-sch(x) 1 and communitr activit ies leavinq notes as to whereabouts. Establish a place to leave notes. Parents designate how much responsibility their chi ldrl'rl call h,lve through a contract, 0-.- Praise your child for good behavior and accompliShments of house which also defines the roles of providers. rules. This type of program allows a great deal h Plan activities for your child. Don't let television become th e babysitter. more Oexibilit r for older children whose needs differ from )'oungu childrtn. 0-.- Always keep an open ear. 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By DA R1NOA RAl'"IEY tr,u:k :mel field, gyrnn;lstics, bowling, {ri­ VOlli ll tl'nS art: also importanl b<:caust: sl)Ce , swimming, pen rat ], 1011, ;md whed .. (ilcy proviuppon .More [han onc m ill ion athletes com­ Ms.)o Vnner, coordmJt or (or area-five the' ol)'mpics' intt:tIlalional headquartns. pete, year-round , in 16o]yrnpic-typc special olympics, sa id l hc most imporwfI( Special Ol)'mpics is spOrt in its truest sport> activiti('s h<: ld ill more I han 20,000 ;ISPC(( is "the influenc.:; the g Jmt:s h"ve se nse, communities In the United States and ovcr the miiletl's, socially and mellc;llly. 11 "Tht: ,goal is not to win," V etller S,l ld , some 60 fon;ign count r;('5 . Programs ,Itl: gil,ts [he olympians a chance for S(Ki al ­ "but to experi('n(t:" nc'w kind of joy. No [un by an international network of izat ion ;lnd ;ld venture; out more impor­ l' me is tOO slow, 110 distance too smaillo 500,000 volunteers who support every as ­ wnrl\', it t:llhances theirsclfimagt." t:arn a ribbon, a hug, a chcer or a sincnt: pen of the Spcciai Olympics c;,usc, from Verner stresses the imlX)rtance of ' \I'dl d one,'" Vtrnn said. raising funds to (Oaelll rig ,l( hlctcs and of­ volunteers 10 t he g;unes . 'The spi rit of No records arc broken in the olympics ficiating at Special O lympics gam(:s. voluntt:erism is the gille t)Wt holds Sp t:ci~ tl l'XC~pl those fur courag{: , detennin"t ion Ilefor" Special Olympics wa, cfeared by Olympics together." and sportsmansh ip rheJ oseph P. Kennedy)r. Foundation, Tlw volunteers serve as coach.:;s, garne If you 're willing to vOlunttl'[ a portIon many cxpcns in rhe field of mCllLli n:;­ officials, chaperones, huggers, organizers, of rour t j me co t he olrmpics, conwct Vt:r­ (;lrd;!! ion said , .. Mentally retarded people publicists, fllnd r;I ;SefS, entertainers, ncr's office "l \'(1~stn!l Kenruck)' U!ltvcr­ JUSt (an't do it. 'I'hty cannot learn to run sports oflicials and Ot her workers. si ty, 745-60(j3. 400 muer,;, >wim th ~ length ofa pool. or (Ommun icatc wcll enough to parricipatt in tcam sports. " On cvery COUll! , Spnial 0 1ympics ha~ 22 proven them wrong Tht:>e myths wne sh,u{t:rt:d in 1<)(,8 al Chicabo's Soldier Field. W irh the cooper­ ation of the Chicugo Departmcnt ofP"rks ,llld Recreat ion, t he foundat ion Invited 1,000 Illentully retarded children and ad ­ ults from 26 Stat~S, eln,lda and France to compete in the first Internat ional Sp{'cial O lympics g,\[n~s. Since l hat mOIllt:lltous oCGlsion, the Sp{'cial 0 1ympics oath has becorllt: t he pledg{: of Special O lympians ;lrOllnJ the world: " Let me win , bU I if I cannot win, Ito t m~ ht: b r;lve ;1I rhealttmpl." /I.-\cnrally retarded indiViduals who art: al leaSI eight-years-old arc eligible to par­ ticipate in thl'olympics. Most participants have an I.Q. score of75 or le ss, and those who arc mcmbers of tegular ifl(.:;r­ scho!.lstic or lIHr,lffiur,ti te,IIllS arc not cI i­ giblc for 1he olympics. "Graduation" of tht: 01ymplans into tegular sports programs is rhe principal objective of the olympics , Al rht: h.:;arr of Kelttllcky's olympics is area-five, whicl l consists of I h.:; tcn B, lrrcll River Area Dcvdopmenr Dist rict counties. Every April , 1l00athietes and 15 0 lOaches from 46 schools and agencies "The spirit of volunteerism is the gluelhat holds Special Olympics together." ga l her i II Bowl ing G re('1I to panicipate ill COMt-IUNITY. SER VICE Energy waste avoided Bv STANLEY REAGAN

