VOLUME 90

A truck hauling 43,000 pounds of a poisonous herbicide wrecked on Inter-state 75 about 10 miles north of Mt. Vemon early last Thursday morning.

A small amount of the chemical, trifluralin spilled into Roundstone Creek when about 15 of the 55-gallon drums ruptured. The creek was darned to prevent contamination further down-stream.

Ernie Pre wit t, Field Director for the State Division of Water Quality said the chemical w i s toxjf to humans-and cattle but Said that there was no danger of it getting into a city water supply. Farmers were warned to keep their cattle away from Roundstone Creek in case ther'e was some contamination.

The driver of the truck. Henry F. Ivey. of Atlanta, Georgia, received back injuries and facial cuts in the accident. He was taken to the Berea Hospital.

The truck was owned by Bowman Trucking Co. and was bound for Charleston. South Carolina when the aeaden t occured. ^ . .

'*11 State Police said ' the accident may have been due to a large bump on an

T i t e r s tale bridge which caused Ivey to lose control of the vehicle.

Six directors were elected at last week's Annual Stockholders Meeting o f ' f c e Bank of Mt. Vernon.

Elected were: Je r ry S. Dterd, C.T. Huffines, Jess F. Bullock. R.H. Hamm, James W. Lambert and Carl Clontz.

At a later meeting of t h e Board of Directors, . an advisory board of three members was appointed. They were: Carlos Carloftis, William D., Gregory, A d Mrs. Lois M. Smock.

Je r ry S. Dterd was named Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and other officers elected were: C.T. Huffines. president; Jess F. Bullock, executive vice president; R.H. Hamm vice president and William W. James, vice president and cashier.

Revival services will begin Febru-ary 19 and continue through the 25th at the West Brodhead Church of God on the Negro Creek Road.

Rev. Phillip Payne will serve as evangelist for the services, which will begin at 7:30 p.m. each- evening, and there will be special singing nightly.

Rev. Merrill Campbell, pastor, and the congregation cordially invites everyone to attend.

Legislators will be asked to approve a resolution that would automatically rescind the state 's ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment-in the event that Congress extends the time o t h e r ' states have for ratifying the amendment.

In a news conference February 8 called by Rep. Dexter Wright (R-Louisville) and. Rep. Ward "Butch" Burnette (D-Fulton). Burnette said, "V Congress is going to go over the heads of the sUtes and give them seven more yeas, then they should give each s ta te a chance to eleah the da te ."

Sen. Richard Weisenberger (d-May-field), Wright explained that his measure would take effect only if Congress waives the March 24. 1979 deadline other s tates have for ratification, while Weisenberger's Sen-ate Joint Resolution 4 simply calls for recession without consideration of the deadline.

. Wright said the resolution would be filed with the House Clerk and introduced in three or four days.

T h e Rockety dropped their third game in a row last Thursday night by one point to Garrard County, 61-60. The Rockets' scoring punch came from their forward position where Steve Center and Larry Harmon picked up 19 and-16, respectively. Guard David Pensol got 9 with the other starting guard. Warren Cash, getting 8. Walter Browning garnered 6 on the night and Eddie

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Emergency Applicstion Procedures Square Dance Workshop gerea Nurses Return to " Directors electeti License tags can be mailed

City Council meets; discusses construction

At Monday night's meeting of the Mt. V>rnpi) City Council, construction o f , a new storage building in the rear of City Hall was discussed. Mayor Roland Mullins told the Council that $25,000 in Coal Severance money was available for construction of the building and for the laying of brick around city hall. •

However. Mayor Mullins said that several items still needed to be submitted before the funds could be released and advertisements for bids for

. I he bricklaying, materials and purchase of ihe pre fabricated storage building.

Councilman Chester Hellard asked •the Council to consider the cutting off of street lights to • help with the conservation of electricity. However, other council members did-not favor the complete cut out 6f street lights and. af ter some discussion. City Attorney Carl (Clontz was asked to draft a resolution encouraging all city residents to conserve electricity wher possible and to cul bark on use of street lights where feasible.

