TUESDAY LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER APRIL 8, 2003 CITY REGION WWW.KENTUCKY.COM OBITUARIES Compiled by Jocasta Wyatt Kentucky BARBOURVILLE Fannie Miller Brock Buchanan, 74, Warren Camp, homemaker, widow of John Bill Buchanan, died Saturday. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday, Hopper Funeral Home. Visitation p.m. today.
BEATTYVILLE Walter Allen, 70, 2183 Highway 399, oil field worker, husband of Gladys Allen, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Newnam Funeral Home. Visitation 6-9 p.m. Tuesday.
CLAY CITY Mary Moore Barbee, 86, 3840 Camelot Drive, Lexington, homemaker, mother of Sybil Mohr, died yesterday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Hearne Funeral Home. Visitation 5 p.m. today.
COVINGTON Robert L. Allman, 82, St. Claire Street, retired owner of Bob's TV Shop, husband of Carnelta Webster Allman, died Sunday. Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Madeira Church of Christ, Madeira, Ohio.
Visitation 5-9 p.m. Tuesday, church. Memorial gifts: Madeira Church of Christ. DRY RIDGE Donna Helen Kinman, 61, Stevens Creek Road, homemaker, widow of Floyd Sam Kinman, died Friday. Services 11 a.m.
Wednesday, Mount Pisgah Methodist Church. Visitation 5-9 p.m. today, Eckler-Hudson Funeral Home. FALMOUTH Virgilene Stanfield Spegal, 86, Barkley Street, retired sales clerk, mother of Brenda Miles, died yesterday. Services 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation 4- 8 p.m. today. Memorial gifts: Pendleton County Senior Citizens Club or Pendleton County Cancer Fund. FALMOUTH Paul "Rusty" Wilson, 78, Maple Avenue, retired bricklayer, died Sunday.
Services 2 p.m. Thursday, Peoples Funeral Home. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Wednesday. FLATWOODS Warren L.
Hensley, 81, retired machinist, father of Rick Hensley of Ohio, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Thursday, Miller Funeral Home. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday.
Memorial gifts: American Heart Association. FLEMINGSBURG Eva Jean Akers Hall, 82, Indian Creek Road, Hillsboro, retired employee of U.S. Shoe widow of Mack E. Hall, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m.
Wednesday, Boone-Nickell Funeral Home. Visitation 5 p.m. today. FRANKFORT Roger Dale Conquest, 50, 362 Wallace Avenue, retired technician and former employee of Franklin County Road Department, husband of Bonnie Armstrong Conquest, died Sunday. Services 1 p.m.
Wednesday Harrod Brothers Memorial Chapel. Visitation 3-8 p.m. today. FRANKLIN David P. Martin, 78, 501 Sunset Circle, attorney, husband of Jane Martin, died Saturday.
Services 10 a.m. today, Booker-Gilbert Funeral Home. Memorial gifts: Goodnight Library. GEORGETOWN Dorothy Mae Jones, 77, North Mulberry Street, homemaker, wife of Raymond W. Jones, died yesterday.
Services 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Crestlawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation 6-8 p.m. today, Johnson's Funeral Home. HARLAN Donald Holden, 57, Ages, construction worker and mason, brother of Joseph Holden, died Saturday.
Graveside service 10 a.m. today, Evarts Memorial Gardens. HARRODSBURG Henry Lamb, 84, Cottonwood Street, retired construction worker and farmer, widower of Henrietta Dailey Lamb, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Ransdell Funeral Chapel.
Wilma Wagner Forbes, 69, retired bookkeeper for Raco Oil Augusta, wife of George Forbes, died Sunday. Services 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Kerr Brothers Funeral Home, Harrodsburg Road. Visitation 5-8 p.m. today.
Memorial gifts: Paralyzed Veterans of America, 801 18th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006-3517. Mabel Frances Lacy, 63, homemaker, wife of John Lacy, died Sunday. Services noon Thursday, Kerr Brothers Funeral Home-Main Street. Visitation 6-8 p.m.
