xt7k3j393730 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7k3j393730/data/mets.xml The Kentucky Kernel Kentucky -- Lexington The Kentucky Kernel 1978-11-06 Earlier Titles: Idea of University of Kentucky, The State College Cadet newspapers  English   Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. The Kentucky Kernel  The Kentucky Kernel, November 06, 1978 text The Kentucky Kernel, November 06, 1978 1978 1978-11-06 2020 true xt7k3j393730 section xt7k3j393730 Group celebrates the Ginkgo

Ry DEBBIE MCDANIEL
Copy Editor

Beneath the golden leaves of M.I.
King Library's ginkgo tree. over 30
individuals celebrated the Eighth
Annual 'Ginkgo Tree Festival
yesterday with an hour of music. wine
and off-the-wall humor.

Dr. William Gates. a radiology
resident at the UK Medical Center,
was elected at an earlier Ginko Guild
meeting to preside over the assembly.
He arrived ten minutes late. pipe in
hand, and withdrew a bottle of wine
(for the ceremony) from his brown
leather satchel.

The festival began after one ginkgo
fan lighted a thick half-burned white

‘ candle and placed it on the boardwalk

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in front of the tree. In his opening
remarks announcing the festival‘s
eighth year. Gates said. “We haven‘t
done it right in eight years so we keep
doing it.”

The Ginkgo tree is the only
surviving species of an order of plants
that lived millions of years ago
according to The World Book
Encyclopedia.

Ginkgoes are slender trees and. in
maturity. range from 60 to 80 feet
high. They have fan shaped, fern-like
leaves that grow on the ends of shoots.
and the fruit of the ginkgo resembles a
plum. The fruit is edible when roasted.
but the flesh surrounding the nut
smells like rancid butter.

As the only other Ginkgo Guild

member present, Greg Hofelich spoke

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to the festival-goers on the value ol‘the
Ginkgo. Hofolich, a I976 UK
graduate, began his speech by asking
the bystanders. “Why the Ginkgo?"

According to Hofolich, a study has
proven that “for every Gingko in the
northern hemisphere there is one
exactly proportional in the southern
hemisphere. The only thing to surmise
from this is Ginkgoes help keep the
world together since they go through
to the other side.” he said.

Jim Williams, a I972 UK graduate,
played a taped recording of Joyce
Kilmer‘s poem Trees. as sung by
Mario Lanza.

“I think that I shall never see. a
poem as lovely as a tree,” blared from
the tape recorder. attracting curious
bypassers.

an independent student newspaper

In school board races

Three candidates are running
for second district position

In the election for Second District
school board representative
tomorrow, incumbent .l.M. Broadus
will be challenged by Barth Pembcrton
and Louis Stout.

Broadus has represented the north
Lexington district for the past 12
years. and was elected chairman of the
:school board two years ago. He is
chairman of the education and
physical education department of
Transylvania University.

Broadus. 58. is most familiar to
Lexington voters as an advocate of
collective bargaining between teachers
and the board. As chairman, he
worked to institute a system of
negotiations that were open to the
public, with the schooli "rd holding
final authority over contractual
decisions.

Though collective bargaining is
perhaps the major issue in the school
board races, Broadus thinks the voters
should be concerned about teacher
morale and effectiveness: “It disturbs
me when people don’t see the

 

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relationship between the effectiveness _

of the teachers and education.”

Broadus has pledged to push for ,

more involvement of parents in the
school system and favors the middle
school concept. which would re-align
the grade divisions in schools, moving
6th grade students to junior high and
9th grade students to senior high.

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The implementation of collective
bargaining “has caused problems
between the board and employees,"
according to Barth Pembcrton, who
has made collective bargaining an
important campaign issue.

“The board has set up a fragmented
system of taking care of each
'individualized group of employees, "
Pembcrton said.

As an alternative, he would institute
an employee senate, representing
teachers. parents. service personnel
and others to advise the board in
contractual matters. “The ultimate
responsibility for the management and

supervision of a tax-supported public
service as crucial as our school system
must rest with the elected officials. not
with a union leader," he said.

