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Top 17 ways you too can
be presidential.

l7. Instead of paying
your bills. stamp a
big red "veto" on
them.

16. Be way, way cooler
than anyone claiming
to be vice president.

IS. Continuous loop of
“Hall to the Chief"
on car stereo.

14. Try to get more
votes than your
opponent. Next
question?

l3. When someone
catches you in a lie,
respond with, "Well,
there you go again
and finish with a
football story.

12. Close your eyes, spin
the globe, point and
send in troops.

ll. During debates, try
not to harp on the
“cooties” issue.

10. Sink your wooden
teeth into a Big Mac
or two, then tell the
manager to bill the
Federal Reserve.

9. When faced with
character
assassination, stand
tall and laugh it off.
When faced with
actual assassination,
duck.

8. End every statement
with, "Viva El
Presidente! That's
me!"

7. Make your best
friends run alongside
the car wearing
trench coats and
sunglasses, looking
around nervously and
speaking into their
watches.

6. As commander in
chief, declare war on
your girlfriend for
stealing the remote.

5. Affix your
“presidential seal" to
anything and
everything.

4. Avoid falling off
stages.

3. Simply ignore Ross
Perot when he tries
to jump up and bite
you in the knee.

2. Always keep pants in
full upright and
locked position.

I. Lie like there's no
tomorrow!

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Ford named a fellow in Martin School

Joining a legendary list: Former U.S. senator
will work on campus at least twice a month

By Robert Ouan
STAFF WRITER

Former United States Sen.
Wendell H. Ford will join UK‘s
list of luminaries as a Distin-
guished Fellow in the Martin
School of Public Policy and Ad-
ministration.

The announcement. made
last Thursday by President
Charles Wethington, came dur-
ing a meeting of the Martin

School‘s Advisory Board.

Mike Nietzel, dean of Gradu-
ate Studies for the Martin
School and one of the faculty re-
sponsible for bringing Ford to
the University, said Ford will
hold his academic appointment
for at least one academic year
and possibly longer.

Ford is Kentucky’s longest
serving senator and held the posi-
tion of Majority Whip, the second

highest position in the Senate, for
a number of years.

“The Martin School is a
school for public administra-
tion,“ he said. “For both students
and faculty, Ford would be a sig-
nificant individual to interact
with."

Ford's position will involve
him in a number of UK lectures
and conferences.

More importantly for the
Martin School, he will also be
available to students and faculty
for consultation on matters of
public policy and policy research,
Nietzel said.

Students will have a chance

to talk to Ford and tap into his
vast political experience when
thinking about their own careers.
said Edward Jennings, acting di-
rector of the Martin School.

“Senator Ford has a wealth of
experience on both the state and
national level,“ Jennings said.
“We‘re very excited about this."

Some of Ford’s seminars will
only be open to Martin School
graduate students, but a number
of his lectures will be open to all
students and the community as a
whole, Nietzel said.

Ford. who lives in Owens
boro, will assume academic re-
sponsibilities at the beginning of

next semester. He will be on cam-
pus at least twice a month, Jen-
nings said.

In addition to his academic
duties, Ford will assist the Mar-
tin School with its civic and
community outreach and public
service programs. Jennings
said.

Before retiring, Ford was a
longtime staple of Kentucky poli-
tics. He served as US. senator
for four full terms. and retired
last year.

He also served as governor of
Kentucky from 1971 to 1974 and
lieutenant governor from 1967 to
1971.

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or another kite. Phillip Galls could as-
sist. The company had a booth and
sold string and kites shaped like
sharks and diamonds, among others.
They had a wide array of colorful op-

By Emily Douglas

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Batman and Robin swooped down
from the sky. The Tasmanian Devil
zipped through the afternoon wind.

From a distance, it looked like
hundreds of tiny specks were dipping

and weaving in a sea of blue.

It's not an air war. It‘s the 1999

Kite Fest.

Kappa Alpha Theta social sorority
and Phillip Galls Outdoor, Inc. spon-
sored the event at Jacobson Park on
Saturday. where hundreds of families
came out to ﬂy kites. The sorority set
up booths with face-painting, where
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music throughout the park. All shapes
and colors of kites dotted the sky.

