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1 V manager and then publisher. He Board of Directors, Hatmaker is Wallace, the new sports editor and
LyleS Ca es [Op pOSt served as chairman of the KPA also a trustee of Lee's College and Kim Frasure, the newspapers new
at Benton newspaper Advertising Steering Committee, also serves on the board of the advertising department manager.
J L l and also served as contest and pro- Kentucky River Medical Center. Frasure, who has been in pri-
publiseliei: of?! 5:; gram chairman. vate business for four years, served i.
. . _ Lyles is now in charge of adver- - as advertising manager of the The ‘
'irtflbungffsuggfi /' tising and marketing for Ted Meadows, WhlthCk Floyd County Times. "
. . : _. Kinsey's Parkway Chrysler. ' Wallace comes to the Paintsville 1
(133g; tiesiESEE ‘ 1' ‘i . IO l'Jc‘adICgrbm nelws wing? paper from Ringhold, Ga., where he 1
. .’ . ;. f " ' wo ong ime emp oyees 0 e was editor and publisher of The ,
1n mld APTIL t0 ”:6! 6 Hatmaker rCCCIVCS Corbin Times-Tribune have been Catoosa Journal. He 3150 was ’
Pigs“: °t 9’ ' ' state leadership award named to the daily newspaper's tor) sports editor of the Wallace County 3
m rleoslzs 3 ast resident of the ‘ H- k h news posts. Cheryl Meadows, who Messenger in Lafayette, Ga., 3 i
y ’ p p . - Louise atma er W35 t e recent served as lifestyles editor for eight reporter for The Catoosa County
Kentucky Press Assocration, began recrpient of the media award dur- ~ '
~ - . years was recently named manag- News in nghOId, and a Sports' .
his work at the newspaper in 1981. mg the 9th Annual East Kentucky _ r _ . . . .
- ' ' . 1n edltor and fOUT- ear--8") 10 ee writer for The Daily Sentinel 1n
During his tenure as publisher, the Leadership conference. g _ y p y Scottsboro Ala
newspaper grew significantly in Hatmaker has served the John Whitlcck has been promoted ’ -
size and circulation. The paper Kentucky River Valley for 30 years to city editor. -
recently added state—of-the-art as editor and publisher of the Meadows is a Knox County MantOOth hlred as IlCW
€010? capabilities. Jackson Times and Beattyville native and graduate Of Union ' i
After starting in sales, Lyles Enterprise. A 20—year member of College. Whitlcck is a Cynthiana RCngter Staff reporter '
worked 1‘15 way up to general the Kentucky Press Association's native and a graduate of Eastern Rachel Mantooth has been 1
Kentucky University. hired as a reporter for the i
____The KentUCk Press —— Richmond Register. A journalism I
y Duncan joins advertising graduate from Samford University
TheKentuckyPress (ISSN-0023-0324) is pub- Districtl3 in Birmingham, Ala., Mantooth
lished monthly by the Kenmcky Press Glenn Gray,ManchesterEnterpfise staff at Oldham Era will cover education, health and i
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KY. 4()601.$ubscriptionpriceis$8peryear. StuartSimpson, Pulaski Week Staff Of The Oldham Era as an i
‘ Postmaster: Send change of address toThe advertising sales representative. Newspaper marks i
Kentucky Press, 101 Consumeriane, District 15A Duncan is new to the advertis- . '
Frankfort, KY. 40601,(502)223—8821. Tom Caudill, Lexington Herald-Leader mg business but is familiar with 120th anmversary
OfficersandDirectors District 15-8 the Qldhg’: County busmess com— The Breckinridge County
Kentucky Press Association Tom Moore, Stanford InteriorJoumal mumty a r wor mg 17 years as a Herald-News celebrated its 120th
secretary for Clore & Duncan anniversa of cont'n bl'
President State atLarge Realtors in LaGrange. t' tiy l uous pu lca' .
