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Richmond, Ky. 40475 ©The Eastern Progress 1994 Bar entry age to remain 21 Alcohol Regulation 5:070, which after going into effect Such a ■ Senate, House BOP bans people under 21 from en- deficiency means the regulation committees vote to keep tering businesses that sell alco- will expire upon adjournment of hol by the drink but don't re- the next legislative session. 1992 ABC regulation ceive 35 percent of their total "In other words, when they sales from food. brought the regulation before the By Joe Castle and Amy Etmans "What other reason (other committee, they basically said it than buying alcohol) would a wasn't in compliance,'' Senate A1992 state Alcoholic Beverage Control regu- minor have to be in a place that serves only alco- BOP committee chair Jeff Green, D-Paducah, said. lation that closed several Richmond bars and hol?" state ABC chief enforcement officer Carl This time the regulation has received a warmer prompted others to start sel ling food won' t die at the Harmon said. "What it boils down to is, how can reception from the BOP committees, which origi- end of the 1994 legislative session. you justify a person under 21 in these places?" nally limited the rule's life span to less than two The rule's new lease on lifecomes after both the The Senate vote followed a similar move by the years with the letter of deficiency, than it did during House and Senate Business Organizations and Pro- House BOP committee Tuesday, which voted to lift the 1992 interim session. fessions committees decided to reverse a letter of the deficiency after the ABC requested its removal. Both legislative BOP committees, the groups deficiency indicating legislative disapproval of the KAR 5:070, which was written by the ABC which reviewed the regulation in 1992, have been Progress/BRETT DUNLAP regulation. after a bill banning minors from bars was defeated reshuffled in the wake of the FBI's BOPTROT People line up to enter O'RIIey's on Main Street Thursday night. The Senate BOP committee voted yesterday to in the 1992 General Assembly, was found deficient The bar was one of several In Richmond which began selling lift the 2-year old deficiency placed on Kentucky by an interim legislative committee only weeks SEE REGULATION PAGE AS food following the 1992 ABC entry age regulation. EYES ON THE PRIZE Officer faces brutality charge ■ Student files complaint against public safety officer By Don Perry Naws writer « Hines said. Hines said he and a few of his A police brutality complaint was friends were leaving the party just as filed with public safety against a cam- public safety arrived. He said his pus police officer by an Eastern stu- friends decided to go back inside but dent who claims he was assaulted by he kept going because he had done the officer. nothing wrong. William Hines, 21, Martin Hall, Hines said the police car was ap- said he was assaulted by public safety proaching him at a high speed and he officer Mike Fearing Feb. 2 after leav- began to run from the officer. He said ing a birthday party at Brockton. he decided to stopatthchill in front of According to Hines, he and about Tel ford Hall on his own. 25 or 30 other people were at the party That is when, according to Hines, and a fight broke out " I had nothing to do with the fight." SEE BRUTALITY PAGE AS Madison senator resigns position ■ Sexton leaves post amid health, Kentucky legal problems By Angle Hat ton General News *d it or Assembly District 34 Sen. Landon Sexton, who has represented Madison, rary, acting only until January 1995, Fayette, Garrard and Lincoln coun- when a senator elected in the regular ties since 1987, resigned Monday due November election will be sworn in. to health and legal problems. For this election, 1 > mocratic and A special election has been called Republican headquarters representa- for March 15 to replace Sexton for the tives from the four counties will meet remainder of the General Assembly. The candidate elected will be tempo- SEE SEXTON PAGE A5 INSIDE Progress/JIM QUK3GINS Members of the Harlan County Green Dragons are reflected In University Heights Blazers in the finals of the All "A" Classic ACCENT ARTS Tournament In McBrayer Arena Sunday. their trophy as they celebrate their 67-55 victory over the ■ You know ■ Reviewer says what they Spielberg's "Schindler's say: if you List" is worth all the hype. can't be Page B3 "Rudy" brings upbeat message to EKU with the Still, Ruettiger kept dreaming that one you Ruettiger tells love...be by yourself! We SPORTS ■ " / was told I could never be what one day he could dress and run out of Sunday audience the tunnel, too. But when his second give you 50 ways to ■ Lady Colonels tied for I wanted to be because they labeled and last season with the team was endure Valentine's Day first place in the Ohio to "never give up" coming to an end and he still had not Valley Conference. dressed for a game. Ruettiger again alone. me as a dumb kid, a small kid. I Page Bl Page B6 By Janeen Miracle thought about quitting. Staff writer showed up at Notre Dame with Just Ruettiger said a maintenance man hope." who befriended him when he worked WEATHER When Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger at Notre Dame's football stadium INDEX — Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, TODAY: Mostly sunny was a young boy, he dreamed of play- talked him out of it (Ruettiger worked Accent B1 with the caretakers on the football High 26, Low 17 ing football for the University of Notre former University of Notre Dame football player Activities B5 field prior to making the scout team.). FRIDAY: Partly sunny Dame. Ad Index B2 Ruettiger said the scene in the movie High 41. Low 21 Sunday. 18 years after playing in Arts/Entertainment B3 "I was told I could never be what 6-inch small frame blocked tackles is accurate word for word and quoted SATURDAY: Cloudy the last seconds of a football game Classifieds A4 that brought him the glory of being I wanted to be because they labeled behind the scenes for the players in it lo the audience. High 51, Low 36 carried off the field by his teammates. me as a dumb kid, a small kid," practice who actually got game lime "He said to me. 'Since when are Comics A4 Ruettiger encouraged fans gathered Ruettiger said "I showed up at Notre on the field. Ruettiger longed to run you a quitter? You are so full of crap. News briefs A4 at Alumni Coliseum to "never give Dame with just hope. So many times out of the same tunnel as the team that You stood out there with the best team CLASS People B4 up." we quit. We give up because we say it played, but he watched the game from for two years. You are going to gradu - People poll A3 Standing before a crowd includ- is too tough, loo rough." the stands with other Notre Dame ate with a degree from Notre Dame. PATTERN Perspective A2&3 ing church youth groups, Notre Dame But even when his struggle to be fans. You've got nothing to prove to any- Police beat A4 fans and sports enthusiasts, Ruettiger a part of the team got the roughest, "I should have quit, I had every one but yourself. If you haven't done Preview B2 that, you won't ever do it" talked about the story that inspired the Ruettiger didn't give up. right to," Ruettiger said. "When they M W-F Sports B6.748 movie "Rudy," which came out last As a member of the Fighting hit me for the first time, I said this year. Irish's scout team, Ruettiger' s 5-foot- game isn't for dream crs.it is for men." SEE RUDY PAGE A5 A2 Thursday. February to. 1994 EDITORIAL Passing the buck University not taking responsibility for campus' safety The neverending story of the Bluegrass These calendars were not distributed to Army Depot has encountered another plot campus residents last year because the univer- twist that could have a sizable impact on sity has a policy against distributing postage- Eastern's campus community. free outside mail. This policy has not been The National Research Council, a branch of the changed, so it looks like the 1994 calendars will National Academy of Sciences, has again be left in the public safety office endorsed the building of an incinera- for students to pick up themselves. tor in Madison County as soon as Why would they take the time, possible, a decision based on the though, to go to the Brewer Building Council's belief that die chemical and pick up a calendar if they don't weapons at the depot are more danger- realize they need them? ous being stored than being burned.