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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2011 • College Heights Herald • Vol. 87, No. 13 • Western Kentucky University
WKU's full-time dietician quits; job already filled By KATHERINE WADE news@wkuherald.com
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WKU Associate Professor Wes Berry interviews Calvin Durham, owner of Porky Pig Diner, about the cooking setup at his restaurant. Berry is currently in the process of writing a book about different kinds of Kentucky barbecue. He plans to eat at a large amount of barbecue joints by his deadline.
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English professor Wes Berry is traveling across the state of Kentucky eating barbecue with one thought in mind. He wants to make Kentucky famous for its barbecue. “My home state has been grossly neglected when it comes to barbecue fame,” Berry said. “I watch these food and travel channel shows where they talk about America’s best barbecue and they focus on North Carolina, Memphis, Texas and Kansas City.” Berry said the lack of recognition Kentucky is getting on barbecue is a “problem.” “I’ve had good barbecue in Texas,” he said. “I’ve had good barbecue in North Carolina. There’s some fine stuff in Memphis, but not any better than what I have here in my home state.” Beginning in the summer of 2009, he decided to fix the “problem” by traveling, eating and writing a book on the barbecue he tastes. So far, he has eaten at more than 80 different barbecue joints across the state. With more than 40 more places to go, he
said he still gets excited. “We have stuff here you can’t get elsewhere, like mutton,” Berry said. Pulled pork, sliced shoulder, ribs, chicken, brisket and mutton have all been covered in Berry’s book from his various stops, which only include mom-and-pop joints. Berry’s roots in barbecue go back further than his idea for writing this manuscript. Growing up in Barren County, Berry’s uncle was an entrepreneur who would “flip meat all day.” When Berry would visit his uncle, he would be given chores to do. His uncle would reward him with smoked meat. And that’s how Berry defines barbecue as a “meat cooked with smoke.” Barbecue meat can be cooked by burning wood in what is known as a barbecue smoker, or smoke pit. During the smoking process, the pit’s door is closed allowing a dense cloud of smoke to surround and seep into the meat. The heat level of smoking is low and takes time more than 15 to 20 hours.
WKU dietician Melanie Powell resigned last week for unknown reasons after less than a semester on the job. When reached over the phone, Powell said she was ignoring requests to comment for this story and declined to say why she is leaving WKU. Powell has been a registered dietician for a couple months and was the first full-time dietician to be employed at WKU in a while, said Alissa Arnold, coordinator of Student Wellness and Todd Misener, assistant director of Health and Fitness, in a Herald article last month. Vicky Rosa, executive director of Health of Services, said she was not aware of the reasons for Powell’s resignation. Ann Mead, vice president for Finance and Administration, recommended the Herald speak to Gary Meszaros, assistant vice president for Auxiliary Services. Mead said she was unaware of Powell’s resignation and Meszaros deferred to Tim Colley, district manager for ARAMARK and the WKU Restaurant and Catering Group. Colley did not return calls to the Herald. Sharon Barron, a part-time faculty member in the Family and Consumer Sciences department, will take over as campus dietician next week. SEE DIETICIAN, PAGE 6
Medical Center to host 10K on WKU campus By TAYLOR HARRISON news@wkuherald.com
The Medical Center 10K Classic will take place this Saturday on and around WKU’s campus. Rachel Goodman, assistant director of Campus and Community Activities, said the event has started and ended on WKU’s campus for 32 years. The course begins near Creason Street and will go around Bowling Green before ending near the Downing University Center. Many streets around town will be closed during the run, with all roads are set to reopen by 11 a.m. The day begins at 7:30 a.m. with a 5K run/walk, a 1.5 mile Fun Walk, a Children’s Classic and a wheelchair race. Registration for the 10K is now $50. Families can register as a group for $120. Goodman said that many families attend the event and run together. There is a children’s race at 10:15 a.m. SEE MEDICAL, PAGE 6
SEE BBQ, PAGE 6
WKU grad opens dream clothing store By LINDSAY KRIZ diversions@wkuherald.com
The cacophony of clothes hangers clacking and girls talking excitedly as they hold up potential purchases fill the space of Kash Collection. The shop’s owner, Karrie Cash, a WKU graduate, watches from behind the register. “Oh, that would definitely look good,” Cash says to the client as she moves from behind the desk to help the customer accessorize. The customer, Lexington sophomore Lindsey Browne, stood next to her mother, holding clothes hangers as she waited for a dressing room. Browne, who came to Kash Collection, 2317 Russellville Road, to look for tops and maybe
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a dress for homecoming, said she found out about the store from a friend in her sorority. “We liked it because it had good prices, but the same cute clothes you see at, like, expensive boutiques,” Browne said. Her friend, Owensboro sophomore Katie Ryan, said that this was her first visit to Kash Collection and that she already loved the store. “I was going for a fall party dress, but then I came in and found the colorful dresses and tops,” she said. After graduating from WKU last December, Cash planned to work in marketing then open up a store when she was in her '40s. But after entering the real world, she redrew her future. “I did interviews in different places,” Cash said. “And I just real-
ly couldn’t find anything I wanted to do, to be quite honest. I just wasn’t happy with what I was getting.” So instead, Cash decided that now was the perfect time to fulfill her dream, with the help from family. “I talked to my father about doing this,” she said. “And he suggested that if I was interested in it, because he’s always been supportive of me doing what I want to do, that instead of getting a loan from the bank, that he would lend me the money.” With the money from her father in hand, Cash began the process of putting together her store, including fixing up the store, getting the proper licensing and materials such as mannequins, clothes hangers and the clothes themselves. SEE CASH, PAGE 6
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On Friday afternoon Frosty Dillman visited Kash Collection’s owner, Karrie Cash. After graduating from WKU with a marketing and sales degree in December 2010, Cash opened her boutique in Bowling Green. “Karrie had been an adult since the day she was born,” said Dillman, Cash’s cousin. “So I’m not surprised at all that at the age of 23 she could be in business for herself.”
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