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ML fc- I 2 THE COURIER-JOURNAL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1993 fOMFS WEATHEI FORECAST BY WEATHERDATA INC. Costs trim planned UK library by almost 26,000 square feet TEMPERATURES ARE FOR TODAY'S HIGH AND TONIGHT'S LOW POLLEN COUNT TREES ABSENT GRASSES ABSENT WEEDS HIGH MOLDS HIGH INDIANAPOLIS 78-54" 1 KENTUCKY FORECAST Partly sunny today, highs in the 80s. Partly cloudy tonight, lows in the 50s to 60s. Partly sunny tomorrow, highs in the 70s. INDIANA FORECAST Partly to mostly cloudy today with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms north and central, highs in the 70s to 80s.

Partly cloudy tonight with a chance of thunderstorms north and central, lows in the 50s to 60s. Partly cloudy tomorrow, highs in the 60s to 70s. i ouuuminuiun mr UWATM EVANSVILLE 80 $80-60 A LOUISVILLE A xLl 82-60 LEXINGTON BOWLING GREEN LONDON f) 84-61 84-62 PADUCAH Jf 84-58-, Msr ect was written by UK Library Director Paul Willis and called for a building of about 387,000 square feet. That figure also was used in news conferences announcing library fund-raising plans. The early description indicated the building would seat 3,000 people and hold 2.2 million volumes.

At capacity, 60 percent to 70 percent of the collection would be placed on compact shelves. The most recent plans call for a building of 361,350 square feet that seats 4,100 people. Willis said that he decided early in the project to emphasize seating more than stacks and use more compact shelves. 1 UK has raised more than $19 million privately for the new library since 1991, when the plans were announced. Nearly $6 million of that came from UK faculty, staff and students.

UK also will ask for state approval to borrow $46 million. The project is at the top of the university's 1994-96 construction priority list. mate of the building's size 361,350 square feet is well within the range they have expected all along. The library still will hold all of the collection that needs to go there, plus allow for growth, they say. To make up for some of the lost space, much of the library's collection will be stored on compact metal shelves that can be pushed together and moved electronically on tracks in the floor.

"There has never been a fixed square footage," said UK President Charles T. Wellington. "What there has been is a requirement to design the facility to house the collection, seat patrons and build a state-of-the-art facility that looks to the future rather than being satisfied with the present." In September 1992, the University of Kentucky Libraries and UK's design and construction division collaborated on an architectural space program. The early description of the proj Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. The new University of Kentucky library will be smaller than some people expected.

Nearly 26,000 square feet have been eliminated from the plans. Most of the space cut of roughly 6 percent comes out of what has been considered the heart of a library its stacks, the blocks of shelves for books and other materials. Consequently, the Central and Life Sciences Library will not hold the 2.2 million books projected last fall by the library director and project planners. It will accommodate 1.59 million volumes, 27 percent less than originally planned. UK officials apparently have known since architects were selected that the library as first described could not be built within the project's budget of $58 million, but they made no public announcements of the scale-back.

Instead, they say the latest esti FOR THE RECORD High yesterday, 79; low, 58. Year ago: high 83; low 71. Record high, 99 in 1939; record low, 46 in 1956. Precipitation yesterday: None. Month: 1.03 inches, .15 inch above normal.

Year: 34.67 inches, 2.61 inches above normal. 5-DAY FORECAST FOR LOUISVILLE Forecast temperatures are for morning lows and afternoon highs. THUR IJ) PARTLY SUNNY PARTLY SUNNY MOSTLY SUNNY Augusta school district allowed to keep operating despite deficit 90' 82 83 'ii 60 60 I3S1 kwJ LimJ 50 -j -i-53ll52155 LOUISVILLE FORECAST sunny today, high of 82. Partly cloudy tonight, low of 60. Partly sunny tomorrow, high of 75.

EXTENDED FORECAST Kentucky: Partly to mostly sunny and dry through the period. Highs in the 60s to 70s Saturday, 70s Sunday and, 80s Monday, lows in the 50s. Indiana: Partly to mostly sunny dry through the period. Highs in the 60s to 70s Saturday, 70s Sunday and 70s to 80s Monday, lows in the 40s to 50s Saturday and Sunday and Monday. SOLARLUNAR LASTQTR.

NEW FIRST QTR. FULL 0 Sep 9 Sep 15 Sop 22 Sop 30 SUNRISE SUNSET MOONRISE ...12:14 A.M. MOONSET 3:12 P.M. KVsIrain SNOW COLD FRONT WARM FRONT STATIONARY FRONT 60 HIGH TEMPERATURES KM 790 A SAN FRANCISCO 90 I Ml W0 7 A By MARK SCHAVER Staff Writer FRANKFORT, Ky. The state school board declared an emergency yesterday so the Augusta Independent school district in Bracken County could continue operating with a $58,000 deficit.

