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Room 13: peer counseling. When your roommate goes berserk and your proctor has interview in Paducah, this counseling service, open in Stoughton North's basement from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., will bail you out and probably offer good advice and/or good cookies. You can also call even if your life isn't falling apart, since these students are used to questions on papers and trivia of all sorts. Interviews for Room 13 are held in the spring...
Paxton is probably more known for his basketball skill back in Paducah, where in his senior year at Paducah St. Mary's High School he was captain of both the basketball and the golf team. "Paducah" held his own playing pick-up with University of Kentucky sharpshooter Jack "Goose" Givens when both were in high school, Paxton met Givens, who comes from Lexington, Kentucky, when both attended a model state legislature...
...Paducah, however, is a hotbed for golfing talent. "It's really strange," says Paxton, "because Paducah's a pretty little town but there are about ten or twelve golfers my age who are exceptionally good." As a senior, Paxton led his St. Mary's team to the high school state championships and neighboring Paducah Tillman High won the states...
During the summers when he was not playing golf, Paxton worked as a reporter for the Paducah Sun Democrat, the only daily in Paducah, and as a commercial writer for television station WPSD. Paxton's father is President of Paducah Newspaper Inc. which owns both enterprises. This is, needless to say, a boon for his son, who can take off from work early every day to head out for the golf course...
After graduation Paxton will work for an investment firm in Louisville before enrolling in business school. He's also getting married to his sweetheart form Paducah on June 24. The future Mrs. Paxton may be one of the few Paducans who does not play golf, but "Paducah" says "she's learning...