INSIDE Opinion Page A-4 Golden Page A-12 Tourism Pages B-6,7 HOAG £ SONS book b i n d i n g 35C VOLUME 107 NUMBER 28 WEDNESDAY, JULY 13,1988 TWO SECTIONS 24 PAGES PLUS INSERTS Board divides Assistant Superintendent’s duties B y D avid B lackburn Jim Wallace will be the Di­ for various programs. Both due to a proposal being consid­ (duties)." net increase of between $5,000 Staff Reporter rector of Transportation and will receive a salary increase ered by the State Board of Ed­ The four salary increases and $6,000. high school principal Jim Ed­ o f $1,400. ucation which would require and the salaries for the coor­ Some of the positions will The Trigg County School wards will be the director of A coordinator of programs teachers of exceptional chil­ dinator and assistant principal have a $50 experience incre­ Board voted Tuesday, July 5, buildings and grounds. Both for exceptional children will be dren to be certified. will come from the funds that ment with a six year maxi­ to divide the duties associated will get a $4,000 salary in­ hired on a part-time basis. An assistant middle school would be used for a full-time mum. Only one increment per with the office of the director crease for taking on the added Following a recommendation principal will also be hired to director of transportation, year can be earned at one posi­ of transportation, buildings duties. from the Director of Teacher work one-half time. buildings and grounds. tion. Increments are not in­ and grounds among six people Dillmon Cunningham will Certification in the State De­ Superintendent John Ran­ The Board also voted to ap­ cluded for coaches in minor for the 1988-’89 school year. be in charge of the Chapter I partment of Education, the dolph said an assistant princi­ prove an extra duty salary sports, high school and middle Four of the positions have program and Skip Pisa will be Board decided to hire a person pal at the Middle School would schedule for the ’88-’89 school school sponsors and the year­ been filled and the last two are in charge of bidding, purchas­ with a degree in teaching ex­ be needed to "release some year. The schedule reflects an book sponsor. expected to be filled before ing, the summer youth pro- ceptional children. time Jim (Edwards) could increase of 2 percent for some In discussing the extra duty school starts in August. transportation of the positions and an overall Please see SCHOOL Page A-2 Public meeting set CADIZ, KY - The future of come out and get involved in Cadiz and Trigg County will shaping the plan. be the topic of discussion at "We need the opinions of a public hearing scheduled as many people as possible Thursday, July 21. The to insure that the plan re­ meeting to be conducted at flects the desires of the ma­ courthouse is to jority both in the city and ).rn. county," Perkins said. The purpose of the meet- "This is a unique oppor­ to tunity to voice their opinions ;he on what people like and 3 and prob- don’t like about their com­ This is the first of sev­ munity and what they eral public meetings in the would like to see improved." development of a new Com­ The plan is being pre­ prehensive Plan for the city pared by Booker Associates ;md~*<»unty,.,-jrhe last plan of Kentucky, Inc.,; a con­ was adopted in 1961. This sulting firm out of Lexing­ plan will be used to ton that was recently em- guide growth for the next ployeed by the city. It is two decades. these statements that will Bruce Perkins, recently be used to create the text, of appointed chairman of the the plan after being ap­ joint Cadiz-Trigg County proved by both the Cadiz Planning Commission, is City Council and the Trigg encouraging everyone to County Fiscal Court. r*AVING THE WAY: Dixie Pavers, Inc., of Hopkinsville has been busy city at 34.39 cents per ton of blacktop. That's an resurfacing streets in Cadiz. The company was awarded a bid from the over last year. (P hoto by R ichard W imsatt). • City Council takes step to ban use, sale of fireworks By Janet Freeman came during the council’s July ing late evening hours. The with a misdemeanor and can Arts Council representative, jects. Assistant Editor 5 meeting following a discus­ ordinance declares that it is be fined up to $50. attended the meeting to wit­ Adcjitional action was taken sion concerning the dangers unlawful for people under the In other city council action, ness the city’s decision to par­ to purchase four delapidated CADIZ, K Y - N