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2 THE COURIER-JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1991 Questions send $13.5 million state plan for day care back to the drawing board TODAY'S WEATHER FORECAST BY WEATHERDATA INC. TEMPERATURES ARE FOR TODAY'S HIGH AND TONIGHTS LOW FOR THE RECORD High yesterday, 93; low, 70. Year ago: high 89; low 63. Record high, 102 in 1913; record low, 56 in 1945. Precipitation yesterday: none.

Month: 2.95 inches, .65 inches above normal. Year: 22.61 inches, 2.89 inches below normal. KENTUCKY FORECAST Mostly sunny west and central and partly sunny east with a slight chance for thunderstorms, highs in the 80s to 90s. Warm and humid tonight, lows in the 60s to 70s. Partly sunny tomorrow with a chance for thunderstorms in the east, highs in the low 90s.

INDIANA FORECAST Hot and sunny to partly cloudy today, highs in the 90s. Fair and warm tonight lows in the 60s to 70s. Hot and sunny to partly cloudy tomorrow, highs in INDIANAPOLIS 90-68 BLOOMINGTON 91-68 CINCINNATI 90-66, the 90s. LOUISVILLE FORECAST Mostly sunny and hot today with light winds, high 93. Warm and clear to partly cloudy tonight, low 71.

Mostly sunny tomorrow morning and partly sunny in the afternoon, high 93. care is now available. Concerns were also expressed about how much families would be required to pay for child care if their incomes increased. A family under the federal poverty line would be required to contribute 1 percent of its annual income. But a family over the poverty line would have to pay 7.5 percent of its annual income.

Manning-Miller said a small increase in income could bring about a big jump in child-care costs for a family. For a family of four, he said this cost could be as much as $4 a day. Under the plan, a family would be eligible for using these funds if its annual income did not exceed 60 percent of the state median income. For a family of four this would be about $19,248 per year. Once families are approved for the program, they will be given certificates and may seek out child-care services.

Providers, which could include neighbors, relatives, private day-care centers and or church-affiliated centers, would be reimbursed by the state. to meet with interested parties and try to work out their differences. The committee did approve the cabinet's request to apply for the funds, but will meet again July 30 to hear about the proposal. Several of those who testified said the daily rates established by the plan were too low because they were based on outdated information and would not guarantee quality care. Don Manning-Miller, who is with the Eastern Kentucky Child Care Coalition but spoke for several groups, said that the daily rate was $7 some 20 years ago, compared to the average rate of $9 under the proposed plan.

(The daily rate will vary across the state.) Manning-Miller and others also questioned the decision to give about $2.8 million of the grant to the Department of Education for early childhood education programs. He said there was concern that much of that money would go to schools instead of other child-care providers. He suggested some of that money be used to fund programs in counties where no day By GIL LAWSON Staff Writer FRANKFORT, Ky. Kentucky's plan for $13.5 million for child day care for low-income families was sent back to the drawing board yesterday after questions were raised about how the money would be spent. But officials with the Cabinet for Human Resources said they believe they can work out the problems and have the proposal ready to submit to the federal government by Aug.

15. The money comes from the Child Care and Development Block Grant, which was approved by Congress last year and is considered to be the most comprehensive child legislation since Head Start. The funds will provide services for an additional 3,500 children, according to cabinet estimates. State officials presented the plan to the interim joint Committee on Health and Welfare. But because of the many questions raised, the committee chairman, Rep.

Tom Burch, D-Louisville, asked cabinet officials SUNNY 92-69 I LOUISVILLE 004. 93.71 Tp 90-70 I BOWLING GREEN 90 XVvNK 90-68 PADUCAH LONDON EXTENDED FORECAST Kentucky: Slight chance for thunderstorms in the north Saturday, hazy and hot Sunday and Monday. Highs in the 90s Saturday through Monday, lows in the 60s to 70s. STANDIFORD READINGS 1 79 9 a 79 5 p.m 92 2 a 74 10 a.m 82 6 p.m 91 3 a 74 11 a 65 7 p.m 90 4 a 72 Noon 88 6 p.m 88 6 a 73 1 p.m 90 9 p.m 86 6 a 71 2 p.m 89 10 p.m 83 7 a 70 3 p.m 92 11 p.m 80 1-8 am 73 4 p.m 92 Tempflratures shown are lor the 24 hours preced- 5-DAY FORECAST FOR LOUISVILLE Forecast temperatures are for morning lows and afternoon highs. I THUR I FRI II SAT II SUN II MON I "waEOF HAZY ito- SUNNV THUNDER ANO PARTLY I 1 I STORMS HOT SUNNY ing (he newspaper's date of publication.

