Lexington Herald-Leader from Lexington, Kentucky • 15

Deal with Norman Lear takes WDKY off the market WDKY (Channel 56) is no longer for sale Instead the 4-year-old independent station will be refinanced and put under the care of a management group owned by TV producer Norman Lear Nobody is happier about the new plan than the station's owner and founder former CBS President John Backe of New York "I believe in this Backe said last week during a visit to Lexington "I thought it was ridiculous to Last fall Backe agreed to sell the station to Steven and Paula Pruett a Chicago couple who own several independent stations That deal fell through last month when the Pruetts had trouble getting financing Now Backe acknowledges that he really want to sell WDKY in the first place He said the only reason the station was offered for sale was because his business partners three venture -capitalists wanted to get out of the TV business Backe described die new arrangement with Act III the Norman Lear company as best of all worlds" In an agreement that should be completed in die next week or so Act III will be hired to manage WDKY and will be given an option to buy up to 49 percent of its stock Backe and his partners will retain control (Timto WDKY 87) Taxes a certainty throughout history but this world nothing is certain but death and taxes" Ben Franklin just a couple of days all America will be playing die favorite game show Yes ifs that time of die year again T-Day when Mr and Mrs John Citizen render unto Caesar whatever Big Julie wants And speaking of Caesar Big Julie wai the first guy to levy a 1 percent general sales tax Hey Kentuckians had Louis Nunn's nickel and the ancient Romans had Caesar's Cent Some things never change Despite what you may have heard taxes have been around even longer than tax lawyers and accountants In fact if something has been grown mown owned loaned or doned ifs probably been taxed Heads and parts of heads like beards have been taxed Souls have been taxed as have bachelors and other animals And if you're among those moved to protest is enough" you're right At one time snuff was taxed In ancient Greece free citizens had different tax obligations than slaves did and in Rome tax laws distinguished between putting the squeeze on nationals and residents of foreign countries (and Italian men have been pinching bottom lines ever since) It was Peter the Ingrate who wanted his fellow Russians taxed body and soul Pete thought too many of his countrymen were living in tax shelters (setting up artificial households to evade paying taxes) so he introduced a Russian peasant tax According to Encyclopaedia Britannia introduced a new unit of taxation thesouT that is a male peasant of working age and the lords were made responsible for the collection of the tax on each of their souls Peasants became a mere item on the tax toll to be moved sold or exchanged" like serfs I hope they never pass a soul tax in this country I mean doesn't James Brown have enough problems without worrying about some new tax? Our tax problems as a people began in 1672 when our partners across the pond got greedy The British Parliament taxed the American colonies by imposing duties on sugar tobacco ginger coconuts indigo kgwood fustic wool and cut-ton Coconuts? Logwood fustic? I don't even know what logwood fustic is but ril be darned if Til let some effete English snob tax it And now as you sit down with your friendly federal tax auditor here are some fast tax attention-diverting facts that you can throw at him: The first inheritance tax in America was Irvird by the Colony of Virginia in 1687 It provided that the governor should collect fee of a cask and 200 pounds of tobacco for impressing probates and letters testamentary or letters of administration with the public seal" without which they were invalid In 1791 the frderal government passed an internal revenue act that imposed duties on distilled spirits and carriages possibly the fust "dexi't drink and drive" campaign Coverage was later extended to refined sugar snuff snuff mills and property sold at auctiixi The Civil War prompted our first income tax effective Jan 1 1862 It was a 3 prrrrnt tax on incomes exrmhng and was to be paid before June 30L 1862 The tax rolls were ojcn to "all prrsutis who may apply to inspect the same" This rule effectively eliminated mere curiosity seekers A tax was levied by Missouri on Ut 2ft 1820 It as-armed i SI tax "on every unmarried free white male above the age of 21 years and under SO years" Compared to alimony that's a bargain HAPPY CAMPING A guide to summer Beverly Fortune HonkHoedor stall writer Hatoto LOOiSOUMed PMy A dazzling display of tulips at 1600 Fairway Drive Versatile varied tulips steal the show From now unlit mid May sandwiched between the daffodils and the iris is tulip time The versatile tulip can be ptanlrd as an annual re a perennial in a mass display re fir accent in ground-rover beds The flowtrs are hrautiful when cut and brought into the Ivse-e Threixand of varieties are avaikiblc that will give you a wide range of flowrr fixms plant heights bkxn Ground work tmuw and rofors WWHI