Pembcrton, 35, has proposed a 5
percent cut in local property taxes,
which are used to support the school
system. A I7 percent hike during the
last year was unnecessary. he argues,
and a sound school system can be
operated with the proposed tax cut.
l’emberton has also pledged to work
for a comprehensive 5«year plan for
the school system. to be developed
after election by the board chairman
and staff. The plan would be brought
to the public at a hearing, under his
proposal.

Louis Stout is also an opponent of
collective bargaining, terming it “a
non-educational issue that should be
terminated as soon as possible.” and
which‘ Ila: “created an uprising in the
community.”

Stout, is a former Fayette County

After the song, Gates explained the
role Ginkgoes have played in history;
in drama there are the hits My Fair
Ginkgo and Romeo and Ginkgo. while
in athletics. Mohammed Ginkgo.

Initially, the Ginkgo leaves (which
average two or three inches across)
were used as fans in Sunday morning
congregations. Gates said. adding
“This could go on and on but I‘d better
not."

According to Gates, Henry Clay

' brought the Ginkgo tree to Kentucky,

planting l7 seedlings on a “dismal
day” in the fall of l830. In his reading
of the Ginkgoes‘ history. Gates said.
“Seven score and four years ago. our
forefather. Henry Clay . . . "

Continued on page 3

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Lex xington. Kentucky

teacher and is associate commissioner
of the Kentucky High School Athletic
Association. He opposes collective
bargaining because he says it would
reduce the authority of the school
board, giving power to an employees‘
group.

The danger of striking is also
present. says Stout, no matter what
system of collective bargaining is used.
As an alternative, Stout would have
the board consider establishing a
teacher forum, where teachers‘
problems would be presented.

In a district that has a large
percentage of black voters, Stout, 39,
is the only black candidate. He would
like to see new schools in
neighborhoods that are now remote
from schools, and thinks the board
should look into the construction of a
new high school in his district.

Additionally, Stout wants to see better'

interaction between parents and
teachers, and favors giving teachers
more support in handling disciplinary
problems.

By TOM MORAN/Kernel Staff

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Gerontology proposal
tabled for one month

By DEBBIE MCDANIEL
Copy Editor

Senate Council Chairman .loe

'Bryant told the council Friday that the

proposal to start a Gerontology
Center at UK was withdrawn for one
month when‘Medical College Dean
Clawson and Graduate School Dean
Wimberly Royster could not resolve
an issue of whether the center. as a
research institute, could initiate
courses.

The council passed a motion Oct. 26

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asking the program’s originators to
respond to reservations expressed by a
senate committeee on academic
organization and structure who
recommended approval of the center
with three modifications.

The controversy surrounds the first
modification which asks for a clear
statement that the center cannot
initiate courses, but can only
coordinate them. because the center‘s
staff consists of administrators, not
teachers.

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high

George Adams stretches
’ out on soprano saxophone
, as part of jazz pianist

McCoy Tyner‘s concert in

Memorial Hall Saturday
; night. Adams,amemberof
. Tyner‘s sextet, also
. performed on tenor

saxophone and flute. See

the concert review on page
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state

NUMEROUS FIRES ILACRNED hundreds of acres of eastern Kentucky
forest over the weekend keeping at least lmtulltirne and voluteer firefighters busy

Despite the dissipation of a tSO-acre lire In Harlan County‘ s Roaspoint area
Saturday. state forestry ofI'tcails reported smaller blazes going yesterday in
ttarhn. Knox. Dell. Leslie and McCreary counties

nation

FIRES ROARED THROUGH a Pennsylvania hotel and an Iowa department
store yesterday. killing at least l5 people and leaving firefighters wondering how
much higher the death tolls would climb.

In Honesdale. Pa.. Wayne County Coroner Robert Jennings said nine bodies
were found in the rubble that was the historic Allen Motor Inn, and three or four
more persons were missing and believed dead.

Fireman Allan Kominski said that when rescue units arrived about 2:4) a.In.
“flames were rolling out the front and sides of the building. People on the second
and third floors were llaging out the windows screaming. 'Help the. save me.‘ A
few jumped and we got to some of the others with ladders"

1115 NEW YORK "MB and the Daily News, shut down 89 days by strikes
begun by their pressmen. began planning today‘s editions as more unions accepted

tenative agreements yesterday.

