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Black students, officials talk diversity

By Dariush Shafa
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Administrators. faculty and stu-
dents probed diversity issues at UK
during a Black Student Union meet-
ing last night.

Topics in the discussion ranged
from admissions to discrimination
as faculty and university officials
answered students questions dur-
ing the two-hour session. with
about 10 faculty or administrators
present and about 70 members of
the Black Student Union.

“I think we haven’t, at least for-
mally, listened to what students
have to say about our diversity is-
sues,” said Phil Kraemer, associate
provost for undergraduate educa-
tion, before the discussion. “We
want to hear very open, honest ex-
pressions and work whatever way
we can."

University Registrar Don Witt
said he was glad administrators
were invited to come to the meet-
mg.

“I think it’s really time for us to
find ideas from students and fi-

nally do something about diversity
on campus." he said.

While discussing admissions,
Black Student Union President Ros-
alind Welch said UK needs to take

, action regarding the admissions
' policy and diversity. This year‘s
freshman class marks a 40 percent
drop in black freshman enrollment
from last year. In each of the past
two years, UK had seen doubledigit
percent gains in that area.

“If we want the cream-of-the-
crop black students, we need to re-
cruit like we recruit cream-of-the-

crop black athletes," she said.

Witt agreed.

“Instead of being too cautious,
we need to be aggressive and push
this." Witt said. “This is something
we can solve.”

The definition of diversity be-
came a central aspect of the discus-
sxon.

“Diversity is an issue of appre-
ciating people’s differences," said
agricultural economics and public
service and leadership senior La-
Farin Meriwether. “I think the uni-
versity makes it an issue of color."

All parties agreed discussion on
the issue needs to continue.

“If it’s uncomfortable for people
to read these things. I think we’re
pushing in the direction of aware-
ness," Witt said. “This dialogue
should never be over. It must never
go away"

Welch said black students must
be involved as UK modifies its ap-
proach to diversity.

“If you’re (the university) mak-
ing changes that affect black stu-

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By Katheran Wasson
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Nine of UK’s 19 benchmark
universities have discontinued
use of IS-seat passenger vans in
their rental motor pools because
of repeatedly issued safety warn-
ings and other safety concerns. Of
the 10 benchmarks that do use the
vans, eight of them require train-
ing for rental.

UK, on the other hand. uses
15-passenger vans as a primary
form of transportation and does-
n’t require training for its general
motor pool.

Results from studies conduct-
ed by the National Highway
Transportation Safety Adminis-
tration have prompted some
schools to shift to alternative ve-
hicles like shuttle buses and vans
with dual rear wheels.

“We’ve issued more advisories
on lS-passenger vans than any
other issue I’ve ever seen,” said
Rae Tyson, chief spokesman for
the NHTSA.

While UK does not plan to
switch out its fleet of 15-passen-
ger vans anytime soon, mandato-
ry training for all drivers — not
just those from UK’s College of
Agriculture — could be imple-
mented in the near future, said
Bill Peterson, director of manage-
ment operations for UK’s College
of Agriculture.

“The main thing we’re trying
to do is raise the awareness that
extra caution is necessary when
driging these vehicles,” Peterson
sai .

“It's important people under-
stand the risks associated with
using these vans,” Tyson said. “If
you’re going to drive them like a
passenger car, you’re going to get
into trouble."

In May, the NHTSA released
its third warning in four years ad~
vising consumers of an increased
rollover risk associated with 15-
passenger vans. The NH'I‘SA
found the vans are comparable in
safety to other vehicles, but fac-
tors such as seat belt use, improp
er tire inflation and the number
of passengers can change that.

Last year, the NHTSA found
that 22 percent of 15-passenger
vans roll over in single-vehicle
crashes H accidents that involve
the van and no other automobiles.

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Sophomore Altanaeya Powell protests outside Patterson Office Tower yes-
terday. "If we can recruit talented basketball players, why can't we aggres-
sively recruit academic talent?" asked event organizer Letetia Richardson.