Without the declaration, the tiny district with its 300 students could have been shut down. School districts were required by law to have a balanced budget by June 30. Augusta is the only one of 176 in the state that did not. The situation did not come to the state's attention until last week, and state board members said it raises questions about the Education Department's ability to monitor local districts' finances. "We've got to have a system to look for the red flags," state board member Gary Stewart said.

"It's obvious after the fact that there's a red flag we didn't see." The Augusta school board submitted a request for the emergency declaration Sept. 3 that said the deficit was the result of OENVE MIAMI FORECAST FOR 3 P.M. TODAY SELECTED CITIES WEATHER Catholic priest indicted for alleged sexual abuse Dti. Stephen Pollard and James Sutteft PARTLY CLOUDY PARTLY CLOUDY BOSTON YESTERDAY'S EXTREMES Low temperature: 27 at West Yellowstone, Mont. High temperature: 114 at Thermal, Calif.

(National Weather Service extremes are based on temperatures in the continental United States only.) THE WORLD The following weather observations were compiled yesterday, based on the previous day's weather. 70-55 948 75-58 865 75-52 92-54 856 990 81-60 854 785 746 6049 867 886 72-51 873 773 88-75 843 1037 658 City HI Lo Amsterdam 68 54 Weather Rain Cloudy Clear Clear Rain Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Rain Cloudy Clear Ciear Clear Dear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Ram Rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Rain Cloudy Clear Rain Clear Clear Clear Clear Rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Athens 84 81 Bangkok 93 79 Barbados 89 78 Barcelona 82 59 Beirut 81 70 Belgrade 79 Berlin .68 54 Bermuda 87 78 57 Brussels 75 Budapest 79 43 B'Aires 59 44 Cairo 93 72 Calgary 77 62 Copenhagen 62 44 Dublin 61 55 Frankfurt 68 57 Hanoi 86 73 Havana 87 Helsinki 53 Hong Kong 86 Istanbul 75 Jerusalem 79 71 41 81 55 63 Johannesburg 77 46 Lima 66 59 Lisbon London Madrid ,75 66 57 79 64 Montreal 67 47 Moscow 55 45 Nairobi 73 Nassau 87 New Delhi 88 55 75 72 Oslo 58 38 Paris 72 63 Rio 106 61 Rome 79 59 San Juan 90 75 Seoul 82 64 Singapore Stockholm 56 Sydney Taipei 73 53 70 Tel Aviv 86 72 Tokyo 70 68 Toronto 68 47 Vienna 73 48 Warsaw 59 50 near the Atlantic Seaboard. Showers and thunderstorms will be scattered across the Northeast as warmer air returns on increasing winds from the south. A few storms will form along the Appalachians. More thunderstorms will drench parts of Florida.

Temperatures will fall steadily in the upper Plains, and squalls will develop across the northern Lakes. A few thunderstorms will dampen the eastern Rockies as cooler air arrives. The West will stay hot and dry. The warmest weather of the summer is likely in the interior Northwest. "inaccurate bookkeeping." Superintendent Larry Kelsch said the district, which has a budget of about $1.3 million, fell behind after it tried to switch from a manual system to a computer earlier this year.

The state can oust school officials for failing to operate their districts competently, but Stewart said the state board did not have any evidence of wrongdoing. He said Kelsch has been asked to appear before the board in November to explain what happened and how the district intends to correct the problem. Stewart said the district also did not follow the state's requirement that it keep all of its money in a single bank account, dividing it into 14 accounts. Kelsch said he did not know it was wrong to have several bank accounts. While some board members were critical of the Education Department, finance director Kyna Koch said she has only five people working with districts and they would not necessarily catch bookkeeping errors.

Budget-balancing problems have alleged abuse but now defunct, he said. Greenwell said Pilger would be notified of the indictment by mail and ordered to appear for arraignment in Union Circuit Court, probably on Monday. In a lawsuit filed June 29 in U.S. District Court in Owensboro, brothers Michael Long, James Long III and Matthew Long, all of New Mexico, and Robert J. Long of Nashville, claim they were molested by Pilger "individually and on repeated occasions" in Union County and in Sumner and Maury counties in Tennessee.

The complaint alleges that the a clear message to Lindner that if he was upset about how he was being treated in Ohio, Kentucky would welcome his business. "He has the capacity and the ability to bring major jobs to Kentucky," Jones said. Jones said he had been told by mutual friends that Lindner was offended by the series, which documented his financial problems, and the reaction of some people in Ohio to it. Jones would not identify the friends or give further details. Jones said he did not buy the ad SUMMARY 24 Portland, Maine 69-56 Portland, Ore 93-57 Providence 673 ,09 Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Rain Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Rain Clear ,11 Raleigh-Durham 889 Rapid City 8446 Reno 933 Richmond 85-70 .04 Sacramento 997 a Louts 721 .01 Salt Lake City 843 San Diego 773 San Francisco 80-56 SaultSte.