Wednesday. Visitation 5 p.m. today. HAZARD Athlene Cornett Pratt, 76, Cornettsville, homemaker, wife of Arthur Pratt, died Saturday. Services 1 p.m.
today, Engle-Walker Perry County Chapel. INEZ Dicie Horn, 70, mother of Maggie Blackburn, died Sunday. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday, Freedom Free Will Baptist Church. Visitation 8 a.m.
Wednesday. IRVINE Layhoma Dean Henry Rader, 64, High Street, homemaker, died Sunday. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday Wagersville Pentecostal Church. Visitation 6 p.m.
today, Lewis Funeral Home. LONDON Jim Edgar Davis, 44, formerly of Laurel County, construction worker, husband of Sally Mitchell Davis, died Friday. Services 10 a.m. today, House-Rawlings Funeral Home. Visitation 8 a.m.
today. MARTIN Louie J. Hamilton, 27, Teaberry, coal miner, son of Emmitt Hamilton and the late Maxine Reynolds Hamilton, died Saturday. Services 12 p.m. Wednesday, Samaria Old Regular Baptist Church, Teaberry.
DOCTOR State police, FBI raided office drugs. People flocked to the office among them drug addicts and dealers lining the sidewalk outside at times, according to trial testimony. There were 10,000 patient files on hand when the state police and FBI raided the office Aug. 2, 2001, and shut it down. Cohn, 70, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty in February and is awaiting sentencing.
In closing arguments yesterday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Roger West told jurors that Cohn and Drabovskiy operated a shoddy practice aimed at making money by churning out prescriptions with little or no examination of the patients. Tim Johnson, the FBI agent who investigated the case, testified that the two doctors saw a total of more than 200 patients one day in February 2001. But Drabovskiy also worked alone some days when Cohn was gone, and saw nearly 120 patients by himself on one occasion, according to Johnson's review. Johnson said that in many cases, there was no blood pressure or other vital signs recorded in patient files.
The diagnosis listed in hundreds of files was basically the same, and the treatment plan was similar despite the complaint, Johnson testified. Many patients got a standard "Cohn co*cktail" of Lorcet, Soma and either Xanax or Valium a painkiller, a muscle relaxer and an antidepressant according to testimony. The high volume meant the doctors spent little time with some patients often three minutes or less. In one case, an undercover informant who saw Drabovskiy emerged with a prescription in 70 seconds, West said. To save time, Cohn and Drabovskiy used prescriptions that office employees had writ- FORUM Nunn defends lawsuit challenging Fletcher's candidacy From Page B1 teed he will abide by the Court nerable to legal challenges from the Democratic nominee in the fall.
Heleringer's suit, now headed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals, seeks to force Fletcher out of the race as well, claiming his slate was illegal from the start. "I did not create this problem, but on behalf of the state Republican Party, we have to address this problem," Nunn said. Nunn called on Fletcher to sign an agreement that guaran- Lexington Memorial gifts: Hospice of the Bluegrass. Elaine B. Raider, 65, homemaker, wife of Jerry W.
Raider, died yesterday. Services pending, W.R. Milward MortuaryBroadway. Memorial gifts: God's Pantry or charity of one's choice. Fred D.
Young, 95, formerly of Stamping Ground, World War II veteran, father of Fay Young, died Saturday. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church, Stamping Ground. Visitation noon Wednesday, church. Visitation 9 a.m.
today. MARTIN Gene D. Hayden, 72, Prestonsburg, retired diesel mechanic, widower of Garnett Collins Hayden, died Saturday. Services noon today, Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home. Visitation 9 a.m.
today. MARTIN Paul Hicks, 33, Garrett, tool dresser, husband of Sarah Crider Hicks, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home. Visitation 9 a.m.
today. MARTIN George Hunt, 87, Stanville, coal miner, widower of Eva Newsome Hunt, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Thursday, Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home. Visitation! p.m.
today. MARTIN Brian Colin Sellards, 37, Banner, mechanic, husband of Dedre Conn Sellards, died Saturday. Services 1 p.m. Thursday, Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home. Visitation 9 a.m.
today. MILLERSBURG Harry James Parker, 78, Cincinnati, formerly of Millersburg, Gen- eral Electric employee, brother of Mary Pete Reeves of Carlisle, died Friday. Services 1 p.m. Thursday, Woods Chapel attorney. Drabovskiy said it wasn't the prosecutor's job to judge how long a doctor should see a patient, and said he prescribed drugs because he thought patients needed them.