John Del Santo, Ashland Daily Independent Russ Powell, Ashland Daily Independent Ion recen y' i
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PresidentEleCt Ed Riney,0wensboro Messenger Inquirer anIrer names WO merging of The Irvington Herald
GeneClabes,ReconderNewspapers ' l ' ‘ and The Breckinrid e News in
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Pastpmident Chip HutChesompmcetonTm Leader to 633018 p0 1‘1“an 1956. The current owner, Brucie
. . . t . e entuc y nquirer Beard, took over the publication in
Dorothy Abernathy, OldhamEra Merv Aubesprn,Loursvrllc Courier Journal announced two staff changes in 1970'
“mm-dent Associates Division April. Sue Lancaster was named
Guy Hatfield, Citizen Voice and Times Barbara McDaniel, Toyota Motor news editor and Julie Engebrecht '
Manufacturing was named sports editor. Wallace herd to Staff
Treasurer A native of Fort Wayne, Ind., ' ' ' ‘ ,
Marty Backus, Appalachian News Express Advertising Division Engebrecht was sports editor at the pap€r S OllVC H111 Office 3
Districri em” REVlen'MCLea“ county News Star Tribune of Minneapolis-St. Clarisa Wallace started work in 3 1
William Mitchell, Fulton Leader News Editorial Division Paul for three years. She previous- March at The Journal-Times as a i
John Nelson, Pulaski Week ly worked at the Sacramento Bee, staff writer and receptionist for the .
Districtz Baltimore Evening Sun and newspaper's Olive Hill office. '
Jed Dillingham, Dawson Springs Progress (Simulation Division Chicago Sun-Times. A resident, of Morehead and a '
Dismd3 Joe Mitchell, Lexington Herald Leader . Lancaster, acting sports editor senior at MST} pursuing a degree in
Teresa Revlett,McLeanCounty News Journalism Education smce January, gas been dept”), journalism! Wallace will be the
Dr. Ron Wolfe, Eastern Kentucky sports e “9". at T e Enquirer smce only full-time staff member at the
9mm” University 1990. She Jomed the paper in 1984 Olive Hill ofiice.
CharliePortmann, Franklin Favorite and has served as deputy metro
General Counseis editor, suburban editor and zoned - . . .
35311;“; Elm Ion Fleischaker and Kim Cmene,Wyatt. editions editor. A native of Seattle, AdklnS JOlnS ad Staff
Da ' reer, ' bethtown News Tarrantand Combs She holds de 685 in German l'tera- .
Enterprise f g" . ‘ at The Winchester Sun
Kentucky Press Association ture rom Washington State
District6 KentuckyPness se‘Mmsmf University and Ohio State Sheila Adkins has joined the
Dave Eldridge, Hem-y CountyLocal David ~11 Thompson, Executive Director _Universrty, and a master's degree staff of The Winchester Sun as a
Di "”7 (851mriicgiaowar;.‘riél Business IManager in Journalism from OSU. telemarketing 53195 representative
s cm vis, vertising irector ' ' -
KelleyWamick,C-allatin County News Lisa Carnahan, News Bureau Director Th ' ' ff resdpolnsrbl-e Siépecml promotions
RebaLewis,R rich/Mal . ngrdmm, 1'66 JOln Sta at an c assr 1e lSplay advertismg.
mm 3.9 Sue gamma, Secretary P . . A 16-year-resident of Winchester,
KenMetz,BathCounryNewsOutlml< Bufnyohnson, Bookkeeping Assistant alntSVIHC Herald Adkins received her bachelor's
Sherry Harper, Advertising Assistant ‘ de ee 'n s ' l f M h ll
District 10-“ Rachel McCarty, Clipping Director R§1p3.tB' D???) 11:) ha: ‘bgleln Utizirversit oicriofifiitihoTon 8‘: V:
MartyBackus,Appalachian News Express Nancy Peyton, Mail/News ReleaseScrvicc name 6 l or.0 6 am 5v} 9 -y g ’ ' .'
Linda Slemp, Clipping Assistant Herald. A native of Prestonsburg, She PFGWOUSIY worked 35 a SUbStl-
D'm'rictiZ CamiPayton,ClippingAssistant DaViS was Editor 0f the The tute teacher at Clark County .