School-chief hiring process riles 2 districts 10O'93 4H-93 93 h-92 ih-93 I vfssmm II wim II wwwwww II tMmmm II muw I I SOLAR LUNAR utive Tommy Turner, and told him "that he needed to keep his sisters quiet." Cruse and Jane Williams had criticized the screening process. Williams is president of Magnolia Elementary's Parent-Teacher Organization. "That's a damn lie," E. G. Sanders said.

Turner declined to comment. Cruse said that Phelps appointed himself chairman of the screening panel and attempted to squelch public involvement in the search, which ended with the promotion of the assistant superintendent, Roger L. Truitt, to superintendent. Cruse complained that the panel was unable to interview any of the eight candidates before recommending three to the board. Act of 1990, which drastically changes the state's school-governance system, leaves the power to hire superintendents in the hands of school boards.

But first the boards must receive non-binding recommendations from screening panels. Each screening panel consists of two teachers, a school board member, a principal and a parent. Penney Sanders, head of the legislature's Education Accountability Office, said the screening process appears to have worked well in most of the 15 school districts that have tried to hire superintendents since the law took effect last July. But Cruse said that wasn't the case in LaRue County. She said E.

G. Sanders called her brother, LaRue County Judge-Exec By MICHAEL JENNINGS Staff Writer FRANKFORT, Ky. A new process intended to give the public a say in the hiring of school superintendents threw off political sparks in two Central Kentucky school districts. In LaRue County, a school counselor who was on a panel that screened candidates for superintendent has accused the outgoing superintendent of intimidation and the school board chairman of unduly limiting the scope of the panel's work. The former superintendent, E.

G. Sanders, denied he had tried to intimidate Magnolia Elementary School counselor Janet Cruse, who testified last week before a legisla July 19 Aug 3 Aug 10 I I 6:34 A.M. I 71 71 72 73 74 1 SUNSET. 60 I I 1 1 11 aCSl Lr-j 1 Sp CHICAGO xF 1 ifi I "Hi 90 Z1--TW NEWY0RK I 1 0MAA'N INDIANAPOLIS iPtJS SAN FRANCISCO I I DENVER Vt I PM n9ot kX washingtondc- (rr-y 10 yST. LOUIS rloSANGELESvlllOM ALBUQUERQUE hf 7 Tyl tive panel on school improvement.

And LaRue County school board Chairman James B. Phelps Sr. said the screening was done properly. 6 MMHfcwi iimi HMwiMM mmmmm In Franklin County, school board member L. Kendrick Scott has voiced a different complaint.

A rain screening committee tried, with some success, to dominate the 50-70 I SNOW search for a new superintendent, COLD FRONT WARM FRONT Scott said. ORLEANS MIAMI The Franklin County screening panel, which received 65 applications by March 1, refused to identify STATIONARY FRONT 60 HIGH TEMPERATURES 1 FORECAST FOR 3 P.M. TODAY any applicants until it recommended three candidates for the superin Off Frames Save 50-70 off regular price of all frames when you buy a complete pair of prescription glasses. No other discounts apply. Ask optician for complete details.

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Forecasts HKo Clear 91-66 Cloudy 93-66 .50 Cloudv 5948 96- 70 88-70 88-52 93-72 92- 59 93- 73 94- 70 71-63 63-56 72 55 97- 75 90-68 Clear Rain Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Rain YESTERDAY'S EXTREMES Low temperature: 33 at Truckee Calif. High temperature: 112 at Lake Havasu City, and Laughlin, Nev. THE WORLD The following weather observations were compiled yesterday, based on the previous day weather. Providence 95-68 Raleigh-Durham 88-67 Reno 89-54 Richmond 91-66 Sacramento 92-59 St. Louis 93-71 Salt Lake City 97-73 San Diego 71-64 San Francisco 67-55 Seattle 72-57 Sioux Falls 101-76 Syracuse 82-61 Tampa-St.

