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it in tip-top form when it comes before the full General Assembly.

"Some of the legislators are wising up and getting bill requests in early." Conn notes. T h e y are finally realizing that when the legislature is in session they can't get this special attention."

Some legislators requested several bill drafts as early as last year in anticipation of the crunch.

"Sometimes we'll draft a fancy bill and the legislator will be beaten." Conn notes, but adds that even then, if the bill is complicated and important, the defeated legislator will often pass the draft on to his opponent and it might yet be introduced.

Conn b looking for an even longer list of bills to come before the General Assembly in 1976 than came in 1974.

He describes it as a continuing pattern in the General Assembly that no amount of interim work and pre-filing will cure in the long

. run. His hope is that the crucial. - complicated bills will be handed

to the Legislative Research Cotnmision early enough for them to do an adequate job.

There will also, he notes, be several hundred bills drafted that, as usual, never get introduced for one reason or another. Some of these are used for leverage on other legislators, some are weighed in the balance and determined not to be timed right, some become outdated before the legislature convenes.

While bill draft requests may be the only somewhat concrete measure of legislative activity, there are other, more wispy measures.

One of these is frequency of committee and subcommittee meetings and hearings. These, too, are on the upswing and while some think many of the meetings are a waste of time, others claim the opposite. Some legislators also note that too many meetings add too much o( a load to what they think is a part-time job.

Yet another measure is the press coverage of interim activities. This seems to be on the upswing as well, although this is just an impression that is difficult to measure.

However, if something is really happening, then it is more likely to be thoroughly covered in the state's media. The General Assembly- committees do seem to be more involved lhtf£uataM controversial issues.

DEEDS RECORDED

Henry T. and Midlyn Parrott, real property, located in Rockcastle County to Peggy Sue Kid well. Tax $1.00

Henry T. and Madlyn

Parrott, real property located in Rockcastle County, to Carl and Betty Renner. Tax $2.00

John E. and Faye Holbrook. real property located in Rock-castle County to Lorath and Bessie Sutton. Tax <32.00

Buran and Ruth Byrd, real property located in Rockcastle County to Reo"VanWinkle. Tax $17.00

.Thomas G. and Edna F.

Boman, real property, located in Rockcastle County on the waters of Clear Creek to T.G. and Rachel Boman. Tax (affidavit).

Ernest and Loretta Mae Bryant, real property located in Rockcastle County to Kenneth and Et ta Mae Frith. Tax $28.00

Phillip and Pearlie Jones, real property located in M t Vernon, to Ed and Zula Mae

Taylor. Tax $1.60 Phillip and Pearlie Jones,

real property located in M t Vernon, to Ed and Zula Taylor.

Ambrose and Bitha Brock-man, real property located in Livingston to Hershal R. and Virginia Ann Nicley. Tax $8.50

Mary Kincer, real property located in Rockcastle County on the waters of Skeggs Creek, to

(Cont . t o 13)

AUCTION Mr. and Mrs. Ron Rogers'

50 ACRE FARM SAT., MAY 17th-10:30 A.M.

j .-* Located - 1 0 m&M South of Crab Orchard in the Bee Lick section of Lincoln County, 7/10 mile west of Kentucky 39- Watch for auction signs leading to the sale.

In order to devote full time to their new store which is now under construction Mr. and Mrs. Rogers have authorized our firm to offer this excellent farm at public auction. The farm will be offered in two tracts reserving the right to sell as a whole selling whichever way reflects the best returns for owners.

IVace *1- consists of approximately 34 acres of which approximately 31 acres is tillable cropland. Water is supplied by a dandy well and spring. Improvements consist of a combination stock and tobacco barn measuring 32 x 70 with a 12 ft. shed. This tract has 778 ft. road frontage.

Tract *2- contains approximately 16 acres level land with a new 32 x 40 hay barn with a 14 ft. shed. This tract has a good pond to provide stock water All 16 acres is cropland

Should the farm sell in two seperate tracts the Lincoln County ASCS office will divide the tobacco allotment based on tot?I cropland.

ell with good productive sou. V

TERMS • 20 percent down day o( sale, balance in 30 days upon delivery of deed.

