A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 606-783-2030 COMMUNID" ■ LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER. LEXINGTON, Ky_. ■ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1996 region 2, for a term ending in Jan­ Gooo FoR You uary I 999. Eaglin will attend the biPW:¥61 I NCAA Presidents Commission meeting on Sunday in Dallas. ROWAN Eaglin was a member of the commission in 1990-92 while Morehead State University chancellor of the Universitv of President Ronald G. Eaglin has South Carolina"s Coastal Carolina been appointed to the Presidents College. Eaglin is immediate past Commission of the National Colle­ president of the Valley Con­ giate' Athletic Association. ference and a former vice chair­ Eaglin will serve as the repre- _ man of the Big South Athletic· sentative for Division I-AA. Conference.

LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER. LEXINGTON. KY. ■ WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 3, 1996 Patton tells colleges budgets

Higher education advocates have been lobbying for won't rise by much the !ariser-than-normal increases because they say Ken­ . . tucky 1s losmg ground to other states in key areas like BY ANGIE MUHS faculty salaries and technology. HERAUrlEADER EDUCATION WRITER They also have pointed to the budget cuts that col­ Gov. Paul Patton has told higher education that, leges had been forced to make in previous years. like the rest of state government, its budget probably Patton had refused during the gubernatorial cam­ won't go up much next year. paign to commit to any specific budget increase. In­ The state's universities and community colleges stead, he pledged to never cut the purchasing power of had made a budget request that would have amounted any segment of education, which effectively meant to a 7.2 percent increase for 1996-97 .. they would get an increase at least equal to the rate of But Patton indicated during a meeting yesterday inflation. that the chances of that happening are very poor, said Since taking office, he has warned that the state's Gary Cox, executive director of the Council on Higher budget picture might not be as good as previously Education. thought. "He's talking about a continuation budget for all of Cox said he and the governor also discussed the government, and presumably that includes us," Cox role of the council, a statewide board that oversees said. "He said that's what all of state government was higher education, during their 45-minute meeting. facing." "The main positive to me is that he's anxious to Patton will meet this afternoon with the presidents talk about higher education," Cox said. "He has an of the state's universities, according to his schedule. open mind." The Daily Independent, Ashland, , Thursday, December ta, 1995 Mabel Barber, former MSU teacher, dies at 83 MOREHEAD - A former students abroad on 10 trips. teacher who was named Ken­ Morgan County High School tucky's Mother of the Year in dedicated scholarships to her 1988 died Tuesday in St. Claire in 1946, 1947 and 1948, and Medical Center. Delta Zeta Alumnae of MSU Mabel Williams Barber, 83, gave scholarships . in her taught in one-room schools name. and on the campus of More­ Additional survivors include head State University. She was a son, Dr. George C. Barber; a the wife of Woodrow W. Bar­ daughter, Janie Kissling of ber. Marietta, Ga.; a brother, Ollie She was born July 12, 1912, Curtis Williams of Can­ at Blaine, a daughter of the nonsburg; a sister, Ruth Wil­ late Curtis and Monda Whitt liams Lester of St. Augustine, Williams. She taught in one­ Fla.; seven grandchildren; and room schools in Lawrence and one great-grandchild. Morgan counties, at Univer­ sity Breckinridge School and The funeral will be con­ was a psychology teacher and ducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at counselor at MSU for 15 years Morehead First Christian before retiring in 1975. Church by the Rev. Harold She was active in civic orga­ Tackett. Burial will be in For­ nizations and received many est Lawn Memorial Gardens at honors. Her nomination for Morehead. Mother of the Year came from The body is at Northcutt & the Morehead Woman's Club, Son Home for Funerals where of which she was a member. friends may call after 5 p.m. · She was a member of the Friday. Morehead Christian Church, In lieu of flowers, contribu­ of the West Liberty Rose Gar­ tions may be made to More­ .den Club and was counselor head First Christian Church, for the Kentucky Foreign East Main Street, Morehead, Study League, accompanying Ky. 40351. wa~ dnuaiiy unchanged. but t'I • L£.<1NGTON HER.A.LD·LEADER, LEXINGTON. KY. ■ THURSDAY. DECEMBER 28, 1995 rollment at the Universitv oi Ke, than go to college if jobs are avail­ tucky"s professional schools i1 able. he said. creased by 9 percent. Among other highlights of the ■ Almost all of the communit Ky. college report: colleges saw enrollment decrease ■ Fifteen of Kentucky·s 22 in­ ranging from 1.3 percent to 10. dependent colleges saw increases in percent. their enrollment. Hopkinsville Community Coi Lee Nimocks. a spokeswoman lege's enrollment jumped by IOi enrollment for the Association of Independent pe:·~·,nt. while Lexington Communi Kentucky Colleges and Cniversities. ty College enrollment grew by 4.: said she wasn"t surprised that most percent. of the independent colleges saw ■ The proportion of non-trad' their enrollment go up. tional students, defined as those 2 '"There have been a lot of cre­ or older, stayed about the samE stabilizes ative recruiting techniques,"' she They now make up 27.1 percent a said. ''There·s been a huge effort." enrollment at public universitie Fewer attend public schools; ■ The number of students in and 47.1 percent of community co: professional programs - law. med­ lege students. icine and dentistry - increased 3.7 independent numbers rise ■ The two most popular major percent statewide. that students have declared ar · Enrollment declined at Northern health professions and related sci BY ANGIE MUHS ences (12.4 percent) and busines HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION WRITER Kentucky University's law school. At the , en­ management and administrativ The number of people attending college is decreas­ services (9.9 percent). in,: slightly or holding fairly steady, both in Kentucky rollment in professional programs and across the rest of the country, according to new enrollment reports . C

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~ "0z Lees to '=· :,: m ~ > "r system r.n 0 r m JACKSON (AP) - Officials > r.n 0 i\f orehead State gave tiny Lees College a future 1-1• m by signing it into history. ·" ce, ~ has smoothed The ailing 112-year-old ~ i5 Breathitt County college will ~ 0 become a member of the Uni­ ?' the way for transfer versity of Kentucky com­ - :,; Simply put. enough iB enough! In · munity college system at the "■ ,·iew. the Herald-Leader has been m end of the academic year in ,! unfair in its generalizing, in news co\un ~ C June 1996. Officials from UK ~ ,,," and editorials. about the problems enco; and the Jackson-based junior ~ 0 tered by community college stude ~ transferring to four-year institutions. college signed an agreement 0 Wednesday. mn On behalf of Morehead State l.inive1 "It is sort of a bittersweet ms: g a, ty, I want your readers to know that t situation." said Lees President m institution has gone to great lengths Charles Derrickson. a Jackson " facilitate the transfer of students ir< !"'-" native and former Lees stu­ a ,.... Ashland. Hazard. Mavsville. Prestonsbt dent. "This is a way to pre­

BY LEON STAFFORD erosity. Gatewood got back on her The death was devastating and HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER feet and enrolled at Trov State sent her into a state of depression. ..-\ man with whom she was ICH!v!OND - There was a University. She left Dothan a few involved suggested she might time in Ruth Gatewood's years later. returned to Kentucky beneiit from a change of ,·enue. life when she bathed at ser­ and began classes at Eastern Ken­ R tucky Llniversity. She graduated His iamilv lived in Dothan and \"ice stations and went to sleep in had been excited about the idea of the back seat of a car. She was liv­ in 1993 with a bachelors degree in her relocating there. They offered ing in Dothan, Ala .. and working elementarv education. She is to_ help her get settled and on her two part-time jobs. neither of working toward a master's degree feet. which paid enough to provide her in education counseling. Gatewood, who works in The problem. she found out with decent shelter. later. was that the family, which is But her discomfort was noth­ EKU's placement office helping white. did · not know she was ing compared with that of her son, students set career paths. recently · black. They smiled at her. but it it Carlos. Although she took great won the Kentucky College "Place­ ment Association's $1,000 scholar­ was clear she was not wanted. pains to make him feel their situa­ "It was real strange," she said. tion was better than it seemed - ship for her achievements. The "I think they were in shock. I keeping him in school and reas­ award confirms for Gatewood could hear their whispers. which suring her love for him - she what she could achieve if she put used words that I won "t repeat. could not ignore his hunger when her mind to it. "'Once I saw that I could be but you can imagine." they went to bed. With no place to go and very She knew · things had to successful, that was the greatest little monev. she and her son change. feeling in the world,"' Gatewood ended up living in her car in a She asked for help and moved said. "\Vhat drives me is knowing trailer park for about three weeks. into a Salvation Armv shelter. that I have the motivation to She was 25. Carlos was 5. Then a group of people helped her grow."' . "You know. I wouldn't change get an apartment, paying the first This hasn't always been the case for Gatewood. For years her a thing because it helped me to month's rent and utilities. grow and to appreciate what I "It takes a whole lot of pride to intellectual skills went untapped have." she said. walk into some place like that, because of low self-esteem. She Not that she didn't before. She especiaHy working two jobs," tried college, attending Eastern, grew up poor. received welfare Gatewood, 36, a native of Win­ Southern Christian College and and had many low-wage jobs that chester, said of the Salvation the University of Kentucky, but kept her around the poverry line. Army. "Of course I thought it was dropped out of each. She was, she But she had never been homeless the worst thing that could happen admits, not ready. to me, but it was the best." In 1985, her grandmother, to or hungry. "I wondered how could I live Through the community's gen- whom she was very close, died. like that," she said. Carlos. now 15, is a member of the academic team at George LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER. LEXINGTON. KY. ■ TUESDAY. DECEMBER 26. 1995 Rogers Clark High School in Win­ chester, his mother says proudly. He struggled when they came O~er a vision, Governor back to Kentucky, but now excels at whatever he puts his mind to. f Gov. Patil Patton is serious divorced from statewide perform­ Before going to work at EKU's about reforming Kentucky's ance. placement office, Gatewood . higher education system, he worked at the Early Childhood I Just as KERA had to be driven Development Center in Winches­ needs to act quickly. He has al­ from the top down, reform in high­ ter and for multicultural student ready made an offer to higher edu­ er education also will have to be. services at EKU. While getting cation institutions. her degree she lived in govern­ But Patton doesn't have a-Supreme ment housing and fought to keep "I challenge you to articulate a Court ruling to force establish­ new vision, propose a new method, her spirit up when the communi­ ment's hands. He must find other ty's problems saddened her. show me a system more devoted to sources of leverage. Fortunately for "Every time I would look out i1111ovation than it is_ to turf, more him, one is readily available if he is and see the poverty, I would say concerned about the big picture to myself. 'You got to keep fight­ willing - and he sounds like he is ing,"' she said. "The future is so than it is about its own place in the - to use it. picture," he said in his inaugural hard to see when you are living address. "Do that, and I'll work In a matter of weeks, the for today." schools will ask the General As­ She persevered. With the kind­ wi~h you to find the money to do ness of professors and the com­ the job." · sembly for a 7 percent funding · munity, which included the Clark But that offer - while correct increase. Patton will have no better County Fire Department. the in its criticisms of the current sys­ lever to get cooperation on reform · migrant program and others, she during the next two years. But to got on herfeet and her degree. tem - places the responsibility for Her goal is to help those who solving the problems in the wrong use that lever he must articuiate a vision. He must make a concrete want to follow in her path. She place - the institutions them­ would like someday to adopt a selves. One of the problems of the proposal and tie his support for a family, donate anonymously or current system is that it has •Bal• funding increase to acceptance of inspire someone looking for direc­ kanized higher education policy by his vision. tion. allowing most policy to be set at Handing the money or the ini­ She would be good at it, she said, because she can empathize. the. institutional level. tiative over to the individual "Poor people are intimidated It is somewhat akin to the situa- schools would be a surrender of . r • • by people in suits," she said . tl~~ m pnmary .and secondary edu- leadership authority. We urge Pat­ "They need people who are down ~1on before the Kentucky Educa­ ton to act and not let this unique !O earth. I think I would be good ti<)n Reform Act, when each school moment slip by. m hllJ?lln resources because of my distJ"!ct operated as an independent - (Owensboro) expenences. Messenger-Inquirer "When it comes from the heart ~ isolated organization largely you're going to know what to do.• -_:;.,\INlilU!'o ntHALU LL-\l,'C.11:. LC.All~\.I IVJ~, f\T. a ~Ul~U/o\f, Ut.l..C.IVlCCM ~ .... ,J..,;;:;;,_, Educators from both the Ken­ tucky Tech system and the commu­ Increasingly popular nity colleges agree on what employ­ ers ~ looking for. . The ideal employee, they say, will have specific job skills - but technical education that person also will be flexible with a broad education that wili make .it easy to learn new skills as called valuable option technology changes. That ideal employee also should Bv ANGIE MuHs "Technical education deserves a be able to work in a team. do ad­ HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION WmfER higher priority than what it's got," yanced math and communicate Kris Caldwell shocked a lot of said Schilffarth. an administrator at ideas well both ,·erballv and in people when he told them what he GE Aircraft Engines in . writing, both systems say: intended to do after high school. "I don't know about Lexington. but But, n~t surprisingly, they dif­ Caldwell. an A student who up in Northern Kentucky, we have fer on which system has the best took advanced placement courses manufacturers who just can't find way to produce people with those designed to let him bypass college people who are trained to work." qualities. classes, didn't go to college. Community college president Ben Carr, the chancellor of the Instead. he enrolled this fall at say they're also seeing more people community college system. thinks a Kentucky Tech - Central Campus interested in the technical programs broad general education is the best in Lexington, where he plans to that end with a two-year degree. way to get the critical-thinking earn diplomas in electronics techni­ At Lexington Community Col­ skills that employers want. cian and electronics communication lege, for instance, enrollment in . "Learning how to learn is a big programs. technical programs went up 19 per­ thing that people have to do " he Many of his classmates couldn't cent this year, said LCC President said. ''.It's one _of the challenge~ we believe it. And Caldwell, 19, knows Janice Friedel. It only went up 9 have m technical education, keep­ why. percent in pre-baccalaureate pro­ mg enough liberal arts in there so "The connotation most of them grams. that people can earn a living but get is that anyone there is going be­ At Prestonsburg Community have a life." cause they got kicked out of college College, the most popular programs Huston, of the Kentucky Tech or they weren't smart enough to go are nursing, computer science and system, counters by pointing to the to college," said Caldwell, who dental hygiene, said Deborah Floyd, cour~es that integrate principles of graduated in June from Tates Creek the college's president. physics or math into specific sub­ High School. "That's not true at When the college got a dental Jects. Kentucky Tech students also all" hygiene program, 76 people applied take classes in business English Caldwell is part of what educa­ for the 14 slots in the first class. and. must show they have good tion experts say is a growing recog­ "That tells you something,'' readmg and math skills, he said. nition that the traditional four-year• Floyd said. "Those are jobs, and · "If you look at the textbooks we college degree might not be the best people know it." use; they're written on the 13th and path for everyone. But Friedel said she thinks the 14th grade level," Huston said. "Our Some national studies have esti­ colleges still have to convince some curriculum gets these skills in mated that as many as eight of 10 counselors and parents that the job there." jobs by the year 2000 won't require market is shifting. But while the educators debate a .bachelor's degree. "For so many jobs of the future, the merits of different kinds of edu­ "We have a crying need in Ken­ you'll need something more than cations, students· in both systems tucky for these people with techni­ high school education and less than have similar ambitions. cal backgrounds," said Bill Huston, a four-year degree," Friedel said. "I'm tired of grunge work and I former secretary of the state Work­ "There still needs to be awareness want something better,'' said Dar­ force Development Cabinet, which of that." lene Herrick, 36, a Madisonville oversees Kentucky Tech. Community College student major­ But as Caldwell found, some Best methods debated ing in bi,siness technology. "I'm people still see "technical pro­ But even as more people talk here to get the skills I need." grams" as things that other people abut the importance of technical ed­ Caldwell, the Kentucky Tech· pursue. ucation, there's still some disagree­ student, said he doesn't feel like "Technical education has never ment about what that ought to he's missing out on education. If been as valued in this country as it mean. anything, he said, he feels like he's has in European countries,'' Huston getting more. said. "Over there, the choice of "People just don't really under­ whether to go the technical route or stand their options. These jobs may· the college route is equally accept• pay_ by the hour, but they're often ed." paymg really well." Paducah Community College President Len O'Hara agrees. "Most parents don't say, 'I want l)IY son or daughter to be a refriger­ ator repairman,"' he said. "But it's a w~nderful profession." Higher priority deserved Lately, more people are begin­ ning to take up for technical educa­ tion at both the vocational system and the community college levels. A statewide group of business and industry leaders organized what they call the "Vision 21" effort to lobby for more money and recog­ nition for Kentucky Tech. The effort also is trying to per­ suade people of the "importance, practicality and dignity" of techni­ cal careers, said its coordinator Ron Schilffarth. ' Schilffarth, who lives in Coving­ ton, said the state can't afford to look down on technical careers es- · pecially when many students don't go on to college. !teaching out to community paying off for colleges BY ANGIE MUHS "I think we've got a track residents. Sometimes, especially in rural get any credit for it," said Hender­ dent of Jefferson Community Col­ HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION WRITER record·of being very responsive to ■ Southeast Community Col­ areas, the coUege might just hook son's Lake. "It's a great injustice lege, acknowledged that trying to IIENDERSON -- Patrick Lnke community needs," Lake said. "I've lege maintains an Appalachian Cen­ up other groups, even if it doesn't that needs to be corrected." ' offer community service often h;is about 45,000 reasons lo be seen a steady movement to all three ter, which displays colorful quilts, get involved, says Hazard Commu­ The Council on Higher Educa­ stretched faculty members' efforts. plc·ased with Ilenclerson Communi- 1nissi<111s." handmade dulcimers and other folk nity College President Ed Hughes. tion might look at .that issue wheri, "When you look at the impact 1 v College's new fine arts center. art, in addition to serving as an "You don't go out as the savior, it reviews the formula used to cal­ · That's the total attendance for Continuing education archives. as the missionary," Hughes said. culate how much money colleges community colleges have on the ,Ill the events during the center's How colleges define their com­ "It's part and parcel of who we "You go out looking for people to get, said Gary Cox, the council's ex­ community, it's amazing," said Hor­ first year, and it's a good demon­ munily service varies from town to are as a people," said the college's link hands with." ecutive dire~tor. vath, who retired in June. "But we ~l rat ion of how community col­ town and region to region. president Bruce Ayers, who grew Some states, though, are consid­ do it at the expense of people. We l,.•1:es' influence goes beyond the All the colleges offer continuing up in the area and attended South­ 'A great Injustice' ering whether their community col­ do it at the expense of their time." c·•llll"SPS they teach and degree pro­ education courses that don't count east himself. One common complaint in the leges should scale back community ' But community college officials ~rams they offer, said Lake, the cc\l­ for college credit in subjects rang­ ■ At Madisonville Community community college system is ·that service to focus more on .transfer­ say they want to keep reaching out l,·,!P0s president. ing from dancing to computers. College, the- college's Fine Arts Cen­ the service mission is part of their ring and graduating students, said as long as they can break even be­ Community colleges have two Most also sponsor cultural ter started "Arts with Pride," a pro­ requirements, but their funding for­ Arthur Cohen, the director of the cause their programs help people, :tCadrmic missions: Preparing stu­ events for the surrounding commu­ jects that worked with a local ele­ mula doesn't address those ,activi­ Center for the Study of Community even if they don't lead to degrees. dents to transfer to four-year col­ nities. mentary school to use art to help ties. Colleges. leg"s and offering technical associ­ Some examples: children learn. The colleges charge people for "When you have fewer stu­ Tula Davis, a retiree who takes ;11 t' degree programs. ■ Prestonsburg Community Community· college presidents their non-!=I'edit offerings, qut say dents wandering around taking the classes at Hopkinsville Community. But the state also gives them College started a walking track and say they also see their institutions they still lose money ori some activ­ odd class, your transfer ancl job College, agrees. ;11111ther job - community service a wellness center, with workout as a kind of clearinghouse, a place ities. preparation rates go up, " said Co­ "It gives me a purpose to get up - and that arena is where they equipment and aerobics courses, to that groups can tum to for infonna- ''They'.re interested in what we hen, in the morning," said Davis, 67. "I ,~d1·111·r alnu,~t unanin10us praise. promote health and exercise to local tion, if not help, · do to support KERA, but we don't Ronald Horvath, a fonner presi- just love coming here." ~6- 6· . ~ .\I HERAL[).LEADER. LE.\INGTON. KY. ■ iUESOAY. DECEMBER 26. 1995 One part of that is specialized training, where companies par a community college Ky. community to offer classes for their workers, either on campus or at the business. Three of the community colleges Hazard. Elizabethtown and Madisonville - colleges gaining also have Business and Industry Technical Assistance Centers, which offer counseling to people wanting to start small businesses business sense or expand existing ones. The community college system wants BY ANGIE MUHS to put such centers at the other 11 commu­ HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION WRITER nity colleges, and its 1996-98 budget re­ LOUISVILLE - When Richard Green became an quest included more than $1 million to do executive at Honeywell Inc., the corporation's strategy that. for training workers was simple. It set up its own col­ Each of the colleges also hired a busi­ lege, with a campus, faculty and staff. ness and industry liaison to work with lo­ But Honeywell, like many other Fortune 500 com­ cal companies. panies, doesn't do that anymore. Tha_t's why Green: the Community colleges are logical places new president of Jefferson Commumty College, thmks for companies to turn, said Maysville Com­ colleges like his are going to see more and more com- munity College President James Shires. panies :,vanting them to tt:ain their workers._ _ "We're more important to the industry "Contracting for services 1s prevalent m busmess and economic development of Kentucky today," said Green, who came to JCC in July. "There's than the four-year institutions, and I in­ going to be even more demand." clude UK and the University of Louisville Kentucky's community colleges, which are run by in that," Shires said. "We're there. When an the Universitv of Kentucky, have three industry visits town, we're one of the first state-ordered missions: preparing students places they bring them." to transfer to four-year colleges, offering Hopkinsville Community College hired two-year technical degrees and providing 12 employees to work with business and in­ continuing education and commumty ser- dustry in the last five years, said its presi­ viCe. dent, Jim Kerley. But the college gets That third part - continuing education enough money for its training programs to and community service - is a broad cate­ pay all their salaries, he said. gory that can include everything from cul­ That's led to efforts like classes offered tural events for schoolchildren to wheel­ 24 hours a day at Bremner, a plant in chair aerobics for senior citizens. Princeton in Western Kentucky. HCC also . But increasingly, the focus of the third created an eight-week class that ran mission is turning toward offering courses through November and December for sol­ and training for workers at local businesses diers from nearby Fort Campbell. and industries. "I think we're too status quo in higher Few people dispute that community col­ education, but community colleges are try­ leges should serve their local to~s and in­ ing to be responsive and flexible," Kerley dustries. But some have quest10ned how said. "If that means starting a class- in No­ much overlap there is with the state's Ken­ vember, that's what we'll do." tucky Tech system, which also counts P:O· viding training for busmesses among Its 'Not there yet' mission. But the Kentucky Tech system, which . Interest in the area is high because of is under the state's Workforce Development its: potential importance. Done right, sup­ Cabinet, is scrambling to do-many of the porters say, it could help Kentucky attract same things. more companies and economic develop­ This year, for instance,- about 43,000 ment. workers have been served in training pro­ "Making community colleges and tech­ grams for business, said Herb Parker, a nical schools the brokers between business Workforce Development . Cabinet and industrv and what they need for tech­ spckesman. nical training should be a major priority," That creates a situation of confusion for said George Autry, president of MDC Inc., some businesses, because they might want a non-profit corporation that studies eco­ to get training for their workers but not nomic development issues. know where to go, said Autry, of MDC. "In mv opinion, it should be on the pri­ ority level of attracting a new auto plant," That problem is probably more pro­ nounced for small businesses - which Autry said. might need that training even more. Specialized training "Ford Motor Co. in Louisville knows ex­ Continuing education and community actly what's available," Autry said. "But service are the missions that most often put out in rural Kentucky, the smaller manufac­ community colleges into personal contact turers who are trying to compete with man­ with Kentuckians. ufacturers in Mexico, it's a lot harder for Community colleges reported that them to know what's available." 46,412 people took a continuing education Some community colleges and Ken­ class and 316,819 people participated in tucky T_ech schools have tried to work to­ some kind of community service activity. gether when they deal with local business­ (That count, though, might not reflect es. But so far, those efforts also appear un­ the number of people who were served. For even from town to town. instance, if someone attended five events, Carr acknowledged that the two sys­ he or she would have been counted five tems need to work together more when times.) they try to help their local business com­ "When I go talk to a group, I ask how munities. many people have taken a credit course, "Our ideal is that they ought to be able and I usually get a handful," said Hazard to call Kentucky Tech or us. and still get all Community College President Ed Hughes. the services they need with one call," Carr "When I ask about one of our non-credit said. "We're not there yet but we're work­ programs, I get a lot more hands." ing on it." But since the mid-1980s, more and more attention has been spent on offering train­ ing for local companies. said Ben Carr, the system's chancellor. l:UJIUUI:-. ll. Paducah Commu­ Ju.11u11umty coueges, •\Y· ·1ecn system overlapping nity College President Len O'Hara isn't sur­ , Still, more people arc starting to pre- The community colleges and higher Avoiding the 'm-word' diet a merger. education in general vehemently oppose prised that the issue of Some say merger IS answer Kentucky's vocational-technical whether to merge re­ "I think we should do it sooner that idea, saying it would only muddy schools began in 1938 with two techni­ BY ANGIE MUHS rather than later," said Lexington busi- the already confused situation even mains unsettled, de­ HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION WRITER cal colleges. Most of its expansion came spite study after nessman William Sturgill, chairman of a more. during the late 1960s and mid-1970s, as entucky has created two rival systems to pro­ study. task force studying the community col- ■ Students face an array of road- the federal government provided more vide post-secondary technical education, but "I think there leges. "I'd say it should be done in the blocks if they want to transfer credits money. both say they need to expand even more to needs to be a blend­ I\ next three or four years." from Kentucky Tech to a community The community colleges, meanwhile, O'Hara meet a growing demand for high-skilled workers. college or university. ing. -I'm going to avoid Trouble is, the two main players in the technical Overlapplng missions In at least one case, they get more got started in 196-1. At first, they were the m-word because it's so volatile," education debate - the community colleges and the The talk of merger is nothing new, credit if they leave the state. institutions that emphasized a liberal O'Hara said. "Because we have histori­ Kentucky Tech srstem - report to different arms of but several emerging issues are giving Students who completed a licensed arts curriculum. But they began adding cally been apart, and because we have more technical and career programs. state government and no one has authority to coordi­ it added urgency. practical nursing program at Paducah's historically operated in an environment Employers' demands for skilled nali, their offerings. For one thing, there's the sheer West Kentucky Tech and went to a where vocational education was looked workers with critical thinking skills ~!any people - including some who run the scope of the two primary players. Kentucky community college would get down on, there's an element of fear out have also led to the overlap, Autry said. schools -- are starting to wonder whether th~ situa­ The post-secondary Kentucky Tech only eight hours credit, said Bill Hus­ there." "It sort of muddies the line of the tion isn't a recipe for overlap, confusion and waste schools this year had nearly 15,000 stu­ ton, former secretary of the Workforce Lear is more blunt. "What this tight earlier craft age, where you could distin­ that a poor state like Kentucky can't afford. dents and got just more than $41 mil­ Development Cabinet, which oversees is about is wlu>'s going to control it," he guish between the two kinds of educa­ "It makes no sense to me to have the state funding lion in state funding. ·said. "It's not ;,bout education." Kentucky Tech. tion rather easily," he said. "Now it's not Lwo systems," said Bill Lear, a former state legislator The community colleges, which this If they crossed the bridge to Metrop­ as easv.'' and chairman of the Lexington Chamber of Com­ year got $76 million from the state, olis, Illinois, Shawnee State Community 'Some turf guarding' The state has repeatedly studied the merce. "I personally think it's an inefficient system.'' have about 43,000 students. Of those, College gave them 32 hours of credit. In recent years, most agree, the two system's structure. Although many of the schools offer similar cours­ about half are pursuing technical de­ "We're screwing the student," Hus­ systems have begun to work together es, students often find iL hard to trans• grees. ton said. "We're making them pay more Lear, for instance, was part of a leg­ more effectively. But efforts so far have fer between them or eren figure out The two systems also both have . and stay longer for something they islative committee that reviewed who been sporadic, uneven and isolated. which system offers the best long-term missions of providing training to busi­ could get in two years." was providing technical education and Two of the most advanced examples training for their chosen careers. ness and industry. ■ Others simply question whether work force training. of cooperation are on different ends of Even when the systems try to work Those facts have been provoking in­ Kentucky could be spending its money The committee, which worked with the state. together to overcome what critics call creasing scrutiny recently. inore efficiently. both of the systems, came up with a · In Paducah, the community college turf wars, they run into many obst,1cles ■ A report by the Legislative Re­ "The question is, why does a poor proposal that required the institutions and West Kentucky 1'ech will offer in because of the structure. search Committee this summer found state have two systems?," said George to create a plan that outlined who January a pilot "I+ I" degree program. That structure is likely to come un­ that the community colleges, which are Autry, president of MDC Inc., a non­ would do what. It also linked funding to That proi,~·am will allow students in der scrutiny once again in the coming ,un by the University of Kentucky, a!'d profit corporation that studies economic coordination. five Kentucky Tech programs to spend. General Assembly session, which be­ vocational systems had "an overlapping development and work force issues. But the proposal died in the 1994 one year at the technical school and gins in January. of missions, roles and programming." Kentucky isn't alone in asking those legislative session. then get an a;;sociate of applied science A task force that spent six months The report found that the communi­ questions, said Aims McGuinness, a se­ "The community college system and in technical studies degree after only looking into higher education recom­ ty colleges and Kentucky Tech offered nior associate with the National Center work force development stared in the one year at the community college. mended that legislators study a possible programs in 10 identical areas. for Higher Education Management Sys­ But getting that started took about merger. A proposed final report actually face of reality and decided they weren't But there was actually more overlap tems. three years, 0·1 Iara said. recommended a merger, but at its final in favor of it after all," Lear said. between Kentucky Tech and the state's "The future of a state's work force The community college's accrediting meeting the task force hastily scaled Earlier this month, the Task Force six regional universities; they offered is really tied up in the kinds of things agency, the Southern Association of Col­ that idea back. on Higher Education also looked at the programs in 18 identical areas. that community colleges and technical leges and Schools, questioned whether it It wasn't the first time that a task issue - and also backed away. It decid­ ■ Kentucky Tech, which also has 54 institutions do," he said. "That's leading should accept credit from the technical force tried to come up with a solution to ed to recommend to the General Assem­ high school-level schools, said it will a lot of states to look at whether they're school, O'Hara said. the duplication in technical education. bly that it just study the issue more. seek permission to offer a technical de- using their resources well." Accreditation is important to col­ only to have legislators lo do nothing . gree - a step above a diploma. Kentucky Tech and community col­ leges because ii allows them to get fed­ a strong indication of just how politi­ Kentucky Tech contends the degree lege administrntors disagree on any eral aid and nwans that their programs cally sensitive the issm• is. status simply recognizes the complexity merger. Kentucky Tech opposes it; UK are recogniz('d by other institutions. of its courses and would help its gradu­ and the community colleges say they ates get jobs. r,t,.ofl.t ➔ ··•- -~-••~••._. ._.._.,..,.,HUIII l..\llllllllllt:l" ers, ~oul11east want," said [\-lc(itiire. "They're vastly difft•rent cultun:s." who favors a merger. Community Col­ "But to me, that's a po­ LEXINGTON HERALD LEA L lege's president. say a merger litical question." "We think what Educational issues MidillesiioroEMBER 24. 1995 we've done here also are involved, said could well be­ A.D. Albright, retired come a model." is on horizon The campus' { (!,o 11¾1 Council on Higher Ed­ nu.J.) McGuire director, Odell 1'111•11. th,· two schools also J,:11I 111 ucation executive di- rector and rorrner Wilson, gets half g'.'I th•: UK Board of Trustees a11d tlw merger brings of his salary Morehead State University president. l.'11u11cil on llighcr Education lo ;ipprrn·1• from Southeast 11w idea on a pilot basis. Albright is concerned about whether' UK could run the system and still focus and half from Tht' other major effort startC!cl in Au­ Kentucky Tech. J!I isl in Hell County, wht>rl! Soul I wast on impnwing its graduate pnlgrnms and research. headaches The two systems C111111111111ity College and Kentucky Tedi . "If the University of Kentucky is go­ ' . .share an admis- have joi11t progra111s srons officer, a business officer and a financial aid staff and a shared campus. mg to develop further, it's going to take among others. ' "\Vhat we're doing a concentration of all of its ,·itality to do 1it." Albright said. and rewards Faculty offi~es also are mixed, and in the joint here is rl'allv the 1101111 bookstore, trucking logs sat a stone's throw from soci- Others, including Kentucky Tech's in other stail's," said BY ANGIE MUHS ology textbooks. . Bruce /\ yers. the pres­ I lt1ston, have Serious reservations. Huston fears Kentucky Tech's pro­ HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION WRITER . "We don't wear different labels around here," said ident of Southeast grams would get short shrift in any MIDDLESBORO - What's in a name? ~V1lson, a former dean at the community college. "You Community College. Plenty, when a community college and a Kentucky Just throw everybody together by the jobs they do." "I'm not surl' whv we merged system -· especially with a uni­ \'l'rsit v in control. Tech school try to find a way to share a campus. haven't been 111111:e co- Years In the making "i°know that in hard times, the first When the two schools were planning the details of Ayers operative befon•. their joint campus, which opened in August, the name . Ayers said the community college first started Then•'s probably hl'en pr,,grnms rm the chopping block would be the less glamorous technical pro­ became an unexpected stumbling block. thmk111g ab_out :,vars to work with Kentucky Tech ~ollll' turf guarding." grams," he said. "It's happened in other State law prohibited the community college from "".he11 11 rl'ahzed rt didn't have money to offer the tech­ meal programs that seemed to be in demand. Time for merger now? states." doing anything except starting a branch campus; Ken­ tucky Tech's rules didn't allow it to start branch cam­ The two ad'!1in_istr~ti_ons began talking, and in l'rnponents of a merger this time Some industry leaders agree. ''.In theory, merger's a good concept, puses. 1988, s~arted their ~rrst 10ml program in computer re­ around include many community ro\: "They couldn't understand why we couldn't call it pairs. 1 he commumty college offered the general edu­ It .t~c · presidents. but 1f it's run by the University of Ken­ tucky, it's doomed to failure," said Ron Southeast Technical College, and we couldn't under­ cat1?n clas~es and Kentucky Tech provided the techni­ "A merger needs to happen vPry stand why they wouldn't just call it a branch campus," cal mstructron. cl<-speratcl1·. I wouldn't hm·e said it IO $chilffarth, statewide coordinator of Vi­ sion 21, a business group that supports recalled Ben Carr. the community colleges' chancellor. 'We're all In this together' y,·;1rs ago: hut I think it now," said '.'We finally understood each other, but we had to l~1mald llorvath, the former pn~sidt"nt of Kentucky Tech. "The higher education end tends to control it, and the technical bang our heads on the wall for a while." ~rom there, the two systems worked out deals in _I, Herson Community College. The end result? respr_ratory care and radiography. They. also set up a Ben Carr. the community college education gets shoved out." Chancellor Carr says that wouldn't The campus was officially dubbed "The Bell Coun­ nursmg program that let students take one year at :--y:--tem·s chancellor, thinks a ml'rg:f.'r ty Campus of Southeast Community College and South­ each school. rinild work. be the case. "Their programs would be a east Regional Tech Center." Having those relationships in place made it easier "II would be a ·major task, hnt I Most people, though, just call it Southeast Tech. to tak~ the next step and establish a joint campus, Ay­ 1lli11k i1 could he clom•," lw s.iid. strength for us," he said. "But we have ers said. not dorw a good job in shmvi11g vora- Some are pointing to the Bell County campus as an But UK wants to nm the system, t ional schools we'd be a good partner, example of how "When y9u sil a~ross the table every month and and it might be hard to get legislators that we're not interested in gobbling the Kentucky ta!~, you _beg111 to butld up some trust and realize that to agrl'e to that, said John McGuire, thl'm up." Tech system and we re all m tins together," Ayers said. prcsicle11t or Owensboro c.,nmmnily Others also aren't sure whether the community col­ Even so, the details of setting up shop together t_:,,llrge. merger would work. leges could work were clauntmg. The _two systems had different sched­ .,•i'Jw issue may be whether that ere~ "I don't think you could take the toge! her across ules,: different operatmg h_ours, different policies. Hh·:-- rt size· or p11\•T1· or Iwo systems as they exist today and the state. A lo! ~f everr,day thmgs really caused us a great put them together. It's ton simplistic," "It's as close deal of d1ffrculty, Ayers said. "We had a lot of l's to to a merger as cross and i's to dot that we hadn't even thought of." --""""''"" , 11..nnL.V-LCJ-\UC:r;, 1..c:AU'llllUN, l'\Y, Cil ~UNDAY, UECEMBER L4, 1;:;195 LCC atmosphere surprises student Man finds direction, challenge at college · BY ANGIE MUHS HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION WRITER At first, Jeff Hogan didn't know whether he liked the idea of starting back to college at a community college. But two semesters there, he says, have been enough to change his mind. "I want to get my degree and this is the most efficient way I can do it," said Hogan, 25, a stu­ dent at Lexington Commu­ "I'm a nity College. person who Hogan, who graduated thrives off from Bryan Station High this. i like School in 1988, went to the challenges." University of Louisville im­ mediately on a scholarship Jl!l'P HOGAN to study computer science. But in 1990, he left Hogan studied for a psychology final earlier this month during his U ofL, partly for financial reasons and partly lunch break at the Toyota plant in Georgetown. He works the because he wasn't quite sure about the future, he said. night shift and often studies more after he gets home. • "I. wanted to see what ';;Ork w~s l,\J