“It‘s great to be out here helping
the kids. and a good opportunity to get
to know the community," said Maggie
Knight, a communications sophomore
and a member of Kappa Alpha Theta.

Shelby Taylor
(below), 6, a Brownie
in Troop 489, flew
her kite at Jacobson

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sponsored by Kappa
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Chem-Phys

High school students take
part in UK examination

By Lexie Cheatham
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

There's nothing like throwing frozen
bananas against the wall. and watching
them shatter.

UK's Student Afﬁliates of the Ameri-
can Chemical Society had fun with vari-
ous types of food Saturday at the 18th an—
nual High School Chemistry Examina»
tion in the Chemistry~Physics Building.

The event began with a two-hour
chemistry exam for high school students
that made them eligible for a scholarship
and cash prizes.

Laurie Watson. president of the soci-
ety, said the examination will beneﬁt high
school students planning to attend UK.

“Students that pass the exam will not
have to take Chemistry 105 or 107 at U K.“

High school students are selected to
take the examination by their chemistry
teachers. The society sends a letter to
every high school in Kentucky. and the
schools may register their students for
$10 each. This year. 100 students were
pre-registered.

Jaymi Veek. a chemistry graduate
student, has been involved with Chem-
istry Day for two years. She said she was
impressed with this year‘s turnout.

“This is a much bigger turnout."
Veek said. “We had 100 registered and 85
came. Last year. we only had 35 students."

The examination was followed by
chemistry professor Rob Toreki's perfor-
mance at a magic show of the electric
pickle demonstration.

He plugged a transformer into the
pickle, then ran a current through the
pickle. causing the pickle to glow for a
few seconds.

“If anyone wants fried pickle for
dessert, let me know," Toreki joked.
“We‘re running a special today.“

Toreki enjoyed the mess he was al-
lowed to make.

“I don‘t even have to clean this up."

Awards were then given to the stu-
dents. Each winner received a trophy and
a certiﬁcate. The awards were divided
into varsity and junior varsity categories.

The ﬁrst-place varsity student won a
scholarship for a semester at UK or $300
if the student does not attend UK. Second
place was $150 and third place was $50.
This year‘s winners were from Tates
Creek High School, Louisville St. Xavier.
and Daviess County High School.

Many high school students thought
the examination was difficult. but plan
to return to chemistry day next year.

“The test was very challenging."
said Melody Hobbs. a junior at Central
Hardin.

Josh Baurle. a junior at St. X. was
celebrating his 17th birthday while par-
ticipating in chemistry day.

Baurle, a member of a winning var-
sity team. said his favorite part of the
day was the magic show.

“My favorite part of the show was
anything that made noise or exploded."
he said.

After the awards. high school stu-
dents were invited to attend a poster
contest. The posters were research pro-
jects done by chemistry undergraduate
students.

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Widespread Panic gave fans a reward that was a long time coming on Friday. The band played many oi its signature songs during a two-set concert.

Widespread entertainment

Worth the wait: Widespread Panic returns to
Lexington for the first time in three years

By Martin Underwood
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Arriving in Lexington in the
middle of its spring tour, Wide-
spread Panic brought a sense of
excitement and anticipation to
Memorial Coliseum on Friday.

The anticipation had been
brewing ever since the band
brought its musical mastery to
the area with concert at Red Mile
Racetrack in 1996.

As fans mingled utside the
coliseum and the surrounding
area, they enjoyed the weather of
a near-perfect spring day. Spirits
were high as local and national
fans traded stories and discussed
the band's tour~in-progress.

As show time began to ap-
proach. the majority of fans were
still lingering outside. Many
thought the concert would begin

much later than the advertised
time. But, as Widespread took the
stage at 8:20 pm. and launched
into “Glory.“ many fans were
still outside.

By the time the band headed
into its second song. “Ain‘t No
Use." the coliseum had filled up
with fans dancing under a collec-
tive groove.

