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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. H E In this week's issue... WEDNESDAY Opinion Page 2 July 23,1997 Mike Wendling tells us what it's like behind the scenes at our nation's capital. World Page 4 Volume 83, Issue 158 Federal DEA agents are catching a new breed or heroin smugglers. Bowling Green, Ohio Entertainment Page 5 "An Independent NEWS Brandon Wray interviews the LA. band Plastiscene on their '60s influence. Student Voice" 4^ "Serving the Bowling Green community for over 75years" NEWS BRIEFS Conway donates Wood County Fair starts Tuesday the TV memorabilia The Associated Press He later headed to Hollywood, 29th where he made several appear- The Wood County Fair Comedian Tim Conway's work ances on the Steve Allen show in starts this Tuesday and will has found a home. the early 1960s. He then landed a continue through August Conway, who graduated from role in the television series 4th. The fairgrounds are Bowling Green State University "McHale's Navy" and starred in located at 13800 W. Poo Rd. in 1956, has donated his personal several Disney films. in Bowling Green. There papers and memorabilia to the A guest appearance on "The will be many activities for school's popular culture depart- Carol Burnett Show" in 1974 led the entire family including ment. to his joining the cast as a regu- Bates Amusement ride;;, art "We have seven boxes of mate- lar the following season. He was on the show from 1974 to 1978 & crafts, livestock rials including television and competition and an array of movie scripts, press books and and won five Emmy awards. foods along the midway. other print materials. The boxes In the late '80s and '90s. Con- Admission is free for also contain more than 100 video- way produced a commercially- children under 10 years of tapes," said Linda Dobb, the Uni- successful series of videos using age, $4 for everyone else. versity's dean of libraries and a character named Dorf, a dwar- For more information cull learning resources. fish man who parodied various the fairgrounds at The tapes include movies and sports like fishing and golf. 419/352-0441. television shows. Alison Scott, head librarian of the popular culture library, said BG Nm phata by Jeremy Mania University to host "Since the boxes arrived, the collection shows the capabili- Emily Weaver, Dave Baldonado Jr., and Jeff Skelding instruct children at the Children! Resource every day around here (the li- ty of the library. Center on Klotz 'Style' conference brary) has been like Christmas," "We are becoming known as Artists, performers, and Dobb said. "Every day, we find the best place to work with and scholars will discuss the some wonderful new piece of house items of popular culture," AmeriCorps gives students social, political, cultural, video that just makes you marvel she said. "It helps others to con- and economic significance at the man's talent." sider us a place to send docu- of style as a cultural "As for his career, we have a ments and other items." experience, opportunites phenomenon during an good perspective of his career "It gives us documentation of international conference spanning from 1970 to 1982," she the career of a great comedian By ROCHELLE M.CONVERSE when he graduated with a it provides health Insurance this weekend at the added. "He's given us outtakes who was also one of the more The BG News bachelor's degree from the and a modest living allowance. University. and re-takes. Overall it was a famous BGSU alums," she added. University in Spanish educa- Although the college money Among the 100 topics tliat good selection." Scott also sees the donation as When David Baldonado be- tion. After graduation he was was attractive to Baldonado, will be covered are At Bowling Green, Conway a possible sign of things to come. came an AmeriCorps member unable to find a job. That's having an Income was just as "Politics of the AIDS hosted a moring radio show with "This documents some of the two years ago, he had no idea when he heard about Ameri- important. Quilt", "Brazil as Style," classmate Dick Moss called greatest physical comedy of the that it would not only change Corps. "When I heard about it, I and "Miss America Hair." "Sunny Side Up." Here, he late 20th century, and since the course of his life, but The national service pro- thought at least I'd have a job There will also be worked on his comedy routine. humor is so rooted in our culture, change the lives of some trou- gram AmeriCorps provides and I wouldn't be unemployed performances and displays, After graduating from Bowling it Is an accurate reflection of bled children. nearly $5,000 to pay for college for six months," he said. including an "Adios Green in 1956 with a degree in what America is." In college, Baldonado had in exchange for a year of Barbie" fashion show. speech communication, Conway BG News John Stebbins also aspirations to teach Spanish community service. In addition • See AMERICORPS, page three. Valerie Steel of the hosted a radio show in Cleveland. contributed to this story. Fashion Institure in New York City and performance artist Nick Cave of the Art Last-minute volunteerism Institute of Chicago will be keynote speakers Friday at 8:00 p.m. in the Commons. Anyone seeking tickets or gives OhiOntario games boost more information should "It was very good," dimming come up and see us next year." contact the Women's By CYNTHIA LEE SHECKLER The BG News said. "Hope to see you next year Wes Hoffman, mayor of Bowl- Studies Department at ing Green said, "Considering all 372-7133. in St. Thomas." At the last minute the Bowling St. Thomas Mayor Steve Peters the factors that have been in- 'Pot' gardener Green community pulled said, "It was wonderful how the volved with this year's event, I together to make this year's citizens of Bowling Green made am pleasantly pleased with this needed in California OhiOntario games a success. us feel right at home. Hope you year's turn out." SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Just a couple weeks ago it ap- Wanted: Gardener. Must be peared the games would not be good with indoor plants. held due to lack of participation Only experienced pot and guest housing in Bowling growers need apply. Green. A clean record also is a "This is a wait-to-the-last- must for the Santa Clara minute kind of town," said Elaine County Medical Cannabis Spence, a third-year participant Club, which is trying to and volunteer and first-year meet a city mandate merchandise coordinator. requiring the club to grow According to Spence, there was its own marijuana on site by an abundance of volunteers and Friday. guest housing for the sister-city The club has 140 patients residents of St. Thomas. She with prescriptions for the commended the city for pulling otherwise illegal drug. Its together and making this a me- marijuana now comes from morable experience. the San Francisco Some of the St. Thomas partic- Cultivator's Club. ipants received a surprise when they went bowling at Al Mat Colorado town has Lanes. Owner Bill Wartime? dog as mayor turned the main lights off and then lit up the pins with purple GUFFEY, Colo. (AP) The haze and strobe lights. They said mayor offers everything this was the first time they had this historic mining town ever experienced "Kosmic Bowl- wants in a leader She ing." BG New. phata by Cyalhla Lac Skcckltr listens, doesn't talk back, Jeff Falon, chairman, and Dave Tom Kuebler of Life Formations and o.ie the creations, the Giant and she demurs to her LeMond, games coordinator, or- advisers. chestrated the fourth annual Shanda has been top dog games with professionalism and of this 35-person finesse. Nearly 300 people partic- Renowned robotics community 74 miles ipated in the games this year. southwest of Denver since The festivities of face painting, 1993. She gained new fame karaoke, arts and crafts, and firm at home in BG this month after appearing dunk tank combined with the By MELISSA BINKLEY wasn't real. on the "Oprah Winfrey games to provide an array of ac- TheSC News Once Kuebler arrived, he Show," allowing owner tivities for all ages. began his tour of pictures Bruce Buffington to Ellle Powers, a Bowling Green hanging on the wall. They interpret. resident and second-year vol- Upon entering the quaint, were various animated robots When outsiders ask unteer, said there has been great small office, visitors are that were all over the world in residents why a dog is enthusiasm among the folks and greeted by a little old lady in a rocking chair. She keeps peo- such places as COSI, Ripley's mayor, the answer the weather has been fantastic. Museums, Michael Jackson's inevitably is, "Why not?" The OhiOntario games oldest ple company while they wait Theme Park, England and The other answer is, participant this year was Jim for the vice president of Art and Design, Tom Kuebler. South America. He explained "Because the cat left." dimming, 76, from St. Thomas. what each character was built Paisley the cat, the first He came to Bowling Green with Breezing by this life-like per- BG New. phata by Cynthia Lai Shccklcr for and how it comes to life. mayor, was elected in 1988. his wife Betty, dimming said son in a quick pass, they might this was his first year here at Charley Garley, one, was the youngest participant in the OhiOntario not even have realized that it • Sec LIFE, page three. Bowling Green. Games. Opinion The BG News, Wednesday, July 23, 1997, Page 2

MIKE WENDLING Capitol Hill shuns the public WASHINGTON-The Senate The media arrives first, trickling a misnomer. High-priced lobbying cafeteria is nearly indistinguishable in and huddling in corners, picking firms pay college students to stand in from Kreisher Dining Hall. Surly over the smallest rumors and the line early so that their high-priced lob- workers (a bit more surly, I must ad- choicest quotes. All in all, the Fourth byists get a front-row seat for all the mit on Capitol Hill) scoop low-qual- Estate is a bit more diverse then you action. Very few actual concerned ity, high-starch foods onto plastic might imagine, in terms of attitudes citizens get a shot at seeing this par- foam plates. Congressional staffers, and work ethics. There really is a dif- ticular portion of our government in reporters, and even tha' strange ference between network TV cam- action. group known as "the public" must eramen and print reporters from Des Most of the space inside is taken wait in lines that occasionally back Moines. up by the press. Swarms of reporters up to the salad bar. There's even The TV people camp out in front (yeah, including me) hover around those funky metal scales for per- of the hallway leading to the hear- "sources" and file stories, basically ounce pricing. ing room, setting up acentral micro- fooling themselves into thinking this In a way, it's comforting that our phone stand where, presumably, any is something huge. Some, however, leaders cat (well,eat lunch, anyway) schmuck can say his or her piece. have caught on to the fact that the pub- in the same sort of surroundings that A short way down the hallway. lic is fed up with the whole system, we college students are so accus- Capitol Hill security guards form a and has hue faith that anything good tomed to. Comforting because, as nearly impenetrable barrier between will come out of these hearings. I've found, very few things in Wash- those who may pass (the important Meanwhile .editors (who are probably ington politics resemble anything ones) and those who may not (the also in Washington) scratch their that could be found anywhere else in general public). Once inside, the heads and wonder why Americans America. room resembles a baseball stadium. dislike "the media." ■EDITORIAL^ My assignment for the past few Down at one