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THE COURIER-JOURNAL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1990 D5 HIGH Oil THE HOG FOR 7 YEARS Kentucky Kingdom plans to add water park As wear swimsuits; the water park will have locker rooms. Kentucky Kingdom's Squid water rides, which don't require swimsuits, will not be affected by the new water park, Partlow said. Admission will be for all water park rides and good for all day. Hart declined to speculate on the charge but said it will be less than Kentucky Kingdom's $9.95 for adults and $5.95 for children shorter than 4 feet He said a discounted combination ticket for entry to both parks will be offered. Partlow declined to speculate how much the water park might cost to develop.

Hart said he will probably seek new water park investors after spending $5 million $2.2 million of it his own on Kentucky Kingdom's development Meanwhile, Hart outlined Kentucky Kingdom's progress for the Kentucky State Fair Board and the General Assembly's Interim Agriculture and National Resources Committee. They meet jointly each year during the Kentucky State Fair. Hart told the legislators that Kentucky Kingdom, which opened June the first Kentucky Kingdom venture in 1987. But the legislators seemed pleased yesterday with Hart's report. "Tbis is the first positive report we have heard," said Sen.

Greg Hig-don, D-Fancy Farm, co-chairman of the joint committee. Higdon said he was happy that there is no present danger of the state's having to bail out the amusement park and that no state subsidies have been required. He added, though, that state officials would continue to monitor the park. Partlow said Hart did not discuss the plans for the water park addition with the state officials because the plans aren't fully developed. Fair Board president Dwight Butt said Kentucky Kingdom has increased attendance at trade shows and conventions, primarily because more delegates and exhibitors are bringing spouses and children because there is something new for them to do.

He said Kentucky Kingdom also is making it easier to market the fairgrounds to convention and trade show groups. 13 after a three-week delay resulting primarily from heavy rain, "is making money." He said that, for now, all profits are being plowed back in to the park for capital improvements. Counting the State Fair Kentucky Kingdom is part of the midway the park probably will have sales totaling $3 million in 1990, Hart said. Park attendance through Aug. 15 totaled around 115,000, he said.

Hart said that based on this summer's average weekly attendance of about 12,000, Kentucky Kingdom probably will draw 280,000 people in 1991 and generate sales of $5.2 million. (The park, closed on Mondays and Tuesdays this year, will be open seven days a week next year.) Hart said that next year the park should generate about $110,000 in parking and rental income for the state. In the past the legislators have been skeptical of the Fair Board's pursuit of the amusement park and concerned that so much state land has been set aside for the operation especially following the failure of By SHELDON SHAFER Staff Writer A "water park" of seven to eight acres with separate admission is planned as a major expansion of Kentucky Kingdom, Ed Hart, the amusement park's lead investor, said yesterday. The water park will occupy most of the remaining 26 acres Kentucky Kingdom leases at the Kentucky Fair Exposition Center. The water park could open as early as next summer but is more likely to be ready in April 1992, spokeswoman Maria Partlow said.

The water park will be next to the Thunder Run roller coaster at Kentucky Kingdom, which Is located off Crittenden Drive. The water park, intended to be similar to The Beach in Cincinnati, is yet to be named. Hart said the water park will have a large wave pool capable of producing waves up to 7 feet high on which people can surf. It also will feature several large water slides and a "lazy river" ride around the water park's perimeter. Hart said visitors will be urged to 1986 1983 if i I Ll 1984 I Baptists told new denomination is At the same time, he said, the denomination has abandoned historic Baptist principles such as religious liberty and the separation of church and state, said Vestal, the pastor of a church in suburban Atlanta "I do not believe I have left the Southern Baptist Convention, but rather the Southern Baptist Convention has left me," said Vestal, who called for the open meeting after his loss to the Rev.

Morris Chapman, a conservative Texan, in June's presidential election. The Atlanta gathering is expected to vote on creating an organization that would channel money toward causes supported by moderate Baptists providing an alternative to the Cooperative Program, which distributes money collected nationwide GRAND OPENING WEDNESDAY -AUGUST 22 SAUNA JACUZZI MASSAGE FAR EAST HEALTH SPA 502-495-2000 4160 Bardstown Rd. -Buechel Plaza lake through Baptist churches. Moderates complain that they now fund a large portion of the denomination's budget but have little influence on its boards and agencies. The new organization would be called the Baptist Cooperative Missions Program Inc.

A draft of the articles of incorporation lists Duke McCall, former president of Louisville's Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, as its incorporator. In a news conference after his speech, Vestal emphasized that the new organization is not necessarily intended as the framework for a new denomination. However, he acknowledged that many renewal movements in the past have evolved into new denominations. Vestal cited John Wesley's movement with South Louisville Christian School (2 blks. So.

