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Ever have those nights
when you find

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yourself awake at 2
am. and can't go to
sleep? Maybe you
have to stay up and
wait for

cheesesticks. your
late-night rendezvous
or maybe you are
addicted to
infomercials and have
no VCR to record
them with (in which
case you are in the
Stone Age of
technology). In any
case, here are some
things to do the next
time you are up late:

Call infomercial toll free
numbers. Try to
convince the
operator of the
baseball-card-selling
channel that you are
Wade Boggs and
would like to
comment on air
about what a great
bargain is being
offered. After that,
send BowFIex
information to a
friend, ask if you can
get an autographed
George F orman Grill
and ask what to do
with all the leftover
pulp your juicer
leaves behind.

Grab your best friend's
(of the same sex
usually) cell phone
and start dialing all
the people of the
opposite sex.
Introduce yourself as
the owner of the cell
phone and let the fun
begin. Possible
routes to take the
conversation include.
but are not remotely
limited to, how much
you care for them.
how much you hate
them or how much
you wish they would
come over.

Pretend you are
MacGyver. Try to
invent fun toys or
weapons out of

Changing the face of football

Intensity: Morriss says this is the key to the Cats' success

By Will lesser
ASSlSTANT SPORTDAILV EDlTOR

intensity is a word often associated
with sport.

In order to be successful. teams must
practice with intensity. play with intensi-
ty and maintain that intensity during the
season.

Intensity. or his team‘s lack thereof. is
what UK football coach Guy Morriss plans
to address with his new off-season program.

“in order to be able to compete you've
got to work at a high level of intensity and
our kids. I don‘t think they‘ve really pushed
the envelope to their personal limits."

Morriss said the program will prepare
his team for game situations while improv»
ing strength. conditioning and mental
toughness. All of the changes Morriss im-
plements. however. will not be behind the
scenes. Fans will notice a big change during
spring practice.

“We‘re playing a collision sport and we
need to have a little more contact...l don‘t
know how else you get ready to play a football
game unless you do some hitting.“ he said.

More contact in practice will help the
Cats improve their inside running game and
team tackling. something that should benefit
new defensive coordinator John Goodner.

“it all comes down to blocking and tack-

ling...we‘ve got to be fundamentally sound
and that's our job to do that." he said.

Goodner will have plenty of young tal~
ent to work with next fall.

Eighteen players have committed to
play at UK next fall and 12 will play on
Goodner‘s side of the ball. ()ffensively. the
Cats 2001 class is highlighted by receivers
and tight ends. There are four of them in the
group and junior college transfer Aaron
Boone. who began attending UK in January.
is the most likely to be an impact player.

Highlands quarterback Gino Guidugli
verbally committed to UK Feb. 5. but is now
reconsidering his options.

Guidugli’s exteammate and UK quarv
terback Jared Lorenzen will have a busy
spring. Morriss said he has decided on an
ideal playing weight for his husky QB and

 

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Wilkinson to file bankruptcy

Campus affected:

Bankrupt.com

UK Bookstore part

of Wilkinson's chain

The dot.com roller coaster.

An online college textbook
company, Lexington-based ecam-
pus.com, is on the infamous
roller coaster, facing the highs
and lows of operation.

The e-company, a part of
Wallace Wilkinson's college text-
book company, Wallace's College
Books (20., began filling orders
for college students across the
nation in 1999.

Wilkinson is facing proceed-
ings in us. Bankruptcy Court
this week. His attorney, Robert
Brown, in an interview in the
Lexington Herald-Leader said

turmoil.

The owner of the

Bookstore is in

STAFF AND WIRE REPORT

UK
financial

Creditors of former Gov.
Wallace Wilkinson filed a
petition with the US. Bank
ruptcy Court Monday to ap-
point a trustee to manage
his assets and businesses.
saying one is needed to pre-
vent more borrowing. diver-
sion of funds or losses in the

The UK
Bookstore,
located in the
Student Cen-
ter, is owned
by former
Gov. Wallace
Wilkinson.
Wilkinson is
expected to
file bank-
ruptcy today.
He owes over
$300 million.

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anything you can find
around your living
quarters. Try to make
a zip line out of your
sheets and your
pizza cutter. Attempt
constructing a
crossbow out of a
broom handle, a
clothes hanger and a
pair of underwear.
Try to shoot your
roommate's annoying
pet with harmless
projectiles like
kitchen knives,
pencils or lead shot.

