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nr C2 LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER LEXINGTON KY FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18 1987 Kentucky briefly Opening of regional jail delayed again manager as a means of getting the end of the year consideration was Johnson County Jailer Thurman Tackett's intention to pursue an appeal of a lawsuit he filed to be named permanent jail administrator since the facility is in his county "There was a kit of discussions a week or so ago when I met with the Woodrum said "And there was some hope that as a result of some events that could possibly happen over the next few weeks that the attorneys would feel comfortable not going the whole route through the Court of Appeals "Apparently those issues still have to be resolved but I won't be involved in The Big Sandy Jail Authority voted Aug 25 to hire an interim Harper Wilkinson schedule debates Stall wira report LOUISVILLE Gubernatorial candidates John Harper and Wallace Wilkinson are tentatively scheduled to debate in Owensboro and Kichinond next month The debates under the sponsorship of the league of Women Voters are scheduled Sunday Oct 4 in Owenslxro and Monday Oct 19 in Richmond Each debate is scheduk-d to last an hour Barbara Cambrun of the league said other arrangements including details of the format were pending The debates are likely to be televised she said Fayette hearing set on school budget The Fayette County school board will have a public hearing Monday on its proposal budget for 1987-88 The hearing will begin at 5 pm in Norsworthy Auditorium 701 West Main Street of enrollment for fall highest ever LOUISVILLE Preliminary figures show the University of Louisville has more students than ever this fall a spokeswoman said this week The 21050 students enrolled include 11589 full-time and 9461 part-time students Denise Fitzpatrick said That represents a 16 percent increase over last fall Suspect pleads guilty in attack on coach MADISONVILLE A Madisonville man has pleaded guilty to second-degree assault for an attack on South Hopkins High School basketball Coach Charles Hayslip on Feb 21 Lorinds Travis Stone entered the plea Wednesday Stone told police he was hired by a man whose son was on the basketball team to beat up Hayslip Hayslip was beaten with a club after he and his team returned from an out-of-town game Stone was indicted March 24 His trial was originally scheduled for Sept 4 When Stone who was free on bail foiled to appear for trial a warrant was issued Stone turned himself in last week He is being held in the Hopkins County Detention Center on unrelated drug charges UMW sets talk on compensation issue PIKEVILLE The United Mine Workers has scheduled a public meeting this weekend to discuss concerns that plans to revamp the state workers' compensation program could lead to cuts in black-lung benefits Kerry Gillespie treasurer of UMW Local 2264 said union and non-union mine workers as well as other interested people were welcome to attend the meeting at 3 pm Sunday at Millard High School Sea Kelsey Friend D-Pikeville and Reps Herbert Deskins Jr D-Pikeville Clayton Little D-Virgie and Greg Stumbo D-Prestonsburg plan to speak Gillespie said Many miners are unaware that future black-lung benefits could wind up on the chopping block as part of a plan to overhaul the compensation program Gillespie said The most recent bailout plan fix the Special Fund which pays fen occupational diseases not attributable to any one employer deals oily with the amount and method of assessments on businesses The program faces a predicted obligation of $17 billion during the next few decades 2 life terms urged in kidnap-murdercase LOUISVILLE A Jefferson Circuit Court jury yesterday recommended two life prison terms for convicted murderer John Anthony Harris The jury recommended that Harris 23 of Bullitt County receive life without possibility of parole for 25 years for kidnapping Sabra Ann Diamond 22 and life for her murder Harris was found guilty Wednesday of wanton murder and kidnapping fin the April 1986 death of Ms Diamond a sales desk from Louisville Both Harris and Ms Diamond worked in the same store in the Jefferson Mall The prosecution had contended Harris killed Ms Diamond because she refused to date him Harris had testified that the shooting was accidental The commonwealth had sought the death penalty on the murder conviction Harris had already received five years for tampering with evidence and a year in prison and a $500 fine for abuse of a corpse in the same case facility open while the dispute was resolved over who should become the permanent jail administrator Paintsville accountant Arnold Wells initially was selected to become the temporary manager but he declined the offer early this month Woodrum who served as a consultant for the architects of the jail then began talks with judge-executives from Johnson Magoffin Lawrence and Martin counties The four county officials serving as an executive committee of the jail authority are scheduled to meet today Martin County Judge-Executive John Callaham said he did not view Woodrum's withdrawal as a serious setback and thought the facility still could open by the is a living working viable body of laws that took courageous delegates a bloody civil war and 26 amendments to give us what we Americans expect mid demand as a free Other celebrations took place across the state including one at the Kentucky State