end. the Senators sit It's veiy easy to get caught up in weeks has been to help cover the under some sort of pompous look- the whole thing. It's an incredible Senate hearings into alleged cam- ing seal, with their coaches, aides power trip to hang around people like Loss of five and dime is symbolic paign finance illegalities in the 1996 and assorted whipping boys behind Lanny Davis and Joe Lieberman and election. You know the story—John them. This past week, the news of Woolworth's closing spread In addition, society's current predilection is to avoid Huang, selling nights in the Lincoln across the nation. While not the most important story of unnecessary interaction with others. Fast food restaurants, bedroom. Buddhist monks given im- "Such is the nature of life in Washington, and the gulf be- the week, it is something that the country needs to reflect automatic banking machines, shopping over the internet munity from prosecution. upon. and a million other advances have made it easier to ab- Well.maybe you don't know the tween the city and the rest of America is a—and perhaps the— Woolworth's was an American icon. For over 100 years, stain from too much personal contact with others. People story. I personally have no way of fundamental problem in our political system." the store has served the American public. For nearly 1/2 don't even need to leave home to have a professional ca- knowing what the country is con- of this country's existence. Woolworth's has provided the reer anymore. As one particular advertisement is proud cerned with. I do know that people Photographers mill about, snap- subsequently name-drop in youropin- people with everything from chewing gum to fabrics. Now. to tell us, the job can be done just as easily from your in Washington are abuzz with this ping photos of our hero-leaders, gen- ion column. But I think that many with only limited fanfare, the venerable five and dime is kitchen table with new computer-networking systems. "scandal." I can go to swank erally concentrating on the commit- Washington reporters could use a year closing its doors forever. While life becomes more comfortable through all these Georgetown parties and enthrall tee chair. Sen. Fred Thompson. R- or two in Boise or Buffalo or Bowl- What does this mean? After all. the store has been los- changes, the community loses something. When people guests with stories of Arlen Spector's Tenn. (you might remember him ing Green. The government has be- ing customers and money in ever-larger quantities for the stop communicating - when they stop being a commu- crankiness or Bob Bennett's Oprah- from Die Hard II). come disconnected from most people, past several years. If the chain cannot turn a profit, and nity and merely become people living in the same vicin- like theatrics. But this means abso- Unfortunately. Sen. Thompson's yes. but perhaps more importantly.the the customers no longer seemed interested in frequenting ity - they lose contact with one another. How can you lutely nothing outside the Beltway — action-film history doesn't translate media, the "watchdog," seems to be the store, why should it stay in business? care for someone you never talk to and can't relate to? and I'm not even sure if anyone read- very well to the Senate. Just ask the equally disconnected. Simply answered, it shouldn't. Woolworth's economic It's very difficult. Not only is it difficult, but it leads to ing this column has more than a print reporters, who sit right behind The actuai hearings are. as I foundations and platforms just do not work in today's violence and hatred toward those we don't understand. passing interest in these heaings. the witness chair (and yes. because hinted before, dry and even boring. world. But the important thing is not the closing of the Following the news everyday, it is obvious that this is the Such is the nature of life in this is supposed to be an investiga- Up in the sky boxes, we even start store, but what it represents. path that America has chosen. Washington, and the gulf between the tion, witnesses are called, and yes. to root for partisan bickering. Inci- Woolworth's was the consumma'c community store. The closing of Woolworth's is also reflective of the eco- city and the rest of America is a— occasionally even asked questions dentally, the distinguished gentle- People knew they could depend on the local five and dime nomic practices today. The store could not compete and perhaps the — fundamental prob- between senatorial soliloquies).The man from Ohio. John Glenn, is one to supply everything they might need. It was a place where against the bargain-priced juggernauts such as Wal-Mart. lem in our political system. Simply print reporters not only have to be of the worst at attempting to be im- all the customers and employees knew one another; they Instead of changing and adapting to the times. put. to the government, the lobbyists cognizant about what's going on. but partial --he snaps at the Republicans could talk to each other about visiting relatives. Sunday's Woolworth's took a traditional approach and stayed with and the press corps. Washington is a must not whisper and must not drool like an underfed pit hull. church service or Little League. what made them successful in the first place. Other stores small world, with its own complex or snore if they happen to fall asleep. But that's a column for another The store grew up with America; through industrial were able to take advantage of this to drive Woolworth's social system and arcane rules, hav- We broadcast people, on the time. Right now. I think I see one strife, two world wars and the technological age out of business. ing only a superficial relationship other hand, occupy the sky boxes of my sources walking down the Woolworth's was there for us. How many times did a piece While the failure of the company to adapt and compete with the American people. surrounding the playing field. We hall... of candy or a kite from the store light up a child's face was their own problem, what does this say about a soci- Let me first explain the atmo- can drool and snore all we want, and with a smile? How often did homemakcrs need to run to ety in which we abandon those things that have served us sphere surrounding the hearings — even order pizza and beer. Mike Wendling is a guest colum- the store to pick up some urgent necessity? for years when they no longer satisfy our demands? The part carnival, part trial, part witch Last and maybe least comes the nist for The News. Questions and Woolworth's was one of those stores that everyone knew. whole situation is very reminiscent of the horse's fate in hunt, complete with TV lights and public, who are relegated to approxi- comments can be sent to The chain matured along with the other famous Ameri- Orwell's "Animal Farm." proving that the problem is political bonus points for the win- mately 20 chairs in the back of (he [email protected] or 210 can emporiums, such as Macy's. At one time, the stores nothing new - although it is ironic how similar our cul- ners. room. Actually, though, "public" is West Hall. could be found in almost every community. Woolworth's ture is to the hated communism that Orwell foresaw. was a point of reference, something that everyone could While the success or failure of Woolworth's does not LETTERS TO THE EDITOR relate too. change any of society's problems or flaws, the closing of Now that relation is gone. The decline of Woolworth's the store does provide an interesting and invaluable in- Tax Targets ing impact on the financial status of action, is needed. merely serves as a metaphor to reflect upon the decline of sight into our culture. We exist in a world in which close, graduate students in this nation. It is extremely important that ev- the American community. While it is presumptuous to interactive communities are no longer the norm, in which Graduate Students Graduate students work backbreak- ery concerned person contact the ing hours, having in effect three members of this committee and their claim that Woolworth's fading customer base is the rea- people have fewer and fewer ways in which to relate to While Congress congratulates it- separate jobs as student, researcher own elected representatives. son for America's ills, it is fair to say that the current di- one another, where tradition and service are abandoned self on lowering taxes for middle in- and teacher. They endure this slave For more information regarding rection of the country, both socially and economically, when no longer productive and in which the economic come families with its massive new labor for pitiful wages not for any this issue, an excellent web site is led to the store's downfall. rule is survival of the fittest. Not that America isn't a great budget bill, part of this same bill, if promise of riches in the future. In- being maintained by the National The American fable of a close-knit, interactive commu- place to live, but there are some down sides to our soci- passed and signed into law, will raise deed, the Education Resources In- Association of Graduate and Profes- nity is no longer valid, except in isolated occurrences ety. significantly the tax burden on gradu- stitute has documented that an aver- sional Students at Imp: For the most part, the country is divided among several Woolworth's closing did not create these problems, but ate students, most of whom are paid age person with a Ph.D. in the hu- ww w.nagps .org/Student_Aid/ 105th/ competing groups and factions. What do the people of it was a result. The final failure of the famous five and no more than poverty level wages. manities makes only $32,000 per 97_TaxReconciliation.html. Most Bowling Green know about life in inner-city Detroit or dime gives us all a chance to reflect on where America House Ways and Means committee year. senators and representatives have Chinatown or the Cuban communities in Florida? As each has come from, where it is at and where it is going. chairman Bill Archer (R. Texas) in- This added tax burden will cer- home pages and/or access toe-mail. section of society focuses more and more on creating their cluded as part of the House "Tax- This editorial was written by Troy Reynolds, a copy tainly be enough to push many Their addresses can be found at own distinct identity, there is no longer any room for that payer Relief Act" (H.R. 2014) a pro- all-inclusive symbol that bridges (he gap between these editor and reporter for the News. Comments can be graduate students over the financial http://www.senate.gov/ and http:// vision that would repeal section I I7d groups. sent to treynol®bgnel bgsutdu or to 210 West Hall. edge, causing many of them to leave www.house.gov/. Members of Con- of the tax code. This provision, as it graduate school outright. This will gress need your input to know how currently stands.exempts from taxa- detract from the quality and amount the country feels about this issue. Editorial Board tion the tuition waver that most H E Letters to the of research being conducted in the Call early and call often. 