Pete 92-74 Tucson 103-73 Tulsa 97-75 Washington, C. 95-71 Buy a Pair of Contact Lenses from our Criterion Ultra Collection, Get a Clear Spare Pair FREE! Ask for full details and receive a OPTI-FREE System Kit from Alcon 92-74 tendent job in May, said Scott. That let Franklin County High School guidance counselor Sharon Hadley, chairwoman of the screening panel, "pretty much lock the board into the committee's recommendation," Scott said. Hadley, who also testified before the legislative panel, said school boards should indeed be required to hire superintendents from the short lists of candidates submitted by their screening committees. Her committee recommended three candidates, all from other states.

The board hired Paul Rice, formerly a superintendent in New Hampshire. The Kentucky Education Reform Cloudy 101-73 Clear 98-73 Clear 95-74 Where fashion comes to life Mall St. Matthews 897-3161 Jefferson Mall 968-3381 Clarksville: Greentree Mall 282-0401 MOST VISION CARE AND INSURANCE PLANS ACCEPTED City HI Lo Amsterdam 70 50 Athens 91 73 Bangkok 91 75 Barbados 88 75 Barcelona 84 66 Beijing 82 73 Beirut 86 77 Berlin 66 55 Bermuda 88 81 Bogota 63 46 Brussels 73 46 Budapest 86 61 Aires 55 41 Cairo 91 73 Calgary 75 50 Caracas 82 66 Copenhagen 66 65 Dhahran 106 81 Dublin 64 50 Frankfurt 73 55 Geneva 86 55 Harare 63 46 Havana 90 79 City Hl-u Albany, 90-56 Albuquerque 92-66 Anchorage 53-48 Atlanta 79-70 Atlantic City 91-80 Baltimore 95-66 Billings 93-61 Birmingham 82-72 Bismarck 104-67 Boise 85-56 Boston 92-70 Brownsville 96-72 Buflalo 87-62 Burlington, Vt 91-57 Casper 9363 Charleston, C. 84-73 Charleston, va. 94-61 Charlotte, N.C 879 Chicago 89-68 Cincinnati 91-65 Cleveland 92-60 Columbia, 87-71 Columbus, Ohio 92-61 Dallas-Ft.

Worth 98-73 Dayton 89-61 Denver 97-64 Des Moines 95-70 Detroit 91-62 Duluth 92-62 El Paso 91-64 Fairbanks 65-48 Fargo 87-63 Flagstarl 87-50 Great Falls 85-54 Hartford 953 Honolulu 88-73 Houston 94-70 Indianapolis 881 Jackson, Miss 94-71 Jacksonville 94-71 Juneau 56-52 Kansas City 96-70 Las Vegas 105-79 Little Rock 96-74 Los Angeles 77-63 Louisville 93-70 Memphis 95-76 Miami Beach 9f82 Milwaukee 88-72 OHIO RIVER LEVELS The following are the forecasts for river stages at 7 a.m. for the next three days and yesterday's 7 a.m. reading: YMIer- Today's Tomor- Nxt Flood dny's fort- row' dav't stout Hast cost forecast fort- LOCATION (tMll (tut) Itntl (tut) coil Ashland. Ky 52 34 8 34 8 34 8 Greenup Dam (LG) 54 12 8 13 5 13 6 13 3 Portsmouth, Ohio 50 14 3 14 8 14.7 14 5 Maysville, Ky 50 34 1 34 2 34.2 34 1 Meldahl, Ohio (LG) 51 131 13 4 131 13 2 Cincinnati 52 26 3 26 5 264 26 5 Markland Dam (LG) 51 13.0 13 6 13.7 13.3 Louisville (UG) 23 12.3 12.3 12 3 12.3 Louisville (LG) 55 11.3 11.8 11.9 11.3 Cannelton Dam (LG) 42 119 11.1 11.5 11.4 Newburgh, Ind. (LG) 38 14 4 1 3.4 13 8 13 6 Evansville, Ind 42 14.2 13,7 14 0 13 9 Uniontown Dam (LG) 37 14 4 13 4 134 136 Shawneetown, III 33 16 8 161 16 0 16 2 Gotconda, IN 40 29.6 29 4 29.5 29 5 (LG) lower gauge, (UQ) upper gauge 2.26 Rain 83-70 Clear 87-70 Clear 95-70 Cloudy 86-61 .03 Rain 88-70 Cloudy 87-65 Cloudy 86-52 Clear 95-73 Cloudy 95-74 Clear 87-69 .06 Clear 898 Cloudy 89-69 .18 Cloudy 90-74 Clear 93-65 .69 Rain 85-70 Clear 93-69 Sunny 90-65 Cloudy 91-65 .50 Rain 90-71 Clear 9065 Clear 98-73 Clear 91-65 Cloudy 9364 Clear 97-70 Cloudy 91-67 Cloudy 91-69 Clear 96-65 .04 Ram 61-49 .30 Cloudy 93-71 Cloudy 84-51 .05 Clear 82-52 Clear 9668 Cloudy 88-74 Cloudy 95-72 Sunny 90-65 Cloudy 90-70 .90 Ram 90-73 Rain 60-52 Clear 99-70 Clear 103-77 Cloudy 93-74 Cloudy 78-63 Sunny 93-71 Cloudy 91-75 Cloudy 90-77 Clear 95-69 .47 Cloudy 96-74 Helsinki 72 52 Weather Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Rain Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Ckjuoy Cloudy Cloudy AIR POLLUTION INDEX 100- Hong Kong 90 81 Istanbul 84 68 Jerusalem 82 61 Johannesburg 59 36 Kiev 77 61 Lima 68 61 London 72 55 Madrid 99 70 Manila 93 77 Mexico City 72 54 Montreal 82 59 Moscow 64 59 Nassau 91 77 Pans 75 54 Rio 82 63 Rome 93 68 I 79 81 I 49 fW MODERATE Specially Imported from France 1 For Our Summer Sale 60 OFF Diago 50 OFF Dalgoria Zn.oo now $94900 5.00 now $359oo so- 11AM 5 PM Cloudy 90-70 Cloudy 92 74 San Juan 90 81 Clear 95-74 Seoul 84 Sinoaoore 93 70 77 Mmn.

