Pondering Kentucky: The Magazine, Issue 10, 1991

Interview Summary

Tim Kennedy, director of the Rowan County High School Jazz Ensemble, talks about the jazz ensemble. Jeannie Lewis, a member of the ensemble, talks about her experience.

William "Bill" Samuels, Jr. talks about the creation and history of bourbon in Kentucky.

Donna Miles gives Bastin a tour of Maker's Mark Distillery and talks about the process of making bourbon.

Virgil Carrithers talks about flag laws and the proper way of displaying the American flag.

Jean Philpott, kindergarten teacher from Fern Creek, Kentucky, talks about her BMW motorcycle and how she got into riding.

Ralph Philpott talks about the group he started with his wife, Jean, called Motorcyclists for Jesus.

Dr. Karl Raitz, a professor of geography at the University of Kentucky, talks about the rock fences found across Kentucky.

The horseshoe pitching state champions, Barbara Elliot and Charles Meredith, talk about horseshoe pitching and preparing for the state championship.

Wendell Sullivan talks about how he got into playing music on an air drill compressor.

Interview Keyword

Pulling tractors American flag Flag folding Ministry work Rock fences Air drill compressors

Interview LC Subject

Jazz ensembles. Jazz. Maker's Mark Distillery. Bourbon whiskey. Whiskey industry--Kentucky--History. Tractor pulling (Motorsports) Flag raising and lowering Motorcycles. Motorcyclists for Jesus. Horseshoe pitching

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