from pastel through sizzling red in derp bUk manm Kroiw loans rfniilly like tuhm fix Derby (lay the first Siturday in May But sxing Weather is mi unjxedictahle it's really rvX peibte to list varieties that will bioixn Witlsnit fail on Hrrby weekend However mixing Darwin hybrid with single late tulips should sjxrad tlie flowering ovrr a suffirirot prnud to include Iferhy Day Whrthrr you have lutij in the ground now re want to plint tliem next fall here are wxne tips fre achieving Irautiful re-stills: After the bkxxns fade snip off the strrnx with a knife re sovrex lid tlie foliage m-iturc and die naturally The (Tum to TVUPS 86) Tips for parents Mwaid-Ltadw Mad (apod Way-a to have a happy camper from the American Camping Associatkxi: Send a letter in advance to the camp your child will attend so he or she will be greeted by something familiar Send self-addressed stamped envelopes with paper to make it even easier Cur your child to write home Let him or her know you will ragrrly await their letters Before your child grew to a resident camp have him or her May overnight with relative or friend to get used to the idea of bring away Rely on your child's Irvcl of independence to determine whm to introduce resident camp There's no set age Realize that camprrs get nxxe ms phisticated each yrnr The same ramp won't apjirase them year after year I hart be afraid to try wxnrthing new If your child Is apprehensive about camp talk him or her through the fear Often it's unfounded just a fear of tlie unknown Taking a child to visit the camp he or site will attrnd usually helps If your child unhappy at camp give it Mine time Two works is a guid trial for day or resident camp children slay overnight There are camps set in the outdoors or clinics usually indues and devoted to die same activity such as basket-balL There are specialized camps with a theme such as water spurts or camps that pride themselves on the diversity of their linrupi "Know your child's personality Talk things over with your child And use your parental intuition" Abell said Other renounces: Ask for references from parrots who have sent their children to the camps you are considering visit an earlier session of a camp to see exactly what your child will be doing or check nut the VJIK) Cuiite to Accredited Camps which lists amps that have been reviewed in prrson by the assixta-tom "You may not know the questions to ask We've done that hr you" Abril Mid "There are many fine amps that aren't accredited It may just take you a while to check them out" To order the guide which is S995 all (Htn) 428-2267 Here is list of amps in the area This is nig an all-inclusive listing re a recummrodilion Parents should cherk out any amp befree signing up their children fre sessions Camps and clinics inclmfed here sujiplird information fix' the guide All amps are roedumtwxial unless noted Holidays may affert amp schedules Soccer Lsiingtort CaNwHs High School Bku Camp 2(jO 4'i I 4 Gtoi-iwl t)T 'to I x) to noon IS it 4 to Mam JuV 413 Cusl 10 on -e'sxw1 on S-b Pugh 2V-1 Potato Cltomp toocor Comp 4 to 14 My 0 ol is Mfit M-itvy Cac- Churth 'to- ltd -fioon Juno 4 tup Jjty 30 ig 3 VO own P9 10 ttt I'd) Kontacty locco CoOogo tj-t II to (S Ova's JJI tooto J-Af 10-14 July 1 wto July l(o ttl tro Vfi 1130 Basketball Lotlngton CoftoMo HlgR IcMal RoikoN Comp t'yj (Turn to GUIDE 85) Dear My Home is terrible There's nothing here to do since you went away to camp except worry Do you lute poison ivy malnutrition or stitches? Have you forgotten your sister your dog your parents? Come home soon Love Your parents By Tina Bodme Croley HwaKl-Lud iiaN Mtr It's every parent's nightmare: a letter from camp filled with anxiety and pleas to come home But it's a nightmare that dorsnl often come true In fact parents can be the unhappi-rot campers of alL Camp is definitely family affair It affects everyone" said Gary Abell public relations manager fur the American Camping Association "Ilarmts should monitor themselves because they may be more apprehensive than their child" One way to reduce tension fur parrots and children alike is to find a prrfcct match brtwrm camp and camprr The traditional camping experience of bring outdoors has not changed But the programs change every year to mert the market to appeal to what children are interested in That's why it's impigtant to see that the camp suits your child's personality interests and talents Last year million children brtwrm 5 and IS went to camp That's 1 million mure than went just five years And day camps are the fastrot growing in terms of popularity "Working parents are ksiking fir (high) quality programs in the summer that give them a good alternative to having their kids slay home alone" Abril said camps also give children an alternative: They can go to camp but Mill krrp up with their at home routmrs "Even as young as 10 or II kids have Juba like delivering nrwspaprra They don't want to give up that income to go away to camp" Camps come in many thatx-s and sires which makes the derision even mote difficult There are day camps or resident ramps where ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHRIS WARE.