The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 7

1 4 THE COURIER-JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1988 i jl ill kingdom Unique and Versatile Accessories. Showing tomorrow Thursday NANCY LEPP for NLC your hair, ears, neck, waist and shoes in a wide spectrum of fabrics including print challis, silk field flowers, plaid taffeta and bright silk dupione all of which can be used for any style-be your own if a treat for the unusual and original. By SHELDON SHAFER Staff Writer Three groups of investors, including the operators of Holiday World in Santa Gaus, have submitted proposals to reopen the Kentucky Kingdom amusement park. The $12 million amusement park at, the Kentucky Fair Exposition Center in Louisville closed last October after being plagued by low attendance and financial problems. Receiving three offers "is a positive sign of the park's potential," William Mulloy the Kentucky State Fair Board's attorney, said I yesterday.

Mulloy said the board will review the proposals and should choose a new operator for the park within a few weeks. He speculated that Kentucky Kingdom could reopen by next spring and that a lease probably "could be signed within 60 days. The deadline for submitting proposals to reopen the park was midnight Monday. The Fair Board accepted proposals to reopen the park last spring, but after seeing little hope of getting facility reopened this year, de- cided to go through formal bidding. Jerry Pace, head of the Fair ful, he said.

Louisville's central location is a prime reason for the family's interest. Koch said, however, that reopening Kentucky Kingdom would be a "risky" proposition. "We would try to do things a little different, to operate it more efficiently," he said, adding that under his family's management about 250 seasonal workers would be employed. The general partners of the 227 Plus 1 group are Hart and Dennis Speigel, former general manager of Kings Island. The group's plans call for the 60 local former creditors of Kentucky Kingdom, chiefly contractors and suppliers, to put up one-half of I percent of the money they were originally owed as new capital, said Bill Sheehy, an owner of Sheehy Knopf one of the creditors that has joined Hart's venture.

Hart said the city and county would each be asked to provide $250,000 in loans. (The state previously refused the group's request for a $1 million loan, saying it was too risky.) Hart would not disclose the rest of the proposed financing, but said yesterday that under his group, Kentucky Kingdom would be expanded and have a broader appeal with con- at certs and other attractions. The Telcor group, based in Arkansas, is headed by Melvyn Bell. Besides Dogpatch U.S.A., the company also operates Magic Springs in Arkansas, Rapids on the Reservoir in Mississippi and Deer Forest in Michigan. Company spokesman Sam Southland said Telcor's plans for Kentucky Kingdom call for "substantial expansion," Including the addition of "two new, large unique rides the first year" and many more new attractions within three years.

Southland, who declined to discuss financing, said Telcor has an inventory of about $2 million worth of rides that could go to Kentucky Kingdom. Much of Kentucky Kingdom's assets are now claimed by the National Bank of Canada, the first mortgage holder. Its Louisville attorney, James Goldberg, said the bank is willing to discuss the sale of the park's assets with any new operator. Price, the Fair Board consultant, recently advised the board that Kentucky Kingdom can draw up to 350,000 people a year. But he said it would need improved marketing and more lease concessions from the state.

tainers had valves to prevent back-flows, but they were not adequate. She said an additional valve has been installed and has been approved by the state. The city agreed to begin a program to prevent such cross-connections. The Transportation Cabinet agreed to pay $500 for a March 31 kerosene spill at Its maintenance garage in Pikeville, and for failing to properly report the pollution. The payment will be a transfer to the state General Fund from the Road Fund, which provides almost all of the cabinet's budget The Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet does not keep the civil penalties it receives, but deposits the money in the General Fund.

Plant, two cities and state agency to pay fines for pollution Come meet NANCY LEPP, designer, who will present her collection. Shown: LES SLYNX a crush of fabric artfully applied to a flexible wire for the neck, hair or as a belt28. INSTEAD OF PEARLS fabulous fabric baubles tied with a rose as a necklace35. POCKET SQUARE delightful lace trimmed hankies for a pocket or pinned to the shoulder16. IIVC 1 mm Union Underwear reimbursed the city for the fine and has begun pre-treating its waste to prevent further pollution.

The Georgetown Municipal Water and Sewer Commission agreed to pay a $1,000 fine for an illegal "cross-connection" that allowed fertilizer to pollute water lines on May 6, and for failing to report the problem within 48 hours. The fertilizer came from containers at Ellis Garden Center, according to the agreed order and Bernice Ellis, a co-owner of the business. According to Ellis and the agreed order, work on a nearby water line caused pressure to drop, drawing the fertilizer into the water system and into homes in the Ironworks Pike and Ironworks Estates area. Ellis said the pumps in the con B'AL CROSS Staff Writer FRANKFORT, Ky. A plastics plant, two cities and a state agency were among the polluters agreeing to.

pay civil penalties this month for environmental violations. The agreed orders were filed last week by the state Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet, which forges agreements with violators to settle most of its cases. -The largest fine, $12,000 for haz- -ardous-waste violations, was paid by Sfieller-Globe whose Morgan-field plant produces injection molding and plastic parts. Sheller-Globe is based in Toledo, Ohio. The case dated to February 1987, when the Department for Environ-niental Protection cited the plant ior having waste containers in poor condition, failing to maintain ade quate aisle space and failing to keep GIDD Hurstbourne Lane Teleohone 426-9800 to 1 VUf Board's Kentucky Kingdom subcommittee, said the latest proposals also will be reviewed by amusement-park consultant Harrison Price of Torrance, Calif.

Two of the new proposals are from investor groups that bid last spring for the right to reopen the park. Those two groups are 227 Plus 1, which is led by Louisville investor Ed Hart and includes about 60 of Kentucky Kingdom's former creditors; and The Entertainment and Leisure Corp. (Telcor), which operates four amusement parks, including Dogpatch U.S.A. in Arkansas. Neither Pace and Mulloy, nor spokesmen for the three investor groups, would give details of their proposals.

Here is what is known, however: Holiday World is operated by the William Koch family. The family also operates the Young Abe Lincoln facility at Lincoln City, and a golf course in Southern Indiana. Should the family become the new Kentucky Kingdom operators, family spokesman Will Koch said, plans are to retain most of Kentucky Kingdom facilities and to add several smaller rides. Perhaps one or two major rides would be added in several years after the park is success and pay the $12,000 civil penalty. It also agreed to pay an additional $25,000 fine if it fails to comply with the terms of the order within the next year.

The City of Jamestown agreed to pay a $2,500 fine for allowing dye waste from the Union Underwear Co. plant in the city to flow untreated into the Lily Creek embayment of Lake Cumberland on May 12. The order said the city told the state about the dye, said the Russell County sewage-treatment plant could not adequately treat it and "demonstrated a clear desire" to correct the problem. It said the dye had an "objectionable color and produced adverse effects on aquatic life," but offered no specifics. Jamestown Mayor Roy Noel said (Nintendo) ERTERTOinmEnT SVSTEm Good Selection of Tapes Available 24.99-44.99 GARFIELD Stuck On You8 bid Major COME JOIN IN ALL THE FUN! proper records.

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