The Advocate-Messenger from Danville, Kentucky • 3

THE KENTUCKY ADVOCATE Sunday December 24 1995 A3 Disabilities give some people courage Court hires Campbell for dual position NEWSBRIES Local By Annabel Girard By Evelyn Gander Staff Writer kept getting worse and worse At the age of 20 she had me She decided that her best choice was to place me in fos ter care She did it under her own free will the state did not take me from my mother Being in and out of hospi tals makes it hard to take care of your child not mad at her for putting me in a home I think it was one of the best things that could have ever happened to me At the age of 23 my mom had to have her left leg ampu tated That changed her life She then felt worthless and sorry for herself She thankful for anything she was ashamed She started going to a place called Southwood to help her face and deal with her disabilities After she built up her faith she decided it was time for me Around town she was wrong It seemed like her life just to come back home She was scared of what I might think of her that I accept her handicap I guess she was shocked to see that I see her any different than anyone else I just saw her as a human being Now my mom is trying to do everything to succeed at her goals She is 38 now and is doing just that My mom thinks she has no courage but I think she gets more and more every day so proud of her and would never ask for another mom The main thing I have learned about disabled people: They all have courage in them somewhere you just have to search and find it You should never give up on your hopes and or dreams because if you work hard enough they will come true An inmate at the Boyle County Jail was found hanged riday morning Michael Coats 37 of 205 Daisy St Harrodsburg was found at 10:12 am riday by deputy jailers James Bradley and John McKeown according to Boyle County Jailer Chris Hill He apparently had used his shirt and a metal shower enclosure bar in his hanging Boyle County Coroner Dr James Ramey said riday that death was an apparent suicide and that no foul play was indicated An autopsy in rankfort was scheduled to be performed Saturday Coats was found hanged in the only isolation cell contain ing bathroom facilities at the jail There are two other isola tion cells each comprised only of floor and walls The prisoner had last been checked by jail staff at 9:23 am riday He was asleep at that time Hill said Apparently Coats was upset over the death of a friend who had fallen at an out of state construction site Coats told a psychologist who evalu ated him that he had wit nessed the fall Hill said Coats was brought to the jail by Mercer County officials at 5:51 pm Wednesday having been charged with fourth offense drunken driving a felony and driving on a sus pended license which is a misdemeanor Hill said that when Coats was brought to the jail his actions caused deputies to believe that he could be a dan ger to himself and he was placed in one of the two bare the project said the elevator could be added if the project comes in under cost Rollins also used the time with the court to bring it up to date on health department programs He said the number of programs offered increased by a fourth from 1993 94 to 1994 95 and he expects anoth er 25 percent increase in the 1995 96 year Some of the changes at the department include being open until 6 pm on Tuesdays vote was 4 2 with Morris Martin and Edwin Kubale vot ing against Campbell will be on six probation as are all county employees Campbell 39 is a civil engi neer His duties will be similar to those he had when he previ ously worked for the county After he took the Lexington job Campbell continued to do some engineering work for the coun ty by contract There was little discussion by the magistrates before the vote was taken could not I watched her be one person one day and change to a whole different person the next My mom became severely frostbit ten at the age of 3 She lost all of her toes on both feet and was rushed to a Lexington hospital where she lived for five years She had to undergo major therapy and lived her childhood life in a wheelchair where she thought she would spend the rest of her life My mom won a silver and gold medal playing wheelchair bas ketball in the Special Olympics After this she had to learn how to walk again and she did At the age of 8 she was released from the hos pital and placed in foster care She thought since she could walk again that her life was Holiday closing The Boyle County Health Department will be closed on the fol lowing days: Monday Tuesday and Jan 1 2 1996 isolation cells Coats was checked every 20 minutes and deputy jailer McKeown Hill said spent about an hour with the prisoner He was seen by Comprehensive Care psycholo gist Dr Stephen Applegate at 9:28 pm Wednesday accord ing to Hill and jail records Applegate was unavailable for comment Hill said Applegate having been assured by Coats that he was OK advised the deputies to make Coats more comfort able and he was moved from the bare cell to the one which contained bathroom facilities Deputies continued to check