http://www.kentucky.com/179/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Kentucky.com en-us Copyright 2008 Kentucky.com Fayette County 60 Sat, 17 May 2008 09:22:19 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's Workbench webmaster@kentucky.com http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/407599.html http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/407599.html Sat, 17 May 2008 02:05 EDT
J.R. Ewan Elementary
.. Began as Kenwick Elementary School in 1909.

.. Named after Julia R. Ewan, who was principal of the school for 39 years.

.. Open house: 1-3 p.m. Sunday. Fifth-grade students will take visitors on tours of the building.




Johnson Elementary
.. Opened in 1888 at Fourth Street and Limestone.

.. Named after Lexington Mayor Claude Johnson, who proposed a bond issue in 1887 to relieve overcrowded schools.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/407595.html http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/407595.html Sat, 17 May 2008 07:36 EDT
A few minutes later, she looks at her watch. 2:20.

"You need to get out there," Barry Mulligan tells his mother.

Norma, 85, slips out of the truck and onto the corner of Menifee Avenue and Kingswood Drive in Lexington.

She'll spend the next hour guiding students safely into the arms of waiting parents and guardians who pick their kids up from school.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/407558.html http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/407558.html Sat, 17 May 2008 02:04 EDT
Danville coasted to the win on the girls' side by dominating the track events.

On a Henry Clay team anchored by experience, it was an inexperienced runner that stole the show. Eighth-grader Brandon Nichols won the 400-meter dash and was a part of three relay teams -- the 4x100, 4x200 and the 4x400 -- that finished first.

"He's still got some room to grow," Henry Clay Coach Demetrius Gay said, "But the more practice I get with him, the better he's going to end up being."

Nichols' performance was no surprise to his teammates.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/407557.html http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/407557.html Sat, 17 May 2008 02:04 EDT
In 2004, Sayre, the small school that goes up against baseball powerhouses like Henry Clay, Scott County and Bryan Station, had just enough players to field a team and zero upperclassmen. There was talk among the parents to skip out on the varsity season and play a junior varsity schedule because of the youth.

Ultimately, Sutton and his squad decided to play a varsity schedule with two eighth-graders and one seventh-grader in the starting lineup and no juniors or seniors on the roster. The Spartans managed just five wins, but Sutton had found a solid core of players.

The next three seasons, Sayre went a combined 59-25, including a 20-8 mark last year, all while playing in one of the toughest regions in Kentucky. Sutton said without their struggles in 2004, the team might have never experienced the success they have had the last three years.

"It was the best thing we ever did," Sutton said of the decision to play in 2004. "We grew from there. The core of that team was the group that did so well the last three years."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/407607.html http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/407607.html Sat, 17 May 2008 02:05 EDT
The Chinese Students and Scholars Association of UK and the Kentucky Chinese-American Association sponsored the event.

Kentucky is halfway across the world, but for many Chinese students studying at UK the earthquake hit close to home.

Xiaoji Ma, the president of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, is a native of Chengdu, a city of almost 4 million people that lies just within the quake area.

Ma said his own family is safe but he still helped organize the vigil to show solidarity with those back home.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/406537.html http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/406537.html Fri, 16 May 2008 02:05 EDT
On Saturday's Buildings & Bluegrass Tour, organized by Fayette Alliance, six horse farms and three general agricultural farms will be open to visitors. So will a downtown condominium project on Old Georgetown Street.

This is the second year for the tour. It offers a chance to see "some of the world-renowned Bluegrass landscape that we all treasure ... and discover some of the really innovative ways developers are renovating our downtown," said Knox van Nagell, executive director of the Alliance.

The Alliance favors a Lexington growth strategy of development on 5,000 acres of vacant and underutilized land inside the Urban Service Area boundary, and repairing outdated sanitary sewer and storm-water systems, while preserving the Thoroughbred and general agricultural industries.

The Fayette Alliance is a coalition of infill developers, neighborhood associations and farmers.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/406534.html http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/406534.html Fri, 16 May 2008 06:11 EDT http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/406495.html http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/406495.html Fri, 16 May 2008 02:05 EDT
The Kentucky Historic Preservation Review Board gave unanimous approval Thursday to the neighborhood's nomination to the National Register. The nomination will now be forwarded for final consideration to the Park Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior.