Here's a riddle. WhM 's invisible, powerful, in almost IiENERAL"STORE every Bowl ing Green horne ,tnd COStS S25,931,268.44~ Satisfaction Guaranteed Give up ' (/) "It's all of the eb.:trieity used by the city w "'< of Do wi ins Gwen from June 1984 to July a: 1985," Larry Caner, customer setvice 0 :IJ I- "'-< manager for Bowling Green Municipal (/) 0 Ut ili ties, said. ..J .. The ll(ility, whidl gets its power from -< the Tennessee Val ley AU! hori ty (TV A), a:.. has 15,491 rtsidential cuswmers and w Shop Your Ul 2,74 1 commercial ones. "'X'e have ooe of z 0 w 0 the lowest r.' Caner said the average home in thee ity ...... ~ uses 1,000 kilowanhours of ekctricity ­ DOLLAR >- 0 o ,tbo,l( S50 ,1 month. .. 0 a r c .. At ties are the numher nne sources of r "z heat or cooling loss," Can~r s;,id. a: .. Cl Keeping thermostats turned down saves .. :IJ Cl ..J GENERAL lots of enngy on both heating and cooilng, m ..J "m ;J.ccording to BG MU bulletins. 0 Z \X'hm heating a horne, the norm,d sc·t ­ a ""'z ti ng is 70 f degrees. But if the consumer (/) "':IJ reduces that setti ng to 68, heat COSt wi ll STORES® f,tl I1 0percen(. .. >- r The regulation of the therrnostat is more ..a (I) cri tical in (he summer. wh~n enugy usc is >- .... at its peak . a: 0 W :IJ By cool I ng your home at 80 F degrees > ins(~ad of78, you'll save I () percent. Some w Ul don'( like it hot, however, and frequently 310 EAST MAIN STREET "' set their thermostats at 72. This will lOst them 68 percenT more on their electric hi ll Hot water heaters usc ti 200 k ilowatt­ hours of denTicity annual I)' , lOmpared & wit h a clock, which uses 18 . Curter r("C ­ ommends that the heater's thermostat be seta! I IOFdegrees. u.S. 31 BY-PASS Other ways tn save energy, C'rter said, arc'" JUSt com moo sense ways. People shou ld remember to (urn ott lights and appliances when no t needed. Carter sa id this probahl)' is the most sen­ .,ihle , but overlooked wa y TO save energ)' ... COi\ IMUNITY SE RVICE They look for trouble

By BET H EATON Pol ice had their hands full investigating B[ock caprains, designated by e;leh ;IIlJ BR UCE WEST current crimes . The only other alternative nei!j:hborhood, pick neighrnm; to watch was to have th~ criminals wach the pro­ ccrrain things at certain limes, Thomas John and Susan Smith oftypica[ sub­ gram. said, '" If someone goes on vacation, they urbia [ocked rhei r home's doors rightly and Th~ beS t burglars w~re found. Teaching might give a neighbor a key so I Iwt thq' [eft fora night out with friends . They crime prevention became part of their pro­ can check on rhe house, turning Oll differ­ returned five hours later on ly to find that bation program. [n return, burglars rec­ ent lights, changing the position of! he their home had been ransacked. Many eIved paying jobs, a collegt educal ion and curtains- making the house appear lived valuable items were missing, along with lived at a minimum COSt, often cost-free. m. several personal (feasun::s. Si:veral areas in the city Me involved in The chill of real iting that someone in­ the winch progr;un, vaded their privacy wil l remain for a long Thomassaid thaI Bow[ing Green Po[ice time. caught a burglar whena man called and In order to protect the safety ofhomes, told them that a serange car was parke(11Il Ihe Nal ional Crime Prevention Insl itute the neighborhood "From that. we solved (NCP[) was formed to prevent I hese incidents 37 burgl;lries.'" Each state has representatives, usually The idea is for people tocal[ the ]xllice if police officers, who attend training they see something out of the ordinary. sessions at the organization's headquarters Operat ion! D, is aI)OT her phase of crime' in Louisvil le. The Kentucky Crime Pre­ prevention. "Peoplcen};raveall va luables velll ion Association is our state's organ­ with their social security number. Usually . ization. burglars avoid these iwms," Thomas said. Anyone can Ix a member. Some ;ire from "Some! imcs it IS hard to m,l intai II the as far away as the WeS(" Indies, England. program, I)cighborhoods change. people Guatema[a and TJmi land. move in and out," he said. "Some cal) and Pa t Thomas, a Bowling Green Police want to regroup." officnsaid, "NCrl began when we (polict There art certain areas of the city whtrc offiu::rs) began looking around the count ry crime is frequcnt , Thorn:ls said the m:l ­ and saw our current system was nO! work­ Jo ri!y ofbst year's burglaries occured ing out right. '" around Western's campus. The federa l government formed a com­ "There's a lot of rental propert y around mittee that vis ited different couneries and the campus," he sa id. "L'mdlords don't researched respective systems tolsee if any put ingood locks because it's an extra wtIe more effective, to' them," Since students arc constant [y In England, thty were empha>it ing coming and going . holidays arc a "big crime prevention. "\Ve saw that it time" for burglaries in that ;lrea. worked ," Thomas said. "It makes sense to NCP[ teaches crime analysis and theft He said "burglars go after the prevent acrime. rather than Jet it klppen prevention for both the corporate and TVs , stereos and an)' other valuables and catch t he person [at cr. '" community enviro;mmems, Thoma~ said. lefr behind by w[lege ,tudmts." "It costs thousands and thousands of The success of the organization depends Thomas feels t he program wit [continue dollars for one ctime, '" he said. "It 's much on the involvement of citizens at the local to grow by "'leaps and bounds." Htsaid, cheaper spending a few minutes ca lking to level, In Bow[ ing Green , this program is "''X! e need to convince people it's a whole somCQ{le who has made a 2 5 cetl{ phone call the Neighborhood \Vatch. Began in the lot better to prevent a crime frQrn hap. to rqxm a crime. mid 70s, Thomas said, the basis is "he[p­ pening, than to leI it IWPPCIl, ;lnd thell When thecommittcc tried to imple­ ing your nei,ghbor" . prosecute and possibly throwaway rhe ment the crime prevention program, they The oper