Fill out your adoption
papers, not for kids
but for beers. There
are hundreds of
lonely beers that find
places to live every
day through adoption
agencies like grocery
and liquor stores.
General information:
beers are most
comfortable when
stored in a cold dark
environment, but as
soon as they are
opened, they want to
be in a warm dark
environment. Can you
help them out?

-Ron Norton
Rail_editor@hotmail.com

that Wilkinson's "difficulties
with the ecampuscom business"
led to the bankruptcy he
promised to file Thursday.

One of the investors and
ecampus director is fast-food
chain Wendy’s founder Dave
Thomas.

Other online textbook com-
panies have hit the dot-com
graveyard. including
BigWords.com and Varsity
Group. Varsity Group is on the
verge of being removed from
the Nasdaq stock exchange
because its stock price has been
under $1 for too long.

The company was hoping to
take the venture public but
Robert C. Miller, a director of
ecampus said the timing isn't
right.

"The marketplace is not
terribly accommodating for busi-
ness ventures of this kind at the
moment."

value of Wilkinson‘s assets.

The petition said
Wilkinson has borrowed
vast sums of money on the
pretense of buying text-
books that would be resold
for large profits.

“To the contrary. for at
least the last year-and-one-
half. it would appear that
Mr. Wilkinson has taken
tens of millions of dollars
out of the businesses. while
increasing personal borrow-
ings," the petition said.

Wilkinson now owns 63
college bookstores. under
the company name Wal-
lace‘s College Books Co. He
was governor of Kentucky
from 1987 to 1991.

Six creditors on the pe-
tition were investors in
Wilkinson‘s dot-com ven-
ture. ecampuscom. includ-
ing United Company. It was
the creditor with the largest

loan to Wilkinson. in the sum
of $106 million.

Wilkinson's Internet text-
book company was expected
to sell its stock to the public
to create a return for the in-
vestors. No stock sale oc-
curred. apparently because of
changing conditions in finan-
cial markets. ecampus was
not named in the bankruptcy
motion.

“The money was to be
used to buy used books that
could be sold ‘at significant
profit' to pay the interest on
the notes and ‘provide a sig-
nificant return to Mr. Wilkin-
son.” the creditors said.

Wilkinson‘s textbook com-
pany has been surrounded by
controversy before.

The Lexington Herald
Leader reported Thursday
that the textbook company
has been accused several
times. most recently in 1995.

of buying stolen textbooks to
resell.

Wilkinson‘s college book
stores and wholesale book com-
pany have a yearly revenue of
$200 million and between 810
and $12 million in profits.

Wilkinson‘s attorney.
Robert Brown. said Wilkinson
has some financial problems
and feels like someone is out
to break apart the his compa-
ny. He said a forced liquida-
tion is not necessary.

“Someone has a motive to
drive the value of this compa-
ny down.” Brown said during a
hearing before Federal Bank-
ruptcy Judge William S.
Howard. Wednesday.

Howard gave Wilkinson
until the close of business
Thursday to file his petition for
bankruptcy or he said he
would grant the request for
Wilkinson‘s holdings to be
carved up and sold.

 

"he's not quite close to it yet."

Lorenzen will also be fighting to keep
his job. Morriss said yesterday that Loren
zen and fellow freshman Shane Boyd will be
comjwting for the job this spring.

And. unlike Mumme's system. the
backup will see playing time in the fall.

"You‘ve got to get your backup quarter-
back in the game as much as you can be
cause you're one play away from losing
your starter." he said.

Regardless of the on the-field changes
Morriss makes. he knows the biggest adjust-
ments must be made in his players' heads.

"When we take the field next year those
guys however many ol‘them stay with us
through this when they put on the blue
and white its going to mean something to
them."

ENTERIAINMENI.

Local band
ranks high on
Farmclub.com

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The Death of Poetry, subconscious' first album, is
on its way to the top of a popular music web site.

Opportunities: subconscious
could earn chance to perform

By Matt Mulcahey
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“This week on Parmclub. Mystical.
()utkast. Lil' Kim and subconscious."

subconscious? If music lovers continue
to log onto farmclubcom and vote for the
Lexington band's songs. the group soon
may find itself performing alongside the
musical elite.

Consisting of UK anthropology junior
Bobby Whitt (aka Outlaw Bobby Blaze):
Sandy Hook. Kentucky native. and Richard

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Sororities dispute highest
grade point average ranking

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president
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Bush presented his
10-year tax plan to
Congress yesterday.
one day after a for-
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Sigma Rho was founded was partly for social reasons.
but also with a heavy academic focus.

