Lexington Herald-Leader from Lexington, Kentucky • 1

WWWKENTUgKYCOr LEXINGTON LJj NFL PLAYOFFS Vikings roll Jets upset Chargers Nation World A6: Obama campaigns for Mass Democrat Business Monday Bl: Recycler turning printer cartridges into pens Sports Ct UK women smother Alabama one day after their toughtest IUrWM jpXei practice of the season jj I jar f'i Sports Cl JANUARY 18 2010 MONDAY I METRO FINAL EDmON i $100 KETsays experience counts in new leader EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DIDNT FINISH COLLEGE By Scott Sloan ssioiiKttwrald-IndKCom In choosing its new executive director the leaden of Kentucky Educational Television decided a national search and promoted an in-ternal executive who dropped out of college before joining the network for a nearly 25-year career It's an educational background that might seem surprising but it is not unprecedented national observers say and also comes at a time when many state networks are promoting staffers to save the costs and time-consuming nature of searches The chairwoman of KETk governing body and past and present executive directors say Shae decades of experience all at KET made her the ideal choice to head the educational network knows I want all the college degrees in the state that we can said Virginia Fox a former KET executive 'director and also a former state Education Cabinet secretary I truly believe this is a circumstance where proven experience wins the National leaden say it's not unheard of for educational television leaden not to have finished college "I'm certain not all said Skip Hinton president of the National Education Telecommunications Association Hinton declined to name others without speaking with See KET A2 FOR TELETHON MAKES QUICK WORK OF GENEROSITY By Valario Honeycutt Spears vtioneycuttherakt'ieadercom University of Kentucky men's basketball coach John Calipari and his undefeated team raised more than Si mil- Hon in about five hours Sunday afternoon at a Hoops for telethon been saying for months that the Big Blue Nation is full of Calipari said after Sunday's outpouring of support I can call everyone something else: compassionate and generous It was beyond my wildest Calipari emceed the show on WKYT-TV while players manned the phones The coach said he has been telling the young men whose team is 18-0 to be humble when things are going good Calipari pulled together the telethon in less than two days reaching out to several leaders and agencies for help Red Cross officials said Sunday they knew of no other coach or athletic team hosting a telethon response to this tragedy will make a said Terry Burkhart CEO of the Bluegrass Chapter of the American Red Cross Fans other coaches celebrities and business figures called in to pledge $525000 A group called Cal's Pals for Haiti led by Lexington businessman Royce Pulliam and including Calipari will provide an additional $500000 An eBay auction will continue through Tuesday so an official total come until later By Sunday night the bid Biy photo itprirtsjtSHtoriqpMi PHOTOS BY MATT SOMS UK Coach John Calipari did an impression of John Wall during Sunday's for Haiti telethon at WKYT-TV studios How you can help: Lig of ways you can pitch in Pago A2 Anger glows: Strained ability to respond raises tensions among huddled homeless in Port-au-Prince Pig A7 Ramon Harris wrote down donation details while talking with a caller during the telethon Harris was among UK players and staff who helped during the fund-raising drive Former UK coach Tubby Smith and sports commentator Dick Vitale each called and donated $1000 during on-air interviews University of Texas basketball coach Rick Barnes and Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis also called They talked to Calipari on the air and made donations Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim pledged $5000 Former UK player Nazr Mohammed gave $10000 to bring the total from pledges to more than $500000 Alliance Coal CEO Joe Craft a driving force behind UKs state-of-the-art practice facility donated $100000 Calipari and his wife El-See TELETHON A2 for dinner for six at Calipari'e Richmond Road home with UK liber fan Ashley Judd stood at $11600 The leading bid for two-on-two hoops with former UK players Scott Padgett and Tony Delk was $1825 The phone lines were jammed all afternoon and Calipari called on many famous friends Gov Stev Beshear appeared on the telethon bringing $1000 from the personal donations of his office staff Another push to raise dropout age to 18 wins Globe for best picture BESHEAR BACKS CHANGE WANTS IT PHASED IN 2010 General Assembly Vv! 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