Green J llnior Chamber of Commerce . r he Jaycees are leaders Jaycees have thrived. The chapter now boascs over 240 memlx:rs and i~ the third County J aycee>. largest In Kentucky, By STAN LEY REAGAN Don Hines, prcsidenr of the local chap· "'Ja),((>(;s come from al! wal ks ofl ife ." What makes people in Bow[ing Greco ter , said thar the Jaycees are the world's Hints said. "Do((ors, lawyers , sen·icc k;ldersi brgest leadership training organization. station attendants and farmtrs." Statc Represenrarivc Jody Richards , "'Thar's our so[~ purpose, '" he said. Who isn't a lavcee' ~f ayor Charks Hardcastle and County Since May [946, when lhe twe[ve­ Until J uly of 1984, women weren't: Judge Basi l Griffith started their careers as member ch;lptcr elected Carson Potter as that yc;\ r the Supreme Court ruled in [Ivor leaders in the Bow[ing Green/W arren the firs t president of th~ then Bowling of women joining the J aycees aod ordered COMMUNITY SERV ICE

all chapters 10 change their bylaws. In how to budget their resources and delegate planning begi ns long before that. August of 1984- just one month after the responsibilities. " "We look at how well events went last court's decision- the local chapter voted Community Service, I he second phas(;, year, disregarding the w~a[hcr , and if it four women intomcmbership. has the Jaycees worki ng as a wholt to help was ,1 good event we and theSOKY r air '"The lady members are some of our besr people or otht r org,mizations such as senior Board usually decide to have it again," recruits, '" Hines said. '"Sometimes they do citizens, the Muscular Dystrophy As­ Hines said "\X'e try to dodiff~rmt evelltS most of the work."' sociation or the Kidney Foundal ion. so the content of the fai r alw'lys changes." Pat Drown, a polin: officer, is the first This support comes III the (orm of man­ The fi na l phase ofJaycee leadership women 10 serve on rhe chapter's board of power work ing to raise cash donations training is the indlvidu,tl ph«se. di rectors. Brown said, '"The Jaycee, have This summer, children from all This is rh e most importafll phase, I'lines helped me 10 communicate better and to over the world wi ll see Jaycee hospital it)-' at said. reach out to people. '" its best as the local chapter hosts the B13 '"Each member builds upon his or her Hines was glad to sec the merger of the GunChampionshipoftheWorid. II is own abilities," he said . ., It also builds Jaycee \X' omcn and men happen smoothly. sponsored in part by the Dai sy B13 Gun upon the other phases. "' '"There was some opposition," he said. Company, who will celebrate its. ,IOOth Todo this, Hines said, lakes a 101 of "' Bur, this w,,-> mostly among the older anniversary (I his year). timc, tillle spent on rhe job. mcmbns of 001h ~roups. In a few years , no The annual championship draws more .. Employers arc very understandi ng one will even think about it." lilan 1,OOOchiJdren ,mel their parents to when 1 heir Jaycee employees hav(; to do The local chaptn sponsors more than 40 \Xl esrcrn Kentucky University for the some,thing for the chapter,"' he >:Iid. '"Thc projects annually, devot ing H,OOO hours of week-long evt tll. employer knows fhat theJaycees make 1 he volunteer work 10 Bowling Green. i\\cm­ ., r.,·I,my J aycee Chapters 1ik~ ours have cmployee a b(;[ter employee, " bcrs g,li n le'ldership ski ll s by phHlni ng and shooting programs,"' H ines ,.lid. 'These Loc,11 indusl ri es and the lIni versi ty sup­ p,Ht icipal ing in projects, !-I ines said. show kids the proper lISe offirearms." pOri lhechapler by loaning speakers on "They don't have 10 be 1 he chairm,ln of I he One of the most outstanding Jarcee topics. Some industries makc don,illOns project to learn how to be a leader." contributions is the Sout hern Kentucky I ike cars or t rucks when th i ngs need 10 b(; Three phases of the JaycL't: s work Fair, held here each summer. moved together 10 aid the members in gaining Although I he reg ional bir lastS on 1y Olle Man}, rnelllb(;rs put much into the chap­ leadership. week, 1-1 ines said t he fair is a year-round ler, Hinessaid. ''ThereisSlichathingas Manage'mem Development encour;Jges project Jaycee burnout. There's always 10 or 12 the wise use o( finances and time, Hines "'We spruce up the bui ldings, fix people working 011 al most every project." said '" Planning the projects is where most things, pain! and mow nbout twO months H incs hopes that the chapt(;r wi ll (on- of this phase comes IntO play. Jaycees learn befor(; I he fair opens , he said. But, till" Ullue togrow. "'"

conrinued {romp;/gc 5 "It got to the point that I fo ll owedJ(X' to monster ere,lted by I he hands of its mem­ somewhne, and ~verywhert , octween " his classes and passed him note, asking him bers . Even though each has a parr-time hymn and a hard- rock song, each with a to join the b,lIld," Womack said lOu, the band is lhe main priority. "Chee,e"'lOlIch. WithJoc joining Ihe band, they had the ,·!t ·s now bccome my lifc obsession, my '"To some, rock'n 'roll is ' Iron Maiden ' ingredienrs, all they need~d w,IS t he blend 1 houghts arc aiwa)'s with the band anp our and to some ir's Billy Joel," Womack said. - pracoce. music, '" Womack sa id "'We gel influence (rom ,)ason and the '"\X' e'd play in the kitchen with IWO or With the big effect the band has hnd on Scorchers ,' Elvis , (Bruce) Springsteen, the three people as our audience ," Mack said. its members, i~ 0111)' makcs scnse that they list gocs on. But basically, we each play our "\X'edidn't sound tOO good, but we never wa1l1todo their best tochange the laid ­ own sound ro form a 'cheese' song, '" he said. lost faith. ,. back Bowl ing Green image, or at 1e,ISt thc musical part. "' I sec it as a fusion between rock ana folk '"Morl" bands arc being brought in that music," Bryan Hulse, a junior at \X'estern, "Our maJlJ virtue is the play theit own music and more are form· said. energy. W e're not going ing," Wom,l(k said '" Maybe we didn't \X'ha tever kind of music you want to call Start it. but we were pretty close." it , [he band is JUSt glad to be playing it. to inlpress people with The immediate future looks bright for The beginning has nor bcenelsy for hig h-tech sound, so the band. They are planning n single or an "Government Cheese .. album, depending on who b:lcks them, in Skot and Tommy first met whi le trying we have to go for energy.," the next two or three months. Bc;'ond to join a frat ern ity at \X1estern. They t lWI , they have no clear-cur plans, but one played on and olTfilr a while, then lost their rhing's for sure, they will be giving it their first drummer. Billy Mack emered the "\X1c could hear beyond how we sounded best. group ,I short time later. They eventually ar the time, " \X'omack said. "Wedidn'l "One thi ng people recognize is thaI we found

