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Take Two Lcmcjvie News Journal, Saturday, November 20, 2004 3A -1 Pitcher who lost arm now helps others ANSWER i 1 and tlie ministry provides prayer support, referral services and support materials for those who work with the suffering. Write to the couple at Dave Dravecky's Outreach of Hope, l.iaiOGIe-neagle Drive, Colorado Springs, CO mm. Thee-mail address Ls Infofa OutreachOfl lope Who is the guy who played Paul Williams in BEECHER THREATT stringent as city ordinances when it comes to trash control. Generally speaking, if an eyesore is not a publ ic health nuisance and Is farther than 300 feet from a public roadway, the homeowners are not In violatioa I lis department evaluates and acts on each situation depending on its particular circumstances. For example, if a car is broken down and close to the roadway, but Is In the process of being fixed it Is not a public nuisance.

If you are storing a dozen cars next to the roadway, the law has a problem with thai A property owner can store trash for up to 10 diys, but if the dogs get involved and spread it around, then it becomes a public health nuisance, and it's got to go Immediately. To report a nuisance in the county, call (903) 237-221. Ls the Bob Hallmark at Channel 7 related to Joan Hallmark, also at Channel Bob says they are second cousins. Send your quest ions to answertwe 5 or leave a message at (903) 232-7208. I le Liter appeared in the movies "I founded" and "To Sir With Love 2." What is the name of Steven Spielberg's first wife? Amy Irving was Kate Capshaw's predecessor.

Amy and Steven (director of "E.T.," "Saving Private Ryan," "Jaws," "Schindler's List," "Jurassic Park" where does it stop?) were married from 1985 to 19(19 and had one child together. Amy's filmography is not as memorable. Perhaps you saw her in "Crossing Delaneey," "Traffic" or "Tuck Everlasting." In the county, I often see trash, trailers and cars, around homes. Is there any way counties can make owners clean up these messes? Will Gee, Gregg County health officer, administers state laws control ling public health nuisances. I le explains that state laws are not as In Focus LINE OF LIFE FROM NEAR OR the 19U9 movie 'The Temptations'? Is he still living? Where can I write to him? "I've got sunshine, on a cloudy diy The kids groan when they hear the first notes of "My Girl" because they know Mom's about to get down with it.

Christian Payton is the young actor who played Paul Williams, the Temptations singer who committed suicide in 1971. Write to Payton in aire of Calvin Mason Management. 3313 Barham Los Angeles. CA 90fa. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld presents the National Museum of American History with his "puffy shirt" and the script from the sitcom episode that inspired it.

"This has got to be a new low for them, but I couldn't be prouder to have my name plastered all over it," Seinfeld joked Cai Na Service Pioto 6 A Famous 'puffy shirt' old A SLICE Question: Whatever hapjiened to the famous baseball pitcher who lost his arm In 1308? I lis name was Dave Dravecky. Answer Now here Is an Inspiring story. Dravecky developed cancer in his pitching arm while playing for the San Francisco Giants, seven years into his major league career. After surgery and radiation, Dravecky surprised everyone in 19B9 by coming back and winning two games. Then the unthinkable happened Remember the video of arm snapping and breaking during a pitch? The weakened arm broke 'again that season during a celebration of the Giant's league championship series victory, and later it was amputated I Dravecky and his wife, Jan, relied ton their faith throughout trying years lof dealing with an illness in the public In I'M, they founded Outreach of ministry, whose mission is to offer comfort and hope through Jesus Christ to those suffering from cancer, amputation or serious illness.