By Sean Rose
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SG’s Constitutional Revision
Committee voted to increase
spending limits for election candi-
dates at a meeting yesterday after-
noon.

The second Constitutional Re
vision Committee meeting took its
first steps to restructuring Stu-
dent Government‘s elections. The
proposal will go before the full
Senate at next week’s meeting.

Committee Chair and political
science senior Will Nash, who lost
the election to Becky Ellingsworth
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tions were the first area of focus
for the committee because they
were in the greatest need of revi-
sion.

“We feel that that is the most
urgent section that needs reform.“
Nash said.

He added that candidates for
spring elections start campaign-
ing early and will need to be aware
of any major changes in the elec-

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UK murder
case could
get retrial

ByMeganBoehnke
Mkcunmm

Attorneys for Shane Ragland will go be
fore the Kentucky Supreme Court today ask-
ing for a new trial for the second time since
Ragland was convicted in 2002 of killing UK
football player Trent DiGiuro.

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled a year
ago tomorrow. in a 4-3 decision, to overturn
the 2002 conviction. Attorney General Greg
Stumbo filed a petition last December, and the
court elected to reconsider its decision to
grant Ragland a new trial.

DiGiuro died from a gunshot to the head
July 17, 1994, while sitting on the front porch
of his Woodland Avenue home during his
birthday party. The case went unsolved for
five years after DiGiuro’s death until
Ragland’s former girlfriend came forward,
telling polioe Ragland confessed to her in 1995
that he had shot DiGiuro.

Ragland, who has been serving a 30-year
sentence at the Kentucky State Reformatory
in LaGrange, Ky, originally had his convic-
tion overturned on grounds that one of the at-
torneys for the DiGiuro family intentionally
commented on Ragland’s choice not to testify
against himself.

As part of his closing arguments, First As-

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Halberstam reviews
his speech notes before addressing a crowd at Memori-
al Hall last night about “America and the World."

Noted author
fires away
at president

By Chris Detoteil
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The current conflict in Iraq has distinct
similarities with the failed military action
in Vietnam in the 1960s. Pulitzer Prizewin-
ning author David Halberstam said during
a speech last night in Memorial Hall.

Halberstam. who covered the Vietnam
War as a reporter with the New York Times.
said he feels the current administration has
ignored Vietnam‘s historical implications
and is repeating the same mistakes that
were made more than three decades ago.

“I‘d be very surprised if the president

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Full Senate to vote on
proposal next week

By Sean Rose

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Student Government entered
the arena of debate over the new
meal plan last night at a Senate
committee meeting with a reso-
lution criticizing the meal plan.

History sophomore and 80
Senator Andy Bates introduced a
resolution citing problems with
the new meal plan. The resolu-
tion claims that the quality of
food is lacking. that the price of
a single meal is "outrageous"
and that "the variety of meals
provided is non-existent."

A resolution is an official
Opinion issued by SC released to
bodies connected to the issue and
represents the interests of stu-
dents on various issues. Unlike

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tions process.

“They need to know well
ahead of time what those changes
will be." Nash said

The one recommendation the
committee made last night was
over campaign expenditures.

Both lillingsworth and Nash
exceeded their campaign spending
amounts for the election. and
Nash was disqualified because of
using a tax form not available to
all candidates. Ellingsworth was
eventually ruled SG president by a
court ruling from Fayette Circuit
Court Judge Gary Payne five
months after the election.

The constitution committee
recommended that maximum ex-
penditures for presidential candi-
dates be raised from $600 to 8800.
plus the inflation rate for each fol
lowing year. Senatorial candidates
maximum expenditures was

resolut X

acts. resolutions take no actual
action and unlike an amend
ment. resolutions only require
simple majority vote of the SG
Senate to pass.