The lone stumbling block to a resumption of publication was the Newspaper
Guild. which called a strike against the Times on Saturday. The union. however.
also appeared close to settling its disputes.

The pressmen walked out Aug 9. closing the Times. and the New York Port.

weather

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Leadership makes Broadus, Wilkie top choices
in 2nd, 4th district Fayette School board races

The Kernel supports two candidates for Fayette contractual negotiations with teachers are vital. But

County School Board because of their excellent
qualifications. campaign stands and proposals they

have made.

in the 2nd District, incumbent .l.M. Broadus should
be returned because of his experience and record of
leadership as chairman of the Board. In the 4th
District. newcomer Raymond Wilkie is the best choice.

Broadus has served on the board for l2 years. and
offers invaluable experience in the workings of Fayette
County schools and with educational finances and
budgeting. As chairman of the education and physical
education department at Transylvania University. he
also has professional expertise related to the school

board‘s work.

A long-time advocate of collective bargaining
negotiations for teachers. Broadus surprised many
opponents of that process with his innovative

approach as chairman.

Educational collective bargaining, in the plan that
Broadus helped institute. is a system in which the
public (through the school board). retains final
authority. making final decisions on all matters.
Negotiations are open to the public. there are direct
negotiations between the board and its employees. and
there is no exclusive bargaining representative for a

group of employees.

grade students in

Broadus favors the “middle school" concept a
better arrangement of age groups that would put 6th

the “middle school.“ or junior high.

and raise 9th-graders to senior high.

plished. He has
teachers. indeed.

Broadus also has pledged to work at increasing the
involvement of parents in their childrens‘ education.
possibly by giving more autonomy to the local schools.
He is concerned about teacher effectiveness and
morale. and thinks improvements can be made.

Of course. raising parent participation and teacher
quality are familiar theme around election time. But
Broadus offers the most hope of getting it accom-

a good working relationship with
his rapport with them by itself is a

good reason for his re-electing. Broadus understands

wisely.

how interaction between school administration.
teachers and parents ultimately affects students. and
he has the experience to help guide that interaction

Raymond Wilkie holds positions similar to those of
Broadus on collective bargaining. a crucial issue in the
4th District. because his three opponents are anti-
bargaining and have criticized his stand on the issue.

In Wilkie‘s view. the process needs a fresh appraisal
and perhaps even a new name ~— representative

contracting. That won‘t convince his opponents that

even they can‘t deny that the issue

voters and led to so much demagoguery that rational
discussion about it is hardly possible anymore.

Wilkie has said he is not pro- or anti-collective
bargaining. What he offers is needed realism: “Most of
Fayette County‘s teachers have clearly shown that they
want some form of representative contracting and will
continue to press for it.“ Wilkie has supported open
negotiations and has opposed binding arbitration. and
has come out against compulsory union membership

positions his opponents never cite.

A professor in the UK College of Education and a
psychiatrist. Wilkie. like Broadus. has excellent

professional qualifications for
promised to work for improved
between administration. teachers

believes the school board should evaluate the need of
programs more closely before continuing them. and
should consider giving more authority to local schools.

In a novel move. Wilkie has named an advisory
committee of local citizens who would advise him and
provide input from the community if he is elected. That
kind of initiative and leadership, exemplified by Wilkie
and Broadus. are made to order for Fayette County’s

schools.

has so polarized

the job. He has
communications
and parents. and

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Letters to the Editor

 

Readers write in support of Broadus candidacy

As the time draws near for the l97x

school hoard slecttions. I would like to
'urge UK students to \ote for Dr.
James Broadus. ,.;,

I have Known Dr. Broadus for set en
years and he is truely dedicated to the
betterment of the Fayette County
school system.

He supports a greater emphasis on
reasding and writing skills at all levels
of education as well as a greater
emphasis on parental involvement in
policy—making decisions at individual
schools.

if you care about the future of
Fayette County schools. then please
vote for Dr. James Broadus on Nov. 7.
Terrie A. Isaac
College of Law

In a recent telephone conversation
with my good friend Jim Broadus. he
indicated that he was once again
running for a position on the Fayette
County Board of Education. As a
former long-time resident of Lexing-
ton. I urge everyone to support Dr.
Broadus.