A decision is expected within 90 days.

The state preservation board met Thursday morning at the Lexington History Museum.

The stamp of approval by Kentucky on Hollywood Terrace concludes about six years of work by residents, who first tried to get their subdivision approved as a local historic district. Their motivation was to protect the character of the area by preventing demolition of the bungalows and Craftsman-style houses, or having vinyl-sided additions built onto the back for rental to university students.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/406504.html http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/406504.html Fri, 16 May 2008 06:48 EDT
Johnson, who founded the Internet company that became a sensation during the technology bubble of the 1990s, could face up to 20 years in prison for conspiracy and five years for wire fraud. He was also found guilty of witness tampering and obstruction of justice, which can carry up to a 20-year sentence.

The verdict brings to a close a labyrinthine legal saga that ensnared top-ranking officials from PurchasePro and one of its business partners, America Online. It is also an ending for many people in Kentucky who invested in the company. Initial investors who sold their shares after the company went public made more than $200 million. But those who held on to their shares until the stock tanked and the company filed for bankruptcy lost millions.

The written verdict came just one day before U.S. District Judge Walter Kelley Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia leaves the bench for private practice. It is unclear when Johnson will be sentenced.

"It was a total victory," said the prosecutor, Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Learned.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/406506.html http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/406506.html Fri, 16 May 2008 06:26 EDT
MOUNT STERLING MAN ARRESTED IN BANK HOLDUP

A Mount Sterling man was arrested Thursday afternoon after he robbed a Central Bank branch and led police on a high-speed chase, Lexington police said. About 1:10 p.m., Lexington police responded to a robbery at Central Bank at 3100 Pimlico Parkway. A man implied he was armed and demanded cash; he left with an undisclosed amount, according to police reports. Jesse T. Polanco III, 26, was arrested at Alexandria and Darien drives after the chase. During the pursuit, Polanco's vehicle struck an occupied police cruiser, Lexington police said. No one was injured. Polanco has been charged with two counts of first-degree robbery, first-degree wanton endangerment and first-degree fleeing and evading. He is also a suspect in a robbery at a Traditional Bank branch in February, authorities said.

WINCHESTER

JUDGE REFUSES TO MOVE TRIAL ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/406526.html http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/406526.html Fri, 16 May 2008 02:05 EDT
Burglary, 200 block of Warnock Street.

Burglary, 1100 block of McAtee Run.

Robbery, Wal-Mart Supercenter, 500 W. New Circle Road. Products stolen from store.

May 13: Assault of a man, 33, 1100 block of Winburn Drive.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/406529.html http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/406529.html Fri, 16 May 2008 02:05 EDT
The Henry Clay boys clinched their third consecutive title on Tuesday, and their doubles team of Elliott Farmer and Will Palmer won their second crown in straight sets Thursday.

The Lexington Catholic girls clinched on Wednesday, and freshman Samantha Maddox followed that up with the singles' title in straight sets Thursday at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex.

But the other two finals were more competitive as players jockeyed for seeding in the state tournament May 22-24.

Tates Creek's Grant Roberts, after being away from high school tennis for two years, won the singles' title with a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Henry Clay's Dean Tsamas.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/405431.html http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/405431.html Thu, 15 May 2008 02:04 EDT
After Henry Clay beat perennial power Paul Dunbar in late April, the Lady Devils heard all of the excuses.

The Bulldogs had five starters out, including four of the team's seniors, who were away on a class trip.

So the No. 22 Devils were out to prove to everyone -- including themselves -- that they could beat a complete Dunbar team.

They did just that Wednesday night, downing the No. 14 Dogs 4-2 at Dunbar.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/405380.html http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/405380.html Thu, 15 May 2008 02:04 EDT
Fed up with the man she calls "the aluminum foil bandit," Parker went on a mission to catch him.

Someone had been climbing onto the roof of the Shell station on South Limestone where she works and disabling the satellite dish -- which handles the store's credit card transactions -- by putting aluminum foil on it over the past several weeks. With the satellite unable to transmit credit card numbers, the bandit and his buddies, as well as unaware law-abiding citizens, were able to get gasoline and goodies from the store for free.

