The State Journal from Frankfort, Kentucky (2024)

January 18, 1999

Publication:

The State Journali

Location:

Frankfort, Kentucky

Issue Date:

Monday, January 18, 1999

Page:

5

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January 18 1999Page 5 Section A See TRACK A7 CHRISTOPHER Connor Tackett left and Jessie Brooke Tackett are cousins who were born less than 12 hours apart Jan 8 at Pikeville Methodist Hospital were joking about hav ing the children on the same day since we knew we were having babies And somehow it Connie Tackett children on the same day since we knew we were having Connie Tackett said somehow it Susie Tackett was the more experi enced of the sisters The 29 year old teacher at Osborne Elementary in loyd County had her third baby on riday morning But before riday 36 year old sister Connie Tackett had a child in 17 years Christopher Connor Tackett was her second son While the two sisters faced normal childbearing difficulties JoAnn Hol brook might have suffered the longest day was probably most difficult on our Connie Tackett joked went to the delivery room in her scrubs with my sister And after that she had to come right over to my races in Ohio The northern Kentucky track is so close to two Cincinnati tracks that it thought a prohibition would entice larger crowds if it had an exclusive on Kentucky simulcasting in Greater Cincinnati The Ken tucky Benevolent and Protective Association has support ed the ban but the chief Marty Maline be reached for comment Should Keeneland persuade the group the state Racing Commission and others that such expansion would be healthy it could be the first major change after Keeneland becomes managing part ner of Turfway have to work out a deal Many people forced to cope with higher rates Policymakers assess failure of Alliance in lorence The deal which must receive approval from the Kentucky Racing Commission is expected to be finalized March 1 Hanco*ck also said that Keeneland Chairman Ted assertion that the board unanimously approved the deal was untrue my knowledge there was no board meeting at which this was Hanco*ck said just happen and I believe it should Bassett told the Lexington Her ald Leader in editions that the board unanimously approved the deal He said Sunday See BOARD MEMBER A7 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS While policymakers assess the causes for the Health Purchasing demise many people' with serious health problems are trying to cope with higher insurance rates or life without coverage is screwed up said Bill Hart man of Campbell County who saw his rate for single coverage jump from $216 in the alliance to $548 per month without it on a fixed income and spending half of it on health Alliance coverage came at a crucial time for his wife and son who both had cancer but afford insurance before His son died in October a shame that the politicians give it a chance to Hartman said State lawmakers last year dismantled most of the' health insurance reforms of 1994 and 1996 including the alliance When it was created five years ago the alliance was billed as a bold new way to create a pool of pol icyholders so that individuals without group plans even the chronically ill could afford coverage But the alliance crashed after allegations of poor over sight and financial mismanagement The state Insur ance Department has taken over the alliance trying to sort things out dealing with a disaster of accountability and said state Auditor Ed Hatchett who reported in November that millions of dollars in mis takes and inaccurate billings have resulted from poor record keeping by the two companies that the alliance hired to enroll and bill policyholders before have so many dollars and so many people depended on a state agency so inat tentive to record keeping and Hatchett said The alliance which enrolled about 300000 peo ple in health plans sold by 14 companies became the largest such public insurance pool in the country Hatchett criticized both the alliance board for not recognizing the extent of the financial problems and the General Assembly for not setting up stronger management ormer Sen Nick Kafoglis a Bowling Green Democrat who helped craft the 1994 reform law that created the alliance accepts part of that blame it was a little too open ended as far as spelling out the Kafoglis said The alliance allowed individuals to join in a pool with small businesses and public workers so they See ALLIANCE A7 Keeneland board member opposes Turfway deal By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS At least one Keeneland board member opposes the recent alliance with two gaming compa nies to purchase Turfway Park say ing it could harm the racing indus try Arthur Hanco*ck owner of Stone arm in Bourbon County said Sun day that he believes the deal will lead to casino gaming in Kentucky at the expense of racetracks Keeneland announced riday that it was teaming up with Entertainment Inc one of the biggest casino companies and Dreamport a subsidiary of GTECH Corp the online games vendor for the lottery to buy Turfway Park for $37 million Each partner will own a