Skip to main content
The largest online newspaper archive
A Publisher Extra® Newspaper

Star Tribune from Minneapolis, Minnesota • Page 17

Publication:
Star Tribunei
Location:
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Issue Date:
Page:
17
Extracted Article Text (OCR)

roS INDEX Columnists Page B2 Faces Places Page B4 Obituaries Page B6 Weather Page B8 Wednesday OCTOBER 2, 1996 5 iuouuc SECTION SterTfibure Inside 3-yaair fugitive Is Gaptufed in StB Paul Viewer saw the Massachusetts escapee on TV show Ramsey board faces makeover Suburban representa-- tives on the Ramsey County Board are all up for reeleC-' tion. See INSIGHT on B3. $2.8 million in grants Five AIDS prevention programs were given national grants. Turn to BZ' Nuclear casks to stay? A state agency is expect-, ed to rule that there is no" alternative site for Prairie "Unsolved Mysteries" in August. The viewer called the show, which called the task force last week.

Cepulonis was known as Thomas Leo Langstone in Minnesota and Walters was using the alias Debbie Langstone, officials said. Turn to FUGITIVE on B8 Richard A. Cepulonis, 49, had been serving a prison term of up to 82 years in Massachusetts for armed robbery, bank robbery, assault with intent to murder and possession of a machine gun. He escaped in 1987, aided by his wife, Karen D. Walters, a former special education teacher from New Jersey whom he married in 1985 while in By Heron Marquez Estrada Star Tribune Staff Writer One of the 10 most wanted criminals in Massachusetts was arrested Tuesday afternoon in St.

Paul near the home where he had lived quietly after escaping from prison nine years ago, authorities reported. prison, said members of the Minnesota Fugitive Task Force who made the arrest. Walters, 40, also was arrested Tuesday by task force agents who had been watching the home on Maryland Av. The agents were there because they received a tip from a TV viewer who had seen Cepulonis on an episode Photo courtesy of WCCO-TV Richard A. Cepulonis Island's nuclear waste casks.

Turn to B3. -5 The columnists LeapirY lizard! Curious creature finds some comfort in human arms A new labor style Linda Chavez-Thompson; brings an in-touch style to the AFL-CIO, but will she find support for new strate- gies? See DOUG GROW on B2. FYI Chilly, but financially comfy Relatively high average household income and edu i i VvK 7 -X far A cational attainment and a low unemployment rate were key factors in deter mining that the Twin Cities offer residents the second- best shot at financial security among 100 U.S. urban areas; Salt Lake City was first on the list, compiled by Re- i liaStar Financial which is based coinci- dentally in Minneapolis. Financial security is de- fined irt the study as the means and opportunities, regardless of source, needed to support oneself and dependents at an accept- i able standard throughout one's lifetime.

The index combines 15 economic andj quality-of-life factors. After the Twin Cities, the' top 10 included Fort Waynei Grand Rapids, Des Moines, Madison, Lancaster, Atlanta, Indij anapolis and Sarasota, Fla. I Star Tribune Photos by Charles Bjorgen Greg Brown, who lives on Como Av. SE. In Minneapolis, helped capture an Iguana that was found In a tree In his neighborhood.

An Animal Control agent forced the lizard to a spindly branch from which It dropped to a shirt held by two spectators. Brown said he was Interested In adopting the animal if the owner didn't claim It, but he was told that It Is Illegal to keep Iguanas In Minneapolis. Animal Control will hold the Iguana for five days at 506 11th Av. N. Hi.

Risk-takers might consider relocating to Fresno, i which ranked last thanks to high unemployment, cost of living and crime and low educational levels. Lois Orth has made a career out of lifting bodies and spirits at Minneapolis' Young Quinlan building. This week Candidates are beating down the doors in House race Paymar and Cleveland vie for Orensteuis seat By Curt Brown Star Tribune Staff Writer Once, DFL candidate Michael Paymar Development we can live with Home buyers, commut-1 ers, community leaders, teachers, developers and even poetry and garden lov-J ers may all find something of interest at the Minnesota' Conference on Sustainable Development defined in 0 Minnesota law as development that maintains or enhances economic opportunity and community well-being while protecting resources. Speakers will include Paul Hawken, author NCAA panel will review appeals of 2 Roseville athletes, others Scholarship-eligibility call to come next week By Norman Draper and Duchesne Paul Drew Star Tribune Staff Writers The 44-member NCAA Council will decide next week the fate of two Roseville High School graduates who were ruled ineligible for college athletic scholarships because of an English course they took last year. The council's three-day meeting in Kansas City stands as the last chance for Winny Brodt and Debbie Thompson to have their scholarships restored this year.