LEXINGTON HERALOLEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. ■ TUESDAY. DECEMBER 26, 1995 -A fast start for Patton ••.. ike a governor who has only a Th~ ink wasn't dry on certifica­ tenn of four months - not tion of the Nov. 7 election before t the guarantee of four years the governor-elect began piecing and the likely probability, for the together what has turned out to be fir$t time in history, of eight years an impressive cabinet - one note­ -:Paul Patton has hit the ground worthy for its diversity of gender, running. race and political persuasion and :Patton is implementing his gov­ praiseworthy for its scarcity of cro­ ernmental game plan with all the nyism. enthusiasm of a fired-up athletic The new governor is tackling team that has a lot of time to the ticklish task of talking the prepare for an opponent. And, in state's public colleges and universi­ the-early going, the game plan ties into stopping their internal looks solid. feuding and start working toward '.'.In truth, the fonner Pike County the mutual bettennent of higher ju~ge-executive has had plenty of education. ' time to prepare to be governor - In short, Paul Patton is leaving four years as lieutenant governor, little doubt that he is a man on a not to mention several previous mission. Of course, unless he con­ years of unabashedly coveting the trols legislators better than his office. Enhancing his eagerness, predecessor, he might be embark­ perhaps, is relief at getting the ing on Mission Impossible. opportunity in the face of a guber­ So far, however, Governor Pat­ natorial race that had been all but ton has placed both hands finnly conceded to his opponent. on the wheels of state government At any rate, Patton hardly took and seems to be steering it at time for celebration, much less for deliberate speed in the. right direc­ vacation or reflection, following his tion. narrow, upset victory over Republi­ - (Hopkinsville) aw Larry Forgy. Kentucky New Era Joubl~ v1s1on Eliminate training redundancy to begin reform 'T he traditional measure of States are producing about 25 per- success in high school is •cent more doctorates in science and you have good sports engineering than the teams and you have a high economy can afford." percentage of kids going to col­ What the United States lacks are lege," explains Jack Thomas, direc­ people skilled at technical trades - tor of the Kentucky Advanced designers, molders, health care Technology Center in Bowling technicians. Tool and die makers C;reen. · · are as scarce as diamonds. Kentucky has fared well in the The economy is demanding lirst tes\ of high schools, producing more skilled workers. In 1991, 45 world-beating athletes from Wes percent of the jobs nationally re­ I Jnseld at Seneca ·to at quired skilled labor, according to Leslie County. As of 1991, however, the Department of Labor. By turn only 14.8 percent of all adult Ken­ of the century, that number will in­ ---Harlan tuckians had attended four or more crease to 65 percent. years of college, a tally that ranked ~-Mlddlesboro In Kentucky, meanwhile, only the state 46th in the nation. The two major players in training workers are the state's four percent of the state's students Kentucky has good reason to community colleges and vocational-technical schools. Yet there enroll in technical training immedi­ worry about the sorry support the is much redun.dancy bet.ween the two systems. In addition to ately after high school. "(W)e see the 14 community colleges under the University of Kentucky's Community Colleg~.s state has given, and continues to umbrella, the regional universities have their own set of 4. that Kentucky may well face the give. to higher education. During commu11ity colleges. Several dozen technical or vocational Post-second~ry •· · · · ' situtation of too few workers with schools are also scattered around the state (numbers inside • sqhools the upcoming legislative session, the circles indicate locations with more than one vo-tech facility). the minimal set of skills to qualify lh,. state's universities will ask fur for high-skill jobs/ three University an 8.4 percent increase in their bud­ universities. Simply, there are more working population nationally, the He•ALoLEAo<• of Kentucky economists wrote in gets. They need that amount and college graduates than the economy div_idends paid to a university edu- 1993, "and at the same time have 111ore. can absorb and not enough skilled, cation are beginning to diminish. far too many workers for the avail­ But just as Kentucky is turning technical workers. Already 20 percent of college able low skill occupations." its attention to the virtues of a col­ Having an abundance of college graduates are at work in jobs re- · Yes, the legislature should at­ lege education, legislators should graduates hasn't been a cause for quiring skills below those obtained tend to what is happening in the realize the world has changed. concern. In this country, a ticket to ~ith a university degree, a propor­ state's universities. But it should There is a mismatclr in the kinds of a good job and a·good salary has tion that has doubled in the last 10 not ignore the technical education jobs being created in the economy long been a degree from a four-year years. The demand for Ph.D.-level and training demanded by most and the kinds of graduates leaving college. It still is. But as the num­ scien tis ts and engineers is no Kentuckians and an ever-larger por­ ber of baccalaureate graduates has greater. A recent survey concluded tion of the Kentucky economy. reached just under 25 percent of the that "universities in the United ••• \.,. 1)0 .,..lo/e 'I, ;:, "'"' Huston has come distribution." accordi~ ,, ; • . (_c.c-J 'J..) proved that vocation­ repon by the Corporation for Enter­ al schools can prise Development If you seek easy directions to change to meet the Kentucky has never chosen to be Kentuckv's svstem of community immediate demands rich. colleges and ~•ocational schools, the of industry. When The state now is schizophrenic answer might be the old farmer's the Siemens Co. in when it comes to its economic future. lament: You can't get there from The Workforce Development Cabinet Franklin needed builds the ultra-modern Advanced here. math and physics Technology Center iii Bowling Green. There are 14 community col­ classes for its em­ Yet the Economic Development Cabinet leges lodged within the University ployees. the compa­ offered tax incentives wonh tens of of Kenrucky. The regional universi­ nv contracted with millions of dollars.to a low-wage, low­ skill chicken-processing plant that ties also have their own set of com­ the vocational sys­ munity colleges. These schools wanted to open in nearby Franklin. tem in Bowling A state can't both give away future teach courses in sociology-, history Green, not the com­ taxes for poorly paid jobs and have and an array of trades. munity college at enough money left to build a high-skill, The Workforce Development Western Kentucky high-wage future. That's clear, even Cabinet was formed in 1990 to con­ University. Huston now. Jack Thomas, director of the Bowling Green center, says his 1995 . solidate a number of vocational rightly fears that if budget for buying new training equip­ programs. It runs 24 technical vocational schools ment is $18,000. a dribble compared schools. are thoughtlessly with the flood of new computer pro­ There are 54 vocational schools combined with com- grams and machines found in the mod­ in secondary school districts. They munity colleges, the schools could ern workplace - a speck compared are run by the state, but are owned with the massive tax breaks Kentucky revert to their earlier status as the continues to grant low-wage industries. by the local school boards. "little bastard children that had Kentucky will be a rich state when The Cabinet for Economic De­ never been paid any attention." it pays the same attention to its own velopment operates the Bluegrass In Europe, vocational training citzens that it lavishes on out-of-state State Skills Corporation, which and higher education are growing businesses. It will be prosperous when gives grants to individual business­ closer together. Businesses there it places its trust in the skills of its es to pay for worker training. people and when it sees its future more see the worlds of theory and prac­ in what Kentuckians can build rather Those are the major players. tice growing more intertwined. Cut­ than what the state can give away. The Legislative Research Commis­ ting-edge industries don't want sim­ sion, however, counts a dozen other ply well-trained workers; they want agencies or boards with responsibil­ employees who can think, solye ity for worker training. problems, create solutions. Scot­ To say that the system is redun­ land, for instance, has recently dant is, well, redundant. Nobody placed both its vocational schools believes Kentucky can afford sever- · and community colleges under one al systems of non-university educa­ agency. In Kentucky, the two are tion; at best, it can afford one. arbitrarily and needlessly separat­ The one, under most schemes, ed. would be a combination of the com­ munity colleges and the vocational Combining••• vocational education schools. "There is a consensus in and the community colleges - and this community," says Jack Will, a forcing both to be responsive to the vice president of the Louisville needs of the local economy - is a Area Chamber of Commerce, "that start on reform. A joint, indepen­ this is not the best utilization of dent system would give the two a dollars, unless the technical system strong advocate in state govern­ and the community college system ment. A combined system would are combined." smooth the transition of students It is a suggestion that makes a from high school to work. great deal of sense. The community The legislature shouldn't think colleges are the stepchildren of the pencil marks on an organizational UK system. They are underfunded chart are sufficient to rework this and they lack an advocate before system. Community colleges need the legislature or the Council on direction. Border disputes between Higher Education. colleges and universities over stu­ They also lack a clear mission. dents and programs need to be_ Are community colleges the entry stopped. The admirable work Hus­ to a baccalaureate degree or should ton has done in tying vocational they serve the development needs schools to the needs of the regions of their communities? Now they are they serve should be expanded to tugged between these goals. the entire system. · The Workforce Development What Kentucky needs to do Cabinet suffers from being the new first, however, is to make a choice. kid on the block. Although voca­ The old ways of development tional schools have shown remark­ have been folly. For the past three able innovation and improvement generations, Kentucky has market­ under former Secretary Bill Huston, ed itself as a source of cheap, un­ they are cut off from skilled labor for out-of-state corpo­ the resources avail­ rations. It has recruited out-of-state able at community businesses for five decades. The re­ colleges. sult is an economy having "too many low-paying jobs, slow wage growth, high poverty, and poor in-

Jo..n, i+ I. I '1 'I~ '-1 I Ae:lc,l-~ -JIJ./-lw MSU ARCHIVES MSU Clip Sheet A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 606-783-2030 lEXINGTON HERALOLEADER. LEXINGTON. KY. ■ THURSDAY. JANUARY-4, 1996 of federal budget uncertainty on its suggested funding than other the state. universities. "I think the governor is taking But university presidents still a rational approach," Funderburk remained upbeat after the 90- Patton -sees said. minute meeting with the governor. "The governor has a long-term Higher education has come un­ view," said Morehead State Univer­ der increasing attention in the last sity President Ronald Eaglin. month: since Patton focused on it 3% increase "Everybody felt very positive that during his inaugural address. At in the long term, it's going to work that point, Patton said he wanted out." to support the universities. But he also said the universities have to UK President Charles T. become more responsive, more in­ for colleges Wethington Jr. acknowledged that novative and more efficient some of UK's requests for the com­ munity college system, such as a Patton said he asked the presi­ boost in facultv salaries and new dents for their ideas about the role Schools sought 7.2% l:ludget technology, appeared to be out of of the Council on Higher Educa­ reach at least for a year. tion, which has come under fire boost; presidents still upbeat "Community colleges are going· from some legislators who charge to be in the same situation the rest that it has not been active enough. BY ANGIE MUHS of higher education is," Wething­ But no specifics were discussed, he HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION WRITER ton said. "They are not going to be said. FRANKFORT - Higher education will get only a able to, in the short term, have "I was neither committed to nor cost-of-living budget increase that will work out to their needs addressed." about 3 percent, Gov. Paul Patton told the presidents committed against any changes in of the eight state universities yesterday. Hanly Funderburk, president of governance/' Patton· said. "I'm Patton said yesterday that he plans to seek a con­ Eastern Kentucky University, said open to the subject" . tinuation budget for the next year for all of state gov­ Patton also told the presidents that_ Patton also said he would like ernment. But he also said he would call for a special he was concerned a bout the effect to meet again with the presidents. session in January 1997 to reconsider the state's bud­ "I see a willingness to work togeth· gets for the 1997-98 year. er to try to flesh out some of these Patton said he wants to try to funnel a good chunk discussions." he said. of any new state money toward higher education in THE COURIER-JOURNAL the coming years - but only if the universities find Higher education has long had new and better ways to cooperate and be efficient. THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1996 a testy relationship with many past As an example, Patton said he wants to see the governors. But several of the presi­ state's universities work together from the outset to U of L to fill dents said they were happy with coordinate their classes and degree programs through the overall tone of yesterday's interactive television and videotapes, instead of each neurology chair meeting. school pursuing its own efforts. The University of Louisville is searching for an internationally "There was a feeling of opti­ "lf we come to something new and innovative, known neurologist to fill an en­ that's the kind of thing we would like to look at" for mism about his continuing strong dowed chair in fhe School of Medi­ commitment to higher education," increased funding, Patton said. cine. The 3 percent budget increase Patton is suggesting U of L officials say the new posi­ Wethington said. is less than half of the 7.2 percent increase that the tion was created under a $1.4 mil­ universities wanted for the coming year, which would lion commitment by philanthro­ pists Mason C. and Mary Rudd. have worked out to about a $50 million increase for Neurology Chairman William H. higher education. Olson, who is stepping down as Higher education advocates department head, said the endow­ also had been lobbying for that in­ ment "will obviously be an enor­ crease, saying that Kentucky is mous aid" in efforts to recruit a falling behind other states. new chairman by July. Olson said Mason Rudd has pre­ The bulk of that increase, un­ viously helped U of L sponsor con­ der a Council on Higher Education ferences on stroke, a condition funding formula, would have gone typically treated by neurologists. to the University of Kentucky"s Rudd. the founder of Rudd Equip­ community college system because ment Co., has also been a major it receives proportionately less of contributor to Jewish Hospital. THE COURIER-JOUR:,.t1L • THURSDAY. JANUARY 4 1996 University funding will grow little next yea1 llv RICIL<\RD \vlLSON ey. then a major portion of it {in Charles Wethington Jr. said he and next January to re\ise the siaff \Vriter _1997-9S) should be dedicated to other presidents were pleased with spending plan aiter determinin: post-secondory education,'' Patton Patton ·s interest in higher educa­ impact on the state of a new fe FRANKFORT. Ky. - Citing the said after a ~,n-minute private meet­ tion. "There was a feeling of opti­ budget. state's light finances. Gov. Paul Pat­ ing. mism about his continued strong Patton said he also asked ton told state university presidents Most of 1he presidents later said commitment to higher education ... presidents to think about po, yesterday that he would propose they understood Patton ·s message and his commitment to involving the methods for altering the stare C giving their schools only enough and complimented him for his inter­ university presidents in seeking an­ cil on Higher Education. An, added money next year to keep up est and suppon for their schools. swers to how higher education can said he told them he has no pm with inflation. "I think everybody felt very posi­ setve the state even better than it is on the idea of merging the Uni, But he also wld them he might be tive." said Morehead State President now," Wethington said. ty of Kentucky community col able to find more funds the follow­ Ron Eaglin. "In the long term. I While the legislature will approve with vocational schools operatE ing year. "I made the commitment think it's going to work out for us." a budget this year for 1996-98, Pat­ the Workforce Development ' that if we free up a lot of new mon- University of Kentucky President ton said he would ask legislators net.

THE COURIER-JOURNAL • THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1996 U of L's president rings in new year by tying the knot By MICHAEL JENNINGS described as a combination business Staff Writer trip and visit to friends. He and Steil• berg planned to just buy wedding Last spring, when John Shumaker rings there, but his friends persuaded was one of four finalists for the presi­ tliem to get married and made !lie ar• dency of the University of Louisville, rangements for everything from a some trustees worried that the wid­ church, Second Greek Evangelical, to ower wouldn't have a spouse's sup­ flowers. pon at the social functions that are so "It was a magical, fairy-tale experi­ important in wooing donors. ence," Shumaker said. "We watched One professor, W. Landis Jones, fireworks over the Acropolis." described that concern as "archaic." Shumaker said he and Steilberg Now it is a moot point. John Shumaker Lucy Stellberg met Sept. 13 while she was helping On New Year's Day - in Athens, plan U of L's 1998 bicentennial cele­ Greece - Shumaker, 53, who last In the 1960s, yielding to his love of summer became U of L's 16th presi­ bration for Creative Alliance Inc., the Greek language, he dropped out where she then worked. She is now dent, married Louisville marketing of a Presbyterian seminary and en­ executive Lucy Craig Steilberg. rolled in a doctoral program in classi­ witli The Delor Design Group, a mar­ In a memo sharing the news with cal studies at the University of Penn­ keting and design firm. U of L's trustees and overseers, Shu­ sylvania. That launched him on a ca­ It is the first marriage for Steilberg, maker confessed tliat Steilberg is a reer in academia that took him to !lie the second for Shumaker. His first graduate of the University of Ken­ to the presidency of Central Connecti­ wife, Michele Deasy Shumaker, died tucky. cut State University and eventually to of cancer in October 1994. Shumaker "Well nobody's perfect!" he said. Louisville. has two sons, Tim, 14, and Brian, 11. This is not the first time that This week, in Atliens, it happened Steilberg, a 1982 UK graduate, is Greece - or Greek - has figured in again. Shumaker and Steilberg trav­ the daughter of H. Alan and Lucy Shumaker's plans. eled to Greece on Dec. 28 on what he Steilberg of St. Matthews. M3U Clip A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University 3 3 INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40361-1689 606-7S -zo o 1996 LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER. LEXINGTON. KY. ■ FRIDAY. JANUARY 5 • THE COURIER-JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1996 Group seeking Faculty aIT-yeai more community schools seek . g more pay College fundin Bv RICHARD WILSON Staff Writer FRANKFORT. Ky. - Contending BY ANGIE MUHS The alliance also said it wants that their schools have been chron­ HERALl:rLEADER EDUCATION WRITER legislation to add a second commu­ ically underfunded. a group of com­ FRANKFORT - Community nity college faculty member to the munity college faculty members an­ college faculty leaders yesterday UK Board of Trustees. nounced plans yesterday to ask law­ appealed to Gov. Paul Patton to It also will seek legislation that makers for more monev. find more money than just an infla­ would give voting rights to faculty Representatives of ihe Kenruckv Community College Faculty Alliance tion increase for the state's commu­ and student representatives on lo­ said their main concern was to get nity colleges. cal advisory boards that provide salaries raised to the national level for The community colleges also guidance for each community col­ two-year colleges such as those oper­ need a bigger voice within the Uni­ lege. ated by the University of Kentucky, versity of Kentucky, which runs UK President Charles T. They said the 1994-95 average salary them, said members of the Ken­ Wethington Jr. said he would not for Kentucky community college fac­ ulty members was $32.300. compared tucky Community College Faculty support adding another community with the $41.230 national average for Alliance. college faculty facultv at similar schools. · At a news conference yester­ member to the During a news conference. alliance day, the group, a local chapter of UK board. leaders also noted that their average the American Federation of Teach­ B u t salary last year was more than S4.600 ers, outlined its lobbying priorities Wethington said -below the national average for public for this General Assembly. he would en­ school teachers. Patton on Wednesday told the dorse the idea of "We are teaching one-third of the college students in this state tand) we university presidents to expect a g1vmg faculty can only stretch a dollar so far before budget increase of about 3 percent and student rep­ quality suffers in both personnel and for the 1996-97 vear. resentatives a program development. We've been But -that ·won't be nearly .Wethington vote on the local doing .that for years. bur l don't think enough to help address the many advisory boards. we can do it much longer," said-Mark problems at community colleges, "I'm perfectly willing to support Wilborn, _a Jefferson Community Col­ lege protessor who heads the ·alli­ faculty members said. that," he said. "It's good to have ance's legislative committee. "We hope Gov. Patton will re­ representation there from faculty Katy Varner. another JCC professor consider the community college and staff." and alliance leader. acknowledged the funding situation, because the com­ About 350 of the 1,100 commu­ group's efforts were "drastically" un­ munity colleges are in a .crisis situ­ nity college faculty have joined the dercut Wednesday when Gov, Paul ation," said Katy Varner, chair­ union, organizers said. They come Patton said the state's revenue prob­ from all 14 community colleges. lems would probably force him to rec­ woman of the faculty alliance. ommend only a 3 percent increase for "Community colleges cannot wait a At this point, the faculty al­ higher education in the next budget vear." liance isn't planning to push for year. Patton said additional money · The alliance cited statistics legislation to require collective bar­ might be available in 1997-98, showing that Kentucky's average gaining, said Barbara Ashley, "We have for years been under­ community college faculty salary chairwoman of the group's legisla­ funded. extremely. underfunded. The falls $8,920 below the national two­ tive committee. community colle!l!!S simply cannot year college average. That means But it won't rule out the idea wait a year,'' Varner said. She also said alliance leaders were seeking a the colleges have. trouble attracting for future legislative sessions, she meeting with Patton to tryto convince or keeping faculty, members said. said. him to reconsider a funding proposal Members also told of other "We are not going away," she limited to the 3 percent increase for problems, such as lack of technolo­ said. "We intend to get bigger and the two-year schools. gy and crumbling buildings. stronger." Other alliance leaders said funding problems at the schools have been complicated by soaring enrollments over the past decade and the schools' inability to hire adequate faculty or replace many who retired or resigned. The .alliance, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers and the AFL-ClO. announced two other legislative proposals. One would add a second faculty representative to the 20-member UK board of trustees and the other would give voting privileges to faculty and student members of the 14 schopls' local advisory boards. The single community college trust­ ee can no longer adequately represent the schools that ar~..SJ11'l'ad from Ash­ land to Paducah, the group contends. The proposal calls for one community college trustee to.represent schools in the eastern part of the state and the qther ones in Kentucky's western half. UK's Lexington campus has two faculty trustees. C-olleges pressnr.illg seniors ..l..aiO sign early

Months BY JAY MATHEWS Yale this iall moved to a binding send out admissions notices for before THE WASHINGTON POST early-admissions policy, leaving srudents who apply through the senior 'lew universi­ only two Ivy League schools with regular process. prom, ty admissions non-binding systems. Stanford for "A lot of schools are saying the poiicies are put­ the first time offered earlv admis­ odds are better if the kid applies colleges sion. also binding on anyone admit­ early," said Charles Deacon. the are rushing ting pressure on American high ted. dean of admissions at Georgeto\\11 students to ~ school students A binding early-admissions University, which has a non-bind­ commit to oick their col­ program. oiten called "early deci­ ing "early action" system. "The early to lege in the first sioh."" requires any student who srudents are afraid to lose that . their weeks of their senior year. a applies early - with applications advantage." At some schoois. he schools. change that some educators say is usuallv due bv Nov. 1 - to said, students are in danger oi losing some financial aid if they do The rushing what should be a longer, promise to attend that school if more-thoughtful process. admitted. not apply early before uni,·ersity pressure coffers are depleted. can be The new push for early deci­ Some admissions officers and sions is particularly noticeable While Harvard and Brown worse than college counselors say it is forcing among selective schools that are decisions on srudents whose views have resisted the Ivy League trend asking for a aggressively competing to secure of what thev want may change toward binding admissions, some date. the best students. Princeton and radically by ·spring, when schools CLOSE-UP: Colleges rush students to commit early to their schools Ky. colleges

FROM PAGE A3 the highest in the country, about 75 percent of the approximately 2,100 admissions officials say Harvard admitted. Its huge endowment als., weathering : has helped accelerate students' fear permits Harvard to guarantee fi. of being left behind by admitting a nancial aid to all who need it. record 978 early applicants last Hundreds of colleges and uni­ month. If 90 percent of that group shutdowif ~ accepts admission, as has hap­ versities have created early-admis­ pened in the past, Harvard will fill sions programs over the last 20 ~~t fi~~!f~l t~r!~1 ~!!fJ?m~P~ ~ more than half of the class that years to simplify the application down, Kentucky colleges are dodging the budget bu!- process for students certain of graduates in 2000 _with early appli­ ~ - so~ . ·1 cants. Regular applicants will be where they want to go. If their At this poirit, students who get federal fmancta left with what some concerned first-choice school accepts them aid probably won't see delays in their grants or loans. alumni have calculated is less than early, they do not have to waste said administrators at several Kentucky colleges, a 1 in 15 chance of being admitted. time and money applying to other But that doesn't mean there's not some worry Marlyn McGrath Lewis, direc­ schools and escape the fearful wait among the schools' business offices. tor of admissions for Harvard­ for acceptance or rejection letters in "I think I've gotten about a dozen _more gray Radcliffe, said the unprecedented April. hairs," said Jerry Bramwell, a UK vice president whose number of early acceptances Many schools, however, have office oversees federal research contracts. stemmed from the "breathtaking'' found the non-binding system com­ The two main areas in------­ quality of the early applicants. She plicates the already-difficult calcu­ which colleges deal with The situation means said regular applicants of similar lation of how many admitted stu­ the federal government are that colleges might strength also will be admitted in dents will show up in the fall. student financial aid _and have to pay for such the spring. Before it changed admissions poli­ grants for campus proJects things as student fl. An unusual 31 percent increase cies. Princeton was forced to move and faculty research. nancial aid and re- in early applications this fall at 10 prefabricated housing units onto The shutd?wn means search projects Harvard and a 10 percent jump at its campus this year because 60 that colleges might have to th Ives and wait Brown, the other non-binding Ivy more applicants than expected ac­ pay for some of thos_e emse . League school, may be a sign of cepted admission. things themselves and wait for the federal gov rebellion against schools that de­ for the federal government emment to pay them mand commitments from students Selective schools competing for to pay them back. back. applying early. It appears students valedictorians and prize-winning UK, for instance, told------filing early applications with Har­ violinists discovered that some ap­ researchers who get federal · vard and Brown wanted more time plicants won admission early to a grants to try to delay any major exl?enses f?r a few to make up their minds and knew prestigious school and then collect­ weeks if they could without hurtmg their work. they would have to commit them­ ed admission letters from its com­ Bramwell said. . selves if they applied to the other petitors to impress friends and Georgetown College will have to wait for reim­ Ivy ·League schools. family. Such trophy hunting, as bursement on a project to upgrade the camp~s co~­ High-school seniors "are still admissions officials called it, would puting network, said Frank Mason, the colleges busi­ trying to decide where they want to be discouraged, they thought, if ness manager and controller. be and who they are, and we think schools made early admission bind­ "It's a cash-flow matter," Mason said. "At the mo- their minds change throughout the ing. ment for us, it's not significant." . . . . year/' Lewis said. Jack Blanton, vice chancello: of admm1~trat1on at Other admissions experts say the University of Kentucky, said UK got its federal Harvard is under less pressure money for students' Pell Grants. . _ than other schools to seek early But it came as a surprise because officials ~ad commitments because its "yield" been told they might not receive that money, he said. - the percentage of students who "We don't know why it happened, but there's a accept its offers of admission - is computer that sent us money," Blanton said. "We think we're OK right now." . . Other colleges' financial_ aid offic~~ said their schools generally extended fee- and tmt10n-payment deadlines if they had federal aid that w1i:s deiared. "Most of what's happening now 1s behmd the scenes, things:that the students really wo~•t ~e affect­ ed by," said Elaine Larson, Centre Colleges director of student financial planning. · Still some direct aid has been held up. Matt Moore. a Lexington teacher who 1~ purs_uing a master'~ degree at Georgetown, learned his National Guard tu1t10n re­ imbursement had been delayed. But Moore, 28, said he isn't too worried because Georgetown officials are aware of the prob!,em. . . " "It's not going to affect me very badly, he said. I ARY 5, 1996 LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON. KY. ■ FRIDAY, JANU Engineering program likely, supporter says The Frankfort Bureau that began when UK and PCC pro­ posed a joint program without Mur- FRANKFORT. Kv. - A leader in ray's participation. . the effort to begin engineering educa­ Denton said Patton was aware of tiun in Paducah said yesterday he the council's recommendation and thinks a program will be under way Paducah leaders' desire to begin engi­ there within 18 months. neering courses as soon as possible. "I am confident that the program But he said Patton also explained the will proceed under the concept" rec­ state's budget problems and the ne­ ommended by the state Council on cessity for him to propose spending Higher Education, said David Denton. only enough money next year to cov­ one of several supporters of the engi­ er inflationary increases in higher neering program. after a meeting with education. Gov. Paul Patton. After a meeting with state universi­ Late last year the council recom­ ty presidents earlier this week. Patton mended guidelines for the, program said most new higher-education pro­ that included cooperative offerings by grams probablv could not be funded Murray State University, the Universi­ until 1997-98. · ty of Kentucky and its Paducah Com­ Denton also said state approval is munity College. The guidelines also not necessary to construct a building called for Murray to expand other of­ on the PCC campus for the engineer­ ferings in Paducah. ing program. Area residents have The council's recommendation re­ pledged more than $8 million for the solved a lingering political squabble building.

