Lexington Herald-Leader from Lexington, Kentucky • 13

Lexington Herald-Leader LffesVe B3 Cassfed B7 Obituaries B12 CITYSmT Section Monday February 13 1933 exhaust caused death a I Teens who died in car planned to get married By Paul Prather hcraxs-LeajBr Mark Owens and Gail Wethington died the way they had planned to live together The bodies of the teen-age Woodford County cuuple were found about 1030 a Saturday in the front seat of Mark's brown 1974 Fotd LTD victims of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a worn exhaust system authorities said Owens 18 and Miss Wethington 15 planned to get married in June said Loretta Wethington of Midway Gail's mother She had told them they were too young were pretty Mrs Wethington said They were pretty ckwe" The deaths were an said had friends on top of Mrs Wethington said She had played basketball in grade school in middle school and as a freshman in high school but decided this year to take a job at a Lical pizza restaurant rather than play ball her mother said Mrs Wethington said she thought her daughter later regretted the choice was her love" die said Another love was Owens said Tammy Soard 17 Miss Wellington's best friend Miss Wethington and Owens had dated several months Tammy said seemed like she was happy She was a real nice girt" Visitation for Owens and Miss Wethington will be from 4 to 8 pun today at Duell-Clark Funeral Home Versailles Services for Miss Wethington will be at 1030 am Tuesday Services for1 Owens will be at 2 pm Tuesday the passenger compartment from the holes The ignition was on when the car was found he said vehicle had apparently run tut of gas sometime during the The radio also was itched on though the car's hattery had run down The two teen-agers died about midnight Friday Clark said Owens graduated from Woodford County High School in 1988 He was a part-time farm laborer butwanted something better said a friend Randall Taylor 18 Owens intended to move from Versailles to Louisville after marrying Miss Wethington to attend a vocational college Taylor said do anything for you" Taykir said give me his last dollar and I'd give him my last dollar miss him the rest of my life" Miss Wethington was a sophomore at Woodford County High School Right mood essential for wooing valentine Valentine's Day has changed so much over the years that if you aren't careful you'll make a fool of yourself To begin with candy flowers and even cards that showed you Woodford County Deputy Coroner Don Clark know they were on a he said The car was in the parking kit of the Nonesuch boat dock at the end of Cummins Ferry Road 12 miles south of Versailles The car's muffler had holes in it from rust Clark said There also were holes in the pipes connecting the motor and muffler He said carbon monoxide probably leaked into Inmate puts spin on drive message cared enough to send the very best aren't nearly upscale enough for the last Valentine's Day of the Just suppose you show up with one of those velvet-covered heart-shaped boxes of cbocolatecovered cherries "Are you trying to kiH me?" your valentine will say you care anything about my triglyceride count? "Why you give me something I really wanted like paying to have my teeth Or you whip out a bouquet of flowers from behind your back and your valentine begins wheezing "Thanks loads" says your valentine "Now I'll have to go get an allergy And if you really want to get a cold stare just show up with nothing but a lace-covered card that you bought for $135 This phenomenon begins early in life By junior high every kid knows that if trying to impress a prospective valentine a paper heart just compare with two tickets to a Guns Roses concert The people who are in the business of selling candy flowers and cards will never tell you this but a fact that Day by itself mean a thing just one more day on the calendar What really counts is the mood in which your valentine happens to be on Day If a rotten mood there is absolutely nothing you can come up with that will be good enough Example "Happy Day darling I just bought you that castle on Versailles yeah? And I guess you expect me to pay the dosing See? no way to win Even if bought something smaller and more discreet such as an entire set of Vuitton luggage the response would have been: "I hope this mean going on some boring trip warns students about alcohol By Marshall Poindexter Herald-Leader Half writer FRANKFORT On Dec 1ft Shane Kemp Smith was drunk and speeding along Interstate 64 near Frankfort weaving in and out of traffic He was Smith said a "dangerous Now after being arrested and spending time in a Kentucky jail Smith is trying to save people from injury and death in drunken-driving accidents Smith a "professional freestyle flying-disc spoke Wednesday to about 150 Frankfort High School students and faculty members about the dangers of drinking and driving is slow he said "You cant continue to poison Smith 32 is serving a six-month sentence in die Franklin Comity Jail for driving while intoxicated reckless driving and driving with a suspended license As part of an agreement with die Kentucky State Police Franklin County District Court and Franklin County Jail officials Smith will tour middle and high schools around Central Kentucky through June sharing his testimony and performing flying-disc acrobatic tricks He is the first Franklin County Jail inmate who has been allowed to leave jail for a few hours a day to speak to students about his problem with drunken driving said state trooper Glenn Walton Since 1982 Smith has been jailed five times in as many states for driving while intoxicated He said his arrest in Kentucky made him realize that he is "fed with his problem (TUm to DRMONQ Page B11) Herald-LeaderStephen Castleberry During his visits Shane Kemp Smith talks about his drinking problem and performs flying-disc tricks Radio new name format herald other changes The new WLFX will be known as 'Fox and will blend current hits with older rock songs improved in such communities as Versailles Nicholas ville and Frankfort The entire Lexington metropolitan area would be covered by the stronger signal Jensen said station The new location is on the opposite side of Lexington from the tower it now has between Winchester and Lexington For several years the station has targeted its programming toward Lexington where it usually ranks among the top four stations when the station's format