xt73bk16q13w https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt73bk16q13w/data/mets.xml The Kentucky Kernel Kentucky -- Lexington The Kentucky Kernel 1975-10-28 Earlier Titles: Idea of University of Kentucky, The State College Cadet newspapers  English   Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. The Kentucky Kernel  The Kentucky Kernel, October 28, 1975 text The Kentucky Kernel, October 28, 1975 1975 1975-10-28 2020 true xt73bk16q13w section xt73bk16q13w Future of state courts is in voters’ hands

By (‘lNDY GOOD
Kernel Staff Writer

Kentucky voters will decide the future of
the Commonwealth‘s court system on Nov.
4.

A judiciala rticle passed on to the voters
by the 1974 General Assembly will, if
approved. amend the Kentucky Con-
stitution by replacing the present court
system, designed in 1891, with a new Court
of Justice. _

“The citizens of Kentucky have been
traditionally slow to amend their con-
stitution, as was demonstrated in
November, 1973 when two proposed
amendments were rejected," said Rick
Bubenhofer, staff assistant for in-
formation to the Kentucky Citizens for
Judicial Improvement, Inc.

“But we are confident that the voter of
Kentucky will carefully examine the
contents of this proposed amendment and
weigh the possible improvements it offers
the court system of Kentucky,”
Bubenhofer said.

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He said there are many good features
about the present court system, but an
alarming number of bad ones.

At the trial level, litigants are now
generally afforded a speedy trial, both

may receive

food stamps under new rules

By MONTY N. FOLEY
and
MONA GORDON

Kernel Staff Writers

A relatively new federal regulation may
have reduced the number of student ap
plications for the food stamp program.

“Under the new tax dependency clause,
a student claimed as a dependent is not
eligible for food stamps if his parents
aren‘t also eligible,“ said Hollis Henry,
local food program specialist for the
Department of Agriculture.

”The regulation is to assure that only
needy students participate in the
program," he said.

Although the overall case load for the
food stamp program in Fayette County
appears to be increasing, Assistant
District Program Manager Jim Randall
says he believes the new regulation has
reduced student participation.

“We don‘t keep a count of students, but it
seems that we had several more
(students) last year than this,“ Randall
said.

As a safeguard against fraudulent
student applications, the Kentucky
Department of Human Resources is
required to check on parents‘ eligibility
whenever a dependent student seeks food
stamps, said Susan Franklin, assistant
district program manager.

“If it's found that a dependent student’s
parents aren‘t eligible, then we would
notify the student and void the ap
plication.“ Franklin said.

Regardless of whether a student claims
eligibility on the basis of a guardian‘s
eligibility, or whether the student '5 legally
independent of the parent’s household,
there are four other requirements a
student must meet to apply for food
stamps.

Cooking facilities must be available at
the student’s residence; the student must
be a US. citizen or legally admitted alien;
total student resources, including bank
accounts and personal property, must not
exceed $1500; and a student's monthly

adjusted income, net income minus ex-
penses, must be within prescribed limits to
establish eligibility, Franklin said.

Further explaining the student
resources requirement, Franklin said
when more than one student lives in the
same economic household, their total
resources must not exceed $1,500.

The only exception to the resources
amount occurs when one of the residents is
60 years old or older. “In that case the
amount goes up to $3,000,“ Franklin said.

The adjusted net monthly income
ultimately determines the value of food
stamps to the individual. Franklin said
deductions are made for shelter expenses
and for necessary goods and services.

An individual applying for food stamps
must not have a net monthly income of
more than $215, while a two-party
household ’s net monthly income must not
exceed $300, Franklin said. Household
income limits rise accordingly as the
number of household members increases,
she said.

After determining that a household or
individual’s income is not above the limit,
Frarklin said the amount finally paid for
food stamps is determined by how near the
limit an individual‘s income is.

For example, Franklin said all single
applicants are eligible for $48 in food
stamps. with the maximum amount
charged being $38. But She said most
students who qualify seldom pay the full
$38.

According to Bill Woods, supervisor of
food stamp certification, most students
pay from $6 to $18 monthly for stamps.

Applicants for food stamps must be
interviewed at the Bluegrass Area office of
the Department of Human Resources, 300
S. Upper St., Franklin said.

“Our quality control division conducts
regular investigations of recipients to
ensure that only eligible persons receive
food sta mps,” Franklin said. “And quality
control also checks to see that our case
workers are following regulations.”

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civil and criminal, he said. The courts also
have simplified rules of procedure which
allow for cases to be decided on merit
rather than on technical or procedural
grounds.

   

 

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The Kentucky Judicial Conference,
composed of judges and lay members,
conduct continuing studies of the court
system and recommend improvements.

But Bubenhofer’s committee also
reported that a study of the present court
system revealed 821 individual and 248
group trouble areas existed in the Ken-
tucky judicial process.

For example, the highest appellate court
in the state, the Kentucky Court of Ap
peals, reports a three-to-four-year
backlog. A number of judges in the lower
courts have no formal legal training, and
salaries and fees are not consistent. The
county fiscal court sets the court’s budget,
frequently based on fines and fees taken
in.

The proposed amendment would make
major changes in the basic structure of the
present system, the fourth in Kentucky’s
history.

It would establish a Court of Justice for
the entire state, divided into a Supreme
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Evangelist Jimmy Conyers urges students to repent from the fountain in
front of the Office Tower. Conyers and two fellow evangellsts spent
yesterddy trying to save the student body. See Wally Hlxson's comment

on page 5.

  

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lam not much different than many of
the other instructors at UK. I wonder
how athletes are able to get into classes
which are closed to everyone else. I get
irritated at ”iock tutors” playing
parent to the athletes, buzzing around,
attempting to secure a passing grade
for their charge. I am saddened at the
insulated and restricted world in which
many of these athletes live. I question
the practice of auctioning off the
choicest stadium seats to the highest
bidder. Lastly, I wonder how we can
iustify many of our athletic practices,
including the inflated salaries we pay
our coaches, in the name of educational
ideals. Like most, I say nothing.

The Tony Gray case has forced me to
speak out. Coach Fran Curci put down
Tony Gray as responsible for the
Auburn loss on at least three different

occasions: on the post-game radio
show, as quoted in the papers and on his
TV show. The question has to be—