“In general. we attract motivated people. Most of
the girls are pretty motivated and pretty smart." Sand-
man said.

“Engineers don't have an incredible amount of
time to spend on a sorority and we respect that.
School comes first." she said.

This reflects a totally different mindset toward
achieving good grades. Phi Sigma Rho believes in re-
cruiting smart. motivated women and letting them
worry about their own grades.

ADPi has a structured approach. Last year their
grades were a 3.18 ,, below the sorority‘s expecta-
tions. To counteract that. they increased their manda-
tory study hours.

The hours are prorated depending on an individ-
ual's grades for the previous semester. Anyone with a
3.5 GPA is free to study on their own. The number of
mandatory study hours increases incrementally with
lower GPAs.

ADPi also instituted a policy that if a member has

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The issue: Differences in sororities
cause members to question ranking

By John Foster

STAFF WRITER

The numbers are in, but there is still contention
over which sorority is the rightful possessor of the
highest grade point average for the fall semester.

Phi Sigma Rho averaged a 3.30 GPA. higher than
runner-up Alpha Delta Pi's 3.26. ADPi members be
lieve their sorority is qualitatively different than Phi
Sigma Rho. a professional and social sorority for engi-
neering majors. and should be considered in a differ-
ent category because ADPi is a social sorority.

ADPi's claim centers around the fact that it has
the highest GPA out of the non-professionally based
sororities. it is also different in size. ADPi has 151
members. Phi Sigma Rho only has 21 members.

Phi Sigma Rho President Amy Sandman agrees
that her sorority is a little different. The reason Phi

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The Low-down

Two
years,
it’s a lot.
He’s
said to
me
many
times, ‘I
want a
divorce.’
I’ll be
away so
much,
or he’ll
be...he
can’t get
away,
but he’ll
say, so,
Where
do I
send the
papers?”

Jenifer Lopez,
30. talking about
her relationship
with Sean “Puffy"
Combs, to Rolling
Stone.

White House shooting raises concerns

WASHINGTON ~ Police are trying to deter-
mine why a former Internal Revenue Service em-
ployee with a history of mental illness fired sev-
eral shots outside the White House in a midday
drama that is raising questions about security at
the president‘s home. The suspect. identified by
law enforcement sources as Robert W. Pickett,
47. of Evansville, Ind. was shot in the leg
Wednesday by a member of the Secret Service
uniformed division after waving his gun at police
and terrified tourists just outside the wrought-
iron fence that borders the scenic South Lawn.
He also put the weapon in his mouth, U.S. Park
Police spokesman Rob MacLean said. One police
official said Pickett may have been trying to
force officers to shoot,

Sharon will not resume peace talks

JERUSALEM Prime IV'linisterelect Ariel
Sharon rejects a key Palestinian demand that
peace talks resume at the point they stopped un-
der Israel‘s previous government, a senior
Sharon adviser said Thursday. Sharon does not
feel bound by the concessions that predecessor
Ehud Barak made to the Palestinians. said the
adviser. Zalman Shoval. a former Israeli ambas~
sador to the United States. “There were offers by
the previous government. All that was said. ei-
ther verbally or as ideas. does not commit Israel
or any government." Shoval said a day after the
Palestinian Cabinet affirmed the demand for con-
tinuity in the talks.

WhIte House retains offices

WASHINGTON ~ The White House offices
on AIDS policy and race relations created by
President Clinton will continue under President
Bush. although with what advocacy groups con
tend will be less influence and responsibility.
The White House backed away Wednesday from
a remark by a top White House official taken to
mean that Bush was abolishing the Office of Na-
tional AIDS Policy and the Office of the Presi
dent‘s Initiative for One America. “They‘re not
being closed.“ said Margaret LaMontagne.
Bush‘s domestic policy chief. As for policies re-
garding race or AIDS. "They‘ll be treated the
same as any other policy. They will have the
same access to the president." she said. Advoca-
cy groups had a different take: dispersing the of-
fices‘ duties within the White House actually is
tantamount to a closure.