him every 20 minutes until Thursday morning when his actions indicated to them that he no longer presented a dan ger to himself an awful tragedy having counseling going on for our deputies that were here a terrible Hill said riday The Danville police depart ment investigated Born Nov 16 1958 in Chicago he was a son of Roy Coats Jr of Killen Ala and the late Mildred Mahaney Coats He was an iron worker for Cooper Steele Survivors include his wife Nora Riley Coats two sons Mark Anthony Riley and James Michael Yates both of Harrodsburg one daughter Leigha Nicole Coats of Harrodsburg and two sisters Mary Hyde and Kathleen Coats both of Killen uneral services will be held at Elkins uneral Home in Center Star Ala Local visi tation will be 2 4 pm Monday at Alexander Royalty uneral Home Wilder said Duties of Campbell will include overseeing the road department solid waste pro grams enforcement of drug enforcement policies required for county employees who have professional driving licenses and working on any project where engineering is required Campbell will begin work in mid January His office will be at the road department on US 68 outside of Perryville Health Services Included in the total price is design fur nishings and $32500 to Bluegrass Area Development District to make sure the administrative details of the project are handled Health District Director David Rollins said the building will be accessible to the handi capped without the elevator since each level has its own entrance Rollins said it would be rare for a person to visit the department for health and environmental services at the same time Magistrate Mike Montgomery questioned the wisdom of waiting to put in the elevator since it likely will cost more a few years from now Boyle County iscal Court approved accepting the low bid for building a new health department To bring the bid within the amount available for construc tion the court deleted the ele vator bringing the bid to $746200 The low bidder was Isaac Tatum Construction of Lebanon with an initial bid of $769000 Other bids ranged from $810000 to $899000 Several alternatives were bid so adjustments could be made to bring the project within the amount set aside for construc tion The new building will have Eric Shaffer architect for about 11000 square feet com pared to the 2200 square foot building the department is now in In addition to expand ed space to offer medical ser vices there will be a meeting room on the ground level that can be used by community groups The $879700 project is being funded with a mixture of health department funds a Community Development Block Grant and a grant from the state Department for Is Boyle County quail on your Christmas menu? Duane Campbell has "been rehired by Boyle Countythis time as road supervisor county engineer Campbell served as publicjvbrks director from 1986 1992when he resigned to become anengineer with the Lexington Tayette Urban County Jxpvernment He continued to 4ive in Danville The Boyle County iscal JPurt approved hiring Campbell riday and set hissalary at $44000 a year The Staff Report Prisoner commits suicide at Boyle jail note: The following cplumn is written by Robin Rogers of Danville daughter of Brenda Rogers who is dis abled Disabilities affect manypeople in many different kinds of ways or instance some people start feeling worthless and sorry for themselves 'They feel like they do anything right or they just do anything at all Becoming disabled changes your whole life your lifetime dreams are shattered forever 1 Most people do anything but sit around the house and never go out They just give up on everything and even try to make their lives better I think that is the most common mistake for a disabled person You should be thankful for the things that you do have such as family and friends There are also those type of people that stop until they succeed They just keep on dreaming and dreaming trying to make each one come true These disabled people think each second of their life and make everything 7 worthwhile Thinking of all the good points in their life is keeps them going Getting support from family and friends makes them want to give support right back and even more back to show that they are thankful for what they have received I admire these type of people because I think I could ever have that much courage A combination of both inally there are the type of disabled people that have a little of both in them At first they feel sorry for themselves and feel nothing but worth lessness Later on after they get tired of doing nothing about their lives they turn 'everything around After try ing to succeed they start feel ing much better about them selves Then they start bring ing a little joy into their lives Happiness and love is all they need to succeed and make moment of their lives worth everything its I know quite a bit about rHcahlod nonnlp SPP it PVPVV "day with my mom I feel going to be so much better but bit sorry tor her 1 just 1 thankful that here today Do you have your Christmas menu set? Probably none in the city will top the offering from the Gilcher