McChesney attempts Oy REBECCA BARNHART any deSign to please her customers

When (he police served papers on Patti With the latest purchase, Paui found cake and that every cake they make has a ~kChcsncy in 1972 and forn·J her to StOp herself commuting from Howling Green to story. "\'\Ie hear more stories than you can w iling cakes (rom her home, that only Glasgow se\'eral times a week, while Butch Image. temponrily Stopped tht'diminmjvc ran thc bakery and worked another full­ As she fl ipped through a never.end ins blonde. who h:Ld already established her­ time job. llutch quit hisorher job to pi Ie of pin u res of her custom-made cakes, self as a cake dccor:lting sp«ialist. devote more time tothe lxikery, they Patti said one of her proudest cakes was fo r Bored of her new-found freedom, Pall i closed the Glasgow store in January 1985 a liquor distributor who ordered 26 large started decorating cakes again from her and in March, rhey merged all three busi­ shett cakes to give his customers. They horne in 1975, this time wil h a I iccnsc to nesses to the doughnut shop and began to were it repl il'a of the Anheuser·Busch se ll to the public. She thought of opening live in the bakery. Clydesdale horses in a Christmas scene. It her own business and it only rook nne "It's (the bakery) at home on your clepined a man lind a woman clad in snow 26 in cid ent to "pm I he icing nn the cake." kitchtn labk~it's in your car ," Patti said, attire ill a wagon ocing pulled by a learn of "It was my son's birthd;lY.·· she said, wavi ng her arms in the ai r. Clydesdales. nibbling on a g lazed doughnut. "and T hey renamed the bakery Showcase "That cake had a lot of skill and I ime in Bowling Grttn had JUSt had a bad ice Bakery because Patti said "we didn't want it" lLnd used lots of colors, Patti said, storm. I had waited umil the last min ute, that doughnut name." While trying to boastfully. Hut she said the eX Ira effort was as USU:I ], to gCt a cake or any presents." 50, pick a new name, Patti said they thought worth it because "we in rurn ha\'e gotten she and her husband, Burch . ventured on of "so me of the uogodl iest names." T hey business b.'!ck from that. " the icc-covered roads in search of g ifts :Lnd :L decided 00 Showcase Bakery bt'(;luse the "During Christmas, Butch and I wem cake. showcases, glistening with fres h chocolatt, to some liquor distributors to get rec ipes They wem to a local bakery where the jelly-filled and cinnllmon doughnuts, arc wit h liquor i n thein, like rum lakes :L!ld parking lot and sidewalks wcre

fer w~Jding r~ceptions and parties is a we 'J] I ry and rnat s lun ," she said. strawberry Iree. Her ent husiasm bub­ Other than the cuswm-madeGlkes, bllng , she explai ned t hat it is;I plastic fo~m Showcase is also unique tn tlwr rhey cone dippn in wh itt chocolate, wroppcd deliver, P

sH ucted In an I. -shaped fashion , wrapping around Rafferty's. A change of pace A vnriet y of stores will fi ll the confi nes of the retail faci lity. Most will be special!)' ByGORDON ALLEN was se Jected for the Thoroughbred SCluare type stores and some wil l be se rvice deve lopment forsevcr,,] «~a son s. oritnted . A new [etail OInd office ce nter will be .. Bowl ing Green is close to the division The ot her building of the dev~ l opment offered to Bowling Gn:t n inlatt Mayor of th~ Webb Companics-Nashvillc and will consi st of28,000 square feet and will carly J une. Thoroughbred Square, a also close to the national office in Lex ­ be the office headquarters of sever:tl busi ­ 67 ,OOO-square -foor fac il iry will be located ing!on ." Strobel said. "The growth poten­ ne sses in Bowling Grt'Cn. i\-I odem archi­ 27 on US 23 1 be hind Rafferty's re,t,w tam tial of Bowli ng Green also makes it a very tecture show ,I glass elev310f and a Thoroughbred Square is a projeCt of attractive markel." skylight. Offi ces in the building wil l have Thoroughbred Squ,lrt Limited of the Strobel said rhe 01 her reason for choos­ the look of prominelKeand distinction. Webb Companies. A p,lrtnership was ing Bowling Green was the need fora The Mid-South Management Group, formed including Dudle)' W ebb, wh o is a mixed usc commercial rea l eSl'ate estab­ Inc., has already committed to !l1;1ke their national partner of the \X' ebb Companies, li,hment in this :lfea. new office head<] unrters at Thoroughbred Wesley N. Williams, partner of the Webb Th(lf()Ughbred Squ"re wil l consist of Square. The Mid-South r-.lanagemept Comp'lIlles-Nashville, and four limited twO bui ldings , ~ach designed by Earl Group operales \Vend)" s of Bowling partners: Dan Dav is . DaVi d Mason. Tho­ Swenson and Associates Architects ofNas­ Green, Professional Air , Inc., an d Ibf­ mas Schdldorf and James Sm it h, cx­ hvi lle. The project will COS! $5 m ill ion ,md ferty's, Inc. cclltives with 1\1 id-Smah Management is financed by Cit izen 's Natioanal BanI.- \X'endy"s of Bowl ing Green currently Group, Inc., of Bowling Green. A .'39,000 squan:-foot bui Ie! ing will operates eight \X'endy"s includl ng stor~s in Frederick Strobel, spokesman for Webb be Ihe home of several retail estab­ Bowling Green ,Ind G I"sgow, Ky., Compan ies-Nashville , said Bowling Green lishm~nts. This building will be con- Chirksville, Columbia and Cookvi lie, Tenn. Professional Air, Inc., an air plane chart~r service, is based at the Bowl ing Grt'Cn airport. Raff<:rrr's, a feSr