Widespread Panic seemed to
be in prime form. The band mem-
bers __ John Bell (J.B.) on vocals
and guitar. Dave Schools on bass,
Michael Houser on lead guitar,
Jo Jo Herman on keyboards.
Todd Nance on drums and Sonny
Ortiz on percussion — wove their
way through a complex tapestry
of songs.

The ﬁrst set, which ran about
an hour. had a nice mix of tunes
like. “Aunt Avis“ and “Big Wool~
ly Mammoth." but it was the “Ju-

nior"/“Pusherman"/“Junior"
combo that may have been the
set’s highlight. By this point, the
audience was immersed in Pan-
ic's deep grooves and intense
trademark jamming. “Fishwater”
carried the audience into the set
break and gave everyone a
chance to catch their breath.

While the first set offered a
solid grouping of Panic songs. it
was really just a warm-up for
what the band had in store for
the second set.

The band ripped into “Space
Wrangler,“ and the set was off
and running. From there. Wide-
spread otfered up a stellar ver-
sion of the fan favorite, “Jack.“

While the beginning of the
second set was undoubtedly solid.
the show‘s centerpiece jam took
form as the opening notes of
“Diner" filled the coliseum. An»
other crowd-pleaser, this version
was a scorcher. as Houser‘s light-
ning-fast leads on guitar set the
pace for the rest of the band to
follow. Panic tore through "Din-

er“ for about 20 minutes, until
the song gradually dissolved into
a bass and drums jam and ﬁnally
into the amazing percussion so-
los of Ortiz.

For their encore, Widespread
chose a pair of songs that perfect-
ly complement each other. The
contemplative “Nobody‘s Loss“
gave way to the fun-loving. good
time vibe of “Walkin‘.” a perfect
close to the show.

As the house lights came
back on and shocked the audi-
ence with a sense of reality, fans
began filtering back outside into
the much cooler air of night.

Widespread Panic delivered
another amazing performance in
Lexington, and the city showed a
lot of support for the band.

Many local fans just hope it
will not take another two and a
half years to get the band back in
town. And with the amount of fun
had by audience and band alike
last Friday, Widespread Panic
should be taking over the streets
of Lexington again very soon.

WRESTLING COLUMNIST

Ric Flair
committed

Back to his old self: Wrestling legend
offers drinks to students at Florida

Isn‘t it ironic? Don't ya‘ think?
For the first time since Jimmy
Carter was president, Ric
Flair finally acted cool again.
So how is he repaid? They
.. . commit him to a central Flori-
da nut house.
Gary McCoIIum I have to admit that initially I
was a little confused ~ I
thought they might be carting
Flair off to Shady Pines.

Despite the plausibility issues I will address in a
moment, let‘s look at this scenario as if it was
believable.

For those of you lucky enough to miss Nitro on
Monday night, let me give you this brief synopsis.
Flair challenged many of the Florida Gator fans in at-
tendance to a drinking contest at “The Swamp.“ But it
never happened thanks to Roddy Piper, who is becom-
ing less “Rowdy" with each Ginseng pill he takes and
Depends diaper he straps around his waist.

The really sad part is this was one of the few con-
tests Flair is still capable of winning. As a former
Florida State Seminole and avid Gator-hater, I would
actually have rooted for Flair if the event had gone
down. Gators may live in the water. but that doesn‘t
make them any good at drinking.

Still, this is a moot point because Flair was com-
mitted, an action I‘m still trying to figure out.

When did Roddy Piper receive power of attorney
for Ric? Unless of course, Piper doesn‘t just play the
bagpipes. and the Flair really does ﬂare.

This chilling image aside. could someone please
explain to me why WCW has resorted to stealing plot
lines from 10-year-old “Dallas" reruns on TNN? My
guess is that J .R. and Bobby Ewing are rolling over in
their graves right now all four of them.

That is not to say the WWF is any better in the plot
department right now. This Undertaker‘Ministry of
Darkness crap has got to go, but as their last official
act. I would love to see them possess McMahon with
some acting skills.

But the difference between the lousy acting on the
WWF and the lousy acting on WCW is that with the
WWF. it’s not sanitized for my protection. If Debra
McMichael wants to flaunt it. she can. If The Rock
wants to curse at little kids in the third person. he goes
for it.