THE COURIER-JOURNAL • FRIDAY. JANUARY 5, 1996 A torching gesture :College bums its president out of home - on purpose The Central Kentucky Bureau the college offered it as a training . gases when burned. And there was site for the Campbellsville fire de­ a lot of paperwork to fill out, Cox Campbellsville College has partment, which jumped at the said. burned its president's home to the chance. ground. But it ,yas no accident. "We don't burn 'em like we used The department's newer firefight­ Its trustees are planning to build to," he said. "We used to try. to ers got to practice working with burn one once a year for training a new house on the same site for various-sized hoses, Cox said, and President Kenneth Winters and his exercises. But there's so many rules one also got practice driving a fire and regulations that goes into it, wife, Shirley. The lot faces the main truck. lawn of the Taylor County campus. (that) the last three or four years we haven't done it.,. The old house, which Paul Car­ But it wasn't like having a real rico, executive vice president, esti­ fire, Cox said: Too many environ­ Carrico said the trustees want mated to be at least 50 years old mental regulations these days. construction of the . new house to and in disrepair, was deemed .not A contractor had to remove the start about the middle of the year. worth renovating, he said. roof, carpeting, insulation and any The Winters, meanwhile, are stay­ Instead of having it bulldozed, . other contents that produce noxious ing in a nearby home. M:JU Clip A sam le of recent articles of interest to Morehead State Universit INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40361-1689 606-783-2030 2 COMMUNITY· ■ LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. ■ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1996 Morehead student, 39, putting Redenbacher award to good use he started at Hazard that a four· BY KIMBERLY N. MARTIN adult students. HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER And Kentucky had never had year college was in his future. th his scholarship appli- a winner before Fortune. He acknowledges cation crammed with ac· Fortune got the letter that it's a surprising turn tivities like student asso- this summer. The $1.000 for a high school dropout W: and Wisconsin native to ciation · treasurer and campus ·scholarship was his, newspaper photographer, Marvin boosting the total scholar­ be living in a Kentucky Fortune liked his odds of landing ship money he snagged college's honors dormito­ a national scholarship. for his first year at More- ry. However, the odds weren't head -State University to But after 12 years as a Flav-0-Rich Inc. deliv­ supposed to be in his favor. He $2,650. was competing against more than His return to text- ery man in Eastern Ken­ 12,000 other students. books and homework Fortune tucky, Fortune said, he The Orville Redenbacher fam- started two years ago at wanted something more. ily, the popcorn makers, picks Hazard Community College. His He said health concerns made the only 25 students for its Second mother and brother still live in decision .to abandon the milk Start scholarship, which targets Hazard. Fortune. 39, knew when . truck for the classroom easier. After growing up in a foster The Daily Independent. Ashland, Kentucky, Saturday, January 6, 1996 home, he said, social work was the logical career choice. '··" All my life I've been like a counselor, willing to listen to peo­ Senate chief ple. Now I'll just have a piece of paper to make it legal," Fortune said. He plans to earn a master's offers hope degree after he graduates in 1997. "I realized that I have the gift to be able to understand their problems and help them to find the avenues so they can be suc· for project cessful in their life," Fortune said. ACC building "The people of Kentucky · ,:.········· ..· ..···.•·····r•·r~j want us to be frugal with their dollars," he said. back on table It was Rose who sounded the •::. ···~·•·> call for fiscal conservatism in By SUSAN WARREN 1994 during the contentious INDEPENDENT FRANKFORT BUREAU regular and special budget ses­ ·;:1~~~~ sions. Rose and House Demo­ FRANKFORT - Ashland crats tangled in protracted Community College was back .,-::· budget battles over inclusion on the legislative ping-pong of projects. table Friday. The projects were strongly But this time it was Senate supported by then-Gov. Brere­ President John "Eck" Rose ton Jones and House Demo­ who served up hope for getting crats led by Majority Leader a new building funded, while The ACC building has been House Democrats slowed the designed and was scheduled Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg. game. for construction funding in Now, however, House Demo­ Rose, D-Winchester, specu­ 1994. But funding was killed in crats have indicated strong lated that it would be difficult the Senate, where Rose and support for Gov. Paul Patton. for Gov. Paul Patton to pass a others argued against bonded They're not likely to buck his continuation budget in the projects. call for holding the line on Senate, without some spending "I think that there's a lot of spending, said Rep. Rocky Ad- on projects. s~ntiment for a few projects, kins, D•Sandy Hook. . The governor has indicated like the Ashland project," "I think · House leadership he is considering a budget House Speaker Jody Richards . will support the governor " with little in the way of new said Friday. Adkins said. • ' spending. But he said he was con­ Patton's staff has stressed "Politically, it's going to be cerned that opening up the that the governor still is work­ very l)ard to do," Rose said, budget to fund one or two ing on his budget proposal. though he called the concept of projects would result in a flood Adkins said he personally of requests from House mem­ would like to see the ACC a continuation budget building and other projects in­ ''sound.'' bers. "If the dam breaks, what cluding some state pa'rks Half the Senate and all 100 projects, funded during the up­ House seats are up for re­ happens?" Richards said. election this year. Higher edu­ While Rose indicated that coming biennium. cation construction projects upper chamber lawmakers He said some consideratioll' including the $4.5 million ACC wanted projects to take home is being given to a special ses­ building and projects at Hop­ to boost their campaigns Rich­ sion in early 1997 for another kinsville and Paducah have ards, D-Bowling Green' said look at the budget once the ex­ the opposite strategy ~ight tent of federal cutbacks is de­ been cited as the most likely to termined. receive funding. work Just as well...... •

LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. ■ SUNDAY, JANUARY 7, 1996 Students tackling trivia contest Morehead State team to go after national table-top football title

BY AUEN G. BREED ASSOCIATED PRESS The bowl season is over. and once again Kentuckr wasn·t represented. But the state still has one chance for a national championship. Meet David Gross and Joe Ledford. :\fore­ head State University's entries in the Ocean Spray National Table Top Football Champi­ onship. Gross. a junior from Jackson, and Ledford. a senior from Independence, are traveling to Phoenix to compete in the tournament finals Jan. 21. If they survive the eight-team round robin, each will win a $10,000 scholarship and a trip to Super Bowl XXX. It's the pair's second trip to the finals of the ASSOCIATED PRESS 2-year-old tournament. Neither ever thought a Brian MIian, left, Joe Ledford and David Spray table-top football championship. game they once played at lunch and study hall Gross competed in last year's Ocean as high schoolers would ever take them so far. Ledford and Gross will return this year. "It's goofy and it's kind of embarrassing, but then it's so much fun," said Ledford, 21, who has tion. "We went to Chicago making plans for that a double major in radio-TV and business admin- If a team gets the ball into the end zone. night," Ledford recalled. He said their attitude istration. that's six points. The team can then kick for the was: ··We might not be the best team. But we'll ·'Only after we won did I realize that you extra point or answer a two-point que:;tion. be the loosest" won a trip to somewhere else in the country," There are four six-minute quarters. Scores But this year is different. said Gross, a journalism major who had never usually end up in the 100- to 120-point range. "We're the. I guess. the experienced \'eterans been on a plane before the Boston-based cran- Gross and Ledford are the only players re- of it," said Gross. who turns 21 on Jan. 16. berry company's tournament. peating from last season. when their school was The two, who got a brief spot on ESPN last But this isn't exactly tbe game Gross and among 100 across the country chosen for the year, say their strength is the trivia. Ledford grew up with. Here's how it works. competition. This year, 200 schools entered First of all. the "ball" is a plasticized version teams, said Susette Redwine. director of pro­ "We're both huge sports fans," Ledford said. of the popular triangular notebook-paper ball grams and special e,·ents for ~forehead's univer­ "We're not there for the flipping. We're there for used by school kids and is decorated like a sity center. the sports." pigskin - complete with NFL team logos. The Redwine said 16 teams competed on campus ~either man has ever played competitive playing surface is a slick mat done up with yard this year. The games were held in conjunction football. and both went to high schools that did­ lines and end zones.- There are e\'en real goal with :\Ionday Night Football and drew lots of n't e\'en have programs. To cap it off, Morehead posts with nets to replace the index-finger-and- spectators. she said. canceled its football scholarship program this thumb poses of the traditional game. Gross and Ledford went on to the regionals year and dropped from Division I to I-AA. The ball starts on the 20-yard line. and each at in Cincinnati. They beat Gross said that makes him want to win even team must flick it past the 50. If the ball goes Washington University of St. Louis 122-96 on more. out of bounds or doesn't pass the 50. the other Dec. 2 to get into the final round. "For our school. it's kind of poetic justice team gets a three-point field-goal attempt and When they made the finals last rear. the duo maybe," he said. "Since we're so bad on the gets to answer a two-point football trivia ques- didn't take it very seriouslr. field. it only serves us right that we win." LEXINGTON HERALl).LEAOER, LEXINGTON, KY. ■ TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1996 .'"I had to get my classes:· she extends s~1d. "But I ended up with stuff I THE COURIER.JOURNAL really didn't think I was going to WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 10. 1996 I ' I tr ti take." rems a on , On the UK campus. sidewalks Cheerleaders at . O"'- and parkmg lots had all been BY ANGIE MUHS cleared, Crews worked all weekend UK, MSU tops and through the night Sunday, said Varsity cheerleaders at More­ HERAU>l..EAOER STAFF WRITE'R head State University and the Uni­ The roads might have been Joe Burch, vice president for uni­ versity relations. versity of Kentucky took first place sloshy and slippery, but for some in their respective divisions at the University of Kentucky students, - Still, as of yesterday morning, National College Cheerieading trying to get the class they wanted only about 300 of the 5,000 UK stu­ Championships in Orlando, Fla., was enough to make the drive to dents who live on campus had re­ Saturday. It was the seventh time campus worthwhile. turned to their residence halls, said Morehead cheerleaders have won a Deborah Hazard. director of resi­ national title, and the sixth for UK UK registration was supposed cheerleaders. to end yesterday, but university of­ dence life. ficials extended it through today. Transrl\'ania University Classes begin Wednesdav. spokeswoman ::iarah Emmons said Lora Stephens, a tr.insfer stu­ the university expected to start dent from Ashland Community classes today. instead of vesterday College, made it to campus yester­ as initially scheduled. · day despite the weather. She said she called a friend who owns a four-wheel-drive truck for a ride because her car was stuck. "I had an orientation session tliat I had to come to," she said. "It's not like I had a choice." ' Sophomore Jamie Schangs ven­ tured to registration. but she brought along her brother, Greg,' in case she ran into trouble. _MSU ARCHIVES MSU Clip Sheet A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1 100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 606-783-2030 The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Wednesday, January 10, 1996 .. . lVISU- urged to.. : take lead -- ,...... on wood training centers_ Assembly and receives its funding from a portion of the By S115AN WARREN ' coal severance tax. Its mission INDEPENDENT FRANKFORT BUREAU is to promote, enhance and de­ velop the state's secondary FRANKFORT - More sup­ wood industry. port from higher education is That means adding value to being sought to help dc,•elop wood produced in Kentucky by and support Kentucky's wood turning it into furniture or industry. other commodities. Rep. , D-Siuidy Kaser said current efforts Hook, said Tuesday t.'"1at More­ are being directed at creating head State University ,vas ide­ new in-state markets for wood products, including state gov­ ally situated t0 work with pri­ enunent. vate and public interests to es­ Deskins noted that most of tablish training- centers for the the furniture for legislators' industry. new offices in the Capitol "I thi,nk it's a responsibility annex came from North caro: for Morehead! to do it." Adkins lina. Kaser said later that the said during a meeting of the contract for all the millwork at House Natural Resources nnd the new University of Ken­ Environmental Protection tucky library went to a Cana­ Committee. dian company. The committee heard a re­ ..It was a missed op­ port from Mark D. Kaser, ex­ porrunity," he said. ecutive dir~ccor of the Ken­ tucky Woori Pmducts Competi­ LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. ■ THURSDAY. JANUARY 11._1996. tiveness Corp., which hopes to · set up three training centers by fall. UK, Morehead. win natiorial Each center would recruit and train 20 to 30 students in cheerleading -competitiorts wood technology, including furniture-making and mill­ HERALD-I.EADER STAFF REPORT ·Both. uni"'.ersities sent a 14- work. be said. ~org~t basketball. Kentucky is . member squad of men ·and women The committee authoi:ized dommating a different college to the competition. They performed spo~ a . two-minute, 20-second routine staff to write to MSU President that incorporated a cheer and part­ Ron Eaglin and the university The cheerleading squads from ne: stunts, tumbling and a pyra­ regents seeking their involve­ the University of Kentucky and nud, all choreographed to music. ment. Kaser said Morehead Morehead State University both "The main key is the dedication currently has no wood technol­ won national championships in the kids have," said Myron Doan ogy program. their respective divisions this past Morehead's coach. "We're proud weekend in Orlando, Fla. At the same time, Rep. Her­ that we've kept on winning." · It's nothing new . for either · bie Deskins, the committee Mike Ergas, the UK squad's chairman, said he would like team. For Morehead, the weekend win marked its sixth national · coach, said he thinks past success to see Lees Co liege in Breathitt championship in a row and seventh also raised the team's expectations. CoW1ty used as a training cen­ total. "It's just become ·a tradition ter. The college recently has .here to do well," said Ergas, who been acquired by the Univer­ This is the second time UK has was a member of last year's cham­ sity of Kentucky. won back-to-back national titles pionship ,team. "People who come Deskins. a Pikeville Demo­ and . it now has a total of s~ here want to live up to that tradi­ crat, also suggested that the national championships .. tion." coal industry b2 tapped fer workers who have been laid off from tJ1e mine>:. Jobs in both industries are similar, Deskins said, requiring experi­ ence ,,.;i1h high-speed machin­ ery and dangerous conditions. ..They're fearless workers," he said of displaced miners. The wood corporation was created b,• the 1994 General LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. ■ THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1996 Moloney, says state budget will be 'real tight' for 2 years

BY JACK BRAMMER HERALD-LEADER FRANIW()RT BUREAU FRANKFORT - State law­ makers · learned yesterday how much tax money the state is ex­ pected to take in the next two years, prompting a key lawmaker to say the state budget will be "real, real tight." FY98 Sen. Michael R. Moloney, D­ Lexington, said the Kentucky Gen­ Estimate %Chan e Estimate %Chan e Estimate %Change eral Fund, which pays for most s;,~ra.11d'Ds,·,.~,, $1'.11~:6·,.s.so/o $1,a12.4,:.sl•i. $1,911.i 5.6% state programs, will grow , only modestly during the coming two­ Individual Income $2,013.0 ·2.5 $2,114.1 5.0 $2,222.7 5.1 year budget period. ci,tj;;;;ii~-;J~i:~m~- :, $31_3.1 ·;:a.2·; .$303.7f ;;:io··· · $308.6 1.6 Moloney's assessment coincides with Gov.·Paul Patton's. Patton has Coal Severance $171.2 -4.4 171.1 -0.1 $170.9 -0.1 said the state will spend $77 mil­ PTo~/irty].~f{!~~;-:::.: $.io4: 1,:~':i.i(I; ·;• i422i .i4:s;'' $4:ii.~ 3'.6 . • lion more than it takes in. He has indicated that the budget proposal Lottery · $132.0 -2.9 $137.0 3.8 $142.0 3.6 he is to present to lawmakers by oihe;,\'.'. ', ''., ·. ~$4e.2,s ,:f1.·; ·· $45'i:.i:::.tj:,· ·, $466.9 :).1 ., Jan. 24 will have little additional spending this year and that he General Fund $5,269.3 2.2 $5,478.0 4.0 .$5,726.4 4.5 might call a special legislative ses­ SOURCE: Legislative/Executive Branch forecasting group HERALD-LEADER sion next January to re-examine the state budget. ·the end of the current fiscal year, flattened by cuts made last year in Moloney is chairman of the and growth of 4.0 percent in fiscal the inheritance and pension taxes. Senate Appropriations and Rev- 1997 and 4.5 percent in 1998. ' The phasing in of the tax cuts enue Committee. The panel yester- Those figures compare to some­ will reduce total receipts by $34 day heard economists Merl Hack-. · times wild fluctuations in revenue million this year, $70 million in hart of the· University of Kentucky receipts in recent years - from 1.1 ·1997 and $99 million in 1998. Once and Larry Lynch of Transylvania percent growth in 1992·to 10.9 per­ finally implemented in 1999, the University release state revenue cent growth in 1995. cuts will mean an estimated $120 projections put together by mem- Growing by $208.7 million - or million less in revenue. bers of a forecasting group created 4 percent , in the first year (1996- The Finance Cabinet reported fi:om the legislative and executive 97) of the next.budget sounds like a yesterday that the General Fund branches. lot of money. has increased 5.8 percent over. the The revenue estimates will be But most of it would be quickly i,ame period last year. used by Patton and the General eaten up by Patton's 'promises to The economists also said the Assembly as they put together give state workers 5 percent raises state's Road Fund will experience spending plans for the coming two and increase education funding by modest growth. The fund calls for years. 3 percent. $927.8 million this year, with a 2.6 The official forecast released Hackbart and Lynch said percent increase in 1997 and a 3.5 yesterday predicts total tax receipts growth in the General Fund will be increase in 1998. of $5.269 billion through June 30,

LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. ■ FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1996 ■ LOUISVILLE Couple commit $1.4 million to Uof L: The University of Louisville has received a $1.4 million commitment from civic leaders Mason and Mary Rudd for the department of neurology in the university's School of Medicine. The gift will be used to hire an internationally known neurologist to head the department, university officials said. Mason Rudd, the founder of Rudd Equipment Co., is chairman of the Louisville and . Jefferson County Board of Health. Mary Rudd also served on the U of L Board of Trustees from 1971. to 1995. . THE COURIER-JOURNAL • REGION/ NATION • THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1996

Officials wouid like the university to grow to 35,000 students from Once ·easy to get into, 30 000 to accommodate the demand, ' but thus far the state legislature hasn't provided the money. In some states, legislatures are try­ state universities ing to hold down enrollment at their main campuses, in part \o use . the available space at other mstitulions more effectively. Ten years ago there are getting pickier were typically 9,000 to 10,000 annual freshman applicants for the Universi­ By PETER APPLEBOME Twenty years ago the university ty of Wisconsin's Madison campus. c New York Times News Service was much better known for parties Now there are 16,000, without a com­ and sunshine than for academics. But mensurate increase in the 5,000 -or so GAINESVILLE, Fla. - For a lot of as the state has grown and prospered, available spots. _ Florida parents who went to college so has the university. In many states, like Florida and in Gainesville, the . only thing more It is not yet ranked with the most Arizona, the big question is not· sim­ frightening than an enormous line­ prestigious stat_e universities, like the ply whether alumni will be able to get man from the University of Nebraska University of California at Berkeley, their children irtto the institutions is a thin envelope from the University the University of Virginia, the Univer­ they attended themselves, but wheth­ of-Florida. sity of Michigan or the University of er in the future there will be space for "It's getting tougher and tougher to North Carolina, but its status has all the students who want a college or get admitted here," said Wayne steadily grown. junior college education. Arizona, for McDaniel, head of the alumni associ­ The University of Florida ranks example, is expecting 55,000 new uni­ ation at Florida. "A lot of parents are fourth among public universities and versity and 90,000 new community finding that kids better prepared than eighth among all universities, Just be­ college students by 2015. they were are having trouble. getting hind Yale and just ahead of Princeton, On the other hand, not all institu­ in. in the number of National Merit tions are facing comparable pres- "I tell the alumni that I couldn't iiet scholars enroIJed. The mid-range Scholastic Assess­ sures. . in today - I'd have to go to Flonda The University of Nebraska, which State or Georgia," he added. ment Test score for freshmen enter­ displayed its football prowess in de­ With some notable exceptions, a ing in the fall has gone to a range of 1080 to 1250 from a range of 1000 to feating Florida for the national cham­ state university was once mostly pionship, accepts virtually all students thought of as a safe choice for mid­ 1170 in 1985. . When Bill Kolb became Florida's who apply. • -· dle-class, often middle-achieving, stu­ The university accepted 7,231 of dents who graduated from a high admissions director 22 years ago, there were about 6,000 applications a 7,501 applicants this year, but it plans school in that state. to become somewhat more selective What is haprening at Florida re­ year for freshman enrollment. The number of applicants has increased to as a way of weeding out students in­ flects a host o academic, demogra­ capable of succeeding in college . phic, financial and social factors that . almost 18,000 a year, while the uni­ are making many state universities, versity has grown to 40,000 students, particuiai:ly in the Sun Belt,. increas-. from about 25,000 students. · mgly desirable - and selective. . On the other hand, students reject­ McDaniel may joke· about his hav­ ed by the University of Florida can ing to attend the University of Geor­ seek admission at one of. the state gia, but that university is seeing its university system's other eight four­ standards rise even faster than those year universities, which together have of the University of Florida more than 160,000 students. The result is complicated issues of The crunch at the University of fairness and equity in which many Florida is certain to get worse be­ states are trying to balance popular cause, officials say, the campus is pressures to educate as many- stu­ nearing its physical capacity and the dents as possible with acadelll!c and number of applicants IS expected to competitive pressures to raise stan­ mushroom. High school graduates in dards. Florida are projected to surge to In many states with increasing stu­ 141,157 in 2008, from 90,617 this year, dent populations, the problems are before tapering off. compounded by legislators leery of Adding to the allure is price. Tu- spending more money on higher edu- . ition is only $1,700 a year for in-state cation. ·;. students, with total costs, including Because of "financial pressures on room and board, of $8,200. State parents, and in some cases expanded scholarships for high-achieving stu­ state merit scholarships, relatively in­ dents can cover most of that, making expensive state colleges are increas­ Florida competitive with top private ingly desirable options for top stu­ colleges for m-state students. dents. And the pool of 18-year-olds is Freshmen at the University of growing nationally. . Georgia this fall had, on average, SAT There are more _potential appli­ scores of 1108 and grade-point aver­ cants, and thus more competition. ages of 3.4, both the highest in the The growth is providing the poten­ university's history. SAT scores, not tial for new academic powerhouses in adjusted under the new grading sys­ the South and West to challenge older tem, rose 24 points from the previous institutions in the Northeast and Mid­ year. In -1981 they stood at 1000. west. Out of 13,401 applicants for last "Places like Georgia and Florida fall's term, 59.2 percent were accept­ and Texas and Arizona State, for ex­ ed, the first time that fewer than 60 ample, have enough money" and they percent of freshman applicants were can afford to buy the best faculty in accepted. America, and they're doing it," said, A major reason for the the im­ Arthur Levine, president of Teachers proved credentials are Hope Scholar­ College at Columbia University in shiP.s, state grants financed by Geor­ New York City. . . ~a s state lottery that provide free tu­ It is not just state colJeges in the ition to graduates of state high South and West that are becoming schools who have a B average or bet­ more selective. Some established pub­ ter. lic academic powers like the Universi­ But the effect- has been to raise the ty of Wisconsin and the University of quality of the freshman class so Minnesota are ~etting more appli­ quickly that university officials and cants - even wh!le some of them are trustees constantly have to deal with shrinking their student bodies. miffed alumni wondering why their Alumni of these schools are also children were turned down with unhappy about their children being grades as good as or better than the turned down. ones they had. And while some states like Florida "I was dealing with one this morn­ and Georgia are spending more for ing," said Dudley Moore Jr., former higher e

When communicating, little at another institution the affirma­ things can mean a lot. The actress tive action director explained: Margaret Anglin once sent the fol­ lowing note to another actress, Min­ · "The concern over the use of nie Fiske: "Margaret Anglin says the word dynamic in advertising Mrs. Fiske is the best actress in was over the fact that this term America." Mrs. Fiske added two might send a message that the' commas and returned the note: university is only interested in a "Margaret Anglin, says Mrs. Fiske, certain kind of teaching style - the kinetic; dramatic style. As many is the best actress r.-:,:==­ members of minority groups are in America.0 Buy JOHN OVERMYER .• a television set, not associated with this style and you can get a as many women, particularly 'lady­ "universal" re­ like' women do not go in for this A. dean - deans are sensitivt" style, it was decided that, as what it is part of the job description -• mote control, so we are looking for is an excellent called ~use it said future advertisements will use - controls both the teacher regardless of their (sic) adjectives like "innovative and ere-·. teaching styles, it would be better­ ative." Only someone as dumb as a:: set and a VCR. Is to stay away from the term dynam­ it "universal" be­ GEORGE drawer full of doorknobs would ic to avoid confusion." suggest that those adjectives do ncit' cause a television WILL set and a VCR fit some minorities. ·· · .."J ,, are, for most SYNDICATED , Let us not trivialize this insight by citing contrary evidence that is · But before bidding farewell to Americans, the COLUMNIST sensitivity-soaked Chico it ·would.,· universe? But per------­ anecdotal. Oesse Jackson and Lady Thatcher, not dynamic; Al Gore be nice to know why ar{ associate._ .. haps it is possible to subject com­ professor of English bandies the · -~ mon usage to scrutiny that is too and Richard Lugar, dynamic.) The · university's provost, a sensitive provocative phrase •~ady-like" and . exacting. As they now know at yet is allowed to remain at large. ·" ' California State University at Chico. sort, saw the point, saying "there is no necessary connection between · Everyone knows that that locutiori'' There someone used the "d" serves to privilege the phallocentri~ word and in the ensuing hubbub being dynamic and being an excel­ lent teacher," which is true. In sub­ patriarchy's gender-benders. And · someone else used the "l" word. By why would a self-respecting dy- . , the time the dust settled, sensitiv­ sequent ads the word "excellent" was substituted for "dynamic." namic woman academic, having · h• ities had been rubbed raw and an clawed her way into academia past'' entertaining episode had been add­ aggressive white males, give a hoot ed to the annals of political correct­ The associate professor of Eng­ what happens to females so retr<>' :::: ness - assuming, perhaps insensi­ lish said a dynamic teacher may grade as to allow themselves to '··· tively, that the enforcers of campus not be excellent, merely a "wind­ seem lady-like? ,';:. "' orthodoxies are wrong when they bag." She also noted that her Asian . . say political correctness is a fig­ and Hispanic students are more Such conundrums constantly · ' 0 ment of reactionaries' imaginations. reticent than whites in classes. vex and roil campuses. And they ,:_,, Anyway, here is what happened, as However, she gave a Darwinian should. After all, this is an age in -­ reported in the .Chronicle of Higher explanation of why most women which a town has removed "Dead··· Education. · academics are dynamic: "We had to End" signs because they cause .;~ compete with aggressive white · some people to 'think of death, and' The university administration males to get our jobs." was looking for a professor of phi­ one university's law review uses, losophy, so it ran an advertisement: A Chico professor of history when possible, only female pr<>' -­ "We are seeking a dynamic class­ who is marvelously unmarked by nouns (except, of course, when re-~:: room teacher and program builder. modem history dismissed the con­ £erring to criminal defendants) and':': ... "Well, sensitive people can only troversy as "an incredibly tortured an Eddie Bauer catalogue has of-.;;;: take so much in silence, and two abuse of the English language," · _fered pitch-saturated kindling wood" women, an associate professor of ·•'felled by lightning or other natural~ and a professor of philosophy said causes," lest the friends of trees ~~ English and the university's affirm. the university had advertised for a have their feelings hurt Higher :;::: ative action director (who initially program builder, for goodness sake, education must keep pace. ·· ·=: approved the ad), spoke out In an and "didn't say 'inseminator' or ""'. .,, e-mail message to an administrator 'nurturer.' " And it had better not @ WASHINGTON POST WRITERS;_ GROUP ;,.. MSU ARCHIVES MSU Clip Sheet A sample of recent articles of interesr to Morenead State University INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STA TE UNIV ERSITY UPO BOX 11 00 t.lOREHEAO. KY 40351 · 168 9 606-783-2030 - ~r -!c- - ;:;'·AL , , .,.,,~D'Y 'NU'RY1 " 1996 -· E -"'JAIE- JC ""' 'L MONDAY •NU · "Y 905 1HE -.,vl.,;-'. _:-·Jl,l,;, • ::>nl l.,h A ~K ,... .;. r l..v :--.· L r A • ~"' nn 1 :J.~ 1 u ~ Enrollment Governor may be sags at most inclined to propose of state's less austere budget colleges By TOM LOFTUS ees" beyond what might be consid­ Staff Writer ered strict ·'continuation funding." By MICHAEL JENNINGS Richards said. Staff Writer FRANKFORT. Ky. - After getting a · Richards said Patton has eagerlv couple of weeks' worth of input from sought lawmakers' opinions m dran­ To Jefferson Community College President lawmakers. Gov. Paul Patton seems to in~ the proposed budget, and one Richard Green. it looks like a bad-news. good­ be moving from a strict budget that thing the governor is hearing 1s sup­ news situation. would merely continue current spend­ port for some construction projects. The bad news is that enrollment dropped ing, adjusted for inflation. toward '' My guess is that he's listening to drastically at his school over the past year. The what one lawmaker described as that - those kinds of comments from good news is that that might simply reflect a "continuation plus." legislators - and there may be some better job marker. When the economy bnght· "Based on my discussions with the limited projects," Richards said. ens. Green said. "students probably look for administration. the governor is head­ Senate President John "Eck" Rose. employment before they look for education." ed toward adding some money to the who also was at the Thursday meet• Still. the 10 percent decline at JCC from fall first year of the budget," Rep. Harry ing, said. "I think they may have 1994 to fall 1995 is "certainly a cause of con­ Moberlv: the House budget committee made some modification from a con­ cern." he said. chairman. said yesterday. "He's look­ tinuation budget, but how much I In the same one-year period. enrollment de­ ing at putting a bit more into educa­ don't know." clined 10.9 percent at Southeast Communtry tion at all levels. And a few construc­ Moberly said any construction proj­ College in Harlan County and 9.6 percent at tion proJects now could very well be ects Patton would propose for the Hazard Community College. state figures included." first year of the budget likely would show. Unlike Green. Southeast President W. Nothing is final yet, Moberly add­ be those that already have been Bruce Ayers sees no bright side to his school's ed. But ''his 'continuation budget' is planned but were deleted from Gov. loss of students. becoming ·continuation-plus.' " Brereton Jones' budget two years ago. After II straight years of enrollment growth. Patton announced soon after his in­ They include a vocational-technical the steady flight of people and coal-related jobs auguration last month that the state education building in HopkinSV11le, from the region ·'have kind of caught up w11h revenue outlook was much worse community college buildings in Ash­ us." he said. than he had anticipated. In closed land and Hazard, a jl.wenile jail in Harlan County had the highest population­ meetings with key lawmakers, he said Northern Kentucky and soml: state loss rate in Kentucky in the 1980s. and the two he was inclined to propose little new park facilities. other counties the college serves. Bell and spending in the first year of the 1996- Moberly said the outlook for tax Letcher, were close behind, Ayers said. 98 budget. He said he wanted an in­ cuts in the budget's first year remains "We have med as hard as we could 10 tailor crease of about 3 percent for public unclear. Patton promised dunng his the program to the needs of the area." but with schools. to deal with inflation: no con­ campaign that he would exempt doc­ residents leaving to find work. there's only so srruction projects: and no tax cuts for tors from the 2 percent tax levied en much the college can do. he said. one year until he could correct the health-care providers to help pay for Former Southeast student David Baker. who state's fiscal problems. the Medicaid program. He also prom­ dropped out two years ago, said his hopes of Democratic leaders of the legisla­ ised to lower the income tax for some earning an education degree suffered a setback ture said they agreed with the austere people by raising the standard deduc­ when his employer, Cumberland Valley Trans­ approach. But they added that many tion. and to lower the property tax on portation. went out of business Dec. 29. Baker. lawmakers are pushing for tax cuts vehicles. 34. of Lynch. had driven a coal truck for the and funding for certain construction But since he discovered the disap­ company, making a daily run to Cincmnan. projects now. pointing revenue outlook. Patton has The employment picrure is "getting pretty Patton has declined to discuss de­ said he may have to defer those prom­ bad around here," said Baker, who must bal­ tails of his budget deliberations. ises until the second two years of his ance his education plans against house pay­ Questions about his plans will linger term. ments and the needs of a famt..ly of five. until Jan. 24, when he will propose For the third straight year, enrollments de­ Both Moberly and Senate Demo­ the biennial budget to the General As· cratic Caucus Chairman Nick Kafoglis clined across the state's higher-education sys­ sembly. said Patton wants to phase out the tem, with drops at the two-year schools ourpac­ House Speaker Jody Richards. who provider tax on doctors over two or ing those at the universities. met with Patton Thursday evening, four years. However. there is strong Student head count fell by 4.3 percent across described the governor's direction on support in the legislature to exempt the 14-campus University of Kentucky commu­ the budget much as Moberly did. doctors from the tax all at once. and nity college system and by 0.7 percent at the "He's talking about some more in the first year of the two-year budg­ eight state universities. money for teachers and state employ- et. Kentucky's enrollment trend appears typical forthe 15 states served by the South• support for its the University of Kentucky and Uni­ em Regional Education Board, where comprehensive full-time equivalent enrollment fell community col• versity of Louisville are more than 0.2 percent between 1992 and 1994. leges in 1994-95. double that.) Among Kentucky's neighbors. enroll­ State money There may be another reason for the trend: demographics. ments iell 1.3 percent in Tennessee. fo r two-year 2.3 percent in Virginia and 3.5 per­ schools - S2.284 The number of Kentuckians of tra­ cent in West Virginia. per full-time stu­ ditional college age is declining, said In Kentucky, no public university dent - translates Ron Crouch. head of the Kentucky into class offer­ State Data Center at U of L Since gained or lost more than 3 percent in 1990, he said, the population in the enrollment. Ben W. Carr. chancellor ings that are sometimes so 20-29 age range has fallen by at least of the community college system. at­ 10.3 percent in a seven-county area tributed the steeper declines at sever­ meager .that would-be students "can't put a schedule together," Carr said. around Louisville - and at higher al two-year schools to tuition in­ rates in Eastern Kentucky. creases. the siphoning effect of the Ayers said the cost of tuition and books "has really put college out of Crouch said colleges should re­ improving job market. and cuts in spond by promoting li!elong learning. state money. In reach" for some pan-time two-year college students. who typically get no "The whole concept of a two-year or the 15-state re- four-year degree may be near death." gion. Kentucky financial aid. (Next fall Kentucky resi­ ranked last in dents will pay S500 in tuition at most he said. community colleges; tuition rates at Enrollment DECl.lNING ENROLLMENT Enrollment and percentage change at Kentucky colleges and sags at colleges universities: UNIVERSITIES Fall '94 Fall '95 Change Continued from Page One Alreadv. 27 percent of the students Eastern Kentucky University 16,060 15,727 -2.1% at Kentuckv's nublic umversities and Kentucky State University 2,564 2,579 +0.6% -t-7 percent Oi those at its tv10-year col­ Morehead Slate University 8,697 -2.8% leges are at least 25 years old. the 8.454 councii reponed. Older students are Murray State University 7,960 8.166 +2.6% likelier to drop out of school when the Northern Kentucky University 11,978 11,637 -2.8% job market expands and to drop back University of Kentucky 24,217 24,378 in when it contracts. said Ken Walker. +0.7% the council's deputy executive direc­ University of Louisville 21,377 21,218 -0.7% tor for finance. Western Kentucky University 14,765 14,721 -0.3% Baker would like to re-enroll now that he's got time on his hands_. H~ University subtotal 107,618 106,880 -0.7% might be able to do that, he said. 1f his wife, Verla "Cookie" Baker, 30, a COMMUNITY COLLEGES Fall '94 Fall '95 Change secretary at Southeast Community Ashland 2,760 2,560 -7.2% College, finishes a bachelor's degree at Lincoln Memonal Uruvers1ty m Elizabethtown 4,042 3,766 -6.8% Tennessee this spring and gets a bet­ Hazard 1,870 1,690 ·9.6% ter-paying job. Henderson 1,240 1,191 -4.0%' Viewed against a prior period of "tremendous enrollment growth," re­ Hopkinsville 2,612 2,898 +10.9% cent enrollment drops at Kentucky Jefferson 10,303 9,273 -10.0% schools could be "a little bit of good news," Walker said. Schools strug­ Lexington 5,018 5,228 +4.2% gled to keep up with the numbers as Madisonville . 2,513 2,533 +0.8% enrollment mushroomed from 23,800 in 1985 to 48,400 in 1993, and the cur­ Maysville 1,409 1,362 -3.3% rent lag gives them a chance to focus Owensboro 2,552 2,348 -8.0% on quality, he.said. Paducah 2,918 2,833 -2.9% One school - Hopkinsville Com- . munity College - Prestonsburg 2,866 2,798 -2.4% has found ways Somerset 2,709 2,673 -1.3% to meet the needs of non-traditional Southeast 2,769 2,466 •10,9% students, helping Community college subtotal 45,581 43,619 -4.3% it become an ex­ ception to the Total 153,199 150,499 -1.8% general enroll- Source: Kentucky Council on Higher Education ment decline among two-year schools. Its en­ STAFF CHART BY MARC NORTON rollment grew 10.9 percent in the year ending last fall. lExlNGTON HERALD-LEADER, lExlNGTON. KY. ■ TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1996 President A. James Kerley said that's partly be• cause of the school's willingness to work with Fort Campbell soldiers. If Sister Mary Jeannette an Army unit's field maneuvers allow only four weeks for course-taking on post, he said, the college will squeeze its courses into the available time. Wess of Morehead dies Even Kerley complains that state HERALD-LEADER STAFF REPORT emergency room, clinical laborato­ stinginess denies Kentuckians educa­ MOREHEAD - Sister Mary ry and surgical floor. Under her tional riches that better-heeled com­ Jeannette Wess, fonner president leadership the St Claire Home munity colleges could provide. and chief executive officer of St Care/Hospice program expanded 11We could do some amazing things Claire Medical Center, died of com­ from six to eight counties. She was with proper funding," he said. plications from cancer yesterday at The state Council on Higher Educa­ instrumental in getting primary tion's recommendation of annual 7 St Elizabeth North Hospice Unit in care clinics for Bath, Carter, Meni­ percent increases for higher educa­ Covington, a day after her 57th fee and Elliott Counties. tion in the next biennium includes a birthday. Survivors include her mother, 25 percent increase for community Sister Mary Jeannette headed Ruth S. Wess; a brother, Lawrence colleges next year and a 10.2 percent the Morehead hospital from 1983 A. Wess; and several nieces and hike the year after that. until 1995, serving as administra­ nephews. · · Under Gov. Paul Patton's more tor, president ancl chief executive Services will be at 10:30 a,m. modest plan, community colleges officer. might net about 7 percent more mon­ Saturday at St Agnes Catholic ey next year. · She first worked at the More­ Church in Covington. Visitation The council's figures show enroll• head hospital from 1979 to 1981 as will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at ment of black students at public uni• assistant administrator. Trained as St Joseph Heights in Covington. versities and colleges grew from 6.6 a medical technologist as well as in A memorial service will be held percent of the total in 1994 to 6.8 per­ hospital and health administration, at 6 p.m. Monday at Jesus Our cent last year. Black enrollment at she was a technologist at St Eliza­ private colleges and universities in Savior Catholic Church in More­ Kentucky, which has stayed roughly beth Hospital and St. Charles Care head. stable since 1989. grew 2.2 percent Center in Covington earlier in her Contributions are suggested to last year, career. She left the Morehead hospi­ The Sister Mary Jeannette Wess tal in 1981 to become the local Scholarship Endowment Fund or superior and secretary at St. Aloy­ Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Claire sius Orphanage in Cincinnati. Medical Center. Sister Mary Jeannette, a mem­ ber of the Sisters of Notre Dame, Middendorf-Bullock Funeral led St Claire through a four-story Home in Covington is in charge of expansion, which included a new arrangements. '' ,._ ...., .... ~. ··-·. -- -· will continue a cooperative engineer­ ing program with the University of Louisville. Students can take ue to 3Yz Paducah~engineering progrant in budget: years of sludy through Murra>.' s engi­ neering physics program either on Murray's main campus or in Paducah, with the educational programs tliey By RICHARD WILSON need in a more efficient way," Patton and then transfer to U of L's engineer­ Slalf Writer ing school to get their degrees. Patton also backs new academic co-op said yesterday. Patton insisted earlier last week that FRANKFORT, Ky. - Gov. Paul Pal­ Paducah altomey David Denton, Wethington, Alexander. and Paducah Ion's proposed budge! for the next chairman of the fund raising for the leaders had to agree on the wording a two years will include $1.5 million to budget figures there expect the Padu­ when UK and its community college proposed the ~idelines and funding building, agreed. "This has been for the budget or he would not include get a controversial engineerin~­ cah proposal to be approved. first suggested the cooperative enJli­ that Patton wdl include in his pro­ long time in coming, but I believe in any proposal in it. neering program with only limited m­ posed 1996-98 budge!. the end it will be something thal is of One poinl of dispute still unresolved education program under way m The governor's announcement great service to everybody in WeSt· Paducah. came after two days of behind-the­ volvement by Murray State. Murray Paducah civic leaders, who envi­ is tenns fm: Murray's use of the Crisp Patton confirmed yesterday that his scenes negotiations on budget word­ strongly opposed that plan, contend­ sion a high-tech future for their city, Kentucky and will benefit all three in­ Center. Another, Alexander said, is spending plan will also set the stage ing that would authorize and begin fi­ ing it was a first step toward a rival contend the engineering program is a stitutions," he said. the teaching load for selected Murray for even broader academic offerings nancing the new offerings. · four-year university m the region. key to the area's economic well-being. Murray President Kem Alexander faculty members in the joint program, in Paducah through a new coopera­ The proposal parallels guidelines The council rejected that plan in Area residents have raised more than said, "We here at Murray State will which will offer degrees through UK's tive regional center involving the Uni­ recommended by the state Council on Oclober and ordered the three $8 million in private money to build a do everything we can to support the engineering school. versity of Kenlucky, Murray Slate Higher Education calling for coopera­ schools to work out a compromise for facility for the engineering program council and the governor's efforts." Patton, who said in an interview University and UK's Paducah Com­ tion by Murray, UK and PCC in the broader offerings, including engineer­ on PCC's campus. UK President Charles Wethington that he had talked with both presi­ munily College. regional center. ing, through the regional-center con­ "This is the kind of cooperation Jr. could not be reached for comment. dents and Paducah leaders, commend­ The budget goes to lhe General As­ II the proposal survives legislative cept. But no agreement was reached among the various institutions ... we Although slate approval was not ed Education and Humanities Secre­ sembly later !his monlh, and lwo key review, it will end the feud that began by mid-November, and so the council must have to provide (Kentuckians) necessary to erect the engineering tary Roy Peterson and Gary Cox, exec­ building, Deni on said it was requested utive director of the Council on Higher because state money is needed to op­ Education, for helping to iron out erate and maintain it. The plan calls wording he will include in the budget. for a total of $500,000 from the state in The chairmen of the legislature's l!l97-98 for that and for the UK-owned two budget committees said later yes­ Crisp Center, which Murrar will use terday lhat they thought lawmakers ' ferings m the regional center, includ­ Lexmgton Democrat Mike Moloney, :,:: =0 ing en~ineering. The proposal says the z <:.) the Senate's budget chairman. 0 Council on Higher Education will ~ _e, monitor the arrangement and resolve "z any disagreements. _,~ .§ The proposal stipulates that con- ·

