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Hilda Legg, a self-appointed cheerleader for Lake Cumberland, gives a demonstrative cheer for the 38,000-acre lake during a houseboat tour yesterday. Legg, executive director for the Governor’s office of Interagency Services in the Lake Cumberland Region, said Lake Cumberland is a “beautiful, beautiful place to enjoy a holiday.” Some $64,935 of the funds will be used to improve seven boat-launching ramps in Pulaski County. Ramps to be extended are Cave Creek in the Diamond Acres Community; Doodletown Road in Garland Bend; Echo Point on Aderholt Road; Jasper Bend at Jasper Bend; Piney Woods at Naomi; Springwater at Pole Bridge; and Waitsboro Crossing at the end of Old Waitsboro Road. Miller said an overflow parking area has been created left of the road on the island side of the causeway. He noted that parking on the grass on the west side of the road leading to the launching ramp is no longer permitted because of construction on the golf course. A shuttle is being provided by the Department of Parks to take people from the causeway area parking lot to and from the lake, he noted. Television, radio and print journalists from all parts of the state spent all day yesterday on the houseboat tour. They traveled from the state dock at Lake Cumberland State Park to Wolf Creek Dam and back. Most of the comments overheard during the day were extremely favorable; “...There’s plenty of water in Lake Cumberland and the scenery is breathtaking.

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