Eastern Kentucky University Encompass Eastern Progress 1991-1992 Eastern Progress 4-16-1992 Eastern Progress - 16 Apr 1992 Eastern Kentucky University Follow this and additional works at: http://encompass.eku.edu/progress_1991-92 Recommended Citation Eastern Kentucky University, "Eastern Progress - 16 Apr 1992" (1992). Eastern Progress 1991-1992. Paper 28. http://encompass.eku.edu/progress_1991-92/28 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Eastern Progress at Encompass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Eastern Progress 1991-1992 by an authorized administrator of Encompass. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Weekend Forecast: ACTIVITIES ARTS ACCEN Friday: Thunderstorms possible in the 70s. Mascot mania Heavy hounds Derby days Saturday: Rain Cheerleadlng Colonel Skinny puppy shows Party planning for possible in the 70s. the Kentucky classic Sunday: Rain possible gains national recognition off industrial funk i in the 70s. Page B-5 Page B-3 Page B-1 THE EASTERN PROGRESS Vol. 70/No. 28 14 pages April 16,1992 Student publication of Eastern Kentucky University. Richmond, Ky. 40475 © The Eastern Progress. 1992 KM. Redistricting Home of y It V ^* Madison County Dam* Web Candidate crosses bridge The new 36th District (rod) includes parts of Madison. jfX f x—" Garrard. Rockcastle. Pulaski 'x \ V \j and Jackson counties. >8ITV- into 36th District campaign '- (Moberly) iO— 1 ~~"v xu1 By Tom Marshall arrived, Wells decided to make a run said Rep. Harry Moberly, D-Rich- W36/ Managing editor for office. mond. "Anybody can look at it any- CltAMr; / k^i-v/ \" Wells will face Napier in the No- way they want lo." y -*£\ I -A Mapping out election plans wasn't vember general election. Moberly serves the 81st District Hy-^y ^L V -^>r\K_ V- easy for Madison County's Darrell The new boundary line for the and played a key role in the redistrict- Wells. 81 st District runs down Shallow Ford ing plan during last year's special leg- North Madison County has been di- Legislators moved his home in the Creek less than a half mile from his islative session. vided into the 81st and 36th House Chenault precinct from the 81st Dis- house which is located near a bridge The new district line placing Wells Districts. trict to the 36th, where Republican crossing the creek. His farm joins the in Napier's district was not an attempt Rep. Harry Moberly played a Souro: L«gi»«v» nmirch CewmWon Lonnie Napier reigns as the represen- creek. to avoid a campaign against Wells, tative in the state legislature. When "We drew the line at that bridge key role In the redrawing of Progress graphic by Michael Morgan the final filing deadline for election because it was a natural boundary,'' See MAP, Page A4 the stale's legislative districts. Plans set Pie in the eye for chance Eastern co-ed nerve gas nabbed, flees disaster from kidnapper By Michael Morgan News editor By Tim Blum and Joe Castle A local program is testing Madi- son County's preparation and response Caira S. Spurlock. a university in the event of a chemical weapons freshman who was abducted at gun- accident. point outside her apartment Monday The Madison County Chemical night and taken to Florida, is on her Stockpile Emergency Preparedness way back to Kentucky unharmed. Program is sponsoring a series of ex- Det Sieve Gregg of the Richmond ercises for local emergency services. Police Department said Spurlock, 18, The first of the exercises was Tuesday was abducted at approximately 10:50 and spokesmen from area disaster ser- pjn. Monday st gunpoint in the stair- vices traced their plan of action in the way of her apartment at 205 Geri Lane case of a chemical weapons accident #2 by an unidentified white male. Photo submitted Chemical weapons are being stored She was then forced in to her car by Caira S. Spurlock was in the Lexington-Bluegrass Army her abductor and taken south, police expected back late last night. Depot in Madison County. The chemi- said. her abduction when she left his apart- cals cause skin and tissue to blister and Her kidnapping was undetected ment at 10:35 Monday night affect the nervous system. for almost eight hours before Spurlock "She had to go home and do home- The exercises are tailored for Madi- was able to sneak away from her cap- work, so she was going straight home," son County. Federal, state and local tor and make a phone call to a family member in Richmond, Gregg said. Plainer said. "I had walked her to her disaster emergency services attended. car, and she left" The university's public safety agency "About 6:30 this morning, she broke away and made a phone call to Spurlock had picked up Plainer at was also present at the exercise. approximately 9 p.m. for a tanning When pieced