“One major issue on our cam-
pus is that we have a new meal
plan," Bates said. adding that
students have voiced complaints
to him about the plan. “I think
it’s important that Student Gov-
ernment focuses on the student
body and not ourselves and I
think this an opportunity for
that.

“I think the new meal plan is
one of the largest issues facing
students."

The resolution passed and
will appear before the full Senate
next week for approval.

The resolution wants Chick~
FiI-A to be accessible to the din-
ing plan, as well as fiscal priority
given to the renovations of Blaz-
er. Commons and the Student

raised from $150 to $200 and sena-
torial candidates' maximum funds
when running together rose from
$200 to $250.

The committee decided to
raise the amount of money be-
cause the limit had been set in
1985, according to finance and eco-
nomic senior and Operations and
Evaluations Committee Chair Ben
Carter. Nash said the raise in the
amount accounted for inflation
rates.

“With inflation rates we were
trying to bring it up to a current
level." Nash said.

SG President Becky
Ellingsworth said she wanted to
make sure the raise in expendi-
ture limits didn’t exclude students
who couldn’t afford to spend much
money.

“We need to make sure that
there's equal opportunity for all
students to hold positions in Stu»
dent Government without having
to spend X amount of dollars."
Ellingsworth said.

The committee recommended
that the regulations over cam-
paign expenditures be moved out

Center. The resolution also
wants UK Dining Services to ex-
pand on the meal selection and
for UK to negotiate contracts
with locally owned national fran-
chises.

Bates is hoping the resolution
will prompt renovation for not
only seating areas in cafeterias.
but also for the kitchens and
cooking equipment, which he
said are outdated and cause a
drop in food quality.

SG President Becky
Ellingsworth said resolutions are
“a good way to gather individual
voices into one.” She agreed that
the meal plan was an issue
among students.

“I know a lot of students have
been Complaining about the meal
plan this year." Ellingsworth
said. “1 think it‘s always good to
address the concerns of the stu-
dent body."

An amendment to the consti-

of the constitution into statutes
that are more flexible according to
Carter.

“Flexibility is one of the
biggest things,“ Carter said. “It's
just more convenient."

The committee discussed the
possibility of online voting for
nearly an hour before deciding to
gather more information over the
next month and then decide
whether it was an obtainable goal
for the upcoming spring elections.
They plan to make that decision
later on in the year.

“1 think we need to take our
time with this and not rush into
anything.“ Ellingsworth said. “If
that means waiting to implement
this next fall. so be it."

Other members of the commit-
tee saw the opportunity for SC to
make an impact in students’ lives
with online voting.

“That‘s the whole point of stu-
dent government. is making a dif-
ference." said political science se-
nior and general manager of
WR I’ll-FM. John Edwards, cutting
off Ellingsworth at one point in
the heated discussion.

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tution also passed last night. de-
claring that freshman elections
in the fall of 2006 would use on-
line voting. It goes to the full Sen-
ate next Wednesday where it will
be discussed and voted on.

The committee passed anoth-
er resolution on diversity as
well. stating that the 40 percent
decrease in black enrollment at
UK was great cause for concern
and that a university attempting
to be a top-20 school like UK
should have diversity on the top
of its priorities.

“We just want more diversity
on campus for the benefit of all
of us." said senior mechanical
engineer and legislative liaison
Joshua Odoi.

A third resolution was passed
encouraging further exploration
of online voting. '

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These suggestions will be for-
warded to the SG Senate for ap-
proval. Amendments to the consti-
tution must receive a three.
fourths majority vote twice to be
approved.

The SG Senate formed the
committee three weeks ago in an
effort to clarify the constitution
and keep a confusing and troubled
SG election from reoccurring, said
Nick Phelps. Senate president and
economics and finance sopho—
more. when the committee
formed.

The original agenda for the
meeting listed seven sections of
the constitution to be examined.
The committee looked at two and
made a recommendation on one of
them. Still Nash said he was
pleased with the committee’s
progress.

