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LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER I KENTUCKYCOM CITY I REGION WEDNESDAY APRIL 15 2009 D3 Two aides indicted at Madison Manor The aides involved in the Thomas incident no longer work at the facility and administrators aay they have corrected problems at the nursing home Thomas was cared for by relatives at home until she died from complications from disease in November Officials with Attorney General Jack office said the investigation at Madison Manor fa ongoing Sallee will he arraigned May 15 Lamb will be arraigned on April 27 in Madison District Court AROUND KENTUCKY JESSAMINE COUNTY School bus turns over A Jessamine County school bus over turned onto its side TUesday afternoon but its two passengers were unhurt Superintendent Lu Young said The accident happened at 4:15 pm as the driver of bus No 26 approached a turn on Watts Mill Road near Sulphur Weil Road south of Nicho-lasville As the bus driver allowed a car to pass the front wheel of the bus went off the road The bus driver Winter Seibert overcorrected and the bus hit a rock wall 1 and overturned according to a school district release TVro elementary school girls were checked at the scene and released to their mother Seibert suffered an ipjury to her left knee but was released at the scene Seibert is a fairly new bus driver but school administrators said she has had no' other incidents since bring hired FORMER NURSING-HOME WORKERS CHARGED WITH ABUSE NEGLECT By Beth Musgrave charged by a Madison County videotape shows nine nursing as- bmusgrawOhefald-leadKcom grand jury with wanton abuse sistants at Madison Manor physi-FRANKFORT Two Madi- and neglect of an adult a felony cally abusing Thomas and foiling son County women were indicted Lamb was charged with reckless to feed and clean her on charges of abuse and neglect abuse and neglect of an adult a The indictments come on the in connection with an ongoing misdemeanor heels of a guilty plea in the same state criminal investigation of' The charges stem from conduct investigation Jaclyn Dawn Van-abuse at Madison Manor nursing caught on a hidden video camera Winkle a former aide home placed in the room of Armeda pleaded guilty last week to abuse Attorney General Jack Conway Thomas 84 in August charges She was sentenced to 12 announced TUesday that Amanda relatives placed tire video in her months in jail but will not serve Sallee of Richmond and Val- room after they became con- any jail time Instead VanWinkle erie Lamb of Berea two former cemed about treatment will be on probation for two years aides at Madison Manor at the longterm care facility and has agreed to testify in other were indicted April 9 Sallee was According to state records the cases involving criminal conduct KET WKYT Money earmarked for Web predator protection go digital Thursday PUBLIC BROADCAST STATION DELAYED SWITCH AFTER ICE STORM HIT STATE LEXINGTON Fund-raiser for quake victims A fund-raiser to help the victims of die earthquakes in the region of Abruzzo Italy will be 4 to 8 pjn Thursday at The Tin Root 303 South limestone The event sponsored by the Cultural Italian American Oipnization will include live music and speakers said Andrew Branchini with OAO New blood-donation center The Kentucky Hood Center will announce Wednesday a new blood-donor center to open in Lexington The center equipment will be paid for with $238000 from the federal government KBC now has donor centers at its headquarters 3120 Beaumont Centre Circle and in Pikeville and Somerset "We have been in existence for 41 years and this will be the first time we have had more than one donor center operating in Lexington at one KBC spokesman Em Tinker said The center criteria more than half of its donations dun ing mobile blood drives Tinker said KBC serves about 70 Kentucky hospitals and clinics in more than 60 counties No-confidence vote at BCTC Af4 pm Friday the faculty council of die Bhiegrass Community and Tbchni-cal College in Lexington will vote on a resolution of no confidence hi the state Community and Technical College system's president and board of regents The faculty 31 members represent 256 full-time faculty The BCTC facility vote follows a no-confidence resolution approved this month by the faculty of Southeast Community and Tbchrical College The college systemb regents voted in March to end the tenure track for instructors hired after July 1 The chairman of die board said die step gives the system more flexibility in its long-term planning and hiring But a growing number among the 5000 instructora across the 67 KCTCS campuses have expressed concern that top-tevd job candidates will bypass Kentucky's community and technical colleges for systems that have tenure DON CORES MCCUTCHYTRIBUNE By Scott Sloan isloanGhefald-leadercom The switch to digital television continues this week with PBS member network KET and CBS affiliate WKYT-27 converting: KET will turn off its analog signals at 12:01 am local time on Thursday (KET operates in the Eastern and Central time zones) WKYT-27 will convert at 1 pm Thursday Read more on conversion in Herald-Leader KET will offer several ways for viewers unable to see programming to request help said spokesman Urn Bischoff They can call a help line at 1-866-291-8189 e-mail dtvhelpketorg or visit wwwket orgdtv The federal government also has a guide to everything from converter boxes to coupons at wwwdtv2009gov KET has been operating its telephone help line for more than a year and has served more than 7000 viewers Bischoff said KET and other stations were set to convert Feb 17 but Congress concerned about the preparedness agreed to allow stations to switch as late as June 12 Only ABC affiliate WTVQ-36 and Hazard CBS affiliate WYMT-57 have switched in Central and