I had the privilege of working with
Dr. Broadus for several years at
Transylvania (University) and he is. in

my opinion. an outstanding educator
and an outstanding human being. His
experience and background in educa-
tion coupled with his personal quali-
ties of of integrity. openess anga
genuine concern for people make him
the strongest possible candidate for
the Board of Education.

With the many problems and criti-
cal issues confronting public educa-
tion everywhere. I would be delighted
to have someone who possesses his
ability. background and personal
qualities on the Board of Education in
Tuscaloosa.

Again. I strongly urge everyone to
support Dr. James Broadus” candi-
dacy for the Board of Education by
voting for him in the upcoming elec-
tion.

C.M. Newton

Head Basketball Coach
University of Alabama
University. Ala.

Twelve years ago. when Dr. James
Broadus decided to run for the Fayette
County school board. Eleanor and l
were excited and thrilled about work-
ing in his campaign. Having known
Jim Broadus as a friend. a colleague.

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and as my immediate supervisor at
Transylvania (University). I was de-
lighted with his decision to run. Then
as now, several positive factors stand
out in my mind that make him a
superior board member.

First. his sensitivity to human
beings and their needs. 1 have never
met a person so willing to help others
and to speak his own convictions as
Jim Broadus.

Second. his total commitment to
integrity and voting his conscience.
For those of us who know him person-
ally. his whole life reflects truth.
goodness and a compassionate atti-
tude for mankind.

Third. his ability to focus in on the
real issue. He will not be fooled by
rhetoric or misled by phony facades.

Fourth. his keen awareness of
school-community problems and their
solutions. No one is better qualified or
has prepared himself professionally
better to represent people than Jim
Broadus.

Jim Broadus is a special person with
great perceptive insight. He is a con-
vincing negotiator whose basic moti-
vation is to do “the right thing.“Just as

sports is my livelihood. then education.

and the educational process is Jim

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Broadus‘ labor of love. The short term
effects of a sports victory cannot be
compared to the long term significance-
of a daemon regarding the education
of our children. Jim Broadus is quali-
fied educationally. but more impor-
tantly. he is a good man - one guided
only by his conscience and his com-
mitment to a better society.

1 wish Eleanor and l were home
again to work for Jim Broadus as he
runs for his fourth term on the Board
of Education. I do urge you to vote for
him on Nov. 7.

Lee Rose

Head Basketball Coach
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Ind.

Right decision

For the first time in recent years the
freshmen of the student body will be
assured of representation by two
designated seats for senators to be
elected this fall. Indeed lthink Student
Government made the right decision.
The idea that freshmen don‘t know
what’s going on just isn't true. It may
take us a little while to learn the ropes.
but after that we can hold our own.
After all. we are 2’2 percent ofthe stu-
dent body and. basically. we have
some of the same problems other stu-
dents have. We are just as much
involved with the pedestrian traffic
problem on Rose Street and we have
some of the same administrative prob-
‘cms. I think it‘sjust great that finally
we can have someone workingto solve
them. And for that I'd like to com-
mend the Student Government.
Mark Rock
Business 8; Economics freshman

The Wood's ZAP

Once or twice a year the salesmen of
Evelyn Wood blow in and ZAP! .7 we
hear about the magic of speed reading
just in time to save our necks before
finals. For ten extra hours a week and
$295 we too can be saved from the rav-
ages of ithe uinformation explosion
and we can catch up on all that reading
we didn't bother to do earlier in the
semester.

Bah.’ Humbug: ror 20 years the
Counseling and Testing Center has
sponsored reading and study skills
courses which teach students not only
how to study effectively. but also in the
bargain teach them how and when to
apply speed reading techniques to the
study process. For two hours per week
(free of extra charge) and for a com-
mitment to practice the techniques
while studying. students may not
only increa: e their comprehension and
end up with a set of notes from which
to review for those (clutch) exams.

Speed reading as an end in itself is a
hoax perpetrated on an unsuspecting
and therefore overanxious public. One
question we might ask is why read all
that information? Why not focus on
what we need to read. on the pertinet
information? Mutt we be slaves to the
printing press? And to our anxieties?