cal customer. Some jusr like fres h flowers all the time, but most order for occassions We deliver such as birthdays and anniversaries. They also have groups such as Junior Miss that SOUTHEASTERN DISPLAY INC By ROllYN LlBS order flowers. Rain, sleet or snow. NothIng prevents Deemer's also del (vers hel ilim balloons ADVERTISING BILLBOAR DS these people from Joing their jobs. They'rr: for all occassions. They arc really m. Several drivers };ot stuck, but gorilb. chicken or during the Christmas Morris said that there were always people season, a Sanla. around to help. The pizzas stayed WUfO This service ,dso h;ld to deal with bad with (he help of a hot box. weat her since irs busiest time fel l on Val en· 2309 Scottsville Road Flo ris ts also must contend with bad tine's Day. This yean hey ddivered 95 Bowling Green , KY 42101 wl·ather !x-cause it's not supposed to Stop bouquets. ror Valentine's Day, \V ilk ins 842-0156 them from ra king flowers to sick fr iends or had aspecial mylar heart balloon. A mylar sweethearts. Yalcmine's Day is usually the bal loon las( up to TWO weeks whereas a florist'sdream, but this year it turned into regular balloo n will only las t 12 hours, a nightmare because of bad weathet. Wilkins sa id. Deemer's Florist did a pretty good job People really love getting the balloons making their ddlveries despite the - especially III costume, \l(I ilkins said Ir 's weather, Lilian Henderson, a b(x)kkeepu a di(ferent wa y 10 tell someone how YOll said. Henderson said t hal Valenti ne's Day feel. is t1wir busiest Jay of the year, and it Occasions for balloons , '\lcording to usual I), takes;l( least a week to recuperate Wilk (ns, are bi rthdays, anni vcrsaries, from su(h a large order day. birth announcementS, thank-yous and Roses are a favorite of customers, espe­ good lu cks. l-Ie s,l id surprisingly most of ciallyat Valentine·s. A sin};le rose in a bud his orders arc (or adu llS. The balloons COSt 782-0200 Z209 NASONIl lE flO vase StartS at S5. Customers also like Cut ,lround S 15 a dozen. flowers ar ranged or in a bouquet year­ FOr< OVER 3S YEARS WE KAVE BEE N What's in srore for delivery services' PUTTING THE GREEN IN 80'MJNG GREEN rou nd Thei r prices stan at S8.50. \Vi lkins said that he is thinking about C()IooIoIfRCW • IIlSCENTW M T.

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Although few corporations had thei r beginnings in Bowling Green, Camping World's first store was located inan olJ barn on Beech Bend Road. Today. Camping World is lhe kader in . ('6 ~ rhe recreatiooal vehicle indust ry. Camping \'<7orld uses full-service superctnters to 0 .6(; ..... carer to RY owners. These full service centers supply R Yowners with equipment ...... ~ lhat can be installed at the SUjJercemers or taken home. They also sell everyday pro­ CITIZENS ducts such as toilet paper and kitchen acccssoncs. In the beginning. Camping World was NATIONAL BANK just an idea in 23-year-old initiator David Garvin 's mind. The business began in 1966 at Beech BenJ Amusement Park, then THE owned by Garvin's father, Charles Garvin and his family . After inviting campers to Slay at a furm adjacent to the park, G,lrvin LEADING EDGE opened a small store in the middle oft he A Trans Financial Bank campground and began sdling camping Bowling Green, Kentucky 42102 -1020 supplies. Hecalled the business Camping Member ED.I.e. World. Business was booming. Camping 29 \X'orld moved from Beech Bend Park to its present headquarters on Beech Bend Road. 3 This facility doubled as a full -service - --'=:- ~ supercentet and as the corporate head­ C Z quarters and mail order center for lhe com ­ Cl pany. For additional space, lhe computer [@] Cl etntcrwas moved to a huilding ncar West­ m "m ern Kentuckv University. Z ln1976, Camping World expanded by - - DESA building new supercemcrs across the INTERNATIONAL United States _Th ere arc now locat ions • from 1Iyrtle Beach, S.c. to San Bernadino CONSUMER PRODUCTS DIVISION Calif. ~ 2701 INDUSTRIAL DR IVE Child's play? BOWLING GREEN. KY 42101 Okay, you caught usi Brush and leaf W. spend a lo t of da.>, c'ntorin~ . wril i n~. drawing, and cuning and t )"stin~. GESELL collection Rut. there's a lot mol"<' behind ,,·hat wr do. We explore whleh media "itt help our cli ent BUSINESS PRODUCTS Brush and leaf pick-up is ava ilable to reach the Consu mer. We wr ite COM that sells products lLD..II.ldeas. We d raw ittustrations to catch YOUR AUTHORtZ ED SALES AGENT FO R city residents during peak times of the the eye and set the mood. We cu t a,,~ p"ste .",h year. Throughout the leaf season, trucks pr inted pic,. and make sure il tneets with our XEROX COPIERS clie nt '., approyat. will collec t loose piles of leaves at curbside. And yes, ..... ran N'en help you ~tt temonade. • See our selection olleliable Brush pick-up routes, as with leaf vac­ Xerox desk top and portable uuming, vary accotding to location within copiers _ Push· button simp le to the city. deBord & operate . Genuine Xe rox supplies For added information on scheduling , CALL FOR FREE DEMONSTRAT tON " " 500'''''''_ RoM contact lhe Street Division at 843-6363. A K'"9', P",. 5OO0P'09 Co ,,", Owen, Inc. 80..-" 09 G'.. n . ~, "'{)1 'A.''' .. 0 ... "S... ,.. Ago.' schedule of pick-up areas and dates are ;llso ••.~ , ...... , ' ~M _ '· C. _ "' .... ''''''' '~ 1 _ "" 101' 8'0..... " ~"o" " ' o "" . ..", Iisted on City Government Cable Channel XEROX' i, a orademark 01 ""~ ' ... G, ..o", ' 1'01 ..", XEROX ., Three. XEROX CORPORATtON Romanza Johnson: What's next? By LaMont Jones