Originally. I had planned for this to be my last
wrestling column of the year, but because the weeks'
plotlines were weak at best. I‘ll do my best to leave like
George Costanza on a high note.

Sadly. that might be tough it something interest-
ing doesn‘t happen in next weeks‘ programming.

Where‘s Chris Jericho when you need him? Or The
Cat for that matter?

As this year draws to a slow, painful end. maybe I
should look into covering another form of sports enter-
tainment for next fall. After all, that RollerJam show
seems to become more and more addicting by the
week.

Gary McCollum is a marketing and political science senior.
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season rolls around

By Michael lleppermann
ASSISTANT SPORTSDAILY EDlTOR

Yeah. it‘s only April. and
the 1999-2000 college football
season is months away. but just
like school. it will pop up on
you before you know it.

So the football team is busy
at work. having played its an-
nual Blue/ White Scrimmage on
Saturday. which traditionally
provides a glimpse of what we
might expect when the fall se-
mester is officially under way
again.

And after losing the one-
two punch of Tim Couch and
Craig Yeast. who can you ex-
pect to see racking up the
yards. providing a spark. and
stepping up to be the one guy
the entire stadium knows is go-
ing to get the ball when the
game is on the line?

Well. it could be a lot of peo-
ple. But for now. think junior
wide receiver Quentin McCord.

Nevermind that in the
scrimmage McCord didn‘t score
a touchdown while playing for
the side that posted 59 points.
He caught the most passes (six)
for the most yards (118) and set
up a couple of the Blue team 5
touchdowns by getting the ball
inside the 10- yard line

Going into the game. he
thought a big performance was
in his grasp. but was hoping a
touchdown would be too.

“I was expecting to have a
big day," McCord said. “I‘m not
trying to be selﬁsh. but I wanted
to see the end zone at least
once."

Nevertheless. he earned the
praises of starting quarterback
Dusty Bonner. who said that
having a receiver like McCord
makes his job a little easier.

“When you look down the
field and know he’s going to
beat the cornerback, it‘s really
nice,” Bonner said. “You just
have to throw it up and he'll go
get it.“

So does McCord have the
potential to be the Cats‘ next go-
to guy?

He‘s the leading returning
wide receiver with 37 catches for
435 yards and three touchdowns
last year. He played in nine
games and started in three. but
missed two weeks after sprain-
ing his ankle against Georgia.

McCord also started the
first six games of his freshman

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Junior wide receiver Quentin McCord caught one of his six passes over the
head of cornerhaclr Brackston Poitier in Ull's Blue/White scrimmage.

year. making him the ﬁrst true
freshman to start since running
back Damon Hood in 1991.

After losing just three se-
niors in a crowded receiving
corp, McCord has lots of compa-
ny in a high-powered, pass-hap-
py offense. But McCord says
with a little work. he can see
himself as an impact player.

“I believe with a little extra
work I can be." he said. “I want
to work on being more consis
tent. I need to develop better
hands. better speed and run bet-
ter routes."

Ask Bonner, though. and
he‘ll tell you his speed is noth-
ing to balk at. Comparisons to
Yeast quickly come to mind.

“They're both so quick." he
said. “He puts the moves on and
he can take off like Craig did.
They‘re both so fast. I don‘t think
I could ever overthrow him."

Head Coach Hal Mumme
wouldn't mind seeing McCord
step into that go-to status. but

said it wasn‘t necessary and
doesn‘t want him or anyone else
to have that added pressure.

“Quentin still has to make
a lot of improvements. I hope he
can be our go-to guy. but even if
he stays where he‘s at right
now. I think we‘ll be fine."
Mumme said. “We have a very
balanced offense."

And if the offense stays as
versatile as it did on Saturday.
UK simply may not need a go-to
guy, much to Mumme‘s cha-
grin. But McCord thinks the
combination of him and Bonner
could post some impressive
numbers every fall weekend.

“I think after summer
workouts. we could develop a
one-two punch."

Bonner agreed.

