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Twenty-seven students spent Saturday and Sunday at Natural
Bridge as part of UK’s Cross Cultural Weekend.

On the road with Little Debbie

Former UK student nears
end of 4, 350-mile journey
from Oregon to Virginia

 

By Lance Williams
News Editor

 

Little Debbie snack cakes. Toot-
sie Rolls and Spaghetti—0‘s are not
exactly the breakfast of champions.

For UK College of Law graduate
Scott Damron. however. these are
the fuels that keep him peddling on
his 4.350-mile quest from Portland.
(he. to Yorktown. Va.

“At the beginning of the trip, I
was very good with my diet. but to-
wards the middle. I‘ve gone to ex-
tremes Sometunes I‘ll eat a whole
box of snack cakes at one time."
Damron said.

At the beginning or the trip.
Damron said. he Usually would fix
Spaghetti-0’s every night With a
portable cooking set.

But he said he was getting tired
of cooking every night so he left
the set with his parents when he
passed through Louisville. Ky.

“I would almost prefer to eat cold
Spaghetti—0's than to have to cook
every night." he said.

Dietary troubles aside. Damron
said his trip has been going along
on schedule and than he has not
suffered any major problems.

Damron began the trip on Aug. 9

and passed through Lexington late
last week.

He expects to be on the road for
about another week and a half.

Damron‘s tour across the coun-
try began as a way to raise funds to
help fight cancer.

He had the idea to try a cross-
country trip last year. but he did
not seriously consider the idea un-
til his mother was diagnosed with
cancer in March.

With the help of several spon-
sors. Damron left on the trip to
help raise money for UK‘s Lucille
Parker Markey Cancer Center and
the Lexington chapter of the Amer-
ican Cancer Society.

Damron. who rides for 10 hours
a day. said his bike has performed
fine during the trip. but there have
been a few problems along the
way. A broken axle. hub. several
spokes. a chain and tires have all
had to be replaced at different
points during the ride.

In addition to those problems.
Damron had to deal with a poorly
positioned seat for the first two
weeks of the ride.

“The seat misadjustment caused
me a lot of discomfort in my
knees.

It got to the point where I could

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Trip designed to help
broaden understanding

 

By Graham Shelby
Senior Staff Writer

 

SLADE, Ky. — Just six weeks
ago they were preparing to depart
from their homes in Holland,
France, China and Argentina. But
last Saturday night seven UK inter-
national students were waltzing and
square dancing in a place called
Hoedown Island at Natural Bridge
state park.

The students gathered at the park
for UK‘s Cross Cultural Weekend.
a two-day retreat sponsored by the

Student (iovemment Association
and UK's lntemational Student Ser-
vices.

The purpose of the weekend is to
address issues faced by students
when dealing with people from oth-
er cultures.

Martin Bosman. one of the lead-
ers of the retreat said he wanted the
27 American and intemational stu-
dents participating “to talk very
critically and productively about the
idea of culture."

Bosman. a doctoral student in in
South Africa. said intemational stu«

dents sometimes have difficult ad-
justments to make when dealing
with their American peers. particu-
larly when it comes to interpersonal
conflict. “In some cultures. it‘s not
appropriate to confront people." he
said.

Problems sometimes arise be-
tween international and American
students. not so much because of
differences in cultural and social
expectations but because of a lack
of understanding regarding those
differences.

“You see people coming from
different cultural backgrounds and
completely misreading each other,"
Bosman said.

The weekend‘s workshops divid—
ed students into small groups for
discussions and role-playing exer-
cises intended to dispel misconcep—

 

 

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not pedal anymore," he said.

Damron said he had to get off his
bike and push for a couple of miles
to help his knees rest.

Damron said his mother still is
fighting the disease but is in good
spirits and feeling much better
about his ride than before he left.

“She says that the highlight of
her day is when I call her,“ Dam—
ron said. “Since I made it through
(Louisville), she‘s 0K."

On his ride across the United
States. Damron hasn‘t been staying
in hotels every night.

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Instead, he has been camping out
in city parks or any place he could.

“Most of the way I knew where
everything was." Damron said.