It is legitimate to use drugs to treat pain; some doctors advocate using even more than he and Cohn prescribed, he said. Drabovskiy said others in the office handled billing for Medicaid, and that he could not refuse to see those patients. And he said he did not agree with Cohn to break the law, describing himself only as an employee. Cohn told him the mix of prescriptions to write, Drabovskiy said. "A boss is a boss, and so that was his instructions," Drabovskiy said.
"I do not understand why the guilt of one person is being transferred onto me." West, however, said Drabovskiy was blaming others for his own improper acts. After the verdict, West asked Caldwell to revoke the doctor's bond and order him held until sentencing. Caldwell, however, allowed Drabovskiy to remain free, noting there is little risk he would flee because he has turned in his green card and passport. an examination of the cigarette tax. Fletcher said that, if elected governor, he would oppose any higher taxes.
Jackson did not respond. Summing up, Fletcher said he would build a "businessfriendly state" by curbing taxes and regulations; Jackson touted her experience as chief executive in Jefferson County, making government more efficient; and Nunn said Kentucky could divert state money from prisons to schools and Medicaid by stressing "rehabilitation instead of incarceration" for drug offenders. Moore said he is the only candidate prepared to make tough decisions. "The next governor must be able to stand up and say, 'No and no and no and no and yes and yes and no and yes," Moore said. CME Church.
Visitation 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, ThompsonHall-Jordan Funeral Home, Cincinnati, and noon Thursday, church. MONTICELLO Clora Baker, 92, Oberlin, Ohio, formerly of Monticello, homemaker, widow of Piercy Baker, died Saturday. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday, Marvin S.
Hicks Funeral Home. Visitation 3 p.m. today. MOREHEAD Betty Sue Lykens Goodan, 57, Hogtown Hill, former employee of WalMart, Case and Carter Manufacturing wife of Herbert Goodan, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m.
Wednesday, Northcutt and Son Home for Funerals. Visitation 8 a.m. today. MORELAND Leona Nutgrass Smith, 80, Hustonville, homemaker, widow of J.T. Smith, died Sunday.
Services 2 p.m. Wednesday, W.L. Pruitt Funeral Home. Visitation 5-9 p.m. today.
Memorial gifts: The Maxey's Valley First Church of God Building Fund or Casey County Gideons. OWENTON Leeander Hollon, 64, machine operator, husband of Rose Taulbee HolIon, died Sunday. Graveside services 2 p.m. Thursday, Bear Pin Cemetery, Campton. Visitation 5-8 p.m.
Wednesday, Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home. OWINGSVILLE Sythia Reed Garland, 79, Mountain View Estates, homemaker, widow of Bill Garland, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Richardson Funeral Home. Visitation 5 p.m.
today. PARIS John Vincent, 74, Huston Creek, retired Veterans Administration Hospital employee and former security guard at Lexington Mall, World War Navy veteran, husband of Mayme Bohanan Vincent, died Sunday. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday, Hinton-Turner Funeral Home. Visitation 5- 8 p.m.
today. Memorial gifts: Hospice Care Center, Lexington. RUSSELL SPRINGS Jimmy Blair, 70, Lakeway Drive, retired factory worker, husband of Diana Blair, died Sunday. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday, Bernard Funeral Home.
Visitation 5 p.m. today. SCIENCE HILL Everett Willard Hannen, 79, Stanford Street, paint cooker for Obrien widower of Doris Mae Self Hannen, died Friday. Services 11 a.m. today, Morris and Hislope Funeral Home.
Visitation 10 a.m. today. STEARNS Danny David Watters, 41, laborer for Forest Service, father of Tabatha Thomas, died Sunday. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday, McCreary County Funeral Home.
Visitation 6 p.m. today. TOMPKINSVILLE Ida L. Emberton, 87, Fountain Run Road, Gamaliel, homemaker, widow of Oscar L. Emberton, died yesterday.