St. Paul 88-76 Nashville 88-71 New Orleans 95-78 New Vork City 96-71 Norfolk, Va 896 Oklahoma City 94-72 Omaha 93-74 Orlando 93-73 Philadelphia 91-70 Phoenix 109 89 Pittsburgh 68 63 Portland, Maine 91-62 91- 71 96-71 96-72 92- 74 Cloudy Clear Clear Rain Clear Stockholm 68 57 Sydney 64 45 Tel Aviv 84 72 The elevated pollutant in Jefferson County at 1 1 a.m. was particulates and at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. was ozone.

The Air Pollution Control Distnct issued a health bulletin. It urged the elderly and people with heart or respiratory problems to stay indoors and reduce physical activity, and it urged motonsts to reduce unnecessary driving. 9572 Tokyo 90 77 Toronto 88 59 Cloudy 107 85 Cloudy 906 Cloudy 896 Vancouver 72 Vienna 82 Warsaw 75 57 72 54 Study urges crackdown on smoking in workplace Cormoran Chaise 3 Pc. CafeSet Tangor Chair and Otto this area should be exhausted directly outside," the report said. Brennan Dawson, a spokeswoman for the Tobacco Institute in Washington, D.

criticized the research linking secondhand smoke and cancer. "Studies continue to be published that don't show increases in risk. No one writes about them," she said. The report, an 18-page review of existing research on secondhand cigarette smoke, says the evidence Associated Press NEW YORK A government agency has concluded that cigarette smoke causes cancer and possibly heart disease in non-smokers, and it said that "all available preventive measures should be used to minimize occupational exposure." Those measures include banning smoking outright or restricting it to enclosed, separately ventilated areas, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health said yesterday. -The report will likely persuade many employers to toughen restrictions on smoking, said Bryan Hard in, who supervised the report's preparation.

It also will help the Occupational Safety and Health Administration establish regulations for smoking in the workplace, he said. "But on a more personal level, one would hope that individual employers would go ahead and read it and act on their own, without waiting for regulation," he said. The agency recommended that employers and unions cooperate to eliminate smoking, establish smok-ing-cessation programs and offer workers incentives to stop smoking. In the absence of a ban, employers should establish separately ventilated smoking areas and the "air from is sufficient to conclude that (tobacco smoke) poses an increased risk of lung cancer and possibly heart disease to occupationally exposed workers." a mn EFrf: LEXINGTON 12300 Shelbwi Rd. 245-0155 Sat.

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