He is following a trail mapped
out by Bike Centennial called the
Trans-American Bike Trail. which
was established in 1976.

It is a common route for many
cyclists. several of whom Damron
has encountered along the way.

However. Damron said he has
strayed off the trail several times so
he would be able to get some local
flavor from the towns he visits.

 

Higher ed growth
may be slowin g

 

By Charles Wolf
Associated Press

 

FRANKFORT, Ky. — In
Kentucky's higher education
system. one sees academe's ver-
sion of the Big Bang — an ex-

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Donations for the ride have brok-
en the 510.000 mark with just more
than a week to go.

“At my gut level. there‘s always
room to improve. but that's a good
start." Damron said.

He had set a goal of $20,000 be-
fore he left on the trip.

“We have been really impressed
with him." said Dr. Lewis Kelly. as~
sociate director for administration at
the Markey Cancer Center.

“Not only does he have athletic
ability. but great management skills
as well."

 

treat bridges culture gaps

tions about other cultures and to il-
lustrate human similarities that
cross national and cultural lines.

Ching-Li Lim. a finance sopho-
more from Malaysia. said she
thought the workshop was effec-
tive.

“The most important thing is we
learn to be sensitive to others." she
said. “People can get together and
understand each other if they really
want to."

The desire to know and under-
stand others is often the issue. Ar-
gentinian marketing student Silvina
Garcia-Tobar said.

She said while most Americans
she's encountered at UK have been
friendly. she hasn't felt as if they
were particularly interested in her
experience or cultural perspective.

See RETREAT. Back Page

 

Some tickets
for Jackson

speech at UK
still available

 

By Erica Patterson
Assnstant News Editor

 

Procrastinators who want to
attend Jesse Jackson‘s speech
Wednesday night are in luck.
Student Activities Board
members say tickets still re-
main for the event.

“Some people are con
cemed that it‘s sold out." said
David Craycraft. chairman of
SAD Public Relations. But
“there are still very good seats
available." he said.

Leatha Lightscy, manager
of the Student Center ticket
office. said there are quite a
few tickets left in the upper
arena of Memorial Coliseum
but very few seals remaining
in the lower area.

Capacity for Jackson‘s
speech will be about 4.000 be-
cause of the seating arrange-
ments. SAB President Wes
Butler said. He said Memorial
Coliseum will be set up so
everyone in the audience will
have a direct view of Jackson.

“There are no bad seats.“
Butler said.

Tickets sales for the event.
which is co—sponsored by
SAB. the Student Govem-

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lack money sense

Professor says
special courses
could be remedy

 

 

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City Bank professor of finance and
director of the Center for Business
and Feonomic Research. agreed
that many students lack basic
knowledge about financial situa~
tions they will face before and after

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I AMPUS CALENDAR

lite Campus Calendar appears in the Monday edition of the Kentucky Kernel. All organizations Wishing to publish meetings
lectures. specral events and sporting events. must have all information to SAB room 203 1 week prior to publication

 

ART & MOVIES

 

 

 

Monday 9/27
-TlCKETS ON SALE!!! Tickets

tickets, faculty. and staff; Memo
rial Coliseum 9/29, 7:00 pm,
CALL 257-8427

-TlCKETS ON SALE!!! Tickets
for Spotlight Jazz individual
shows are on sale at TicketMas-
fer; general public, students, fa-
culty. and administration; CALL
257-8427'

-TICKETS ON SALElll Tickets
for Next Stage Series are on
sale at Ticketmaster, general
public. students. faculty, and ad-
ministration; CALL 257-8427

EXHIBIT Joseph Mallord Wil-
liam IUFDEE works from Liber
Studiorum; UK Art Museum,
CALL 257-5716 (thru 10,3)
-EXHlBiT: Marvin Breckinridge
Patterson. One Worjflfhgtg;

journalists Eye. UK Museum.
CALL 257-5716 (thru 10/3)

Tuesday 9/28
~SAB MOVle‘ Children of Para-
dise; Student Center. Center
Theater. 700 p m , l-HEE
—Guest Concert The Original
Freedom Singers. Sponsored by
the Students“ Non-violent Coordi-
nating Committee. Singletary
Center for the Arts, Recital Hall.
8:00 pm. CALL 257-4929