Another "matter before the Council for discussion concerned an $1100 water bill to Cedar Rapids County Club. A water line broke at the club causing t i v use of over 2.000.000 gallons of water in one month. The council had been asked if~lhere "was anything they could dp about the'hill since it was due to a break in a water line. However the ^council derided there was nothing except* to possibly allow the r jub to make deferred

' payments on a Tiill as they have done in

Cities receive funds for new judicial system

The City of Mt. Vernon will receive $2.H2r>.24: Livingston. $1.042 and llriMlhead $-132.82 lor reimbursement for revenues lost ilue to implementation of Ihe new statewide court system. The refunds were pari of $1.3 million which has been mniled t o r i l i e s and fmint'n^ arrosjs Ihe stale. 'The county is not included for reimbursement since, arinrding lo a spokesman from the Counly Fees section of the State Departmenl of Auditing and Finance. • showed an operating deficit for the three year period from which the figures were laken.

This is ihe firs! of four quarterly payments whirh will be sent to rities and counties. The payments will total about $512 million this year.

Due to implementation of the Judicial Article, an amendment to the

Kentucky Constitution passed by voters in 1975. all courts in the state became state courts. The special 1976 session of t he General Assembly provided that no local government* woul3 lose revenues due lo implementation of the new court

The finance department made a determination o f j h e net revenues (total revenue minus expenses) of local court systems, based on data that city and county officials submitted. This data was then audited hv Touche, R6ss and Co.

Cities and counties were then given a chance to appeal this decision at hearings held in November through

nother cases. Mayor Mullins was asked by the

Council to approach members of the Rockcastle County Fiscal Court concern-ing the equal sharing of payments to the jailer for radio dispatching for the policemen. At present, the city is paying $100 per month, the county $50 and Brodhead and Livingston $25 a month each. Mr. Mullins will suggest to the Fiscal Court that it would1 be more equal for the City to pay $75 a month and the county a like amount.

Matt Powell. Water Superinten-dent, brought the- Council members attention to the fact that the city water plant has been called upon recently to purhp as high as 862,000 gallons of water a day as compared to the average of about 750,000 gallons.

Mr. Powell said the plarit had a capability of 1,400.000 gallons but that he fell the Council should be considering alternatives if the area began to expand rapidly or were called upon to supply more water to the water districts. The major problem seems to be t h e size of water line running from the water plant at Renfro Valley to the tank. This line wWmfly take a 1.033.000 gallon a d^y rapacity, even though the water plant is capable of pumping more.

JWayor Mullins suggested to the Council that this item be put on the agenda for discussion at Thursday night's called meeting with a representa-tive jof the company prepar ing the 201 facilities survey.

A truck carrying 43.000 lbs. of Vernon on 1-75 last Thursday. There waa Trifluralin, a herbicide toxic to animals, some spillage of the chemical into wrecked about 10 miles north of Mt- Roundstone Creek. The driver of the

truck, Henry Ivey," at Atlanto, Georgia, received back injuries aad facial rata from the accident.

Coal supply yrcritical shortage says Kentucky Utilities president

USDA Sets New Food Stamp

The coal supply of Kentucky Utilties Company has reached the critical stage. The inventory at midnight 2-10 was estimated at 39 days at the anticipated rate of burn. In addition, approximately 6 days coal supply is frozen in over 1000 railroad cars and 14 barges at or near the generating stations.

The declining -fuel supply has been severly affected - by both , the bitter, winter weather and the UMW strike, according to Kentucky Utilities Com-pany President W.A. Duncan. "Every

customer must immediately conserve electricity to the maximum extent possible." Duncan declared. "The results achieved by voluntary stringent conservation will help postpone manda-tory closing of factories and businesses and perhaps minimize individual discomfort. •

"K.U. will continue its efforts to unload the frozen, coal, cars and barges

Tind seek additional coal, however." Duncan explained.. "We forsee our'coal supplies becoming dangerously low, and now is the time for maximum electricity

conservation. In addition to alerting customers to

the ne ;tessity of conservation, Kentucky Utilities plans to advise Governor Carroll, the Kentucky Public Service Commission and other appropriate government agencies of the critical fuel supply sitution and Request direction for mandatory curtailment of electricity if it becomes necessary.