rolded chairs arc pushed back from citizen in Dowling GI"(."Cn in 1976 by the prople who attend a cookbook, and I have labk'S linered with paper napkins, pOtato Chamber of Commerce and twice honored recipes in it that I tested through theyeat chips and cheese curls. Droplets oflcmon­ as outstanding board member of the local to see that they arc good ones to share with ade cling to the W:I)[Y insides orlinlc paper Girl·sClub. the customers. "' cups - leftOvers of refreshments Ihal were But J ohnson is modest about her repu­ "'The Hoi ida}' House"' and regular ho me ser.·cd 3 1 Ihe employees meeting. ration as one of Bowling G reen's most cconomics-relau.-d seminars free to the On a cold fo,londay afu:rnooll in the highly t""Stl"t:med public figures. She re­ public are some of the ani" ities she started meeting room at Bowling Grccn ,.,1 11- gards herself mther simply, giving others when she began working for BGMU in nicipal Utilities, Romanza Olipham)olm­ the credit. 1970. son th.lnks the gueSI who has JUSt spoken. ''The people before me Imve set the way, Before then, she taught home economics Prcny and professional in her black and ,lnd I've JUSt tried w continue and to pro­ c!;tsses at West<:rn, her alma mater. whitt pin-striped dress, she talks easi ly in a mote," shesaid. "I enjoy working with pcoplcand wispy voice lUlU frequent ly smi les. "! am employed at BG M U as irs home sharing information and helping others,"' It's been a long day and Mrs. J ohnson's economist. That includes working with she said, '" And so as 1 have time, I do try to fatiglJ~ is beginning 10 show Bur, tfue to thecustomersofthcutility. Basically, I do that. he r fCrurat ion as a gracious and charitable work with the homemakers and show them "'TI](; Ix:t terment of the communit y is person, she g rnnts all interview anyway. how to usc new appliances W(' help people one of my ov<:rn ll goals. If there is some Who is RomanzaJohnson? who are building or remodel ing thei r way Ican hclpwirh that, I want to do The answer 10 Ihal question largely de­ house plans and give lessons, d<:mon- that . ,. pends on who you arc. It was concern for othns that Todoz.cm of her co-workers at BOw linn':' ______-; ------l pronlpted her tostart "Creative Grecn Municipal l Jt ilities, she IS the ~ Cuisine"' d uring her tenure as State com pany's home economin, chairman of the American Heart T o thousands 01 morlllnglJstt"l1t:rs Association. of W BGNandWKCT,sheisthe ''"Creative Cuisine' gets the with the helplul homemaking hints. local restau rants to offer some And to many yuungsters at the food on their menus that would local Girls Club, she is a freehC".l Hed )0 Ix: lower in fat, sugar and salt wuman who gives he r time and talcm to creatin,l; enloy able aCtivities for so that people who need to them. watch that can find It on some Romanza johnson is a very busy of the local menus,"' johnson lady. A good look- it would take said. more than a mere glance - a[ her "Of course,"' she added, seven-page, mostly siogle-sl)aced "that would justbcablctohel p resume shows JUSt tnat. She has Ix'e ll a uS all live longer by eating memocr of more than 50 cIvic, SOC];L! lor Romanza Johnson at nutritious foock" Every day is a busy day and professional groups and assorted johnson said she has lived by mottos Her Adams pho10 advisory boards, stt~ring colllillittee~ mafl most ofh<:r life. Two of her favorites arc councils. And she has held office in most of "'I.eun by doing'" and "' ~ I a k e the beSt them: president, BowlingGrccn-Warren strations and programs to civic grnups and octter. '" County Horne Economist Club; president, tocJasses that mnge frnm kindergarten to She applied t helll in high school, where Altrus,"l Club of Bowling Grt'Cn; president , the university level. And anything that she gradu ated class sa lutatorian and was in Bowling Green's Woman's Club and Gar­ re lates 10 homt' «"onomics, we t ry 10 pro­ Furure Homemakers of Americlland Heta den Club; president, Kentucky Home vide information anually showing them Club, Economicslissociation; president, H ome how to make thei r quality of life better. '" During he r three years at \'('estern, she EconomislS in Ilusiness ofKenlucky; And she makes a lot of lives bener by was active in the home economics depart­ presidenr, Nutrition Council of Kentuck}' some of the ~li[(le'" things she docs at work ment, She remains so today, 26 years after and pr(""Sident, Electrical Women's Round - planning hol iday parties, retirement earning a B.S. inhomecconomicsand 18 Table ASSOC iation. baoquets and shari ng recipes with cus­ ycacs afler getting a master's in cdUcal ion. ThOligh it's nor for the recognition that tomers. "' I'm at the uni,'ersity about once a day, she works, j ohnson has rec<:ived JUSt [hat. "I try to have recipes and helpful home­ either to t(-dc h a class for som<:one or to help Her many honnrs includt, Ilowling maker hints around for them to pick up students," she said. Grt"t:n's 1985 Cit izen of th<: Ye:Lr by the and take home,"' she said. "One day, they called and some inter­ Op(imist C lub, thecity'sOmsmnciing "'Then each year btforc Christmas, we national students didn't have coatS aft er it Civi tan in 1984, national m<:mocrofrhe hav<: a utility open house called 'Th<: Holi­ turned cold because t hey were from a warm ycar by thc Eketrical \X/ Olll<:n's Rou nd d ay House', and we invite our customers co climate, so I helped organize acoat closet Table, lay pe rson of the year by th <: Ken­ come in and I show Chrisonas id<:as for to Be t rogtth<:r some sweaters and jackets tuck}' N urs<:s Assoc iation , outstanding food and decorations. W e g iv e each of the (or [hem. "I was fortunate to be raised in a family grxkhildrl'n . ., you ever g(,t all the way done," she mused. where my mother was acrive in commuoity She and her husband spend much of What is the key to her apparent ability s(!fvice, and many of the teachers that I had their spare time showing Tennessee to do everything all rhe time? in home economics were a good influence. Walking Horscs and collecting antiques . .. [ think time manag~mtnt is very im­ B ~ing a home economist, I'm in a position She has amassed mo re chan 200 m iniaturc portant," s h~ said. '" A lot of my 1 raining is to sec where th~r~'s a need and where there lamps and nearly 500 cookbooks - 15 of in management - management of time, arc places that I could be nfhdp.·· which she compiled. money and energy. Experience in home economics has "My profession being what it is, I enjoy "" I try to ptll into pranice what I tell allowed her to e)C plore broadcasting and eookingand collecting cookbooks," she other people, and people in the community print commuoication. said. " r vc betn r(-aJ pleased that r ve had arc he'pful."' "Romanza's Ramblings"' is her weekly rec ipes used in the 'Southern l iving' maga­ Eddie BC( k, general manager or column in ''The Vine,"' a local consumer zine, the 'Country living' ma,l;azinc, BGMU, compli mented Mrs. Johnson newspaper. Every day she hosts "Home 'farm J ournal ' and' Progressive Farmer. '"' without restrvat ion. Sweet Home" and "Energy in the Home" If that's not enough ro kt'Cp her busy, ""She is very inttrcsring and very active on Storer cable. Moreover, she has shows Johnson and her husband arc restoring an in helping people in the community," he on WBKO and W KRX-58 (WeStern's old home. said. "'She is very much a leader. She seems station). "\'(I"e're still working on it. I don't gucss toenjoy getting involved in community " I think that the school"s (\'(I"estern's) anivities and she docs an excel lent job at motto, 'The Spirit Makes the Mastu,' has it. We certainly do appreciau: her here ­ always had adcep setting in my hean, :lnd she really pwjens the imag~ of ollr I still continue to support the ~hool utility."' through the alumni association and its Dr. William Floyd, headofWcsrern's acriviries," she said. home economics department, heaped "' I enjoy the fellowship with the equally lavish praise upon her. students. I think it's g ood to be with ",M y impression of her over the years is younger people. I wo uld like to think that that sh~ is a human dynamo," he said. "1 I cou ld provide a helping hand to the don't know how anyone person can do the srudentsand faculty." number of things she docs. rve never fig­ Mrs. Johnson said she finds much of her ured out how she docs them all so pro­ strength in meditation and Ralph Eugene · ficientl y. J ohnson - her husoond for 25 years. What is in the ruture fo r Romanza "I have a very understanding husband Johnson? who gives lors of support to my activities H a answer to that question is t rue co and projects," she said. her repurat ion. f hey have no children, shesaid, but '"Do more OrWll,l{ [am Joing, continue "lots of little friends (lnd lots of linle to be activl' and do morc (or others." 040

