EXHIBIT 10.2

PROMISSORY NOTE

$800,000.00                                       October 8, 1996
                                                  Louisville, Kentucky


For value received, STRATEGIA CORPORATION, a Kentucky corporation (the 
"Maker"), hereby promises to pay to the order of EPI CORPORATION, a Kentucky
corporation (the "Lender"), the principal sum of Eight Hundred Thousand 
Dollars ($800,000.00), together with interest on the principal balance of 
this Note from time to time outstanding at an annual rate equal to the "Prime
Rate," as from time to time in effect, plus one and one-half percent (1 1/2%).
Interest on this Note shall accrue from the date of this Note until the
entire principal balance of and all accrued interest on this Note have been 
paid in full.

The term of this Note shall be ninety (90) days including the date of this 
Note.  On January 5, 1997, the Maker shall pay to the holder of this Note 
the entire outstanding principal balance of, and all accrued but unpaid 
interest due under, this Note.

This Note is a renewal promissory note to supersede promissory notes dated 
July 13, 1992 (the "Original Note") for $300,000 and an additional $500,000 
loan on January 17, 1995 (the "Subsequent Note") extended by Lender to Maker. 
The Original Note and the Subsequent Note were issued in connection with a 
Security Agreement (the "Security Agreement") and a Second Mortgage (the
"Mortgage"), respectively, between the Maker and the Lender and dated as of 
the date of the Original Note and amended as of January 17, 1995.  This Note 
is secured as provided in the Security Agreement and in the Mortgage, and
references therein to the "Note" shall hereafter relate to this Note.  Upon
delivery of this Note, the Subsequent Notes shall terminate and be of no 
further force or effect.

All payments of principal and interest on this Note shall be paid to the 
holder at EPI Corporation, 9707 Shelbyville Road, Louisville, Kentucky 40223,
or to such other person or entity or at such other place as may be designated
in writing by the holder of this Note.

As used in this Note, "Prime Rate" shall mean the annual interest rate most
recently published in The Wall Street Journal, Midwest Edition, from time to 
time, which is designated as the Prime Rate.  The interest rate of this Note 
shall be adjusted, from time to time, on the same day on which the Prime Rate
is published in The Wall Street Journal, Midwest Edition.  As of the date of 
this Note, the Prime Rate is 8.25%, and the annual interest rate for this 
Note is 9.75%.  All interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of 
the actual number of days elapsed over an assumed year of three hundred sixty
(360) days.  Interest shall accrue and shall have accrued from the date of 
this Note even if it is signed at a later date.

The Maker may prepay, in whole or in part, the principal of this Note without
premium or penalty.  All prepayments shall, at the holder's option, first be
applied to applicable costs and penalties, next to accrued interest, and 
finally to the principal balance.

Failure of the holder of this Note to exercise any of its rights and remedies
shall not constitute a waiver of any provision of this Note or of the 
Security Agreement or the Mortgage, or of any of such holder's rights and
remedies, nor shall it prevent the holder from exercising any rights or 
remedies with respect to the subsequent happening of the same or similar
occurrences.  All remedies of the holder hereof shall be cumulative to the
greatest extent permitted by law.  Time shall be of the essence for payment of 
all payments of interest and principal of this Note.

The occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Security Agreement 
or in the Mortgage) shall be a default under this Note.  Upon any default 
under this Note, the holder of this Note may declare the entire outstanding
principal balance of, and all accrued but unpaid interest on, this Note to be
immediately due and payable.

If there is any default under this Note, and this Note is placed in the hands of
an attorney for collection, or is collected through any court, including, 
without limitation, any bankruptcy court, the Maker promises to pay to the 
order of the holder hereof such holder's reasonable attorney's fees and court
costs incurred in collecting or attempting to collect or securing or 
attempting to secure this Note or enforcing the holder's rights with respect 
to any collateral securing this Note, to the extent allowed by the laws of 
the Commonwealth of Kentucky or any state in which any collateral for this 
Note is situated.

This Note has been delivered in, and shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with, the laws (including, without limitation, the conflicts of 
law rules) of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in the Security Agreement 
or in the Mortgage, all parties to this instrument, whether makers, sureties,
guarantors, endorsers, accommodation parties or otherwise, shall be jointly 
and severally bound, and jointly and severally waive presentment, demand, 
notice of dishonor, protest, notice of protest, notice of nonpayment or
nonacceptance and any other notice and all due diligence or promptness that 
may otherwise be required by law, and all exemptions to which they may now 
or hereafter be entitled under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky or 
of the United States of America or any state thereof.  The holder of this
instrument may, with or without notice to any party, and without affecting 
the obligations of any maker, surety, guarantor, endorser, accommodation 
party or any other party to this Note (1) extend the time for payment of 
either principal or interest from time to time, (2) release or discharge any 
one or more parties liable on this Note, (3) suspend the right to enforce 
this Note with respect to any persons, (4) change, exchange or release any
property in which the holder has any interest securing this Note, 
(5) justifiably or otherwise, impair any collateral securing this Note or 
suspend the right to enforce against any such collateral, and (6) at any time 
it deems it necessary or proper, call for and should it be made available, 
accept, as additional security, the signature or signatures of additional 
parties or a security interest in property of any kind or description or both.

STRATEGIA CORPORATION


By: /s/ Richard W. Smith

Title:  President