Atlantis lifts off

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Space shuttle
Atlantis and its cargo. a billion-dollar science
laboratory. chased after the international space
station early Thursday following a spectacular
sunset launch. “We wish you luck as you deliver
the heart and soul of the international space stal
tion - and have fun." launch director Mike Lein-

global spoIIsor-
ship and adver-
tising agreement
with Pepsi.
Though the
terms of the
deal have not
been disclosed,
it is reported to
be worth tens of
millions of dol-
lars. Spears has
agreed to star in
a series of tele-
vision commer-
cials for Pepsi,
which debuts on
March 27 at the

GALLAGHEII
BEATS RAP:
Gatwick Airport
police have
decided not to
charge Liam
Gallagher with
any misde-
meanor when an
interview with
the singer failed
to shed any light
on an alleged
incident in
January which
Gallagher was
accused of grop-
ing (pinching her
bum) a British
Airways employ-
ee and of making
lewd remarks
which the lady in
question had
found offensive.

bach told Atlantis’ five astronauts. The setting
sun and a rising full moon made for a dramatic
send-off Wednesday of NASA's $1.4 billion Des-
tiny laboratory module, the most expensive
piece of the space station. Atlantis' exhaust trail
was transformed into a beautiful gold and peach,
and cast a rainbow-like shadow that seemed to
stretch all the way to the moon.

Clintons return gift furnishings

WASHINGTON - Former President Clin-
ton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
have sent $28,000 worth of household goods back
to Washington after questions arose over
whether the items were intended as personal
gifts or donations to the White House. "We have
been informed that it is being shipped back. and
the National Park Service is ready to receive it,
take possession of it and take custody of it." Jim
McDaniel, the National Park Service's liaison to
the White House, said Wednesday. After they
were criticized for taking $190,000 worth of chi-
na. flatware. rugs. televisions. sofas and other
gifts with them when they left. the Clintons an-
nounced last week that they would pay for
$86,000 worth of gifts. or nearly half the amount.

Senate agrees to pay United Nations

WASHINGTON « The Senate held a break-
through vote to pay U.S. debts to the United Na-
tions after the world body satisfied its chief
congressional nemesis. Sen. Jesse Helms. that
it was streamlining its operations and reducing
America‘s share of the UN. budget. Both the
Foreign Relations Committee. which Helms
chairs, and the full Senate voted without dis-
sent Wednesday to release $582 million in back
dues owed the United Nations for its operations
and peacekeeping costs. That’s the bulk of the
$926 million Congress promised in a 1999 law
on condition that the organization reform its
huge bureaucracy and reduce the US. bud-
getary burden.

Helu ordered to pay coc Services Ltd.

DALLAS W A jury Thursday ordered Mex-
ican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu and his asso-
ciates to pay $360 million to a Dallas company
for derailing its plans to open CompUSA stores
in Mexico. The company. COC Services Ltd.
needed an investor to open the stores, and Slim
expressed interest in financing the deal. But
COC alleged that Slim and his associates halt-
ed talks after gaining inside information about
CompUSA. which Slim bought soon after for
$800 million. The state jury awarded $90 mil-
lion for lost profits and $270 million in punitive
damages.

Compiled from wire reports.

 

 

Continued from page 1

 

Roe. subconscious is currently
climbing the charts of the sec-
ond largest music site in the
world.

Farmclub is a combina-
tion web site, television show
and record label. The web site
features downloads from es-
tablished and unsigned acts
(more than 25.000 songs in all)
and full-length music videos.

Each month the web site
conducts a poll to see who the
most popular unsigned band
is. with the group receiving
the most votes going to Los
Angeles to perform live on
Farmclub’s nationally tele
vised show aired on cable sta-
tion USA.

In addition. the top five
vote getters are announced on
the show weekly. subcon-
scious is currently number
four, and if they can hold on,
its name will be among the
ones read when the show aires
at 11:30 pm. this Friday.

Even subconscious is
surprised with the sudden
success.

“We didn't expect to do
this well this soon. We‘re just
trying to our music out there."
Whitt said.

Although the site classi-
fies it as “rap/hip-hop," sub-
conscious” music is hard to fit
into one distinct category.

“It’s a fusion of a lot of
styles, everything from folk to
hip-hop. Johnny Cash to Wu-
Tang and Outkast, all rolled
into something we feel is pret-
ty original." Whitt said.

Despite its wide range. rap
and hip-hop fans certainly
seem to like their sound. The
band is currently the number
one artist on farmclub.com’s
rap/hip-hop chart for un-
signed bands, and has all four
of that chart's top singles.

Farmclubcom features
only seven of the duo's songs.
all of which can be found on
their self-produced full-length
CD The Death of Poetry. The
record has 16 tracks. written
by Roe and Whitt.

Although “The Death of
Poetry" is full of electronic
beats. don't expect subcon-
scious' live shows to be exact-
ly the same when the duo
adds a bass player. drummer
and DJ.

