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By JAY FOSSETT Slate said the apartment addition. he said that to reach _ y f i i {a} .
lidllnr complex plans originally went the fire drafts, workers must i .5 “14$. Henri:
(‘opyright 0 Kentucky Kernel. I979 throughthe designer's and state take up the carpets and vinyl x $11” 5, ' _ :’ “-¥=§“3‘z~ fi iii-E‘fig'iifii'iEi‘ZS'IE‘JZ:Li-‘Elr’ft-::s:-:-::--:.
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Major fire code Violations. went ahead and constructed the have to saw holes into the ». 3 “:°§§§,§ g;§;fi§§§
requiring . extenstve construc- buildings according to the outside of the buildings to lfififis‘siflfi f; giifiifilfi '
“p" modifications, have been specifications. He said. insert the materials. .i;:':,fii-’§C:Q.Eée' %“‘:}::§w‘%§: ' '
f discovered In all 25 units 0t however, that when the After the floor boards are X‘s s §° :;::,§§“ ~
UK‘S new apartment complex University, city and state taken up and the holes are + fig , ii; $811”? is.» I
- ~ a complex that Will house officials inspected the buildings sawed into the buildings‘sides, :- .3 . s }
approximately 650 students in on June6.they realized thatthe the drafts will be filled with 31; .. ‘.. Name. if“ ’ . '
four weeks. fire stopping was omitted. two-by-eight wood strips and “‘1‘, S m i
.' Despite the violations, Jack Fire stopping is a term used mineral wool 7 a synthetic, ‘- .: i
_ Blanton, UK'S vice president to describe materials that fireproof wool, Blanton said. s 7; x S r:
for business affairs. to“ the restrict fire from spreading." a When the process is finally :9 g M f 5
Kernel yesterday that “the room is surrounded by fire completed, the University will . Es» “‘2 5
buildings will be absolutely stopping it becomes self have to pay $70,000 in By GARY LANDERS/Kernel sun 1
ready for use when the fall contained and the chance of supplementary funds for ,thc ACOIII'HIC‘IOII workeratthenewapartmentcomplexsllpsa
semester starts." Jean Lindley. fire spreading becomes additional construction and piece of “fire stopping” wood Into the side of one of the ‘
director of University housing, minimal. labor costs, he said. apartment units as a foreman looks on. This lathe first of 25
' W35 '0‘” 0f 10W" and In the apartment complex, Blanton said University buildings "I“ Will be modified before Aug. 26-
unavailable for comment. contractors failed to put any officials tried to findasolution create a minimum type of think we‘ve found an
State Deputy Fire Marshal fire stopping between the to the problem that was least disruption," he said. “We‘ve appropriate solution.“
. Terry'Slate said the fire-code. apartment walls, and between disruptive to the apartments had experts here from Denver, The plans for the fire "
Violations, detected during a the first floor ceiling and the yet could still be approved by Houston. Chicago . . . we‘ve stopping adjustments were not ’.
June 6 Inspection. must be second floor — leaving l2to l4 the fire marshal‘s office. spent hours and hours approved by the fire marshal‘s 9’
completely corrected before inches of empty space or “fire “We‘ve worked in order to addressing this problem and we Continued on page 5
students can move into the two- drafts."
stoiy apartments. Slate said the Blanton said that to put fire I .
officials discovered the apartment walls the contrac- 'na ava a
Eligigyin‘ggs‘did not contain fire tors Willf hali‘ve (:0 tear down By MIKE KENNY Porter handles the task for the Kentucky University in ’
some 0 t c ry walls. In Sports Editor women‘s program. Bowling Green and had also
(Opyrleht ° Kathie” Kernel. 1979 Graduate Assistant Trainer previously been a trainer at
F Wayne Drummond is also over Depaul University in Chicago. ‘ .
ayette stUdent cade After spending over six months at Shively Sports Center, the In all, the 36-year-old Miller
‘ seeking the most qualified football team's training center. has spent some 22 years _‘
. . person to become the head and nine student trainers will working with athletic '
. may Vlo late rights trainer of the Wildcat football arrive next month. programs. ;
- team, Kentucky suffered a Hagan said that he and Although he did not work ;‘ -
. enormous setback when its new Coach Fran Curci hope to hire with the Wildcats while in : .
' By TERESA YOUNG of the Washington DC. man, Russ Miller, left town a new head trainer before school, Miller said he did help ;~ '
\ ' Staff Writer Student Press Law Center, after just two weeks, to take summer training begins August Drs, George Gumbert and ‘
‘ , and gave this legal opinion of the over the same job at the 20. The two are currently William Wheeler with their .
. By DEBBIE McDANlEL proposed rule change in a July University of Michigan. studying the resumes they football clinics last fall. ‘
- Managing Editor 20 letter to a Tates Creek High UK Athletic Director Cliff received when the position last Both Dr. Wheeler and Dr.
' (‘opynghtekenmcliy Kernel. 1979 School junior, Bob Vonder- Hagan said yesterday he became available this past Gumbert are orthopedic . '
\‘ heide. believes the situation is not December. surgeons and work with the 3 . -
i A proposed student code The proposed rules were really all that bad because there In a telephone interview Wildcat football team. 3‘
which will be considered by the authored by a task force which are capable personnel at from his new office in Ann 5 After the I978 season, Head 5
4 . Fayette County School Board was appointed by the board. Kentucky to handle any Arbor, Mich. Miller talked Trainer Mike Ritz resigned at ,‘ . , .
‘ tonight contains a section The task force consists of a problems that might arise. about how this had all come UK to become sports director i ' f
, dealing with student publica- cross-section of administra- “We have Walt (McCombs)' BbOUt- for 8 radio station in Pikeville. "
, tion guidelines that may be tors, teachers, students and and Mimi(Porter) and they are Miller said he first came to Ky. and Miller put in for the -’ ,
. “blatantly unconstitutional“ community members. both full-time certified UK in 1977 to work on a degree job. i y Y
. and a violation ofthe students‘ According to the rules trainers,” Hagan said. in physical therapy. Beforethat “I spent a lot of time during , -
First Amendment rights. proposed by the task force, McCombs is head trainerfor he had worked as the head spring football with my fingers 3. . '
f, Michael Simpson. director Continued on p.‘,4 UK‘s basketball team. while football trainer for Western Contlnuedonpages .
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