The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 19

THE COURIER-JOURNAL, SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1988 E33: WASHINGTON TIDBITS Army, retiring in 1978 as a colonel. His current job, as one of five assistant Army secretaries, requires presidential nomination and Senate confirmation; he's had the position for a little more than three years. His mother, Alfreda Shannon, still lives in Louisville, as does the family of his wife, the former Jean Miller. EPA is talking that May more these days, too Speaking of two Kentuckians, there are now a couple of high-powered ones at the Environmental Protection Agency. Charles L.

Grizzle, a Greenup County native and former executive director of the state GOP, was sworn in Feb. 26 as the EPA's assistant administrator for administration and resource management. The position, a presidential appointment requiring Senate confirmation, puts Grizzle in charge of personnel, budget, procurement and computer operations. The EPA has nine assistant administrators, and since 1986 the one in charge of en forcement has been Lexington native Thomas L. Adams Jr.

Grizzle, 39, came to the EPA from the Department of Agriculture, where he was deputy assistant secretary for administration. Previously, he had worked for First. National Bank of Louisville. He took a leave of absence from the bank to be deputy chairman of President Reagan's 1980 Kentucky campaign. Ex-professor may join assistant-secretarial pool Kenneth Beirne, a former political-science professor at Northern Kentucky University, has been nominated to be one of eight assistant secretaries of the Housing and Urban Development Department.

He would be in charge of policy development and research. Beirne, a native of New York, was once a campaign consultant to U. S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers, R-5th District; worked on Reagan's 1980 campaign; and preceded Grizzle as state GOP executive director.

This will be Beirne's second HUD stint. Earlier in the Reagan administra Blind. Michael Curtis, a Mazzoli-appointed House page who recently returned home. Hamilton contra-dicts 2 who oppose the rebels There was a bit of excitement in U.S. Rep.

Lee Hamilton's Capitol Hill office one afternoon last month: Two anti-contra demonstrators were arrested when they refused to leave at closing time. Michael Bardoff and Kevin Horn-buckle, both of the Baltimore area and members of the Baltimore Emergency Response Network, wanted the Democrat from Indiana's 9th District to assure them that he wouldn't support any plan that provided for the CIA to deliver humanitarian aid to the Nicaraguan rebels. Hamilton, who has been a party leader on the Nicaraguan issue, refused to make any such deal, communicating with the two men through aides. When closing time came, staff members called the Capitol Police. tion, he was a deputy assistant secretary.

Mazzoli, Sarah Brady take aim at handguns U.S. Rep. Romano Mazzoli is bringing Sarah Brady to Louisville Friday. The wife of wounded White House press secretary James Brady is an advocate of handgun control and is promoting a bill that would require a seven-day waiting period for pistol purchases. Mazzoli, D-3rd District, is a co-sponsor of the legislation.

The two are to appear at a noon Chamber of Commerce gathering and at a 2 p.m. public forum in the old Jefferson County Jail. Mazzoli has also been busy congratulating Louisvillians. In recent weeks, he has inserted tributes in the Congressional Record to: Wes Unseld, former professional basketball player and now a coach, on his induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Orbin "Leo" Hill, winner of the "Worker of the Year Award" from the Kentucky Industries of the The decision to destroy the weapons on site instead of moving them to regional or national incinerators was made late last month by Army Undersecretary James R.

Ambrose. Ambrose promptly retired, however, leaving Shannon responsible for carrying out the plan. The 54-year-old graduate of Louisville's Central High School sat through a 2i-nour House hearing on Monday, defending the proposal. On the other side of the dais was Hopkins, whose district includes Richmond. Both men say their differences are nothing personal; each is just doing his job.