Wednesday 9/29

Rev. Jesse Jackson Lecture,
Memorial Coliseum. 7:00 pm .
CALL 257-8427

-SAB Movre: Dave $2, Student
Center. Worsham Theater, 7:30
pm, CALL 257-8867

College of Fine Arts presents
Flute Recital: Wendell Dobbs.
guest soloist, Singletary Center
for the Arts, Recital Hall. 8 00
pm. FREE

 

Thursday 9/30

-SAB Movie: Dave: $2. Student
Center, Worsham Theater. 7:30
pm, CALL 257-8867

College of Fine Arts presents.
Cornet Recrtal: Dwayne Hollen-
bach and Steve Bottom, soloists.
Singletary Center for the Arts.
Recital Hall. 800 pm, FREE
-Habitat for Humanity An Eve-
ning With Robert Fulghum. Sin-
gletary Center for the Arts. Con-
cert Hall 800 p m, CALL 257-
4929

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Friday 10/1

-SAB Movie. Dave. 82. Student
Center. Worsham Theater, 730
& 10 00 p m, CALL 257-8867
College of Fine Arts presents
UK Jazz Ensemble Big Band
Concert’Dance, part of the
School of Music‘s “Celebrate
75', UK Faculty Club. 9 00 pm,
$20 per mdivrdual, CALL 257-
4929

-Gallery Series Harry Clark. Di-
rector of UK‘s School of MUSlC.
will begin the October-long cele-
bration of the School of Music's
75th anniversary With a presen-
tation entitled "Celebrate 75".
Ml King Library North. Peal Gal-
lery, 12,00 noon. FREE and
open to the public

Saturday 10/2

-SAB Movre. M $2. Student
Center, Worsham Theater. 7 30
pm. & 10:00 p m , CALL 257-
8867

Sunday 10/3

Celebrate 75: School of Music
Concert Gala Singletary Center
for the Arts. Concert Hall, 3:00
pm, Tickets are $8 8. $5. CALL
257-4929

~SAB Movie; Q5119; $2, Student
Center, Worsham Theater, 5:00
pm, CALL 257-8867
Chamber Music Society: Da
Vinci String Quartet: Singletary
Center for the Arts, Recital Hall,
8:00 pm. FREE admission for
UK students. CALL 257-4929

 

 

 

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Wednesday, 9/29
- SAB and WRFL 88.1 FREE
CONCERT: Student Center

Lawn, 12:00-1 :00 p m.

Friday, 10/1

-SAB and WRFL 88. 1 present,
Woody's, in concert. Student
Center Lawn, 12:00-1:00 pm.

 

 

MEETINGS & LECTURES

 

 

Monday, 9/27

Catholic Newman Center Daily
Mass Services 12.10 pm , 320
Rose Lane, CALL 255-8566
-Aikido Classes: 8:00 pm.
Alumni Gym Loft, CALL 269-
4305

Tuesday, 9/28

-American Marketing Associa-
tion Meeting: 7:30 pm, CALL
258-1510

Department of Biochemistry
Seminar: "BimA; A Potential
Link Between the Mitotic Appa-

ratus and the Cell Cycle Regula-

tory Network”, MN 563, 4:00
p m

Wednesday, 9/29

-Holy Communion. St Augus-
tine's Chapel, 12:00 & 5 30

p m, CALL 254-3726

-SAB Lecture: The Rev. Jesse
Jackson, 7:00 pm . Memorial
Coliseum. CALL 257-8427
-Aikido Classes. 8:00 pm,
Alumni Gym Loft. CALL 269-
4305

Thursday, 9/30
-Catholic Newman Center:
Student Night (0N2); 320
Rose Lane, 7:30 pm, CALL
255-8567

Friday 10/1
-Art Professions; Fri-
days at12:00118CB.

