Your Hometown Newspaper book 4, . , t SDC S in c e 1 8 8 1 The Cadi rd VOL. 110 NO. 23 2 SECTIONS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5,1991 CADIZ, KENTUCKY ES 50 CENTS NEWSTAND Serving Lake Barkley and all of Trigg County Cadiz woman contestant on Wheel of Fortune C e r tifie d By Cindy Camper wheel. Only six of the 30 were was an experience. I got to show. "But once I got there, I cities team Cadiz Record Editor chosen for the show. shake hands with Pat Sajack, could ignore the audience. Patterson and the five others but we weren't allowed to talk The cameras weren't just Wheel of Fortune fans from had to pick three months of the to anyone on the show." right in your face, so you in C adiz Trigg County may see a year that they would be avail­ Patterson said that even don't think about them." familiar face if they watch the able to fly to California for the though the experience was Patterson said the stage F rid ay show Thursday. show's taping. "I got a call in fun, "the wheel wasn't good to where the show is taped "is Leslie Patterson of Cadiz April and we taped on Derby me. I had several thousand By Cindy Camper small. It seems bigger on TV, Cadiz Record Editor will be a contestant, from a Day." A month's worth of dollars accumulated, but then but it's only the size of a liv­ show taped May 4, battling the shows are taped in four days, lost a turn. The man next to ing room." big wheel as she tries to win Patterson revealed. me solved the puzzle." Patterson was one of the Cadiz will be hosting cash and prizes on America's "It was a lot of fun," she Patterson said working in luckier contestants waiting members of the Kentucky favorite game show. says of her TV experience. "I front of a live audience was for their turn at the wheel. "I Certified Cities evaluation team Friday beginning with Patterson tried out as a con­ Leslie Patterson had never flown before, so that the hardest part of being on the Please see WHEEL/A-14 testant back in October when Patterson was one of the 30 breakfast at 8 a.m. at the the show came to Lexington. that completed more than half Johnson Control's Hoover There were 150 would-be of the phrases in the allotted plant. contestants in Lexington time. Cadiz has earned the Certi­ trying to solve 15 word phrase She then competed in a fied Cities status for the past puzzles in five minutes. "mock round" without the big two years. The community will be evaluated on economic and tourism development, cham­ ber organization, community Jones, Hopkins win planning, utilities, downtown revitalization, and commu­ Trigg, Oaken third nity appearance. Sponsored by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, the in Treasurers race Certified Cities Program rec­ ognizes Kentucky communi­ the Democratic Nomination ties that meet strict require­ Brereton Jones and Larry for State Treasurer. ments in community and Hopkins were the winners in Oaken Carried Trigg economic development. The Trigg County, and across the County by a margin of 787 award denotes that certified state, in the Primaiy Election votes over Drex Davis but cities are among the best place held May 28. The two candi­ neither could surpass Francis in Kentucky to live and do dates will face off in Novem­ Jones Mills for the victory. business. ber in what should shape up as Trigg Countian’s heavily According to Bob Elliston, one of the most exciting races favored Democrats as ex­ vice president of Economic in State Election history. pected although Trigg Court \ and Community Development Jones carried only two coun­ Clerk Wanda Thomas was with the Kentucky Chamber, ties in western Kentucky surprised at the percentage of I*f the Certified Cities Program Trigg and Calloway as Floyd voters turning out for the is a systematic method for Poore won the 1st Congres­ Primary featuring some cities to prepare for the chal­ sional District by a margin of heavily contested races." I lenges of the future and re­ 3,200 votes over Jones. * was expecting around 50% but D r e a m D a y main progressive. The total for Trigg County only 41% came out to vote, Face painting and clowns were just two of the fun-filled "The Certified Cities Pro­ Wds Jones 1,055, Poore 776, that's the smallest total in the gram united local leaders in •Baesler 488 and Galbreath 51. activities available Saturday as the Cadiz Dream Factory last three primaries." held their annual Dream Day fundraiser at the park. a common effort to achieve Larry Hopkins won over Thomas said. According to economic growth, civic im­ Larry Forgy in the GOP Visitors could put their friends (or enemies) in jail for just a Thomas 50% of registered 50 cent donation. The jail birds could post a 50 cent bond to provement, and a better qual­ ^Nomination for Governor in voters voted four years ago ity of life," said Bob Elliston Trigg County 78-37. free themselves. There was also an auction with items and eight years ago 55% donated from local businesses. in describing the program, Mary Ray Oaken of Trigg turned out. Thomas also re- Cadiz Record photos by Cindy Camper Please see CADIZ/A-14 ;County fell short in her bid for Please see RACE/A-3 Cadiz featured in Courier- School Board raises meal prices for 91-92 Journal special Monday By Shannon Knight night June 3 with the top item In other Board activity: the Staff Reporter of agenda being the boards Board approved issuance of The Trigg County School approval of raising school checks for the past two weeks; T h e Courier-Journal series of Our Towns March to welcome the Desert Storm troops Board held a meeting Monday breakfast and lunch prices for approved the submission of a continues Monday, June 10, with a profile of home was covered by CNN. And resident 1991-92 year. BG-1 form for carpeting the Cadiz. Peggy Say, sister of hostage Terry Anderson, Prices will increase 15 elementary lower level and In the profile, staff writer Mark Schaver regularly gets Cadiz mentioned on the Marijuana plants cents making breakfast K-12- the high school and middle finds that things are somewhat scaled-down national news. found on Trigg .75 cents, adult $ 1.00. Lunch school library; approved the in Cadiz. The hospital is smallish. There’s a Other than Say and the parade, the town's special deputy's prices; K-5 - .90 cents, 6-12 - policy regarding KAR 3:040- Piggly-Wiggly, but no other claim to notoriety is $1.00, Adults-$1.40. Caldwell farm Please see BOARD/A-14 Wal-Mart. For music, the the October Country Ham closest thing to the Grand Festival at which a By Cindy Camper 01' Opry is Jim Ricks' Cadiz Record Editor Caledonia fire department 500-pound country Music Shoppe where up to about „ , , . ham and biscuit is baked. That's just about The Kentucky State Police earns Class 9 ISO rating 50 amateurs and an occasional pro from all the excitement the town can take. Cadiz in conjunction with the Nashville jam every Saturday afternoon. Governor's Marijuana Task According to Fire Chief just isn't built for more. By Cindy Camper The downtown, though not big, boasts a 100 The Our Towns series is a "saga of heart, Force were issued a mari­ Cadiz Record Editor Donald Hargis, the Caledonia percent occupancy, thanks to four new hearth and histo » The fileg of juana eradication search Fire Department received antique malls among the storefronts. But communities across Kentucky are being warrant last Tuesday for the The county's smallest and word recently of its new rat­ ing. "We got a letter a couple while the amenities may be minimal, the cost produced by the Courier-Journal bureau and residence of George Kyle of youngest volunteer fire of living is low and adjacent Lake Barkley staff reporters, east Caldwell County. The department has achieved a of weeks ago, saying that ef­ attracts many retirees from nearby Fort -w- U.S. Treasury Department's Class 9 ISO rating, putting it fective June 1, we would have Campbell. -Liook for the Cadiz profile on the front of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco on the same level as other lo­ a Class 9 rating," Hargis said. They make up a third of the town's 2,128 the Kentucky sections and don't miss any of arid Firearms was also in- cal departments. residents and their presence helps make the Our Towns series appearing every Please see PLANTS/A-13 Please see RATING/A-13 patriotism very fashionable. A rally in Monday. INSIDE Odyssey of the Mind 10th in world INDEX The Kentucky Bicentennial O p in io n .............,.A-2 Coins are now on Trigg GED recipients honored A-13 F u nerals............ A-10 sale at the Bank Society...... ..A-6 of Cadiz. E ducation......... .,.A-8 See page A-14. Women's health seminar set A-14 Sports...*............ ..B-l k 2 O p i i © Just The Other Day Remembering old friends along the way By Billy Rawls The latest technology is I decided to do a 'thing' for Trained us to feel that way used ~ robotics from Sweden, the graduates of 1991. In 19391 Memories are something The values he taught us young dies from France, tools from switched the tassel of my those of us who have lived a Voice Still do proud today.