372-6966 graduate students receive. If H.R. US. including important research on Brandon Wray 2014 is signed into law. the taxable cancer. HIV and national defense. In Amy L. Russell Editor Editor: income of graduate students would an effort to retain quality graduate graduate student alumnus If you would like to submit a Letter increase by at least 50%. while their John Stebbins to the Editor, please follow these students, the costs of covering in- Department of Biological Sciences actual take-home pay would remain Managing Editor guidelines; creased stipends will be passed on the same. • Make sore the Inter it 500 by universities to undergraduates, Tiffany Wendeln For example, a typical graduate words or less. Please include causing yet another rise in tuition. Copy Chief your address, major, academic student at BGSU receives a yearly Run ideas in Fall This increased cost of supporting Tony Cavallario class and pkone number stipend of $8,100 and tuition waver (phone numbers arc strictly graduate students will also be felt by I read with great interest and plea- of $5.672, and currently pays $1219 BG Opinion Editor for verification and not for federal research agencies such as the sure the staff editorial ("BG is what in federal tax. If section M7d is re- Jeremy Martin publication!. National Science Foundation and the you make it") published in the BG IT you are not a BCSU stedent, pealed, that same graduate student Photo Editor National Institutes of Health, caus- News of June 25th. Both the tenor and NEWS please provide your position or would pay $2,066 in federal tax. This sfrlllatioa with the University ing them to cut back on the number the specific recommendations of this Reporting Staff would be an increase of 169% in the •r the community. of projects they can support. In ad- editorial are welcome contributions to amount of taxes paid by people "Serving the University 372-2604 • Letters mast be typed, not dition to providing a vast amount of the creation of the kind of University handwritten. Letters brought barely making a living wage. In pay- Community for over 75 years" Jim Good relatively low-cost labor to research, that we can all be proud of. In saved on a Maelntesh-eom- ing that increased tax burden Troy Reynolds patihle disk are preferred. graduate students also contribute I am writing both to congratulate throughout the year as an income de- Cynthia Lee Sheckler • Bring the letter to Room 21* great amounts of already underpaid you for your forward looking propos- Copyright O 1997. The BG News, duction, the take-home pay of some Melissa Binkley West Hall, or e-mail as at time, labor and thought to their du- als and also to make a suggestion. It Bowling Green. Ohio. Reprinting of an\ bgnews9bf.net.bgsu.edu. Be of these hard-working students material in ihis publication without the Darla Wamock ties as teaching assistants. Graduate seems to me that this editorial is worth Sarah Bednarski prepared to skew valid Identl- would decrease by as much as 50% . permission of The BG News+is strutl\ ncatlM. students contribute immeasurably to repeating once the student body as a prohibited. In addition, counting the tuition wa- Production Staff • Space limitations may prevent the education of undergraduates in whole has returned to campus at the The BG News is an independent puff- The News from printing afl let- ver as taxable income would make the present university structure. beginning of the academic year. in anon founded in 1920 and is published 372-8296 ters received. Tke News re- many graduate students ineligible for daily during the academic year and This bill has been passed sepa- I look forward to our continued en- Tina Strieker serves the right to edit any and federal financial aid. a system which weekly during the summer semester. all letters. rately in the House (H.R. 2014) and deavors n making the University Opinions expressed in columns and Jen Casperson bases need on tax returns. • Anenymons letters will be in the Senate (S. 949). Only the community as you note, a "more letters to the editor are not necessarils Katy Wagner printed if valid Idrntifkatlea This bill, in addition to being in- House bill contains this provision to prominent national learning and those of the student body, faculty. Umver Leslie Tew Is given and tke editorial herently unfair, will be severely det- sity administration or The BG News. Un- beard deems anonymity Is la repeal section I I7d. A joint House- growing institution." rimental to higher education in par- signed editorials are the opinion of the Advertising Staff tke proper Interests af the Senate conference committee is ex- Summer 1997 BG News staff. writer. ticular and to the future of America The BG News encourages its readers 372-2605 The Editorial Beard acknowl- in general. It will have a devastat- pected to finish their deliberations Charles R. Middleton to ruittfy the paper of any errors in sto- Melissa Binkley edges all entries submitted for sometime this week, so immediate Provost and Vice President nes or photograph descriptions. Max Eckenwiler publication Wednesday July 23, 1997 City Page 3 LIFE Continued from page one. Kuebler had been a toy maker for American Greetings when a COMPILED BY JIM GOOD ■ A woman said a suspicious friend told him that Good Dis- The BC News person with a handkerchief over plays Incorporated was in need his face was watching her. of a sculptor to give the robots ■ A woman complained last ■ A set of keys was found Fri- their life-like transformation. He Monday some stray cats have day with a rainbow unicorn atta- sent some of his work to Gene been making messes in her ched. Poor and since and immediately window box. ■ A woman complained Friday began working together. ■ A man confirmed last Mon- her daughter was bitten by their The display Industry was not day there was no problem when neutered male cat, "2000 Flu- taking off, but the section run by he called 911; he was trying to shes." According the woman, Poor and Kuebler was doing pret- reach the weather line. 2000 Flushes was upset about be- ty good. Poor bought their sec- ■ A woman complained about ing given a flea bath. tion from Good Displays and viewing a public nuisance Sun- ■ A dead raccoon was found parted company. day when she observed a man Friday on Gypsy Lane. walking around the neighbor- The business had humble be- hood in his underwear. ■ Police observed some young ginnings in 1991, they had no heat ■ A warning for disturbing the men in the City Park Friday or air conditioning in the facility. peace was given to a few men throwing firecrackers. This act They have since relocated the Monday for playing their bongo drew a crowd of appreciative company in the northern part of drums too loud. young females. Bowling Green where they have ■ It was reported last Tuesday more comfortable working con- BC Nrwi phMo by MeUlM Blakky ■ An unwanted intoxicated ditions. a "tortie-colored" cat escaped University students Spencer Morrill and Becky Wallis work on adding hair to the early man creation. The from a screened window. male was found Friday night on The tour continues in the work- the front steps of a residence on hair must be put on one hair at a time. ■ While remodeling his house ing area. The first thing to ap- last Tuesday, a man found some Wallace Street. pear Is a giant. Kuebler does a for about $25,000 to $30,000. stages of some future characters. mostly to the attitudes of the ■ A woman reported Saturday objects in a bag he said he be- few quick fixes and gets him up One of the current projects One worker removes the fiberg- management, Kuebler and Poor. lieved were human bones. a dog was barking for two or and running. The giant begins that is being worked on is an ear- lass molding and another must Each of their creations is highly ■ A woman said she was kept three hours and can hardly bark singing "What a Wonderful ly-man exhibit. Two diligent weld the inside of one of these customized. Much of their busi- awake last Wednesday by some anymore. World" by Louis Armstrong. It's workers must "poke hair" into one statues. Their formations are ness is global with the exception men bouncing basketballs. ■ A man was taken to Wood somewhat of a paradox to see this of the formations. Each strand made of a fiberglass mold, steel of a few area customers. They ■ A woman reported last Tues- County Hospital Saturday for in- huge creature sing such a docile must be inserted one by one, a insides and a silicone shell that are currently in the process of day someone pulled up one of her juries. The man was at a party, song. This character is the fifth seemingly easy but gruelling gives them their shape and look. expanding their business to a large plants. ran toward the house and ran reproduction of its kind. It takes task. The factory retains a very re- larger facility next door to their ■ A man filed a report Thurs- through a double-pane sliding-g- two months to create and sells Further back are the beginning laxed and easy-going air, due current location. day about a dent in his car. Police lass door. The man was said to be said it appeared to have been a highly intoxicated at the time of mark left by a tennis shoe. his blunder. AMERICORPS Continued from page one. depression, anger and suicide. experience and they can go on to the kids are," Marcson said, He taught children how to deal other postions, either with us or "they're kids who would have The position he applied for was with their own emotions, instead other mental health agencies." been in long-term psychiatric at the Children's Resource of losing control. He taught them Emily Weaver, An AmeriCorps hospitalization. Instead they're Center in Bolwing Green. He positive forms of behavior, in- member at the center, recently coming to live with their fami- took the job and instead of teach- cluding how to socialize with received her bachelor's degree in lies. They grow up with their fa- ing Spanish, he worked with chil- other children. psychology from the University. milies and learn how to receive dren who had severe emotional He enjoyed his job so much She said she took the job because treatment for the particular and behavioral problems. that he often put in 10-hour days it would provide her experience problems they have." "I was a Spanish education just so he could help the children. and open doors to future em- Marcson said the AmeriCorps major whose goal was to teach ployment. program has been a great benefit Spanish," he said. "This is mental "Sometimes I just stayed on "The experience is really what to the center and has improved health, psychology, behavior and and would work extra hours," brought me to the position be- the quality of life for the chil- kids. It's a whole new world to Baldonado said. "I wasn't getting cause I knew I couldn't really get dren. me. It's like going from the North paid that much anyway and it much just graduating from col- "Our treatments are more in- Pole to the South Pole." was rewarding helping out. lege," Weaver said. "So this gives tensive than they were before," When Baldonado finished his That's what counts." me a full year of being in the he said. "The program has more year of service he was offered a The pay that AmeriCorps program and being with the kids impact on the kids and the kids job at the center. He still doesn't members receive isn't con- and learning how to do things." get better. It helps us resolve teach Spanish but said he loves sidered a paycheck but rather a AmeriCorps has not only pro- kids' problmes in less time." working with the kids. living allowance. Members are vided the center with a pool of AmeriCorps members are "This is a great job," he said. required to work at least 1,700 trained possible employees, it sponsored by national, state and Having prior experience hours during a 12-month period. has also helped to add to the qual- local nonprofit organizations. In wasn't a requirement for the Their yearly income is just under ity of life for the children. Amer- order to meet the specific needs AmeriCorps position. In fact, the $8,000. This ends up being $125 a iCorps members can work in of the communties they serve, highest level of education needed week. three different areas at the local AmeriCorps sponsors re- to become involved in the pro- "Everybody knows that in center. Two of the three deal cruit and train AmeriCorps gram is a high school diploma AmeriCorps you work for pean- with the children who have the members