The women's hopes for competing were sidelined in August, when the NCAA Initial Eligibility Clearinghouse ruled that "Critical Reading," which Roseville school officials describe as an advanced English course for college-bound students, did not count as part of the core requirement for English. Brodt and Thompson are among 16 students across the country who will have their cases reviewed by the council when it meets beginning Monday, said Kathryn Reith, the NCAA's director of public information. More than 80 percent of the roughly 60,000 college-bound student athletes qualified to play Division I sports, Reith said. By mid-September, 67 students disqualified because of English classes already had appealed to an NCAA subcommittee. About half the men (21 of 43) were granted waivers, and about two-thirds of the women (17 of 24) were cleared to play.

Brodt and Thompson have impressive academic and athletic credentials. Turn to STUDENTS on BS and founder of Smith and 1 Hawken garden retail and catalog company; David Crockett, winner of the President's Award for Sustainable Development, and other national figures. There will also be poetry readings.1 When: Thursday and Friday. Where: Minneapolis Con- vention Center. Cost: $120 for both days, $70 for one day.

Further Info: 215-0286 or li 800-657-3843. Star Tribune Photo by Darlene Pflster When she retires today, lead elevator operator Lois Orth will hang up her white gloves and turn over the controls she's had her hands on since 19S8. But she said she win still fill In occasionally for III or vacationing operators. After giving rides for 39 years. cicvcuui upcicuui id i tiling knocked at a door and an angry dog flew through the screen, toppling a ladder, which fell on his head.

Then there was the time Republican Ray Cleveland could swear the would-be voter he was wooing looked familiar. "He said: 'A lot of people have the same reaction: They say I look like Mr. Drysdale from The Beverly Hillbillies' and I said: 'That's Cleveland recalled. "It was uncanny, the resemblance hung with me for a few blocks." Paymar and Cleveland are locked in a door-to-door, front-stoop battle for the open Minnesota House seat in St. Paul's Highland Park and Macalcster-Groveland neighborhoods.

DFLer Howard Orenstein represented the district for a decade, but left the door open when he retired last session. "It's on our 'monitor-closely' list," said Phil Carruthers, DFL-Brooklyn Center, the House majority leader. There are a few reasons the Paymar-Cleveland duel, one of 16 Minnesota House races without an incumbent, has caught the eye of political leaders and junkies alike: The district was the last in the Twin Cities to send a Republican to the House (John Drew in 1980). Mike Harris, a fiscally conservative independent, represents the area on the St. Paul City Council, hinting at potential DFL vulnerability.

It's one of a dozen open House seats that last belonged to the DFL, which hopes to build on the narrow 69-65 edge it enjoyed last session. Turn to DISTRICT 64B on BS Leaf art Leaves will become art objects when local artist Reed Kettenarknr'R Knn.fnnt By Peg Meier to Cesar Romero, Gloria Swanson, Lib-erace, "some French premier fellow, I forget his name" and many other famous people. Plus, hundreds of schoolchildren who are entranced with person-operated elevators. It's the mean Minnesota winters that are making her hang up her white gloves. Orth, who will turn 72 Saturday, recently moved to a Fridley apartment that has no garage, and the prospect of scraping her windshield morning after morning made her cringe.

"1 told the apartment manager to put up a garage Just for me, but he refused," she said. Turn to ORTH on B4 Star Tribune Staff Writer Please, please, please. As a favor to Lois Orth on her last day of work today, don't ask her about the ups and downs of her 39 years as an elevator operator at the Young Quinlan building in Minneapolis. She's heard that line before. Probably hundreds, maybe thousands of times.

Sometimes she responds, "The ups and downs don't bother me. It's the jerks that do." But seriously, she said, the jerks of both mechanical and passenger type have been few. She loves her work. She's crazy for her clients. She has given rides long sculpturepainting of leaves encircles Robbinsdale! City Hall.

The six-year pro- ject, which comprises 365 distinct leaves, will be on display Thursday only as the I city marks Cities Week, a statewide event sponsored by the League of Minnesota Cities. Dozens of cities have scheduled events and dis- plays for local residents. When: Thursday. Where: Robbinsdale City Hall. 4221 LakeRd.

Cost: Free. Further Info: 537-4534. I 3 (fici ww..

Get access to Newspapers.com

  • The largest online newspaper archive
  • 300+ newspapers from the 1700's - 2000's
  • Millions of additional pages added every month

Publisher Extra® Newspapers

  • Exclusive licensed content from premium publishers like the Star Tribune
  • Archives through last month
  • Continually updated

About Star Tribune Archive

Pages Available:
3,129,348
Years Available:
1867-2024