The Dra veckys are speakers and authors. Odds Ends NEWS OF THE UNUSUAL Aging pachyderms won't go to sanctuary after ail ROYAL OAK. Mich. Winky and Wanda's tale of pachydermlc woe wane. The American Zoo and Aquarium Association on Thursday denied Detroit Zoo director Ron Kagan's final appeal to send the two aging, arthritic elephants to one of two U.S.

sanctuar- ies where they could roam hundreds of acres. Winky and Wanda instead appear to "be headed to the Columbus Zoo. Kagan announced the sanctuary "plan in May, citing evidence zoo enclosures of any size fail to meet elephants' extraordinary physl-caL social and intellectual needs. The voluntary decision to give up elephants primarily on ethical grounds widi-spread praise from the pub-lic and animal welfare groups. The association, however, upheld a September directive by a committee charged with managing elephants in AZA accredited institutions to send 51-year-old Winky and 15-year-old Wanda to Ohio.

Kagan did not immediately say what he and zoo staff planned to do. "there don't seem to be any great options," he said Librarians want to make examples of scoffiaws BAY CITY, ich. Keeping library txxiks too long could soon land some readers in jail. Frustrated librarians want the worst offenders to face criminal charges and up to 90 diys behind bars. "We want to go after some of the people who owe us a lot of money," said Frederick J.

Paffhausen, the library's system director. "We want to set an example." Paffhausen, who took over as direc-lor in October, is asking the Bay County Library Board for permission to set arrest warrants for offenders who ignore repeated notices. The board plans to consider the crackdown Hext month. One patron from Bad Axe owes $1,190 for 73 items mainly science-fiction books hoarded for more than a year, Paffhausen said Patrons keep an average of $25,000 in overdue materials out of the library svstem each year, officials said. FROM WlRt RtPCRTS Correction I A recipe for Roasted Whole Turkey Breait With Apple and Sausage Stuffing that began on Page IC of Wednesday's Lonqyiew News-Journal omitted a step.

Use packaged dried apples and add them to the cooked vegetables at the same time as the cooked sausage, stuffing and parsley. There is no need to reconstitute the apples before adding them. The full recipe wH run again in Wednesday's paper. It is the policy of the longview News Journal to promptly correct errors Direct requests for corrections or clanfiC atiom to Editor Ana Pecina Walker at 1903) 237 7740. Sports corrections are New Low' from 'Seinfeld' episode in Smithsonian Andre 3000 Rebecca Gayheart People STARS NEIGHBORS OutKast wins three prizes at MTV Europe awards ROME OutKast topped the winners list at the MTV Europe Music Awards, picking up three prizes, including best group.

The hip-hop stars from Atlanta also won best video and song for "Hey Ya!" "I hope you don't get tired of us. We only do hat we do," said OutKast's Andre 3000 while thanking the crowd of about 6.000 Thursday at the Tor di Valle hippodrome. Winners also included Usher, best album for "Confessions" and best male; Alicia Keys, best RIB; Britney Spears, best female; Black Eyed Peas, best pop; and Llnkin Park, best rock. The ceremony featured performances by Usher and Keys, Eminem, Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand, Swedish punk band The Hives and Gwen Stefani. On the Net: www mtve com Actors Rebecca Gayheart and Eric William Dane wed IAS VEGAS Actress Rebecca Gayheart, who first gained popularity as the "Noxzcma girl" in the skin care company's ads, has married actor Eric William Dane.

The couple married Oct. 29 in Las Vegas, according to records posted on Clark County's Web site. Gayheart, 32, appeared on the TV show "Beverly Hills, 90210" in the 1990s, and has more recently been seen on the FX series "NipTuck" and Showtime's "Dead Like Me." Her movie credits Include "Scream 2" and "Urban Legend." Dane was a regular on the ABC series "Gideon's Crossing." Clay Aiken thinks fondly of holidays gone wrong RALEIGH. N.C. Clay Aiken has fond memories of holidays at home driving 40 minutes back from Durham with a fake Christmas tree sticking through the back windows of his packed car because his family waited too long to buy a real tree.

"Most of America is accustomed to things going wrong" around the holidays, Aiken said. "Those are the memories I think are the funniest." One thing the self -described "skinny, redheaded, gn-ky little dork from the South" hopes goes off without a hitch this holiday season is his Joyful Noise tour, set to begin Nov. 26 in Costa Mesa, Calif. "This is a diilerent kind of concert," said Aiken. "It's not meant to be a show where fans bring signs and scream.

