The Advocate-Messenger from Danville, Kentucky • 16

16 THE KENTUCKY ADVOCATE Danville Kentucky Sunday August 19 1984 Area New Harrodsburg police officer is son By LINDA GORDON Staff Writer HARRODSBURG The son of the Harrodsburg city commis sioner in charge of police opera tions is one of two men recently hired to fill vacancies on the Har rodsburg Police Department Terry Cornish the 21 year old son of Commissioner Paul Cor nish was hired early last week and officially began his duties with the police department riday The new patrolman was formerly employed by Gateway grocery store Harold Driskell 27 was also recently hired as a patrolman or the past 11 months he has worked as a dispatcher for the Har rodsburg Police Department The new officers replace former officers Greg Puckett and Charles Chenault who didn't work Commissioner Cornish said Police Chief Tim Bryant said Chenault resigned and Puckett was dismissed during their one year probation periods with the force Officers Cornish and Driskell who have no previous experience as patrolmen will be required to complete a 10 week police basic training course at the Bureau of raining in Richmond Driskell is to begin his 10 week training Aug 27 Cornish's training will begin in ebruary 1985 Bryant said he hired the new of ficers on the recommendation of 'ommissioner Cornish In a telephone interview riday Commissioner Cornish said he recommended his son for the job because think he will make a good police and because always had an interest in law Mayor Charles Carr said riday that he knew little about the new police department employees "That's the chief and Commis sioner Cornish's business" he said According to the mayor the chief the power to hire with the cooperation of the police Cornish said riday that his son would "be treated just like everybody else He knows what he has to do the chief told me Terry doing the job he (Terry) would be dismissed immediately I've discussed all this with Terry and he knows expected of Commissioner Cornish said When contacted by telephone riday Commissioners Dalton Carey and Johnny James Jr had little to say about the hiring of Cor son as a police officer rather not make a comment on said Carey early in the phone call However later in the conversation he said Cornish did nothing wrong in hiring his son Each commissioner has respon sibility for a particular city func tion and is responsible for the peo ple who work in that area Carey said James said he was to make any comment on it at this because the police depart ment is Cornish's business and is something rather not stick my nose in" Commissioner Wallace 0 Campbell Jr could not be reached for comment riday As city commissioner in charge of safety Cornish is in charge of police and fire matters and is ac cording to Carey immediate supervisor to the chiefs of each department However Commissioner Cor nish said riday that despite his authority he would never rule" the chief in a matter concer ning the police department The new police officers are mar ried Officer Cornish and his his wife Stephanie live at Cyprus Hill Apartments Driskell and his wife Edna live at Salvisa Route 1 Driskell is currently training Rob Williams who will replace him as dispatcher on the police force Area briefs In Garrard County New 4 agent named LANCASTER Garrard County will soon have a new 4 agent joining the staff at the county extension office Rachel Davis a University of Kentucky graduate with a degree in animal science has been named to fill the vacancy created several months ago by the resignation of Chuck Stallard Mrs Davis who is from New Jersey will assume her new duties Sept 14 Homemaker council to meet LANCASTER The Garrard County Homemaker Council will meet at 1 pm riday at the county extension office on Stanford Road eeder calf sale set LANCASTER The Garrard County Livestock Association will sponsor its second fall feeder calf sale at 7 pm Aug 29 at the Gar rard County Stockyards In Lincoln County Rescue training scheduled WAYNESBURG A special training session on rescue equip ment such as Jaws of Life will be held at 7:30 pm Thursday at Waynesburg Area Rescue Squad building here All Lincoln County squads and rescue workers are invited to bring equipment and attend the training or more information contact the Waynesburg Area Rescue Squad at 379 2912 In Mercer County Downtown plan to be topic HARRODSBURG Bill Carmen secretary treasurer of the pro fessional planning firm of Carmen and Powell will explain areas of planning for the Downtown Revitalization Planning project in Har rodsburg at a meeting Tuesday The public is invited to attend the meeting at 7:30 pm at the Mercer County Courthouse to ask questions about the planning ser vices to be provided in Carmen and contract with the Mercer County Landmark Association said association Vice Chair man Gene Royalty Also at the meeting David Morgan director of the Kentucky Heritage Council will present Landmark Certificates to owners of downtown area property that has been added to the National Register of Historic Places Burgin board to meet BURGIN Burgin Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 5:15 pm Monday at the board office Mercer board to meet HARRODSBURG The Mercer County Board of Education will hold a special session at 7:30 pm Tuesday in the school board office Scheduled for discussion is the proposed tax rate and personnel items Staff Photo bv Na Hie Bright A lift for the leaf Eric Burton hands sticks of cut tobacco to Jerry Brown as the men harvest hurley belonging to Gale Watson riday Watson says his 02 acres of tobacco looks better than average this year and will help to make up the 40000 pound shortage caused by last drought Wat son has a crew working to cut and house his crop on Hwy 127 near Hustonville Sparrow Hutchens to receive awards from national agriculture agents group ive Kentucky extension agents for agriculture will receive awards this week at the National Association of County Agriculture Agents David Sparrow Boyle County agriculture agent will receive the Distinguished Service Award and Terry Hutchens a former agent in Casey County will receive an Achievement Award Distinguished Service Awards are the association's highest honor for members with at least 10 years of service Ben Davis of Russell County and Jackson A Taylor of Madison County will receive Distinguished Service Awards along with Sparrow The awards will be presented this week at the national convention in New Orleans Sparrow