Eastern Kentucky and did so Feb 17 KET planned to change then too but held off because of the ice storm that crippled Western Kentucky "The last thing you want is for people without power to have it turned back on and then all of a sudden KET's not Bischoff said But it costa so much to run the analog transmitters $15000 a month Bischoff said that KET cant afford to delay longer in these lean budget times where counting every penny we've got to be diligent with he said Digital TV Here is when Lexington-area stations turn off their analog transmitters WLEX-18 (NBC): June 12 WKYT-27 (CBS): 1 pm Thursday WTVQ-36 (ABC): Switched Feb 17 WKLE-46 (KEVPBS): 12:01 am Thursday WDKY-56 (For): June 12 WUPX-67 (ION): June 12 CHANDLER ANNOUNCES $300000 PROGRAM FOR SCHOOLS mation about Internet safety and cyber bullying The $300000 for the program was included in the $410 billion omnibus spending bill signed into law by President Barack Obama in March The measure had an estimated $77 billion in earmarks which critics see as wasteful spending for pet projects Chandler alluded to the criticism on Tbesday Earmark is a bad word you Chandler said in this particular case and I think in the way I try to handle it we get money for very very good projects And this is a very very good project Any project that is going to protect our young people in my view can be easily defined as a good LOUISVILLE Trial in death delayed The civil trial of a lawsuit against a high school football coach and his assistants over the heat-related death of a player has been delayed On TUesday Jefferson Circuit Judge Mitch Perry rescheduled the trial from Jan 10 2010 to Feb 15 2010 because of a scheduling conflict Max Gilpin 15 collapsed at Pleasure Ridge Park High School's football practice last August and died three days later parents sued the coaching staff accusing them of negligence STAFF WIRE REPORTS By Grag Kochar 1 gtocherltara Id -ieadeixom NICHOLASVILLE Middle schoolers and high schoolers will learn how to protect themselves from Internet predators when a new interactive computer program starts next foil paid for with a $300000 earmark secured by US Rep Ben Chandler The Jessamine County school district will launch the program and administer money that will spread the program to the more than 80 middle schools and high schools in 6th congressional district in Central Kentucky Chandler D-Versailles announced the funding Tuesday at East Jessamine Middle School Paul Hamann chief information officer for the Jes- samine schools showed a portion of Missing a Video game developed to teach middle school students about the dangers of chatting online with strangers The game includes a char acter named Zachary Taylor who develops a suspicious online relationship with a stranger known only as Zach later disappears and students watching die game must jot down clues in their attempts to locate him By looking at situation students how easily they could get drawn into Hamann said The program will have an application that parents can download from a school districts Web site onto their home computers Hamann said Jessamine County's student technology program already has classroom components that address cyber predators and there are sessions for parents on the topic too Superintendent Lu Young said Nichriasville police also present students with infor Kentucky For an interactive map of crime reports in Lexington visit the Blsegrass Beat blog LOTTERIES Greg Kocher covers Jessamine County for the Herald-Leader Reach him in the Nicholasville bureau at (859) 885-5775i Reach Scott Sloan at (859) 231-1447 or 1-800-950-6397 Ext 1447 ALCOHOL I Versailles still prohibits sales have to try to do what we can to help our businesses especially in these economic times when we're losing jobs in the Apr! 14: 3 Line Lotto: 10-16-20-27-33-34 April 11: Powerball: 7-28-35-46-49 Power Ptay: 4 Jackpot: $25 mWon 1 winner April 11: Win for Lite: 4-14-15-29-30-37 April 14: Day: Pick 3: 8-64 Pick 4: 0-7-94 Night Pick 3: 0-6-2 Pick 4: 2-64-7 Cash Ball: 2-8-17-33 owo April 14: Night: Pick 3: 5-3-6 Pick 4: 2-6-6-7 Rolling Cash 5: 3-10-13-15-26 TENNESSEE April 14: Night: Cash 3: 0-0-8 Cash 4: 34-3-0 April 13: Pick 5: 8-1341-2444 WESTVRGNA April Daily 3: 3-94 Daily 4: 244-1 Cash 25: 3-9-12-134045 From Page Dl days The license fee would be $300 for a restaurants and wineries seeking to sell wine or distilled spirits on Sunday No fee would be imposed for the Sunday retail package sale of beer The ordinance had been supported by restaurants in Midway which as a fifth-class city could not have Sunday sales without fiscal approval Midway Mayor Tom Bozarth who attended the fiscal court meeting was pleased by the outcome We have to try to do what we can to help our businesses especially in these economic low Sunday sales on New Eve The county allows the package sales of souvenir bottles at Woodford Reserve distillery on Sunday but there can be no consumption of alcohol on Sunday on the distillery premises Tom Bozarth Midway mayor Lexington Frankfort Georgetown Lawrenceburg and Richmond all allow Sunday alcohol sales at restaurants according to the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Sunday package sates are allowed in Lexington Louisville and many communities in Northern Kentucky In late 2006 Woodford Fiscal Court rejected a request to al times when we're losing jobs in the Bozarth said gives them an option to be open on for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Sunday sales of alcohol are still prohibited in the city limits of Versailles In February Versailles City Council rejected an ordinance that would have allowed by-the-drink Sunday sates in restaurants Greg Kocher covers Woodford Countv for the Herald-Leader Reach him 1 in the Nicholasville bureau at (859) 885-5775 I I I.