University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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I P So ncil nger erv- erve on In- the that City Jor- ion. Iital ene- alls. im- TIGH- that and ow. resi- gton that UK that cing trol- and Lex- Nell- El- ppell 2 5 if 3 'S 3 l 2 hwmwnvwf wawfasm., 3 Y -K .i T Clockwise: Charles Ellinger, Bob Babbage and Tom Fields serve both UK and the city of Lexington. In addition to being UK employees all three were also members of the Fayetee Urban County Council. - Photos by Clay Owen UK Councilmen

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22 UK Councilmen Three UK employees serve the people of Lexington as councilmen n addition to their jobs at UK, three university employees are put- ting in time as Lexington-Fayette Urban County councilmen. Two dis- trict representatives and one at-large member serve both the city and the University of Kentucky. Tom Fields, director of purchasing at UK and councilman from the 11th district, decided to run after being approached by some city officials about the possiblity of running for the position in the district which 'in- cludes the Gardenside and Holiday Hills areas. Charles Ellinger, a professor in the school of dentistry and councilman from the 10th district, serves the area of town between Alexandria, Ver- sailles, Nicholasville and New Circle roads. Bob Babbage, director of equine re- search, is in his second term on the council. His family's interest in poli- tics prompted Babbage to run for a position on the council. Babbage's grandfather was once governor of Kentucky. Babbage, who ran city-wide as an at-large member of the council, feels that he has an obligation to repay a debt to society. He feels that his po- sition on the council is a way he can serve the people in the city of Lexing- ton. The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council meets every other Thursday evening and usually one or two other times during the week. So a lot of time is put into the council on the part of the members. Ellinger said, It takes most of my free time. Each of the councilmen, while serv- ing the people of his district, serve the people of Lexington by voting on issues concerning the whole city. In- cluded in the city of Lexington is the UK community. , Each of the councilmen feel that UK is an important part of the city and the students at UK are an impor- tant part of Lexington's population. Babbage feels that students are a vital aspect of the city. Students sure feel a part of Keene- land and Rafferty's and the malls. Students have a great economic im- pact on Lexington, they are a tremen- dous business, Babbage said. The three UK councilmen felt that relations between the university and the city are very good right now. Babbage attributed this to UK Presi- dent Otis Singletary and Lexington Mayor Scotty Baesler. Fields said that he thought that relations between UK and the city were excellent, The three councilmen thought that some of the big issues now facing Lexington were public safety, control- ling growth and development and traffic problems. The growth of Lex- ington has to be carried out in a well- thought out, planned manner, El- linger said. -Maurice W. Chappell il K , s 2 '54 'Q ei-1. .fp

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X 17, ,Y .U .,- .R . . , .4 . ,,,, . .2-,,f .. ajorettes twirled into championship of .gt ,,-W, U ,.......v- 24 Majorettes The majorettes also perform during halftime of Wildcat basketball games. -Photo by David Coyle. ' he UK majorettes competed in a national college championship for the first time and came away winners. On Ian. 4, the majorette line com- peted and won in the national championships of the National Col- lege Majorette Line of America in Cleveland, Tenn. An audience of about 1,000 people watched the majorettes perform a condensed version of the Oz-Wiz routine the line performed at halftime during the football season. Paige Moore, who volunteers her time as majorette instructor, choreo- graphed the winning show as well as other UK routines. Sophomore majorette Marlyn Lloyd said they learned the routine during early week practice before the fall semester. When they decided to go to competition, the routine was chosen because the majorettes had worked on it since August, she said. The competition required the lines to perform a routine which had been used in a halftime show. There were four finalists with UK chosen as win- ner. The squad's captain, junior Tammy Southern, said some difficult moves were added to the SVZ minute routine and they used two batons, streamers and wings in the presentation. While the routine was pretty clean, Southern said, We have performed better. Not being on a football field Cthey performed in a gymnasium? was hard and different. Everybody was excited because this is the first time we have ever competed, said Marsha Smith, a sophomore majorette. Everything went over really well. The squad practiced 12 hours a week during football season. After deciding to enter the contest, the ma- jorettes practiced 2 hours each day an the pri wi tes soi sai pn tiri me M. ret th4 tha Sh TGC V' g f l -1 1 as