third of the track SheStatp ASournul 1 ri" i 1 a i ctiiKi un ivenrucKy Mirror image Pikeville sisters lead duplicate lives By ROB HERBST Appalachian News Express PIKEVILLE Ky (AP) Apparently some sisters do everything together Connie and Susie Holbrook married unrelated men with the last name of Tackett They have husbands who work together And Connie and Susie Tackett both work in elementary schools But the sisters may have outdone themselves on Jan 8 they both had babies on the same day both went into labor at around 1 1 pm on Thursday Susie Tackett said I went to (Pikeville Methodist Hospital) at around 1:45 am Connie said see you a little later because coming Jessie Brooke Tackett the daughter of Susie and Bryan Tackett was born at Pikeville Methodist Hospital at 5: 10 am Less than 12 hours later at 3:48 pm Christopher Connor Tackett was bom to Connie and Chris Tackett Nurses at Pikeville Methodist could remember sisters ever having children bom on the same day Not only were the children bom on the same day but they were the same length at birth (20 inches) were joking about having the purchase may lead to new gambling efforts LEXINGTON Ky (AP) The purchase of Turfway Park by Keeneland and two partners could lead to new efforts to simulcast Kentucky thoroughbred races into Ohio and legalize video slot machines for the horse tracks or years Kentucky racetracks have been unable to capitalize on the wagering public among 1 1 million residents but Keeneland Chairman Ted Bassett sees a new opportunity to tap the market to the north exclude sending it to a neighboring state is Bassett said Saturday want to explore the possibility of legalizing sending our signal Turfway had historically opposed simulcasting Kentucky Itl Associated Press Statelocal Share stories of meeting The State Journal will publish a special section on weddings Jan 3 1 Readers are invited to share stories of how they met their spouses Send the stories to Mary Branham PO Box 368 rankfort KY 40602 or mail them to mbranhamstate joumalcom at the newspaper Stories can also be faxed to 227 283 1 Please include a telephone number The dead line for submission is Wednesday Jan 20 Aid hotline to be available A toll free financial aid hotline will be available Jan 25 28 and eb 1 4 to answer questions about student financial aid and how to apply Kentucky high school students and their parents as well as non tradi tional students can call the hotline a 1 888 4 KASAA (1 888 452 7322) between 3 and 9 pm Strong storms cause minor damage By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A line of powerful storms swept across Kentucky on Sunday causing scattered damage and at least three injuries According to the National Weather Service three people suffered minor injuries when they were cut by broken glass caused by high winds near Benton in Marshall County A trailer also was pushed off its foun dation in the same area High winds also knocked down trees and blew the roofs off some buildings Calvert City reported wind gusts reaching 8 1 mph and gusts of more than 60 mph were reported in several other western Kentucky counties Hail measuring 175 inches in diameter was reported in Crofton while Murray had 1 inch hail A Trigg County deputy reported a tornado near Arrowhead Golf Course about 6:45 pm CST but the National Weather Service was not able to confirm the report Scattered power outages were reported as the storm moved eastward across the state Dime sized hail and winds topping 50 mph were report ed near Jackson shortly after midnight EST More serious problems were reported in Tennessee where at least four people were killed and 60 injured by the severe storm Tornadoes were seen or touched down in 12 counties Mother watches baby from home LEXINGTON Ky (AP) Ruthann Thomas be with her 4 month old son as he recovered in a hospital room from heart sutgery But Thomas who has chicken pox could look in on him from her Lawrencebuig home and tell him she loves him thanks to interactive video Kentucky TeleCare an electronic network linking the University of Kentucky with hospitals around central and eastern Kentucky has been used to let doctors in one city examine patients or confer with medical colleagues far away is the first time done this between a home and a room so families can be said Carol Cottrill a pediatric cardi ologist who performed sutgery riday idea just came when I realized that a baby had had this proce dure whose mother be Cottrill said Zachary was bom with coarctation or narrowing of the aorta the large artery that carries blood to the body said Dr Greg Johnson a pedi atric cardiologist who has treated Zachary since his birth was causing his heart to work hard and not enough blood was getting to his Johnson said It was corrected with surgery when Zachary was 6 days old But when he was admitted to the UK Hospital with a lung infec tion Dec 24 doctors found his artery was closing again surgery reopened the artery Before the operation 5 year old brother and 3 year old sis ter got chicken pox By Monday night Ruthann and twin brother Tyler had them too mother signs books