themselves. Currently, Education and experience are uts," he said. "You get about a most serious emotional problems more than 25,000 AmeriCorps not a necessity because Ameri- 100 bucks a week basically." Marcson said. members serve in over 430 pro- Corps is more interested in pro- Although the pay was low and "It's important to realize who grams across the country. viding services to communities the hours were long, Baldonado in areas that are lacking. Many found the job very rewarding. agencies go into partnership with He said he saw the difference Bumper art loses the government and apply for he made when a child graduated grants so they can add Ameri- from high school in part because Corps positions to their staff. he took the student to and from popularity AmeriCorps members are able summer school. Jeff Gordon, an associate to meet community needs by Ever since the Children's Re- The Associated Press geography professor at Bowl- working in one of four main source Center became involved ing Green State University, areas: education, public safety, with AmeriCorps in 1995, they Bumper stickers are being has taken road trips the past human services and environ- have had three members serve bumped off of America's 10 years to photograph and ment. However, these areas can each year. During the past two bumpers, which could be un- catalog bumper stickers. comprise a wide variety of jobs. years, they have hired four settling news to people to an He calls them "a cousin to Nationally, services have ranged members, according to Tony Ohio professor who studies graffiti." As such, he said, from housing renovation to child Marcson, executive director of them. BC NI»I pKM« by CynlhU In Shcckkr they chronicle our times in a immunization to neighborhood theCRC. Once as common as chrome way not found in textbooks. "One of the struggles is finding Brad Harris, 13, from St.Thomas, Ontario, shows off his gold policing. trim and tail fins on America's "It's the stuff people on the people with experience to do this cars, the number of bumper medal won for basketball during the OhiOntario games this past As an AmeriCorps member, streets are thinking and say- weekend. Baldonado worked with children work," Marcson said. "After the stickers being made has stag- ing about jobs, love, sex, who have problems with anxiety, people are here they have that nated, manufacturers say. money," Gordon said. 275 S. Main St. Bowling Green NEWL9VE 419-353-3060 Rentals 1 228 South College: Free gas heat, water, sewer No Appointment ' 222 South College: Free gas, heat, water, sewer Necessary • 320 Elm: Free gas heat, water, sewer • 401-407 S. Enterprise: Courtyard Apartments • 114 S. 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"We wouldn't charged with killing a man in Il- murders, The Miami Herald re- be surprised If he showed up in linois, New Jersey and Minne- ported In Tuesday's editions. MIAMI - Andrew Cunanan New York.... New York is a very sota, and is a prime suspect in the with Scooby data The bullets that killed archi- anonymous place. He could hide killing of a second Minnesota was a name-dropper who brag- The Associated Press tect David Madson in Minnesota here very easily." man. Muirhead said the week- ged of knowing Gianni Versace and gravedlgger William Reese and other celebrities. On Mon- Unitel's clients include desig- end's problems, unrelated to in New Jersey came from the ner Tommy Hilfiger and actor Authorities have re- the computer resets, were day, the FBI said it is alerting Authorities have said they be- established communications some of those figures that their same 40-caliber handgun used to Harvey Keitel. Mullen refused to lieve Cunanan, who could be pos- caused by "a bunch of subtle kill Versace on his South Beach disclose any of its clients, but with the Mars Pathfinder after things" on the ground, most live* might be in danger, too. ing as a woman. Is still In South losing contact with the plucky "We are trying to alert people doorstep, the newspaper report- previously has acknowledged Florida. The manhunt, however. Involving the Deep Space ed. working for Donald Trump and spacecraft over the weekend. Network of radio antennas in that their name has come up," The two other killings In which Is national. Controllers were back in amid FBI spokeswoman Coleen Diane Sawyer. California, Spain and Austra- Cunanan is suspected one in In an upcoming article in Van- Corey Planck, a writer for the touch Monday with the space- lia. Rowley, adding the bureau would craft after communication be remiss if It didn't. Minnesota and the other in Chi- ity Fair magazine, journalist Gay and Lesbian Times in Cun- Muirhead said controllers cago were committed with a problems held up weather decided that from now on, She wouldn't identify any Maureen Orth said Cunanan anan 's hometown of San Diego, claw hammer and a gardening often tried to portray himself as said some Cunanan acquaintan- data and pictures from the red after turning on the space- prominent people the FBI has tool. planet. contacted, and downplayed re- a rich Jet-setter, bragging that he ces aren't taking any chances. craft transmitter, they will Meanwhile, two New York knew Versace well, that his "What a difference a day wait a bit longer to turn on the ports that Investigators believe firms that provide guards and makes," said project manager the 27-year-old reputed gigolo father was an Israeli millionaire "Some of them left town when antennas. That should im- security advice to celebrities and that his mother once spent he first started killing, some Brian Muirhead at NASA's Jet prove their chance of catching has a hit list of people who have have warned their high-profile Propulsion Laboratory. crossed him. time at a spa with Blondie singer when the Versace killing hap- the spacecraft's radio signals. clients to take precautions until pened," Planck said. Engineers used the renewed The FBI alert came as In- Deborah Harry. Muirhead noted the network Cunanan is caught. Unitel and Investigators said they don't Investigators say Cunanan contact to radio up new soft- vestigators said they have one of is using a new, state-of-the-art J.T. Mullen Co. issued a Joint ad- have any reason to believe Cun- may have been in Miami Beach ware to avert the computer digital receiver that can bring their strongest links yet in the visory to 47 clients soon after the anan, suspected of gunning down resets that plagued the mis- series of cross-country slayings as long as two months before the down twice as much data, but Versace slaying. the fashion designer outside his slaying, quietly staying in a sion on July 10, 11 and 14. blamed on Cunanan. it has to be "very precisely "The fashion business is pan- oceanfront mansion July IS, will cheap motel about four miles Then they spent hours decid- tuned, like a high- A law enforcement source said icked right now," said Mullen strike at anyone in particular. from Versace's mansion. ing which rocks the Sojoumer performance automobile." the gun used to kill designer president Joe Mullen. But they want to be cautious, At one point, Cunanan pawned rover would visit after moving Scientists got no science Gianni Versace "definitely" is "We're warning all our celebri- because no one knows his a gold coin stolen from one of the away from a whitish rock data Saturday because of a the same gun that Cunanan alleg- ty clients," said Unitel president whereabouts. Cunanan has been men he is accused of killing. called Scooby Doo. problem with the way they Plans for the martian day were using the antennas. On that began Monday night and Sunday, they got only a weak ended this morning Included Pathfinder signal and then, Police say crime at Flats 'not bad' retrieving a chemical analysis hours later, only silence. But such serious crimes are of Scooby Doo, more of a Controllers regained com- The Associated Press had been reported In the Flats Saturday at a nude dance club. relatively Infrequent, statistics 12-color panoramic view of munications with the Pathfin- neighborhood this year through Vaughn denies the charge. the Mars landscape, and new der's low-power antenna Sun- CLEVELAND (AP) - The July 14 Four rapes and no homi- show. What's more common are Cleveland Flats, Ohio's second- stolen cars, aggressive panhan- images of Mars' moon Phobos. day night and the high-power cides were reported in all of last "The Flats Is a focal point of Some of those images and antenna on Monday morning. largest tourist destination, has year. Cleveland," said Mike Gregory, dling and low-level assaults, kept police busy this year with In other categories, such as merchants and police said. scientific data were to be Scientists didn't actually lose manager of Dick's Last Resort, a released at a news conference any data; they just need to re- assaults, stolen cars and even a robbery, assault, burglary, theft restaurant and bar on the east couple of killings. and stolen cars, the numbers Duane Dukes, a criminologist today. trieve it. bank of the Cuyahoga "Anything at John Carroll University, But police say that considering show the Flats to be near, or that happens in the Flats makes 7 million people a year visit the slightly ahead of, last year's pace blamed many of the fights on bar news because it is such an inte- patrons who drink too much. neighborhood along the Cuya- for criminal activity. gral part of the city." hoga River, an area packed with But when something bad hap- "Alcohol allows people to act restaurants and nightclubs, pens in the area - second only to In one high-profile case this outside what's socially accepta- Alaskan pipeline still crime remains at a low level. Cedar Point amusement park as a year, Khasl Saghafl, 24, was ble," he said. "Even one rape or one murder tourist destination in Ohio - it stabbed in an attack by four men Ron Hurd, manager of Fagan's, is too many," Police Chief Rocco makes news. and a woman as he and a friend one of the area's oldest restau- attracts controversy Pollutro told The Plain Dealer in Most recently, Scott Bird of walked to their car on June 19. rants, agreed. a story published Monday. "But suburban Cleveland filed a police The Associated Press to-Valdez line. when you consider the number of complaint against Boston Red On March 22, Lawrence Davis, "It Is up to each individual to "(Environmentalists) predic- visitors who frequent the area, I Sox first baseman Mo Vaughn, 20, was stabbed to death In a be responsible for themselves," ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - ted all kinds of dire things would think the statistics are not bad." accusing Vaughn of punching fight outside a bar. Three others he said "You put yourself in po- Jan McCart earned $6.50 an happen. The tundra was going to Two homicides and three rapes him in the face during a scuffle also were stabbed In the brawl. sitions when you over-drink." hour working on personnel issues melt, the climate was going to for the company building the change, the pipeline was going to terminal at trie end of the trans- explode, all kinds of cataclysmic Alaska oil pipeline. She got events," Tobin said. "And what Feds say more 'mules' toting heroin plenty in overtime pay, working happened, of course, was that 12 hours a day, seven days a "There are grandmothers and that still has the folds from nothing happened. The pipeline The Associated Press In the Orlando area, the home week In 1976. performed the way the engineers of Walt Disney World, heroin grandfathers." taking it out of the package, a woman so nervous that the beads "One night I remember we said it would." MIAMI (AP) - An undercover overdose deaths went from zero Four years ago it was unusual were all at a dance club in Val- to catch one heroin courier a on her necklace bump up and Tobin said it's not