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“ ‘ , ‘ p .‘A heads not east or west other attractions, the Cincinnati Mu- iary. . talance
illicit” For the 1991 summer con— seum of Natural History and Members of the Legislative .
, .. me 20—22. The annual get Children’s Discovery Center. Task Force on Open Meetings and umfimm
:,-.-::2 limit resplaceatthe Drawbridge On the business side, there’s Open Records have been invited to mlflafim'rasxgm ,
‘,,."l.:.v.'.":»‘ , [a resort hotel off I-75 in Ft. also a wealth of opportunity for en— have their June meeting during the KPAmNABgardimW .
Mitcheli richment. KPA members will get the convention. KPNKPsboarumeetng ‘-
Onthe purely social side, par- chance to see the Democratic and Re— The convention culminates P‘mcatmmsmdm :
ticipants will do some river hopping. publican winners of the May state- with the 1991 Better Newspaper Con— CWWWWWS ,
Thursday evening features a picnic, wide gubematorialprimaryinthebrief test Awards Luncheon on Saturday. FW:M2‘
and a baseball game at Cincinnati’s lull before the campaigns take on the ‘ Members of the National mammmgm j
Riverfront Stadium with the Reds storm pitch of November’s general Newspaper Association board of di— WWWWW -.
against the Montreal Expos. election. That’ 8 Saturday at 9 am. rectors will meet with KPA members WW "
Back in the Bluegrass State, Friday’s schedule includes on Thursday foraluncheon, followed KWB’WWWM '
Friday’ soutings include golf at Boone sessions on ”Improving the Editorial by board meetings of each group. WWW ,
Links Country Club and anevening of Product,” led by Garrett Ray of Colo- Ifyou haven’t received a con— Watmmm f
' entertainment at Oldenberg Brewery. rado State University, and on ”Man- vention mailing, you’ve misplaced TM.WW.UWTW :
That afternoon, families can agement Ideas and Advertising Pro- yours or you just need a clarification, imtflimfimm
5—.” , opt for a trip back across the Ohio for motions” by Ken Blum, manager of call KPA at LBW-8664431. thzgkw A. .7
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~ . . . . population centers, saysthestudy, do point, the study shows. The reason,
bad news in the study of mumcipal Kentucky landfills. That’s down four not support the voluminous dailies simply stated, is that there is little or ,-
_s°hd waste and newsprint recycling to 513‘ percentage pomts from the na- found in places such as New York, no marketinmostparts ofthe state for ,_
1n Kentucky, comrmssroned last fall tional average of nine percent and Miami and LOS Angeles. discard ed newspapers. Accessible and
by KPA' . . down dramaticallyfrom theestimates The glum news is that recy- adequate mills for deinking and re- .
The best news, according to bantied about by cutics of the news- cling of ONP in Kentucky is at a low See Frankllwn repafl— £59 16
the Kansas environmental consulting paper industry. . ' ' .
firm, Franklin Associates, is that Theprimaryreason,however, ' ' '
Kentucky’s per capita generation of has little to do with recycling efforts. High court sends Whitley dispute ?
old newspapers is significantly below Rather, the low figure of dumped ONP ' ' ' ' ,
the national average. derives from the fact that Kentucky baCk t0 Circuit court Of Origin 3
v Old newspapers, referred to papers are generally smaller in circu- n - u ‘1
as ONP, represent only about three lation and size. The state’s smaller Su reme Court calls Statute ambl OHS ,-
If it’s not over ’til it’ s over, largertotal Circulation,but geography ,
then it’ s not over. was a factor. Corbin sits in the north- - ~'
- - - - 'I'heKentuckySupremeCourt em comer of Whitley County, stretch-
Tidblts .from. the Frank'ln .Assocmtes Study in May refused to mediate the con- ing into both Knox and Laurel coun-
. Kentuckians dispose of 4.6 nullion tons of solid waste per year. trover over ”circulation” and 1e al ties .
About half of this is municipal solid waste and the other half is d msfy. g ' 711 R bl' , hin ed ;
industrial wastes construction debris sludges ash etc. a ve Singf . e epu man 5 case. g. ’
’ . ’ ’ ’ . . In its May 9 ruling, the state’s on the contention that the daily’s Clr- I
0 Each Kentuckian generates about 3.3 pounds of muniCipal h' . . ,
. . . . ighest court sent the case of the culation,whilelargeroverall,wasnot ‘
solid waste each day. (Franklin County’ 3 output is higher. Hmmm.) Wh'tl C R 111‘ Th lar r 'th' Whitl C Th -
O In a four-week sam lin of Lexin on/Fa ette Coun resi- . I ey bunt-y 3p“ ican versus 2 ge “.n m ey ounty. e f
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dents all types of a r represented 24 percent of municipal solid Times-Tribune and the local county weekly, “5 attorneys argued, actually r
waste" four percent Iii/Snewspapers government back to circuit court. had the higher number of subscribers _
O The average generation of ONP in metropolitan areas of Ken- At the suit’s origin two years in.the county where the 1)“th ads .
tuckyisabout82 unds r rsonper ear withabout51poundsper ago, the then weekly Republican m originated. .
person per year 1:0 rural gauges y ’ Williamsburg challenged the Whitley Where the readers are is the . .
. Besides its use in 1 'ng more paper, ONP is used in animal Fiscal Court 3 awarding of its crux of the matter, according to the .
bed din h dro seed mulch cellulose insulation wallboard acoustic treasurer’s report advertismg to the high court. Do more Whitley ; .
we ’21 3’00! sh . . an'd r f. _ felts ' ' daily Times-Tribune inCorbin. Countians subscribetoTheRepublican ;
. " ' , eem' - ' Thedailyhadanundisputed Seewmloydspuiopage lo ,