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*#*##*##******#**#*ALL FOR 300174 2/22/94 HOAG & SONS T H E C A D I Z BOOK BINDING The Hometown Newspaper for Trigg County since 1881 VOL. 112 NO. 27 COPYRIGHT © 1993, THE CADIZ RECORD, CADIZ, KENTUCKY JULY 7, 1993 5 0 CENTS City attorney , is suspended All charges are related to Kennedy's private practice SCOTT BROWN Staff Writer The Supreme Court of Ken- I tucky has suspended Cadiz city attorney Kenneth Kennedy from practicing law in the Commonwealth for nine months stemming from three incidents reported to the Kentucky Bar Association. Kennedy's suspension took effect July 1, and he cannot ap ply for reinstatement until I April 1, 1994. However, by that time, he may no longer be the city attorney. | "We really haven't been in formed about the situation," feaid Cadiz mayor Scott Sivills. Kenneth Kennedy "The city can terminate his Contract at anytime, and if that a third case considered by the is the case I already have board on March 19,1993. Someone in mind as a replace- The first case is in reference I tnent." to $2,500 in retainer fees given However, Sivills said it to Kennedy by two unnamed HOT WHEELS - Johnny Uzzle, fireman with the Montgomery car on the side of the road near Little River Bridge around 3 a.m. A would probably be the August clients whom the board said Volunteer Fire Department, applies water to a car that was on fire passerby called Trigg Dispatch fifteen minutes later to report the the city council meeting before a Kennedy failed to keep noti July 5 on Kentucky 272. According to Deputy Kenneth Butts, the car, car on fire. A Kentucky State Police Arson Investigator will be called new attorney is hired should fied concerning their legal belonging to Bobby Cunningham, 164 Old Dover Road, began to in to try and determine the cause of the fire, which destroyed the 1989 Kennedy be released from his matters. The board also proved experience trouble while traveling down the road. Cunningham left the Camaro.. Record Photo by Scott Brown contract. by substantial evidence that no Kennedy was charged by the work had been performed by Kentucky Bar Association with Kennedy on behalf of the failure to communicate with a clients. School board revises local facility plan i client, failure to represent his The second case regards $500 client’s interests, failure to that Kennedy accepted as a re SCOTT BROWN with board chairman Howell the document neutral as to that total including construc have a contingency contract in tainer in a divorce case. The Staff Writer Hopson casting the lone dis whether the new facility be on tion of an alternative school, writing and signed by all par Board of Governors concluded The Trigg County School senting vote, the school board the current site or not. which was termed as a discre ties, failure to attend a legal that Kennedy failed and re Board has revised the master revised the part of the plan The memorandum also tionary construction project. matter entrusted to him, and fused to communicate with this educational facilities plan and dealing with the new middle praised the work of the L.P.C. failure to and refusing to com client. district facilities plan devel school and changed the word in completing the 88-page doc The L.P.C. met July 6 to dis municate with his client. All The third case dealt with oped by by the Local Planning ing to "new facility ument. cuss the recommended revisions to the plan. charges involved are in connec $3,000 that Kennedy accepted Committee and eliminated (elementary or middle school)" The facilities plan had in tion with his private practice, as a retainer for three clients in some of the restrictions they throughout the plan. In a cluded several needs, including Schools' Superintendent Jim an employment law case. The 1 and not related to the city. felt the plan placed on the memorandum to the L.P.C., the a new middle school, remodling Wallace pointed out to the According to the press release Board of Governors found that board. board said they wanted to of the existing buildings, and board that the plan does not tie Kennedy did not contact his from the Kentucky Bar At their July 1 meeting, the have flexibility after more addressing the conditions of the the board down to completing clients, advise them of the Association, the suspension board agreed with the study on the direction in which bus garage and high school any of the projects. It just al pendency of their action, or deals with two cases considered of the facility plan, to go in meeting the school’s gymnasium. The cost of the lows the school system to be by the K.B.A. Board of