fair to blame U.S. Customs agent mingling In 1993 to 30 last year. A Clinton dez, and there was a table the pipeline for the Exxon Valdez with the arriving passengers at administration study found that month. Now the agents are get- down. A woman traveling with her covered with bills, none under a crash that spilled 11 million gal- Miami International Airport 1.6 percent of eight-graders are ting three or four a day, except 2-year-old daughter and a man $50, just people pitching in for lons of crude oil in Prince Wil- sported a man wearing well-worn using heroin. on Sundays when they usually drinks," said McCart, now an oil catch nine or 10. posing as her husband were liam Sound in 1989. clothes but new shoes. To supply the market, the Co- research analyst. "I'd never seen And Hession admits any dam- lombian cartels use their Sometimes the smugglers caught with 7 pounds of heroin He gave a secret signal to a sewn into the lining of several money like that before out in the age done to the hundreds of nearby uniformed officer who "mules" as airline passengers to swallow condoms filled with her- Jackets. open, and nobody was worried rivers and streams crossed by reined in the man to be searched. smuggle drugs. They are Ameri- oin. about It." "They train themselves by Taken to an Interview room, the pipeline has been minor. The shoes carried a pound of can housewives, young couples Alaska's economy and culture The pipeline, built by a consor- trying to come up with a down swallowing grapes in a condom," she was handcuffed to a steel heroin in the hollowed out soles ring on a wooden bench while have been forever changed by tium of oil companies with leases and heels. The man had an addi- payment on a house, people who Roland says. "They place It In the the oil that began streaming out for the 13-billion-barrel Prudhoe have to look in their checkbook back of their throat and work it agents went through every Item tional 2 pounds in the lining of a In the luggage and tested the of the 800-mile pipeline 20 years Bay field, cost more than $8 bil- carry-on bag. before they go to McDonald's. down. They use some Chlorasep- ago Sunday. But the worries still lion In 1977 dollars. At its peak in "The cartels will use a woman iic to numb the throat." heroin with small vials of sul- The man was a "mule," a drug furic acid and formaldehyde that flow, too. the late 1980s, the line pumped courier in the employ of Colom- with two kids, no husband, preg- Ms. Brown told of a swallower "I think our worst fears were 2.1 million barrels a day, about 25 nant, a mortgage payment," says who got through the Miami air- turned purple. bian cartels that are spreading The woman wept for two hours realized," said Jack Hesslon, the percent of the nation's total pro- high-grade heroin at cut-rate U.S. Customs supervisor Tommy port undetected, but who appar- Sierra Club's Alaska representa- duction. Roland after her daughter was taken prices across American cities in ently overdosed and died when from her and turned over to tive since 1971. "Our point was it It since has dropped to 1.3 mil- an effort to get more people A courier can make $5,000 to one of the condoms broke before would expose the entire southern lion barrels a day as Prudhoe's $10,000 on a trip. social workers. She will likely go hooked he could let nature take its to prison for a long time. Alaska coast and West Coast to output declines. North Slope The Colombians are increasing Miami International Airport is course. major oil spills. At any moment companies are now researching the funnel for most of the mules The 7 pounds of heroin the man the purity of their heroin by IS "They slit him open to get the and woman were carrying would we could have another major dis- the potential for tapping the times and drastically undercut- trying to get Colombian heroin other condoms out of his stomach aster of the Exxon Valdez varie- field's natural gas reserves and into the United States. Last year bring about $2.3 million on Amer- ting the price of Southeast Asian and left his body out In the ty. converting the gas to a synthetic passengers at the airport were ica's streets. heroin, says Pam Brown, an Everglades," she says. The Colombian cartels are test- "In that sense I think we were crude for shipment through the agent with the U.S. Drug En- found carrying 848 pounds of A handful of Customs agents at ing the waters by using mules, prophets," he said. pipeline. forcement Administration. heroin, up from 96 pounds in the airport are trying to hold That's not the way Bill Tobin Despite the decline, pipeline 1991, the DEA said but will move on to other, bigger The supply of heroin on U.S. back the floodtlde of drugs. shipments In cargo ships and sees it. As executive editor for has brought enormous wealth to streets has doubled over the past "I've caught doctors, lawyers, They look for people who grasp private planes once they estab- the now-defunct Anchorage a state with no income tax. Oil decade, the DEA says. In Denver, architects, school principals and their carry-on luggage desper- lish the U.S. market and can keep Times, he was among the loudest revenues cover about 80 percent for example. It has tripled in the even Judges," said the under- ately and other suspicious signs it supplied, Roland says. supporters of the Prudhoe Bay- of state spending. past three years. cover agent at the airport. - a man wearing a dress shirt ooooooooooooccouooooooooooooooooooooooi WELCOME! GREENBRIAR, INC Pre - Reg. Students & Parents Time is running out on Collegiate Connection these apartments... 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!, Entertainment Wednesday July 23, 1997 influence 'M1B' still in first By BRANDON WRAY The BC News after 3 weekends Many musicians cite the Bea- The Associated Press theater locations, receipts per tles as an Influence, but no one location, total gross and num- may mean it as sincerely as the LOS ANGELES (AP) - ber of weeks In release, as band Plastiscene. - "George of the Jungle" compiled Monday by Enter- Back in the '60s the mother of couldn't swing past "Men in tainment Data Inc. and Exhibi- lead singer Roger Gisborne and Black" at the box office. tor Relations Co. Inc.: guitarist Colin Gisborne went to "Men in Black" was the na- 1. "Men in Black," Colum- England to meet the Beatles. She tion's most popular film for bia, $19 million, 3,102 loca- never met any of the Fab Four the third consecutive week- tions, $6,135 average, $172.1 but she did meet a Mr. Gisborne, end, and has grossed a total of million, three weeks. who she would later marry and $172.1 million so far. it should 2. "George of the Jungle," raise a family with in the Mid- soon become the second sum- Disney, $16.6 million, 2,506 lo- lands, located about SO miles mer movie alongside "The cations, $6,600 average, $22.9 away from London. Lost World: Jurassic Park" to million, 1 weeks. pass the $200 million thresh- 3. "Contact," Warner Bros., Years later she moved her fam- old. $16.1 million, 2,194 locations, ily back to America and the boys "George of the Jungle," $7,345 average, $47.4 million, went on to found the American starring Brendan Fraser as two weeks. Brit-pop band Plasticene, whose the inept jungle hero popu- 4. "Nothing to Lose," Dis- neo-pyschedlic sound recalls larized by the old TV cartoon, ney, $11.6 million, 1,862 loca- Radiohead, School of Fish, the debuted at second. tions, $6,239 average, $11.6 Stone Roses and, of course, the Two other new movies million, one week. Beatles. Roger said in a phone in- opened in wide release. "Noth- 5. "Face/Off," Paramount, terview that his life has been a Los Angeles' Plastiscene ing to Lose" finished fourth $8.9 million, 2,851 locations, whirlwind since Plastiscene was and "Operation Condor" was $3,126 average, $86.3 million, signed in February by Mojo Re- No. 8. four weeks. A lot of "alternative music" cords. metal" drummer who was all "There still is a very nice hip- In less than 100 theaters, the 6. "My Best Friend's Wed- wrong for the band. Wilmarth got ple-vibe leftover from the currently is all based on hype ding," TriStar, $6.5 million, "We had just been playing in a animated "The Swan Princess: on board for his collection of vin- Haight-Asbury days in San Fran- Roger said. Escape from Castle Mountain" 2J76 locations, $2,745 aver- garage and around L.A. when we tage keyboards and organs. Be- cisco," Roger said. "You get a DJ at KROQ (the age, $94.7 million, five weeks. were signed," Roger said. In a debuted miserably, collecting fore Plastiscene he was playing Roger said his peers in music LA. radio station which is sup- just $50,000. "Kiss Me Guido" 7. "Hercules," Disney, $5.2 thick British accent. "You start posed to be the biggest alterna- for a Doors cover band. In con- today are British bands like Kula and "Mrs. Brown" performed million, 2,541 locations, $2,043 thinking about 'Am I ready for all tive station in the world), to say cert, Plastiscene incorporates Shaker, Radiohead, the Happy well in only a handful of average, $76.8 million, six this, can I really handle this?' Yes elements of the psychedelic Mondays and the Charlatans U.K. i'm into this song, why aren't weeks. lam." you, aren't you cool' and you have theaters, as did "Shall We scene also. "We have Jimi Hen- The Smashing Pumpkins are one 8. "Operation Condor," Mir- With their self-titled debut what is supposed to be the next Dance." drix-style oil lights and other ef- American band that Roger really "Contact" and "Face/Off" amax, $4.7 million, 1,532 loca- four song EP out now, the band is big thing," Roger said. fects that help set a certain identifies with. Classic rock continued to be well attended. tions, $3,089 average, $4.7 mil- working on recording their first bands like the Who and the early The Beatles really created to- vibe," Roger said. "We have got- "Batman and Robin" sur- lion, one week. full-lent h disc. Rolling Stones have been big in- day's alterative music Roger ten a very positive response from passed the $100 million mark 9. "Out to Sea," 20th Century "We are trying right now to get fluences on the band also, Roger said. over the weekend, but Its high Fox, $3.2 million, 1,633 loca- the crowd at our live shows. said. Janes Addiction's former pro- "When they did albums like cost makes the movie a finan- tions, $1,942 average, $20.1 There really isn't any part that 'Revolver' and George Harrison ducer," Roger, the band's chief drags." Roger said that there is a lot of cial disappointment. million, three weeks. brought sitars to mainstream songwriter, said. "We are work- great music coming out of Eng- The top 10 movies at North 10. "Batman and Robin," ing on about 12 really great songs The band has been able to de- land right now such as Pulp, 60 music they were pioneering American theaters Friday Warner Bros., $1.78 million, alternative music." Roger said. with weird sounds like blasts of velop a fairly loyal following in Ft. Dolls, the Seahorses, and Kula through Sunday, followed by 1,916 locations, $929 average, distortion as in Radiohead's song L.A. because there aren't too Shaker in addition to the more "Then you have John Lennon studio, gross, number of $102.8 million, five weeks. 