THEREFORE. STUDENTS
BEWA RE.’.’ Speed reading freaks may
appeal to you but speed reading as you
need to do it and study skills that work
have been only a step away from you
for years. All you need to do is come to
the Counseling Center. 30| Mathews
Building. There are three courses to
choose from and two Study Skills Der-
bies a year. free. But if you would
rather spend all that money to be sure
you‘re motivated to practice. go ahead
and help yourself while Evelyn Wood
Enterprises helps itself out of your
wallet!

'Peg Payne

Learning Skills Coordinator
and

Harriett A. Rose

Director

Counseling and Testing Center

T99a hype

Regarding Richard McDonald‘s
article in the Oct. 26 edition of your
newspaper (“Kernel Won‘t Join the
Toga Hype Parade"). there exist more
than a few blatant reporting errors.

To begin. accepted news format has
never. to my knowledge. included the
practice of giving page one headlines
to commentaries. l. as well as any
objective reader. could therefore only
conclude that either the Kernel or Mr.
McDonald had some vested interest in
the matter. which indeed‘seems to be
the case. It is apparent throughout Mr.
McDonald‘s contempt-ridden article
that he was trying to impress someone
(his professors being the logical cho-
ice) by questioning the legitimacy of
nationally (published) articles by repu-
table magazines as well as chastising
the nation‘s largest motion picture stu-
idio for allegedly attempting to spread
a vicious evil ~ the toga party.

It is also evident that the news editor

wrote his opinion without more than a
token attempt at researching his
chosen topic. The article implied that
Universal Studios contacted the
Lambda Chi Aloha fraternity (as well
as other college frats across the nation)
and offered money to the (ireeks if
they would stage a “toga party.“ In
actuality. Lambda Chi member Doug
Watts called Universal offices in Cin-
cinnati and Los Angeles and requested
such assistance after the fraternity had
decided to sponsor the party.

Further. the account erroneously
stated that the movie produceres had
agreed to furnish a sum of money to
Lambda Chi when. in fact. the studio
replied Monday that no such subsidy
would be made. If the toga party had
gone on as scheduled. all proceeds
would have necessarily gone to some
charity. an action termed by Mr.
McDonald as "hype." How he reached
this conclusion is totally ambiguous to
me. There was. definitely. no decep-
tion involved. Universal did not deny
that such a party would not be good
advertisement for their movie. The
cynicism displayed throughout the
article is especially clear here.

As an independent. I have nothing
to gain from expressing my opinion.
other than the feeling that readers of
your newspaper should receive objec-
tive. factual reports of campus events
rather than poorly researched and
biased accounts that serve no purpose
save obscuring the views of fellow
students.

Finally. it was reported in the fol-
lowing day‘s Kerrie/that the toga party
had been canceled due to a confusion
about rules addressing the advertise-
ment of affairs ofthis nature. I saw no
suggestive or offensive material in the
ads in question and would like to know
the specific sections of applicable
codes that were breached by these ads.
In my view. the act signified the
squelching by the administration ofan
event based on their fear that the even-
ing‘s sexual promiscuities would reach
the level portrayed on the screen in
.Animal House.

Willard A. Dupree
Pre-law freshman

 

 

 

 

 

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Voters in Fayette County
will decide tomorrow who will
fill the fourth district school
board seat. Four candidates are
vying for the postion now held
by James Barlow, who chose
not to run for re-eleetion.

The first person to declare
her candidancy in the fouth
district race was Carol Jarboe.
Jarboe, a former nurse,
believes collective bargining is
a “primary concern” of the
voters.

She said collective bargining
is time-consuming and added
that the Board of Education
should direct its efforts toward
transportation and other
educational needs. Jarboe, 38,
proposes a non-union
approach to contract
bargaining.

“We need to address,” she
said, “the needs of teachers and
employees as well." Her
proposal includes an employee
council that would meet with
school system administrators
and the board of education.

The council would discuss
policies and economic needs.

“What we need,” she said, “is
a good check-and-balance
system.”‘Jarboe plans to have
teachers, parents and students
represented on every level of
the school system.

Jarboe said the main
problems of the Fayette
County schools are discipline
and school security. To deal
with these problems, she
believes a uniform discipline
plan is needed.

About the quality of the
schools, she said, “Fayette
County should be proud to
have what it does. However, we
need to re-evaluate some of the
programs."