Marie 6444 .08 Seattle 859 Shreveport 893 Sioux Falls 75-43 Spokane 883 Syracuse 7348 Tampa-StPete 87-74 .34 Topeka 742 S3 Tucson 1029 Tulsa 721 1.25 Clear Cloudy temperatures and precipitation for hours ending at 8 p.m. EDT yesterday. Today's Pree. Forecast .41 Cloudy Clear Rain Cloudy Cloudy .44 Ram Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear 1.38 Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy .90 Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy .03 Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy .04 Clear i City Hl-Lo Albany, Y. 62-50 Albuquerque 82-59 Anchorage 6049 Atlanta 888 Atlantic City 7947 Baltimore 79-70 Billings 85-51 Birmingham 84-66 Bismarck 8645 Boise 8546 Boston 70-62 Brownsville 94-73 Buffalo 74-51 Burlington, Vt 7248 Casper 8247 Charleston, SC.

82-72 Charleston, W.Va. 79-59 Charlotte, N.C 90-66 Chicago 73-56 Cincinnati 75-56 Cleveland 74-51 Columbia, SC. 90-70 Columbus, Ohio 76-56 Dallas-Ft. Worth Hl-Lo 77-53 8545 5940 87-66 8064 63-66 765 867 701 880 730 94-72 787 752 7349 89-70 820 856 80-55 797 775 916 786 917 Associated Press MORGANFIELD, Ky. A Roman Catholic priest was indicted Tuesday on 84 counts that allege he sexually abused four young brothers in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

The priest, the Rev. Joseph Pilger, who lives in Lexington, also has been sued by his accusers. Commonwealth's Attorney Bill Greenwell said the indictment, brought by a Union County grand jury, followed an investigation that lasted several months. It charges Pilger with engaging in indecent or immoral practices with another, a statute in effect at the time of the led many smaller, poorer districts to merge with larger ones over the years. Stewart said Augusta should consider consolidating if its size makes it difficult to make ends meet.

He noted that the district had a $4,000 deficit in 1988. Kelsch said merger has been discussed since 1936, but "until this year, we were able to hold our own." In other business, the state board: Adopted an accreditation procedure for non-public schools. The 1990 Kentucky Education Reform Act did away with an accreditation system that covered all schools, but non-public schools asked that it be continued for them so they could qualify for intern teachers and show potential students they offer high-quality programs. Public schools will remain unaccredited. Met for two hours in closed session Tuesday evening to give Education Commissioner Thomas Boy-sen his annual evaluation.

Board members refused to discuss it yesterday, but Chairman Joseph Kelly said, "I can tell you we continue to think he's doing an excellent job." in Union of brothers brothers had repressed the memories of abuse until July 2, 1992, when they saw a television news segment on the issue of sexual misconduct among the clergy. John H. McCracken, the lawyer representing the Longs, said the criminal charges likely would slow the progress of the civil case. The lawsuit seeks an unspecified amount in damages. McCracken said that Pilger and the Diocese of Owensboro, both named as defendants in the lawsuit, have filed legal responses that essentially deny the Longs' allegations.

to repay Lindner for the $17,500 he and his family had contributed to Jones' campaigns. Executives of Lindner companies have contributed another $7,000. If he were in the habit of awarding supporters with newspaper ads, he said, "I'd buy the whole paper for Jack Hall." Hall was Jones' chief fund-raiser. Lindner, has several businesses and hundreds of employees in Kentucky. Jones said the ad was focused to get Lindner's attention but also was directed at the people of Ohio.

At its meeting Sept. 27 the board will elect a chairman, vice chairman, secretary, treasurer and at-large member of its executive committee. Typically, the board accepts the slate proposed by the nominating committee. Bing wouldn't comment on whom his committee will nominate. He has talked with the other committee' members, Olga Peers and Charles Johnson, but has held no committee meetings, Bing said.