The bandit struck several times at the South Limestone Shell and at four other Shell stations in town. Employees or police officers would remove the foil, but the bandit continued to hit the businesses again and again, said Parker, acting manager of the South Limestone Shell.

"This guy was very, very smart. He knew what he was doing," she said. "How he had enough smarts about this to know how to do this, I have no idea."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/404201.html http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/404201.html Wed, 14 May 2008 02:06 EDT
Petrilli filed a motion Monday to amend her reverse discrimination lawsuit in Fayette Circuit Court to include the report's author, school board attorney Brenda D. Allen, as a defendant. It also seeks to expand the lawsuit to include several new claims, including alleged defamation, conspiracy and abuse of process.

The school board made the 42-page report public earlier this month after the Herald-Leader filed an open records request.

A district spokeswoman called Petrilli's defamation claim "baseless."

"Ms. Allen's report is supported with documentation and numerous taped interviews, and the district will vigorously defend this baseless lawsuit," spokeswoman Lisa Deffendall said. "The facts of this case stand on their own."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/404232.html http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/404232.html Wed, 14 May 2008 02:06 EDT
A districtwide forum Monday night reflected the differences on the issue between incumbent Peggy Henson and challengers Ellen Hollon and Logan Weiler III.

Henson opposes seeking training for police to enforce federal immigration laws in a program called 287(g). Hollon and Weiler support seeking the training.

The forum was sponsored by former District 11 Councilman Paul Brooks, who pledged Monday that the forum would be impartial, but acknowledged he is supporting and advising Hollon and Weiler.

Henson, who had already committed to be at a Fayette County Neighborhood Council meeting, did not attend.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/404241.html http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/404241.html Wed, 14 May 2008 02:06 EDT
Webb was the keynote speaker at a Bluegrass Hospitality Association symposium at the Lexington Center. He was met with questions mostly about the hotel rooms expected to cost about $200 a night in the CentrePointe project.

Where will business come from to fill a 200-plus room high-end hotel, he was asked. Will the project bring in new money, or just pirate business away from existing downtown hotels?

Larry Bell, general manager of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, asked what Webb's financial consultants found in their market surveys that made another downtown hotel look feasible.

Webb said there had been four market studies -- two by hotel chains, one by a consultant hired to conduct a financial analysis for possible tax increment financing, and yet another commissioned by The Webb Cos.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/404256.html http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/404256.html Wed, 14 May 2008 02:06 EDT
Last month, the Board of Health instituted a policy requiring restaurants to post their most recent inspection results from the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department in a "conspicuous" spot near their entrance.

The policy starts Wednesday, but restaurants will not be required to post their scores until after their next inspection. Restaurants are normally inspected twice a year.

Scores of 85 or more will be written in large green numbers, but scores of 84 or less -- often indicating more serious violations -- will be written in red. Restaurants with red scores are re-evaluated in 10 to 30 days, depending on the problem.

Restaurants also are inspected when a patron complains about them to the health department.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/404263.html http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/404263.html Wed, 14 May 2008 02:06 EDT
Breeden was introduced as the Commodores' new boys' coach Tuesday.

He takes over a program that has been a consistent winner but has reached the state tournament only once in its 42-year history.

"Why would Wayne Breeden want to come to Tates Creek?" he asked. "Because we can be the best. ... We're going to produce winners on the court and off the court. ...

"We want to go back to Rupp Arena not only as a spectator. We want to go back there as a participant."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/404264.html http://www.kentucky.com/179/story/404264.html Wed, 14 May 2008 08:15 EDT
Junior shortstop Brandon Smith's three-run blast -- his first high school homer -- highlighted the feel-good victory for a young team that has ridden a roller coaster to a 16-17 record this spring.

Lafayette has only three seniors -- catcher Brooks Bailey, second baseman Zander Gross and pitcher Nate Wiseman.

"It's really been on our seniors all year to lead by example," Coach Chris Langston said. "And Brooks, 'Z' and Nate have done that.

"With this young group, we've come a long way. Our record may not show it, but if you watch us play, you know it's true."]]>