will Premier Broadcast Group Inc of Albany NY recently bought The other three all FM stations are WFMI and its AM sister station The real challenge of Valen- Day is not what happens on Feh 14 what happens on the first 13 days of die month You have to spend those days constantly checking your valem tine's mood Sample test "I just found out I have only a month to Good mood response: no! Say it isn't Bad mood response: "You'll do anything to upset me wont you?" Good luck on Tuesday If you lucky find out why the original Valentine was a saint and a martyr By Marshall Poindexter Herald-Leader staff writer The Federal Communications Commission has authorized FM stations in Elizabethtown and Carrollton to change channels to make way for a more powerful station in the Lexington area The FCC also approved a call-letter change for the Lexington-area station WFMI it will become WLFX The station licensed to Winchester and operating at 1001 on the FM dial plans to increase its power and construct a taller tower northwest of Lexington The new call letters will be heard beginning at midnight today i I I i I i i I i Ik fc i ft 4 The FCC reclassified WFMI WLFX from a Class A station to a Class C2 station Class A stations are limited to 3000 watts or less while a Class C2 station may broadcast with up to 50000 watts and use a taller tower The result is a substantially wider broadcast area If the FCC approves a construction permit WLFX will build a tower 12 to 15 miles northwest of Lexington within two years said Gary Jensen vice president of the change from teen-oriented rode to a more adult rock sound But the increase in power and change in tower height are months or years away The changes can occur only after WIKI in Carrollton and WQXE in Elizabethtown have moved from 1001 to other frequencies The stations must move to dear die channel for the more powerful WLFX WVLK (9291 WLAP (943) and WKQQ (981) all of which operate with 100000 watts the highest power allowed on the FM dial new tower site and more powerful signal would improve reception in western Fayette County where WFMTs signal has been weak Coverage also woulfl be WHRS (1380) in Winchester Premier decided to abandon WFMTs image as a Top 40 station that caters to teen-agers Jensen said The new WLFX will be known as "Fox and will blend current hits with older rode songs (Turn to STATION Bit SettinglltXstraightJ NEWS TO USE Adult-education public hearings to begin Feb 21 27 American Red Cross Building 1450 Newtown Pike Lexington 9 am Feb 27 Ashland Commission Chambers at City Hall 2 pm Felx 27 Hardin County Board of Education Elizabethtown 10 am Feb 28 Holmes High School Auditorium Covington 7 pm March 1 The Herald-Leader corrects aS significant mors that are brought to the attention if you thank we have made such an error please call our newsroom at (606) 231 -3270 daily On weekends call (606) 231-3302 after 3 pm I How soon plans for a general aviation airport in Scott County get off the ground depends on negotiations for a site backers say Page B2 Public hearings will be held Magnet deadlines set for adult-education programs The comments will be used in developing a plan to spend federal money for adult education in die next four years The Fayette County school system isnow accepting applications for either of its magnet programs Pupils who will be in grades four through six next fall can For more information and appointments call 288-2466: Organ-donor seminar The University of Kentucky College of Allied Health is sponsoring a seminar for health professionals to help them team how to approach families and terminally ill patients to ask fix organ donations: The seminar will be held Feb 21-24 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Lexington from 9 am to 5 pm For more information call 233-6459 Lane of road blocked Private contractors working for Columbia Gas Co will be blocking the southbound curb lane of traffic on Nicholasville Road at Arcadia Park today from 9 am to 3 pm For more traffic information see The Traffic Report Page B2 Cervical cap available The Lexington Planned Parenthood Center will begin scheduling patients Wednesday fix fitting of the cervical cap recently approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration The cervical cap and other birth-control alternatives are available at Planned Parenthood For more information call Jan Hannan at 252-0448 New food clinic A new clinic to provide food and nutrition education to low-income pregnant women new mothers and children under 5 years has been opened at Pleasant Green Baptist Church 540 West Maxwell Street Lexington The clinic offering the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women Infants and Children will be open from 4 pm to 8 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays All applications should be sent to the attention of Anita Jones Fayette County Public Schools 701 East Main Street Lexington Ky 40502 Redistricting hearing The second in a series of public hearings on the proposed redistricting plan for Fayette County schools will be held at 730 pm Tuesday at Tates Creek High School cm Centre Parkway After a presentation by school officials members of the audience may make comments or ask questions about die plan which is slated to be put into place by 1990 The redistricting affects secondary students only A fifth high school is being constructed and the school system's junior high schools will become middle schools apply tor die Creative and Per-The hearing locations and fanning Arts program at Harrison dates are: West Kentucky State Elementary SchooL Applications Vocational-Technical School Pa- due Feb 24 John Kleber has taken a three-year leave from teaching American history at Morehead State University to put together an encyclopedia on Kentucky Page B2 ducah 1 pm Feb 21 Lions Chib Building Madison ville 9 am Feb 21 Owensboro Commission Chambers at City Hall 7 pm Feb Students who will be in grades 11 and 12 are eligible for the International Studies and Human- Five-year-old Tara Green of Caldwell County sees her kindergarten class from a distance by turning on her parents' video cassette recorder- Page B11 Atherton High School Louis- at Bryan Station le 3 pm Fetx 23 Somerset Senior High Students in the pro-ite Vocational-Technical School pam alsoreceive mstraction im Feb 24 Pikeville College Japanese The deadline to apply is risman Auditorium 9 am Feh 3- 1.