LOUISVILLE Ky (AP) Michael Jordan fans got a chance to meet someone who knows him perhaps as well as anyone his mother Deloris Jordan was in Louisville on Saturday to make a morning speech at the Gait House before the National Council of Negro Women and to do an afternoon signing at a local bookstore Mrs Jordan signed copies of her book called irst Winning the Parenting Proceeds from her book go to the Michael Jordan oundation of which the recently retired basketball mother is the co founder and volunteer president It raises money for disadvantaged children After getting a book signed 11 year old Kevin ields Jr said he was sad to see his hero announce his retirement several days ago But the youngster was understanding: said he wanted time to be a dad I blame him I would want to be a dad too if I had He said Deloris Jordan asked him if he was a good student said In an interview after the signing Mrs Jordan said her son told her last June that he would retire talked about it as a she said salute him It is time for him to move Mrs Jordan signed about 300 books at the store Leonne Smith of Louisville said she had attended speech very inspirational Her family comes Smith said of Deloris Jordan who has 10 grandchildren and travels frequently promot ing her principles of child rearing airness ordinance gets support LOUISVILLE Ky (AP) Supporters of a proposed ordinance to protect people from being fired because of their sexual orientation took to the streets to promote their cause Dozens of volunteers for the airness Campaign fanned out across the city putting up yard signs reading does a city and dis tributing brochures door to door human being deserves said volunteer Naomi Ashby a resident of Georgetown Ind who works in Louisville Even though the Board of Aidermen is expected to approve legisla tion intended to ban employment discrimination based on sexual orien tation the airness Campaign taking anything for granted said Dan arrell a campaign coordinator He said the campaign which has lobbied for nearly a decade to get the city to adopt protections for gays also wants to push aidermen to pass protections for gays in housing and public accommodations Meanwhile people who want the Board of Aidermen to vote down the proposal are marshaling their forces They already have begun airing radio advertisem*nts primarily on Christian stations pointing out what they say are problems with the so called airness Amendment The ads describe the importance of protecting children and urge people to call their aidermen and express opposition to the proposals said Jeny Stephen son pastor of Midwest Church of Christ and president of Metro African Amer icans for Morality and Justice The group is leading the opposition New Hampshire tickets wins DES MOINES Iowa (AP) One ticket sold in New Hampshire for the Powerball game Saturday night matched all six numbers drawn which were: 2 15 20 28 40 Powerball 15 The player matching all five numbers and the Powerball won $671 million jackpot The prize goes to an estimated $10 million for Wednesday Tickets that match the first five numbers but miss the Powerball win $100000 each and there were three of those They were sold in: Iowa Oregon and Washington DC Marker sought for Pulitzer winner OWENSBORO Ky (AP) An Owensboro man has started a fund raising drive to recognize Pulitzer Prize winning photojoumalist Moneta Sleet Jr with a permanent marker at his former Owensboro home Businessman Alfred Thompson asked the Community Task orce last week to help him raise the $1500 needed to obtain a permanent marker from the Kentucky Historical Society Sleet an Owensboro native is best known for his coverage of the civil rights movement Sleet was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize in photojournalism for a photograph of Martin Luther King wife Coretta Scott King during funeral The famous photo shows widow sitting in the pew a black veil over her face tears in her eyes Her young daughter Bernice lies with her head in her lap eyes staring into the camera Sleet died in 1996 The society would fund the marker but the application process would involve a two year wait Thompson said With $1500 in donations a marker could be installed within eight weeks he said City Manager and task force Chairman Ron Payne pledged the support in raising the money Drug labs are discovered LONE OAK Ky AP) Authorities uncovered several methamphet amine operations during weekend arrests in western Kentucky In McCracken County deputies and Kentucky State Police said they arrested three residents of a house in Lone Oak on Saturday after an investigation found two meth labs Two children ages 5 and 1 0 were asleep when the authorities entered the house Sgt Jon Hayden head of the drug division for the department said the children were turned over to a relative smell of ether (an ingredient used in meth production) was so strong in that house it made our eyes Hayden said Meanwhile authorities in Daviess County arrested two people riday night after discovering a methamphetamine lab in a garage near Philpot I.

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