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A new issue raised: Start, end of Burton Ridge? A controversy of this magnitude cries for the wisdom of the late Dr. W.K. Neat By Ed Waggener As if the twisty corn, the onion tower issue, and the Farmall-John Deere controversy weren't enough, Anthony Holmes is introducing yet another problem to tax the minds of the Heavy Thinkers in Adair County: He's dared to ask: Exactly where does Burton Ridge begin? and where does it end?Then he unhesitatingly answers, "I always thought it starts at Joe Russell Barbee's House and ends at the top of Dug Hill." That definition of Burton Ridge at least takes in Holmes' own house in the Nar's, and includes Mayor Frankie Burton's home within its confines, but there are other theories dramatically different. Holmes says he's heard Expansionist Theories that stretch the ridge all the way from Fairground Street to KY 70 in Casey County, but he doesn't think that is right. On the other hand, no less a scholar than A.L. Sinclair, who studied geography at the prestigious Hopkins School, truncates the magic highland trail, saying it only goes from the north side of Garlin to the north side of Christine. "It ends at Snake Creek Road. Far side of Streeval Field," he says. It would certainly be a devastating blow to multitude of people who have proudly worn their "Ich bin ein Burton Ridger" tee-shirts around the world to find that they were Burton Ridgers in spirit only. Technically, they might as well have been born in Russia, were Pewee right. It would be like stealing their birthrights--without so much as a cornpone, much less a bowl of soup--of little children born on 206 above Snake Creek Road if Sinclair's geography were actual law. Such would be the tragedy, were Pewee's narrow idea of Burton Ridge correct. While I do not know if A.L. was putting me on or not, he looked serious, and I have such ear-witnesses the likes of Buck Campbell and Capt. Jim Evans to prove he said it, whether he meant it or not. Every Adair County probably has a dogmatic belief about the matter. Right or wrong, we generally can be rather righteous, especially where it concerns religion, Ski, or basketball, and most certainly the beginning and end of Burton Ridge. It is not our intention to let Anthony Holmes innocent question fester into internecine warfare. We'd just like to allow for a little discussion. Then, if need be, we could leave petition Fiscal Court for a ruling. Or go directly to the highest power, Burton Ridge Mayor Frankie Burton, for a final say. The question calls from memory a similar question once put to the late varmintologist and Heavy Thinker, Dr. W.K. Neat, when he was asked about the boundaries of Putnam (sometimes Putman) County, the mythical,magical, county-within-Adair County. "Exactly where is it at?" was the question posed to Dr. Neat. Who answered, "There is no way of missing it," he said, "when you see it you'lll know it. It just greens out at you." Which is the way it is, when you come over the hill by the Log Church, and behold Putnam. Perhaps Burton Ridge has that same quality. This story was posted on 2007-06-21 04:43:42
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