“I thought it was very produc-
tive," Nash said. “Everyone voiced
their opinion and we have solid
recommendations to make."

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Trial

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sistant Commonwealth Attorney Mike
Malone told the jury, “The only person
who knows where that shot was fired
from exactly is the person sitting in that
chair over there. and he hasn’t seen fit to
tell us.‘

Ragland’s attorneys will continue to
argue that point at 11 am. today in the
Kentucky Supreme Court in fiankfort.

“That is a significant constitutional
violation and continues to be significant
in this case" said J. Guthrie True, one of
Ragland‘s attorneys.

Lawyers with the attorney general's
offices argued last December that Mal-
one had clarified his statement during
the trial.

Though the Attorney General‘s office
declined to comment on the case,
DiGiuro’s father, Mike. said Malone’s
comments were insignificant in influ-
encing the jury’s original guilty verdict.

Mike DiGiuro said Malone‘s 29word
utterance was immediately corrected af-
terward and that the jury wasn't influ-
enced by it.

“(They) didn’t convict him on any-
thing said in the closing arguments; they
convicted him on the evidence," DiGiuro
said. “Shane Ragland killed my son and
he is in jail. and that is where he needs to
stay."

Another factor affecting the decision
is the appointment of two new justices to
the court. John Roach. appointed by Gov.
Ernie Fletcher in June, replaced James
Keller, who voted to affirm Ragland’s
conviction last November. In addition.
Will Scott replaced Janet Stumbo, who
was well-known for defending a crimi-
nal’s rights while serving on the high
court.

Ragland’s defense will focus some of
its arguments on the Comparative Bullet
Lead Analysis the prosecution used to
link bullets recovered from the scene to
ammunition investigators discovered in
the two Frankfort homes of Ragland’s di-
vorced parents.

The FBI announced in September
that it would discontinue its use of the
test. which uses lead content to match
bullets, because of the tests inconclusive—
ness.

“The recent studies done by the sci-
ence community have confirmed what
we were arguing prior to the trial. that
the evidence should not be admitted,"
True said.

Mike DiGiuro agreed this argument
was not new to the case.

“It was brought out in the trial as
miscellaneous little bits of information
and left up to the jury how much weight
to put on it,’ he said. “And that was very
specifically brought up in the trial."

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By Carol 0. Leonle and Jim Vandellei
nIt “summon POST

WASHINGTON — The
revelation that The Washing
ton Post’s Bob Woodward
may have been the first re-
porter to learn about CIA op
erative Valerie Plame could
provide a boost to the only
person indicted in the leak
case: I. Lewis “Scooter" Lib-
by.

Legal experts said Wood-
ward provided two pieces of
new information that cast at
least a shadow of doubt on
the public case against Libby.
Vice President Dick Cheney's
former chief of staff who
has been indicted on perjury
and obstruction of justice
charges.

Woodward testified Mon-
day that contrary to Special
Counsel Patrick J. Fitzger-
ald's public statements. a se-
nior government official —
not Libby — was the first
Bush administration official
to tell a reporter about Flame
and her role at the CIA.
Woodward also said that Lib-
by never mentioned Plame in
conversations they had on
June 23 and June 27. 2003.
about the Iraq war, a time
when the indictment alleges
Libby was eagerly passing in-
formation about Plame to re-
porters and colleagues.

While neither statement
appears to factually change
Fitzgerald s contention that
Libby lied and impeded the
leak investigation, the Libby

 

legal team plans to use Wood
ward's testimony to try to
show the Libby was not ob-
sessed with unmasking
Plame and to raise questions
about the prosecutors full
understanding of events. Un-
til now, few outside of Lib-
by‘s legal team have chal-
lenged the facts and chronol-
ogy of Fitzgerald's case.

"I think it’s a consider-
able boost to the defendant‘s
case,” said John Moustakas.
a former federal prosecutor
who has no role in the case.

