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gomes, and free dinner.
Saturday, Sept 14 th
7:50 p.m.
Islamic Center, 417 Stasney
Islamic Canter
417 Stasney Street
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SIX BRIDGES
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Stagehand Meeting
Monday, September 16th
at 7:00 PM
in Rudder Auditorium
Earns $6.00per (tour
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(Social Security card & Drivers License)
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Wednesday. September I
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Car seat belt use rises whilt
motorcycle helmet use falls
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A patchwork of
state policies is inspiring more motorists to
buckle their seat belts than ever before but
the number of motorcyclists wearing hel
mets has plummeted, a government study
showed Tuesday.
Seat belt use reached 75 percent this
year, the highest level since national surveys
began in 1994, according to the National
Hi ah way Traffic Safety Administration.
Officials there credited the trend in part to
education and enforcement efforts such as
the “Click it or Ticket” campaign, in which
30 states participated over the Memorial
Day weekend.
“More and more, people are realizing
that seat belts are absolutely the most effec
tive safety device in a car,” said Jeffrey W.
Runge, administrator of the agency.
Similarly, helmets are the most effective
safety device for motorcyclists. The
NHTSA estimates that in a crash, such head-
gear reduces the likelihood of a fatality by
29 percent.
But state laws requiring helmet use
unraveled after 1995, when Congress
repealed incentives for states to require
motorcyclists to wear head protection.
Helmet usage has dropped nearly 14 percent
since 2(XX), when the last survey was taken,
the agency said.
The contrast between state laws on seat
belt and helmet usage reflects a fierce tug-of-
war between high>
individual rights activi
State assemblies, e
tend to pick their battl
restrictions.
There is a feeling out
there in the legislatures
that some laws are easier
to pass than others.
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others,” said Judie
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for states to tighten sc
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do not wear seat belt
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put any
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covered with black dust.” said
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250 feet from the proposed
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bullet passed throuf
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pet and the kitche
■ the Corps (
and killed his wife
■ which will
poured bottles of iKf.
to the gan
the sink.
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closer to populated areas to dig.
In the past, Kentucky’s coal
was typically mined deep in the
mountains where coal seams
were thickest and easiest to dig
out.
But after a century of heavy
mining, “the easy coal is
gone,” said Tom FitzGerald, an
environmental attorney repre
senting Lick Creek residents.
“Coal seams that once were
considered marginal or prob
lematic now are being mined.
Often, they’re close to homes.”
Roy Mullins, a former coal
miner now leading the charge
to keep Clintwood Elkhorn
Mining Co. from opening the
mine in Lick Creek, said resi
dents across the Appalachian
coalfields have a vested inter
est in the case.
“It could be their communi
ty next,” he said. “We’re not
trying to shut down a coal corn-
fear the dust, the noise and
other environmental effects.
Coal mining is a $3.5 billion
industry in Kentucky, which
ranks third, behind Wyoming
and West Virginia, in tons
mined. Kentucky's 15,5(X) min
ers produced 131 million tons
in 2000 and made more than
$678 million in wages, accord
ing to the Kentucky Coal
Association.
Bill Marcum, vice president
of the Kentucky Coal
Association, said coal compa
nies try their best to be good
neighbors.
He said the state does not
allow coal companies to begin
mining until it is reasonably
assured there would be no
harm to residential areas. If
harm does result, Marcum said,
government agencies can step
in, imposing fines or even
ordering mines to shut down.
with mines edging ever
to homes.
Residents of McR
blame a nearby mount
mine for recurrent flash
ing. Others complain thai
ing shakes their home
daily earthquakes. In the
community of Ary. re
complain that dust covei
homes, furniture, eve
trees. Earlier this i
authorities evacuated 12
at Brushy when blastin
rocks down a mounta
one boulder destroyed a
home.
Charles Howard said
near Viper is causing hi
to sink and subjects his
to the roar of machine
the beeping of heavy
merit moving in reverse.
“It's miserable,” In
“When I first bought p
here, it was just so peao
quiet. Now, you can’t :
side in the evening. Th
is totally irritating.”
m i ne
' house
family
:ry and
equip-
e said,
roperty
eful, so
sit out-
; noise
Chase, 56, is nowc*
charges of murdennf
of 32 years, Jackie Ot
in their stucco towifc
Savannahs histone*
last September.
Chase's attorney *
shooting was acode®
prosecutors said the51
old Chase intended
wife, who was strud 1,
head by a bullet tte
through the carpet,*
carpet pad, 3/4-*®
wood and the kitchen*
sheetrock.
"It was right in their®
her head? Chase •
police investigators ird*
taped interview short
the shooting that was
to jurors Tuesday du*!
second day of the tri*^
are the chances of th*
"Infinitesimal/ Lt
Zapal replied on the ®
don't think you could &
if you wanted to.
Chase, who sounder
fused on the videotap*
he had been drinking';
for three days and wa-
when the shooting oC ‘
Police said they ^
empty liquor bottes
kitchen.
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