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B8 VINCENNES SUN COMMERCIAL THURSDAY AUG 1 7 2000 Karen is ejected from July 19 The last remaining houseguest when the series concludes in Sep tember will win a half million dol NEW YORK (AP) She want ed it She begged for it She got it Karen the often einotional moth er of four was plucked from the "Big house on Wednes live broadcast of the CBS reality series which airs the resi behavior six nights a week Laughing and crying on hearing mates (and millions of viewers) They hugged and kissed Seven houseguests remain in the camera and microphone bugged house now that Karen has met the same fate as former stripper Jordan two weeks ago and youth coun selor William who was kicked out lars Last Wednesday Karen and her housemates each nominated two members to be expelled In a tie vote Karen was one of three marked for banishment After that viewers got in the act In a phone poll 76 percent of callers chose Karen to be ousted Cassandra a United Nations com munication officer was picked by 15 percent Civil engineering stu dent Josh got 9 percent CBS does not divulge how many people phoned in which premiered on July 5 airs every night but Sun day But unlike live hour long broadcast the other installments feature hall hour taped highlights CBS also maintains a Web site where the houseguests can be viewed in real time in streaming video On the Net: Big Brother: brother2000aolcom the news she hugged her house mates and wished them well then made her exit what she college student Eddie told the others who were left behind The object of is to stay in the house not leave But on a past episode Karen had pleaded with viewers to spring her with their phoned in votes so she could rejoin her children back home in Columbus Ind She got her wish said Karen weep ing as she joined host Julie Chen in the Los Angeles studio beside the house get to see my kids all I wanted to do wanted the experience (in the house) and I got it and now' I just want to be a mom" Not only was Karen reunited with her kids after 43 absence she was also confronted during the show by Tom her hus band of 22 years about w'hom she had spoken harshly to her house Wildfires break million acre mark HELENA Mont (AP) Some 86 raging wildfires ripping through forest brush and grass across the West have burned more than 1 million acres and show no signs of slowing Yellowstone National south entrance reopened on Thurs day after being closed the day before by a fire in Grand Teton National Park People were evacu ated from South Dakota's Black Hills on Wednesday and the dan ger even extended to Alaska So far this year 49 million acres have burned nationwide according to the National Intera gency ire Center in Boise Idaho more than double the ten year average 25 largest active fires accounted for nearly half of the total acreage currently burning the agency said This year more than 2000 fires have burned 457000 acres statewide State officials Wednesday asked the federal government to send an additional 1000 federal troops and a military radar plane to Montana to battle 100 year The entire state was a disaster area under an order from Gov Marc Racicot that took effect Thursday It allows use of the National Guard anywhere in the state A wildfire between Helena and Bozeman exploded from a spark to a 20000 acre inferno within 24 hours drawing manpower from other fires in smoke choked west ern Montana While the quarter million acres of fires burning in the Bitterroot Valley made no major advances on Wednesday a wildfire 12 miles west of Yellowstone National Park expanded to 3500 acres A fire south of Helena triggered evacuations and burned some land owned by media magnate Ted Turner who owns four ranches in Montana are a lot of people in this boat ranch manager Russ Miller said have a lot of empathy for our neighbors who are affected by these fires We also have a strong appreciation for the firefighters who are giving it their A new wildfire near the Umatil la Indian Reservation in Oregon had burned 2500 acres of grass brush and timber by Wednesday officials said lames shot up to 100 feet in the air in some tim bered areas Elsewhere 55 people were evac uated from the southern Black Hills south of Hot Springs SD A 7000 acre blaze there was expect ed to be contained by riday said orest Service spokesman Terry Padilla Wildfires roaming through parched rank Church River of No Return Wilderness have prompted the US orest Service to close the renowned Middle ork of the Salmon River to rafters and kayakers And in Alaska the National Weather Service has issued a flag its most severe fire warning for the Kenai Peninsula and Kodiak Island On the Net: National Interagency ire Center: orest Service: shtml GREAT DLliU taro 4 69997 ll 'f 1 7797 PHILIPS Whirl no! 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