LouiseHatrmker,Jackson Times/Beattyville Holly Stigers, Clipping Assistant Jackson County Sun before coming Christian School.
Enterprise Audra Douglas,Clipping Assistant to the Herald. He is joined by Kent See PEOPLE, page 16
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. . - ments that advocate a particular position on
PIESldentlaI I'aCe mandates Clear underStandlng campaign issues, even though discussion of
those issues may tend to exert some influence ;
By Rene' P. Milam If the advertisement is paid for by someone on voting at elections. (See Federal Election
Newspaper Association of America other than the candidate but is authorized by Commission v. Central Long Island Tax Reform
The Federal Election Campaign Act came the candidate or his or her authorized comniit~ Immediately Committee, et. al., 616 F.2d 44, 2d
. into existence in 1971 in an citort to establish tee, a political advertisement must state who Circuit 1980).
7- some "rules" for campaigns for federal office paid for the ad and that it. is authorized by the Another important change in {hp la'w ;, that ' _
1 including the President. Vicei’i‘esident, the candidate For example: "l'his adwrtisenii-nt is political advertisements which an: “inning
F, U.S. Senate and the [HS House of paid l'or (‘itiL/en .lm- Smith and authorized by erghmmng "0 longer need {mt notice “in”
‘ Representatives. the Jaim Joni-s for ("engri-ss Committee. "A “my “f‘ our “1)an l.\ filed with the Federal
I Since its enactment. the act hm been :imend- it thi- political advertilirn'i 'li ;:~ neither paid I'Zlectioii (‘omn’iission and it Ht-;,i}di,i.. in p.”—
ed in 1974., lti'fh' and 1977. Most rem all). on for by the candidate nor rndorm ri bx tiie autho/ chase from [hp “any“; NFL-til,” (anthrwwn‘
‘ Jan. 9, 1980 President Carter signed into law rllt‘tl political conirintti-e of tbr candidate. the Washington. ”(7." As Of Jannarx léi‘iU. this
yet another revision. advertising disclaimer must state both of these rpqumfiwm has [,Wn repealed. '
The impact of the law on newspaper publish- facts. For example; "Paid for by (.‘oncerned spawn 4.11m. _ pnivmuqy SOL-min .y-fhbi .
ers is minimal. Very basically ,‘all political Citizens Committee and not authorized by any has other provisions relating to how richpapers '
advertisements must carry a disclaimer which candidate. should charge for political advertisements. 'I‘his
specifies who paid for the advertisement and by It is also importantto remember that the section specifies that a newspaper should not
i whom thead was authorized. amended statute makes it illegal for any group charge any more for a political advertisement
5 In addition, newspapers must charge for any which is not the omCial political committee of than it would for the space for any other pur-
political advertismg at a rate comparable to the candidate to use the actual name of the can» pose. ‘ _
what Evouldd be charged for using the space for didate as part of‘itshname. Thgs means that olnlyt' Wording in this section has not changed: "No 1
any 0t er a verti-smg purpose. . one group can uset t name committee toe ec'. person who sells space in a newspaper or maga-
More speCif‘icallv. there are two primary Joe Smith. The Concerned Citizens Committee . . _ ;
t f th I (. VT'tl 2 f th U S C d ‘t . . “t th t d t ”Th F n rned Zine to a candidate or to the agent ofa candidate
par 5 o e aw m l e 0 e ‘ ‘ 0 e) mus remain ”1.5 a ’ an no .e 10 cc ’ for use in connection with such candidate's cam-
I which concern newspapers. Citizens (Jommittee to elect Joe Smith. . . h' , .