“There were a few times to-
day when I looked at him and
knew what he was thinking and
he knew what I was thinking.“
he said. “We‘re getting on the
same wavelength.“

ﬁASEBALL

UK wins series over UT

On a roll: Cats beat Vols to win
second straight SEC weekend

honors.

home games.

His shutout
was the ﬁrst the Gators
have suffered in 160

don Webb started for
UK and gave up eight
runs on 14 hits as UT
won 8-4.

By Michael Heppermann
ASSISTANT SPORTSDAILV EDITOR

Another two out of
three.

For the second
straight weekend. the
UK baseball team took
two out of three games
against Southeastern
Conference foes. this
time from Tennessee.

The Cats (18-24. 8-
13 SEC) beat the Vols
yesterday 11-4 and Fri-
day 15-12, putting UK
in the hunt for third
place in the SEC East-

ern Division. Had
Florida lost yesterday
to league-leading

South Carolina. UK
would be tied for sec-
ond. but the Gators
beat the Gamecocks 5-4
to extend their confer—
ence record to 912.
Last weekend
Florida fell twice at
home to UK. which put
the Cats in contention
for that second slot.

“Our goal the
whole year has been to
finish in the top two.
because that guaran-
tees us a spot in the
tournament." Madison
said. “But we can‘t
worry too much about
(the other SEC teams).
We can‘t control what
they do."

UK was in control
yesterday. particularly
pitcher Nathan Kent.
who threw a complete
game and eight shutout
innings. Tennessee
recorded all four of its
runs in the second in-
ning. but only man-
aged three hits for the
rest of the game.

“They hit me pret-
ty good in the second.“
Kent said. “but after
that. I came back and
made the hitters hit at
my tempo."

Kent was coming
off a stellar perfor-
mance at Florida last
weekend where he

“The last couple of
weeks I‘ve felt good." he
said. “I feel conﬁdent
that I can come out and
pitch a good game, and
I felt like I could do it
again today.“

Kent also received
plenty of run support.
The Cats busted loose
for 16 hits for the sec-
ond time in the series
and for their third dou-
ble—digit hit fest
against the Vols (22-24.
5-16 SEC).

UK fell behind 4-3
in the top of the sec-
ond. but reclaimed the
lead in the bottom half
of the inning when
sophomore Beau
Moore drove in Andy
Green to tie it and
John Wilson drove in
Moore with a two-run
shot over the rightﬁeld
scoreboard. Wilson's
homer was his 18th of
the year. and it gave
UK the lead for good.

Saturday saw UT‘s
Jamie Bennett throw a

But the Cats put
themselves on solid
ground at the beginning
of the series by taking
the ﬁrst game 1512.

The Cats took an
early lead. fell behind
9-5 and then stormed
back in the bottom of
the sixth to take the
lead for good by
recording eight runs.

Moore hit his ﬁfth
home run of the year
and Josh Paxton pitched
the last two innings to
pick up his fourth win of
the season.

UK has now won
six of its last 10 head-
ing into Tuesday’s
game against Western.

The Cats then head
to Louisville on
Wednesday and to
South Carolina this
weekend.

“We have to get a
great effort for nine in-
nings every time out
and I think we have
been." Madison said.
"If we can make it into

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Reaching

the summit

WASHINGTON - NATO ran
into objections from
Russia and questions
among its own
members Saturday
about enforcing an
oil embargo against
Yugoslavia by
searching ships at
sea. President
Clinton urged
Americans to be
patient with the
bombing strategy in
the meantime.

"I don't think that this
air campaign has
been going on for a
particularly long
time." the president
said. The allies must
be willing to
prosecute the war
with determination
and "pay the price of
time."

On the second day of
their summit, NATO
leaders said military
commanders were
laying plans under
orders issued Friday
night for sea
searches to “switch
off the oil tap"
fueling Yugoslav
President Slobodan
Milosevic's military
machine.

Overheard
“We will
continue

delivering oil
in keeping
with our
international
commitments.”

- Igor lvanov, Russian
foreign minister,
upon learning of the
expected oil embargo
against Yugoslavia
discussed by NATO.

“According to
international
rules, it is an
act of war. So
we must be
very cautious.”