"I can understand the private citizen's fear of what could happen as we go about demilitarizing these weapons," Shannon said in an interview. But he also understands the chance of "a catastrophic incident" if they aren't done away with. After high school, Shannon graduated from Central State University in Ohio and spent 23 years in the mnafc, tuin lafim turn if lift lim utimhi iriMiTiriiitiimriTnimiiiiirTiiiiTi iiMfciiiift ARDEN GIFT! Ut7T Dm ELIZA Receive The Specialists, four favorites with any $12 Arden purchase! Now Elizabeth Arden has a gift for you! Something especially nice! The Specialist, four essential beautifiers, yours with any 1 2 or more Elizabeth Arden purchase. This wonderful little collection includes Visible Difference Refining Toner and Moisture Lotion, a mini-sized Slenderliner Creative Coloring Pencil for lips in Wild Lily and a full-sized Luxury Lipstick in New New Rose. The Specialist from the beauty specialist, Elizabeth Arden.

Offer good while supplies last. Limit one per customer. DI39 Washington Tidbits is an occasional column about people and happenings in the nation's capital that are of interest to Kentucky and Southern Indiana. This column is by staff writer Mike Drown. Nerve-gas issue takes on distinct Kentucky accent Everyone knows that Republican U.S.

Rep. Larry Hopkins of Kentucky's 6th District is leading the charge against the Army's plan to burn old chemical weapons at their storage sites, including the Blue Grass Army Depot near Richmond and the Newport Ammunition Plant in western Indiana. But did you know that the plan's chief Pentagon defender is also a Kentuckian? He's John W. Shannon, assistant secretary of the Army for installations and logistics. "I'm the guy who's getting shot at," the Louisville native said good-naturedly last week.

KEA directors vote to oppose Wilkinson plans The Bluegrass Bureau LEXINGTON, Ky. The Kentucky Education Association's board of directors voted yesterday to oppose two of Gov. Wallace Wilkinson's education proposals. One plan calls for the creation of "benchmark schools," where new teaching methods would be tested. The other would give bonuses to teachers in schools that improve.

KEA President David Allen said the bonus plan would be based on test results, which should not be used to evaluate teaching. He said the state should finance school improvements that were approved by the legislature in 1985, such as adding more money to the power-equalization program, which aids schools in poor areas. The 36-member KEA board supported actions taken Friday by a House Appropriation and Revenue subcommittee, which recommended scrapping Wilkinson's benchmark and bonus plans. A subcommittee recommended using that money for higher education and for class-size reductions in elementary grades. The actions were also supported by more than 100 local KEA presidents at the meeting, Allen said.

Gary Powell is honored as city's top police officer A 3rd District detective, Gary Powell, was named "Officer of the Year" Friday night when the Louisville Police Department honored 44 of its finest during the department's ninth annual award program at the Gait House East. Powell made more than 130 arrests during 1987. His credits include capturing five escapees and recovering $70,000 worth of stolen property and seven stolen cars, according to Sgt. Carl Yates, the department's spokesman. The "Medal of Honor" went to Officer Preston Powell of the 1st District.

In December, a man suspected of passing phony prescriptions drew a gun on Powell in a Highlands drugstore. Powell grabbed the gun and wrestled the suspect to the ground. He later drew his own gun and fatally wounded the man. Powell was ill and unable to attend Friday's ceremony. He will receive his medal later from Chief Richard Dotson, Yates said.

TAP Officer William Lewis was honored with "the Medal of Valor." He was shot by a drunken-driving suspect as he approached the suspect's car after a chase. Officer Mark Handy, credited by Dotson with having exceptional courage and the skill of a veteran, was named "Rookie of the Year." A a former sergeant in the county Corrections Department, Handy received the award jointly with his field training officer, Shannon Cat-lett. Man is fatally shot during bar fight A 34-year-old Valley Station man was shot to death last night during an argument at Harold's Tavern, 12801 Dixie Highway. Rocky Steven DeMarsh of 5617 Hidden Springs Road was taken to Humana Hospital-Southwest, where he was pronounced dead at 9:49 p.m., said Officer Gary Fields, a Jefferson County police spokesman. Fields said DeMarsh was shot after he got into an argument with another man at the bar shortly before 9 p.m.

Witnesses told police that DeMarsh pulled a knife or a straight razor, and the other man went outside the bar and came back with a handgun. In the ensuing struggle, two shots were fired and DeMarsh was hit once in the upper abdomen, Fields said. The other man fled, he said. 1 VON i fc. i THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING FOR YOU.