. . . . . paigning, may c arge any amount which
Section 441(d): According to the amended The disclosure requirements of Section (
. . . . . . exceeds the amount charged for comparable use ,
1 law, this section requires any advertisement 441(d) apply only to advertisements or partisan
. . . . . . . . of such space for other purposes. _
which is paid for and authorized by a candidate discusswns that expressly advocate the election Therefore the amount char ed should
to state simply who paid for the ad. For exam- or defeat ofa clearly identifiable candidate. ’ ’ g
ple: "Paid for by Candidate Jane Jones." The requirements do not apply to advertise» See FEDERAL, page 11 y ’
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j " A ’ - . ' 4% a; ”J are "being targeted by the construc-
V_ _ ' “if; V g??- tion and building trade unions." ‘
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tile; ”*3” g'irég‘g 1 charges under the National Labor
. ‘ e,” ”(at Relations Act for accepting blind
:3? ‘ I 1 A85 I a «A box employment ads.
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9.37 y j 9? " l unions seek to identify the identity ,
,1 , f of employers running ads after one
in . ' > ‘ i or more of its members receive no
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,, ' y 7 , ' l tion. en t e newspaper re uses to
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. ’ T Labor Relations Board, claiming the
if v ‘ ' \ e l newspaper is assisting the employer
3"" . ‘ e s to discriminate against union-mem-
Political encounters i ber’i‘gilealil)fihl{cl§néseneral Counsel has
During the recent NNA Government Affairs Conference in Washington, DC, KPA members met with U.S. ‘ apparently advised its regions to
Cong. Harold "Hal" Rogers, R-KY. Left to right, KPA Vice-President and publisher of the Citizen Voice l issue investigative subpoenas in
&Times Guy Hatfield and his wife Teresa, KPA President and publisher of the Ashland Daily Independent l these cases, according to the NAA
John Del Santo, Rogers. and KPA past president and Executive Editor of LCNI Max Heath. warning. One Board agent report- ‘
______________________—.____—————————__________ edly called the tactic part of a i
1 ° ’ 1 nationwide push first developed by i
Survey revea s mlnorlty emp oyment at , the new ee e veeieeneu
which now is being used by some l
° b1 d ' b k 1 other building trade unions. ;
newspapers r€malns Sta 6 €Sp1t€ Cut aC S i In 1995, the Minneapolis Star- l
d l Tgibune sunlriged such a ftactic: — I
e in increasing the representation t e regiona irector re use to
Employment Of women at 41%) of minorities and women at the issue a complaint. Additional cases
' ° executive ranks b 2 ercent since have surfaced this year in
minorlty employment stable at 18% 1992," y " California, Florida, Ohio,
Findin s released A ril 5 from rs res ondin increased or main- John F..Sturm, NAA president Tennessee, West Virginia, Illmoxs
the Newsgpaper Assogiation of gained ngwsmori staffsize lastyear. and CEO said,"'To better 1'89"??th and Wisconsm. Some Of these
America’s (NAA) 1995 survey of Minority employment in the the communities they serve, it IS involve newspapers owned by COX.
employment 0f minorities and executives ranks rose to 11% from important that newspapers .leader- Gannett and 'Ijimes Mirror, but
women at U-S- daily newspapers 9% and women’s executive presence Shlp also become more diverse. others concern independent neWs-
show that despite recent cutbacks rose to 32% from 30% Therefore, I am pleased to see that papers andIthey cover a broad
in the newspaper industry, employ~ "It is extremely encouraging to some progress was made. I am hOpe— Speitmmdjtfi'mmalatgms. h ‘ 't
ment of women rose from 37% in see that despite si i ficant econom- ful that newspaperperformance, par- ccor g to e AA, 1: ey are!) e
1988 m 41% in 1994, and minority . to d gnth . txculerly m the hmng and promotion {Aware 0f any ”mphms be!“
employment has remained stable at 1c pressures o o ermse, news- ofmmon'ties, will accelerate." issued once a paper has complied '
18% since 1990. papers have clearlytaken measures Each year, NAA sponsors several With a Board subpoena. However, at .7
Employment of minorities and to ensure that gains in minority projects aimed at enhancing news- one newspapernthe NLRB isseeking l
women in the newspaper industry employment W1" be preserved, said papers recruiting efforts such as job enforcement 0““ subpoena m feder- 'i
fall just below that of the general U231 H' Martz Jr., NAA chairman fairs, WOTkShOPS on minority recruit- al district court. I
UHS civilian labor force, where and puthher 0f the POttSVllle (1)8.) ment, recruitment kits and career Clasmfied ad_mar:ag:ers Shouldbe
minorities account for 23% and Republican. "1‘ is also worthy to guides, minority fellOWShiPS and alerted concerning this latest gim-
women represent 46%. note that newspapers have succeed- leadership development programs. "“0“! the NAA warning concluded.