Bing said that to his knowledge the questions about TARC's travel and meal charges aren't issues at UofL i Dayton 74-53 Denver 7845 Des Moines 72-52 Detroit 71-55 Puluth 6241 El Paso 91-67 Fairbanks 61-30 Fargo 8548 Flagstaff 8144 Great Falls 82-53 Hartford Spgfld 63-58 Honolulu 90-73 Houston 9M7 Indianapolis 75-57 Jackson, Miss 92-66 Jacksonville 86-70 Juneau 62-50 Kansas City 75-63 Us Vegas 103-69 Little Rock 73-67 Los Angeles 93-66 Louisville 79-58 Memphis 88-69 Miami Beach 89-78 Milwaukee 74-55 Minn-St. Paul 7146 Mobile 87-72 Nashville 87-65 New Orleans 89-70 New York City 68-65 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: Yettr- Today's Tomof- Nut Flood day's Ion- row's day's stag stag cast foncait tort- LOCATION (tHt) (fttt) (Hit) ((Ml) cott Ashland, Ky 52 33.9 33.9 33.9 33.9 Greenup Dam (LG) 54 12.6 12.5 12.4 12.3 Portsmouth, Ohio 50 14 0 13.9 13.8 13.7 Maysville, Ky. 50 33.6 33.6 33.6 33.5 Meldahl, Ohio (LG) 51 13.1 130 13.0 129 Cincinnati 52 26.3 26.3 28 3 26.2 Markland Dam (LG) 51 12.2 12.1 12.0 12.0 Louisville (UG) 23 12.2 12.2 12.1 12.1 Louisville (LG) 55 9.6 9.5 9.4 9.3 Cannetlon Dam (LG) 42 110 10.9 10 8 10.7 Newburgh, Ind.

(LG) 38 13.5 13.3 132 13.1 Evansvilk, Ind 42 13.6 13.4 13.3 13.2 Umontown Dam (LG) 37 14.7 14.5 14.3 14.0 Shawneetown, III 33 160 15.8 15.6 15.4 Golconda, III 40 29.6 29.5 29.5 29.5 (LG) lower gauge, (UG) upper gauge Governor defends decision to spend money on ad defending businessman Cloudy 77-55 .11 Clear 821 Cloudy 767 Cloudy 77-56 .01 Clear 60-52 Clear 880 .06 Cloudy 584 Cloudy 684 Clear 8142 Cloudy 7448 .30 Cloudy 778 Clear 90-74 Cloudy 908 Cloudy 786 Cloudy 898 .53 Rain 89-72 Cloudy 600 ,16 Clear 837 Clear 104-70 .26 Cloudy 875 Clear 957 Cloudy 82-60 Cloudy 878 Cloudy 92-77 ,05 Clear 796 Clear 68-56 Cloudy 87-71 .30 Cloudy 866 Cloudy 88-71 .06 Cloudy 815 Cloudy 86-70 3.38 Clear 850 Clear 77-5P .42 Rain 91- 21 Cloudy 833 Clear 106-77 Cloudy 798 AIR POLLUTION INDEX 1001 MODERATE 50 G000 11AM 3 PM SPM The) elevated pollutant in Jefferson County at 11 a.m. was sulfur dioxide; at 2 p.m. and p.m. was ozone. sweeping into upper Midwest chief won't seek 3rd term The Frankfort Bureau Gov.

Brereton Jones insisted yesterday that he did the right thing when he authorized spending more than $10,000 in taxpayer money for an advertisement in The Cincinnati Enquirer that defended local entrepreneur Carl Lindner Jr. Lindner was the subject of a recent, sometimes critical, Enquirer series. Jones called the ad the "best $10,000 worth of news advertising that we've spent in economic development." He said he wanted to send of trustee By BEN Z. HERSHBERG Staff Writer Bob Benson said yesterday that he would not seek a third term as chairman of the University of Louisville's board of trustees when the board elects officers this month. He does plan to complete his term as a trustee, which ends in June, Benson said.

Benson said his decision was not based on publicity that has clouded his tenure as chairman of the Transit Authority of River City board. He announced his resignation from that board Aug. 16, following Courier-Journal reports about extensive trav NOnOIK, Va Oklahoma City 73-61 Omaha 73-50 Orlando 87-71 Philadelphia 71-65 Phoenix 107-78 Pittsburgh 77-58 Autumn-like air From New York Times and AP Dispatches Rain and thunderstorms were scattered yesterday in the East. Temperatures soared to 100 de-' grees in parts of the South, Three water spouts developed off the central Atlantic Coast, and one moved over land near Brigan- tine, N. damaging a house and trees, the National Weather Serv-' ice said.

Lightning struck and in-' jured a man in Pinellas Park, Fla. 'A high of 100 degrees in San Antonio, Texas, broke the city's record for the date. Today, intense low pressure will sweep southeast from Canada, drawing unseasonably cool air southward into the Dakotas and upper Midwest. The leading edge of the chilly weather will push rapidly into the central Plains and upper Mississippi Valley. Wind gusts will surpass 50 mph in the northern Plains.

Ahead of the front, it will be warm and humid with thunder-showers developing from Illinois to eastern Ontario. The East will be quite mild and moist as jet-stream winds from the Southwest keep tropical air el and expensive meals he and other TARC board members charged to the agency in recent years. Benson said he decided not to run again because trustee chairmen generally haven't served more than two one-year terms. Steve Bing, chairman of the trustees' nominating committee, said that to his knowledge there is nothing that limits the number of terms board officers could serve. But he said chairmen generally haven't served more than two consecutive terms and that vice chairmen frequently have become chairmen.

Harry Jones is now vice chairman,.