BY JIM WARREN costs from company to com~ny. But reform HERALD-LEADER MEDICAL WRITER , • backei:5 say they think relatively few people are Two years after it was enacted, just s~oppmg ~or gooc! deals. and instead are simply seven months after it became fully effec- Shcking with the insurers they had in the past. tive, Kentucky's health care reform law "If people shopped around, they might find may ~ on the terminal list in the current somethin'g cheaper," says Sylvia Lovely, chair- General Assembly session. woman of the state Health Purchasing Alliance. Critics in and out of the legislature say "But it appears brand loyalty is a lot stronger the law, which was supposed to make health than we thought. A lot of people just want to insurance more widely available, has back- stay with the company they have." fired by pricing coverage beyond the reach of Johns says those who do try to shop face a many Kentuckians while choking the system struggle. "Deals are out there, but people don't with government over-regulation. . know how to shop, and no one's teaching them." • • • Johns says consumers who try to get help Bills to change the law already are p1hng 1 from PlanSource, the agent for the purchasing up, and more are expected. And reform back- alliance, ofteo experience long telephone delays. ers, who pushed the law through the1994 leg- He says they also might have trouble getting as­ islature, are circling their wagons and sistance from insurance agents who, Johns ar­ preparing to fight a legislative holding ac- gues, often still aren't familiar with the new sys­ tion, hoping the law will start to bring down tern. Overall, however, Johns put much of the costs - if it can survive. blame on the state. How did things tum so sour .so quickly? "The state should have blitzed the market The simple answer, everybdciy agrees, is -with consumer education at the beginning, but - that insurance rates went up. And up. they dropped the ball," he contends. "Now we've The reforms were expected to cause some got a situation where no one out there under­ increase, because the law open~ the door for stands why we have health-care reform, and the many high-risk people who previously could- disinformation is running rampant." n't get ·coverage. But stories of 60, 70 or even 100 percent increases began to surface. And Savings are possible - that undercurrent of complaint became a roar . While Johns acknowledges that costs have last fa ll, when ·the law required thousands of gone up in many cases, he says savings are pos­ public employees to start shifting into the state sible. According to Johns, a 49-year-old single Health Purchasing Alliance, the insurance-buy- woman in Fayette County would have paid ing pool that the law created. . $153.95 for an Option 200 health plan before the . The reason for the increases is still being reform went into effect. Now, he says, she can debated. Pro-reform legislators blame the health' buy a new Standard High plan from American insurance industry, charging that insurers de­ Medical Security through the purchasing al­ liberately raised their rates to fuel public liance and pay $156.24 monthly. protest against the reform and bring about its That's an increase of only $2.29 a month, demise. Others think insurers simply were over­ Johns said, for a policy that offers more cover­ cautious and set their rates high in order to cov­ age. He acknowledged, how~ver, that a family er themselves in a new, totally untried reform wouldn't be able to get such a deal. market. Insurers insist the increases are justi­ Reformers are hoping that if they can get fied under the reforms, which guarantee Ken­ such stories across they can keep the reform law tuckians can't be refused insurance, can't lose · largely unchanged for now and that, given time, coverage because of illness and can take their it should start to bring insurance costs down. -insurance with them when they change jobs. Selling legislators on that idea won't be easy. , State Rep. John Will Stacy, D-West Liberty, Fan\llles hardest hit l says his constituents are pushing for a change : But even reform backers acknowledge that in the law now and don't want to wait. one regulatory change made under the law has ·•1 don't think they'd be satisfied with us if caused added expense for one key group: fami­ we said, 'Pay an extra $2,000 or $3,000 a year lies with children. Previously, health policies for the next two or three years and then it'll pay basically were sold for single people and fami­ off sometime.' " he said. ''I don't think that's lies. Couples without children paid family rates, good enough. And I'm not sure it will pay off and essentially subsidized coverage for families. myself." · But, in the name of equity, the'state switched to a four-tiered system, with policies for singles, ., couples, single parents with children, and fami­ Hearings next week.· lies. Couples without children now are in a group to themselves and no longer pay family Legislators will hall three days of hear• rates. ings on health-care reform next week. Lexington insurance agent James Johns, a re­ The 00-minute hearings will be held next form supporter, says that while that may be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in the more fair for childless couples, it has added to Capitol Annex after lawmakers wrap up their insurance costs for families, because they are no daily sessions. ' longer subsidized. Families are the ones com­ If you're interested in speaking at the plaining loudest about rising insurance rates. hearings, call (502) 564-8100, Ext 499 or 510. It's less clear whether they're using the re­ form law's provisions to get the best rates possi­ ble. The law requires insurers to market stan- _J __.J : __ .J _, ... _ ,., ,..,.. ._1,,.·~ .. ,..,,....,, ...... ~ n... a r"'l n rnmn~ r•A LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER LEXINGTON, KY. ■ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1996 The board has been running Odds high.Iaw·wm be ·repealed newspaper ads in response to in­ surance company attacks in TV or rewritte~, Ho~~leaders ·say commercials and newspaper ads. House Bill 250, which was No taxpayer dollars are being BY· CHAD CARLTON spent on the ads, said Helen AND BILI. EsTEP signed into law in 1994, was in­ tended to slow rising health-insur­ Baraskauskas, executive director of HERALO-L~R FRANKFORT BUREAU the Kentucky Health Purchasing FRANKFORT - Lawmakers ance premiums and provide cover­ age to more Keotuckians. The law: Alliance: The money comes from a are on the verge of repealing or fee on people who buy policies completely .rewriting the health ■ Standardized insurance poli­ from the state health-insurance insurance reforms they I passed . cies so people can compare prices. pool. two years a~ according to some , ■ Created ~ state health-insur­ leading House lawmakers. " • . ance pool for individuals and small The ads are needed to blunt "a very one-sided approach that is fos­ Opposition to the retotm·s, business. known as House Bill 250, is so, tering a lot of consumer uncertain­ great that Democratic leaders yes­ ■ Established a powerful, five- ' ty," Baraskauskas said. terday postponed a vote on a member Health Policy Board to oversee the reforms. In the House yesterday, Rep. health-insurance bill out of fear Ernesto Scorsone, an architect of ■ Prohibited insurance compa­ that a , Republican-sponsored the health-insurance reforms, ac­ amendment to rei:,eal most of the nies from denying coverage to peo­ ple with health problems and al­ cused insurance companies of refonns would pass, House Major­ gouging policy holders and blamed ity Leader Greg Stumbo said. lowed people to keep coverage when changing jobs. the state Insurance Department for ."In my opinion.,_there's an failing to stop them. overwhelming majority of members , In the Senate, Republicans and that would simply repeal the bill Democrats huddled separately on Scorsone, D-Lexington, present­ and walk away from it," said Stum­ health care, and the Republicans . ed mock awards to the department bo, D-Prestonsburg. came out swinging. and to insurance companies. The On the House and Senate floors They accused Democrats of re­ department's award was for "best yesterday, lawmakers fired the fusing to consider changes to re­ non-performance in what should opening salvos of what could be a forms they blame for huge increas­ have been a leading role in Ken­ long, divisive battle on health-care es in insurance premiums. tucky health-care reform." reform. "We're hurting Kentuckians Legislative leaders will try to 1 "I think it will dominate the now and we need to stop that find ways to salvage some of the session," said House Democratic hurt," said Sen. Dick Roeding, R­ refonns rather than !>imply repeal Whip Kenny Rapier of Bardstown. Fort Mitchell. House Bill 250, Stumbo said. ''It's just a volatile issue right now." Sen. Walter Baker, R-Glasgow, · "It isn't working. It was a mis­ questioned whether the Health Poli­ take," he said. "We've got to be big cy Board is using taxpayers' do!, enough to stand up and admit we Jars on media ads. made a mistake." The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentu~fuesday, January 16, 1996 ~Worlt~ontmU.es-Ro. ~ail-cro:wd told1 ':,l;;.wi.,, - ---. ___.....,._--'--- ways paid tribute to the ordi- MSU sophomores Paul White By MADELYN nary people who carried on and Cecil Brookins were tak- OF THE DAILY INq the struggle for civil rights. ing part -in their second King ~ ·• ~ "You and I are ordinary peo- ' celebration at Morehead. . MOREHE~,, 71',: · • ple, and we are the ones who White said )le does it to ried candles Uirough the · cannot afford to sit back and' "give recognition" .to the civil, darkness, walking to a warm say, 'Let someone else do it "' rights leader. church filled With good will. Fields sai~. , , . • "I wasn't even around when But participants· in More- King helped Americans see Martin Luther King was here, f head's Rev. Martin Luther that although their country ap- ~but , I know wha ~ )l.e""'w~s King Jr. celebration were ex-* peared outwardly strong, un- 'about," White, said f>efore · tlie ' horted not to leave feeling derneath there was a festering ~ march"began. Jl· 1 ,,• .t •": \1 l winforta.bl • sore called racism, a sore that i'\,.,Sonata._ Bohen and ller two "We to go· remains, she said. tr fl' Y,oung daughters carried home-1 home and i" the . Other speakers"'sounded sim- 1 made posters and .signs 11-: Rev. Sharon F.i~lds told the Uar themes. MSU President ustrated with King'<$ pictures• -~. hd,_of qbouh 150 people Ronald Eaglin said King want- and _slogans based on his' observmg K · irthday. ed to !'speed up the process" of teachings, ,.,. Fields, dir f the M ·equality, and urged the audi- - "Jt's important for my1 fttfultural Qe t'Midwa , ence to do the same. ,-: . daughters to know the impor- College,, wa keynot Michael Mincey, MSU's vice ,tance of, the civil•rights move-: spe!lker for the even~ whic president for student life, cited t ment and the work that still~1 began wt · lelight surveys and s tatistics showin~ lies ahead -workingfor equal march, th ad a rise in hate crimes against righ_ts for all peopl~.• and pro-J State Un{"f by , many ethnic groups in the m9Ung non,violence~ as..,. a way parts.of d 1 United States.,Hatred and pre}° of" solving conflict," said · King w ·. eulo t udice are not just black and Boben. a nurse at St Claire · white issues, he said. Medical Center. , · gized as a um _major for '1 Th M h d 'Ki · ' " I am confident that if nr•1 " e ► t·~ore ea ng, cel- justice, peace and righteous- b t· b aft h j King were with us today, h~ e ra ion egan er is assas- ness, she said.. would remind us, as he wrote' sination in 1968, said Jerry "Let us. becoi:p.e the new in his letter from Birmingham Gore, dir~ctor of. Min?rity. Stu-, drum majors for justice, the , jail: that injustice anywhere is dent Affairs at the university. new drum niajors for peace f• a threat to justice every- . " The black student body and the new drum, majors for where," Mincey said. . started doing it on their own righteousness," Fields said. fand it's continued," encom-1 "Let us· build on the dreams '.\' student representatives also passing the community •in one person at a time, one mo- spoke and sang of King. more recent years, Gore said. ment at a time and one day at' "When we think about it , The event is sponsored by a time." now, have we come a long Gore's office, the Black Stu- She said King never consid- ~!¥~-~~t T~~~-'~eT1~-~~ a~ou! ~ent ~o~)tio1: an_d ~ -e _Rowan Msu ARCHIVES

MSU Clip Sheet A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40361·1689 606-783-2030 LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER. LEXINGTON. KY. ■ THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1996 Panel passes bill allowing scho?l could vote in the high school's elections and help choose the council commencement prayers members who will serve during the stu­ dent's ninth-grade year. BY lucY MAY The bill would also make parents el­ . The committee also approved House HERALl>lEADER EoucATION WRITER igible to vote in council elections at Bill 205, sponsored by Rep. Mark FRANKFORT - A bill designed to schools where their children are prereg­ Treesh, R-Ph!lpot, which would require make it easier for public high schools to istered. That means the parents of a stu­ sc~O?l council members to get council include prayer in their graduation cere­ dent who is in the last year of middle trammg. monies passed the House Education Committee on a 12-3 vote yesterday. The committee members voting against House Bill 10 were Rep. Joe Clarke, D-Danville. Rep. Mary Lou Marz­ LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. ■ THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1996 ian, D-Louisville. and Rep. Ernesto Scor­ sone. D-Lexington. Rep. Ro!>ert Damron, D- Nicholasville. the bill's sponsor, said the measure would simply put into state Patton fonns law what is already allowed under fed­ eral court rulings. Damroa's measure would forbid school board members, administrators and teachers from prohibiting volun­ tary, student-initiated prayers during health-care...... non-instructional times. That means school officials would be required to include prayer in gradua­ tion ceremonies - or any other school function - if one student or a group of review panel students requests it and leads it, he said. But Everett Hoffman, executive director of the American Civil Liber­ ties Union of Kentucky, said the fact Bipartisan committee to look at ways that the bill does not require the prayer to be "non-denominational" to solve complaints about reform law means that it doesn't comply with federal rulings. BY JIM WARREN Marzian said she had concerns about HERALD-l.£AO£R STAFF WRITER who would craft the prayers. Scorsone FRANKFORT - In an unusual step, Gov. Paul said the bill could lead to students offer­ Patton yesterday named eight legislators to a biparti- · ing satanic prayers before basketball san committee to work with him to repair Kentucky's games. embattled health-care refonn law in the current Gener­ Damron said that could already hap­ al Assembly session. pen because of students' right to free The committee will meet privately with Patton and speech. Lt. Gov. Steve Henry at the governor's mansion this af. ternoon. It isn't known whether any later meetings will In other business. the committee ap­ The Herald­ proved House Bill 232 sponsored by be open to the public. Leader wants to Rep. Jack Coleman. D-Burgin. It would Former Gov. Brereton Jones, who left office last know how Ken­ allow stepparents, foster parents and month, had made health-care refonn the central legisla­ tucky' s health­ other legal guardians to run for school tive initiative of his administra­ care reforms are council positions. tion. Patton's new group threatens affecting the The councils were an innovation of to undo much of the reform insurance rates, the Kentucky Education Reform Act passed during Jones' term. •coverage and They are typically composed of the prin­ Noticeably absent from the quality of care committee are any of the legisla­ that your family cipal, three teachers and two parents, receives. and they make many decisions about tors who wrote the refonn law in LEGISIATIVE the 1994 session. The panel, how­ Call our reader schools. response line - SESSION ever. includes some strong critics 231-1691 or of the measure. (800) 950-6397. ·••· Of the group, probahly only Ext. 1691. Leave Senate Majority Leader David your name. tele­ Karem, D-Louisville. qualifies as an enthusiastic re­ phone number form-law supporter. and comments. House Majority Leader Greg Stumbo, D-Prestons­ We'll use some burg, stated on the House floor yesterday that he of your respons­ es in stories thinks the reform was "a mistake." although he said about health legislators passed it with good intentions. insurance It is the first time in memory that a governor has reform. created an ad hoc committee to study a legislative is­ sue in the middle of a session. But Stumbo said that legislative leaders suggested to Patton yesterday morn­ ing that he appoint such a group. The reform law has put lawmakers in an unusual position. They're being bombarded with complaints from citizens who say reform is driving the cost of health insurance through the roof, but they're also not sure how to fix the problem. • •

REFORM: Panel New health reform panel to seek ways These legislators will form · those needing insurance . .to revamp law · the new bipartisan committee to ■ Senate study ways of solving problems President - FROM PAGE ONE in the state health-care reform John "Eck" ___ Some lawmakers say there's no law: Rose, D-Win- guarantee that simply repealing the ■ House ....,=== chester, 55. reform law would bring insurance Majority Real estate premiums back down. And features Leader Greg broker and of the law that many say they'd Stumbo, D- auctioneer. like to keep - guaranteed issue of Prestonsburg, BS, Eastern insurance policies, renewability of 44. Attorney. Kentucky coverage and the right to keep cov­ BA, Universi- University. erage after leaving a joli - are the ty of Ken- Supported reform in 1994, but he principal factors that, insurance tucky; JD, Uni- L-''-"C... acknowledges changes have to companies say, are driving up versity of be made. · rates. - Louisville. ■ Senate Patton last night defended as Says reform was a "noble mis- Majority :: : "very appropriate" the decision to sion" that is not working. Leader David : · have the bipartisan committee meet · ■ House Speaker Jody · Karem, D- behind closed doors .."We need to Richards, D-Bowling Green, 57. Louisville, 52. find where we have areas of agree­ Business owner. AB, Kentucky Attorney. BS, .· ment and where we have areas of Wesleyan; MA, University of University of disagreement," the governor said. Missouri. Thinks something Cincinnati; must be done to fix the law. JD, University Positive reviews ■ Rep. of Louisville. Meanwhile, Patton's move drew Danny Ford, Probably positive reviews from the main cit­ R-Mount Ver- strongest reform supporter on izen groups for and against the re­ non, 43. Aue- the bipartisan panel. . ·form law. tioneer and re- ■ Senate The Coalition for Responsible altor. BS, Minority · Healthcare Reform - . a group Eastern Ken- Leader Dan : backed by the insurance companies tucky Univer- · Kelly, R- . :· ·•hat seeks major changes in the re­ sity. Wants re- Springfield, form law - . issued a statement form law 45,Attorney. i;ommending Patton and saying it changed. ··· · ·:,, _.:: .. ; , ._ BS, Texas · wants to work with his bipartisan ■ Rep. A&M; JD, · ,. group. The coalition said it is "con­ Ernest Fletch- University of fident that a tme bipartisan consen­ ·er, R-Lexing- Louisville. Fa- sus will emerge ...• .ton, 43. Physi- vors·exten• . Jan~ Chiles, a spokeswoman for cian. BS and sive changes in the reform law. · Kentuckians for Health Care Re­ MD. Universi- ■ Sen: James Crase, R-Som- form, said her group was "opti­ ty of Ken- . · erset, 57. Physician. BA, Berea mistic the governor has set up a tucky. Favors College; MD, University of · workable plan." . changes in the - Louisville. Co-sponsor of Senate Kentuckians for Health Care law, with pro- Bill 91 which wouid make radi- Reform, an advocacy group for con­ tections for •i-f'" \ , .. i cal changes.in the reform. _;...-;,;.'_ sumers and lower-income residents, opposes major change in the reform ~way might be to establish a basic wait. But he contended -iliat repeal­ Jaw. Chiles said the group will un, insurance plan, to -which all Ken­ ing the law won't bring down rates veil its recommendations for · tuckians would have guaranteed as many hope. . strengthening the reform law to- , access regardless of their medical Senate Minority Leader Dan day. . . · I condition. But there would be no Kelly. R-Springfield. also said that . Chiles said she wouid have pre- guaranteed access to any other an outright repeal would "leave be­ : . !erred meetings of the bipartisan I plans in which "!he market would hind a mess.• He said he and other ' group to.be open, but "werecognize seek its own level." Stumbo said. Republican legislators favor Senate this is a highly charged issue." Meanwhile, Karem. said he Bill 91, which is co-sponsored by · hopes the new committee can agree Sen. James Crase, R-Somerset ' . Law's architects Ignored on a list of reform items that The bill wouid eliminate many However, state Rep. Marshall. should be retained if the law is sections of the law that Republi­ Long, D-Shelbyville. a staunch re- changed. But he said changing the cans oppose, including the contro­ form backer in the 1994 session, law might not necessarily be the versial state Health Policy Board. said he was unhappy that no archi- best approach. , · But Kelly said it would protect con­ tects of reform were named to the . "Some people believe that if this sumers, who could still buy insur­ study committee. Long suggested law could be left alone for two or ance through the Kentucky Kare - · that reform advocates such as . three years, things in the insurance plan provided to state employees. Reps. Ernesto Scorsone, D-Lexing- marketplace would settle down,• he · Herald-Leader Frankfort bureau ton, and , b-Louisville, said. Karem admitted that angry reporters Jack Brammer and Chad or Sen. Benny Ray Bailey, D-Hind- 1 citizens might not be willing to Carlton contributed to this report. man, should have been included. Earlier yesterday, Stumbo Bills that may affect health reform called for bipartisan cooperation to Here's a breakdown of legisla­ fered guaranteed access to Ken­ repair the reform law. Stumbo. who tive bills introduced so far that af. tucky Kare insurance plans, but voted for the law in 1994, said law­ feet the health:; ·.•;':\ AND JACK BRAMMER · Bot~ Democratic and Republi- of the tension. ;...:1 ;,;.e·s·, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITERS can legislators who attended the The group should "try to stop . · i:ll\.,: . ... . FRANKFORT - Gov. Paul session also indicated some com- this train of partisan bickering," :.-fMist ".· ,:.:;; ;::,:;',~ff: · .; .,, : Patton said yesterday he opposes mon ground had been found, de- Rose said. Richards said the comit­ ·w•.· ·e· ~e·•eoi;;;l\i , . ;:,~; ,., , outright repeal of Kentucky's scribing a spirit of cooperation. tee offered "the best opportunity we __ .I.'.. , .Ji!ffi;\L:.~ .... health-care reform law, which is : But that contrasted strongly, have-to come up with a bipartisan , .• _.,; :•;•, .,,_,.,,, ,I:'_ l :,,:. eas we probably can agree on and Rose, D-Winchester, and House members seemed interested in pre- ;':!]}· a"-si,eiE:n:fi'o1'tii.e• :fuµ some areas of di~agreemen_t; I'm Speaker Jody Richards, D-Bowling serving the insurance reforms .House on Wednesday, Stum•_. nol ~repared to articulat~ which ar- Green, both _said later yesterday "but the biggest concern there i~ Flio: apologiz~il~for'\tlie prob'• ~s nght no"'.; Patton :"lid through that they hoped the bipartisan com- the cost and how to work around .•]ems arid; saidi.tlie :·Genei.'al.• his press office. He said the group mittee Patton appointed on that." :Assembl'y':o«.es:Jff'. t

THE COURIER-JOURNAL • FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1996 Seminar at U of L to discuss issues affecting women, environment Rain forests in Belize, ecological student center. Registration will be tal issues. Brock Dickinson, secretary on women's issues in China last sum­ damage from war in Bosnia, and de­ from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., and partici­ general for the. U.N. Environmental mer will comment and answer ques­ forestation in Canada will be on the pants may sign up for workshops on Program's Global Youth Forum, will tions during the workshops. agenda tomorrow when students meet topics such as education, the environ­ discuss sustainable development. The conference was organized by at the University of Louisville to. dis­ ment, discrimination. violence, eco­ Yule said former Kentucky first Friends of the Future, a group of local cuss issues affecting women and the nomics, health and poverty. lady Libby Jones is expected to give a students. Other sponsors are U of L, environment. Sheila Yule, a teacher at St. Francis keynote speech and first lady Hill81}' Spalding Universil}', Jefferson County Middle school, high school and col­ of Assisi School who helped organize Rodham Clinton may provide short vi­ public and parochial schools and the lege students and adults may attend the event, said it will provide an inter­ deotaped address. Seven women who United Nations. For information, call the free, daylong conference at the national perspective on environme_n- attended an international conference Yule at (502) 456-9274. '1 I ITd d- - I-/ - J) J./ '- &> shee'ls A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 606-783-2030 THE COURIER✓OURNAL • SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1996 r,et into that kind of detail. "We talked about the need to have a svs­ Patton says college funding tem that works better together." ·he said. By system. Patton said he also meant universities. or all education beyond high school. to rise more than 3 percent · · "I challenged them to think about i1ew ways that we could work togeth­ include "more than what we originally talked er better. to be more productive, and Budget will propose about." In a meeting earlier this month, he had new ways we could deliver knowl­ told university presidents the state's tight fiscal edge. And I said if we can come with some construction situation would limit spending increases in the that better system that will be more first budget year to about 3 percent. . !>roductive, then I will do the .best I can" to adequately fund higher edu­ By RICHARD WILSON He declined to say how much above 3 percent cation. Staff Writer he would propose, but added that he also would Ben Carr, chancellor of the UK recommend construction of some new build­ community college system, called the FRANKFORT, Ky. - Gov. Paul Patton said ings, including some at community colleges. meeting "a very open and frank dis­ yesterday that the state's public universities and Patton said he also discussed governance of cussion."'He said Patton told the col­ community colleges would get more than the 3 vocational and technical schools with presidents lege officials he could not find money percent funding increase next year that he of the University of Kentucky colleges. Critics . "to do all the things he wants to do promised earlier this month. have said there is duplication between the com­ this year," Carr said. After a 90-minute meeting with community munity colleges and vocational schools and He said Patton also indicated he college presidents, he said he told them they have suggested the systems be merged. "has no preconceived ideas" about would be "relatively pleased" with his proposed But Patton said yesterday's discussion did not changing any governance structure. budget for higher education. !'He said he wants more ideas from us Patton, who will present his 1996-98 budget to on ways to be more efficient, more the General Assembly Wednesday, said it will ,,ffective. He thinks that may involve governance, but he said he ... wants to learn from us," Carr added. · Patton's next meeting with higher education representatives is Monday. when he is to address the state Coun­ dJ on Higher Education. He said he clso will meet soon with chairmen of university governing boards and state LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER. LEXINGTON, KY. ■ SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1996 technical education leaders. Coinmunity college finances concern Patton