TEXAS CHOCOLATE CA KE i Cook peas (or three minutes and drJin. Saute diced onion in buttl'r; add mush­ 2 cups Sligar j room soup, chest nuts and plmienws; mix. 2cupsO our Add pre-cooked pe~s. Plact in a I sti ck ol{~, J 9-x 13-x 2- in ch casserole and 101' with Ylcupoil onions. Ihkc at 350 degrees for 25-30 4 tablcspooosoxoa Johnson's talent lor cooking has prompted minutes. I cup "'a ter her to compile 3everal cookbooks. 'Ii cup bUffl'rmilk 2 wholeegMs ORANG E PECANS I teaspoon soda I t''''spoon vanilla I cup sugar I teaspoon cinnamon I cup chopped penlils or Coconut, optional I wblespoonlight corn syrup I tC:lspoo n van illa Heat oleo, cocoa :Ind mil k, remove (rom [/3 cuporange juice range'. Add sugar, v:ltliJ la :lnd pecans or I tablespoon butter or margarint Sift rogether sugar and flour. PUt in Coconut. Pour over (:lke as soon as it is 2 v.. cups pecan halfs S3ucep;ln: oleo, oil, cocoa and water. Bring removed (rom the oven. Yz teaspoon grated orange rind to a rapid boil. Pnur over sugM ~ nd flour and mix well. Add butt~rmiJk . eggs, soda, ...... Cnmbine sugar, corn syrup an{1 orange cinnamon and vanilJ:l. Mix all ingredicllts juice in a sauCt'p,Ul; mix well. Cook over together and pour in a well -g reased PEA CASSEROLE medium hl'at, st irri ng occasionally, lIntil 9-)C 12-inch p;ln. Bake 25-30 minutes at mixture reaches soft ball stage (21\0°). 375degrces. 2 packaS cs frozeo p('as (IOounccst""dch) Remove from he:lt; stir in butter. Beat I m.-dium onion. _ .uJlUMS _ 4.:\'" woman is a he:\v)' machine opcf;lwr. I-ia y­ PAI'lllI<.lOl& ilARl)lUOI IJ<..)I(S MO.~ .000,.;s - ' N)I)lIaU~;:I" 1i cmft is a veterinarian's ass isram. 1;"'lIn &. CI.»IIC !ItJ" '1J I:i Z5" U """l! Aftera long day's work. thc two begin I'AC- UAT'S t heir moonlighting job around 6 p. m ...... ,.",. II' .".,,,,, ~.u~,., I!""~ Minor said that each job only rakes an hour and a half, ··so we ca n do IWO or tlm.'C KEN [.,g.1;I., a night." TIICdirty job begins by brushingfrom 32 WALLACE & the wpofthechimneydown. The ,hroot FORD-BMW and firebox areclcaned by physicall y going 901 LEH MAN AVENUE ' P.O. BOX 1!191! up insi{le the chimney and brushing the BOWLI NG GREEN. KY _2102·0I!9fI spot. "Some peopk think it" s really odd that '(:lfjC~~et we would want 10 do something th:lt TMC would get us so di rty. but it's fun," Minor Our network can · ~~hoppe said . , · Presenl this 00 and receive "W/e :I re the only twO women chimney · $10oflweddir.gset·up sweeps in Kentucky." Haycraft added with 1025 U.S. 31W Bv·Pus Phone ~3~393 pride. It·s a di rty job, but so mebody's gOt {() doil. !B£tty'~ 9(owu .Ef,ap 800fty 61 ...... ew- c.Adams By KIM /l,I AX\X' EL L ~~~ion ~1zpes Headqua'rters Greenwood M,II {5(2) 8ot3-4Q29 Bowling Groen. Ky.