Saturday, 10/2

Catholic Newman Center
Weekend Mass Service: 320
Rose Lane, 6:00 pm, CALL
255-8566

Sunday, 10/3

Catholic Newman Center
Weekend Mass Services:
320 Rose Lane, 9:00 & 11:30
am, 5:00 & 8:30 pm, CALL
255-8566

-Holy Communion: St Augus-
tine's Chapel, 10:30 am. 8r
5:30 pm. CALL 254-3726
-Aikido Classes: 1:00 pm,
Alumni Gym Loft, CA:: 269-
4305

 

 

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Tuesday 9/28

-UK Women's Volleyball
vs Western Kentucky
7:30 pm. Memorial Coli-
seum, FREE

Friday 10/1

-UK Women's Volleyball
at Tennessee TBA

Saturday 10/2
-HOMECOMING UK
FOOTBALL vs OLE
MISS 7:00 pm.

-UK Women's Volleyball
at Clemson 7:00 pm.
Sunday 10/3

-UK Women's Volleyball
at Georgia Tech 2:00
pm.

 

 

INTRAMURAL SPORTS

 

 

Monday, 9/27
-lntramural Golf Singles Tales
Creek Golf Course, CALL 257-

6584

Tuesday, 9/28
-lntramural Golf Singles: Tates
Creek Golf Course, CALL 257-

6584

 

 

 

Graduate school sets enrollment record

Enrollment in The Graduate School at UK is running at a record pace. amid indications that the quality of
the student body also is at the highest level ever.

Preliminary enrollment figuru for the fall 1993 semester stand at 5.200, a 2 percent increase over last fall
semester.

Graduate students now comprise 21.3 percent of the total UK enrollment on the Lexington Campus and
Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, as compared with 15.4 percent a decade ago.

Memory Walk scheduled next week

UK students, faculty members and staff may take part in the 1993 Memory Walk on Sunday.

The theme of this year's event is “Walk With Me,” signifying the programs and services that the Lexing-
ton/Bluegrass Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association provides to Alzheimer’s disease patients. families
and caregivers in 52 counties. ‘ '

The Memory Walk is the association's annual fund-raising event.

This year's Memory Walk is from 3 to 5 put, with registration beginning at 2:30 at the ES Good Barn
near Commonwealth Stadium. The 3.5 mile route begins and ends at the Good Barn and winds its way
through Chevy Chase.

The Good Barn will the scene of live music by the Hawkeye band, free country line dancing lessons and
drawings for prizes.

Walkers are encouraged to solicit pledges of $1 or more for each mile walked. Sign-up sheets are availa-
ble by calling the Alzheimer‘s Association at (606) 252-6282.

There will be prizes for the wallncrs with the greatest number of sponsors. the most money raised, the
most money turned in on the day of the event and the most money turned in before the event.

The grand prize will be an Southeastern Conference basketball weekend including tickets for two lower-
arena seats, overnight accommodations at the Gratz Park Inn and dinner for two at Dudley's.

In addition, walkers will receive a T-shirt. a goodie bag and a chance to win door prizes. The walk will
be held rain or shine.

UK students travel to Chicago

Ten UK students traveled to Chicago this weekend to taint: part in a class field trip to “experience" the
Chicago of the late 18003 and early 1900s.

The trip was part of English 390: The Chicago Renaissance. The instructor. Phil Greaslcy, an associate
English professor, led the trip, which was funded by two UK grants —— the Arts and Sciences Enrichment
Fund and an Undergraduate Studies Mini-Grant

The Chicago Renaissance was an event that crossed many fields — arts, architecture, urban planning.
civic uplift, journalism and literature.

In literature, it created much of the theory and the market for modern poetics, offered models of strong
journalism and reinforced the advancing realistic movement in prose.

While in Chicago, the students visited the Newberry Library. a private research library, where they had
the opportunity to view the original manuscripts of many Chicago Renaissance writers like Sherwood An-
derson. Carl Sandberg and Edgar Lee Masters.

To better understand the Chicago of the late 18008 to early 19005, the students studied early Chicago his-
tory, the Chicago Fire and the 1893 World‘s Fair at the Chicago Historical Society. ,

American Lung Association holds fund-raising project

Campus organizations can help raise money for the American Lung Association by taking part in the
44th Annual Mr./Miss Christmas Seal Contest. The contest, which is co-sponsored by UK's lnterfratemity
Council, is open to clubs and organizations at UK. Each organization should elect a candidate to participate
in the event and then schedule fund-raising activities.

