Vol. xcu. No. as Established 1894 University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky Independent since 1971 Wednesday. November 8. 1989 UK to ask city to rezone 15 acres of Coldstream By TONJA IMLT Campus Editor UK will ask the Lexington- Fayette Urban County Planning Commission to approve the rezon- ing of 15 acres of Coldstream Farm in order to allow the construction of a research facility. The UK Board of Tmstees Execu- tive Committee approved a propo- sal to build a Research Campus that will include a high-technology research laboratory and related activ- ities in a campus-like setting. UK will file an application with the Lexington-Fayette Urban Coun- ty Planning Commission for a Small Area Change in the land at Coldstream Farm. The process will take 6 months. If the change is approved, UK will build a Research Campus por- tion of the overall development of Coldstream Farm that will employ about 200 people. A plan presented by MPC & Associates, a Washington DC, consulting firth hired by UK, rec- ommended last year that 500 acres of the farm be used as an office re search park. The farm, which is on Newtown Pike near the Interstate 64-75 inter- a Plans to build research facility that would employ 200 people change, is used by the College of Agriculture for research. If the Uni- versity’s proposal is approved, UK President David Roselle said that it would benefit agricultural restxuch. “You need to consider the agri- cultural needs,” UK President David Roselle said. “What we are recom- mending today does suggest deveL opment for the agriculture experi- ment station." Coldstream needs to be re/oned to allow a high-technology compa~ ny to relocate, Roselle said. The application to rezone will be submitted by Friday. The process should take six months, according to Joseph Burch, of the PK legal SQUEAKING OUT A WIN Ellinger elected by 70—Vote margin By DAVID A. HALL Staff Writer The heat was not off Dr. Charles W. Ellinger until late last night. Ellinger, a UK dentistry profes- sor, was elected to one of the three council-at-large seats on the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council last night by just 70 votes. With 97 percent of the precincts reporting, Ellinger received 17,455 votes —— 18 percent —— squeaking past two-tenri incum— bent Barkley Blevins by just 70 votes. Although the totals are un- official, Ellinger proclaimed his victory shortly after 11 pm. Polls had predicted that Blevins and Council member at Large Pam Miller would vie for the top two spots, with Ellinger running third. Miller overwhelmingly finished first, receiving 30 percent of the vote, but Theresa Isaac polled an unexpected 22 percent to finish second. The top three finishers in the six-candidate race are elected to four- year terms. Ellinger said that he was sur- prised by the outcome of the race. “I’m surprised that people went out and voted for her (Isaac) the way they did," he said. “I’m sur— prised it turned out to be a two- person race for the top and a two person race for the bottom." Blevins‘ fourth-place finish end- ed his eight years of service on the council. Ellinger, who has served two UK dentistry professor Dr. Chalres W. Ellinger addresses his constituents last night at the Campbell House Inn. Ellinger unofficially finished third in the Urban County Council at-Iarge election. terms as 10th District council- man, said that his victory means a strong voice in Urban County govemment for UK. “I will be a voice (for UK) and help to coordinate various types of programs and concerns for the University and the Council,“ he said. Ellinger supporters said that last night‘s victory was the result of a hard-working campaign. “It’s an exciting victory," said Roger Fischer, Ellinger's cam- patgn manager. “Any time you run in an tit-large race you run a long shot." “I feel like we had run a first- class program all the way," said Carol Ford, a patient care worker in the UK College of Dentistry who also was active in Ellinger's campaign. Many Ellinger supporters said that their candidate will be a strong addition to the Council. “I think he (Ellinger) will con- tinue to do for the entire commit» STEVE SANDERS/Kernel Stall nity what he‘s done for the l()th District," said Wayne 1.. Smith. finance chairman for fillinger‘s campaign. “He‘s got a conservative out- look that will help l-extngton grow in a positive way." Fischer said. “He has the time to spend on the CounCil and takes the time to get involved with the issues." Ellinger said his new lob as councilman at large will mean tid- ditional responsibility to his con- stituents. Soviet celebration draws fire, protests Associated Press MOSCOW .— Anti-Communist marchers, striking workers and clashes between police and protest- ers vied yesterday with a scaled- down military parade on Red Square as the Soviet Union celebrated the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Even President Mikhail S. Gor- bachev tempered the Revolution day festivities by saying the na- tion’s economic problems hang like a “sword of Darnocles over us. A column of about 5,000 march- ers paraded peacefully through Mos- cow to challenge Communist Party authority, while a few miles away, Gorbachev and other leaders cele— brated the 72nd anniversary of the revolution reviewing the traditional show of military force. Activists in the southwest repub- lic of Moldavia said police broke up a crowd of thousands of would- be protesters and beat some of them. The military part of the pa- rade in its capital, Kishincv, was canceled In the Arctic city of Vorkuta. striking coal miners joined the offi- cial celebration, but carried slogans demanding more independence and that the government fulfill promis- es of better living conditions. In some trouble spots, such as the Caucasus republics of Armenia and Georgia, state-run media said traditional parades were canceled. Boris Sokolov, an activist from the Baltic republic of Latvia, said a small group of people burned a red Soviet flag in the capital. Gorbachev acknowledged that many Soviet feel threatened by food shortages and the disorganilation of the consumer market. “When all this is hanging like a sword of Damocles over us, it is very important we do not forget the main thing, that this is the way we have chosen to follow," he said, rc- ferring to the Greek legend in which a sword was strung by a sin- gle hair over the head of Damocles. a royal attendant, to show the pre- Lots of questions, cariousness of power. Gorbachev said the Soviet leader- ship has not yet been able to re place fully the administrative sys~ tem of the past, and “thus there exrsts a loss, or a weakening of control. Shall we go back‘.’ That would be a mistake" The anniversary marks the day in 1917 when the Bolsheviks under Lenin seized power from a provi- sional government. “We‘re tired of 70 years of Com- munist power with nothing having changed for the better, and this is our protest," said Taisya Shlyono» va, a retiree. One placard character— ized communist rule as “72 years on the road to nowhere." council. The proposal to bmld a research facility was passed by the commit- tee by a 3~1 Ill'drglll. Larry Forgy. chairman of the BOT finance committee, cast the single opposition vote because he said it would be more profitable to build a shopping center on the farm. “That shopping center .. would give us the kind of development money to relocate the animal devel- opment," Porgy said. "I see the University and the public about to lose the opportunity for a financial windfall with strategic location of the shopping cente'. “There would be enough money to move the agriculture center and provrde 2.00031“) scholarships," he said. “If we vote with Just part of this we are doini.r a disservice to the children of this state. “I would rather see us. leave it in it’s pristine Iorm,‘ l‘org} \tll’ci. "II we aren’t going to tlt. it right then let‘s not do it." UK originally had [WUPUYQii I!‘ develop a mall on the ncrthcast cor her of the farm. but dropped tho plans last summer Earl1er