Some of these programs, she
said, include vocational
education and accelerated
programs. “I am not for some
of these Mickey Mouse
programs that we have.“

Jarboe said that, if elected,

     

she will be asking for a lot of
figures concerning transporta-
tion, redistricting and the
budget. There has been concern
about a possible school tax
increase, but Jarboe doesn‘t
believe it is necessary.

Ed Holloway, area repre-
sentive for the Dale Carnegie
self-improvement course, was
the second person to file for the
fourth district seat. He sys
collective bargaining is a
symptom; not a disease.

“I'm not running against it,
I‘m running for good
communication channels.” he
said. .

To help alleviate problems in
communication, Hollaway is
proposing. a bi-monthly
newsletter which would be sent
to PTA and principals.

Establishing good manage-
ment policies is his method of
improving the quality of the
schools: “I'm not pleased with
Kentucky education, but
considering what we have, we
are good. The problem is poor
management.”

Holloway's management
practices would include giving
more power to school
principals. He calls principals
the “largest group of
babysitters in the world.”

He also said he will try to
persuade school board
members to set up planning to
define goals for the superinten-
dent. “If he (the superinten-
dent) can’t reach them (the
goals), we should fire him,"
Holloway said. “If it is our
fault, we need new board
members.” '

Dealing with discipline is a
major concern of Hollaway‘s.
He would implement a set of
rules that would be given to the
superintendent, principals and
“everyone else involved" in the
school system. He said once the
mics have been approved by

them, the rules will be given to
the courts.

If the courts approve them. a
letter containing the rules
would be sent to every student
in Fayette County schools.

The third candidate is Perry
Southard, a lawyer. Southard,
36, said collective bargining is
not in the best interests of the
students.

However, Southard does not
believe that collective
bargaining is the only issue in
the school board race.

He said his opponents have
become so “emotionally
involved in their oppostion to
collective bearging, that they
have lost sight -of what the
major issue is — providing the
best education for our
students.”

If elected, Southard said he
would favor the board's plans
for competency tests. These
required standardized tests
would be given every year to
each student in every grade,
according to Holloway's plans.

He said if the students don‘t
pass these tests, they wouldn't
be promoted. He said some
Fayette County teachers have
told him of instances in which
they were instructed by
principals to promote students
who should not have been
promoted.

Concerning school financ-
ing, Southard is concerned
aboout how funds are collected
and allocated.

He said: “The school board is
nothing more than a rubber
stamp for a budgetosed byhy
the school administration."

To remedy this, Holloway
plans to personally conduct an
in-depth examination of the
school budgets.’

Transportaion for students
in the local school system is
another area that Holloway
said could be improved.

“Students in my district,” he
said, "are getting home
anywhere from an hour to two
hours after they are dismissed
from school.”

His solution to this problem
was the elimination of some
bus stops the evaluation of all
bus routes. .

UK Assistant Education
Professor Ray Wilkie was the
last candidate to file for the
board seat. The immediate
problem he sees is ending the
conflict between the superin-
tendent, the Board of
Education and teachers.

He said the school board has
not properly used the resources

Ancient tree is honored
in Sunday ceremony.

Continued from page I

During the later reading of
“Ode to the Ginkgo Tree." one
Ginkgo fan, unobserved by
most in attendance, picked up a
wine bottle and disappeared
with it for several minutes. As
he rejoined the observers
toward the poem‘s end. his
friend turned to him and said,
“I should have bought a gallon
jug."

During the verse describing
primal waters nurturing the
Ginkgo‘s roots, Lexington
resident Steven Schwartz
poured water from a metal urn
on the treetrunk, while Gates
read, “0 Ginkgo tree. as we
now pour the waters.
remember us as those who
cared.“

After wine was distributed in
pink and white checked paper
cups to the Ginkgo fans, Gates
led a toast to the Ginkgo tree
and they crowned a ginkgo
branch with a laurel made from

a long Ilexible tree limb lourd
on the ground.

The lack of Ginkgo queen
applicants led to the crowning
of the boughs ceremongy Gates
said. “The first year we had a
Ginkgo queen. but the present
lack of Ginkgo queen
appliacants forced a changed in
the crowning ceremony.
Instead of crowing the queen.
we crown the tree.“

Following the ceremony.
Gates said the purp