has served more than 14 years in the University of Ken tucky Cooperative Extension Ser vice He has developed a livestock program and a livestock judging program that has received state and national recognition He is ac tively involved with feeder calf sales and was instrumental in developing a board sale a bull sale and a local youth livestock camp The agent is past president of the Kentucky Association of Ex tension 4 Agents He also is ac tive in the community: He is a member of the Danville Kiwanis Club and the Danville Boyle Coun ty Chamber of Commerce and participates in the local United Way campaign He attends Lex ington Avenue Baptist Church Sparrow has a bachelor's degree in general agriculture from Western Kentucky University He is married to the former Linda Cassity of Simpson County and they have two daughters Tabatha and Cassinda The Marion County native also Terry Hutchens has been a 4 agent in Boyle County and a 4 specialist with the University of Kentucky Hutchens served as agriculture agent in Casey County from 1978 to 1981 and is presently an agriculture agent in Jessamine County The Achievement Award is given to agents with less than 10 David Sparrow Hi BHnr jit yjy years of service He was an extension agriculture and 4 agent in Gainesville Ga before coming to Kentucky He is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a degree in plant pathology He and his wife Nancy live in Jessamine Countv $150 million tunnel planned to replace Cumberland By BILL BERGSTROM Associated Press Writer PIKEVILLE Ky (AP) Daniel Boone had a rough climb through the Cumberland Gap woods to reach Kentucky and motorists fresh from four lane highways still struggle in the gap on a steep two lane road that snakes over the hill where Ken tucky Tennessee and Virginia meet Now the government is prepar ing to bore a test hole through Cumberland Mountain along the path of a $150 million 4100 foot long tunnel planned to replace the three mile section of US 25E Area winners in comptetition at the Kentucky State air held in Louisville include: Dean and David Croshaw of Per ryville for any variety of squash in the junior vegetable and melon division James Terhune of Har rodsburg for two year old four year old and over five years old cows senior champion reserve senior champion grandcham pion reserve grandchampion female best animal bred and owmed by exhibitor and senior showmanship in the Guernsey division Bryan Mullins of Yosemite for junior heifer senior heifer junior yearling heifer reserve junior champion reserve senior cham pion reserve grand champion female and KDRI production award in Jersey division Initial funds have been ap propriated and the ederal Highway Administration and Department of the Interior plan to advertise for bids Aug 23 for the said Bob Campbell the tunnel project manager for the highway administration Drilling and blasting for the test tunnel is expected to start by November said Campbell reach ed at his Alexandria Va office The instrumented" 10 foot tunnel will provide infor mation needed to design the two 36 foot diameter corridors that will each carry two lanes through nearly a mile of mountain 850 feet beneath its crest he said Barry Stringer of Yosemite for fall intermediate heifer senior yearling heifer junior champion and junior showmanship in Jersey division Bruce Stringer of Yosemite for three year old cow senior cham pion and grand champion in Jersey division Jennifer Ransdell of Har rodsburg for senior heifer reserve junior champion and three year old cow in Holstein division Tim Nichols of Harrodsburg for ewe lamb pair of ewe lambs one year old ewe pair of ewe lambs one year old champion ewe and reserve champion ewe in Dorset division Tommy Nichols of Harrodsburg for ram lamb pair of ram lambs one year old ram champion ram and reserve champion ram in Dorset division If all goes according to plan he said the main tunnel will be built and open by 1991 carrying the bulk of the 15000 vehicles a day up to 15 percent of them trucks that now navigate the tortuous road over the mountain and through the Cumberland Gap Na tional Historical Park or through traffic that will eliminate an stretch of road with a fatality rate more than six times the national average Campbell said And said Gary Auxier aide to Sen Walter Huddleston a member of the Senate Appropria tions Committee who has worked for tunnel funding will make the park much nicer to visit You'll still have tourists but you be talking about a major traffic The idea of a Cumberland Moun tain tunnel gained favor after joint Kentucky Tennessee plans to widen the road to four lanes through the park met opposition environmental and historical Campbell said Congress directed the Ap palachian Regional Commission to study the problem and the result of a study was a recommendation in the early 1970s for a tunnel Huddleston has been working since 1972 on the money pried Auxier said adding that the danger of the present road was of the things he picked up on early while he was It is the only stretch in the 100 miles of US 25E from Interstate 75 at Corbin Ky to 1 81 at Mor Area Kentucky State air winners listed ristown Tenn that is not already four lanes or already being widen ed to four lanes Auxier said so the project will also improve major coal haul corridor a real asset for getting energy out of the Congress appropriated $14 million for this fiscal year and $19 million for the next to get the pro ject started and having done that Campbell said can't imagine not getting the rest of the Of the $150 million the actual tunnel will cost about $60 million with the rest going for planning design and engineering ad ministration purchasing land relocating utilities and building approaches he said is not a simple he said probably will be 16 different construction projects associated with Campbell whose last assign ment for the highway agency was in the Middle East helping the Saudi Arabian government develop a highway system plans to move his office to Cumberland Gap in late September or early Oc tober to oversee the project He said the pilot tunnel which will later be enlarged to form one of the main corridors will show engineers the exact arrangement of the limestone sand stone and shale layers and detect any potential problems along the path such as limestone caverns or water These are not major stumbling blocks he said can put a tun nel under a river through mud but we have to know what we are tun neling through ahead of 1.