A total of415 newspapers partic- ,
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increases with the commitment of ,_____ Mgrketing
the organization to set specific . .
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achievement of goals to perfor< $ t '2 ® ’4‘) ’ l Coordinator
mance and compensation rewards. l . '2 mm“ ,’ a i Reba Lewis at
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1995. A February 1996 Presstime "—"" "‘ A 1
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The NNA Government Affairs Conference In Washington, D.C., Included a presentation from Speaker of the "Our Web site gives us an exciting
House Newt Glngrich. At the front of the room (at I'lght In the photo) ls KPA Vlce-Presldent Guy Hatfield. new vehicle to provide information
Hatfield and his wife Teresa attended the conference along with KPA President John Del Santa and wife about our industry ..
Betsy, and KPA past presidents Max Heath and Dorothy Abernathy. William 0. Jacobs, publisher of
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i Newspapers continue to play a powerful role in the 0 Of 259 respondents that indicated when their preSi- munity newspaper industry-
i American election process, according to a new dential endorsements will appear, 56% said they will , Information about ,NNA's
Presstime magazine fax survey that examines the way publish them within a week of Election Day, 41% within events and programs such as its
newspapers endorse presidential candidates. a month of Election Day and 3% on Election Day. annual convention and trade show /’
Results from questionnaires returned by either the 0 Some 301 responding editors and publishers and its professional development
publisher or a top editor at 400 newspapers across answered a question regarding their personal political seminars and
America show a number of trends, including that affiliation. Of 198 publishers, 38% considered them« . Resources for editors and
newspapers may not be as liberal as portrayed. For selves independents, 37% said they were Republicans reporters such as links to federal ,,
example newspapers almost split evenly on endorsing and 17% called themselves Democrats. Of 103 editors, ’ . ‘\
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Bill Clinton and PreSident George Bush in 1992. Of 32% said they conSidered themselves independents, . \
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the 288 newspapers that did endorse, 53% endorsed 27% Democrats and 26% Republicans. famous uo ta tions 8 uide to a
Clinton and 47% endorsed President Bush. Two 0 Eight percent ofthe publishers and 15% ofthe edi- rammag and other usiful fea- ,
papers reported endorsing Ross Perot. tors indicated they are not registered voters. According f ’
The Presstime survey also indicated that more to the US. Census Bureau, the national average of urgsi; . t' '11 t' to
, newspapers may make endorsements this year. Of Americans not registered to vote was 38% in 1994. dd e ass9flrtrrir _cton :Inueb 5
379 respondents who disclosed their intentions, 78% Overall, responses were received from 271 publish- a _ d inlateria _ .e 5‘ e, aco s
i said their newspapers will endorse a presidential can- ers, or 27% of the publisher sample, and 155 editors, I515“ ’, eve Ongfltfil'lnguf _c<}mpre-
vi didate in the upcoming November election, up from or 19% of the editor sample. Responses were purged of _en51fve fiufieN‘iqu p 1;“ "mac;
‘ 73% of respondents that did so in 1992. Other results duplication, and the net responses represented 400 “(1’1" 0" 0t mem "5 an
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' Hearlngs KPA General Counsel
0' I t get caug t Kim Greene testifiedand
C°"""“°d "°m 9399‘ told the advisory council
0 The hearings are part of a possible existing language in
special session on Workers' r '
O I I e brlc lg S I I Ort Compensation that may be called {yorker S compensatlon
by Gov. Paul Patton. insurance laws that refer
Ad-libs© holds everything else together. The governor appeared before to newspaper cmrs as
By John Foust Just as each arch in the the counCil on April 18 and other "em lo ees" should be .