Deadline for entry is Oct. 8. Call 233-3401 for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biosphere 2 crew
ends experiment
in self-sufficiency

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
HOMECOMING 1993

4:30-7:00 pm. All University Tent Party
SATURDAY, OCTOBER

 

By Arthur H. Rotstein
Associated Press

 

ORACLE. Ariz. —~ Biosphere 2's
crcw emerged yesterday from a
two—year experiment in self-
suff‘rcicncy. filling their lungs with
fresh air and waving to some 2,500
reporters and cheering well-
wishcrs.

“They said it couldn‘t be done,"
said crew member Mark Nelson.
“But here we are — healthy. hap-
W"

The event, dubbed “c—entry" by
Biosphere operators. blended
NASA-style techno—speak with the
trappings of a Hollywood media
event.

Festivities began with an early-
moming concert and a speech by
chimpanzee researcher Jane Goo—
dall.

Operators say the crew set a
record for living inside an essential-
ly closed structure — designed as a
mini-earth with rain forest. ocean.
savannah and farm.

But the dome has been opened
more than two dozen times, first for
crew member Jane Poyntcr to get
surgery after injuring her finger and
later for import of thousands of
small items. including seeds. sleep-
ing pills, mousetraps and makeup.
Outside air was pumped in once
and pure oxygen was added twice
to balance the atmosphere.

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The Tent Party will have a “Cajun flavor" this year with

music by Zydeco Bon. The tent will be located at Com-

monwealth Stadium between the Red and Blue Lots and
feature face painters, food, prizes and celebrities.

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Dreams of Fire
Poetman Records

 

By Randy Yargor
Contributing Critic

‘ Michel Johnathon is a folk
singer and proud of it. But on
his latest Poetman records re-
lease, Dreams of Fire, Johna-
thon shows that folk music
doesn‘t have to be boring mu-
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out, Johnathon makes it clear

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than Dylan.

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er become complacent, the
next song, “Mark of the Mak-
cr." is a straight out country
honkey-tonker complete with
c heating women and lots of al-
cohol. (Note the pun in the ti-

tle.)
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{our completely different

songs, the album would have
to settle down. But on the con-
trary, the fifth song, “Techno-
Folk," takes a different direc-
tion entirely.

Using a rollicking Irish mel-
Odythathefirstheardona
Woody Guthrie album. Jona-
than added new lyrics and
created his biggest hit ever.

In sum contrast to the up-
beat "Techno-Folk" is the sad
ballad “Mountain." In it, Joh-
nathon covers a wide range of
human ills including home-
lessness. alcoholism and
spouse abuse, relating them all
i to “the mountain of apathy
within."

After this picture of depres-
sion, Johnathon offers hope of
redemption in “Walden: The
Ballad of Thoreau.” Not a plea
to save the fuest or tribute to
he famous writer, “Walden”
is a song about simple things.

Here Johnathon captures the
spirit of Henry David Thoreau
instead of focusing on the
man. The moral of the song is
straightforwtd, yet missed by
most people My: “The best
things in life are free.”

In “The Dre-n,” Johnathon
tells ofhis dreams of love and
peace. His message of togeth-
cmesa la uplifted by four
choirs singing “Give me the
dream” it four dffuent lan-
gusset.

As a whole. Dream of Fire
is m incredbly varied album

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Multimedia performance artist Laurie Anderson speaks to crowd of students last night in White
Hall Classroom Building. She offered advice on ways to prevent artist's block.

Anderson advises students to
grow from breaking of rules

Artists should explore darker side to connect with others

 

 

 

By P. M. Jefferles
Contributing Writer

 

No rules are the best mics for art-
ists, renowned performance artist
Laurie Anderson advised last night.

“Make up mics and then break
every one of them," Anderson sug-
gested in a rare artist's workshop
held in UK‘s Fine Arts Building.
She offered the advice during a dis-
cussion of artist's block and how to
get over it.

