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WHAT NOW SUNDAY PRINT EXCLUSIVE

FOR EGYPT? A protective suit is as much a tool of the
trade as a reciprocating saw for this cleanup
worker at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion
Plant property.

PADUCAH
CLEANUP
Emilio Morenatti/Associated Press
A woman reads a newspaper Saturday in Cairo’s
Tahrir Square, a focal point of the successful
upheaval. She and others search for answers about
WORK IN
JEOPARDY
Egypt’s future. Some have been addressed by the
military, but many others remain. A12

S. Ind. deaths Budget problems could slow

progress at nuclear fuel plant
turn spotlight U.S. Department of Energy photo

on Topix.com
By James Bruggers 5.5-square-mile Paducah Gaseous Diffu- out, and the U.S. Department of Energy
jbruggers@courier-journal.com sion Plant property. is warning that future budget cuts could
The Courier-Journal “We all have health problems,” said slow the project dramatically.
Ronald Lamb, who lives two miles from A 2019 deadline set eight years ago
PADUCAH, Ky. — The “moon suits” the plant, which has been on the U.S. En- for the first phase of the massive reme-
Social network for small and radioactivity monitors that workers
wear while decontaminating long-idle
vironmental Protection Agency’s Su-
perfund list of most toxic places since
diation will need to be pushed back to at
least 2032, the federal agency says —
buildings speak to the dangers that re- 1994. “That’s just part of living next to a and as many as 350 cleanup workers are
towns can be a harsh world main at the nuclear fuel factory outside
Paducah.
place like this.”
Yet, while a cleanup that began in
in jeopardy of layoffs this year.
That’s a huge disappointment to resi-
By Grace Schneider And the worries about radiation, tox- 1988 has made progress, buoyed by dents and state regulators, who say that
gschneider@courier-journal.com ic gases in old pipes and asbestos in $79 million in 2009 economic stimulus
The Courier-Journal building materials extend beyond the funds, that temporary money is running See PUDUCAH, A8, col. 1

Before killing her three children and then fatal-

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now they have ramped up criticism of Topix, a so-
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that is wildly popular in many small towns, partic-
ularly in Kentucky.
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workers are heating the ground in the area of highest
Sources: US Department of Energy, Kentucky Division of Waste Manage- concentration. As the pollutant vaporizes, it is drawn off
ment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and collected in tanks. TCE can cause nervous system and
liver damage, among other medical problems.

JOBS FOR THE FUTURE PART 6 OF 12

Illegal workers part of Ky. dilemma

Editor’s note: Today The
Courier-Journal features the
sixth of 12 Sunday stories
that focus on Louisville-area
employment.
We’ll provide information on
the local job market and tips
to help workers find their
way. Also, the newspaper’s
employment classifieds move
to the main news section on
Sundays and offer advice
from experts at CareerBuilder.
NEWSPAPER
Move to toughen immigration law targets key part of work force
By Jere Downs
jdowns@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
For more than a decade, Jose
Martin Cruz Del Porte says, he
earned $10 an hour pouring con-
crete for homebuilders in and
around Louisville.
But after an arrest in LaGrange
charges that were later dropped,
Del Porte, 40, was found to be in
the country illegally.
By June, he says, he had agreed
to move back to his native Chiapas,
Mexico.
Del Porte leaves behind an esti-
mated 50,000 workers in Kentucky
who are here illegally, often earn-
ing less than $10 an hour, clearing
horses and other jobs that em-
ployers say are hard to fill even in a
weak economy.
And even in the midst of an
economic downturn, employers
say they have little choice but to
bring on immigrant workers when By Michael Hayman, The Courier-Journal
filling positions. Yusleidy Perez-Gonzalez says Senate Bill 6
“All of us are in a position of has made her fearful, despite her legal status.

on misdemeanor harassment restaurant tables, tending to race- See NEED, A17, col. 1
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