'Creep,' and sitars like in some many bands out there that sound well known bands like Oasis and adding the great lyrics dealing Beatles and Stone Roses songs. like Plastiscene, Roger said. the Stone Roses. with love." The songs will be really weird Roger said he doesn't under- Roger said that he is excited "Most of the bands in L.A. all about touring to support the EP sounding but they are still very want to sound like Weezer, and stand America's fascination with radio friendly." becuase it gives him a chance to Ads get Emmy nod then we come along and have a rhythm and blues music and art- ists like Boyz II Men. see America. Plastiscene's other members really different kind of thing go- "I've really only seen Califor- The Associated Press and clever. are bassist Nate Saragoza, ing on," Roger said. "If we open a "You have all this great music nia and have no idea where Ohio Think of spots from years past: drummer Billy Slater, guitarist show most bands don't want to available and America ends up and Detroit are except that they LOS ANGELES (AP) - And the The "silly millimeter longer" ads Charles VanDevender and key- follow us because we really have listening to wankers like R.Kelly are somewhere in the middle of Emmy goes to ... the Energizer for Benson & Hedges. "I cant be- boardist Nathan Wilmarth. Roger connected with the audience." and Boyz II Men, and watches America," Roger said. Bunny! lieve I ate the whole thing" for said that Slater came in after the Roger said that San Francisco sh##e like MTV Jams" Roger The band's first full-lenth disc When the 49th annual Emmy Alka Seltzer. Noxema's sultry band had worked with a "heavy is another great place to play. said. is due out early next year. nominations are announced "Take if off, take it all off." Thursday, they will Include five They nestle In our brains next contenders for the first ever to such other enduring TV mem- Emmy Award for a TV commer- orabilia as "Heeeere's Johnny!" Ford won't link new role to politics cial. or the theme song from "The Finally, there is official recog- Dick Van Dyke Show" or Walter The Associated Press just physical risk," says Ford, distance the moral leadership Ford likes to guard his own nition of a basic 20th-century Cronkite's "And that's the way it who stars as President James that we have ... is not the same as privacy. He spends much of his truth: Television commercials is" sign-off. NEW YORK (AP) - Harrison Marshall. standing there with your daught- free time on his 800-acre spread can be as, if not more, entertain- 'Television advertising is far Ford won't touch it with a 39 Marshall doesn't want to be er's life in jeopardy," Ford says. near Jackson Hole, Wyo., with his ing and skillfully made than the better than It's ever been in the 1/2-foot pole. lionized for his part in a military Judgment-: of real-life public two children - 10-year-old Mal- shows they Interrupt. history of commercial TV," said Since he's playing a U.S. presi- operation to capture a Russian officials and their morality can colm and 6-year-old Georgia - Might the battery bunny be Bob Garfield, "Advertising Age" dent who's a faithful husband, separatist because it took too have the wrong focus, he says. c and second wife Melissa Math- among the nominees? Will Nike magazine's ad critic and author devoted father, and world leader long to happen. (He waited two "Unfortunately, it's about per- ison, a screenwriter whose cred- and its superstar pitchman Tiger of "Waking Up Screaming from sonal behavior instead of about committed to doing the right months to build a political con- its include "E.T. the Extraterres- Woods make the cut? How about the American Dream." thing no matter what's politically stituency in his own country that the real questions of our coun- trial." Similarly, he stays away one of those sharp ESPN spots, "They've had five decades of expedient or popular in his latest allowed him to give the go- try's moral behavior. A lot of it is from spouting his social and po- like the "Fargo" movie parody? experience, the technology is film, it's suggested that some ahead.) He says: "While we very much misplaced and incor- litical views. All are evidence that it is quite better and they're spending more rectly applied. Of course, we would say his role really isn't watched it on TV, 200,000 people "I have very strong interests, proper for the Academy of Tele- money on it." that rooted in reality. died." should have an interest in the vision Arts & Sciences, which be- character of the person we elect keen interests, in a lot of social The response comes with a And he proceeds to promise and political issues, which I dis- stows the Emmy Awards, to rec- A commercial Emmy was first to the presidency, but we have ognize that TV has raised the proposed in the early '90s but the stern look and measured words. that never again would he allow charge as a private citizen, not as Together, they say: You're U.S. self-interest to deter him unnatural expectations of our po- sales pitch to an art form. idea failed to gain momentum. It litical leaders." a celebrity spokesman." What took them so long? was raised again in 1996, this barking up the wrong cinematic from doing the morally right Still, he wants to make sure no superstar if you're looking for thing. Much of what Clinton is ac- At their heart, ads are the price time with some enthusiastic cused of (philandering, in partic- criticism of more vocal stars is we pay for free broadcast TV, academy governors helping win political pontifications or soap- In that context. Ford feels the implied. box solutions to society's prob- film takes on considerably more ular) we now know other presi- part of the endless drumbeat of the group's approval. lems. emotional heft as his character dents have been guilty of - "in "I'm not in a position to discuss American materialism. They en- "The timing is absolutely "Not my Job," the actor says. eventually faces a Hobson's spades," Ford acknowledges. anybody else's behavior or how tice us to buy what we dont need, right," said academy governor Instead, he wants to focus on choice between his daughter's "The press used to be protec- they conduct themselves. It's shorten our attention span and Sheila Manning, who owns a how he considers "Air Force life and the policy decision he's tive of the personal lives of our purely their choice. For myself, turn children Into tiny shopaho- Hollywood casting company that One" much more than an action made. leaders, almost complicitous in I'm not interested in becoming a lics. specializes In placing actors in picture, and how he feels it has a "It also reminds us to take into maintaining their dignity and poster boy for any particular But we cant help weaving commercials. "We've become strong emotional underpinning. account the human factor, that their privacy. 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Laboratory" series: Owned by Turner Broadcast- ■ With his buff physique and stream success. One of these Let Disney stockholders books, "The SO Greatest Car- whine how "Hercules" hasn't ing System (and hence by Time strawberry-blond pompadour, Warner), its vast library ac- the title character of "Johnny toons," recently came into my proved as heroic at the box of- possession. Originally published fice as expected. On television, commodates everyone from Bravo" (aired each Monday) animation is showing unprece- Bugs Bunny to Scooby Doo to cuts quite a figure. Unfortu- in 1994, the book lists SO of histo- ry's greatest cartoon shorts, as dented muscle. Fred Flintstone. nately, women agree the figure selected by 1,000 animation Range, too. From the cuddle- The network is also a breed- is zero. some "Rugrats" on Nickelode- ing ground for new toons. That is, Johnny is a washout professionals. When first looking at the book, on to the racy HBO romp "We're ramping up on the o- with the ladies, who are clearly the beautiful design and packag- "Spicy City," from the nutty riginal programming side," unimpressed by his Elvis-like calm of "Dr. Kate Professional says Cartoon Network presi- swagger, shades and "ooooh, ing immediately stand out. The hardbound book has a very color- Therapist" to the delectable dent Betty Cohen. mama" come-on. ful dust jacket portraying most of gross-out of "Beavis and Butt- She explains that the net- ■ Tuesday brings "Cow & the characters mentioned inside. head," toons are all over the work has taken its cue from Chicken," which proposes that TV landscape. bygone days, when cartoons a scrawny, Irascible chicken The illustration from the dust- The lone new hit on any were produced not in whole- could be big brother to a jacket Is repeated inside, with a broadcast network last season? sale lots for series television 400-pound cow who, despite key identifying all the charac- Fox's animated spoof of subur- but, one by one, to appear at her preadolescence, has a bo- ters. The book Is filled with full- bia, •'King of the Hill." movie houses as a warm-up for dacious udder that's always color illustrations and scenes The most talked-about up- the feature. getting in the way. from each cartoon, as the glossy "If the character in a cartoon These unlikely siblings are paper stock brings out both the coming series? The animated brilliance and subtlety in each "South Park," a sort of "Pean- was funny, another cartoon the children of human parents picture. uts" with a potty mouth that would be made with that same and attend public school with character," Cohen says. "This their human chums. Oddly The 50 cartoons in the book premieres in August on have been selected from tabulat- Comedy Central. way, a character could be tin- enough the fact that they are ing survey results from several This month, the Cartoon kered with and evolve over farm animals never comes up. time. ■ Wednesday, "Dexter's animation professionals, then Network, epicenter of anima- listing the results. tion's movers and shakers, has "We figured if we really Laboratory" presents new want to create enduring char- tales of the gnat-size boy gen- "Any film, foreign or domestic, added two new half-hour series classic or contemporary, was eli- to its weeknight lineup: "Joh- acters, not just flash-in the pan ius with the unaccountably gible, so long as it was short (less nny Bravo" and "Cow & series, we should consider that Slavic accent and his bandy- same approach" legged big sister Dee Dee. than 30 minutes) and eel ani- Chicken." mated," editor Jerry Beck said. The channel is unveiling new It seems to be working. In Back for a second season, The variety of cartoons nomi- segments of its popular "Dex- fact, the network- "Dexter" last year was the nated was surprisingly diverse, ter's Laboratory." commissioned "World Pre- Cartoon Network's highest- Duck Dodgers was one of the cartoon's featured in the book "The 50 For children and adults alike, miere Toons" development rated series. but the top 50 are all worthy of Greatest Cartoons." their recognition. A special chapter discusses what criteria was looked at in brief plot synopsis, along with can't complain. the reasons why it belongs on the selecting the cartoons for inclu- Of course, looking through a sion and what makes a cartoon list. There are also several in- depth quotes, from everyone book like this, everyone can find Get to the Point... great. These criteria include <> a favorite cartoon from child- riginality, artistry, animation, from creators to critics to anima- tion enthusiasts. hood. Two of my personal music, humor, personality and favorites appear in this book. The The range of cartoons included Saturday, August 2nd ONLY $22.00!!! concept. first is "Duck Dodgers in the 24 is enormous. A version of the lit- There are several additional l/2th Century," starring Daffy Sign up in the Office of Student Activities (330 Union) Sign up now thru July 28th by noon items of interest in the book, be- erary classic "The Tell-Tale (Cash, Check, Bursar & Charge accepted. Depart from the Union parking lot @ 9:00 am Heart" Is in the same list as Doc- Duck in a Buck Rogers parody. sides the cartoons themselves. The zany craziness of Daffy Is return® 11:00pm One short chapter gives a history tor Suess's "Gerald McBoing Bo- Sponsored by Student Activities Summer Programs ing." There are at least three only increased by the quiet con- # for more info call 2-2343 of