Kroger has won the right to sell liquor at its Campbell Lane store. The state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control gave Kroger the go-ahead Friday after denying the request in August. Kroger, which then appealed the denial, plans to adhere to state statutes that say stores that sell of groceries, fuel and packaged liquor must not be connected physically, said Kirby Ramsey, Bowling Greens ABC administrator. I think, legally, it was a sound decision, he said. The board was swayed by the fact that no one objected to the sale of alcohol at Puerto Vallarta Mexican Restaurant, which is in the same shopping center, and because Potter Childrens Home intends to put deed restrictions against the sale of alcohol on land it plans to sell between the orphanage and Kroger to an alcohol-free buffer zone between the two, Ramsey said. Children at Potter still will be able to see Kroger signs advertising liquor, said Howard Frasier, attorney for Potter Childrens Home and Family Ministries and Foundation Christian Academy. The board overlooked two keys factors public sentiment in the area and the type of area involved, he said. Since a lot of these children come from backgrounds where there is alcohol and drug abuse, they shouldnt have to come out of their cottage and look across the street and see a big sign saying liquor. A liquor store makes access to alcohol easier than a restaurant, Frasier said. We feel like there is a greater chance for a child to grab someone to go into a liquor store and buy liquor for them, he said. They made no effort to consider Potter has been taking care of children there since 1914.Kroger has no immediate plans to start selling packaged liquor, Kroger spokeswoman Melissa Eads said. We just found this out (Tuesday), she said. We have to group back together and discuss our next steps and our options. Attorney Tim Edelen, who represents Bowling Green Retail Liquor Association, said there is a strong possibility the group will appeal the decision. We think the ABC board made the wrong decision, he said. We dont think its an appropriate decision based upon the law or the amount of public sentiment against granting the license. Krogers plan to wall off its video store for the liquor outlet violates a Bowling Green ordinance requiring 90 percent of merchandise sold in liquor stores to be alcohol, said Chuck Evans, owner of Chuck Evans Liquor Outlet. They went around the law by dividing up sales into a little separate room, he said. Im going to appeal it. Theyre not supposed to have a license. It shouldnt have ever happened, but it did. Edelen and Frasier said public sentiment was ignored. Several groups showed up against this, Frasier said. There was nobody there for this other than Kirby Ramsey and Kroger. If theyre going to ignore public sentiment, then why is there a law saying theyre supposed to consider it?