Hotel on Christmas 1901 The Christmas Eve paper reported that Mrs LG Mundy has planned of the most elaborate Christmas din ners ever served in this The dinner started with a selection of appetizers that included New England sweet cider and little neck clams and ended with cafe noir Other items on the menu were consomme a la jardiniere brook trout sweet pickled figs turkey prime rib lamb Boyle County quail on toast peaches a la Richelieu country ham with champagne sauce chick en and shrimp salad egg nog asparagus Parisian potatoes port mince pie Christmas pudding strawberry short cake tutti fruitti cake nuts and a selection of cheeses Christmas 1943 in the midst of World War II marked a special time for Danville The Boyle County Navy Mothers Club got the ball rol ling with a decision to provided lunches to servicemen who made a brief stop over between trains during the holidays The entire community was called on to help December 23 it seemed that all of Danville and Boyle County were ignited with the spirit of helpfulness The planning was likened to the effort put forth when the com munity fed Louisville flood evacuees A makeshift canteen was set up at the railroad station on the night of Dec 23 a high school girl ran into the canteen and excitedly announced the arrival of the train pandemonium broke according to a navy recruiter who wrote about the incident Burglary reported at transmitter site LIBERTY Kentucky State Police are investigating a theft at the WRSL state police transmitter site on Sand Knob Road WRSL radio station based in Lincoln County is offering a reward of $5000 for information leading to the arrest of sus pectsThe station can be reached at 365 2126 and the KSP posts number is (502) 384 4796 According to WRSL President Johnathan Smith the site was broken into about 9:15 pm Thursday Equipment needed to carry the Stanford signal from its studio to the transmitter was taken Estimated value is over $10000 The station is using backup equipment to remain on the air The Columbia Post of the KSP also has a tower at the site There was no harm to its signal said the KSP dispatcher When the train stopped the servicemen were told to open their windows some The trains were greeting on Christmas Eve and day and again Dec 30 Jan 1 By the time the last train left Danvillians had served 5000 serviceman who ate about 10000 sandwiches and drank 80 gallons of coffee and hot chocolate A favorite ad from World War II Garage Tire Shop a few steps from the Ration announced its closings will be closed July 4th Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day New Day and on the day of Reporting of Pet Peeves will resume after the first of the year Random Acts of Kindness are taken any time A special thanks to those thoughtful people who found the lost billfolds and returned them to their owners That is a true act of kindness and did a lot to restore our faith in each other If you have a Pet Peeve or Random Act of Kindness you want to share mail them to me at PO Box 149 Danville 40423 0149 call me at 236 2551 or (800) 428 0409 or reach me through mail: CompuServe (76544631) America Online (advocat330) or Internet (advocatesear netcom) Staff Photo by Emily Toadvine Robin Rogers right wrote a letter about how she admires her mom Brenda Rogers center for cop ing with her disability At left is Robin's 9 year old sister Amy Condition given on accident victims I Two women injured in a Thursday traffic accident on US 127 remain hospitalized at the University of Kentucky Medical Center 'Anna Bennett 47 of Russell Springs was listed in fair condi gdn Saturday Evelyn Ballard 44 of 200 Linetta Drive Junction City was ui'serious condition Both women received leg injuries They had been involved in a wreck three tenths of a mile south of Danville and were stand ing outside their cars when they were struck by another car sw Clarification A story in paper about a Perryville Elementary School Qipil Britton Edwards dedicating his Heart of Danville United Way contribution to the memory of his late sister may have incorrectly implied that this was the first year of United Way fiibd raising at the school and all the money was contributed in memory office open Tuesday Anyone wanting to pay their county tax bill Tuesday can do sb at the Boyle County Office The rest of the court Ijpjise offices are closed for the Christmas holiday 'The office will be open 8:30 am 4 pm W1 concerns heard HUSTONVILLE Phyllis Causey of US Rep Ron Office will be at Hustonville City Hall 9:30 10:30 am Thursday to hear concerns have found a better said chance to combine the County Judge Executive Tony two made it more cost effec Wilder The board had met in execu tive session before the vote was taken to hire Campbell ive people applied for the job which was advertised statewide County Judge Executive Tony Wilder said Thursday the decision was made to require an engineering degree for the position of road supervisor The former supervisor Henry Powell was killed in a wreck earlier this year Court accepts low bid for building health department By Annabel Girard Staff Writer nf 9 i WIV.