BY ANGIE MUHS education as one of his top priori­ Ben Carr, UK's chancellor for HERALD-LEADER EouCATION WRITER ties, said he did not discuss specific the community college system, said Patton told FRANKFORT - Gov. Paul governance changes. he was pleased with the meeting. the Patton told the presidents of the But he said that "we certainly "The governor had a very open presidents state's community colleges yester­ talked about the need to have a and free discussion with us, a good that he day that he's sympathetic to their system that works better together." give and take," Carr said. thinks budget budget woes - but he's also con­ On the budget front, Patton W. Bruce Ayers, president of concerns are cerned about how their schools said he intended to include some Southeast Community College in the work with other parts of higher community college projects in his Cumberland, said he thinks the fact budget, but declined to say how that the meeting even happened community education. college Patton said after a 90-rninute many or which ones. was a positive sign. meeting with the presidents that he Legislative leaders have pre­ Ayers said he could recall few system's thinks budget concerns are the dicted a 4 percent budget increase other similar opportunities in the · biggest community college system's big­ for higher education, but Patton past for the community college problem. gest problem. declined to confirm that figure. He presidents. "But that's compounded by the had originally suggested 3 percent. "We're just delighted to have lack of a cohesive working relation­ "There is going to be more than the opportunity to speak with the ship with other institutions," he we originally thought," he said. governor," he said. said. The 14 community colleges, which are run by the University of Kentucky, have come under in­ creasing scrutiny lately. Some have suggested that they should be merged with the state's post-sec­ ondary vocational schools, which are run by the Workforce Develop­ ment Cabinet Many also contend that the community colleges, which educate about one-third of all· students at Kentucky._ public cqlleges, are stretchecf -to-· the· breaking point 'bei:aiise of their rapid growth in -·the'.i980S and early 1990s. . .- l'atton';'who has stressed higher .- .-.- . . :: .. ;..:.::::::.--· [J)(INGTON HERALO-LEADER. LEXINGTON, KY. ■ SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1996 Patton forms four-year plan to pare. taxes 2 lawmakers say governor wants raise for state workers, some new buildings Doctors are pushing for imme­ Several legislative leaders in­ BY JACK BRAMMER diate repeal of the 2 percent gross formed Patton that it would be dif­ receipts tax on them. It generates HERALD-LEADER FRANKFORT BUREAU ficult fa this election year for law­ FRANKFORT - Gov. Paul $43 million a year. makers 11ot to cut some taxes and Patton wants to phase out the Patton wants to do away with the use some bricks and mortar for provider tax on doctors and cut the tax over four years, Moloney and new buildings. Moberly said. Hospitals, nursing state income tax over the next four Senate President John "Eck" years, the state legislature's two homes and other health-care facili­ Rose, D-Winchester, said he ex­ ties would still pay the tax. budget chiefs said yesterday. pects Patton's budget proposal next One of the . key lawmakers - week to go "far beyond a continua­ "If the Republicans try to repeal Rep. Harry Moberly Jr., D-Rich­ tion budget. It will have some pro­ it immediately, they had better mond - said the budge.t proposal jects and some limited changes in have a way to pay for it or that Patton is to unveil Wednesday also programs." would be disastrous for Medicaid will seek 5 percent annual raises for Rose and House Speaker Jody programs," Moloney said. state workers and a 4 percent in­ Richards, D-Bowling Green, said The senator also said Medicaid, crease in funding for higher educa­ they expect Patton will reopen the which also uses federal dollars, will tion. The universities had asked for state budget in a special legislative be "in real trouble if Congress does a 7.2 percent increase. session next January. not appropriate enough money." Both Moberly and Sen. Michael Legislators have not yet seen Patton also wants to phase in R. Moloney, D-Lexington, said the Patton's actual budget proposal but over four years an increase in the governor's budget will propose us­ some have been involved in negoti­ standard deduction on state income ing cash for college buildings at ations of its preparation and are taxes. He promised in his campaign Ashland, Hazard and Prestonsburg aware of some of its contents, to boost the deduction from $650 to and a vocational training center in Moberly said. $1,700. The move would save those Hopkinsville. The governor also will recom­ who don't itemize deductions about mend stashing away $200 million $65 at most and will cost the state "He alsa wants. to build some $43 million in revenue. juvenile detention centers and in­ in the official budget reserve fund, crease prison beds," Moberly said. said Moberly, who thinks $100 mil­ Higher education lion would be sufficient. Moloney "There may be some other con: The 4 percent budget increase struction, too." prefers the higher number. Over the next two years, tax re­ Patton is suggesting for higher ed­ Patton is to deliver to lawmak­ ucation is less than the 7.2 percent ers his ·two-year spending plan for ceipts for the General Fund are ex­ pected to grow modestly. The offi­ increase that the universities and the state at 7 p.m. Wednesday in a higher education advocates wanted. joint meeting of the House and Sen­ cial forecast predicts total tax re­ ceipts of $5.269 billion through It would work out to a $25 million ate. Legislators will mull over its increase for higher education - go­ contents and try to enact a state June 30, the end of the current fis­ cal year, and growth of 4 percent ing from $703 million to $728 mil­ budget before for fiscal 1997 and 4.5 percent for lion. the 1996 Gener- 1998. al Assembly New buildings ends in the Tax cuts Besides college buildings at spring. During his campaign for gover­ Ashland, Hazard and Prestonsburg Asked about nor, Patton promised to exempt and a vocational training center in Moloney's and doctors from the 2 percent provider Hopkinsville, Patton is expected to Moberly's com­ tax that helps pay for Medicaid ser­ back $14 million in state support ments on Pat­ vices to the poor and disabled, cut for a medical research building for ton's budget, the state income tax by raising the the University of Louisville. Melissa standard deduction and reduce the Molonei• and Moberly said Pat­ Forsythe, Pat­ property tax on cars. ton wants to use cash· for the new ton's press secre­ Moloney and Moberly said the buildings. The money, Moberly tary, said, "The governor will try to do the first said, could come from a $107 mil­ governor will two. They said Patton considers lion surplus. The governor also make his budget that his campaign promise on the wants to use the surplus to reorga­ announcement car tax was fulfilled when former nize state government and buy on Wednesday." Gov. Brereton Jones' administration more computers, he said. Shortly after settled a lawsuit in November. Patton's building plans also in­ taking office last month Patton Jones' administration agreed in clude beds for juvenile offenders said he found the state's fi~cal con­ a settlement to reduce the value set and adult prisoners, Moloney said. dition worse than expected. He said on cars for tax purposes from the the General Fund, which pays for retail value to the midpoint be­ most state programs, will spend tween the retail and the trade-in $77 million more this year than it value. will take in. State officials estimated that re­ Patton indicated that he might ducing the values to the midpoint propose a continuation budget - would save taxpayers $24 million a one that essentially extends current year. services and spending levels. · • LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER. LEXINGTON. KY. ■ SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1996 THE COURIER-JOURNAL But the couple liked the area so SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1996 much they decided to build a house Fund-raiser and stay. Ralph Tesseneer, who .Grant aids school also had been appointed to the col• lege board, kept teaching. adding dorm loves his In the meantime, though, the A $200;000 grant from_ the James college·s vice president for develop­ Graham Brown Foundation of Lou­ ment left for another job. So Tesse­ isville will help Lindsey Wilson no-paying neer, who helped start the NKU College of Columbia pay for a new Foundation, offered in August 1994 dormitory. The Henry and IY'!ary Ellen Lilly Residence H";ll will_ be to do the job for free. wired to allow students m the1r college job Since then. he's worked full­ rooms to have computer acce_ss to time, spending about a quarter of the library and other academic BY ANGIE MUHS his time traveling on business to software, E-mail and the Jntem~t. HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION WRITER talk to potential donors. The S2.5 million dormitory, which CAMPBELLSVILLE - Ralph He still teaches occasionally, in­ Y.il! house 102 students, is sched­ uled to open this spring. Tesseneer has an impressive title cluding a night class this semester and a nice office, but he's still the on the psychology of aging. lowest-paid employee at Camp· "I felt I had all the credentials bellsville College. · for that one, including the number He couldn't be happier about it. of birthdays," he said. Tesseneer, the college's full­ , Tesseneer, whose native Alaba­ time vice president for develop­ ma drawl still-colors his speech, got ment, works for free. It was his his first taste of fund raising when idea, and he doesn·t find his he was a dean at Murray State. The arrangement with the college all ~allege needed a biological station, that unusual. but didn't have enough money "I don't play golf and I don't from the state. have any hobbies," said Tesseneer, If you want it, get out there and 7i, who served as president of the raise the extra money, the president• Northern Kentucky University · told Tesseneer. So he did. Foundation before he retired. "I just like to work." He found he had a knack for it, So does his wife, Laura, a re­ even though he saw the work as an tired educator. She works about 20 unwelcome, but necessary, task. hours a week for free, writing the "Nobody likes to ask people for college's grant applications. money, but most people won't give "Both of them are making a unless they're asked," Tesseneer major contribution for us," said said. "So somebody has to do it." Kenneth Winters, the college's It's also a pressure-packed job. president. "They're just wonderful Campbellsville College usually.has people to be around." to raise about $4 million in private But the couple, ,vho will cele­ donations and grants each year, brate their 50th wedding anniver­ Winters said. sary in May, play down their deci- But Tesseneer said his job does sion. r "We were just lucky enough to have its rewards. be in a position where it was finan­ "The best part of the job is cially possible for us to do this," dealing with. nice people, which, in Ralph Tesseneer said. "lt beats sit­ my judgment, 85 to 90 percent of ting at home." people are," he said. But the fact that Tesseneer Laura Tesseneer, meanwhile, does a full-time, high-level job as a decided to see what she could do to volunteer is extremely unusual, help after Ralph Tesseneer took the said Tony Pals, a spokesman for vice president's job. the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, a na­ She said she works about 20 tional development group. hours a week on the applications, ",here are development offices but her husband disputes that fig­ that have volunteers doing a lot of ure. work," Pals said. "But to have "When she's not writing the someone who's the actual vice grants, she's worrying about them," president of development doing it he said with a chuckle. on a volunteer basis is not going to Because she onJy started about happen too often." ' a year ago, the college doesn't The Association of Independent know how many of its grant appli­ Kentucky Colleges and Universities cations fared, Laura Tesseneer doesn't know of any other people said. serving in full-time administrative jobs without pay, said spokes­ "There's several really good woman Lee Nimocks. ones I think we have a good chance The Tesseneers came to Camp­ at, but we'll have to just wait and bellsville in fall 1991, expecting to see," she said. "It's enjoyable stay only a year. work." Winters, who had known And as far as Tesseneer being Tesseneer since they worked to­ the lowest-paid employee on cam­ gether at Murray State University, pus, his wife saw to that. needed a psychology professor. Be­ cause Tesseneer started his acade­ "She insisted that she should mic career in that field, Winters make just as much money as I did," asked him whether he'd consider a Tesseneer said. "So they decided to temporary appointment. He accept­ give her twice as much." ed. "Twice nothing is still nothing," Laura Tesseneer said. · ... - . -

LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. Ill THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1996 Re: higher education Put authority, coordination, efficiency ·on the agenda ov. Paul Patton has asked to a movement is brewing in this state meet with the state Council to improve the coordination of the Gon Higher Education on Mon­ community colleges and vocational­ day in Frankfort - an occasion technical schools. It's not just a that holds promise for this state. matter of budgetary pressures; citi­ It is rare for a governor to meet zens across the commonwealth are with the council, the coordinating demanding improvements in this agency for the state's universities critical area of education. and community colleges, and it's all The solution is not easy or com­ the more encouraging that Patton pletely clear at this point, but this fequested this audience. After all, much is certain:-The debate over Patton declared at his inaugural this issue could become as divisive that he wants to be the "higher edu­ as anything Kentucky has ever en­ cation governor." From the looks of countered in higher education, things, he needs to be just that. mainly because University of Ken­ Frankly, the council, the univer­ tucky President Charles Wethington sities and community colleges and, is poised to fight to the death to not least, the General Assembly keep the community colleges under (from whence all state money flows) UK's banner. Here, Patton's role is have worked themselves into a not to suggest the solution. What mess.' he needs to do, however, is set the . Everybody, including Patton, tone and the direction of the debate, seems to agree that higher educa­ which means he must express his tion needs more money, but after vision of what the end result, the that the arguing begins. What we "product," should be. have is a fundamental dispute over II Finally, Patton must firmly the future of higher education. push the council, the universities Clearly there must be consensus, and the community colleges to be­ some clear game plan, before higher come far better managers and to education gets any new money. think more creatively about ways to It's not Patton's job to handle cooperate with each other. If the the details or even to develop the people on the campuses don't know proposals. But he cai;i quiet the an­ it, the public is expressing signifi­ gry voices and get everybody fo­ cant dissatisfaction with the way cused on the big issues at hand. higher education is managed and The governor probably knows with the way the system treats the already what he wants to say Mon­ general public. The universities and day, but if he's looking for a jump community colleges must accept start, here's a little help: this as a challenge. While Patton is &l First, he's got to stop this sil­ committed to finding more money ly finger-pointing between the coun­ for higher education, he told the •cil and the legislature over who re­ council last Sept. 18: "The challenge ally runs higher education. If the for education, as with all of govern­ council is not doing its job, Patton ment, is to do more with less." needs to say so. If the council does Everyone feels these pressures not have all of the authority it · today. Surely the universities, with needs (which seems the case), then all of their brainpower, can,create Patton needs toward the solution. innovative ways of entering a diffi­ He said during his campaigll' that cult future. he wanted a "stronger council'' to Patton has been encouraging in be in charge. If there is any fuzzi­ what he has said about higher edu­ ness about this in the legislature, cation so far. His remarks to the then Patton needs to bolster his ear­ council Monday could be a pivotal lier statement about the council's moment for setting Kentucky's uni­ role with specifics. versities and community colleges l!lJ Second, there is no doubt that on that new course. Y I A ;;; c}.- 1.../ - j_ Ji -,.11 1vl~U Clip :;/ieevl A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPC BOX 1 100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 606-783-2030 It l:HE COURIER-JOURNAL • TUESDAY, JAr\JUA£lY 23. 1996 fl 1996 Kentucky General Assembly Patton urges innovation in higher educatio11 to see a greater use of technology in proposal was one alternative for tech­ Utilize technology, delivering services. He said he did not nical program coordination. In re­ understand why lectures by one pro­ sponse to another question, Patton governor tells panel fessor could not be televised to other suggested that universities should All times are EST. All rooms campuses, rather than having profes­ find ways to better use existing space By RICHARD WILSON sors on each campus teaching the are in the Cap~ol Annex before seeking new buildings. unless noted. Staff Writer- · same course. He also suggested using Council member Larry Hayes of videotapes to provide courses for Louisville told Patton that much tech­ HOUSE FRANKFORT, Ky. - Gov. Paul Pat­ busy adults. nological innovation is already under 8 a.m. - Health and .ton said yesterday that higher educa­ Preparing the state's universities, · way on many campuses and that offi­ Welfare, Room 131. tion must become more efficient, in­ community colleges and vocational cials have done a good job of setting 10 a.m. -Appropriations novative and productive if it is to play schools for the future, Patton said, "is priorities. and Revenue, Room 129. the pivotal role needed to make Ken­ hard-core economics. This is an in­ Most university presidents later Noon - Natural Resources tuckians competitive in the 21st cen­ vestment in mental capital, surely as said they found Patton's challenge ac­ and Environment, Room 131. tury workplace. an investment in an interstate high­ ceptable. "I think there has been Noon - State Government, Patton also told members of the way is an investment in physical capi­ change (on the campuses), hut we can Room 129. state Council on Higher Education tal." always be more creative," said East­ that he plans to convene a panel later Patton was the first governor to ad­ 2 p.m. - House convenes, this year to explore needed improve­ dress the council since Martha Layne ern Kentucky University President House chamber. ments and changes in education be­ Collins spoke to the group in May Hanly Funderburk. . On.adfournment - Special yond high school. 1986. Several years earlier, John Y. Patton said his remarks should be subcommittee on corrections 11 considered the beginning of "an on­ and sentencing, Room 125. We must do more, and we can't Brown Jr. had also challenged it to going process" to stimulate thinking afford to do Qt) ... in the same way find ways to streamline higher educa­ about higher education's role in the SENATE that we've been doing it," he said. tion. 1D a.m, -Appropriations · Patton also told the council, and uni­ After brief remarks, Patton an­ state. He said he plans to meet with other groups soon, including officials and Revenue, Room 149. versity presidents who were in the au­ swered questions from several council 1D a.m. - Licensing and dience, that he would pump more members. James Miller of Owens­ from vocational-technical schools and private colleges, and heads of univer­ Occupations, Room 113. money into higher education only if it boro, the panel's chairman, told the 2 p.m. - Senate convenes, creates change. "I am unwilling to governor he thought ways to econo­ sity governing boards. just put more money into the system mize could be found if the council co­ "I expect to work with you to make Senate chamber. as it is," he said. ordinated the offerings of community this whole system work better," he OTHER He said higher education is in need colleges and state technical schools. said. On adjournment - Health of the restructuring American busi­ And former Chairman Joe Bill Camp, Miller said the council appreciated and Welfare public hearing ness has undergone to remain com­ bell of Lexington said efficiency Patton 1s time and interest. "If he con­ on health-care reform, Room petitive. Colleges, universities and would not be reached until more cen­ tinues this level of interest in higher 149. government must put forth the same tralized control was exercised over education, he will encourage the kind effort, he said. higher education. of constructive thinking that's needed While Patton mentioned few specif­ Patton said he did not support a to bring some of the changes he's ics changes he wanted, he would like "superboard," and he told Miller his talking about," Miller said._

LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. ■ TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1996 "Throwing money at higher e< . "It's obvious we need an im- even if they weren't pop~ar.. ucation is not going to solve all tl "I hope that people will give me ~r.ernor1 nd , · · problems of higher education, i O' \' proved system a we re gomg. to the freedom to think unthinkable G challenge people to come up with th ht ,, p tt ·d "W t my opinion, until we change ti be · ti · h' h oug s, a on sai . e mus .ways t_o as 1?"0va ve m ig er be willing to upset some people. governance structure," said Cami Ieduca)10n as pnv~te ent~rpns.~ has We must be willing to look at bell, who was chairman of ti see ks 'wild been mnovat1ve m busmess, Pat- th' d'" ti " council for three years. 'd "W 'II b . b k t mgs iueren y. •d · , ti t 0!1 sai : ~ e cot?mg ac • 0 Patton used a hypothetical ex- . Council chairman Jim Mill, this_ subJect time and time and time am 1 of four universities all offer- told Patton he thought the counc 1 agam '' pe should have the power to apprm I eas Or. \ • P~tton is far from the first gov- ing major~ in ge~logy to illustrate , some of his questions. program offerings at Kentud . -ei:nor to say ~e wants to re,orm · For instance, he said, he won­ Tech's post-secondary schools. higher educat10n. However, be- d d h those universities could- • Kentucky Tech falls under ti higher ed cause he could serve two terms, ~e w Y • • state's Workforce Developme1 that · ht · · h' ch ces f n t standardize . their courses so 0 Cabinet and no one has authoril ·1 mig nnpr::;e is th~\ their programs would be identical. BY ANGIE MUHS success, many O ervers m · The colleges involved could even over both it and the communi1 HERALO-LEADER EoucAnbN WRITER ' The _governor, _who has use interactive TV to teain-teach colleges and universities - all , FRANKFORT - Gov. Paul stressed _higher education themes the entire curriculum to all of their which sometimes offer overlappir Patton warned the state's public smce takmg office, has already met stud ts h 'd courses . .. 'th th 'd t f th t t ' en , e sai · higher education system yesterday wi. ~ _presi en s O e. s a es Patton also speculated about Miller said he thought allowir that it will have to reform itself - ~mversittes and commumty col- having lectures videotaped so that the council to coordinate Kentucl and not be afraid ges. . . students across the state could take Tech offerings would help sot, of "wild ideas" · Patt_on wMas theh firsLat sittincg g?V· advantage of star professors or any problems with duplication - 11 - if it wan ts (ernorsmce) t art ak t yne oms. a d u1 t stud ents cou Id watc'h t hem at which has led to some speculatic more money. 1983: 87 o spea a a counc1 1 any time. about merging the systems. In an appear- ,ll_l';"tmg, said G_ary Cox, the coun- "Every once in a while we may "The political obstacles to cm ance before the cil sTehxecuttve d_ir~tor. d come up with some wild idea that bining community colleges and v 0 Council on High- · e connci 1, is_ suppos~ t? has some merit to it," he said. eel are so huge, I think we've got er Education oversee the states eight public um- p tt 'd h h d t de look for ways to squeeze a lot LEGISL\TIVE ' 11't' d 14 ·1y 1 a on sa1 e a no ma Patton said he ;ers : a!1 h commu~i c_o: any decisions about how higher eel- the benefits of that kind of actic SESSION plans to create ~ges. ut it as come un er critI- ucation's structure might be out, without going through the p fii=I· some kind of c_1sm fro!? la~akers for not effec- changed. litical trauma of trying to make task force to ttvely usmg 1is po"'.er. He did say he· would not sup- merger," he said. study higher education after the.' . Patton sai~ he 11:tends ~o m~et port a super board which would Miller said he was optimist General Assembly's session con- w1th the :au;r1enh of u1:~vers,~ run every university. But, reiterat­ about Patton's remarks. cludes in April. ·goyernmg ar s, t e pr_~, ents O ing a campaign theme he also said "If the governor continues tt He also said he intends to sum- private colleges an~ officials from "someone needs to be in charge." level of interest in higher educ ~on le!(isl_ators for a special s~- Kentucky Tech,. which offer~ post- . Conncil member Joe Bill Camp­ tion, he will encourage the kind s10n this time next year, and said secoJdaryld~tmnal ed cat~on. h liell of Lexington told Patton that constructive thinking that's need, he hoped to_ pres~nt r~orms for the · ed to ltk ebcou~ci7 'ldt .dat ; he agreed with that conclusion. to create some of the changes he state's public umversities then. wante to ta a out w1 1 eas, talking about," he said. LEXINGTON HERALO.LEADER. LEXINGTON. KY. ■ TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1996 LEXINOTON HERALO.LEAOER. LEXINGTON, KY. ■ TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1996 UK, Morehead want Patton postpones budget address to joint building project visit with Clinton BY ANGIE MUHS "I think It HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION WRITER has a pretty HERALD-LEADER FRANKFORT BUREAU FRANKFORT - The University of Kentucky and FRANKFORT - Kentuckians will have to wait Morehead State University, in an unusual cooperative good chance another day to find out how Gov. Paul Patton wants to effort. want to team up on a building project at Pres­ of getting spend billions of tax dollars during the next two years. tonsburg Community College funded as an Patton has moved his budget address to a joint The building would be the first in the community example of session of the General Assembly from Wednesday to college system that was built jointly with another uni­ the kind of ~hursday at 7 p.m. EST. The speech will be shown versity, said UK President Charles T. Wethington Jr. cooperation hve on Kentucky Educational Television. It was originally intended to be a wellness center the governor Patton asked for the delay to allow him to spend for the community college, said Ben Carr, the chancel­ wants ■ -" \\'. ednesday aftef!1oon and early evening in Louisville lor of the community college. with President Clmton. Clmton has scheduled a visit to BEN CARR Kentucky's largest city to speak about criine. But after discussions between the schools, officials Prestonsburg decided to modify the building to add classroom space Community Kentucky law requires governors to present their and administrative offices for Morehead, Carr said. College two-year budget proposals by the 15th dav of a regu- The building would cost about $12 million, he said. chancellor lar legislative session. · Gov. Paul Patton, who spoke yesterday at the That would be Wednesdav. But it is not unusual Council on Higher Education meeting, declined after for legislative leaders to give governors more time. his speech to comment on whether the project would "One more day isn't a problem," said Senate Presi­ be included in his budget to be released this week. dent John "Eck" Rose, D-Winchester. "I think people The legislature's two top budget chiefs last week already know a great deal about this upcoming bud­ predicted that Patton's budget might include money get." for the Prestonsburg project. . House Speaker Jody Richards, D-Bowling Green, Carr said he also was optimistic about the project's said he understood the reason for the delay. "I think prospects. one more day is not bad."

"I think it has a pretty good chance o{ getting LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. ■ Tuesday, January 23,1996 funded as an example of the kind of cooperation the governor wants/' he said. The project, though, was not listed among the [Accepting some gifts Council on Higher Education's building priorities. Morehead Staie has offered upper-level courses in a leased building in Prestonsburg for about three !now needs approval years, said Ronald Eaglin, Morehead's president. It also offers bachelor's degrees there in elementary ed­ ucation, nursing and business administration, Eaglin BY ANGIE MUHS said. HERAL[)..LEADER EDUCATION WRITER Eaglin said he and the other presidents had been FRANKFORT - Universities will have to ask the meeting with Majority Floor Leader Greg Stumbo, D­ Council on Higher Education for permission in the fu. Prestonsburg. ture before they accept gifts of land or buildings. "We're hoping the governor has it in his (budget) J. David Porter, the council's vice chairman, said request," he said. members were concerned that universities' acceptance Although the Prestonsburg project would be the of such gifts might end up costing the state money, be­ first team effort by a community college and another cause they would need funds to operate and maintain university, the community colleges have pursued the buildings. joint construction projects with Kentucky Tech, which is under the state Workforce Development cab­ .The ~oul?cil y~stei:day approved the change in its inet. pohcy with little discussion. Those involved a joint campus in Middlesboro . Porter, w~o led a task force that studied the issue, and a health sciences building in Paducah. A pro­ said several high-profile projects, such as the Universi­ posed technical center in Hopkinsville would also be a ty of Kentucky W.T. Young Library and UK's joint project with Kentucky Tech. take~ver of Lees College, especially prompted the scrutmy. Both of those projects would have required council approval had the policy been in effect when they were begun,Porter said. THE COURIER-JOURNAL • TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1996 "The opportunity is there now to close some of the looph?les," h~ said. "! think it's of great public concern, Student loan default rate drops and its certamly been on the council's mind." WASHINGTON - The student loan default rate has dropped sharply and government collection efforts have cut net default costs But the new policy won't apply to the projects that by more than two-thirds ·since 1992, Education Secretary Richard prompted debate because they are already under way Riley said yesterday. Porter said. ' "These numbers reflect real and substantial progress," Riley said. "They are the product of several aggressive management . Porter said he did not know if the new policy decisions that were mtended to get the default problem under n:iight affect a proposed community college off-campus control." ' site m Muhlenberg County. It may be addressed in­ The rate of borrowers defaulting on student loans dropped to stead under the council's review of extended campus­ 11.6 percent in fiscal 1993, the latest year for which figures are es. available. That was the lowest rate since official default rate re­ porting began in 1988. It has declined steadily since 1990, when it pe_aked at 22.4 percent. "The program was hemorrhaging" Riley LEXINGTON HERALO.LEAOER. LEXINGTON, KY. ■ TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 19s said. Yesterday's news conference was aimed at countering congres­ Lees College chief to seek Senate seat sional criticism by showing the department was improving its man­ Lees College President Charles M. Derrickson has agement of student loan funds. announced that he will run for the Democratic Republicans have sought to limit the direct student loan pro­ nomination for state senator in the new 25th gram, under which the department bypasses bankers and lends directly to about 2.5 million students at 1,350 schools. District. Derrickson, who will retire from Lees on June 30, is seeking his first elective office after 24 Y':filS. in education and agriculture. The 25th Distnct, recently realigned by the General Assem­ bly, !)OW consists of Clay, Lee, Leslie, Magoffin, Memfee, Owsley, Rowan and Wolfe. counties. . . . •

THE COURIER.JOURNAL • TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1996 rum GO SLOW ON HEALTH CARE REFORM BY BRERETON JONES

:' The writer Is a former governor of Certainly we must be fair to all con­ era! Assembly. . : Kentucky. cerned. Healthcare providers must be That is why, during the year before I fairly paid for their services, insurance left office, I spent many months getting ! Once a gov- a waiver approved by the Clinton acf. : FRANKFORTernor has completed - his/her companies must be able to make rea­ sonable profits and the consumer must ministration that allows us to come up , term, I have always thought with the money for universal coverage : · it bad form for them to im- be fairly treated. However, in the inter­ over a period of time. This waiver al­ : mediately sound off about the issues est of protecting the providers and/or · lows us to divide the state into eight re­ ,of the day. the insurance companies, we must not gions and to go to managed care for our : After all, they have had their time at abandon our responsibility to protect entire Medicaid i>rogra/11. · · bat and now, it is only fair to give the the consumer. It has built-in protection against : new governor the chance to direct the This is how the cost of health care fraud and abuse. All of the state's share • Ship of State. Not only do I got out of control in the first of savings, approximately $40 million a thirik it the right thiru? to do, place. year when it is fully operational, will go · but as a supporter of The Pat­ If HB 250 has caused into a trust fund to pay for indigent ton administration, I do not health insurance premiums health care. If one dime of this money is want to be negative. to unreasonably increase, used for any other purpose, we lose the However, ctrcumstances do then changes must occur. If waiver. not always allow us the lllXUIY unreasonable increases are With proper fiscal oversight, we will of adhenng to evecy detail of the result of insurance com­ be able to eventually 11et umversal cov­ our own pllilosophy. Such is pany greed, then the inde­ erage. Just as education for evecyone the situation as the administra­ pendent Health Policy Board seemed unobtainable a few generations tion and the General Assembly must step in to defend the ago, health care coverage for all is diffi­ debate the future of Health public. The public needs to cult for some to imagine. Care Reform in Kentuckv. know the facts. Think of what this will mean to all of With the passage of IlB 250 If we eliminate the Board us: in the last regular session of that was designed to protect ,... The 400,000 Kentuckians who the legislature, the common­ the public before it has a now have no coverage will be covered, wealth took a strong and cou­ Jones chance to do its job, we will without raising taxes. · rageous step forward to help be sending a terrible mes­ ,... Evecy patient who sees a doctor eveiy Kentuckian achieve access to af. sage to the people of Kentucky. We will be able to pay. fordable, quality health care. To aban­ must be fair to all concerned. ""Those who have health. coverage don this nationally acclaimed legisla­ For at least the last IO years, I have will not have the cost of in!.ents shift­ tion before it has had adequate time to recognized that we cannot solve the ed to them in the form of · er premi­ demonstrate its true value would be a health care problem until we stop the ums which amount to a hid en tax. major, long-term mistake. cost shifting that takes P.lace. And we ""By stopping the cost shifting and · I am certain that the bill can be im­ cannot stop the cost shifting until we getting better control of health care : proved. After all, it was created through get covers~e for eveiyone. costs, 'Kentucky will have a great com­ .a series of major compromises. I am Some will tell you that we cannot af­ petitive advantage over otlier states. ·equally certain that we do not yet have ford coverage for eveiyone. I tell you This will be a big help in the creation of the data necessary to detennine what that we cannot afford to deny coverage new jobs. 1ong-term changes need to be made. for anyone. With coverage for all of our I strongly uri:e the new and promis­ ram also certain that the Health Poli­ people, we can make the proper money ing admiriistratton and the General As­ cy Board, charged with the responsibil­ saVIDg investments in preventive health sembly to stand strongly ln support of ity of collecting the data and serving as care. Annual physicals, mammograms, health care reform. 'to them I say, -11,.referee to guarantee fairness to all prostate checks, etc., save money and please give it a chance to work. Make :!!l).llcerned, must be maintained. Toe in­ suffering. changes as the collected data indicate .dependence of this board is of major I uncferstand the concern about the that changes are needed, but please significance. It is difficult to plow new ability of the state to pay for this on the don't cave in now. There are thousands $!!)UDd. It is made even more difficult front end. The cost factor was the ma­ of Kentuckians who are depending on .wlien there are those who don't want jor reason we were unable to get this you. ,tJW ground to be plowed at all. done during the last session of the Gen- SPKfal to The Courlar-Joumal .J;..fl, ;izt, /'i'f €. Gj \ p.__;)_'J_ ·- Lf - ,;} LI, :&; Mt:U Clip :;}1e8lRCHIVEs A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40361-1689 606-783-2030 The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Tuesday, January 23, 1996 'K:-~1iiii1~ra_1f~M'~ y,, ,"Ii''~' ::-"'a:~lsllit ,_ ''t[:: C ,~ ' 'iii 1 ,,,_,_.\~-7-~_,__ ; '1- 0• ...... e__ . ,_.e_- r: .'\_•._·.~•-.• -,,, ~,-, .. ,,·r- ., .,9_,.,f~-' -1/'-{ ,, ..",, ;-~ __!\ ~ ,>7t,-,if\.. ·}:: •_- ,.,. " '"""1,:1. -, ,·.,,.'an, 1 ·:to.,·rnn\0f ott2a·th~:Oisttict:,.:s1:~a·t··,;J JJ,r /· J¾'(!;;: ".,/ /., 1./< f,tp~'.~--nt:tl/Ss-:/:V _: ~- __ ,t ',,.::_,,,.-;_J.s_,yJJ¾{¼~;.'6;,"'$'<,-,,,,.J>-.i,,'>-t{bJd-Alf'A,fH<'>J'h,c\\• .,,,,.,,.,~}~..,,.,;J,...,., ,.__,,, -: ... ~-- ,~s,<1~- ·~ .. ,~-, ~ -•-·) -~ :B/MAil\ii.mll;cl,i~l~b~~:l!il\i 'J Derrickson said his experi- Derrickson has chaired the OF THE DAI.LY_ ,_IN.·o_EPEN_,. DENT'• ·.1 ··1 ence at MSU and Lees has al- former Morehead/R.owan ;,'~">i 'had[ form in detail. President Charles T. Wethington Jr. told the Board of': ) been·· rep_!eser1_!\i!g-,'Rowan ( On economic development, Trustees yesterday. \. County, buCredistrictirig·,J he said the state ought to try Wethington presented the board with a report re-., i in?v~tl ~lev_n.is' .~om~ ~un_ty,.j to attr~ct_ jobs that pay bet~er viewing the university's efforts since 1990, when he. i of: ,Jl.!~rgan; ll}!O ,'a• ,l).ew' d1s 0 than mmnnum wage. More Job took office. · (. tri,ct",t!J,at· i_ndu.~esf~?~~•: .1 training is needed, he said. "The state of the university is sound, it's strong: •:•I;~~~nce an,d E/hott:•·. :, '.'. Derrickson does not believe and we're well-positioned for the future," Wethington. I said. "Generally, !feel very good about where the uni-.. l. · Bes1d~s R?wan: thE;."~ew I the state should stop offering versity is." ; f ¥5th. enco:m_P,as.ses ,,alb ?X ! incentives to industry, but he Wethington told the board that his biggest disap­ l parts ~f. ,Clari.. L.e~•;,Lesl~e. ; said "it needs to be selective. I pointment had been state budget cuts in the early· t,¥ag9ff!n,dvl~nif~.~.,Owsley,I think Kentucky's doing that 'and •Wolfe1 counties,, Der-: ,, ' 1990s that meant the university had lost about $32: 1, .. .k .. , .., , ''d'"·t·h- •t· ,, t' •'t' · · to some extent. million in operating funds each year. t nc s~n,Si)l ;' .. ,.a.:.e~n ory, But Wethington primarily remained upbeat during· twill not be easy .to represent. 1 his presentation. He pointed to increases in the test· : , : "Ii'.s'. a'.)o,ng :w·ay,: from ·. scores of incoming freshmen, the cash value of re­ , Morehead, to .. Manchester,": search grants faculty won, the number of black stu­ :< he:s~!d.,/'I ~ip~ct;l:q' ~pe,ncl, a, dents and faculty and the number of women faculty. i lot oftime oii tliifroad.'1, ; , · . f° ~ )J :.{'/: .~·'~,;~? ,:·••,j ~ tit l) Wethington said he was particularly proud of gains in the field of diversity. - THE COURIER-JOURNAL • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1996 "I'm absolutely convinced that in the 21st century, an institution that is not a diverse institution will not '"llK BOARD - be a good institution," he said. Wethington also spotlighted the construction .of The University of Kentucky would have to put a represen­ Q ..! !alive of the school's staff on its board of trustees under a the W.T. Young Library, calling it "the heart of any bill approved yesterdar. in the House. academic enterprise." . In 1994, all the state s regional universities were required lh other action, the board: to allow staff members to have a representative on their ■ Unanimously approved a land deal between UK !Igoverning boards, as students and faculty members general­ and University Heights Church of Christ. UK will ac- • ly do. However, UK President C.harles Wethington didn't want UK in­ quire the church property on Clifton Avenue and move cluded. He argued that the university's board was getting too big, with representation from too many constituencies. (The University of Louis­ the church to a site on Columbia Avenue. ville already had a staff member on its board.) Wethington said recently that he still opposes the proposal but doesn't plan to fight it. The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Ernesto Scorsone, D-Lexington, passed 90-0. · A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 . MOREHEAD, KY 40361-1689 606-783-2030 LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. ■ THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1996 ■ Exempt associations with law, but most of them would make more than 100 members from the more radical changes, The reform reform l_aw's new insurance rating law has come under sharp attack Measure system. Associations say the new because it has led to huge rate in- ' system raises their insurance costs. creases for some customers; · · ■ Repeal the 2 percent provider Even as HB 364 was introduced, tax on doctors. Rep. , R-Louisville, The proposal would retain key said in a floor speech that the re­ provisions such as barring insur- form law had been an "unmitigated would alter. ' ance companies from refusing to.. disaster" for Kentucky. cover people with pre-existing con, Gov. Paul Patton has appointed ditions and letting P.eople keep in- a bipartisan task force to study im- surance when they switch jobs. proving the reform law. · · "This is an attempt to save Asked why the sponsors of HB health law what we can because there are too 364 filed their proposal before that many good things in (the reforms) task force makes its report, Scor­ BY BILL EsTEP there to back away now," said Rep. sone said it was important t_o let HERALD-LEADER FRANKFORT. BUREAU , R-Glasgow. · supporters.of the law know there FRANKFORT Severa~ The bill is one of several intro, proposals to save the ~t parts House lawmakers filed a bill ·yes­ are duced this session on reform of the law without scrapping it. terday to perform surgery on the the state's health-care reform law in ' The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Wednesday, J~~uary 24, 1996 hopes of avoiding amputation. House Bill 364 would scale LEGISIATIVE UK president ! Lower tuition back some parts of the sweeping SE~fil~N cites progress bill considered reforms adopted two years ago, LEXINGTON- RICHMOND, Va. - while keeping the besf features and Progress on several key The Vir~ General adding safeguards against exorbi­ fronts during the past As~embly lS 1:9nsi_dering tant insurance rate increases, spon­ Jive years at the a bill that wo_uld allow sors said. University of Kentucky east~rn Kentu~~ans to "I think what this bill does is a were outlined in . pay m-state tuition at very responsible way to deal with President Char)es "i': Cli~ch Valley .College. some of the problems that people Wethington Jr.'s remarks. Right now, ~tern are experiencing,'' said Rep. to the school's board of Kentuckians would have Ernesto Scorsone, D-Lexington. trustees.-- ·._ .,·,, ... , •. :"··-- ·: to pay $3,762 a year in The proposal is significant be­ :In the five-year ·retort; .. tuition an~ fee~ to attend cause its co-sponsors include sever­ Wethington noted:. the colle!le s WISe al key architects of the original re­ '.►The retention rate campus Just across the forms. from freshman to border from Letcher Among other things, HB 364 . sophomore has increased County, Ky. The bill would: · slightly and is showing could reduce that to ■ Require the Insurance De­ an upward trend. $1,600 for up to 100 partment to hold a hearing on any ►Recruitment and students who live within. rate increase in a standard insur­ retention of black faculty a 50-air-mile radius of the ance plan· above the il!flation rate, has tripled since 1989·90 campus. .. ~, .ia and allow the attorney general's of­ representing 3.6 percent The arrangement . fice to take part in the hearing. of the faculty, while the would affect parts of Bell, - -■ Scale back the power.of the-- percentage of female Breathitt, Floyd, Harlan, controversial .state Health Policy faculty has increased to Johnson, Knott, Leslie, Board by making mem hers part- 27.4 percenf. .... Letcher, Martin, Perry time. . ·_ -~>-The percentage ·or . · and Pike counties.·-:"· ■ Allow additional standard in­ lower level student credit · surance plans and the formation of hOurs taUght by_ full-time private insurance-buying alliances. faculty increased from 53 ■- Delay the compulsory addi­ percent-In fall 1992 to·60 tion of state university employees percent in fall 1994. and cities .to the state i:lealth Pur­ .. ►External support for chasing Alliance until July 1;· 199s, . research has increased . and extend current policies a year._ by 67 percent since 1989-90 . ., ►Private giving has fncreased bv n.9 nercent. • lExlNGTON HERALD-LEADER. LEXINGTON, KY. ■ THURSDAY. JANUARY 25, 1996 Patton to present two-year ... . budget plan tonight .. . :~ HE~ER FRANKFORT BUREAU of the next two years fo~'teachers, a money to develop Pin Oak Farm in :~ FRANKFORT - Gov. Paul plan that some s.ay undercuts the Woodford County as the University :?atton will tell Kentuckians tonight Kentucky Education Reform Act's of Kentucky's primary agricultural ,;ow he thinks. their tax dollars emphasis on local ccntrol. research center, the chiefs s.aid this ~ould be spent over the next two. The state's teachers union week . .They s.aid _they did not know helped draw up the proposal for a whether Patton's budget would ~he governor, ,;,h~ t~ok offke 2.6 percent increase each year. cover bond payments for the new ~ast month, will present his $11 b1l­ The legislature's budget chiefs, UK library, now under construc­ ;i',on-plus budget proposal in an ad­ Sen. Michael R. Moloney and Rep. tion. ~ess to a joint session of the Gen­ Harry Moberly, s.ay Patton will rec­ Patton has also' promised to in­ 'll)-al Assembly at 7 p.m. •EST. The ommend 5·percent annual raises for clude money for juvenile detention ~eech will be shown live on Ken­ state .workers and a 4 percent in­ centers and more beds for an ever­ -tucky Educational Television. crease in funding for higher educa­ increasing number of prisoners. · Patton is expected to propose tion in the first year of the budget. Moberly s.aid Patton will recom­ phasing out the 2 percent provider The universities had asked for a 7.2 mend stashing away $200 million tax on ·doctors and lowering the percent increase. in the state's s.avings acccunt state income· tax for people who 'Moloney, D-Lexington, and Legislators will hold hearings don't itemize deductions. by raising Moberly, D-Richmond, also say the on Patton's plan and try to enact a the standard deduction to $1,700 governor's budget will propose us­ budget before the 1996 General As­ over four years .. ing cash for ·college· buildings at sembly ends in the spring. . Those two taxes raise $85 mil­ Ashland, Hazard and Prestonsburg · Patton has indicated that he lion a year for the state treasury. and a vocational training center in will call a· special session in early Patton also is expected to propose Hopkinsville. 1997 to reconsider the budget be­ a 2.6 percent cost-of-living raise each J;'atton's budget will include cause of \lllCertain federal funding.

lExJNGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. ■ Thursday, January 25, 1996 THE COURIER-JOURNAL • REGION • THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1996 ii OWENSBORO . WKU expanding master's program Western branch campus to offer MBA:­ OWENSBORO, Ky: -Western Kentucky ~nivers!ty's Owe1!5~0ro Western Kentucky .University's Owensboro branch will begin offering a master's degree m busmess- admm1s­ branch will begin offering a master's degree in tration, and WKU plans to revive its MBA program at its main business administration, and the school plans to campus. · revive its MBA program at its main campus,. WKU President Thomas Meredith announced the plan for the which has been donnant since 1987. Owensboro campus Tuesday at a meeting of the campus advisory committee. · . · Western's Owensboro campus also will begin offering under- graduate courses in general management this summer. · . Meanwhile, Western plans to resurrect the MBA program that . has been dormant since 1987 at its main campus in Bowling <:,reen, said Acting Business Dean Jack Hall. The program was deacti~ated · because Western did not have the resources or faculty ai-the time to maintain accreditation. · · A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40361-1689 606-783-2030 LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. ■ FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1996 IV!ore money for_ college buildings~

"There's a feeling the legislature reject­ ed it and the university went ahead with with an exception it," he said. "There is just not support in Patton's budget calls for financing the General Assembly, because they feel BY ANGIE MUHS building projects with cash, in.stead o_f us­ the university didn't heed the Legislature's HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION WRITER ing bonds. Most higher education proJects, -warning." · FRANKFORT - Higher education except for a building at Prestonsburg C?m• UK President Charles T. Wethington Jr. would get more construction projects and a munity College, were on a Council on High­ said UK would still pursue money for the slightly bigger budget increase than ex­ er Education priority list. project. pected, under Gov. Paul Patton's budget Patton did scale back one of the CHE's "This library project is a top priority ·of proposal. top projects a classroom and performing the University of Kentucky and we'll con­ Patton's budget also includes $1.5 mil­ arts center ~t Hazard Community College, tinue to ask our legislators to be support­ lion over the next two years for a Universi­ by cutting its budget in half and moving it ive," he said. tv of Kentuckv and Murray State Universi­ down the list. · Northern Kentucky University also did ty center to provide engineering education The governor said he would not sup­ not receive a $35 million science building and other programs in Paducah. port the state paying for a performing arts that it has requested for the last six years. It includes construction projects at four center. "A performing arts center would be Boothe said the cost of the project made universities and five community colleges, nice but in light of the austere capital con­ it hard to finance in cash. including a $14 million science building at su-u'ction program, it would be a luxury," "With the one-time money he's dealing the University of Louisville and $12.5 mil­ he said. with, $35 million is a whale of a lot of mon­ lion for UK's Pin Oak Farm. But it does not Other projects were also notable for ey," Boothe said. provide money for UK's long-sought 558 their omission. UK also did not get the $16 million it million library. The budget does not contain the $3.2 wanted from the state for a mechanical en­ The state's public colleges and universi­ million that UK had sought to pay for fi. gineering building. ties would get a 4 percent budget increase nancing the bonds it used to build the Patton, an engineer by profession, said overall in the next year, slightly more than William T. Young Library. deciding between the Pin Oak project and Patton had originally predicted. The money UK unsuccessfully asked legislators in the engineering building was "perhaps the will be distributed according to a formula the 1994 regular and special sessions to is­ most difficult choice." devised by the Council on Higher Educa'. sue bonds to build the library. It then put The engineering building was on the tion. together a complex $41 million bond deal preliminary list, but the governor said he That means that the amount each that involved the Urban County Govern­ then changed his mind after talking to oth- school gets will vary, because the formula ment, UK Alumni Association and UK Ath­ ers. gives more money to institutions whose fi. letics Association. "I didn't want to let my personal affini­ nancing lags behind the others. Patton said money for the library bonds ty to mechanical engineering color what Every university will get an increase of wasn't in the budget because of "a tremen­ was best for the state," he said. at least 3.2 percent, Patton said. The state's dous amount of resistance to that." community college system would get an in­ The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Thursday, January 25, 1996 crease of about 9.5 percent, he said. The Kentucky Tech system, which op­ erates post-secondary vocational schools, Bill would curtail money would get a budget increase of 7 percent. "To the extent we had excess revenue, we put it into education programs," Patton going to state prisoners said. The budget now calls for a 3 percent in­ for college classes, books crease for higher education in the 1997-98 prison 'in his district. "If we budget year, but Patton said he hoped to By SUSAN WARREN only have one pot of money call a special session next year to readdress INDEPENDENT FRANKFORT BUREAU that is only so big, it is in1- that budget. perative that we. meet the University presidents - who had FRANKFORT - The Higher sought a 7 percent increase - said they needs of ·our high school stu· Education Assistance Author­ dents.". understood Patton's constraints, Several ity would essentially be barred also said they were optimistic that the gov­ If the General Assembly from providing financial aid to wants to provide college educa­ ernor would push for a better increase next prisoners under legislation on vear. tion money for prisoners, he · "He's a refreshing breath of air in its way to the House. said, it should do so by sepa­ Rep. John Will Stacy. D-West Frankfort in the executive office, in terms rate allocation. Liberty, said he filed House oi understanding that higher education is The assistance authority was Bill 285 to provide for high an investment, not a cost," said Northern providing the aid through an school students who need help agreement with the Correc­ Kentucky University President Leon with their college tuition. The Boothe. "I think he really wants to be tions Cabinet, Stacy said. He bill would prevent the author­ said he had received com­ known as the governor who improved ity from providing aid for pris­ higher education." plaints that some prisoners Eastern Kentucky University President oners until it first met the signed up for college credit Hanly Funderburk said he was happy be­ needs of all eligible applicants classes, which were taught on­ cause the governor had earlier predicted a outside of prison. site, in order to win •·good smaller operating increase and no construc­ The House Education Com­ time" credits toward early re­ tion. mittee approved the measure leases. "There are some pleasant surprises." Wednesday and sent it to the Some reports, Stacy said, in­ Funderburk said. "I'm a little surprised that full House for consideration. dicated that prisoners were he got into construction proJects." _ "We have a lot of needs in boxing up books they received our region," said Stacy. who through the program. shipping has both a universitY and a them out of the prison and ar­ ranging for their sale. LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER. LEXINGTDN, KY. " FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1996

Funding this year Amount : 12. Madisonville-student/auditorium parking $800,000 1. Northern Kentucky Secure Juvenile Detention Center· $4,300,000 ! 13. Hazard Community College- 5,500,000 2. Western Kentucky Secure Juvenile Detention Center 4,300,000 ' classroom and faculty offices 3. Hopkinsville Regional Technical Training Center 11,445,000 I 14. Yatesville Lake Marina 1,173,000 4. Ashland Community College<:lassroom building 5,500,000 , 15. My Old Kentucky Home Visitors Center 1,300,000 5. University of Louisville-Health Science Center 14,000,000 i If revenue exceeds expectatlons------Funding next year , 16. Pine Mountain Lake Development 2,938,000 6. University of Kentucky-Pin Oak , 17. Jefferson Davis Monument Visitors Center 650,000 Farm Animal Science Research Center 12,480,000 : 18. Taylorsville Lake Campground 2,125,000 7. Prestonsburg Community College - 5,500,000 1 19. Yatesville Lake Campground 2,200,000 . classrocmfllealth education building i 20. Interpretive Center 636,000 8. Kentucky Tech-Pike County Technology Center 8,244,000 i 21. General Butler Conference Center 2,230,000 9. Northern Kentucky Convention Center-enhancements 3,000,000 ' 22. Ketucky Horse Park-stalls 550,000 10. Western Kentucky UniversltYrenovate- 23. Buckhorn Conference Center 1,120,000 Economic Development Institute 4,000,000 24. Lake Barkley-<:overed pool 1,427,000 11. Eastern Kentucky University- 25. -parking 968,000 classroom building/wellness center 4,000,000 Total: SI00,386,000

SouRcE: Governor's budget TIM BLUM/HERALD-LEADER Patl:OD"'offel'S 'continuation ing next year. The cuts would in­ crease by the same amount over the following three years. budget' The state would use other tax money to fill the funding void in Medicaid, which provides services Increases in services to the poor and disabled. Patton's plan also would pro­ vide small cuts in income taxes for 660,000 Kentuckians who don't scarce, tax cuts limited itemize such things as mortgage Patton, a Democrat who took interest and charitable gifts. BY JACK BRAMMER office last month, unveiled his two­ The plan would raise the stan­ AND CHAD CARLTON year spending plan to a joint ses­ dard deduction from $650 to $1,700 HERALD-LEADER FRANKFORT BUREAU sion of the General Assembly. over four years starting in the 1997 FRANKFORT - Gov. Paul Legislators will scrutinize and tax year. People wouldn't feel the Patton's two-year budget plan in- change the plan over the next two cuts until 1998. cludes pay raises for teachers and months before sending a revised The maximum savings. in the . state workers, tax breaks for doc­ plan to Patton. first year would be $15. The most tors and modest spending increases The governor plans to call a anyone could save after the four­ for most of state government. special legislative session early year phase-in would be $63. Patton's budget basically pro­ next year to make changes in the Patton's plan doesn't follow vides no increases in services. "I'm budget because of uncertain federal through on his promise to cut-car taxes by assessing vehicles at the proposing, for all practical purpos­ funding. es, a continuation budget for the trade-in value rather than retail next two fiscal years,"· he said last Tax cuts nrice. night in his In his budget proposal, Patton · Then-Gov. Brereton Jones • State of the lives up to his campaign promise agreed in November to split the dif­ ·- Commonwealth not to raise taxes, but he hedges on ference in the values to settle a law­ some of his pledges to cut taxes. suit. "·..,__ .:,;.. ;~·l,;1;1,1:'.i add~es:, t t o n In the campaign, Patton Patton also broke his promise - r P plans to invest promised to eliminate the provider to give coal counties 50 percent of millions of dol­ tax on doctors. cut state income the coal severance tax by next year. THE U:G\.'~i't~n•:. lars in technol- taxes for some Kentuckians by The counties, which now re­ ogy to stream- raising the standard deduction and ceive 25 percent of the money, BUDGEn line govern- reduce the property tax on cars. ll'ould get 3 percent more in each of ment and Patton's budget would phase the next two years. shrink the state work force in the out the $43 million provider ta,: coming years. oYer four years rather than repeal "I'm determined to lead this it immediately as he had planned. state with a sense of history and an Each of the state's 6,000 doctors eye to the future.'· Parron saiG. would save S2.00U on average stan- ~-'.<,;·,-,\.:,;;_·\:-;··.·•·:·,:..&:.:i• · -- "• ·,~1-:--·:?:-~--:,::··_ ;'- : .... RISING·C.OST OF GOVERNMENT:-·•,·: PATTON: Plans :_..., __ -__ ,,c•-~'.'"",···'·'·-c::.r•··· · ...·,1·":'-·~-'"4"-~- ,, KeniucJ

STAFF CHART BY MARC NORTON THE COURIER.JOURNAL • FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1996 Budget: Lean, but not bare bones By TOM LOFl1JS uncertain outcome of the federal Staff Writer budget debate - with millions of dol• lars for Kentucky in question - FRANKFORT, Ky. - Gov. Paul Pat• makes it difficult to look more than a ton last night offered the General As· year ahead. sembly a two-year state budget heavy By that time, he said he also hoped on improving the administration of there would be savings from his Em· state government but light on ambi• power Kentucky initiative that could tious policy initiatives. be used for higher education and ju• Delivering a combined State of the venile justice programs. Commonwealth and budget address The governor, who consulted law­ to a joint session of the legislature, makers from both s;des of the aisle Patton said his first priority as gover• while drafting the budget, was greet• nor is to haul the ship of state into ed with enthusiastic applause in the drydock for repairs before launching House Chamber. it on major new voyages. He empha• While the budget is lean, it is a far sized that his budget corrects a seri· cry from the plan Patton suggested ous cash-flow problem he discovered privately to lawmakers a month ago in the budget he inherited from the - a plao that would have de(erred all previous administration. tax cuts and most construction proJ• :z: And he unveiled a program called ects for a year. "Empower Kentucky," in which he Listening to political concerns of -C) plans to spend at least $86 million in his Democratic majorities in the :IC surplus funds to overhaul computer House and Senate, Patton ultimately r- systems to make state government produced what is a much more tradi­ more efficient. He said he believes tional make-the-best-out-of-the-situa· -r:, new technology can save the state $50 tion spending plan. million per year starting with the It cuts two taxes: phasing out over three years the 2 percent tax on doc­ =... 1997-98 fiscal year. "By rethinking and ~edesigning t!'e tors, which helps fund the state's en way government servtces are deliv• Medicaid program; and cutting the in· ered, we intend to free up money," come tax for some by gradually in· said Patton, sounding very much like creasing the standard deduction from the engineer he was before entering $650 to $1,700 over four years. In his 32-minute speech - his first politics. to the legislature - Patton said the He proposed phasing in two tax tax on doctors will eventually "be cuts he promised during his campaign completely removed from these heal• last year - for doctors aod in the in· ers who we must have, and whose come tax - and paying for up to 25 services we will !f!:adually lose unless construction projects, including juve• we treat them fairly." nile jails and university and college The governor said he cao promise buildings. that his tax cuts will not hurt existing The budget squeezes most every state services. But he added, "I must small agency in state government - warn you that to cut any more taxes, offering virtually no increase in fund· ing over two years - aod puts the or to accelerate the implementation of savings into public schools, universi• either of these tax equity measures, ties, corrections and raises for state will cause some Kentuckians to suffer workers. a loss of service." While his spending plao covers two years, Patton said he would call a spe· cial legislative session a year from now to revisit the budget. He said the ' . -f:1G11-r 'BIAD<:;.E", CC.,,.,.;r- I,)._ )

The budget would fund construc­ tion of up to 25 projects, including GENERAL FUND FINANCES money for two juvenile detention cen­ Figures are for the next two budget years. ters, the Hopkinsville Regional Tech­ nical Training Center, and the Univer­ f I sity of Louisville health sciences building. These would be funded not by the traditional method of borrow­ :t:f\)1:~tt~,,9,.;:;H'}io\~,._;;_,-:;l~!~t; ing. But - like the Empower Ken­ ;JdAtsE'v?R11ti~if'riixv~ tucky program - they would be fund­ ·,··,, _,_,, .. ,,• (;c•.··'•·, }~",/ ~ -' ed with cash from surplus funds an­ CORPORATE INCOME TAX ticipated when the current budget ex­ pires on July I. 5,4% Total appropriations for public ' ALL OTHER schools and universities would go up 8,2°/o about 4 percent each year. But Patton called for spending much of the new money for public schools on manda­ ALL OTHER: Includes such t~ings as insurance-premium tax, inhentance tax, ,. tory 2.6 percent annual cost of living cigarette tax, alcoholi~-beverage tax, raises for teachers - a move that pari-mutue\ tax and oll-producfion tax. amounts to a major shift in how the state funds local schools in the era of the Kentucky Education Reform Act. That makes winners of the Ken­ tucky Education Association and those school districts that will Jlet more money under this distribution method. HUMAN SERVICES ----, Each state university would get an increase of at least 3.2 percent per 8.5% . year, but community colleges and technical schools would do much bet­ MEDICAID 10,80/o ter. State employees also are a big win­ ner. Patton proposes 5 percent annual CORRECTIONS 4,2"/o raises for them. • Includes the Department of Education, The budget is Patton's proposed the TeachE!rs' Retirement System and lhe plan for spending about $27 billion School Facilities Construc11on Commission. between July I, 1996, and June 30, 1998. The key part of it is how he pro­ poses to spend $11.2 billion over the two years from the state General Fund. The second largest component is about $8 billion in anticipated fed­ eral funding to Kentucky over the bi- ennium. · Because Congress and President Bill Clinton continue to fight over -how to balance the federal budget, Patton had no choice but to make an educated ~ess about anticipated fed­ eral funding - a key component in STAFF CHART BY STEVE DURBIN the state's Medicaid, welfare, trans­ portation and some other programs. Patton said in a budget 6riefing Wednesday, ''We had to make an as­ sumption upon which to build this bu~et. We tried to sort of hit the mid€Ec.H €XC.t:R.P1S Cc=--1'.l..) I then propose that one-half of the surplus be That means, with one exception, there are no new appropriated to finance 25 projects, distributed all over programs funded nor are any existing pro~s cut or the state. These projects include juvenile detention expanded in this budget beyond that reqwred by law centers, higher education classroom facilities and will or existing agreements. fund the construction of 12 parks projects authorized The one exception is the funding of an engineering for design by the 1995 extraordinary session of the program to be offered cooperatively by the University General Assembly. of Kentucky and Murray State ..University in a new These projects will be funded in the priority order building on the campus of Paducah Community College built with funds donated by the citizens and businesses listed in the budget The other half of the surplus will of that area of the state. fund our new initiative to empower our workers with efficient resources. This new program, called EMPOW­ This controversial proposal, which has divided the ER, will fund new business systems designed to reduce Purchase Area ·and the General Assembly, has been the cost of operating state govermnent through agreed to· by all parties directly involved. technology. I believe the ongoing cost of $1.3 million in fiscal Emulating the techniques proven to be effective in year 1998 is a good investment for the commonwealth. private business, using computers, state of the art It's also an appropriate response to settle a difficult software, new communication systems and employee controversy which has gone on too long, and caused training. By rethinking and redesigning the way too much disharmony her~ and in the purchase. government services are delivered, we intend to free up The central focus of our budget will be the security money now committed to the operation of state and safety of our people, the education of our children' government while continuing to deliver the same and the growth of our economy. services better. As a govermnent our first responsibility is to I intend to come back to you in about a year and protect the life and property of our citizens and one show you the results of this program and ask you to way to do that is to remove violent and repeat appropriate the funds saved to needed programs like offenders from society through incarceration. We juvenile treatment and higher education. ... intend to pursue that course and we're funding the We'll propose new laws to pierce the veil of secrecy increased prison space necessary to achieve our goals, surrounding juveniles. convicted of certain serious 2000 new prison beds over the biennium. . .. crimes. We'll address the issues of mine safety, Our budget will continue to meet the basic social workers' compensation, Medicaid and domestic vio­ needs of _our people. It will match all Medicaid funds lence. And right now, we're revisiting the issue of anticipated to be available from the f~eral govermnent health care. if the capped entitlement program as proposed by Health-care reform President· Clinton is enacted. It will also hold the increase of these programs to 4 percent, the same as As well intended as the health-care reforms embed­ revenue growth. . ied in House Bill 250 might be, the program has major problems. Insurance rates have skyrocketed for some I am committed to improving and increasing people, while creating only modest savings for others. funding for higliei: education. ... The government bureaucracy set up to administer Our technical schools, a very important part of our this program has not functioned as it should. People higher education system, will receive a 7 percent are upset at having long standing benefits and increase in funding .... · programs changed for reasons they don't understand. Our elementary and secondary schools will receive Since mid November, under the leadership of Lt their full share of the 4 percent revenue growth and I've Gc"ernor Henry, we've been monitoring the implemen­ also included an extra $33 million to fund the larger tation of HB250. Since the Legislature has been in portion of a 2.6 percent cost of living raise I believe all session, a scant 3 weeks, the crisis has intensified. One our teachers should. be guaranteed. . . . · week ago, I began a series of meetings with the bipartisan leadership of both houses of the General Assembly. The meetings we've had so far have been Growing our economy positive and productive, as we deal with one of the Another area where we are cominitted to continu­ most difficult and important issues to face this session. ing progress is economic development. While I can't. As much as we might differ on a variety of issues, I increase the rate at which we can fully fund the coal urge all of us to put aside our differences, and negotiate severance tax appropriation to the local govermnent in good faith a reasonable compromise. If we are to economic development fund, beyond the 3 percent per provide our people with quality health care at any­ year of the past four years, I will continue to P:omote where close to an affordable price, we must have this program and plan for the future and bw)d the doctors and nurses, hospitals and pharmacies, insur­ infrastructure which is vital to economic growth m any ance companies and HMOs and government all work­ place in the state but is missing from most of the coal ing together. Because in the end, it's the people we're fields. serving and it's the people who must come first As successful as our tax increment financing That's my commitment and I know it's yours too. programs have been in developing new and exp~~ed Yes, in many ways the state of the commonwealth industries we must still do more to help existing is good, but we may not rest Much work still needs to industries' and promote entrepreneurship. Therefore I'm be done, and we're assembled here to right the things proposing a new tax incentive _p~ogram to sh:ir_e ha_lf that ai-e wrong. That will always be our goal. the cost of skills upgrade tra1mng. The trammg 1s No matter how far we may travel, ·no matter how designed to develop higher productivity and produce much progress we make, no matter how far up that higher wages for our existing employees who've mountain we have climbed, we have not, nor will we worked at least one year for companies which have ever reach the summit, the point at which we can go no been in Kentucky for at least three years. · further. To promote entrepreneurship I'm proposing the Our struggle is continuous, our energy boundless, establishment of the Kentucky Investment Fund, a our determination unaltered, and our potential unlimit­ unique approach to government assistance in the ed. It's with pleasure and anticipation that I join you in development of venture capital organizations .... this advenmre as we approach the new century. Now what do we do with the unobligated cash And it's with confidence I predict our future surplus?' I believe we can continue to invest it in basic success. The people of Kentucky expect no less, they infrastructure. I propose that a portion of the surplus will accept no less and together we will deliver no less. be appropriated to fund 20 life safety projects in ~e Again, I thank you for the opportunity to share amount of $27 million recommended by the Capital with you my goals for Kentucky and I look forward to Planning Advisory Board. working with you to make Kentucky the best it can be. Thank you, good night, and God bless Kentucky. • ' . LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. ■ FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1996 John R. Hi.II announce~ retirement from Ashland ---· ,O~•• .,M•- >''' collection. He· also said his succes­ John R.•Hall " Current president sor has a stronger financial back­ current. posl­ ground than he does. Chellgren :tion: chairman • will assume posts was chief financial officer from and· chief .execu- 1988 thru 1991. • tive: officer;of. ·,. of CEO, chairman LeVine credited Hall for steer­ 'Ashland;'inq;;· re:: ing the company through a turbu­ ·,tiring•as. CEO.:~ri; BY AMEET SACHDEV lent period in the oil industry. Hall .Oct..1.and .chair-.. HERALD-LEADER BUSINESS WRITER also strengthened Ashland's other man. orth~.bo.ird ASHLAND - Ashland Inc. units, such as Super America and . . • ..•·in Januar.y)l.997. Chairman John R. Hall turned a chemical, to reduce the company's ' .c·;ciireer highllghts:jciined' ,' routine annual stockholders' meet­ dependence on refining. :•'Ashland iri 1957 as'chemical-. ing yesterday into a farewell par­ ''.John led this company out of "engineer:• elected. iidi\iinistrative ty. a period of some real bad times," · vice presfdent •and. director,in,. 3 Hall, who will turn 64 in No­ Le Vine said. "The company had .1968; became presidel)t of Ash- vember, announced he will step the worst reputation in the busi­ land'.Chemical Co. in 1971;.be- down as chief executive officer ness when he took over." . came group operating-officer re­ Oct. 1. He will retire as chairman Chellgren said the search for sponsible for petroleum.and-.• of the board next January. Presi­ his replacement has not begun. chemical division in 1976; elect­ dent Paul W. Chellgren, Hall said he still has ed .vice chairman of the boa°rd 53, will succeed him as . and chief operating officer in "I think 15 some unfinished business both CEO and chairman before he steps down as , .. 1979; elected to current,posi-> years is a of Kentucky's largest CEO at the end of Ash­ tion·Octi 1;.. 1981'.: ·:·. · . · public company. long time for . ' .Personal: Hves witti. wife, shareholders land's fiscal year in Octo­ Speaking to re­ ber. His major task is to Donna, in -Ashland.· Ttiey have .. porters after the meet­ and employ­ one child. . • improve the financial ing, Hall said he felt it ees to put up performance of the refin­ was a good time to step with one ing division. down. He has spent guy." Operating income for more than 39 years with JOHN R. HALL Ashland Petroleum has Paul. W. Chellgren- · · Ashland and served as speaking in jest averaged $61 million its top executive since · · · · · · .Curriini p~s~ October 1981. The com­ ------over the last five fiscal tlon:-presi_dent · years, compared with pany has a mandatory retirement $164 million from 1986 through ;and cliief operat- age of 65 for senior officers. ) • ing offic,er of Ash­ 1990, Hall told shareholders. The "I think 15 ymrs is a long time division lost $54 million from op­ . ·.-land Inc,, and sue­ for shareholders and employees to .. cessor John R. erations for 1995, which included to put up with one guy," -Hall said ·Hall.· , . · a $34 million charge to reduce 321 Educaticin: · jokingly. jobs. · . bachelor .of sci­ The timing of the announce­ Due in part to petroleum's .ence in. accounting'frbm the Ul)i­ ment caught most industry ob­ poor performance. neither Hall nor . versity of Kentucky ·in 1964; · servers by surprise. Chellgren earned bonuses last · master!s·in tiusiness,administra­ "Frankly, it's a year earlier year. In 1994, Hall received a . tion, Harviird•.UniversitY:Busi- • _ than I expected it to happen,'' said bonus of $836,741 on top of his · ness Sc;hool, .1966. '; : - _ Bob LeVine, a retired oil analyst salary of $797,262. Chellgren got . ·· Career highlights: joined .. ,: with J.P. Morgan. "I'm a little sad­ 584,911 above his '94 salary of -Ashland-in 1974 as executive dened." $498,289. assistant.to the chairman and Hall said he decided to retire a Last year's cost-cutting pro­ chief executive ·officer; named year ago when he met with the gram has already boosted refining administrative vice president of board to discuss the company's results. Ashland Petroleum earned Ashland Chemical Co. ·in 1977; plans for succession. Chellgren $18 million from operations dur­ named senior vice president and has been groomed to take over ing the first quarter of fiscal 1996, group operating officer of Ash­ since he became president and compared with $2 million a year land Inc. in 1980; elected chief chief operating officer four years ago. Hall said there are no plans · financial officer in 1988; elected ago. He will be the fourth CEO in for further job cuts this year but to cu'rrent position in January the company's 72-year history. added that the company is "con­ 1992. ,. . "Paul's a renaissance guy; he's stantly looking to do more with ·personal: lives with wife, an intellectual interested in the less." Sheila, near Ashland:They have arts," LeVine said. "He's a well• "I would like to see our petro­ three children: · rounded executive." leum division ... become the flag­ Hall pointed out that Chell• ship of the company like it was gren is in charge of Ashland's art for so many years." Hall said. l/ JAJ;;)-Lj-J-lJ-3 MSU ARCHIVES J"".:1-n. :;i't, I 11 I,, MSU Clip Sheet A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University 606•783-203C INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 THE COURIER-JOURNAL • SUNDAY. JANU,:\RY 28. 1996 Patton says···hehas no specific plan for colleges Wants innovative, efficient system

By· RICHARD WILSON He told the Council on Higher Edu­ do is get people to design this ideal Staff Writer cation last week that he plans to program - delivery, cooperation. name a panel to look at all facets of shared resources - and then try to . ·FRANKFORT. Ky. - Since his in­ higher education, probably after the figure out what kind of (governance) auguration last month, Gov. Paul Pat­ General Assembly adjourns. structure would ensure that that hap· ton has been using a carrot-hke ap­ Based on other recent remarks - pened," he said. proach. to convince the state's higher­ which have remained vague - Patton Patton said such a proposal might education officials that he'll make It seems more interested in getting a be nothing more lhan a slight worth• their while to halt turf battles discussion under way than in any pre- · strengthening of the higher-education and find better ways to do their busi­ conceived notions of results. council, which coordinates university ness. In his combined State of the Com­ activities. "I would suspect that there Calling himself committed to a ro­ monwealth and budget address t~ leg­ probably needs to be some legislation. sier future for higher education. )?at­ islators Thursday rught. be hinted but as to what, I wouldn't have any ton has said the campuses' coopera­ that the state needs a governance sys­ idea." he said. "I would be surprised tion could bring them more money tem that would make the universities to find that we could reach some during.the second year of the 1996-98 more cooperative than competitive. agreements that would be longstand· biennium. . . . Asked if that means he may have a ing, and would work. without some ·Many college officials remain pn­ specific proposal, Patton said Friday kind of a legislative adjustment, but 1t vately wary of Patton's intentions. but that there's "a possibility" he will may be possible." publicly profess willing cooperation. . propose some change in state gover­ During an interview last week. Pat­ nance of higher education next Janu­ ton said he has no hidden agenda ~ut ary, when he plans to call a special wants only to explore ways of making legislative session. the multimillion-dollar system more "But the first thing I would like to innovative. efficient and producuve.

LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER. LEXINGTON, Kv. ■ SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 1996

That said, I never forget that, in truth, "J!-15t g~tting by" iio longer work Eno neglect a real war is ·going on - a war between a especially m regard to Appalachian l brighter Appalachian future or a darker tucky, where it has stubbornly remai one, a war between creativity or a failure Let us not further hamper one of of community of the imagination, a·war between frustra­ state's authentic success stories. Gett tion or solid opportunity. out of the trenches and onto a level f Put simply, in Kentucky (and especial­ will signal a new beginning. Let's ni,; colleges· and ly in Eastern Kentucky), the community happen this year. For all of us, it's la1 colleges have been neglected far too long. than we think. · · lnis fastest-growing part of education in our state has never be adequately funded ■ William r. Comett is an asso see hopes rise nor, perhaps, appreciated. professor of English and humanitie Southeast Community College .- WI BY WIWAM T. CoRNETT Much has been done with relatively burg campus. very little. Since the creation of the com­ he continuing debate over the future munity college system most results have ■ "Appalachian Voices" is a w, role of Kentucky's community col­ come at bargain-basement costs. feature about life in Eastern Kenn Tleges prompts this commentary. lnis Hence the frustration of students (of Readers may submit articles to: Ap1 newspaper's recent series of articles on ch1an Voices, Lexington Herald-Lei various ages) who have to deal with 100 Midland Avenue, Lexington that topic has admirably provided an inadequate equipment and not enough overview of that subject 40508. Articles should not exceed', class offerings, of teachers who are asked words. Yet more focus needs to be placed on to accept sadly deficient salaries {if they the community colleges of Eastern Ken­ don't end up leaving), and stretching ev­ tucky and what it is-like to work there, to erything to the limit (including time). Ad­ be "in the trenches" daily, so to speak. ministrators have had to become fund • . My "expertise" comes from C41Tently raisers, going hat in hand, instead of being an associate professor of English focusing on their on-campus duties. It · and humanities at the Whitesburg campus doesn't have to be that way and, in truth, of Southeast Community College, where I cannot · have taught for six years. The work is The General Assembly and Gov. Paul demanding and relentles&. There are many Patton have a golden chance now for rewards and many frustrations. change. Everyone in public office, it The excitement of my work comes in seems, voices support for public educa­ seeing lives changed, to witness marked tiotL improvement in financial status. in self­ Now is the time for delivery on long­ esteern, and in generally broadened hori­ standing promises. Accountability should wns. come from all quarters. Let us forge Leadership and talent" are promoted. friendships and cooperation, not jealousies Challenges are laid down and most stu­ or turf squabbles. Let us have the daring dents respond appropriately to them, giv­ to approach the 21st century with realistic ing the lie that mountain people ain't common sense, because we really have no, compete or don't want to. choice. ·' In the classroom, in student confer­ ences, in post-graduation experiences I see measurable increments and real results. I am proud to be part of the new cutting edge in Eastern Kentucky. . , THE COURIER-JOURNAL • SATURDAY. J£1NUARY 27, 1996 UK should mn 2-year colleges panel says Eventual takeover of tech Patton said later he had no posi1 on merger. He told commission m1 By RICHARD WILSON hers he would read their report : Staff Writer schools backed make certain it is· considered b: panel he plans to name this yea, LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Universi­ Patton. who attended the news con­ study changes in higher educatio, ty of Kentucky went on the offensive ference where the report was re­ Other commission recommer yesterday, attemptin~ to undercut any leased, complimented commission lions included a variety of propo efforts to strip it of its two-year com­ members for their work and said it's and "strategic steps" for the call, munity colleges. the kind of effort he wants to see in to become more effective. A nun The community college system's ail of higher education. He received of the proposals call for increased Futures Commission said in a repon applause when he expressed hope of technology. that the system should remain under that his proposed 9.5 percent funding UK and that anyone believing other­ "Considering the system's past : increase for community colleges cesses, we are confident of its futu wise should demonstrate that another would ease their financial problems. arrangement would provide greater the report concluded. educational dividends for the state. LExlNGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. ■ SATURDAY. JANUARY 27, 1996 Last month a task force made up largely of legislators and university presidents called for study of a merg­ er of the community colleges and the post-secondary technical schools, Report: Community colleges, which are administered by the Work­ force Development Cabinet. Behind the study proposal - and vo-tech schools should merge several studies of the issue over the past 25 years - is a belief that expen­ sive and unnecessary duplication of BY ANGIE MUHS -~·Key suggestlons:;_,,~;;,t high-cost programs exists in the two HER.6J.D.l.EADER EoucA.TlON WRITER systems. The state's community college system Here are some of:the'.iecommenda None of the studies bas led to deci­ should move toward merging with the Ken­ ,/tibns of ihe Futures•Coiiimismon report sive action, although some people tucky Tech vocational schools, according to the · ·., ·.-•-Work.toward a~ ·system o continue to suggest that· the commu­ final report of a commission that studied the · Kentucky T'ech post-seamdary vocation nity colleges should be detached from community colleges. · · al technical schools and centers and th, UK and merged with the technical UK community college system. schools under a new state board. But the commission did n0i set a specific timetable for a merger. The community col­ ■ Provide a·1"pa-rer1t"increase it One of the 16 recommendations in leges won't seek legislation during this session funding for higher· education for ead yesterday's report called for a closer of the General Assembly for a merger, said Ben year of the 1996-98 biennium. ·-•• -' relationship between the two systems Carr, the community colleges' chancellor. ■ Ensure· that' the community col and, ultimately, the community col­ lege system stays part of the Universi~ Several individual community college offi­ leges' takeover of the technical of Kentucky. H·• ,,.~;.~t~~~~~~.~i-; · .: .. ;_ • schools under UK. That arrangement, cials have said in the past that a merger might ■ Add a oomimmify' fullege systen said William B. Sturgill, the commis­ be the best way to go. But the report marked --graduate to the Collllcilbn-Higli.er Educ., sion's co•;.· ·; ... _,.: ~-~- .. ; 27th District. It includes Boyd,. ·ag•a· fil Elliott, Lawrence, Martil)._.and said. to run. . , . . Morgan counties. <~iJi'.'d•·;;. ·,: At this point in the 1994 ses­ · · · · .,, 'A. decision by Blevins· to· sion, the ACC project looked Br SUSAN WARREN ·: , ··:- forego. re-election would have like a sure thing. Gov. Brere­ INDEPENDENT FRANKFORT BUREAU opened the way for a ,Senate ton Jones included it in his . . . bid by Rep. ·Rocky Adkins., . . ' recommendations to the legis­ FRANKFORT - Gov .. Paul Adkins said he would· not lature and ranked at the top of Patton offered Ashland's state consider running against a Council on Higher Education senator a job in _h~ adminis- Blevins in the primary. · ··· list for funding. tration in hopes of opening up "I'v~ made ~at very clear t~ : But when the special budget the seat for a stronger. candi- ev~ryone who s ever asked, session ended that June, the date. · '· ; , .. said Adkins, . a ~.andy Hook project. along with many oth­ ers, was left on the chopping . _Sen. Walter)3.l~vin$, D-West· .· IJ.~~~ -~ :;-.;:;.nal~.~~ ,-,~~;~ ~ I..iberty, acknowledged last ··•"'.':~"'•.-.a. 1";1!10_ coo . · block floor. week that ·Patton had .dis- ·tor. of-J'a.ttgp._s _gubernatorial A key difference this time is that Patton plans to use cash cussed-options ·tHa:t could be.:·~j>!l.lgn,wo~dbe ~onsidered available. to him in _the admin,::: a,s,tim~ C!:1;11_clida!8 {or the Sen- for construction. His budget · ti - ' Bl · · · · ·d ""liried. -· • ate seat; several· Democrats in istr. a on. evms ec _ 19"'.. .. .•• · · te greed. contains no new bonding ca­ 0 •·irs· be specific. ..,;0>1>..e a pacity for the.. General. F.lmI,..... • "'"~ .. . (- ?~.~ . ~ o1••.;a•••• ; ., I!'l:tumtiu t·aown S:o I.could:;.. _~·-.,_, ,.q:,,./... ,-.:, ... - . b!3):ter serve my ,p110ple,". said_,:., ....,._:i,§,EE Off.I~ ► braced some Republicans. add- had heard Adkins' name men• other ing GOP stalwarts to his ad- tioned in general terms. ministration. Martin noted. "Throughout discussions (!,on-t 'el Adkins said Friday he would that started back in November Blevins. on the other hand, file for re-election to his 99th about viable Democratic candi· acknowledged that some might District House seat, which in- dates, Rocky Adkins' name see him as vulnerable. eludes Elliott and Lawrence came up repeatedly as some- "Anybody who gets beaten counties and part of Boyd. one who might have a lot of by Hal Rogers like I did _ He said he would have felt voter appeal." Karem said. they thought maybe I could considerable pressure to run The Louisville Democrat have a tough time." said for the Senate had Blevins va- said he had talked with Patton Blevins. a West Liberty den- cated the seat. But 10 years' about the importance of his tist. seniority in the House and the help in this year's elections. He was referring to his 1994 chairmanship of an important "I personally expressed to race for the 5th Congressional subcommittee would be hard him that, as governor of the District seat against the Re- to give up in any event, he state and as 'first citizen' of publican incumbent. Blevins said. the Democratic Party, he hope- - was trounced in that race, gar- _ Adkins is a member of the fully will have the desire to as­ nering fewer votes than Rogers ···Appropriations and Revenue sist in the re-election of Demo­ in his _home county and others Commi~ee and chalrs the bud- crats," Karem said. that he represents in the Gen- get review subcommittee on He noted that Kentucky's eral Assembly. _ . . J;:canomic Developmen~, Natu- two previous governors had Republicans hold 17 of Sen- ral Resources and Tourism. been "not always helpful in ate 38 seats. Two more would "It's probably the most pow- that regard." give the GOP the ability to erful subcommittee in the Former Gov. Brereton Jones block legislation on a tie vote, House," said Rep. Mike Bowl- was "disinterested," Karem while three would give them ing, D-Middlesboro. "So for his said, while outright control. region, it is very vital." seemed more concerned with Blevins said he was first ap- Speculating that Adkins primaries, running his own preached by friends in the Pat- would be "unbeatable" in a candidates against Democratic ton administration and ulti- Senate race, Bowling neverthe- incumbents. mately discussed his job pas- less agreed it would be dif- As of Friday, Blevins faced sibilities with the governor. ficult for him to give up his no opposition in the primary. "We talked, but my mind House seat · But Ashland businessman was pretty much made up," he Adkins said he would need Randy Memmer, a Republican, said. He. decided to seek re- some assurance of comparable has filed for the seat · election after talking over his committee assignments in the "They'll try to run somebody. options with his wife, he sald. Senate"if'he were_ to_}'Wl for a. :hard against me," Blevins said Andrew "Skipper" Martin, seat there~ . - · of the GOP. Patton's chief of staff, said he "Otherwise, it would be un- "I think I can weather the had not discussed jobs , with fair to iny constituents,". he storm." Blevins, but added Blevins said. · ;i ~,;, . , Blevins won the 27th District would be welcome in the ad- Bowling, who also served as seat in a special election in ministration. a regional coordinator for Pat- 1992 after serving 10 years in "That would be up to ton's campaign, said he ex- the House. But he has never Walter," Martin said. pected Patton to help raise run in Ashland or Boyd Coun- He noted that Patton wanted money for Democrats, particu- ty. to help Democrats hold on to a lar!y Senate candidates, "be- Blevins' district· had inore majority in the Senate. cause u.iatis where the re~_;_counties than any other Senate After Tuesday's filing dead- battle's going to be fought. · district until this month's re- line, the governor would be re- - ''It's important that his agen- districting. It included Clay, viewing the situation and das, now and in the future, not Elliott. Jackson, Lee, Magoffin, "looking to see where he can be bogged down because of Menifee, Morgan; Owsley, help. partisanship." Rockcastle, Rowan and Wolfe "What's driving him is to Senate Majority Leader counties. Most of· them were find votes for his programs," David Karem said he was not switched to the new 25th Dis­ Martin said. privy to any discussions about trict, where no incumbent re­ The governor also has em- Blevins" seat But he said he sides.

LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER. LEXINGTON. KY. FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1996· ·shimer, Kennedy■ sleddhigis smoothly toward Worlds Three-time Olympians Dun­ • Shimer, an ex-Morehead State can Kennedy and Brian Shimer football player, will drive two- and picked good times to find fast . four-man sleds in this weekend's lanes. · World Championships at St Mo­ Both W.On World Cup medals in ritz, Swit,,erland. their final tuneups for the World Kennedy missed much of last Championships. season because of a back injury. In Kennedy, competing in luge at an effort to avoid aggravating the Koenigssee, Germany, broke out of injury, he has a modified start a yearlong World Cup medal technique this season. drought, earning a silver. At Koenigssee, a Bavarian re­ Shimer, driving the USA I four­ sort, defending world champion man bobsled at Cortina. Italy, and 1994 Olympic bronze medalist showed no effects of an early-sea• Armin Zoeggeler of Italy cov­ son groin pull 'while taking a ered eight-tenths of a mile in 48.004 bronze medaL · seamds and 48.195 for a combined Kennedy, a one-time Lexington 1:36.199. Kennedy, 28, slid down in resident, will slide next in the 48.097-48.227-1:36.324. World Championships, Feb. 2-4 at Altenberg, Germany. 6 The Daily Independent, Ashland. Kentucky, Friday, January 26, 199 Hall: 15 years is long enough

By KENNETH HART OF THE DAILY INDEPENDENT Hall's career highlights Asn1and. RUSSELL - A smiling, re­ laxed John R. Hall said Thurs­ Highlights of John R. Hall's tenure as chairman day he had a simple reason for and chief executive officer of A~hland Inc.:. deciding to retire as chairman . ; - :,i"-'f..z:J: . . . . _, . ·- ' and chief executive officer of • HELPED TRANSFORM ASHLAND from a mostly refining,: Ashland Inc. based company to a diversified energy firm by selling off its "I think 15 years is long · lntegon insurance unit and most of U.S •. Filter's technology. enough for our shareholders and manufacturing operations.-.'._: , .:...i:· ,., /•·: ,_ ,.,. and employees to put up with 1 any one guy," he said. . :if~;~·:-\z.J;'·\~s-r:--; ~-~: .. ': .ti:~i-:ilfti~lt f'-J ~- _1::~f~iii~ - On a more serious note. he • 'stREAMLINEo ASHLAND'_S RERNING business-to focus art· said he thought that time was its three largest and most effi6ient operations"·at:c~ ·, /&'''-:/ • a good "demarcation point" be­ Catlettsburg, Canton, Ohio, and St. Paul Park/Mlril'.cill~Jd' · · tween• himself and the com­ sm~ller plants in Louisville, Buffalo and Freedom, PiL ... · pany. ,, .:. - ~ · ,:-_:i,•~:~-..-:;~, .. .• - ... ·1~"'-. ;! ,·., , -·':;,;-~ .. ~At:t S•~-~l_J{tf:tY :-•.. ·-_ "I'd like to spend a little • .R_ESTRUCTURED ASHLAND'S BOARD of directors:::'"''"':.. ·. more time doing what I want ' transform_ingit'into a grouifcai\slstingaltnost entire~'~n,;.:: ·,, ,: to do," he said. "Independent outside directors::ofnational stature::-::;~'.:":lAtf(io:,. ,. Hall announced his retire­ ment Thursday at Ashland's i- :__~,J f_~ •.;J{i~ :He.:J.'.- ~1tlFti1t?~t~ti~/~·:.•\if:3~~{{{~\t~ft - annual meeting. He ·will step ~: ~-IM_PLEMENTED CORE-M,A,N~G~ENT team ap_p(6ac~'ttiat down as CEO on Oct. 1, at the "' 1s ·stlll used by the company tcidayfl("'1f:'!3~"";,L · ,, beginning of Ashland's 1997 i ..:~.--~~w.1;:;\J.~'.i~.:\t$1~;~tk.~fft~~Jii114~1i~fJ!r§;t· fiscal year. He will retire as : . •·REPULSED HOSTILE TAKEOVER attempt~ C chairman in Janlliu-y, after the .. Belzberg_family in 1~_86. -~-->· ·· · ·· · next annualmeetlngi" ·. :. ~~:t:-/_~·z;rt~f.::r.;- r.~_@ttJ-t; Paul W. Chellgreit'cmently . • MANAGED PITTSBURGH Dl~fll ·. s '"\S :. the firm's president ·and chief before the media and took resp§~fiiiffly1~¥Jii?lii'it~i?r:t[sij; operating officer, will move up storage tank collapse that sp[I '·'' h\ore tilao'.7.00'" ., ,., .. ,.,,,"···,. to both posts. Chellgren, 53, has spent the !alit four years of fuel into the Phlo River. · ""· ·t~91§. c;:,i-i being groomed· ·as· Hall's .suc- , · _-::-_ ..:;~\:._'.-t _, ... :r !:!.t ·ti>~:-... ~- cessor. -··, ,:;.-""i:td'(".t:_:, ...... -. ·:: . • BUILT ASHLAND'S PDRTF0.1:1D Cl{Tll!~t/t ::ener€¥;_~ ,,-:~,ifi1 Chellgren will . become only ic~ chemical businessses. Th_e co~abv~tsuJ?i!f~eifc~;¼.jil?':'. the fourth CEO In the 72-year 0 1 1 history of the state's largest ::·e~~~e~~/r,~~,::,~~.. ""····,· ., 5~,~-· -·1.~J,l~!~ · ..,,...,.,..,,.~~1'1i1,';.s·tj,Y,O;li,,•\:,;,,1,w~!l~i&~~-ff\,.:t:;. i~=Iii ~fi~1~ corporation. Hlih · succeeded !~~~ant graphic I Martin Orin Atkins in 1981. Atkins "He took over from a very succeeded Paul G; .Blazer, the troubled administration " said "It's a ·very tough business, company's founder. Bill Seaton of Ashland, ~ho re­ the refining business,"· said tir~d in 1988 as the company's Dillard Spriggs, who follows Succession plan chief financial officer and vice the refining industry for Pe­ Hall said at a news confer­ chairman of its board of di­ troleum Analysis Ltd. "He's ence following tlie annual rectors. "He solved all those done a good job of weathering meeting that he began laying problems and grew the com­ the storms." the groundwork for his retire­ pany at the same time." True legacy ment a year ago. Atkins left Ashland under a cloud of controversy, He later Educational and philan­ "When you get to be around thropic leaders said Hall's true 60, you start thinking about pleaded guilty to being part of a scheme to steal confidential legacy would be his company's what is the right time for you support of education and the to retire," he said. "The di­ documents from his former employer and sell them to rep­ arts while he was at the helm. rectors and I agreed last year "Having the opportunity to on this course of action." resentatives of the National Iranian Oil Co. · · · · . know and work with John Hall • Ashland has a mandatory re­ has been one of the · most en­ tirement age of 65. Hall will be The company was also slapped with a multimillion­ joyable aspects ofmy.4¼ years 64 when he steps down as at Marshall University," said chairman. dollar verdicfin a lawsuit filed by two of its former execu­ Dr. J. Wade Gilley, the school's Hall said it would be up to president. "The John R. . Hall Chellgren to select the com­ tives, alleging that Atkins fired them illegally because Center for Academic Excel­ pany's next president Chell­ lence on our campus is testi­ gren said there are currently they knew too much about the no candidates for the post. plot. mony to our enormous respect "We have some time to wres­ Hall said the company was for him." tle with that decision. We're in also struggling financially Morehead State University no rush," he said. under the weight of its poorly President Dr. Ronald Eaglin Both men said it was almost performing lntegon insurance said he hopes Hall's retirement certain that the company and U.S. Filter units. After de­ "doesn't mean we lose· his would promote from within to termini n g the companies wonderful leadership to the fill Chellgren's post didn't fit with Ashland's busi­ area. I hope that John contin­ ness_plan, the parent company ues to be an asset to our .com­ munity at large." 'Magnificent' was forced to sell them at huge One former Ashland execu­ losses, he said. tive said Thursday that Hall ~•s performance also drew did a "magnificent" job as praise from Wall Street _ chairman and CEO: :J'tih n /:. ;-{a..l( C(!,..J. .. '' I FXINGTON HERALD-LEADER. LEXINGTON, KY. ■ MONDAY. JANUARY 29, 1996 Both MSU and Marsh have received sizable fmanc donations from Ashland, No ·oemocrat eluding a recent $1 milli grant to Marshall to help bu a new library and fund I Yeager Scholars program. expected to run Dr. James Gifford. execut director of the Jesse Stu: Foundation, said that duri Hall's administration, Ashla against Rogers "set a standard" for phll: thropy "that .other corpo Democrats do not have_a candidate BY Boe GEIGER tions are beginning to follow HERALD-LEADER WASHINGTON BUREAU to challenge the Repubhcans m this "When John Hall's legacy WASHINGTON - It's an election year. and you district," said Ned Pillersdorf, a assessed, they'll fmd that o might think U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers should be warned. Prestonsburg lawyer w_ho ran fo_r of his greatest contributio The Somerset Republican represents a mostly De• the Democratic c6ngress10nal nom1• will be his work with edu, mocratic mountain district. The region is 9ne of the nation in 1992: tion," Gifford said. nation's poorest, at a time when the Repubhcan Party While Rogers has largely ':'ot_ed Ashland provides the Stu: is trying to cut money for programs for the poor. the party line, he has used his m· Foundation with free offi There's also a Democratic governor from Eastern creased clout to protect programs space and two of the co Kentucky - Paul Patton - who would presumably important to the mountains. After pany's executives serve on t tlie GOP takeover of Congress. organization's board of like to see his home turf represented m Washington by . Rogers became chairman of a sub• a fellow Democrat. . rectors. And Hall always "to Despite all this, Rogers appears to be m no danger. ' comminee that controls funding for. a personal interest" in t foundation's work, Giffo T □esdav is the filing deadline for congressional cand1• part of the federal government. dates. and the Democrats have yet to field an opponent Even Weinberg concedes said. · for Rogers. · Rogers has worked to protect the · Hall said he planned to cc State House Majority Leader Greg Stumbo, D•Pre• Appalachian Regional Commission. tinue his work with educatic which has brought tens of mlihons including serving as preside stonsburg, one of the most pow_erful politicians in 1 Eastern Kentucky, said that, to his knowledge, there of dollars to the mountains for of the Vanderbilt Universi will be no serious Democratic challenge to Rogers this roads clinics and other projects. Board of Trust. Ja~ie Hamon, executiye direc• ·,. He said he and his wt year. . I Id ' "If there was an effort to do that, cou not_ ~n tor of the Access to Justice Founda­ · Donna, plan to divide time 1 tion in Lexington, applauds Rogers' good conscience be a part of it," tween their home -in Bellefor · Stumbo said. "It would, in my opin• efforts to protect money for legal and their vacation home ion, be very counterproductive to services for low-income residents. Florida. even try to unseat Hal Rogers .... The program helps thousands of Hall said his proude It would be a disservice to the .peer people a year. achievement as ·chairman ru pie I represent." "The program would not be CEO was "raising the co1 He said Rogers has been instru­ alive at this stage of the game with• pany's reputation to the hig mental in bringing the region feder­ out him," Hamon said. · est level we've ever had. "I think we're regarded as al money for projects - from Washington unappealing floodwall construction to an arts good citizen in the commw center in Prestonsburg to a swim­ -Weinberg said the major reason ties in which we operate." ming pool in Wheelwright Democrats haven't fielded an oppo­ Stumbo's words say a lot about nent is not fear of Rogers or respect r~gaining those seats will become a the success Rogers has had win­ for the job he has done. In fact, priority in 1998, Babbage said. ning friends in the Democratic Weinberg said he would like to ·No matter whom they run or counties of southeastern Kentucky take on Rogers if it didn't mean go- when, the Democrats probably will that he came to represent after the ing to Congress if he won. · ' have a tough time beating Rogers. 1990 census. "Who wants to go and live in "He's got the safest seat in the But such talk angers some oth• Washington?" he asked. state," said Greg Stumbo: .. When er prominent Democrats from East­ Grady Stumbo said he, too, Rogers carried Floyd County in the ern Kentucky. doesn't want to live in Washington. last election, Stumbo said, he be, "Democrats who say that Hal And, he said, neither do other pos• came the first Republican to do so Rogers is doing a good job, there's sible Democratic candidates, such since former U.S. Sen. John Sher• the problem .... That's what needs as state Sen. Benny Ray Bailey of man Cooper, who left the Senate at to stop," said former state Democ• Hindman or Lois Weinberg, an edu­ the end of 1972. ratic Party Chairman Grady Stum­ cation activist .who is married to Until 1990, Rogers represented bo, a distant cousin of Greg Stum- Bill Weinberg. south-central Kentucky, an area bo. . . Despite folks' misgivings about that has been solidly Republican Grady Stumbo, a Hindman doc• living in the nation's capital, "If since the Civil War. Then state law• tor, and others, including former someone up here knew that the makers changed his district so it in­ state Rep. Bill Weinberg of Knott governor would be 100 percent be: cluded southeastenr~entucky ai;id County, say the Republican reyolu­ hind them, helping them raise mon• was mostly Democra'tii!. ·· · tion in Washington makes this an ey, I think they might~ willing to Rogers has moved ilggi:essively ideal time to ch~llenge Rogers. do it," Grady Stumbo said. to travel in his new counties, hold "Republicans are trying to bal­ Apparently no one has received town meetings and bring home fed. ance the budget on the backs of that type of assurance from Patton. era! projects for his recently adopt• poor people;-" Weinberg said. And The governor, who was busy last ed constituents. · usually, he said, Rogers has voted week with President Clinton's visit Just ask state Sen. Walter with his Republican colleagues. and the state budget, was not avail­ Blevins, D•West Liberty. • Rogers, for example, voted for able to comment for this story. Blevins ran an underfinanced Republican budgets that would State Democratic Party Chair• campaign against Rogers in 1994, spend hundreds of billions of dol­ man Bob Babbage said the party is getting beaten by a huge margm .. lars less on Medicaid and Medicare concentrating more on other races Even if he had more money, than under current law. He support• this year. Democrats hope to run Blevins said, "I don't think I could ed a welfare-refoim bill that would strong races against U.S. Sen. have competed because of the pro• save the federal government mon­ Mitch McConnell and two Republi­ jects." . . ... ":...... ' ey, partly by kicking people off the can congressmen fyom the western · Blevins said that in every com; rolls after five years whether they half of the state who are fmishing munity he would go to," Roger~ have been able to find jobs or not their first full terms in Washington would have· been there already fot "We have so many of the less - ·Ron Lewis of Stephensburg in some ribbon-cutting or groundt· fortunate, and they have been so · Hardin County and Ed Whitfield of breaking ceremony, ~g credi , clearly targeted by the Republicans. Hopkinsville. . for .bringing some proJect to the It. seems unconscionable that the If there are no Democratic chaJ. community. .,. :,.!ii:.~,-:.,;-;.. ·. , lengers for Rogers and U.S. ~ep. .. rms.hard-to run.·~t that.1 J1111 ·Bunning of Southgate this year,. ' . Blevliis said. ·· ,.,., a. policies other than the state-approved ,,,. The powers or the Health Polio/. best that can be·saJvaged ..•. Basical­ standardized plans, which are aimed Board would be weakened, or 1t ly, the insurance Industry ls winning at making it easier for consumers to would be abolished. The Department this war." Proposed revisions compare benefits and prices. Industry of Insurance would get a greater role Jane Chiles, executive director of critics say that without the standard in monitoring rates. the Catholic Conference of Kentucky plans; companies could selectively and a leader of a pro-reform group, market policies to healthy people. The changes would spread insur­ ance risks "so that our young fam­ said the private meeting at the Gover­ in health law seem Deputy Press Secretary Mark ,,,. Insurers doing business in the ilies, the people who are having trou­ nor's Mansion involving Blue Cross Pfeiffer confinned that Patton was state would have the option of accept­ ble and dropping out (of the. Insur­ officials was "extremely concerning'' considering postponing the Feb. I Ing high-risk customers or paying an ance market), can get back in," to her . .,That's using power at Its ulti­ policy-renewal date for more than annual assessment that would be mate, 11 she said. 40,000 Blue Cross customers. Many of Fletcher said. used to pay their costs. Under current She has spoken lo Henry, she said, to please insurers them face rate increases. law, insurers must accept anyone able But Stumbo warned House mem­ bers that the revisions wouldn't si­ but not in any detail about the re­ Stumbo and Fletcher outlined de­ to pay the premium. fonns. Henry and Re­ tails of yesterday's discussions during lence the complaints. Some people By GIL IAWSON High-risk customers couldn't be who have benefited from the refonns, "Obviously we wollld like to be in­ Staff Writer publican Rep. Er­ speeches and in interviews. Here are charged more than twice the standard nest Fletcher of the key changes under consideration: such as those with chronic illnesses, vited to the table," Chiles said. premium, Fletcher said. Open enroll­ will probably see premiums go up. FRANKFORT, Ky. - Plans to dis­ Lexington, also a ment periods would be hefd for a 30- Stumbo said it was a mistake not to ,,,. The current ban on using health "It's not a total win-wih situation," mantle Kentucky's health-care-refonn doctor, are taking status in detennining rates for some day period every year so that people include the insurance Industry in de­ law emerged yesterday after Gov. leading roles in consumers - known as modified wouldn't wait until they're sick to get Stumbo said. veloping the 1994 law. "The only peo­ developing the Insurance. During a discussion of the health­ ple that can give us . : . infonnatlon Paul Patton, U. Gov. Steve Henry and community rating - would be re­ 11 a handful of lawmakers met privately plan. moved. Insurers could charge un­ The legislators are also considering care plan on the House floor, Rep. are the insurance companies, with officials of Blue Cross & Blue Henry has healthy people mcire, though there a limit on annual premium increases, Tom Burch, a Beuchel Democrat who Stumbo said. Shield, the state's largest insurer. "1$'.eii ticlcyt been meeting pri- would be a limit, Fletcher said. For Stumbo said. supports the reform law, said he was The insurance industry is backing a The changes appear to have the ,,:. vately with insur­ example, the lowest and highest rate ,,,. Membership in the state Health concerned about higher costs for media campaign seeking repeal of . · ance-company of- high-risk individuals. "We ought to most of the law. blessing of the msurance industry, General 1 couldn't vary by more than 50 per­ Purchasing Alliance would become which is seeking to repeal many parts Lil; • ficials and other cent. voluntary for some public employee keep (the law) just like it is," he said Most of the eight lawmakers as­ >A of the 1994 law. S~em~ ..Y,,, groups, while Lawmakers haven't decided wheth­ groups. The law now requires all He was shouted down by many of sembled by Patton support major Fletcher has his colleagues. The revisions would once ·again let 11 er to allow gender and occupation to state, school, university and local gov­ changes in the law. Dunng his ad­ worked on a way to insw-e high­ be considered in establishing rates, he ernment employees to ioin; member­ Another backer, Sen. Nick Kafog­ dress to lawmakers Thursday night, insurers charge people with health risk" individuals without Increasing problems higher premiums - and said. Under current law, neither can ship is optional for busmesses of 100 lis, D-Bowling Green, acknowledged Patton said the law "has major prob­ give lower rates to younger, healthier costs for others. be used for individuals, small busi­ or fewer employees and for individ­ the law's poor condition, despite three lems." He cited high prem1ums for people. ; At yesterday's meeting in the Gov­ nesses and members of the state's uals. It was not clear which public days of publi.c hearings this week at many people and "only modest sav- In addition, insurers could offer ernor's Mansion, in addition to Patton purchasing alliance. employees might no longer be re- which many spoke in favor of It. The ings" for others. . more than just the required standard­ and Henry, were the eight lawmakers ---- ized plans, which force competition and Health Services Secretary John based on price. Morse, a former executive with Hu­ Many lawmakers have been bom­ mana Inc. Three executives from An­ barded with complaints about higher them Blue Cross & Blue Shield were premiums, though Democratic lead­ also present to answer questions, ers in the General Assembly have Stumbo said. stalled efforts to repeal the entire law. Henry and Blue Cross officials did A group of eight legislators has not return calls. Patton's press office been meeting with Patton and Henry, said only that the group was making who is a physician, to discuss changes progress. in the laW, said House Democratic Floor Leader Greg Stumbo, one of those involved. Some colleges dropping tuition, hoping to lure more students