together, the plans of one of her sisters that she bad been bed appointment Plamcr said they each emergency service make up the abducted at gunpoint,'' Gregg said made only one stop after leaving The county evacuation plan. At the exer- Tuesday. Tanning Salon in Southern Hills Plaza, cises, each service agency will discuss Her boyfriend. Tim Platner.of 304 their jobs and how they will react in an Churchill Drive #1, also a university emergency involving chemical weap- freshman, last saw Spurlock before See ABDUCTION, Page M ons at the depot "The whole thing will make for a better disaster emergency plan for Madison County," said David Easter, Former regent spokesman for the Lexington-Blue Grass Army Depot "We all know what our responsibilities are individu- ally, but we get to learn what each dies at age 66 others responsibilities are." By Clint RUey The second exercise is planned for Editor August and will help emergency ser- vices direct and control their plans. A Progress photo by BOBBIJO SHIELDS third set of exercises, planned in No- Former regent Gerald S. May, Walters Hall resident assistant Jsrl Hall gets hit with s pis ss part of a fundraiser for the whom the university named its vember, will be a full-scale exercise YMCA daycars program In the pis toss sponsored by the Walters and Telford hall councils. Maywoods Environmental and Rec- and critique of the county's emer- reational Laboratory in Garrard gency operation plan. The training exercises will teach County for, died Friday. He was 66. the agencies the best way to respond to A Stanford resident. May was University receives AT&T tech aid appointed to Eastern's Board of Re- accidents that may occur in the storage gents in 1970 by Gov. Louie Nunn. He of chemical weapons or the planned was reappoin ted for a second term by incinerator for the weapons. By Joe Castle AT&T/NCR officials announced school; anybody could benefit from Gov. Wendell Ford and served as vice Craig Williams, a spokesman for Assistant news editor last Thursday, April 9 that Eastern has it" Keith said. "I know we will." chairman of the board until his term Kentuckians for Moving the Nerve been selected to serve as an early de- Already in place on campus is a expired in 1978. Gas, said it should be interesting to see Who says lightning doesn't strike ployment site for cutting-edge com- Technology Development and Deliv- "He and his wife have remained how the emergency plans and pre- the same place twice? puter technology for the company. ery Center in the Coates Administra- paredness are planned. His group says The university recently received "Being an early deployment site tion Building, established by AT&T/ very good friends of the university over the years," executive assistant to plans to build an incinerator at the two jolts of high-tech assistance from means they'll bring in the latest com- NCR to demonstrate the latest high- depot to destroy chemical weapons is communications giant AT&T/NCR puter hardware and software to the tech equipment and provide training the president Doug Whitlock said. In addition to serving on Eastern' s an unacceptable means to destruction. less than a year after the company university," said Jim Keith, director of for faculty and students. Unnm ity wchwes photo Board of Regents, May was also a Although Williams is against burn- provided Sl.l million in computer com munication services at the univer- The center contains several di ffer- Former university president university fellow and a member of the equipment and software to the College sity. Robert Martin and Gerald May "I think it would be great for any See MAY, P *e A6 See ARMY, Page A6 of Education. SeeAT4T,PflXeA4 fl break ground for Maywoods. C^ \ l\^f PI r^l Ti*\ rrT1¥-aT# ,nternat'onal students practice religion at \S DE V^-TYITXX tJk3 J/JTVX A XX • predominantly Christian university campus □ Tom Samuels Track will be the site By Janeen Miracle baptism, confirmation, Eucharist, matrimony, said. "You recommit yourself to Christ over of the OVC Track and Field Champi- Style editor holy orders ordination into the priesthood), and over." onships Saturday. See Page B7. EASTER SEP. CE reconciliation and anointing of die sick Engel said that the focus of Catholicism is Editor's Note: This concludes a three-part The Eucharist is communion, during which getting closer to Christ and having a deep Accent B1 When: 7 am. Sunday, Apr! 19. series on religion and its influence on Eastern the members of the church partake of bread relationship with him. Arts/ Entertainment B2&3 students. and wine. "Any outside practice is a sign of faith on Activities B4&5 "One essential thing is that we believe the Classifieds A4 Where: Van Peursem Pavilion in the the inside," Engel said.