Penitentiary at Eddyville The bells were rung fix 200 seconds and 500 red white and blue balloons were released at 3 pm CDT The University of Kentucky also held a signing ceremony in the lobby of the Lexington Community College The signed copy will be sealed in a time capsule to be buried in the foundation of the new Moloney Building on the community college campus Herald-Lea derDavid Perry signed copy of Constitution at community college balloons festivities Constitution in state Aiuciatad Prmw PAINTS VI LLE A correctional specialist from Georgetown said yesterday that he had abandoned his bid to become temporary manager of a new $26 million regional jail empty since construction was completed about rix months ago The surprise announcement from James Woodrum once again put efforts to open the 110-bcd jail back at the starting line after months of political and legal wrangling among officials of four counties that jointly own the complex Woodrum declined to give specific reasons for backing down from an offer he made three weeks ago to become the temporary manager However he said a primary Mill Creek Elementary pupils Speeches celebrate From Page Cl Celebrators had 200 seconds of bell ringing a proclamation of "United States Constitution by the governor and the release of red white and blue helium-filled balloons by Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts on the Capitol lawn A colorful commemorative quilt sewn by sixth graders from Heath view Elementary School in Paducah also was displayed It is to be shipped to die Museum in Washington DC The finale was a mass signing of a copy of the Constitution penned by calligrapher Tom Ballard Jr of Louisville who said it was intended to be something even supposed to help them prepare far life outside prison Tackett and other residents of northern Laurel County protested when Bowling first opened his halfway house in December 1984 at the old Laurel Lodge Motel about seven miles north of London Opponents of the facility mounted a strong challenge that included backing a candidate against Bowling in the 1965 primary election for the post Bowling closed the halfway house a month before the election which he won However he kept the contract for a halfway house and reopened the facility in December 1985 of the liberal arts at UK could be threatened by the emphasis some universities have started to place on high technology want to be part of an institution that sees its role in the state as some sort of a technological big top" he said "That seems secondary to me The major role of any university is to pass on the intellectual and cultural tradition Of course you only need a limited amount of equipment for that "In the past been done successfully with pencils and brains" Berry is putting this philosophy of teaching to work in his two classes this semester English 570 Readings in Agriculture is a class created by Berry The course which has gn enrollment of 26 students finises on However Callaham said he thought the Btate Corrections Cabinet should provide assistance to whomever this autluxity selected to manage the jail 1 "I think that we can go forward and get it on its feet with the help of Corrections" Callaham raid "I know the Corrections Department is short-handed but they can come out (to local jails) and write you up so they ought to be able to get me started right" Johnson County Planner Bob Marsh said he thought that resuming the search for a temporary jail administrator would be a top priority at today's meeting Jury urges death 4 penalty for murder From Page Cl After court defense attorney Kevin Charters said the missing witnesses would form the basis for a motion for a new trial Charters said he had been asked not to divulge what the witnesses would say although he suggested it had to do with sexuality father Norman Clark of Piqua Ohio said he was I by the severity of the? penalty meted out to his son "It seems totally ridiculous in? light of the case that was present-? said the elder Clark who! attended all of the trial ex-! parted because of the nature of the? crime he would have to accept? some responsibility for the happening but we just simply! were not prepared for During his closing arguments- yesterday and in an interview after! the hearing Larson said the death? penalty would deter armed robbers? from killing their victims "If by the imposition of the death penalty we can cause an armed robber to say Tm just going to take the money instead of the life then it may be a Larson said in the inter- view Besides recommending the death penalty the jury said Clark should receive 20 years on an armed robbery conviction and years each on five other charges! most of which dealt with the use of credit cards Yesterday marked the second time in six months that Larson has successfully argued for the death penalty On March 20 a jury sen- fenced LaFonda Fay Foster to death for murdering five people campaign Kentucky broaden the base of the Republican Party by reaching out to blacks Hispanics and young people Kemp said it was too early to be concerned with whether lack of name recognition could harm his campaign Heleringer gave Kemp a certificate naming him a Kentucky Colonel He said he wanted to see it hanging in the Oval Office Kemp delivered a $1000 check to Harper from a political action committee Campaign for Prosperity farm life Wendell Berry When he writes a sentence as well built as a Shaker bara" class schedule had to be arranged carefully so