ext year’s posed by° fireworks, including age of 16 to loiter or loaf upon members moved to participate ticipate in the grant program. houses for the Goat Hill PhaSe Fourth of July celebration may potential fires and physical Cadiz streets or in businesses in a matching funds program She noted that Cadiz can par­ II project. not be such a "blast" for city injuries. after 10 p.m. week nights and through the National Endow­ ticipate as many as three Finally, the Cadiz City residents. The resolution is expected to 11 p.m Fridays and Saturdays. ment for the Arts. The city years in the program. Council went on record as en­ The Cadiz City Council has be approved by the council and The only exceptions will be voted to accept a grant not to In addition, the council dorsing Mark Lovely as su­ £ taken the first step to ban the signed by the mayor at the that youngsters be in the com­ exceed $1,200 and match that adopted a resolution that will perintendent of Lake Barkley use and sale of fireworks next council meeting. The pany of a parent or guardian, amount with local money. The allow the Cadiz Municipal State Resort Park. The action within the city limits. Mem­ meeting is set for 7 p.m., Au­ sent on an errand by a parent funds, administered by the Housing Authority to apply for came after several members bers voted unanimously to au­ gust 2 at City Hall. or guardian, or attending Pennyroyal Arts Council, will a preliminary government expressed concern that Lovely thorize C ity A ttorney H.B. Meanwhile, an ordinance school, church or work-related be used for the Cadiz Main loan. Money is being sought to could be reassigned to another Quinn to prepare a resolution was adopted that could keep activities. Street Program. conduct surveys and planning position due to "political bat­ declaring the ban. The action more youngsters indoors dur­ Violators will be charged Erin Arnett, a Pennyroyal for local low-rent housing pro­ tles" taking place in Frankfort. , Linton farmers harvest hay ’old-fashion’ way By Janet Freeman play with this old kind of ence last Thursday. the old-fashioned way. each farmer had a mowing 1944," he said. Assistant Editor junk," he said of the antique "That shows you there’s a "You have a sense of accom­ machine like the ones' used by As the mules and horses farm implements. Most of the time period lost that these plishment when you get done M cNichols. continued pulling the cutting LINTON, K Y - M ost farm ers equipment he has collected kids don’t know about," Dunn rather than going down Just how old are the ma­ equipment, Corley told the have probably forgotten how to and restored was found in said. through here with a tractor," chines? neighbors that he could re­ harvest hay the old-fashioned fence rows and junk piles. Despite the hard work that he said. No one there knew for sure, member when the first tractor way, but not the ones who live "The equipment is worth the mules and people are not Carl Corley, one of the but Corley could recall when Please see HAY Page A-2 in this rural community. more now than when it was used to, McNichols said that neighbors observing the event, they were used. £ For the second time this brand new," one spectator he would rather cut his hav said that when he was a child "We quit mowing about year, a group of friends and said. neighbors gathered in a 5-acre J.C. Sumner, Jr., who was field to see history come to on hand for the cutting event, life. On Thursday, July 7 spec­ said that it has been "quite a tators watched and listened while" since mules have Weekend closely as teams of mules and worked in this part of horses pulled antique hay cut­ country. Sumner owns two Forecast ters to clear the field, which is teams that helped during Mc- Trigg Countians can look for­ owned by Teddy McNichols. Nichol’s first hay cutting last ward to cooler temperatures this * The unique harvest is proba- spring. weekend with the mercury drop­ W bly the first conducted in this ping to the mid to upper 80s. area in more than 40 years. Raymond Dunn, who also There is also a slight chance of Why would McNichols use owns several mule teams, said evening showers on Sunday. the older, much slower cutting that this is the first time some process rather than tractors? people have seen "anything Weekly "I collect old farm equip­ like this." ment and I wanted to prove or "I was bom and raised in Quote Never ask of money spent, see if I can do it," he said.