“The CD was produced en-
tirely in the studio. Richard
made the beats and samples by
himself and put it together
electronically in the studio.
Live it will be little different
when we have instruments
playing what we did digitally."
Whitt said.

Youcanhelp

All you need is a computer
and five seconds of your time to
help put Lexington music on the
map and subconscious on its way
to Los Angeles.

The voting process:

Log on to www.iarmclub.com.

Go to charts,

Select subconscious,

Pick a song.

You can vote once a day for
the band of your choice. To contact
subconscious for band into or to
buy The Death of Poetry, send an
e-mail to do_roe@hotmail.com.

 

 

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schoolwork. she takes care of
that before she participates in a
social event.

Regardless of the approach.
sororities are overall seven-
tenths of a point above the all—
female average at UK.

Panhellenic Council Presi—

dent Jessi McClelland attribut-
es good grades to the support
system a member receives in a
sorority.

This support system in-
cludes access to old tests, up-
perclassmen that have had the
class before, mandatory study
hours and other members to
encourage them.

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like this, we prove we‘re more
than a bunch of girls out to party
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Improving mental
and physical health

Stay in shape: Students can take advantage of several on-campus
facilities to stay healthy, increase metabolism and blood circulation

By Kristi Martin
STAFF IRIIER

Need a quick pick-me-up in
the middle of the day or after a
long study session? Exercising
might be the answer.

Exercise has more benefits
than just getting in shape and
getting healthy. said Jill Kindy.
athletic trainer and registered
dietician at University Health
Services. Exercise can increase
your metabolism and blood cir-
culation. she said.

A 20-30 minute workout
helps to avoid “cabin fever."
improves your mental perfor-
mance and physical fitness.
Kindy said exercise is the best
remedy to get someone going in
the morning. afternoon or
night.

"Exercise is just as impor-
tant mentally as it is physical-
ly." Kindy said.

It can boost energy. relieve
stress and improve mood and
selfvesteem. ’

“Exercising for ‘30 minutes
will be more energizing than a
20 minute nap." Kindy said.

Most students exercise to

stay in shape and improve

themselves physically.

“My main goal for exercis-
ing is to stay healthy and tone
my muscles." said Megan Mc~
Daniels. 21 physical therapy
freshman.

Theresa Brown. an ele~
mentary education sopho-
more. reaps other benefits of
exercising.

"Exercising relaxes me by
relieving the stress and pres-
sures of the day.“ Brown said.

Kiiidy said exercising regu»
larly can also help improve
sleeping habits. She said re-
maining active all year around
is important.

"Your body works best if
you are consistent with your
workout schedule and partici—
pate in some type of exercise
throughout the winter and
summer months." she said. ”It
is important to form a regular
workout routine and maintain
it. rather than going back and
forth. Consistency is the key to
making it work.”

An easy and affordable
way to work out is to take ad-
vantage of residence halls or
apartments by climbing stairs
or taking walks.

()n campus. students can
get involved in intramural
sports that provide a fun and
easy way to exercise.

The Underground. 3 gym in
the basement of Donovan Hall.
offers aerobics classes at Uni-
versity Commons on south
campus. Students can also uti-
lize facilities like the Seaton
Center.

“UK students are fortunate
to have many exercise opportu~
nities at their disposal." family
and consumer science fresh-
man Amelia Brown said.

Getflt

For more information about how
exercise can help you, call the
University Health Services at
323-5823 or e-mail questions to
You can also visit the web site at

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Officials warn country of drug

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ASSOCIAIED PRESS

PIKEVILIE. Ky. , Author-
ities across the United States
should be prepared for the dead-
ly effects of illegal use of a pre~
scriptioti drug that has killed 59
people in eastern Kentucky. a
federal prosecutor said.

“It's just a matter of time
before it spreads." Joseph Fa»
mularo. US. attorney for the
Eastern District of Kentucky.
said Thursday. "In the illegal
drug business. you really can‘t
put any type of reliable predic-
tion on where it's going to pop
tip next."

The painkiller ()xyt‘ontin.
which sells on the illegal mar-
ket for up to $100 a pill. is in-
tended for cancer victims or
others suffering from severe
pain. Famularo said drug users
in eastern Kentucky have been
crushing the pills into powder
and snorting it. or diluting it
for injection to get a euphoric
high.

The company that mariu
factures ()xyContin defended
the drug as safe and effective
when used properly,

Dr J. David Iladdox. senior
medical director for health poli-
cy at Purdue Pharma iii Stam-
ford. (Ionn.. took that message
to Huntington. W.Va.. on
Thursday.