The goal is to be more intimate, almost semiformal. The crew will be dressed up in their Sunday best, and 1 hope the audiences will do the same." On the Net: mwwclava'kencom Today'j local birthdays: Jerry Barton, Jack Bryan Bloodworth, Aaron Bus-sey, Bruce Cammack. Laura Casta-gna, Harold Deteau, Lauren Dirksen, Dale Jones, Marie Lofton. Susan McFarland, Kevin Michael McJilton. Wendy Moore, Raegan R.

Muse, Jack Oliver Jerry Routen, Jordan Stall worth, Joyce Stidham. Erna Strash, Winton Studt. Tammi Taylor, Ken Walker, Bry an Williams. Today'i locari anniversaries: Tommy and Jan Anderson, William and Vivian Cunyus. Bill and Jewel Gignilliat, Tony and Donna McGuire.

Today'i celebrity birthdays: Actress Bo Derek is 48. Reggae musician Jim Brown (UB 10) is 47. Actress Sean Young is 4f. Rock musician Todd Nance (Widespread Panic) is 42. Rapper Mike (The Beast ie Boys) is 39.

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But he said he is grateful that the museum included him in the world's greatest collection of "pre -garbage." "It is important to me that this shirt is a part of show business and American history," he said The shirt and script will be displayed adjacent to other historic pop-culture items, including Jim Henson's Ker-mit the Frog puppet and Dorothy's ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz." Over 40 years the museum has collected more than 6.000 objects from the worlds of theater, film and televi-sioa It has costumes, set nvxlels. scripts and posters "all treasures from America's entertainment culture," said exhibit curator Dwight Block Bowers. "Since the people have been gathering around their television sets to watch everything from ancient Greek comedy to burlesque. But sitcoms provide the most memorable moments, because they ring from everyday life," Bowers said. "When the world often seems more surreal than real, Seinfeld makes us laugh at the bizarrely familiar," he said "It is an important way to document life." Seinfeld premiered on NBC on July 5, 1989.

and followed the lives of Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer, played by Jerry Seinfeld Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards. The show was nominated for 68 Emmy awards and won 10, including fur outstanding comedy series and outstanding writing for a comedy series. Cn the Net National Museum of American History amencant.istory Ju By VANESSA MAITW Coi Vws Sew WASI IINGTON Jerry Seinfeld handed over his famous "puffy shut," marveling that the nation's archive of pop culture Ls Inducting one of his jokes. "This is the most embarrassing moment in the history of the Smithsonian," Seinfeld said Thursdiy night at the National Museum of American History. 'This has got to be a new low for them, but I couldn't be prouder to have my name plastered all over it." In a special ceremony at the museum, Seinfeld, the star and co-creator of the popular "Seinfeld" television series, presented the shirt and the original script from episode No.66,"TheIHxffyShirt." The dedication ceremony was followed by a reception with food from several "Seinfeld" establishments, including Ray's Pizza and the Soup Nazi.

There was also Elaine's big salad bar, corned beef and turkey club sandwiches, pickles. creams, chicken fingers in alphabetized cereal boxes, black and white cookies and Kramer's rice pudding. In the "puffy shirt" episixle, Kramer's "low talker" girlfriend asked Seinfeld to wear her creation for an appearance on the "Today" show. Not clearly hearing her request, he agreed and was forced to endure nationally televised ridicule. "We went through a few versions of the puffy shirt before it reached its perfect puffiness," Seinfeld said.

"I just fell in love with the word puffy." The shirt's designer, Charmaine Simmons, said she tried to design the most uncomfortable and unwearable mm 10 a m. today. Longvie Cancer Center, 1300 N. Fourth Longview. American Legion Post 140, charity bmgo.

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