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During the 1990s, a nine year old girl in Ruston Louisiana won a trophy, 5000 dollars, and a

trip to the United States Capital Bl;dg.

Thomas Shriver Junior an employee of the Roess Company in Fairbanks Alaska has a Ph.D. in

economics and will be here Mon, Tues., & Wed.

Prof. Rebecca Malone of Forty-two Fifth Avenue works in the History Department and shares

an office in Rm. 247 of the Humanities Bldg.

Afterwards, 7 persons, all United States citizens, testified that the US navy payed the

Westinghouse Corporation $14,200,000 dollars.

The Washington Post reported Tue. That the suspect is White, in her 30s, about 5 ft., 2

inches tall, and weighs about one hundred pds.

Only one media reported that the President of the National Rifle Assn. met with sixteen

members of the US Congress on August 23, 2008.

During the 1960s, a committee of the United States Congress estimated that the program

would cost $7 to $8.4 billion dollars.

The boy, age 7, had 42 cents and said his mother, the Mayor, will attend the P.T.A meeting

Nov. 28 if the temperature remains above 0.

It was an unusual phenomena. During the twentieth century, the odds were 9 to 1 that 80 %

of the Mayors would be reelected to a 2nd term.

Moving backwards, the 14 yr old babysitter in martin Tn. Said goodbye, then picked up the

bible and ran towards her home on Roe St.

Girl Scouts

the countys Girl Scout Council no loonger will acept any checks during its annual

cookie sale-a-thon.

During its last sale-a-thon, the council lost $4,284 due to worthlesschecks.

That may not sound like a lot, but its a serious loss for us, said Linda Goree, the Girl

Scoust county executive. It cuts into our profits, but al so wastes too many hours of our

timme.

Next year, Goree said, thecountys Girl Scouts will accept only cash

Two factors agravated the prov problem during the scouts last sale-a-thon, Goree

continued. first, more pepople paid by check. Second, a larger percentage of the checks teh

Girl Scouts received bounced.

Some people pay by check beause they dont have the cash, Goree said. Or, they

want to place a large order. We have people who place orders for $100 or more, and thosse

poeple are especially likely to pay by check. we also receive checks for a little as one or two

dollars.

Scout leaders call people who signed the checks that bounce and, in most cases,ask them to

mail neW checks to the cty. office. The scout leadesr are unable to reach everyone,

however. Smoe People have moved. Other s do not have telephonesor do not seem to

answer their tele phones.

usually its an honest mistake, ad andpeople are embarrassed when we call them,

Goree said. THey want to take care of the problem right away. Other people say they want

to pay but dont have the money, and we can usually work something out with

them. Unfortunately, there are other people who get mad at us, like its our fault or

something, and refuse to pay. Or, they write new checks that also bounce. It puts our

leadess in a terrible situaton. A Girl Scout leadershouldnt have to deal with problems like
that. Also, its not a good situation or example for our girls, and thats the reason for our ne

w policy, why well no longer accept any checks.

Mens Longevity Being a middle-aged man and single can be deadly, too sociologists at

your college warned today

The sociologists, Margo Matos and LeeAnne verkler, found that middle-aged men who

remain single double their chances of dying.

For 10 years, Matos and verkler tracked one thoussand men in the state. All of the

men were 40 old years at the start of the study, and half were married. Matos and Verkler

fuond that 11.7 percent of the men who remained unmarried died before their 50th birthday,

compared to only 5.9 percent of themen who remained married.

Some of the maried men were divorced or widowed during the study, and 7.1 percnt

of those who remainedd alone for at least half the period also died.

We arent sure of all the reasons, verkler said. Thats what well look at next. WE

think poor diet plays a role. Also the use of alcohol, smoking, a lack of exercise and low

incomes. Men who live by themselves seem to do more drinking and smoking, and many

dont PREprepare good meals for themselves. Plus theres the absence of social support. It

ehlps to have someone to talk with, someone who shpares your li fe and is there to provide

help when you need it.

Matos and Verkler found that men also live longer if they have a roommate. It doesnt

matter who the persn is, a parent, child orfreind, Verkler said. Weve found, however,that

none of the alternatives are as conducive to a long life as a stable marriage. those are the

man who live the longest, the men who are happily marrried.
Outstanding Teacher

Wilma DeCastro is an English teacher at Kennedy High Schol and, six months ago, was

named the citys Teacher ofthe Year. Today she resigned.

All my life I wanted to be a teachher, DeCastro said. Ive really enjoyed it, but I have

two little girls and Cant afford it any longer. I want a good live for may family, and now

wecant afford to buy a decent house in a good neighborhood, a newcar, nice clothes, or so

many of the other things we want. wee skimp on everything, even food.

There years ago, DeCastro began to sell real estate during her sumer vacations. For th

e last year, she has continued to sell real estate part-time, primarily weakends

I cant do it any longer, she said. I cant wrok two jobs, do a good job at both of the jobbs,

and a.lso have time for my daughters, so Ive decided to go into real estate full time. I can

triple salary my salary. INN a few years, if I work hard, I should be able to do even better

than that. eventually, Id like togo into businss for myself.