“We want to do everything
we can to make sure this medi-
cine is used for patients for
whom it is appropriate and that
it is not given to those who
don't need it or who would
abuse it." Haddox said.

Haddox called the number
of reported fatal overdoses
frightening.

“Even one death from abuse
is a tragedy. My concern is that
numbers sometimes take on a
life of their own in a situation

.. ,

responsible for Kentucky deaths

like this.” he said. "I've not seen
any data that those numbers are
anywhere close to accurate."

Authorities say illegal use
of the drug has become wide-
spread in eastern Kentucky.

State and federal law en-
forcement agencies. in the
largest drug roundup in Ken-
tucky history. arrested about
200 people Tuesday and
Wednesday on charges of deal-
ing in ()xyContin or acquiring
the drug through deception.

Because of the trail of dead-
ly overdoses. Famularo said
abuse of the drug must be
stopped. “By being so potent.
when it’s misused. it has a high
probability of serious injury or
death." he said.

Misuse of the drug also has
become popular in parts of
Ohio. Pennsylvania. West Vir-
ginia. Maryland and Maine. ac
cording to the [7.8. Department
ofJustice‘s National Drug Intel
ligence Center,

In a detox center operated
by Pathways Inc. in Ashland.
about 75 percent of the patients
treated over the past 18 months
have used ()xy(‘oritin. said Bill
Stewart. a supervisor for the re-
gional mental health agency.

Withdrawal symptoms. he
said. involve nausea. diarrhea
and severe stomach cramps.
“People very much want to go
back to use again. instead of
suffering through withdrawal."
Stewait said.

Historically. Stewart said.
narcotics like crack cocaine
and heroin arrived in eastern
Kentucky long after they be-
came popular among drug
users in urban centers like New
York. Miami or I.os Angeles.
“But we seem to have caught on
real fast to this drug." he said.

Britt Lewis, administrator
of the Clover Fork (‘Iinic in

Vernon Ratliff
is taken into
custody by
Kentucky
State Police
. y Trooper Scott
'3 Hopkins on
Tuesday at his
residence near
Oorton, Ky.
Ratliff was
charged with
first-degree
trafficking of a
controlled
substance.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

 

Harlan. said residents of east»
ern Kentucky have a history of
abusing prescription medica-
tion. He said some. including
Percocet. remain popular. but
more people now are asking
specifically for OxyContin.

“We‘ve got a lot of work-re-
lated injuries due to coal min-
ing and logging." he said. “It
could be that it got started inno-
cently that way. I'd love to be
able to put an end to this prob
lem. There's too many people
dying."

The Appalachian Pain
Foundation. a health care
group that works to ensure resi~
dents of the region get effective
pain care. worries that the ille-
gal use of ()xyContin could
make physicians less likely to
prescribe it to people who real-
ly need it.

“We want to make sure that
patients get the care they need
to get their pain under control
and reclaim their lives." foun-
dation co-chairman Dr. Phillip
Fisher said.

"But we also support law
enforcement efforts to take con-
trolled substances out of the
hands of those who illegally ob
tain. distribute and abuse
them."

Haddox said abusers need
to realize that powerful medica-
tions like ()xyContin can have
serious effects when misused.

“When this medicine is
abused. like any strong medi-
cine. it can be very dangerous."
he said. “When this medicine is
used appropriately to treat pain
under a doctor's care. it is not
only effective. it is safe.

“If I gave you a stalk of cel-
ery and you ate that. it would
be healthy for you. But if you
put it in a blender and tried to
shoot it into your veins. it
would not be good."

 

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mm I FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 2001 I 3

Artists raise money for
local AIDS organization

Remembering Joey Ketron: Charity art
sale in the memory of local AIDS victim

By Tracy Kershavr
NEVIS EDITOR

Chocolate-smeared bodies.
gyrating belly dancers. local
art and a Mediterranean buffet.

An interesting mix for a
Sunday night.

The “I‘ve Got a Heart on
for You“ charity art sale and
party will entertain Lexingto~
nians and raise money for the
AIDS Volunteers of Lexington
this Sunday.

AVOL began in October
1987. The non-profit communi-
tybased organization works to
inspire compassionate response
for those who face the chal-
lenges of the HIV disease and to

meet the needs of those infected
with and affected by HIV.

The event is in memory of
Joey Ketron. a good friend of

Bob Andrew's. event organizer
and owner of the Paisley Pea-
cock clothing store in Lexing-
ton. Ketron, who was from
Lexington. dierl abou