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Man loses driver’s license due to six-pad
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man who
told his doctors that he drinks more than a
six-pack of beer per day is now fighting to
get his driver’s license back because the phy
sicians apparently reported him to the state.
Keith Emerich, 44, said Tuesday that he
disclosed his drinking habit in February to
doctors who were treating him at a hospital
for an irregular heartbeat.
‘ ‘I told them it was over a six-pack a day. It
wasn’t good for me — I’m not going to lie,”
Emerich said in a telephone interview from
his home in Lebanon, about 30 miles east of
Harrisburg.
Emerich received a notice from the Penn
sylvania Department of Transportation in
April that his license was being revoked ef
fective May 6 for medical reasons related to
substance abuse. He has petitioned a judge
to restore the license, and a hearing has been
set for July 29.
A state law dating to the 1960s requires
doctors to report any physical or mental
impairments that could compromise a pa
tient’s ability to drive safely, PennDOT
spokeswoman Joan Nissley said. Nissley
said she could not discuss the del)
Emerich’s case because of confidem
requirements that also protect theJ
from being identified.
The law requires revocation of the lie*
til the driver can prove he is competentio
Emerich said his heart problem
prompted him to limit his beer
to weekends. Aside from a drunken-
ing conviction when he was 21, Ems
a pressman at a printshop who livesil
said he has a clean driving record anil|
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Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus,
is no stranger to performance. Since the
age of 11, when he started singing for the
world-famous Boys Choir of Harlem, he
has been on a stage.
After graduating college at the Univer
sity of Hartford in 1998, Iverson was se
lected to perform with the circus. Iverson
has also been named one of the 10 Most
Fascinating People by Barbara Walters.
“Aggies should come to the circus be
cause it truly is for everyone,” Iverson said.
“They may think they’re too cool or too old
but they’ll actually enjoy it as much as the
kids because (being older) they’ll be able to
appreciate the intricacies that go into put
ting on a show of this magnitude.”
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bai
ley Circus will be in College Station un
til Wednesday night, with two shows on
Wednesday at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets
are still available and can be purchased
at the MSC Box Office by calling 845-
1234. They range from $15 to $50, and
A&M students, staff and faculty receive
a $5 discount.
“I think the circus is a real trip,” said
David Zantop, a senior animal science
major. “I’ve been going since I was a
kid, and I don’t plan to stop just be
cause I’m in college. Now I can take
my girlfriend.”
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Award
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This award is a great honor because stu
dents must compete for it with others across
the state, said Diane Graham, assistant direc
tor of student teaching for the Department of
Teaching, Learning and Culture.
Each university offering teacher educa
tion can submit materials for up to four can
didates to be considered for the award, said
Eloise Hughes, vice president of the TDFE,
a network of administrators that coordinates
student teaching placements.
A committee of three field directors re
views the information and chooses one kin
dergarten to sixth-grade student teacher and
one seventh to 12th grade student teacher
from across Texas to be student teachers of
the year, said Hughes, who also chaired the
selection committee.
“Texas A&M has an excellent education
program where students are encouraged
to participate in the competition for this
award,” Hughes said.
Tipps completed her student teaching in
a kindergarten classroom at Heritage El
ementary by participating in the Learning to
Teach in Inner-City Schools program.
The LTICS program focuses on learning
to teach diverse students who may be from
poor socioeconomic backgrounds.
“Mindi’s students were diverse and chal
lenging; she had few problems,” said Sharon
Skeans, an educational consultant and Tipps’
University supervisor.
The A&M program’s connection between
teaching theory and giving students field-
based practice offers the best of both worlds,
Graham said.
“I feel that the most effective way to pre
pare new teachers is by placing
classroom in front of students,” Tipps si
Tipps has a strong foundation ini
as well as a great sense for workingwi
dents, Skeans said.
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Graham said. “The demand for
ers is extremely high because theyateci
sistently of high quality.”
Tipps is committed to the teaching
sion and quickly gained the respect of
students, Skeans said.
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accept constructive criticism and implr
new ideas immediately,” Skeans said
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Bin Laden confidant
surrenders to Saudi
amnesty in Iran
al-Qaida chief rather than an operational planner
for his terror network, a U.S. counterterrorism of
ficial said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A confidant
of Osama bin Laden surrendered to Saudi dip
lomats in Iran and was flown to the kingdom
Tuesday, a potentially valuable asset in the war
on terror because of his closeness to the fugi
tive al-Qaida chief.
Khaled bin Ouda bin Mohammed al-Harby
was shown on Saudi TV being pushed in a
wheelchair through the Riyadh airport. He is
the most important figure to surface under a
Saudi amnesty promising to spare the lives of
militants who turn themselves in.
"Thank God, thank God... I called the embassy
and we were very well-received,” al-Harby told Sau
di TV in the airport terminal. “I have come obeying
God, and obeying the (kingdom’s) rulers.”
Al-Harby - also known as Abu Suleiman al-
Makky - is considered a sounding board for the
Militants kill Bulgarian
hostage; Iraqi police
arrest hundreds
the men and would kill the other in 24tiou[:
The video contained the killing but it
not broadcast because it was too graphic,:
Al-Jazeera spokesman Jihad Bailout He
dined to say how the killing was carried
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Militants in Iraq said
they killed a captive Bulgarian truck driver and
threatened to put another hostage to death in 24
hours, Al-Jazeera television reported Wednesday.
Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s
Tawhid and Jihad group said last week it would
kill the two truck drivers if the United States did
not release all Iraqi detainees by last Saturday.
The group earlier claimed responsibility for be
heading of American businessman Nicholas Berg
and South Korean translator Kim Sun-il. It is also
blamed for attacks that killed 100 people ahead
of the transfer of power to Iraqis last month.
In a video broadcast on Al-Jazeera, the group
said it had carried out its threat against one of
Red Cross fears U.S.
hiding terror detainee!
around the world
GENEVA (AP) — The international RedCi:
said Tuesday it suspects the United State
hiding detainees in lockups across the glc
though the agency has been granted acces
thousands of prisoners in Iraq and elsewlte
Terror suspects reported by the FBI
captured have never turned up in detent
centers, and the United States has fa
to reply to agency demands for a list of
eryone it’s holding, said Antonella !M
spokeswoman for the International Com:
tee of the Red Cross.
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