animation, including an il- parodies of "Little Red Riding trol of his sidekick. Porky Pig. lustrated timeline. There is also My other favorite is "Bambi Hood" and two versions of "The an animation Hall of Fame, and a Meets Godzilla." This short se- gallery of cartoon stars. Barber of Seville." The serious anti-war cartoon, "Peace on quence defies description. There The most important extra to is really only one very obvious the book is a section near the Earth," is included, along with joke, but it is still funny and a ' WELCOME FRESHMEN! ' back, where it lists information the Disney classic "Steamboat wonderful commentary on soci- on where to find copies of all Willie." The number one cartoon, ety. This is an example of some- according to the book, is the clas- these great cartoons, if available. thing that should have been Each cartoon is listed individu- sic "What's Opera, Doc?" Star- ranked higher. ring Bugs Bunny and Elmer ally in the table of contents, mak- All told, the 192-page book is a ing for easy reference. They are Fudd, this is one of the most wonderful package, even with a only listed by episode name, well-known and well-loved car- few very minor comlaints. however. I would like to have toons of all time. Anyone interested in animation seen a mention of the characters While it may take an acquired or simply loves cartoons will cer- involved in each cartoon like taste to truly appreciate this car- tainly enjoy this book. The text elsewhere in the book, but this is toon for all it's worth, I can't ar- and illustrations give perfect ex- only a minor complaint. gue the placement of this selec- amples of why people watch car- Each cartoon is given two to tion. The ranking of some other toons. "The SO Greatest Car- four pages, which Include cartoons I can't exactly agree toons" is published by Turner University several illustrations, from origi- with, but the selection process Publishing, Inc., and retails for nal pencil sketches to actual film was a scientific consensus of $29.95. Bookstore eels. Each cartoon is given a people in the industry, so I really

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h Wednesday July 23, 1997 Sports Page 7 OSU's Pace holding out for Rams Lions9 Sanders The Associated Press Teammates don't know what to Tuesday, July 15, following the $15 million for six years from the think. Running back Lawrence first rookie workout without the New York Jets with a $6.5 million MACOMB, 111.- Asked how the Phillips wouldn't presume to offensive line's meal ticket: signing bonus. Orlando Pace talks are going, Jay offer advice, but he knows his There's been another three-hour signs new deal Zygmunt, the St. Louis Rams' 2 -week holdout was not benefi- Sunday, July 19: Vermeil re- session to report, and a speck of Sanders, who apparently contract negotiator, just shook cial last summer. optimism. ports four more hours of nego- The Associated Press his head and tried to change the tiating, three hours Saturday and will be a Lion for life, agreed "I really am not in a place to "When you're communicating He admits his holdout left him subject. one Sunday. He speculates that just a little rusty. Still, this Is to a five-year contract with an tell him what to do," Phillips said and the tone of voice is respect- Through Monday, Pace has agents for the players at the top Barry Sanders. Nothing much option for a sixth year. The "He has to do what he has to do ful between two parties, I think team did not disclose the fi- missed four days of full-squad you have a positive chance of of the list are waiting to see what can slow him down. Not the workouts, three of them two-a- and hopefully he'll be in here nancial terms of the contract, soon." getting things done." the other guys do, resulting in a NFL's biggest linemen. And days, plus two more two-a-day and Sanders declined to dis- The Poston brothers did not re- Friday, July 18: Veteran sort of paralysis. probably not a ton of money, sessions with rookies. From all either. cuss it. turn telephone calls from The offensive lineman Gerald Perry, Rams workouts go on, while But the Detroit News and indications, there will be a lot expected to start next to Pace at the No. 1 pick works out on his "I have some catching up to more days without big No. 76 be- Associated Press. Detroit Free Press reported Vermeil fields the Pace ques- left guard, fails to show for the own In Columbus, Ohio. For now do," Sanders said after his that Sanders agreed to a fore his deal is finally done. first full-squad workout. It's as- Wayne Gandy, who has started 32 first practice Monday. "But, The Rams know it'll happen, tion daily, and to his credit he's $34.56 million contract that found a number of ways to say sumed that Perry, who retired consecutive games at left tackle I'm not too far behind." averages slightly more than but only after much posturing after a few days of training camp and is eventually supposed to Behind? Hardly. Only the and much wasting of time. Carl that there's no news. $S.7 million a season. Troy A sampling: last summer due to a knee injury, move to the other tackle, is work- night before, Sanders moved Aikman had been the NFL's and Kevin Poston, who represent has retired again. ing at Pace's spot. ahead of everybody, signing a the mammoth former Ohio State highest paid player, averaging Sunday, July 13, the day before The question is, has this devel- whopping contract that made $5,671 million a year. offensive tackle, had Michigan the rookie report date: Vermeil opment given Pace more lever- Vermeil has made noises about him the highest-paid player in running back Tim Biabutuka last Sanders downplayed the notes there was a three-hour age? Vermeil and Zygmunt think Pace beginning the season on the the NFL. importance of being highest year, and that holdout lasted 28 telephone session two days ear- not because they only have so bench if he's not signed by a cer- paid. days, until Aug. 16. "I think this should say to all lier, but no communication since. much money to give under the tain point, but he hasn't set a tar- of Detroit that this team is "Well, I wouldn't turn It "He will be a Ram," coach Dick "So it doesn't look like he'll be rookie salary cap. The Rams are get date yet, partly because he's down," Sanders said with a Vermeil said. "We'll get it done, committed," Lions' coach here. I didn't expect him to be basing their offer on the contract busied himself with the 80 or so laugh "But I dont know. I'd sooner or later." Bobby Ross said. "That's a here." of Keyshawn Johnson, who got players who are in camp. clear message in my mind." say when you figure In what I have done In the past, what I Still, it came at a price. San- can do today, and what I might ders, who had a year remain- do in the future, it's hard to ing on a contract he signed in say just what I'm worth British Open champ has potential 1993, missed the team's last "But whether I'm above or minlcamp and held out for the below anybody else isn't really By JIM LITKE Tiger Woods and 27-year-old "The men's locker room will one else out there is 5-foot-9, first three days of full-squad significant." AssociatedPrest columnist U.S. Open champion Ernie Els. be crazy," he said. "I hope 157 pounds, with a 10-C shoe drills under the new coach. Sanders won the NFL rush- "I dont feel like I play hard- somebody videotaped it for and thinks exactly the way I Ross had the team in full ing title last season with 1,553 TROON, Scotland He was er or practice harder because me." do." pads at tidy little Wickes Me- yards, becoming the first back the kid who laid out par-5s on After a moment's reflection, of those two. But maybe going morial Stadium. He even hired in league history to rush for the beach while the other kids though, Leonard wasnt so sure So while the swing may look in there today, having seen three referees for a 23-play 1,500 yards or better In three built sand castles. Tiger and Ernie do it, I thought he would actually watch it. like it was slapped together on scrimmage. Because he was He was the kid who waited the practice range five minutes straight seasons. Sanders also it was OK to go out and win a "I keep thinking how big my unfamiliar with many of the was the first back to rush for for his parents to leave so he before his tee time, Leonard tournament like this, even be- club bill is going to be," he plays, Sanders was held out of more than 1,000 yards in eight could play chip shots up the said, "after everything is has been working on it his en- ing the age I am." most of the action. straight seasons, and the first few steps and into the dining The night before the 1992 broken and all the champagne tire life. And all that practice along the beach and across the "He's got a lot of quick- to rush for more than 1,000 room because it reminded him U.S. Amateur final, Nancy that's going to be poured." ness," Ross said. "But I knew of an elevated green. Typical Leonard. Way too house paid off Sunday. yards in each of his first eight Leonard hemmed a new pair of all of that. I think he'll have seasons. Sunday that same kid modest. He gets asked about pants for her son and tried to even greater quickness when The 1,553 yards was the sec- wrapped both hands around the breaking through to the Leonard started the day in imagine how a breakthrough he knows what he's doing. ond-best total of Sanders' ca- Auld Claret Jug and walked off win would change his life. highest level of his profession third place, trailing Parnevik "He's way behind. But he's by five strokes and Clarke by reer. He ran for 1,883 yards in the 18th at Royal Troon as the Someone asked Leonard to and all he can talk about Is the an NFL veteran. He'U catch on 1994. British Open champion. do the same moments after he guys he plays a regular Nassau three. He ran off six birdies in fast enough" "I'm Just hoping," Justin with busting a couple of lock- eight holes on the front to get Deep down, however, there coolly finished off the final On one play, Sanders caught is the sense that he'd gladly Leonard said, "it takes a while four holes for a 65 and a three- ers. But then, those guys himself into the tournament a pass, bringing a loud cheer and he made three putts at Nos. trade some of those records for this to sink in." stroke win over Jesper Parne- already knew how tough he can from the hundreds of fans who for a chance to play in the That may be. But what Leon- vik and Darren Clarke. He is be with something on the line. 15-17 to win it. But the really turned out to watch the prac- tough part was in the middle. Super Bowl. Sanders says he ard's win in the season's third no wild-and-crazy guy. Far His swing is one of those flat, would feel a great loss if his major does immediately is ele- tice. To them, Sanders seemed from it. Last year. Cosmopoli- "hit-the-ball-before-it-moves" career doesn't Include at least vate him above the crowd of maneuvers made necessary by The back nine at Royal Troon a bargain at any price. Yet tan magazine named him one of what a price he drew. one shot at a championship. rising stars packed with poten- the world's 25 most eligible the Texas wind and made begins with four par-4s of 438, tial, names like Phil Mickelson, bachelors and he spent months famous by the movie "Tin 463, 431 and 465 yards, and the David Duval and Jim Furyk. It trying to live it down. Cup." It may not be pretty, but short-hitting Leonard is as tra- also establishes the 25-year-old But the picture he kept com- it proved more than servicea- ditional about his equipment as Texan as a legitimate rival to ing back to was the party his ble in the British Isles. anybody gets. He grew up play- Howard's club 14 ing with persimmon woods and ■ ■ Mon-Sot l2-2:30om I I the two best players his gener- friends were throwing at the "The reason you dont see Sin'i-F-fflnm ation has so far produced: Royal Oaks club in Dallas that everybody swing this way," forged blade irons and came 21-year-old Masters champion very moment without him. Leonard said, "is because no out on tour that way. Thursday 24th: JINKICS Barkley faces Friday 25th & Vaughn defends charges fight charges Saturday 26th: The Associated Press "Of course that's the gist of it," Vaughn was hit in the eye dur- said Vaughn, who called home ing an altercation in a Boston bar 1 CLEVELAND - Mo Vaughn an- in Cleveland Sunday 27th: when he heard the allegation and in July 1995 and issued an emo- 7he Associated Press swered every question and even told his mother it wasn't true. tional apology to his fans. This Benefit for New Womens called his mother as he tried to CLEVELAND - Pre-trial hear- Center_with the Hope clear his name of allegations he The 6-foot-l, 240-pound first time, he said he wasn't even in ings have been completed and chestrc punched someone in a bar fight. baseman will apparently have to Tiffany's Cabaret, where Bird the trial is set to begin Monday in On Monday, the Boston Red wait to hear if he will be the tar- said the fight happened. While he a lawsuit accusing Houston Sox first baseman learned that a get of a civil lawsuit. Bird and his witnessed the scuffle from the Rockets forward Charles Bark- prosecutor decided not to charge attorney did not return phone parking lot shared by Tiffany's ley of getting into a barroom him with assault because there calls on Monday. and another bar, Vaughn said he scuffle during a visit by the wasn't enough evidence. HELP WANTED! Vaughn likened the incident to didn't join H Dream Team. 