he would still have time to form Kieman said The tall lanky Berry 53 grows all his own food In keeping with the idea of the simple life expressed in his works he still uses an old- I- fashioned plow and a team ofi' horses to till his land Although his wife Tanya takes care of the cooking Berry likes to can and freeze vegetables and fruits "We grow most of what we live on" Berry said "We have some milk cows and some sheep But that mean we're afraid to run to the store if we want some oranges or Jailer to close Laurel halfway house mn ri flui Riiraan vf mmmiiniHr I iirlnre af fka to the Bureau of community Living at the facility is Two to lead for Kemp in programs in Eastern Kentucky said the halfway house would dose around Oct 1 It may be replaced with a work-release program based at the county jail she said would be absolutely elated to know that Big John (Bowling) is going to close the halfway house and operate a work-release program from the said London businessman Ernie Tackett who lives near the halfway house Residents of the halfway house are prisoners convicted of federal crimes who are near the ends of their prison terms They are allowed to work or go to school outside the facility during the day but return at night By Bill Estep South-central Kentucky bureau LONDON The operator of a halfway house for federal prisoners a plans to close the Laurel County facility Laurel County Jailer John Bowling said yesterday that he notified the U5 Bureau of Prisons two months ago that he would not i renew the contract for his privately run halfway house which is in a converted motel 10 miles north of Londoa Bowling said he wanted to close the facility at the end of his three-year contract so he could devote more time to running the county jail Karen Byerly the manager of LOUISVILLE US Rep Jack Kemp named state Rep Bob Heleringer of Louisville and Tom Emberton of Edmonton yesterday to lead presidential campaign in Kentucky Kemp R-NY was joined at a news conference in Louisville by Republican gubernatorial nominee John Harper and campaign cochairmen Heleringer and Emberton a 1971 candidate for governor The nine-term congressman said campaign offered voters a chance carry on the Reagan cause and to children could sign seem to get a kick out of Ballard said The document is destined fix: the state archives Superintendent of Public Instruction Alice McDonald who was appointed to oversee Kentucky's official observances of the bicentennial said lot of people worked to make this a moving and meaningful Kentucky Chief Justice Robert Stephens in his speech pointed out the freedom Americans eqjoy including freedom of religion of the press press and of assembly the right to vote and legal due process "This Constitution is not a dusty piece of paper locked in die national archives building in Stephens said Bob Heleringer gave Kemp a Kentucky Colonel certificate agricultural literature "The general question is the issue of how you use Berry said "This has concerned many writers in the cultural tradition" There is no syllabus for the students only a flexible reading list including such names as Jefferson Shakespeare and Sir Albert Howard Berry gave each of his students a copy of Unsettling of America but said it was not a course requirement The students are responsible for a lengthy final report on some issue of agriculture and several short papers But the students have found that the most important requirement of die class is participation didn't make up a syllabus because he wants die class fo be made up of as much our ks as his his to Author Wendell Berry combines university and homa approached him first "There was kind of an emptiness a hole where Wendell used to Hemenway said Kevin Kieman who took over as English department chairman after Hemenway left fix' Oklahoma in 1986 pursued Berry and finally persuaded him to return "I was curious to see if I could still teach anybody Berry said 'Tve always wanted to teach and write I hope it works out" Colleagues and students in UK's English department hope so too "It was a triumph getting him back to the said Guy Davenport a UK professor of 23 years "He is one of the most distinguished writers in Berry who has foil professor status said he feels the ell-being graduate student Roland Mullins raid Mullins said the class time is spent mostly in discussing Tradings and final project ideas English 509 Composition for Teachers Berry's other class is for students interested in a teaching career "I'm interested in teaching the people that are going to teach composition to learn how to write he said "Passing on the arts of reading and writing seem to me to be a job of major importance An obligation of major Davenport said there many people as qualified as Berry to pass on the art of writing "He's one of the finest prose writers 1 know" Davenport said "If a student would uld ask me to I wcJd say name a good writer From Page Cl During his 10-year absence from UK Berry blended his interests in fanning and writing concentrating on the problems of agriculture and the misuse of form land was raised I guess with an interest in farming and an interest in forming he said "I have had a concern for the small formers who have a livelihood a place on die land ever since 1 was a boy" Members of the English department wanted him back though and began trying to recruit him in 1985 Former English department chairman Robert Hemenway now dean of the school of arts and sckles at the Univerfty of Okla I.