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The Town Talk, Alexandria-Pineville, La. A-2 Tuesday, November 22, 1988 Canada: Parliament Betting: 5 tracks are interested hasn't approved pact Mulronev spent the last cam a branch of the race track with all the same amenities of a track, including dining room, theater, lounge and parimutuel machines, Lohman said. "Parimutuel" betting means that when you bet on a horse race in Louisiana, you bet against all people betting on the same race. Wages made at the off-track facility are automatically fed into computers at the race tracks. Once a race is declared official, a bettor at an off-track facility collects the same winnings he or she would collect at a track.

"The only difference is you're watching it on television," Lohman said. Existing buildings are sought for the facilities, Lohman said. They must be in a good area with neighbors amenable to off-track wagering. Other factors considered are accessibility, traffic count, parking, zoning and rent. A four- to five-acre site would be needed in Rapides Parish.

A search for a building for an off-track facility is conducted after a referendum is approved. Purchasing a building is part of Lohman's job. The local governing body can veto the final site. The facilities open approximately one hour before the first Continued from A-l Actual revenues for some parishes this year are more than double projections. The law requires that 0.5 percent of each dollar bet go to the state Board of Regents which distributes the money to colleges.

Rapides Parish figures provided by Lohman show that could total at least $1.5 million statewide. Projections are that off-track wagering can increase breeder awards by 50 percent and increase purses for Louisiana horsemen by at least 25 to 30 percent. Race tracks within a 55-mile range own the off-track wagering facilities. A consortium of five race tracks would own and operate a parlor in Rapides Parish because the parish is not within 55 miles of any one track. "All five race tracks have already indicated an interest in Rapides Parish," Lohman said.

The Louisiana State Racing Commission is responsible for regulating the facilities, which are limited to customers age 18 and older. The commission can't consider a license application until a public referendum is approved. An off-track parlor is simply David Texada Staff photographer Off-track betting consultant Jack Lohman shows a promotional videotape during Monday's press conference. Continued from A-l vid Peterson, a Liberal who was one of the most prominent foes of the free trade agreement, said in a CBC interview that he couldn't explain why the province did not come through with the expected strong support for his party to halt the deal. "I respect the voice of the people of Canada who speak on an issue," he said.

"I guess only history will say who is right and who was wrong." President Reagan and Mulro-ney signed the free trade agreement last Jan. 2 and Mul-roney needed a majority in the Commons to keep it alive. The U.S. Congress has approved the pact, but Parliament has yet to do so. The plan is to take effect Jan.

1, 1989, and phase out remaining tariffs over the next 10 years between Canada and the United States, whose two-way trade is worth $150 billion a year. Mulroney was buoyed in the last days by polls that showed his party back in the lead with a chance at a majority. He told reporters he would convene Parliament quickly to act on the trade deal. He led the Conservatives to a smashing victory in 1984 that gave them 210 of the 282 seats, but no party has won two successive majorities in Canada since 1953. Turner used a weekend rally to repeat his plea that voters "keep Canada Canadian for Canadians" and kill the agreement by voting for his party.

paign weekend in his native Quebec, the huge French-speaking province that has 75 of the 295 seats in the Commons. Turner hoped for a big score in the 99 seats of Ontario, a predominantly English-speaking province where opposition to the agreement was strongest. Quebec and Ontario are home to the majority of Canada's 26 million people, 17.5 million of whom are eligible to vote. Although the Liberals were far behind when the campaign began Oct. 1, Turner revived their prospects with relentless attacks on the free trade agreement as a sellout of Canada.

Mulroney says the deal guarantees future Canadian prosperity by assuring access to the U.S. market. In an interview with Maclean's, the Canadian news weekly, Mulroney said: "The trade deal is a must for Canada's future. It's a visionary instrument of job creation and new wealth and it is clearly something that is on the right side of history." Turner calls the agreement "a bad deal for Canada." He told Maclean's it "would radically change the direction of our country. It yields the economic levers of sovereignty: our energy, our investment policy, our capital markets, supply-management of agriculture." Conservatives also reminded voters of Canada's general prosperity during the past four years.