'We're not doing anything at The final pre-trial hearing was the moment," said chief pros- a report last summer by a New held Tuesday in the chambers of ecutor Carolyn Allen, whose of- York man who accused NBA All- "I wasn't at fault with what happened," Vaughn said. "I'm Cuyahoga County Common Pleas fice will not file charges unless Star Charles Barkley of punching Judge William Coyne. Barkley glad to get past that and get over the accuser comes up with more him at another bar in Cleveland's did not attend the hearing, and witnesses and medical docu- Flats neighborhood. There were with it." attorneys in the case declined mentation. no charges in that case, but Jeb comment. Tyler of Spencerport, N.Y., is su- Jeb Tyler, 23, of Spencerport, Scott Bird, 24, of North Olm- ing Barkley for $50,000. A pre- Though Red Sox spokesman sted, Ohio, said his teeth were Kevin Shea said Monday the club N.Y., is seeking at least $50,000 in trial hearing was scheduled to- the lawsuit against Barkley and loosened and his lip cut during a day with a trial set for July 28. was still looking into it, manager scuffle in the doorway of a nude Jimy Williams said, "As far as I the bar where a scuffle took dance club early Saturday. Bird know, the young man is inno- place on July 7, 1996. Tyler filed a police complaint saying it "You are a target in certain in- cent." claims in the lawsuit that Bark- was Vaughn, the AL's 1995 MVP, stances," Vaughn said. "... I un- ley punched him several times in who hit him. derstand people, I understand the face and head. situations and I understand who I Vaughn and the Red Sox were Barkley has said that he will in town to play the Cleveland In- Vaughn denied the charge and am is going to do a lot. 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It's put on your offense and back. He became said. clude everything down to the played his first season with the hard hat and come to work," he captain In 1986 when Gil Per Several players were angry CINCINNATI - Design fees plumbing. Buffalo Sabres with an 18 inch said. reault retired. with MVP goalie Dominlk Hasek and land acquisition costs are steel rod in his leg, something his Ruff, 37, signed a multiyear In 1989, Ruff was traded to the over his public lobbying for No- expected to drive the cost of the The land purchases, none of teammates only learned about contract to replace Ted Nolan, Rangers for a fifth-round draft lan's departure. Hasek said he new stadium for the Cincinnati which has been completed, are after he was the team's rookie of who rejected a one-year exten- pick and played two more lost respect for Nolan, but has Bengals to more than $300 mil- the next step In building the fu- the year. sion. seasons with New York before never publicly said why. lion. The Cincinnati Enquirer re- turistic football stadium in time "Not once all season did he Nolan, the NHL's coach of the retiring to coach. ported Monday. for the August 2000 season complain about this or use it as year last season and a fan and Although he was known as a "I think once training camp rolls around and everybody puts Hamilton County and the Ben- opener. an excuse," former teammate player favorite, had been looking prankster he once stitched gals agreed in their lease that the Larry Playfalr said. "It was the for a longer commitment, some- Brian Leetch's money into his e jersey on and we get inside a The county auditor's office va- dressing room and we become stadium would cost $270 million. lues the land at nearly $28 mil- type of thing which made us re- thing new general manager pocket before going out to dinner But that did not include land spect him even more, and goes a Darcy Regier wouldn't accept. with him Ruff said coaching is a united, a lot of that will take care lion. But local real estate special- of itself," Ruff said. costs, design fees or $10 million ists say the county will have to long way In describing his tough- The two knew each other only more serious business. for three practice fields west of ness and competitiveness." briefly. "It's tough to be a practical Peca, who won the Selke Award pay more than fair market value as the league's top defensive the stadium. for the nearly 32 acres of pri- On Monday, the same old Ruff "The relationship between joker as a coach," he said. general manager and head coach He said he hoped to improve forward last season, agreed that vately owned land that lawyers returned to Buffalo, this time as training camp will be crucial. Voters were told the half-cent- are negotiating to buy. the Sabres' new head coach. It's a is absolutely essential," said Re- the Sabres' defense and maintain per-dollar sales tax increase they work ethic that fits well with the gier, who replaced the fired John the emotion and intensity they "It's going to be the most im- The premium could range from approved last year would raise Northeast Division champions, Muckler in June "If it isn't tight showed last season. In Florida, portant part of the season," he $544 million to build stadiums for 10 percent to 20 percent, costing and you dont have the same Ruff focused his coaching efforts said, "especially for us to get off anywhere from $31 million to $34 Ruff said. the Bengals and Cincinnati Reds. "The emotion and the intensity goals, it can break apart." on the Panthers' penalty-killing on the right foot and for every- The Reds still are negotiating a million. that I put into the game is what Regier's relationship with and defensemen. one to come together and get on lease for their stadium. Bob Bedinghaus, president of you see here in Buffalo," he said. Ruff, on the other hand, began 20 "The system that we're going the same page right off the bat." the county commissioners, told Ruff will be an NHL head years ago when Ruff was playing to employ will be a very hard The Sabres finished 40-30-12 Also, the $270 million figure the newspaper he is confident coach for the first time after junior hockey for the Lethbridge forechecking style," he said. "We last season, Nolan's second, be- for the Bengals' stadium could go that tax increase voters passed three years as an assistant with Broncos, Regier's former team. want to be one of the hardest fore Philadelphia eliminated up once the county's construction last year will cover the cost of the Florida Panthers. Ruff played 10 seasons for the forechecking teams in hockey." them in the second round of the manager negotiates a guaranteed new homes for both teams. "You've got the Matthew Bar- Sabres after being selected in the As for the squabbling that has playoffs. Steelers, Bears to play in Ireland Fishing for walleyes not coming Ohio Sea Grant Director Fred pumps millions of dollars Into the facing a lengthy delay over lug- The Associated Press The Associated Press lege Dublin to inspect the city's Snyder is looking into the de- local economy. gage confusion, spending 10 range of restaurants, pubs and cline. In 1988, there were 149 mil- hours in their chartered plane PORT CLINTON - Just ask any Snyder does not know why the DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) Some clubs. lion walleye in Lake Erie. That walleye population has declined. and not arriving until the after- angler, it's getting harder to hit the pubs or the golf links, oth- "It's all to beat the jet lag," figure dropped to 75 million last Some experts say the decline noon. catch walleye on Lake Erie these ers their beds as the Pittsburgh joked Pittsburgh center Jim might have something to do with "The Bears weigh 900,000 days. year. Steelers and Chicago Bears ar- Sweeney. The reason: there are fewer of Snyder said the decline may the pesky zebra mussel. The rived Tuesday for this Sunday's pounds when we're traveling," The Pittsburgh native's par- eventually have an impact on shellfish became noticeable in said team spokesman Bryan Har- them to go around. first NFL game in Ireland. ents both have their roots in The number of walleye has de- tourism - a major industry in the western Lake Erie basin 10 The 312-strong Steelers' con- lan, who has traveled with the County Cork in southwest Ire- Bears for three previous over- clined by nearly 50 percent in the communities along Lake Erie. He years ago when significant num- tingent arrived in the morning to land. He hopes to do a bit of ge- said some anglers may not re- seas ventures to London in 1986, last 10 years. bers were discovered on water- general astonishment from locals nealogical research first if chat- None of that bothers avid ang- Goteburg, Sweden in 1988, and turn. intake structures. who are not used to seeing men ting in Dublin pubs counts, that ler Don Warnecke, 52, of Toledo. "Tourism-based communities Lakefront communities have their size. Berlin in 1991. Is. "There's 90 players, 15 coach- "It's not that easy to catch thrive in a stable ecosystem," spent millions of dollars trying to "They're running about like walleye anymore. It's tricky. But said Snyder, an environmental prevent the fast-multiplying the bulls at Pamplona," said es, about 40 others affiliated with "I'm definitely looking for- the team, and most brought their that's what I like," said War- specialist with the organization shellfish from blocking water In- Sharon Murtagh, a guest staying ward to partying with Irish peo- necke. "You want a challenge. spouses," he said. that examines water issues. take lines. at the same south Dublin hotel as ple. I've heard some of the sto- That's half the fun." Many players from both teams The annual walleye run along It is believed that the mussels the Steelers. ries they tell are unbelievable. The state said Monday it is not the Maumee and Sandusky rivers were introduced in the Great About 380 Bears and their sup- went straight from their shared I'll have to see if my 'bullcraft' practice field at University Col- worried about the drop, but one in northwest Ohio draws people Lakes when a European cargo porters had a rougher crossing. matches up with theirs," he said. expert isnt so sure. from more than 30 states. It ship dumped its ballast.

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