“It casts doubt about
whether Fitzgerald knew
everything as he charged
someone with very serious
offenses."

Other legal
agreed.

Moustakas said Wood-
ward also has considerable
credibility because he has
been granted “unprecedent-
ed access" to the inner work-
ings of the Bush White
House.

“When Woodward says
this information was dis-
closed to me in a nonchalant
and casual way — not as if it
was classified _ it helps cor-
roborate Libby‘s account
about himself and about the
administration." Moustakas
said.

According to the state-
ment Woodward released
Tuesday, he did not appear to
provide any testimony that
goes specifically to the ques-
tion of whether Libby is
guilty of two counts of per

experts

jury, two counts of providing
false statements and ob-
structing justice

The indictment outlines
what many legal experts de-
scribe as a very strong case
against Libby because it
shows the former Cheney
aide learned about Plame
from at least four govern
ment sources. including the
vice president and not a
reporter. as he testified be-
fore the grand jury

Randall Eliason fortner
head of the public corrup-
tion unit for the U. S. Attor
ney‘s Office in Washington
DC. said be doubted the
Woodward account would
have much effect on Libby‘s
case and dismissed such the-
ories as “defense spin."

“Libby was not charged
with being the first to talk to
a reporter, and that is not
part of the indictment." he
said.

“Whether or not some
other officials were talking to
Woodward doesn‘t really tell
us anything about the cen-
tral issue in Libby's case:
What was his state of mind
and intent when he was talk-
ing to the FBI and testifying
in the grand jury?"

Eliason added: “What this
does suggest, though. is that
the investigation is still very
active. Hard to see how that
is good news for (White
House Deputy Chief of Staff
Karl) Rove or for anyone else
in the prosecutor‘s cross
hairs.“

 

VHS: Obsolete

By Casey Dolan
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Ever since it was intro-
duced in 1976. VHS tape has
steadily and inexorably beat-
en a path from personal
video collections to the land-
fill. And the pace has quick-
ened noticeably lately. with
DVDs increasingly pushing
VHS aside.

Consumer discards,
though, are just the tip of the
tape-waste iceberg. Film stu-
dios, postproduction facili-
ties, video duplication com-
panies and other industry en-
terprises are dumping tapes
faster than Disney can shed
Miramax movies

The question is: What
happens to that fast-growing
mass of obsolete plastic?

Quick answer. It’s recy-
cled — in a way. The tapes
which are not biodegradable
arrive 5,000 to 10,000 a day at
Tropical Media in Burbank.
Calif. Tropical— and compa-
nies like it — hire indepen-
dent recycling companies to
break down the cassettes in
Mexico by stripping the plas-
tic and screws off the tapes.
Then the tapes are shipped
back to be erased by degauss-
ing — a process of demagne-
tizing that strips away the
recorded information — pro-
tecting privacy and intellec-
tual property rights and.
some believe, enhancing tape
quality. The newly blank
tapes are then resold

A good- -quality VHS tape
can be reused about 20 times
if stored correctly, experts
say. Lesserquality ones begin
to show glitches after only a
few recordings

Given that it takes one-
sixth of a gallon of petrole-
um to produce a single half-
inch VHS tape. the more
tapes can be reused. the less

new

but environmentally friendly

they strain the world s ener-
gy sources. (Producing the
broadcast'standard tapes
used by television and cable
operators might use as much
as a gallon of petroleum.)

For the near term. at
least, there‘s much business
to be done in recycling.

“1 give it maybe five
years for a complete conver-
sion in the industry (to
DVD).“ says Robert Gatica.
Tropical Media’s operations
manager. “Companies still
use videotape for promotion-
al things."

Consumers. though. are
making the switch in droves.
DVD sales have skyrocketed
in recent years. going from
688.000 units sold in 2003 to
about 1 billion in 2004. ac-
cording to Alexander & Asso-
ciates, a New York-based
analysis and consulting firm
to the home entertainment
industry. Meanwhile. con-
sumer spending on VHS
tapes reached a high of $20
billion in 1999 and dropped to
less than $6.9 billion last
year.

