The Park City Daily News from Bowling Green, Kentucky (2024)

January 29, 2000

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The Park City Daily Newsi

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Bowling Green, Kentucky

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Saturday, January 29, 2000

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See PROFILE 2A respiratory problems Kane who was serving a 25- 1 year prison term in Lexington Ky had his family deliver a JASON RILEY eral predicted he would have a hard time getting hi revised lax todc and the gas increase passed by the jener al Assembly Even Democrats said (he proposals wouldn't be ucll-rcccivcd by legislator To say the governor has an uphill bailie is an understatement" said Rep Robert Wilkey D-Franklin "He has his work cut out for him His only chance ft) if he can sell it to the people and if they want us to vote for it we will" Wilkey said he supported the governor's goals for the state and noted the state was headed in the right direction Sen Brett Guthrie R-Bowling Green said he was prepared to discuss tax reform but not to use it as an excuse to raise taxes "According to current forecasts revenues will increase at twice the rate of inflation The argument is if Kcntuckians want something they have to pay for it that nothing is free But with revenues increasing at twice the rate of inflation Kcntuckians are paying for it" Guthrie said However the Bowling Green Republican said he was open to discussion of tax reform "We need to see if there is a structural problem in changing from a 20th century economy to a 2 1st century economy" he said In addition to the gas tax increase the governor's plan would also apply the 6 percent sales tax to the repair or installation of tangible property which would include a wide variety of services such as installing computer modems installing auto vehicle accessories or repairs of personal property The plan would phase out the state property tax on motor vehicles and motorboats Patton claims his tax restructuring plan would reduce the income tax for 115 million taxpayers and increase it for 412000 people with high JOE IMEL death notice the newspapers couldn't refuse: It listed the imprisoned Scarfo as his brother and Scarfo's son as one of his own sons The notice was pub lished Saturday in The Philadel Daily News reporter Jason Riley and photographer Joe Imel arc covering the Super Bowl for our readers with stories through Monday about the Tennessee Titans matchup against the St Louis Rams phia Inquirer and The Press of Atlantic City Listing Scarfo as a relative What's the buzz in Super Bowl city? Fans talk snow inches not downs By JASON RILEY 77ie Daiy News jriley bgdailynewscom783-3240 ATLANTA The talk of the town in Atlanta on Friday wasn't about the fight between Tennessee Titans wide receiver Derrick Mason and safety Blaine Bishop who came to blows following an incomplete pass during the Titans final full practice in preparation for Super Bowl XXXIV Headlines weren't being dominated with stories on Titans quarterback Steve McNair's sore toe or the possibility that star wide receiver Yancy Thigpen may not play in Sunday's game against the St Louis Rams because of an injured foot No the buzz in Atlanta the past few days has only been mildly sports related The question everyone is asking: When and how much snow will blanket Atlanta and the rest of the south? With scores of Titans fans expected to make the trip from all over Tennessee Kentucky and the entire south over the next few days the was Kane's way of pointing up his loyalty according to an unidentified investigator quoted by the Inquirer Daily News(w Imel A Liqhter side Winner has unusual idea for her windfall incomes Rep Sheldon Baugh R-Russel-lville said he had not read all the details of the plan but that several proposals troubled him "Because gas prices are creeping up it would be tough to pass a gas tax Any taxes on tangible items -that could be dry cleaning or repair of your clothes or home repair that causes me some problems I think it's going to be pretty tough to pass" he said Rep Steve Nunn R- Glasgow said he would study the proposals carefully although he felt most legislators would be skeptical If Daisy Williams felt like a mil Tennessee Titans fan Claude Carter of Nashville Tenn shows off his Titan blue hair Friday in Atlanta Carter is a graduate of Western Kentucky University Weather Channel has replaced ESPN as the Super Bowl information prograrh of choice In anticipation of the storm Delta See COUNTDOWN 2A lion bucks when she hit Florida's Fantasy Five game it's no wonder Williams who picked up $86000 this week after winning the game won nearly $5 million Be sure to see our pre-game special insert in today's paper from the state lottery in 1995 She could well be Florida's luckiest person: The odds of her first win were 1 in 14 million and her latest win was a l-in-65000 shot Williams who let a computer State hopes to use technology to reach high school students "ifc aHaVBBVBIBBBl "I2uvJk MaBaBJUBjBMHajaBBmaaBBBBaV pick her latest numbers said she's been raising her son and performing charity work since her first win She has an unusual idea for her new windfall "I would like to use some of my Students can enter the interactive classroom via the KVHS Web site wljere they can download intorrrrktiori communicate through mails and chat rooms and get winnings to develop a program to train young black snow skiers for competition events she said techj incai ast asiance rrom rvvna em A What's inside itucky Virtual High Classifieds 4-7B Comics 8B ScaHBPril make Kentucky a natioiiaWeader in delivering innov- Daily NenrsPaul Conrad Deaths 3A Editorials 4A zations including the Pritchard Committee and the Partnership for Kentucky Schools For $300 a class students can take any of 21 KVHS courses in core subjects French and Spanish Education department authorities hope to expand class selection but it depends on student demand and the number of teachers willing to teach courses department spokeswoman Lisa Gross said Open to students in public high schools KVHS requires students to receive permission from their school principal and site-based decision-making council to participate said Terry De Young KVHS liaison to the education community KVHS authorities hope to expand the service to home-school and parochial students this fall De Young said Internet opens new avenue to expanding courses available By MARGO RIVERS The Daily News mriversbgdailynewscom 783-3243 Southcentral Kentucky students now can expand their minds via the Internet The state Kentucky Department of Education has introduced Kentucky's Virtual High School a statewide educational service that helps high schools expand course offerings Two years in the making KVHS is a collaboration between the education department Council on Postsecondary Education and several nonprofit educational organi Living 6A Water jam Sports 1-3B TV 7A i live" curriculum and high-quality instruction to students in our high schools" Gov Paul Patton said "This is a major step forward in terms of equality of opportunity for all students particular those in rural ajwas and in small schools" TrigKVHS semester begins Mondjp and will end in mid June Studeajfc can register at wwwkvhsorg until Feb 11 Gross hopes KVHS will attract at least 200 students statewide Traffic on US 31 -W By-Pass is slowed to a single lane Friday as Bowling Green Municipal Utilities creWs repair a 6-inch water main at Collett Avenue The bypass was completely closed between Lehman and 1 0th avenues for hours while crews tried to find the break See story page 3A.

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