- Jacques Chlrac,
president of France,
when learning that
NATO plans to begin
searching all ships
headed for
Yugoslavia for war-
related materials.

“We are
moving
forward with a
strategy that I
believe
strongly will
succeed.”

- President Clinton.
during this weekend's
NATO summit in
Washington.

Compiled from wire
reports.

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WORLD'S IQNGEST REM.
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Senseless, really

Tragedy avoidable if people truly cared

Students in Littleton, Colo. watched in horror

last Tuesday.
A nation watched in horror.

And the parents of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold
watched in horror at the suffering and misery their
children inﬂicted upon some innocent students.

But the question we must ask is this: Were they
watching in the year before this incident? And fur-
thermore, did they ever think to do anything about it?

In the days after the Columbine High School
tragedy, ﬁngers began to point. Accusations started to
ﬂy. Excuses were given with reckless abandon.

Pinpointing the exact cause of the senseless
tragedy is impossible. We could use some sort of
clever buzzword like “society, “ or “culture” or some-
thing else. We could clamor for Congress to pass
tougher legislation designed to take firearms out of
the hands of children. We could attack the makers of
video games and movies for glorifying violence.

But none of that will bring back the lives of 15
teen-agers who were snuffed out in a tragic incident.

We must try to discover the source of behavior
like this. If we don’t at least try. then we‘ll have ad-
mitted defeat in the war against violence in our

schools, and even in our country.

Here‘s the answer, and it’s not what you’re all
probably looking for. We’ve become desensitized to
violence. We just don't care about it anymore.

The shooters came from stable, wealthy house-

holds in an afﬂuent suburb. They went through a
peer-mentoring program in school, one which has re

didn’t care.

school.

ceived national attention for being the best of its
kind. They successfully completed a juvenile diver-
sion program after they were found trying to break
into another person's automobile.

Recently uncovered diaries from one of the shoot-
ers revealed that they were planning this attack for
over a year. They stockpiled weapons, ammunition,
propane and materials for three dozen pipe bombs.

Surely their friends must have known. But did
they care? Violent acts didn’t seem that out-of-the-or-
dinary to them, so they saw nothing to speak out
about. They didn‘t care.

Surely their parents must have known. But did
they care? Perhaps they were too busy to notice the
trench coats, the Gothic behavior and devotion to
Hitler. Or maybe they didn‘t care that their children
would spend hours and hours on the Internet. They

In a month or so, the memories from watching
television coverage will be erased. The ﬂowers placed
on graves will be gone. The students will be out of

We’ll probably forget about it. But the people
whose lives have been permanently affected will nev-
er forget that gray April afternoon.

Joel Frank

KERNEL COLUMNIST

Special honor goes to
a determined person

As many of you seniors pre-
pare for graduation, you probably
have nice memories of your four
or maybe ﬁve years here. The rela—
tionships, the parties. all the late-
night hook-ups. you get the pic-
ture. But among the seniors who
are graduating, there is one that‘s
head and shoulders above the rest.
My brother. Robert Howard
Frank 11.

Now, when you think of peo-
ple who go to school for 9 1/2
years, you usually think of a doc-
tor or something along those lines.
Not my brother! This man has
been working on his first bache-
lor's degree all this time!

Yeah, it was pretty much like
you think: too much partying, not
enough studying and so on. You’re
right, that is a guaranteed ticket
from the University telling you to
stay out for a while. That is what
he did.

His path went in a different
direction than most of ours do.
Rob did not cry or complain. he
went out and got a job where he
steadily got promoted. He went
back. and I am proud to say he is
ﬁnally going to do it! But on top of
it all. Rob and I became brothers
again.

You see, after our father died,
he and I went different directions.
I went to New York to start high
school and on to college. and he
stayed in Indiana to finish his se-
nior year of high school and then
on to UK. We maybe saw each oth-
er once a year around the holi-

days, but that was it. That changed
when I transferred here two years
ago. Being in the same city and
close to one another, most would
think it was going to be great,
right?

Wrong. It took almost a year
for us to finally get things where
they needed to be. We had a differ-
ence of opinion about things per-
tain