Los Angeles-based MSE
Media Solutions recycles
only professional-format
videotape. because individ-
ual VHS orders aren‘t as eco~
nomical for the company.
chief engineer Bill King
says. They might consider an
order of several thousand
VHS tapes. King says. "ship
them off to Mexico. but. even
then. it‘s going the way of
the horse and buggy."

A more consumer-friend—
ly approach is taken by
GreenDisk in Samtnamish.
Wash. and its outlets nation-
wide. For about $30. the com-
pany provides households
and companies with “techno
trash cans" to dispose of
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age techno-waste. When their
cans are full. consumers can
go online to schedule pick-
ups. The company also offers
a discard-by-mail version of
the service.

David Beschen.
GreenDisk president and
founder. says his company
takes in 10.000 to 20,000 VHS
tapes a week and sees the
number steadily rising. He
contracts with small. non-
profit organizations to han-
dle the degaussing.

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tions. points out that such
processes fall short of the
true sense of the word “recy~
cling.“ of turning the prod-
ucts into something new. “It's
actually reconditioning. The
tape shell is made from engi-
neering resin that can't be
reused."

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nounced in August that it‘s
found a way to do just that.
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are chemically modified to
create a water-soluble liquid
polymer that can then be
used to pull pollutants from
industrial wastewater.

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treat 65 barrels of waste-
water. according to the com-
pany’s Web site.

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president of video recycler
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in a tapeless world. We‘re go-
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DVD and by 2008. there will
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WHAT'SYHEDEAL? I Demystifying campus trends

“Kentucky Kribs”

During the 19805, it was
"Lifestyles of the Rich and Fa-
mous." with Robin Leach and
his famous British accent. and
today. it's “MTV Cribs," Both
of these hit
television se-
ries explore
the lives and
homes of
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ers just love slobbering over
the thought of having indoor
basketball courts or a refriger»
ator full of Red Bulls. Whatev-
er the case is. the show idea
was obviously a good one.

So. why not incorporate a
similar idea into our campus
lifestyle? About two months
ago. I explored various off»
campus student houses in or-
der to share a glimpse of how
others around us are living.
We students may not have
garages full of million-dollar
sports cars or fountains in our
backyards. but what we do
have is imagination. Let me
detail the spotlight houses for
this week. and give reasons
why We will honor them as
having ideal college living con-
ditions.

The first house we'll take a
peak at is a beautiful two-story
town~home tucked away in a
peaceful setting overlooking
the tranquil lake (reservoir)
water off Lakeshore Drive.
This three-bed. two-and-a-half—
bath piece of living space in
Lakeshore Village provides
any college student with the
desirable needs of your day-to-
day life. When I asked home
owner Jack Wilkinson. :1 fi-
nance senior. what he enjoyed

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most about his lovely manor,
he simply replied. “On the
non-aggressive wind days. I of-
ten stroll near the lakefront to
study or read (laughing). It
provides a perfect environ-
ment for the getting-away
mood. if you know what 1
mean."

Yes Jack. I couldn‘t have
agreed with you more. During
the tour of the property. I no-
ticed a sailboat drifting from
the view off the front porch
and couldn‘t help but to imag-
ine Wilkinson's love for the
setting.

As the tour continued. I
was introduced to the kitchen
and television rooms. both of
which left me in pleasant awe.
The newly furnished kitchen.
with glazing hardwood floors.
and sand-colored granite
counter top. provides the
house with all culinary needs.
A wide variety of collectible
liquor bottles lined the sink
and. when reflecting off the
sunlight. gave unique color to
the room

In the TV room. the stone-
made fireplace. with fresh
flowers dressing the mantle.
sits directly near the comfort-
able sofas and widescreen tele-
vision. Both of these add a lux-
urious warm feeling. just right
for the