By PETER APPLEBOME last year, the average student paid port from-the College Board. That is Many of these schools say it is and the university was able to be Thomas Parker, a lecturer in edu­ o New York Times News Service about half of that because of venous down substantially from recent years. fairer and easier to set a realistic more selective. cation at Boston University, said edu­ fonns of aid. Some experts say the Prices rose as much as 12 percent in sticker price than to bargain over dis­ Average SAT scores rose 34 per­ cation is beginning to go through the Despite the conventional wisdom discounting is so widespread that any 1991-92 at public four-year institu­ counts. cent, and the price cuts broul!ht in a same process the rest of the economy that college costs will keep rising, tuition cuts are only making official tions, and 9 ,POrcent in 1988-89 and "Why charge so much in the first higher percentage of middle,cfass stu­ has. experienced. some schools are cutting tuition. what is already a part of the college 1989-90 at pnvate institutions. place if you have to tum around and dents able to pay the full cost. Just as IBM can no longer build a pricing structure. Most of the schooJs have been And in the last few months, several give it back in the fonn of Institution­ As a result, the tuition reduction computer and add in what It wants in small, re~onal colleges and universi­ "The price of higher education will schools have announced they were ally funded financial aid?" said Bill proved to be "slil!htly budget posi­ profits, be said, competition among ties looking for an advantage in in­ be lower two years from now than it cutting their tuition for next year. Hamm, President of Waldorf College, tive," bringing in $150,000 more in tu­ universities is forcing them to become creasingly competitive markets. is now, and it's lower now than it was a private Institution offering a three­ ition revenue than in the previous smarter, more cost efficient and Massachusetts .public colleges, re­ year bachelor's degree. About 95 per­ But Princeton has announced its two years ago," said Robert Zemsky, year, Scannell said. cheaper. director of the Institute for Research cently cut tuition 5 to 10 percent. The cent of its students receive some form smallest tuition increase in 28 years, policy applies to nine state colleges of financial aid. Many schools that have cut tuition He said the economic Insecurity af. and such resrected institutions as the in Higher Education at the University of Pennsylvania. "This is going to and 15 community colleges, but it is say it helps middle-class families, who feeling society will increase the pres­ University o Rochester and Lehigh not clear if the University of Massa­ Cutting tuition doesn't necessarily may have trouble gettin~ financial aid sures on colleges and universities. University have offered tuition reduc­ happen in fits and starts· for a while, mean less revenue for colleges. but after a while if evecyone is dis­ chusetts system will also lower its but cannot pay ever-rismg tuition. But he added that he and others tions or other innovations in the past prices. · The University of Rochester last two years. counting their prices, no one gains an .. What's developed over time Is a have been predicting for years that edge from it. The alternative is to low­ year announced it would cut tuition the college price spiral bas to end - Muskingum College in Ohio cut tu­ by $5,000 for in-state students and the vecy complicated structure that no Few experts are predicting a dra­ er the sticker price." ition by 29 percent. North Carolina one really understands, least of all the and persisted longer than he ever matic drop in college costs, certainly children of alumni. The main reason, 1 Most experts believe that the vecy Wesleyan College dropped prices by parents and students," said Linda thought it would. not at the nation's elite college and officials said, was to better compete Stallone, vice president for develop­ top tier of colleges and universities, 23 percent. Pine Manor College in with less expensive state universities "Having said all this, 1 have to also universities. But they say that what is Massachusetts cut tuition by 38 per­ ment at North Carolina Wesleyan Col­ happening now the be.ginning of a perhaps 30 or 35 schools, will remain for relatively affluent students. say I said the same thing 25 Yean1! is cent. lege in Rocky Mount, N.C. process that could keep college costs largely exempt from such pressures. ago,,. he said. "I have an old clipping "We had a $15,000 price differen­ "What we've come up with is some­ down, after they've risen at more than Still, even the most elite schools are Other colleges announcing price tial with the Stale University of New from the Boston Globe !rod! 1956 say­ twice the rate of inflation for a long cuts In the past year include schools thing that's more equitable, easier to ing that by 1960, tuition at Harvard finding they must hold down price in­ York, and students were votin~ with understand, and clearer," she said. time. creases. Pnnceton has announced the like Waldorf College in Iowa, West­ their feet and going to Sl,JNY, ' said would cost $1,000 a year and it can'.t Increasing competitiveness has cost of tuition, room and board would field State College in Massachusetts Jim Scannell, vice president for en- But some experts say this is the keep going up like this. There are rea, helped push tuition costs down, along increase next year by 4.6 percent, to and United States International Uni­ rollments and development. "Families start of a process likely to bring real, sons why 1 think it will happen now;. with a more cost-conscious national $28,325. It is the lowest rate of in­ versity in San Diego. always realized the value here, but at · long-term rMuctlons m the cost of but 1 have to admit that history .i:i. i attitude and frustration with the prac­ crease at Princeton since the 1967-68 Michigan State and Rice Universi­ $15,000 difference, they voted no. Al higher education. not proved kind lo this sort of predl~; tice of discounting prices throu~h school year. . ties are among those saying prices $10!~00,,, we were much more com- In announcing its tuition cut, Mus- lion in the past. '"' scholarships and other forms of aid, On average, undergraduates will will not rise above the inflation rate. pet11ive. kingum College cited a Gallup Poll "You're like the stock m. rn·; while keeping tuition high. pay about 6 percent more this year Others, including the 22 campuses of He said applications rose 21 per- showing that by a 4-to-l ratio, cost is bears, who keep saying this ilme it' Although the average tuition for a . for tuition and fees than they did a the California State University sys­ cent from in-state students and 25 the most important concern parents serious and always nm the risk.:' four-year private college was $18,000 year ago, according to the annual re- tem, have frozen prices. percent from the children of alumni, have about a private college. looking pretty foolish." LEx!NGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. ■ SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 1996 Colleges' post-tenure review policies spark questions Sciences. Kennedy said he also thinks the BY ANGIE MUHS ~ Faculty members can ask for a tenure process itself, which usually HERAU>LEADER EDUCATION WRITER review, but they·re not required to takes six to seven years, weeds our Richard Edwards never will know pave one unless they score less those who might not be qualified. for certain what made a couple of Uni­ than 2.5 on a 7.0 scale for two suc­ "What it shows is that the versity of Kentucky faculty members re­ Cessive merit evaluations. rather arduous process you go tire. : Those evaluations, which deter­ through to get tenure means you're Edwards, the dean of UK's College lnine pay raises, are done every probably going to get good people," of Arts and Sciences. thinks. but can't bther year - meaning it would he· said. "I think it shows there isn't prove. that a recent university policy lake four years before faculty mem­ a problem." that calls in some cases for special re­ pers would trigger the additional views of faculty members even after review. The review would make Some disagreements they get tenure might have played a them work with the university to Still, proposals for such reviews part. ~orrect problems. If they didn't do have sometimes.been controversial. "I think people who had continued !hat, they could be dismissed. At UK, for instance, faculty on beyond the productive phase of their : , which members questioned the idea at careers - and knew it - decided they began its policy about five years first, but the local American Asso­ didn't want to deal with this," Edwards ;Igo, and U of L, which_ begins its ciation of University Professors said. policy in July, take a different ap­ chapter ended up endorsing the col­ UK is one of several universities proach. lege's plan, Kennedy said. across the country grappling with the is­ • Both require all tenured faculty U of L faculty members still sue of how to evaluate faculty members inembers' to have a review. every have some reservations about how after they get tenure, which usually is a live years, no matter what their their process wt11 work, said virtual guarantee of a job. &ther evaluations say. Richard SlrenU!I,, :who represents Although tenured faculty members : "The idea that you should ren­ faculty on the Board of Trustees. receive frequent evaluations to deter­ ~er an account of yourself in some Some ofthe. questions involve mine merit raises, the growing account­ leasonable period seems reasonable unsettled procediirlil and adminis­ ability movement has many citizens - Co us," •said James "Jay" Moseley, trative de!ails;. J:ifrn!i!oi ...id. Other! and lawmakers - asking how universi­ fransy's vice president and dean of wonder what'~liajtilen when dif. ties can monitor their faculty members· (he college. "Teaching isn't some­ "fereilt con•,~•'i!ie" universil) work after tenure. thing that you do the same way '. evaluate their~ef members dif The accountability issue also is get­ iorever once you start. You're al­ ,~lQt:llu,-,...... ~ ~-"' .. it', •'• ting increased scrutiny, especially from ways trying to figure it out and im­ ,.- ,, · "I tlimk."~., . · ' 'tie a lot of un Gov. Paul Patton, who repeatedly has 'rove it." easiness ailf!111t •· uly," Streme urged universities to prove they are op­ , Mann compared asking a saiil: "We'll',~.•·-~ see how i erating efficiently. ienured faculty member to have a works out/'.::~.-; .. .,., ..· Even a national faculty group, the i\eriodic career review to the ac­ Other disi!RfiiP.ments revolv, American :Association of University Pro­

BY JENNIFER HEWl.ETT quite large, such as a 4-foot by 8- HE~l.EAOER STAFF WRITER foot piece inspired by the Book of Many Magoffin County resi­ Revelations. He also did a large dents probably don't know what a painting based on the Book of Gen­ treasure they had in Hugo Sperger, esis. according to those who knew him. Mr. Sperger painted for about He was a treasure because of 18 years before anyone really took his artistic talent - many of his . notice of his talent. paintings and woodcarvings have "His light was hidden under a been exhibited throughout the state bushel, so to speak," until some and in cities such as Chicago and people at Morehead State Universi­ Milwaukee. He also was a treasure ty were made aware of his work in because he was an inspiration to the mid-1980s, said Adrian Swain, others in the way he lived his life artistic director and curator of the while battling cancer for more than in More­ 20 years. they said. head. Mr. Sperger died Friday at his Today, Swain said, "His work home on Corb Reed Road in Sal- has been featured in a number of yersville. He was 73. . traveling exhibitions. It's included "I've never seen anyone like in numerous private collections." him before in terms of the .depth of "Hugo was collected by people his artistic expression. He was from Chicago, Atlanta, New York, amazing," said artist Pat Frazier of people from all over America," said Magoffin County. "So many people Salyersville artist Tom Whitaker. from right here in his hometown Mr. Sperger's work also is featured never really knew how well respect­ in the Museum of American Folk ed he was as an artist" · Art Encyclopedia . of Twentieth Mr. Sperger's paintings range Century Folk Art and Artists and from biblical scenes to fantasy to in other folk art publications. humorous autobiographical sub­ Whitaker said described Mr. jects. His wood sculptures range Sperger as. a "humble, earthy, com- from toy soldiers to totem poles to mon man.n . gargoyles to puzzles. Early in his artistic career Mr. Sperger was born in Italy to someone offered him $20 for one of German parents. His family immi­ his paintings. He said it was too grated to the United States through much, Whitaker said. Now Mr. Ellis Island in 1929. Mr. Sperger Sperger's works sell for thousands grew up on a farm in upstate New of dollars. · York and served in the Army dur­ "Somebody called him the Sal­ ing Worl<;I War II. He met his wife, vador Dali of Appalachia," Whitak­ Faye, a Magoffin County native, er said. Mr. Sperger's works ranged while living in Michigan, where he from "totally religious to erotic." was a factory worker. After living "That's what the people would in several places they moved to come from far and near to buy." Magoffin County. Mr. Sperger is survived by his Illness first struck in the early wife, Faye Reed Sperger; two sons, 1970s. He was too sick to work, but Michael Eric Sperger of. Lowmans­ he was restless. · His wife bought ville and Gary Lee Sperger of Bowl­ him a set of paints to keep him ing Green; two brothers; and four busy, she said. He'd painted houses, grandchildren. but he'd never painted on paper or Services will be 11 a.rn.· Monday canvas. Mr. Sperger started out at Dunn-Kelley/Prater & Dunn Fu­ with water colors, then moved to neral Home, Salyersville. Visitation acrylics. Some of his paintings are is any time. , ;Ja.n. 301 IC/Cf(,, /J/1JU Clip A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40361-1689 606-783-2030 The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Monday, January 29, 1996 · 1MSU controversy "I attribute it t~ nothing but receipts ~and $8,333 monthly in s· the fact that MSU is making .. rent. these students buy these meal Figures from MSU show Pro­ Stew cards," he said. fessional Food Service Man­ McKenzie said his family agement grossed $1.2 million would not have opened a Fazo­ annually from the 1991-92 Downtowri­ li's in Morehead in 1994 had it · school year through the 1993-94 known fast food was coming to school year. In the 1994-95 campus. year, when the roster of on­ "We were blind-sided," he campus fast food restaurants eateries said. reached its current number, Curtis said it bothered him revenues jumped to $1.66 mil­ cry that the university didn't come lion. foul to local businesses first to see The_ university's c_ommis­ if they were interested in ac-· 8y MADELYNN COLDIRON sions and rent last year were cepting meal cards or opening $203,000. OF THE DAILY INDEPENDENT That compares with satellite restaurants on cam­ the $182,525 MSU lost in 1987- pus. 88 when it was running the MOREHEAD - A campus But Morehead Mayor Brad fast food boom and a new poli­ food service. Collins said he thought simple Some 1,284 underclassmen cy at Morehead State Univer­ economics might be a bigger sity may be creating a bust for bought meal cards in fall 1995. factor than competition from Michael Walters, assistant vice some of the city's downtown the MSU eateries. •· restaurants. Morehead, he said "may president for fiscal seryices, The university privatized its have reached the saturation said some of them would have food services July 1, 1989, after participated even without the point for fast food res­ policy. .· _.- financial _losses and difficulty taurants." in recruiting food servic~ di­ In 1993, the last year the rectors forced it to look .out­ Meal plans 'meal program was optional, side for help. The policy reqmrmg most 1,091 underclassmen partici­ But the real· impact of the MSU students with fewer than pated voluntarily, he noted. change came more recently, 60 credit hours to live on cam­ However, half that number when the university began re­ pus and purchase a minimum purchased less expensive $100 quiring underclassmen to pur­ $300 nieal debit card each se­ or $200 plans. chase minimum $300 dining mester was implemented in Students may purchase food cards and when its food ser­ the fall of 1994. at the food courts without vice contractor began bringing The year before, the univer­ cards and some upperclassmen fast food franchises to campus, sity's food service contractor, voluntarily buy dining cards. some restaurant operators Professional Food Service said.. A rumor that the university "It has devastated our Management Inc., based in Ju­ plans to expand its meal card sales," said J.R. McKenzie, piter, Fla., became a Taco-Bell requirement to upperclassmen president of McKenzie Enter­ franchisee and then added is not true, Kappes said. prises, which owns the More­ Burger King. Dunkin Donuts, Kappes pointed out that $300 head Fazoli's franchise, about Baskin-Robbins and _Chick-Fil­ will not cover · student meal a half mile from MSU. "We ex­ A franchises were added dur- . needs for a semester, so they will probably. continue buying perienced from fall semester to ing the 1994-95 school year. some meals off campus. spring semester 1994-95, about There are outlets for all five a 30 percent to 40 percent drop in our sales and it has re­ chains in MSU's food court, Restaurants want In mained there. They have basi­ alongside Professional Food Jan Bishop, who owns Pas­ cally created ·an environment Services Management's house quale's on East Main, said she that is not viable for off. brands of pizza, burgers, sub­ had no problem with the meal campus restaurants." marine sandwiches and the ticket requirement or fast food MSU officials have been told like: franchises an. campus. the city's franchise food opera­ . Student Government- As- But, she said, the meal ticket tors "are doing as well or bet­ I sociation President Brian arrangement "should be avail­ ter than they ever have," said able at a reasonable level to ev­ Keith Kappes, the school's vice Hutchinson, a senior from Louisa, said there was some eryone in town." president for university ad- McKenzie, a 1984 MSU grad­ vancement. · complaining when the dining card policy was initiated. But uate, said his firm unsuccess­ But owners of some fast-food fully negotiated with univer­ restaurants near campus said now, "generally most students are happy they've done it," he sity officials about allowing they are hurting. students to use meal tickets at "My business is coming said. · ,MSU's contract with Profes-· Fazoli's. back up," said Howard Curtis, Kappes said MSU is looking owners of DBA Subs and Sal­ sional Food Service makes the ads on East Main. "But to do university responsible for the into the idea of making the it, I have to stay open until 2 buildings in which· the food dining cards usable off­ in the morning." courts are located, as well as campus. He said the university Down the street, Lee Miller the kitchen and restaurant is talking with one local res- plans to. close his Subway res­ equipment. . taurateur about the possibility taurant this spring. It opened In return, MSU gets 5 per­ See.: Dew,, /-cw,.-> just 16 months ago. cent of the contractor's gross The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Monday, January 29, 1996 It's all in the family for woodcarvers uncle Calvin's carved dogs. - whatever they make is sold By MADELYNN CoLDIRON "We just made it and they before it's finished, Minnie Ad· OF THE DAILY INDEPENDENT told us it was folk art," Tim kins said. Cooper said. "Some people call "I taught him everything he MOREHEAD - Ronald Coo­ it 'outsider art,"' knows about carving about 12 per began creating wood figu­ It's more common to see years ago," she said. Her hus­ rines to occupy himself after a families involved in folk art band good-naturedly denied serious ·car wreck temporarily than other types of art, Swain that. He pointed to a natural wood disabled him a dozen years said. stylized horse, one of his early ago. His wife, Jessie, had al­ "Not that trained artists are works, and said he was ways dabbled in art but hid selfish. It's just that in fami­ ashamed of it. her pieces because she thought lies, it's more nurturing," he But his wife piped up proud­ they were so bad. explained. ly: "That has been accepted as Sunday, an exhibit featuring That nurturing atmosphere a logo at the Folk Art Center." their work and that of seven is especially helpful for artists Garland Adkins considered other Kentucky folk art fami­ who learn their craft outside a that for a moment. lies opened at the Kentucky formal learning environment. "They could have picked a Folk Art Center, where it will "There is a way members of better one than that, though," be through February. "Genera­ a family encourage each other he said. tions of Kentucky," originated to simply try it," Swain said. The Folk Art Center is lo­ by the Kentucky Art and Craft That can be seen in the ban­ cated on University Boulevard Foundation in Louisville, is tering between Minnie and at the west entrance to More­ ending its statewide tour in Garland Adkins of Isonville in head State University. Hours Morehead. Elliott County. Their wood are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. week­ The exhibit is designed to carvings have become so popu­ days and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on "examine the impact of family lar they.n.~ _longer take orders. Saturday. on art works - how much 'family' contributed to the sub­ ject matter or ideas," ex­ THE COURIER-JOURNAL plained Adrian Swain, artistic TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1996 director and curator of the Folk Art Center. EKU library wing The Coopers, now retired, honors educators live in Flemingsburg, not far from his brother, Calvin Coo­ . A library addition at Eastern Kentucky University has been per, who also carves wooden named in honor of Thomas and figures, animal and human.· Hazel Little, Paint Lick natives who One of Ronald and Jessie's devoted their lives to education. four children, Tim, always in-; The building opened in 1994 and terested in art, was inspired: will be dedicated in April. by his parents' work to start: The late Thomas C. Little, a 1937 carving himself. : graduate of Eastern Kentucky State "I saw it and I liked it," he; Teachers College, spearheaded the desegregation of public schools in said. ' Richmond, Va., as that district's Among the objects Jessie· superintendent. He also was an Cooper painted were-cow educator in Kentucky and Georgia. bones. Ronald Cooper chal­ His wife, Hazel Calico Little, a lenged his daughter-in-law, 1929 graduate of E!!Stern teachers Ruthie, Tim's wife, to see what college, taught in the Greenup and she could do with some of the Garrard county schools systems, · and in schools in Lebanon and liones. Columbia. In 1989,.she established . The result, her ·brightly­ and helped fund the Thomas C. painted, fierce-looking "Devil's and Hazel C. Little Institute for Pets," are part of the new School Administrators at EKU, sJiow. · where 10 teachers a year study to become administrators. She also . The works of• all five Coo­ has been a major supporter of the pers occupy more than a half university's library fund-raising of~,a ·•room for·-·the exhibit. campaign. There is Ronald Cooper's . •iTruth Box,"··'fiUed 'with carved grotesque demons, dev­ ils.• and snakes. Nearby is a THE COURIER-JOURNAL .-TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1996 magazine table covered with his wife's intricate paintings Morehead meal policy questioned of-their life together. Tim Coo­ MOREHEAD, Ky. - A policy requiring underclassmen at More­ head State University to eat at campus food courts run by a private per's eye-catching "Biker business has drawn complaints from restaurant owners, who ques­ Chick on a Hog" sits near tion its legality. Most underclassmen must buy at least $300 in meal debit cards each semester. A private company, Professional Food Service Man­ agement Inc., has operated the university's food courts since the 1989-90 school year. The courts feature some fast-food outlets. Morehead Mayor Brad Collins said he asked city attorney Mi- . chael Campbell to research the legality of the requirement. THE COURIER-JOURNAL • TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1996 Campbell said he has advised Collins that the university's cam­ pus policies are none of the city's business. Keith Kappes, MSU's Centre College honors alumnus vice president for. university advancement, said the school's meal Centre College has named Louisville businessman James M. program is less stringent than those of other institutions. Ratcliffe its Centre Associate of the Year. Ratcliffe graduated in 1953. He retired in 1992 as managing partner in Kentuck_y of the accounting firm Coopers ~d Lyb~d. He is a former national president of the Centre Alumm Associ­ ation. ►Downtown FROM PAGE 1

of $790-$940 per semester, Ben, riter said. "One of tlie·: reasons. we've. been able to do well fiscally is because of the board plans," he noted. . Eastern's board plan and meal debit card plan are volun­ tary for all students. The debit cards cannot be used in off­ campus locations because of equipment limitations, said Earl Baldwin, EKU's vice pres­ ident for business affairs. UK requires its residence hall ·students to· purchase a $625-per semester meal plan, according to Susan Clark, manager of university food services. The meal cards can­ not be used off-campus. ~ 11\ .;IJ.. -L/- ,;l .l/ - J MSU ARCHIVES MSU. Clip Sheet A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPC BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40361-1689 606-783-2030 THE COURIER-JOURNAL,• WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1996 West~111's MBA\1~~oposal, cla~h~-~ :wi.t~_ • complemented each other or were presented as a joint program, Meredith said he had not discussed .Murr~y""~t~at~~~P~Qgt3µt_ Western's plans - which call for the Associated Press , already have in the prognun;" 'Mer­ : MBA program to start t!u.5 fal\,:-w,11_11., · MIJ!l'8Y 11fflclals.. ·,:, ..;; t; ;!..'l;. -, {I - ·i--. _,..{:,- . ..-. ' edlth said. "Then they would be ex- . . •·· :;;·.;. _,,,.,~.; ~-i,,;••,' Harrison said he was dlsappomted OWENSBORO, K.v. - Two state Ipected to leave." ·· ··- : ·... . with Western's decision, particularly' universities may be headed for a bat­ : "Once we get ours started, I would · since Murray's program. has been in tle over turf even though Gov. Paul expect that we'll be the only ones Patton wants to elimiriate such com- Owensboro since tlie 1970s and tar­ 1 here, and Murray.will be back m ~eir gets the·. same "non-traditional" stu­ petition. · ··• ..•- • • , ~ f- ~ __ :·, region," Meredith· said last week.,aft~r Western . Kentucky ·uruversity, dents that Western will seek. announcing the new program. Thia He noted. that Murray's- MBA· pro­ based in Bowling Green, is planning a is our sel'Vlce region, and they're·only gram is one of only three In the state master's degree in business admirils­ into this region offedng it because we accredited by the American Assembly tration at its Owensboro campus.· have noi been ·offering it." .. • , -· of Collegiate Schools of Business. The That could jeopardize a similar pro­ But Dannie Harrison, dean of Mur­ others are at the University of .Ken­ gram offered in Owensboro by Mur­ ray•~ Coll_ege of Busine~. ~d Public. tucky and the University of Louisville. ray State Univeraity,.based in Murray. Affrurs, disagreed,...... Another recent battle pitted· Padu­ The Counc;il on Higher Education, ''We ·thin!{ our program is the ea- · . cab leaders~ who wanted a .four-year : which sets ·rules for off-campus· offer-· tablished program that 11oe11 back a 0 long time," Harrison smd. "We_f~l ! enjineeiiiig program at the Unlversl­ ' ings, has a. policy against one ·univer­ :.(y,·of !.Kentucky• co111111unlty · college sity duplicating a program In another· ·we're thereiui"Oweos6oro) and ·we university's service area. · :• . · plan to stay.' · ·· · · · . · . · : there, against Murray, which ~ady · Gary Cox, the council's executive -In- his inaugural address, Patton · offered some engineering-related director, said· Daviess County ls in warned that he wanted a h!Jlher edu- courses. Murray argued that any ~x~ Western's service area .. That means 1:atlon system "more devoteil to inno­ ' panded englileerlng counes shoo!,~ the Murray program should · teave vation than it is to turf." · · , . be on its campus 40 mil~ from Padu­ Owensboro, said Westem's president, , .. Cox said· that two identical pro­ cah. . ·t~:.~::'.~;:;l . ·.... Thomas Meredith. ·, 1 .- -· '' ,· . . , grams would be counter to the coun­ · Patton's higher ·education budget Murray's program "would certainly : cil's.11ollcy. "I think the council would calls for the ·two, plus· Paducah Com­ have the opportunity to stay with Clllestion the need for two: MBA pro­ munity College, to coinbine .forces ·10 their students and finfsh.the ones they grams" In , Owensboro, unless they . ' offer courses at a Paducah-based ~ • • ·-:; gional education center• .: 0 i... 0

' Lpllege of Busmess · and Pubhc ~ •. That could jeopardize a s(milar program disa.greed. • ·.' . . .. . 0 offered here by Murray State University. .;; . ''We think our program is the established The Kentucky Council on Higher Educa- program that goes back a long time," tion, which sets. rules for off-campus offer- Harrison said. "We· feel we're there (in ings, ·has a general policy against one Owensboro) and we plan to stay." ... ••. • university duplicating a program in another In h' . -·- d-'- p tt ed . 'ty' , • 1s 1nau,;==1 a wess a on warn •umvGaryersi Cos servtthce area._ , .- · c ·-d·:-···- · ·.that ..--be warits ii"higher education system· . . x, , e counct 1s ,ex«;CU!!ve rr~- ''more devoted to innovation than it is to •tor, _said Daviess County 1s m Westerns turf."- . . • sei'Vlce .area, not Murray'~. And that means the Murray program should leave Owens­ . . . Meredith said he had not discussed boro, said Westem's president, Thomas Mer- Westem's plans - which call for the new edith. . MBA program to start this fall at Westem's "Once we get ours started, I would extended campus - with Murray officials. LEXINGTON HERALD-LEAOER, LEXINGTON, KY. Ii WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1996

Candidates filed for federal,• state, county, local offices ~a_!ld judjeships

Candidates for federal and state 23rd: Joseph U. Meyer (i), D- 20th: Jody Richards (i); D- office in Kentucky's May 28 prima- Covington; Joyce Macke, R-Coving- · Bowling Green ry. The symbol (i) denotes incum- ton; Jack Westwood, R-Erlanger; 21st: Roger Thomas, D-Smiths · bent; (i*) denotes an incumbent Joe Mattioli, R-Taylor Mill Grove; Henry Honaker, R-Bowling who was moved to a new district 25th: Charles Derrickson, D- Green when legislative boundaries were Morehead; , R-Man- 22nd: Rob Wilkey, D-Franklin; redrawn. chester Cheryl Poe, R-Alvaton U.S. PRESIDENT 27th: Walter "Doc" Blevins (i), 23rd: Stephen Nunn (i), R-Glas- Republicans: Richard G. Lu- D-West Liberty; Randy Memmer, gow; John Rogers, D-Glasgow gar, Bob Dole, Pat Buchanan, R-Ashland; Mary "Candy" Parker, 24th:.William Scott (i), D-Ray- Lamar Alexander, Phil Gramm, R-Ashland; . Duane Porter, R- wick; Jeffrey Buis (i*), R-Liberty Steve Forbes, Alan Keyes · Catlettsburg '·25th: (i), D-Eliza- Democrats: Bill Clinton, Lyri- · 29th: Benny Ray Bailey (i), D- bethtown; Lenore Snyder, R-Eliza-. don LaRouche. Hindman; John David Preston (i*), bethtown · · · U.S. SENATE R-Paintsville 26th: John Michael Weaver, D- Shelby Lanier, D-Louisville; 31st: Kelsey Friend Sr. (i), D- Elizabethtown; Ron Hockman, R- Tom Barlow, D-Paducah; Steve Pikeville; . Gary Johnson, D- Radcliff Beshear, D-Lexington; Mitch Mc- Pikeville; Kevin Hall, R-Virgie 27th: Mark Brown (i), D-Bran- Connell (i), R-Louisville; Tommy 33rd: (i), D- denburg Klein, R-Louisville Louisville · . 28th: Bill Lile (i), R-Louisville; U.S. HOUSE 35th: David Karem (i), D- Kenneth Quinn, D-Louisville; Curtis , 1st District: Dennis Null, D- Louisville; Bruce McCrea, R- Ables, D-Louisville Mayfield; Ramsey Morris, D-Hop- . Louisville . . 29th: John Flood, D-Louisville; kinsville;. Edward Whitfield (i), R- 37th: Larry Saunders (i), D- David Holton, D-Louisville; ]be Hopkinsville Louisville; 'William Cothron, R- Monroe, D-Louisville; Kevin Bratch- 2nd: Joe Wright, D-Harned;_ Louisville · er, R-Louisville Ron Lewis (i), R-Stephensburg ... : KENTUCKY HOUSE - -30th: Tom Burch (i), D- ·: 3rd: Mike Ward (i), . D- -1st District: Charles Geveden Louisville; Vincent Heuser, R- O Louisville; Raymond Abbott, D- (i), D-Wickliffe; Gary Hovekamp, D- Louisville : ' Strathmoor Manor; , Kevil ·31st: (i); D­ R-Louisville 2nd: Fred Nesler (i), D-May- Louisville; Jim Kute, R-Jefferson- 4th: Jim Bunning '(i), R-Fort field; Joel Ellington;D-Paducah town Wright; Denny Bowman; D-Coving- . . . _3rd: Frank Rasche (i), D-Paduc- ,. 32nd: Susan : Johns, D- ton · • -. . _. < ; ·,ah ., , . : .. _ · Louisville; Jeffrey _Sexton, R- . 5th: Harold "Hal" Rogers (i), R- 4th: Kathy Hogancamp (i), R- Louisville; Phil Hulsman, R- Somerset · .-; .. . Pagucah; Jim Morphew, D-Paducah; Louisville · 6th: Scotty Baesler (i), D-Lex- Roy Rogers, D-Fredonia . 33rd: · Bob Heleringer (i), R- ington; Ernest Fletcher, R-Lexing- 5th: Freed Curd (i), D-Murray . Louisville; Keviµ · Epley, D- ion; Ann Ross, R-Lexington; Mark . 6th: JR. Gray (i), D-Benton; Louisville · Metcalf, R-Lancaster James ''.Jim" Harman, R-Benton 34th: (i), D- . _ -, .. 7th: John Arnold Jr. (i), D-Stur- Louisville; Charles Billips, R- . · 1st District: Jeff Green (i), D- gis · •:' • . • •• : , • .. Louisvilie Mayfield . _: . ·:.8th: John W. Adams, D-Hop- 35th: (i), D- 3rd: Joey Pendleton (i), Il-Hop- kirisville; Tommy Grace, D-Hop- -': ·, . , ·. . .: ··v kinsville; John Young, R-Hemdon kinsville; Rachel Mi:Cubbin, R-Hop- • , .,,.,._,_,,,, •.•...••• • ,.,.. ., ••.. 5th: Virgil Moore (i), R-Leitch- kinsville ...... ;l~4/,_11ot ·r11n1Jhig.: .'.•li'1 field; Joe Hager, ·n.Brandenburg; 9th: James "Jim'' Bruce (i), D- .-.f.0.t,::t:;!1-1;y-r:.!1f.::~;r~~tt~::<:.i,~f1,•-,::'.! Harold Davidson, D-Brandenburg Hopkinsville; Alfred Davie, R-Hop- . 11/iFourteenstate"lawmakersare•· 7th: Lindy Casebier (i), R- kinsville ... ' linotseekingre-election'toKeii--•·''· Louisville; Charles Miller, D- 10th: Eddie Ballard (i), D- .tui:ky'sGeherafAssembly;.,: '';?"\ Louisville; Dennis Mitchell, D-West Madisonville ·aithoµgh ilot'alloftherii are get-, ..· Point · ·· . . · 11th: Gross Clay Lindsay (i), . ting oufof politics:'Tnree ·'·,, ,00 , . '9th: Walter Baker (i), R-Glas- D-Henderson _ ":DemocratRainsey'Mbrrisof,·• ·;, gow; Richie Sanders, R-Smiths 12th: Jr: (i), D-Provi- 'Hopkinsville and Republicims. ,. Grove; John "Jake" Dickinson, D- dence; Patricia Vincent, D-Sacra- Anne Meagher Northup of: Glasgow . mento . ,Louisville'and Ernest Fletcher oL : 11th: Richard "Dick" Reeding 13th: Brian Crall (i), R-Owens- . 'Leilington'.:::..·arerunhingfor' : '.'. .· (i) , R,Fort Mitchell--Sandra, Easton, · boro · .,,,. .. ;. ·-'°" .. ···-·•-· .. ·' -'~-'ngr',~ '' ess.· ''T.!i''"' eo th'rs·"ar·e:· e •.,,.-;s..,. .) R ,. •'Jrith' "'~ .• ' ' .. ,.s , DH. e b ron . -- 14th: Mar k T rees h (1, · .; :,,. e =nat!a' .. ,.c1l.'-';,;. ",c : 13th: Ernesto Scorsone, D:Lex- Philpot . ;.crl . .,.,:'. ■ DemocrafMichael,R.,: - :• ; ington; N. Mitchell Meade, R-Lex- .15th: James Roark, D0Bremen; '.MoloneY,°oftexingtohand: :';:'.':;;, ; ington . . · · Bfont Yonts, D:Greenville; David ~Jiepublicaµ']ames D?,£rase of. :, : ·: 15th: S. David Carr, ~-Somer- James, D-Ceritr11I City; Bruce Tay- ~$om~ef:::'.'.' ;i;')';j:!}lrfi::Yf,,';,:;i'.'.rr.: ; set; Larry Nichols, R-Somerset; Ker- !or, D-Greenville; Jerry Young, D- f!Inthe House·,1~.:.:;.:;;cf;;e,;;_:·; : ry Cundiff,'R-Liberty; Vernie Mc- Central City; Kenny Lindsey, D- . ".'. ■ Democrats:Ciilil:JesPreach::·" ; Gaba, R-Russell Springs; William Central City; Marshall Prunty, R- ,er Nelson ofBremen;Dave Sten-- : Wilson, R-Bronston; Gene Daniels, Greenville; Keith Grise, R-Beecli- :Jel:iif.'touisvilleiKenhy Rapier .. · : D-Somerset ' , : - • , · · mont .. "of Bardstown; Mark Fatrow' or~ :· . 17th: Charlie Berger (i), D' 16th: Sheldon E. Baugh (i), R- :$tampilig-GfounifimdRon. :.~, 4 , Pineville; Glenn. Freeman, D-Cum- Russellville; James "Jimmy" i:;yfu~ cir F!atwoops:':"· ~·•: • '.~ :, : berland; Bill Baird, D-Hazard; J.C. Groves, D-Elkton ·-~-- ■ Republicans Richard Turn: . Ausmus ill, R-Middlesboro;Johnnie 17th: Woody Allen (i), R-Mor- e(ofTompkiilsville;-JonAcker, . Lloyd Turner, R-Harlan gantown· JohofLouisvilli!;Ray,Altmanof'.. . 19th: Tim Shaughnessy (i), D- 18th: (i), R- FihleyandToinJensen·o'fwn- .· .

4 · Louisville; . Barbara "Bobbie" Hamed :-dOil.; "';,;r~}:;'t'.5:Q,'.;~t~:{~;,-1_; :·. ~ Holsclaw, R-Louisville 19th: Kaye Bondurant (i), D- 1':'•Irradditi