Mulroney says 1.3 million jobs were created. quite blunt," Jordan said, asking if any aid is provided to parishes. Previous referendums have always been on a ballot with other issues, Lohman said, adding, "Now, I am not saying that the race tracks would not consider the possibility Depending on initial response, Lohman said, a poll will probably be conducted to determine citizens' feelings about off-track betting. race and close about 30 minutes after the last race. Off-duty law enforcement officers are generally hired as security personnel.

"All this is done at no cost to the parish," Lohman said. "There is no investment by the parish." Jordan pointed out that there is one cost to the parish approximately $108,000 for an election. "We can't afford that, to be Arnold: will leave vacuum in hearts Arnold was active in the Rotary Club and served on the Alexandria Port Authority. He was a member of the United Methodist Conference Council on Ministries. He had served in many capacities in the United Methodist Church's Alexandria District.

Memorial services for Arnold will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in First United Methodist Church with Bishop Oden officiating. Friends may call from 1 p.m. until time of services Wednesday in the church. His body was donated to science Survivors include his wife, Sue Weaver Arnold of Alexandria; one son, Mark Raymond Arnold of Crowley; one daughter, Michele "Shelly" King of Denham Springs; one brother, Thomas Herbert Arnold of Modesto, his mother, Myrtle Crump Arnold of Hay-nesville; and six grandchildren.

The family asks that in lieu of flowers, memorials be sent to the church or to the scholarship fund at Centenary College in Arnold's name. enjoyed life." "We worked on a church re-vitalization program," Pyles said. He said Arnold was also working on a program to help young ministers get established. Pyles said it was easy to work with Arnold on projects in their churches. "I couldn't have had better cooperation and a feeling of togetherness that I've had with Tracy Prior to coming to Alexandria, Arnold served five years as a pastor in Minden, three years in Crowley and nine years in Abbeville.

He was a native of Haynes-ville. Arnold graduated in 1955 from Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, with a master of theology degree He had attended Louisiana State University from 1948 to 1950 and obtained a bachelor of arts degree in English from Centenary College, Shreveport, in 1952. Arnold attended Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, N.J., in 1966 for graduate work. He received his doctor of divinity degree at Centenary in 1983. had been ongoing.

"I would preach there. We were close workers in many capacities. I would help in his ministry. He certainly helped me in mine," Webb said. He called Arnold "a very wise leader." "I personally am stunned by the news," said the Rev.

Ross Jones of St. James' Episcopal Church. He and Arnold had worked together on numerous community efforts. "I think the community the ministerial community and the community as a whole has lost one of the more outstanding leaders here," Jones said Pyles said he found it hard to believe when he first heard the news. "I've known Tracy for many, many, many years, said Pyles, who remembered Arnold as a warm person.

"Our roots go back maybe 25 or 30 years "He's the kind of guy that knew you anywhere he saw you. It didn't matter what size church vou pastured or what you did for a living Pyles said if he were asked to stand up and describe Arnold in one phrase it would be: "He was a fun guy." Pyles explained that Arnold had a love of life. "He just Continued from A-l spected by all who knew him," Oden said. "Tracy was a very close friend as well, and his death will leave a vacuum in all our hearts." "He was probably the minister in this district that I felt closest to," said the Rev. George Duerson, United Methodist Church Alexandria district superintendent.

Arnold helped Duerson settle in when he came to Alexandria. "It's going to be a great blow to the community," said Duerson. "He had as many friends outside of the church as he did inside." "I'm terribly, terribly said Dr. Donald Webb, president of Centenary College. "We have not only been very close friends, but he has been perhaps my chief counselor in terms of the relationship of the church and the college," said Webb.

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