For additional information contact the owners. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Rogers at their stor

FTI Ford Realtv & Auction Co. ~ V

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Jackson County Rural Electric Cooperative

McKee, Kentucky 40447

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THE MOUNT VERNON SIGNAL THURSDAY MAY 8.1975 PAGE TWO

Moml iki-iurtt Signal PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY

MAIN STREET IN MT. VERNON. KENTUCKY 40456 Entered at Mt. Vernon Post Office

as Second Class Matter

BY: GARY AUXIER

Frankfort Watchline Kentucky's legislative

system being what it is. the effectiveness of the interim legislative committee system is probably as difficult to measure as anything in state governm-

For Sir practical purposes, the legislature ceases to exist between the biennial sessions, at least in the view of some students of the Constitution.

Even if this vievf is accepted, however, there now seems to be little doubt thai the legislature is alive and function-ing and getting ready for the 1976 session.

The best sign of this functioning is the log of bills legislators or committees have requested be drafted by the Legislative Research Commiss-

If the log is an indicator, then the General Assembly, is alive and welL As of last week, bill draft requests are in excess of 140 and climbing, between four and five times as many, as had been requested as of this date two years ago.

While no bills can officially be pre-filed until November 15-one must wait until after the elections to see who, for sure, is coming beck-Phil Conn, director of the LRC, is encouraged and relieved by the activity thus tar.

The relief, for Conn, is likely the greater of the two motions involved.

In past years, the Legislative Research Commiss-ion got its first bill request, even for such major items as the education financing bills, after ihe General Assembly was in session.

The crunch was terrific, and Conn notes that with the pressure so heavy, not always were the bills what they should be.

Now, he notes, the research stafl has time to do the proper, thorough jpb of writing a bill in light of past and current legislation on the books, and get

Reprinted from the May, 1975 l a n e Of Kentucky Utilities News

The Tornado: Earth's Strongest Winds to rm

WATCH/WARNING Although the tornadoes that devas-

tated Kentucky last year occurred on April V studies of tornado incidence by month berween 19")^ and 1971 show that more strike in May and |unc than in any other months

Anyone who experienced the hor-rors of the 1974 tornadoes knows how quickly they can strike, and how little warning the individual has Tornadoes are spawned by severe thunderstorms, but are not always preceeded by ad-vance notification because forecasting has not developed to that point

There are two categories of tornado announcements:

The tornado WATCH The watch tells people they may go

abouv their business as usual, but to keep an eye on the slcy and in rouch with their radios or TVs The watch simplv says tornadoes may develop

The tornado WARNING "TV* warning tells of an actual sight-

ing. or a radar sighting, and urges those in the danger path to prepare to take immediate cover

If you are warned that a tornado is -ao Broaching;- - — -

e At home, open some windows rhen take shelter in the basement ot under heavy furniture in the center of the house Stay away from outside walls and windows. e Schools should have plans for moving students to shelter areas or to an interior hall on the lowest floor • In an office building, eo to an interior hallway on the lowest floor or to a designated shelter area. • In shopping cenrers, go to the designated shelter area Don't go to tKe parking lot or your car • Mobile homes are verv vulnerable to strong winds, and should be evac-uated when strong winds are forecast Plans are available for securing mobile homes with cables. If there is no desig-

naeed»jhelter, leave the mobile home park for protected ground. • ,ln open country, move away at a right angle to the tornado's path If there is no time, lie flat in the nearest depression Shield your head.

Tornadoes generally occur berween ^ and 7 p.m They usually move from southwest to northeast, and are from ^00 to 400 yards in width (but can be as much as a mile in widthl. They move across country at speeds of from 25 to 40 miles an hour The destruc-tive power of the tornado comes from the extremely strong rotary winds and the partial vacuum in the center of its vortex. It's the vacuum in the tor-nado's "eve" that causes normal air .pressure inside a closed building to blow walls and windows oat.

One of the most dramatic tornado photos ever taken shows a mature funnel entering Norman, Olda., on May 24, 1973. NOAA Phot .