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From srrtet to suct(, (rom hom ~ to home, (rom one mailbox to the n~xt , each day mail carriers take to the streets o( Bowl int; Green to distribute the mail. But the job isn 't JUSt a few hours of daily delivery. Bow!ingGre~n carri~r, H.M. Forester, who has bl"l"n on the job for Iwelve years, says rhat his job can some­ times tak~ m uch longer than he cxpects. He says that the amount of time it rakes him to delivcr his route depends on what tim~ of the year it is . Hobdays seem to be busy times of Ihe year. '" II can be tough," sars Forester, '"bur it bl"arsdoing factory or desk work. " Barking and snapping dogs may not show a mail carrier much apprtcia(ion, bur as Forester explains, there are those who cao be friend ly. H e says that a couple years ago ont dog began following him on his route everyday; the twO became such good friends that the dog would follow him into his office and sleep under his desk while he was working. Pia), liS a song; you're the piano nwn Dans~r~au learnl"d his craft through ex­ But the dog went away and wa,gone for Play us il song wnigilr, perience, playing the piano fOf 23 ye,lrs. a good while. T hen, a(t~r almost a year, the For we 're illl In the mood for ij melody Besides playing alone at the Parakeet, he dog came back and has lived with the mail 11 And you make us fcc! ill/ right. has worked in various bands and wi{h ca rrier evcr since. Billy Joel singer/guitarist i3eau Haddock The duo Forester says that walking the rome is paired ten years ago and s(ill play for such much moreen)oyable than driving. He Lively jan music from ,\ brown, upright occasions ,IS wedding receptions and par­ added that when you walk a route )'OU piano fjits the small, cozy restaurant and ties. come across some very fr iendl)' peopll". A I)am;ereau also plays with a six piece, sets the mood_ As hcfinishcsasong, sorority house on W cstern's campu, is one Top tlO band at till" local H oliday Inn on p~op l c hesitantly clap. "Don't be shy; ofForester's favorite stOps. "'They are the i3ypass. "Playing by rour~el( is hard, " don'r be shy," tht bearded piano man says . always friendly and give me a nice gret(­ "I like it." he says, "but, playing with a band can ~ JOg. Five nights a week Ed Dansereau is the harder, dependint; on who you work Forester wOlll d recommend this I inc of piano man at the ParakeerCafe and Ihr. wirh. ·· work but says most of all he enjoys the For Dansereau, it is more than a wa}' to I n add ition to entertaining with the benefits of being around people and being make a living; it's ,\ w,ly of life. piano, he uses hats thar match the songs . ..] able 10 work oUlside. Dansereau began playing the piano rry to keep it movint; and ktep [hem By JOE COOPER when he was tcn years old. Performing was intertsted," he explains. JUSt something he fel l i(1to. "Every time we To kl"ep his job at the Parakeet inter­ would go out to eat," he recalls . "if there esting, Dansereau uses a vari~ty of mate­ was a piano, I wou ld play," he s,lys. rials. "If I played the same songs every \'>Vht n O,I!lScrcaU was 13, his fill her's job night, [. d bs( twO weeks," he says with a led the ['-ullily to Europe. The young boy smile. played in r~q"urantS all ov~r Europe and Dansero:.'au uses his music at the Parakeet even jOllled theshlp's band on the way to create a mood and help bminess. [f fhere ovtr. "] haven'{ fel! afraid to go on st;Jse for is a crowd at I he door, he plays up-beat years ." sa id {he now 33-year-old musician. music: "People will cat faster and there is a He staned his hig h school band and hel pe.1 bigger customer turnover," he says. If it is pay his way through college at \X'estern a slow night, he plays slow musIc so the Kentucky Universitv bv playing the piano. CUSlOmer~ will relax and stay longer. "1 try t\s a dinne, enrerra l n~r, he still gets to fee l whal's happening--fecl out (he nervous at omes. "'About 3: 30 p.m. ] staft people, "he explains. to feel it. By the ti me I hit the door (of the For this I1lUSJCmn, "crowd response is Parakl"er) I' m about rl"ady to explode," hl" the bottom line." By K l1"l1 SAYLOR YOUR BANK FOR A LIFETIME. Bowling Green Bank is 75 Years Old and Growing!

[n 1911 - while Americans services to keep pace with the were still talking about the changing financial needs of our appearance of Halley's customers. Yet never losing comet - a new bank took a sight G>f the most important step of faith and opened its thing - that.J;.ers~ nal touch in doors for the benefit of the servmg you. \I . people of Bowling Green. Yes, Bowling Green Bank is 75 And in 1986, Bowling Green years old and growing. And

Bank celebrates its 75th with a lifetime of experieFlcel Anniversary. Today we're one commitment and dedicated of the leading banks in this service to the citizens of this area, area with assets of more than you can depend on us to help $86 million and a financial you meet your needs and fu lfill position that guarantees our your dreams. Come see what our strength for years to come. people can do for you today!

That's because we've spent the last 75 years building a tradition ... a tradition of strength and service - with careful financial advice for our Bowling Green Bank .. customers to help our & Tf\I$I~ " _ , ...... I • . 0 . .... 'flO , _ "'" GINn, MY U l 0H_(~Z I Tn·I OGO community grow and prosper, "Come sec "" ha! uur /}copt;: ran do fo r you" and improvements in our -"'"