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McGlothlin said the fines must be paid within 10 days of a new order being entered, with interest from Dec. 15, the date of his last order. He directed Pittston attorney Stephen Hodges to prepare the order as soon as possible. But the union has ignored previous deadlines for payment, and UMW spokesman John Duray said he could not comment on whether it would post the amount in bond while appealing the ruling. He said union attorneys were still "studying their options." The UMW had previously appealed rulings made before December involving about $31 million in fines; that case is now before the Virginia Court of Appeals.

In his ruling Wednesday, McGlothlin said more legal action may be needed to compel the union to comply with his orders. a possibility in the Anglican Church, which eventually broke away and became the Methodist Church. However, he said, "I would not want to rule out the possibility of reconciliation" with the conservatives. Vestal declined to say whether he would participate id a new denomination if one were organized, or whether he would accept leadership in the new missions program. "I'm not seeking leadership.

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Her grandfather, Louisville developer Al Schneider, was beside her for yesterday's bid of $2,400 per pound for the 13.98-pound ham from Robertson's Country Meats, Finchville. By BILL WOLFE Religion Writer ATLANTA Southern Baptist moderates seek renewal of their denomination, not removal from it the keynote speaker at a three-day assembly of moderates said yesterday. Nevertheless, moderates realize that "a new denomination may emerge" from the proceedings under way this week, the Rev. Daniel Vestal said. An estimated 2,500 moderates are meeting to determine whether they want to remain part of the Southern Baptist Convention and, if so, what role they would play in a denomination that has been controlled by conservatives since 1979.

Vestal, who was defeated this summer in his second effort to capture the presidency of the 14.9 million-member convention, said at the opening session that conservatives had driven them to take action. Moderates have been excluded from the denomination's decisionmaking "by a group of folks who have told us they don't want us to work with them in the cause of Christ" Vestal said. Kentucky officials will discuss Scott incentive offer Associated Press OWENSBORO, Ky. Six local officials are scheduled to meet today with Gov. Wallace Wilkinson to review the incentives that will be given to Scott Paper Co.

if it locates a new plant in Daviess County. The conference at Frankfort will be the "most important one we've had up to this point" said Fred King, executive vice president of Owensboro-Daviess County Industry Inc. Scott has narrowed its site choices for the $200 million tissue paper plant to Newman in Daviess County and Posey County, Ind. Documents filed by Scott last month indicate that it intends to double that investment by 1996 and that it will hire more than the 300 to 500 workers initially projected to staff the plant. King said Kentucky's incentive package is to be presented to Scott officials the week of Sept.

10-14. County Judge-Executive Buzz Nor-ris said the incentives will include as much as $3 million from county government for the straightening and widening of Sauer Lane, a county road that leads from Ky. 1554 to the Newman site. Norris said he will ask today if the state is willing to pay part of the cost of that project If it isn't he said, the county is prepared to cover the whole cost. Other transportation-related details to be discussed today are improving Ky.

1554, which leads from the Audubon Parkway to Sauer Lane; improving the interchange at the parkway and that road; and possibly improving U.S. 60 at Newman, Norris said. He said job training also would be discussed, including a proposal to funnel money that would be paid to Scott through a local job incentive program and through Owensboro-Daviess County Skills Inc. The program pays $300 to firms for each job created, and Skills Inc. would use the money to work with Scott to do assessment and training of workers, he said.

Because the Scott plant would be in the county, the job incentive funds would be paid by Daviess Fiscal Court That would push the county's total incentive payment to more than $3 million if it gets no help from the state for Sauer Lane. Other likely incentives include major tax credits and possible low-interest loans for equipment or other needs. UMW members blast judge for upholding Pittston strike fines "i-T'i aJfCff-' A successful yard sale can be a providing cash for back-to-school expenses. With the moneyyou'll make holding Associated Press LEBANON, Va. United Mine Workers union members reacted bitterly yesterday to a judge's decision to uphold $52 million in fines levied during the strike against Pittston Coal Group Inc.

"I think, like everyone else, that's outrageous," UMW member Freeman Artrip said about Russell County Circuit Judge Donald McGlothlin decision Wednesday. McGlothlin said he anticipated a strong reaction, but he added as he left his Lebanon office after issuing the ruling, "I'm not geared as a judge to making my decisions on what people might think." Pittston and the UMW filed a joint motion to dismiss the fines after settling the 10-month strike Feb. 19. The dispute became a symbol for the labor movement, and unions across the country came to the aid of the 1,200 striking miners in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. McGlothlin agreed to dismiss $11.2 million in fines he made payable to Pittston to compensate for losses caused by union efforts to limit coal production.

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