Duncan further commented "we still hppe mandatory closing of factories and businesses <jan be averted but it is imperative that everyone cooperate."

Herbicide truck

wrecks on 1-75

Farm group to visit Hawaii ...

Cumberland Association has. provide'd an added service for its members and friends, by planning a Scenic agricultural tour of Hawaii. A group of twenty people from Rockcastle County and neighboring Pulaski County will be joinging, thirty-foitr participants from First Kentucky P.C.A. in Shelbyville, Ky. February 16th thru February 24th to take the farm tour.

Those from Rockcastle County taking the tour are Roy G- Brown, Vice •President of Public Relations. Cumber-land Production Credit Assoetetot. ," along with Mrs. Brown, and Mr. and Mrs. Sammy Ford.

Mr. Brown was in charge of all details and will be the tour leader.

Banks to close The Bank of Mt. Vernon will be

closed this Saturday. February I8U1 in observance of Abe Iincoln's birthday.

Both the. Bank of Mt. Vernon and the Citizens Bank in Brodhead, will be <9osed Saturday, F e b r u a r y ' 2S, i n ' observance of George Washington's Birthday.

Responding lo a recent court order, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's lUSDAI food stamp program has modified its emergency application procedures for applicants with little or no income. Assistance Secretary of Agriculture Carol Tucker Foreman has announced.

USDA regulations permit food stamp applicants to receive stamps for 30 days wit hout prior verification if their net income is so low (less than $30 a month for a family of fourl that they would he eligible for free food stamps.

But. rules issued in Aug. 1974. limited this procedure for certifying applicants pending full verification to

•once in a sixmonlh-period. And. before approving applicants pending verifica* -• tion. focal' food stamp offices ' were required to get preliminary confirmation of household circumstances, called a collateral contact, from another person with knowledge of the applicant's financial situation.

A U.S. District Court in San Francisco overturned the six month rule and collateral contact requirements on Nov. 30. 1977. on grounds they .were not published for public comment in the Federal Register as required by the Administrative Procedures Act.

Assistant Secretary Foreman said that to comply with the court order, new procedures will no longer require a collateral contact before certifying applicants pending verification. How-ever. after their 30-day eligibility runs out these applicants will have to provide full verification before they can be -recertified for any additional food stamps.

In addition, applicants will now be allowed to be certified pending verification as often as needed, provided this is not requested for two consecutive months.

On Dec. 1. USDA sent state welfare agencies a telegram outlining these oile changes. The text of that telegram is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register of Jan. 31. Local food sta>npr offices were to have put the changes Into

effect by January 1. Ms. Foreman pointed out that the

changes are an interim measure, effective only until new regulations under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 are implemented later in 1978. Proposed regulations to implemer* the new law are expected to contain -i provision restoring the collateral con. . require-ment. she said.

to be held in Berea Lloyd Holbrook will be holding a

Square Dance Workshop each Thursday night in the basement of the St. Clair Catholic Church in Berea.

The classes will begin Thursday . night. February 16 at 7:30 p.m.

Senior Citizens Program Berea College student nurses will be

at the Library Thursday, when the county's Senior Citizens are there for their iuncheon, to check blood pressures and other basic health areas.

Revival at Church of God

County Clerk Irene Bales informs residents of Rockcastle County t h a j they may mail their vehicle title in to the Clerk's office along with the regular fee of $12.50 plus $1 for mailing. Your license tag and title will be ipailed to you. The Clerk's address is Box 426, Mt. Vernon.

She would also remind you that if you can come by (he office please do so between the hours of 8:30 and 5:00, Monday thru Friday, and 8:80 to noon qp' Saturday.

Mrs. Bales stated Monday that less that one-fourth of the licenAe t ags had .. been sold this year .