. . hearings are scheduled this month p y 1
Raleigh, N.C. Exchange has its own key, I - - - - l
. . . , _ . , , _ for additional industries. At the repealed and brought
On a VISIt t0 CharleStonv.I believe it is pOSSible to identify April 30 hearing 22 businesses . . .
toured the Old Exchange, which is keystones in different areas of and industries testified most citing mto line 101”! other state
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(1118 Of the _01d€5t buildings 1” your life. When you conSider this high workers' comp costs. as well as federal laws
~bOUtbncarogna' ltdwas :fimpletfi’C: profession of ours —— the business The KPA representatives that treat carriers as
m 1‘ (1 an - 5:“9 f a: e £003 or selling and creating advertising brought two issues before the coun- .
and economic 1‘1be t .: 18t fcen- — what would you say is the key- cil, including the rate structure. independent contrGCtors'
:figgfcrfigégé srt‘eiiisc‘twhei‘veiSSorifi? stone? What holds all the pieces of Dix, whose family owns newspa-
Carolinians declared their colonial an ad together? Is it a benefit pers in eight states, compared the _________— .
independence in 1776. headline? A compelling illustra- costs of the State Journal With . _ .
To put it mildly the place is drip- tion? Great copy? family newspapers in Ohio. time Job and are” carriers only for ‘
ping with history: Charlestonians No, 1 don't think so These are . Throughout the Six-hours of the extra income, Greene noted.
deserve a lot of credit for a great important, of course. But 1 think testimony, the various groups com- . When asked about the control
restoration job. the keystone of advertising is pared Kentucky 5 costs tomost sur- his newspaper has over where car-
The most interesting section of something much more universal. rounding states, noting that riers place a subscriber 5 issue, Dix
the building is called the Provost Honesty. Kentucky's workers' compensation noted his neighbor gets the State
D eon. During the Revolutionary Surveys show that many rates-were up to three times the Journal placed on the porch but
War the British converted it into a Americans don't trust advertising. rates in surrounding states. the carrier throws mine in the
. ' . . . . . . Greene spoke on behalf of the yard. And I cant go to that can I
prison. Among Its POhtlcal prison- And yet some advertisers still - d h l d . b t th d k .
re three signers of the don't et the messa e. The in ustry as a w o e an concen— ers ass a e newspaper an as 1
ers we . _ g , g. _ y trated on a portion ofKRS 342 that that the newspaper be placed on
Declaration 0f Independence. A believe that honesty ‘5 limited to t t ’ rs as m orch or inside a screen door " ‘
hundred years later, during the obe 'n consumer rotection laws rea S newspaper carrie yp . . ‘ . '
War Between the States both 3’] g _ p . . ' employees while other aspects of Dix did explain that a newspa- :
Confederate and Union forces In their_m1nds, there 5 nothing state and federal laws treat carn- per could suggest the methods used i
used it asapost office. wrong W1th 'usmg a few superla- ers as independent contractors. by carriers'in delivering [the sub
The dungeon is constructed tives 1“ their ad C9DY~ After all, She asked that the council conSider scriber copies,” but that s all we
entirely ofbrick. And the masonry everybody else does it. repealing this subsection of the can do, suggest. _
is impressive when you consider Perception rules the market- statute. . . Governor Patton said at the end
that these bricks were set in place place. Honest advertisers may be She and Dix explained to the of the 1996 Kentucky General ‘
over 200 years ago. Columns cre~ perceived as deceptive, if they are counCil that newspaper companies Assemblythat he may call a spe- 3.
ate an elaborate ceiling ofvaulted careless in their use Of language. ha"? hm? or ".0 control over the cxal 565.510" on Workers Comp '3
arches. Consumers are suspicious of exag- carriers, including when newspa- later this year. But he added that =:
At one point, on the tour, the gerations like "incredible" pers are delivered, what route Kentucky busmesses and indus-
guide stood beneath the center of "fantastic" and "best ever." muSt be f°11°wed to delwer news- tries mus};