Services 1 p.m. Wednesday, Strode Funeral Home. Visitation 11 a.m. today. TOMPKINSVILLE Bessie Emberton Poliquin, 85, Indianola Township, formerly of Monroe County, homemaker, widow of Joseph L.
Poliquin, died Friday. Services 1 p.m. today, Strode Funeral Home. Visitation 8 a.m. today.
WILLIAMSBURG Timmy Michael Croley, 41, Old Corbin Pike, Carpenter, husband of Jerry Lynn Croley, died Sunday of a heart attack. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday, Croley Funeral Home. Visitation 5 p.m. today.
WILLIAMSTOWN Beulah Maryreen Fite Bell, 82, South Main Street, homemaker, widow of John Perry Bell, died yesterday. Services 11 a.m. Thursday, Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation 5-9 p.m. Wednesday.
Memorial gifts: American Heart Association. UNITE Approach to fight drug abuse in three ways From Page B1 ten out before the patients a arrived for office visits, so that all the doctors had to do was sign the slip. "They didn't even come close to meeting minimal standards of care," West said. "It wasn't legitimate medical practice." Altogether, the two doctors wrote prescriptions for 6.9 million pills in one year. The practice grossed $1.8 million, West said.
The clinic billed Medicaid for more than 300 patients Drabovskiy saw, even though he did not have the necessary clearance to charge for seeing Medicaid patients, Johnson said. Drabovskiy, however, adamantly denied doing anything wrong. Drabovskiy, a Russian in his early 50s who said he came to the United States for work, represented himself with the help of interpreters and Steve Milner of Lexington, his advisory rape, incest or the health of the mother. On expanded gambling the General Assembly has rejected calls for slot machines at Kentucky racetracks Jackson and Fletcher said they currently do not support expanded gambling. Nunn said he favors putting the question to voters through a referendum.
Moore did not respond. Moore criticized plans to raise the state's cigarette tax, the nation's second lowest at 3 cents a pack. Moore argued Kentucky's economy benefits from smokers in nearby states who cross the border for cheaper smokes. "For each Tobacco Shack, there's three to six people working there," Moore said. Nunn said Kentucky must revamp its tax structure and, as part of that, he would consider From Page B1 my public life," Rogers told the group.
"These drugs have torn families apart, ruined lives and stretched the resources of law enforcement and social-services agencies to the absolute limit. "That's not acceptable," he said. "That's going to change, starting today." Rogers secured funds in Congress for the three-year program, which was labeled Operation UNITE, an acronym for Unlawful Narcotics Investigation Treatment and Education. It will finance the creation of a three-pronged attack on the problem, he said. Law enforcement: Three task forces will be created in roughly three area development districts Cumberland Valley, Kentucky River and Big Sandy to focus on drug interdiction, confiscation and undercover operations, Rogers said.
Each task force will have its own director and board, he said. Initially, one federally trained undercover agent will be assigned to each county to work with local law enforcement officials to target corrupt health care professionals, Medicare and Medicaid fraud and street-level dealers "and up the hills and hollows in our region," he said. "We will not be nice," Rogers said. "We're going to ask them to bear down. Most will be undercover and be able to operate across county lines.
And as UNITE grows, we hope to be able to increase the number of agents." At the same time, U.S. Attorney Greg Van Tatenhove has committed six roving special prosecutors to work with local commonwealth's attorneys on the project, Rogers said. Treatment: UNITE will help coordinate efforts by private and state drug treatment services, Rogers said, and work with state officials to establish additional drug courts in the region. Research indicates that while drug courts motivate defendants "to get off drugs," only 11 of the 29 counties now have them, Rogers said. He and Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice Joseph Lambert will meet April 22 with all circuit judges with a goal of establishing a drug court in at least each judicial district, he said.
Community coalitions and education: The program will help coordinate various local anti-drug and court-watch groups in the same way Rogers' PRIDE program has attacked the region's litter and untreated sewage problems, he said. Karen Engle, director of the PRIDE program, will be executive director of UNITE. of Appeals' decision on his candidacy. Fletcher declined, and he accused Nunn of trying to defeat him in court instead of at the polls. "We all agreed to run a civil campaign.
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