Gover there were some needs. plan came in at just under $10 available for state funding nors on November 13,1992, The board also voted to keep million, with $1.4 million of should that become available. Dry hydrant is used for first time on hay fire SCOTT BROWN a pond, stream, or other body of water and Staff Writer allows a fire truck to pump water into the truck Spontaneous combustion is listed as the cause and transport it to the site of the fire. Hargis of a July 2 fire in eastern Trigg County that saw said his trucks made two trips to the dry nearly 200 rolls of hay destroyed. hydrant located at the Robert McAtee farm, Members of the Caledonia, Montgomery, and which was installed last winter. Roaring Springs fire departments responded to The county has four dry hydrants installed the property of Bud Kennedy on McAtee road with plans calling for ten more, according to around 7:15 p.m. to fight the blaze. Flood. Funding for the dry hydrants run nearly According to Caledonia Fire Chief Donald 60-40 with the Pennyrile Resource, Conser Hargis, the hay had been sitting out for about vation, and Development Council funding 62 three weeks, with firefighters able to save percent of the cost with the additional 38 about 35-40 rolls. Hargis estimated the value percent picked up by Trigg Fiscal Court and of the rolls at about $40 apiece. local businesses. Hargis also said that the fire department The first dry hydrant in Trigg County was utilized one of the county's four dry hydrants in installed nearly one year ago at the Robert helping battle the blaze. Morris Farm in Caledonia at a cost of less than "It came in very handy," said Hargis, who $500. noted it was the first time his department had The installation of dry hydrants could mean used the dry hydrant in fighting a fire. In fact, a drop in insurance costs by as much as 40 it was the first time any Trigg County fire percent in some areas. Several other area department had used a dry hydrant in helping Happy Harold was one of tne attractions for children at the Trigg County Recreation Complex counties, including Caldwell, Lyon, Hopkins, fight a fire, according to Trigg D.E.S. Coor and Christian, have installed and tested Monday, July 5. Happy Harold painted faces and made balloon hats and animals for children at the dinator James Flood. Fourth of July celebration. See A for more photos. -6 A dry hydrant utilizes a water source such as See Hydrant, Page A-14 Two Sections • 30 Pages O p in io n ..................................................... .....................A-2, A-3 O bituaries...... ..............................A-4 Christian County Bob Watkins' S o ciety....... .................. A -8 - A-12 Sports........................................................ ..................... B-1, B-2 father, son drown in lake Sports in Kentucky A griculture...... .....................B-4, B-5 Page A-5 Page A-13 TV Listings, Entertainment................ .................. B -7 -B -1 0 Seniors...................................................... ................... ........ B-12 C lassifieds............................................... ................. B-14, B-15 I k l A-2, The Cadiz Record, Wednesday, July 7,1993 OPINION Just the Other Day Off to the races By Billy Rawls It has become an odd Fourth of July tra races throughout the south. dition. Not boating. Not grilling outside. The last mile I rein next to a kid who Not watching fireworks. could not have been more than 12. He For the third year, I ran through the picked up running from his parents and Sometimes a 'feller's' sor streets of downtown Atlanta. Actually, I Matt this was his first Peachtree. When we rows, memories, and coin was not alone. There was H.B. Quinn, me Sanders crossed the finish line, he looked at me cidences have a way of piling and 44,998 other runners covering the 6.2- and said, "Sir, if you need to lay down, up. So it was last week as I mile (sounds shorter than 10,000 meters) I'll go get you some Gatorade." learned of the death of a dear course south down Peachtree Street and Your day will come, kid. friend and a dear relative. ending up in Piedmont Park. A group of Marines ran in formation, Perhaps my writing today may singing some Marine songs. I'm impressed weave these three elements The Peachtree Road Race — it's billed at 7 a.m. for wheelchair athletes and by anyone who can run and sing for 6.2 together. as the largest 10-K race in America. 7:30 for runners). And there are the spec miles because I'm still trying to master There's no way I would dispute that fact. tators -- more than 350,000 of them drinking water while running.