“Try to make the worst piece of
art that you can." the whimsically
disheveled Anderson told listeners,
making this observation about her
own work: “For me, it tends to be
the best work I could do."

Anderson dispensed with formali-
ty during the hourlong event. show-
ing up in rumpled work clothes and
encouraging those in attendance to
sit on the floor and discuss their cur-
rent projects.

Early on, she informed the atten-
tive group that she had been awake
for more than two days and that
might affect her responses, one Of
many remarks that garnered wami
laughter.

“I’ve never exactly been a 9—to-5
person." she pointed out in defense
of sleep deprivation as a creative
method. “I‘ve noticed that around
three. four and five in the morning
onc‘s defenses seem to kind of go
down, and that‘s a perfect opportu-
nity to create."

Much like her unorthodox music
and multimedia work, Anderson
stressed changing onc‘s perspective
to see different things in a work.

“If you are having trouble writing
something. try dancing it instead,"
she suggested.

With an infectious enthusiasm,
Anderson stirred up a general appre—
ciation and interest in making art.

“Being an artist is the only thing
you can do and be totally free. You
don’t have to have any rules in your
work."

Anne Bates, an an education sen-

ior, found the talk tO be inspiring,
especially with regard to formal
constraints in art.
“I asked her about how does one get
on a roll, and she spoke about
breaking mics and growing from
there," Bates said. “I saw how I can
start out with something and just let
it grow, too."

Similarly, art studio sophomore
Lorena Waldrop was impressed
with Anderson‘s remarks about the
prOcesses of making art.

“Sometimes you necd to take
days to digest something, just to
look at it. and then you keep disCOv-
ering along the way what works."
she said.

A recurring theme in the work-
shop was how an should serve to
bond together people through com-
mon experiences. Anderson pointed
out that. to touch people. an artist
needs the courage to address per
sonal insecurities.

“The dark, the quirky, the private
— check that one out." she said,
prodding people to probe their sub-
conscious morc closely. “If you are
brave enough as an artist to point
that out, people will appreciate it."

Even as Anderson dispensed
stream-ofconsciousncss advice. she
made light of herself and thc pedes-
tal which upon which she fights be-
ing placed.

“I feel stupid giving this advice."
she confessed with a shrug. “1 al-

UNIVERSITT OFKENTOCKY
HOMECOMING 1993

“Mardi Gras: Wildcat Style!”

OCTOBER 1 8 2

Homecoming Parade
The Legendary “Voice of the
Wildcats" Cawood Ledford and
his wife, Frances. are co-
grand marshals of the event.
Begins at Commonwealth
Stadium and ends at Memorial
Coliseum.

7:30 P.M.

Wildcat Roar

This Homecomhg pep rally is
held at Memorial Coliseum and
will feature the “Cajun Queen of
Comedy" Jedda Jones. altlta.
Royalty. the Yell Ulte Hal
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most ncvcr follow it myself.”

In the general theme of the work-
shop. Anderson shared her view of
art as “not to make a beautiful cache
of objects. The point is to connect
with each other."

And connection is something she
seemed to succeed at with the UK
group. As Waldrop noted at the end,
“What she says to me doesn't nec-
essarily mean the same thing to you,
but there is still a basic thread of hu-
manity that applies to us all.“

The Kentucky
Kerne1-
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ASPEN, Colo. —» John Denver
was sentenced to sing at a benefit
concen to fight drunken drivrng af-
ter he pleaded guilty to drivmg
while his ability was impaired.

The 49-year-old performer origi-
nally was charged with driving un-
der the influence, but prosecutors
agreed to let him plead guilty to the
lesser charge. The longtime resident
of this Rocky Mountain ski reson
has until March 8 to complete the
typical sentence 0128 hours of pub-

lic service. which will include doing
the benefit.

Denver, whose pop hits include
“Rocky Mountain High" and “Take
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must undergo an alcohol-abuse
evaluation and pay a $50 fine.

Denver was stopped when a po
lice officer saw his 1963 Porsche
weaving on a city street just after
midnight Aug. 21.

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