Greg Hubbard, superintendent of the citys school system, said: Of coures were sorry

to see her leave. Wed like to keep her, to be able to pay all our teachers mr more, espec

ially our best teachers. But theres no moneey for higher salaries. NO one wants to pay

higher taxes.

DeCastro is 28 and started teaching at the high schoo0l six years ago. she aws

named Teacher OF The Year because of her popularity, but also because she inspired

several studentsto start a literary maga zine that has won adozenprizes
Heroic Girl

while walking to school this moningmorning, an 11-year-old girl noticed a gunman

robbuing two clerkS in a convenence store on Colonial Drive

The girl, Kathryn Kunze of94 Jamestown Drive, raran to a nearby telepone, dialed 911,

then returned to the store and noticed an empty car par ked naearby withits motor

running. she reachedd inside, shut off the cars motor and took the keys.

Imagine what the rober thought when he ran out of the storee, jumped into HIS car

and realized the keys weregone, said Sgt. Tammy Dow. she was one smart girl, and Brave,

too.

The Gunman went bavck into the stoer and asked the clerks there for the keys to there

cars. Bothclerks, however, said that they had walked to work and did not own a car.

The gunman then walked to a near,by park, and the police Aarrested him there five

minutse later.

William j. Chuey, 27, of 57l0 michigan Ave was charrged with armed robbery.

Polic e officers later questioned the girl at school. I saw this man with a gun, just like

on telivision she said. Then I saw thecar. It was running, and I just figured it was the

robbers, so I took his keys and ran here.

Kathryns mother, said she was pproudand frightenedby her daughters actions.

IMm proud she thought so quickly, Mrs. Lauren Kunze said. But I dont wnat her to trfy

anything like that ever again.

Roadbed Trails

RAilroads have abandoned hundreds of m iles of old roadbeds in the state, and the

governortoday revealed plans to convert the roadbeds into trawils for bicyclists hikers,

horseback riders and runners.

The govenor said her budget for nxextt year will include an extra $10 million for the

Departmentof natural Resources, which will use the money to ac quire and maintainn the

trials The initial outlay is modest, the gov. said. But we hope the program will

expand so, in five or 10 years,well have hundreds of miles of these trials. Eventually, the

people using themshould be able to hike or ride from one end of the state to another.

A representative for the states railrods said that most will probably agree to sell their

abandoned roadbeds tothe state, provided they receive a fair pricee,

We arent us ing the roadbeds for anything, he said, and there arent many other

buyers. they were our leasst profitable routes, and thats why we abandoned them.

During a press Conference this mohningthis morning, the governor added: We need

more land for recreation, and this is the prefect solution. wee think we can acquire the

roadbeds for a reasonable price, annd well start with some of the mmost scenic. Wellalso

concentrate, at least initialy, on roadbeds near the states population centers, os theyre

conveni ent for a majority of the people using them.

THE governor said the

biggest expense, after acquiri;ng the roadbeds, will be improving their bridges.. Well need

better flooring and railings to protect the public, and that will cost some money, she

said. The railoads havve already tor n up the tracks,o selling them for scrap.
Repossessing Cars

Police Chief Tony sullivan Wants to ebgin seizing t he cars driven by drunken drivers.

While testifyingbefore a legislative commmittee in the state capital this morning,

Sullivan said police oficers in the state need the authority to to seize the vehicles used by

motorists convicted three or more times of drunken driving. Sullivans pproposal would al so

apply to motorists convicted of driving with a license suspended or revoked because of

drunken drvingand to motorists convicted of driving undre the Influence of drugs.

Were runninng across too many repeat offjenders, sullivan said. They ignore the

laws now in eff ect, and its time to do something about it. It doesnt do any good to just

take away their lcenses. Theyll drivewithout one.

Sullivan said some motorists in the statehave been convicted of drunken driving more than a

dozentimes . Weve gott peopel whove served a year in jail, some whove served five years,

Sullivan said. It doesnt seemtodo any good. weather they have a liense or not, they start

to drink and drive again as soon as they get out. If wetake away their cars, theyll

havetostop. U nless theyre ultra-rich, theres a limit to howmany cars they can afford to

buy.
Tobacco Ban

Beginning next fall, students in the citys public shcools will have to leave their

cigarettes and other tobaco products at home.

The School Board last night voted 6 to 1 to BAN the possession and use of all obacco

tobacco products on school grounds.

The boards policy will apply to evferyone, said gary Hubbard, superintendent

of schools. its not just for ourstudents. The policy will also apply to our teachers, other

school personnel and, in addition, to any visitors using our facilities.

Students found smoking on school property will be reprimanded for a firs t ofense,

detained for a secnod and ex;pelled for three days for a third. School personnel will be

reprimanded by their principal. Other people wlil be asked to stop using the tobacco

products or to leave the school grounds.

Previously, hubbard said, we allowed stud ents to smokee inn some designated

areas both inside and outside our bldgs.: in our football stadium s, for example. Its

badfortheir health, and we decided last night that we werent being consistent. It doesnt

make any sense for us to tell students, in their classes, about the dangers of smoking,

andthan to allow them to smokeunder our supervision. Besides, We were geting a lot of

complaints from nonsmokesr.