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Computer suppliers scramble to inform customers about potential Y2K problems. Page 88 he Qfimes D) O) mm CONTACT CRAIG DURRETT 459-3248 or newsthetimes.com FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1999 ail National Guard wraps up Fort Polk training Lawyer announces bid for judgeship Paul Young of Shreveport has announced his candidacy for Caddo Parish Juvenile Court judge. The election is Oct. 23. Young is on a leave of absence after serving For more information Here are some Internet sites to keep up with Army activities in Louisiana: Louisiana Army National Guard: http:55.23.254.245 Laarng.htm Fort Polk Joint Readiness Training Center: http:www.jrtc-polk.army.

mil Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR): http:www.ncesgr.osd.mil Exercise part of buildup to desert training in 2001. By John Andrew Prime The Times Thousands of Louisiana Army National Guard members from around the state, including hundreds from Northwest Iouisiana, are wrapping up a two-week training exercise at Fort Polk. The exercises, the normal summer component of the state soldiers' training, mark the start of intensive training that will culminate two years from now at the Army's NationalTraining Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. "We've noticed a drastic step up this training period," said Capt. Todd Landry, a Louisiana Army National Guard spokesman.

The bar has definitely been raised." Guard members will notice an increase in training drills also, with resulting fattened monthly drill pay. Units will begin phasing in twice-a-month drills with the start of the fiscal year in October, Ij -Aw the past seven years as executive director of Northwest Louisiana Legal Services, where he managed a 21-member staff, a $900,000 also part of the trail to Fort Irwin, Landry said. That desert training stay will last three weeks. The exercise now ending at Fort Polk, home to the Army's Joint Readiness Training Center, involves about 3,200 troops from across the state including nearly 700 from the Shreveport See GUARD 3B John Andrew PrimeThe Times Sgt. Bernard Chaillot (left) interviews Caddo Parish sheriff's Lt.

Mike Sullivan. Sullivan spent 13 years in the Louisiana Army National Guard before leaving it in 1961. Young budget and a full caseload. United Way campaign begins IKtesltSi) bills Lajsiara 111 By John Hill Times Baton Rouge Bureau BATON ROUGE North Louisiana transplant and cancer patients are the beneficiaries of two new state laws mandating insurance coverage that were enacted this summer. The bills mandate that insurance companies pay for experimental drug therapies in clinic trials for treating cancer.

They also require the companies to allow a candidate for organ transplant to have the procedure done dose to home, even if his or her insurance policy has a contract with an out-of-state transplant center to pro Donors needed Here's how to become an organ donor: Sign up when you get your drivers license. Mark "yes" on the donor question on the back of your existing license. Tell your family that in event of death, you want your organs to be donated. Call the Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency toll-free at (800) 521-4483 or go to its Web site at www.lopa.org Another Web site: www.yourlegacy.org 1 I vide the ser- vices. Gov.

Mike Foster held a ceremonial signing of the bill Thursday, flanked by Shreveport By Sarah Gerry The Times Deimari Odums, 12, and a friend sit behind the bleachers in the Boys and Girls Club's gymnasium, leaning into a. breeze from a large, metal fan. The paint is peeling and the building's sign is chipped, but the club still draws between (50 and 80 children each day for activities and more for field trips. "When I first came up here, I had a real bad temper," Odums says. "I learned how to control my temper." Shreveport's Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club gets about half its funding from the United Way of Northwest Louisiana.

With additional money, it could renovate the building and perhaps triple the number of children it serves, director Eric Anderson said. A choir from the club performed at the United Way's Pacesetter Kick-Off breakfast Thursday morning. The Pacesetters, 29 companies with a commitment to the United Way, are expected to raise about one-third of this year's $3.6 million fund-raising goal. The United Way reached and surpassed last year's goal of $3.4 million. The pacesetters watched a video about how the United Way has contributed to the community and a performance by "Dance Express" from the Girl Scouts Pelican Council.

Later, they batted balloons in an attempt to keep them in the air. The game was a metaphor for their commitment to helping keep the community on its feet. Some of the breakfast guests won prizes that included dinner for two, a portrait sitting, Mudbugs tickets and Captains skybox tickets. But the Pacesetters have made a more serious commitment to the United Way. Arno Easterly, president and chief executive officer of Barksdale Federal Credit Union, said the union loaned an executive to the United Way and is hoping to double last year's contribution.

"It's a very efficient way to contribute and to know that -v il Foster "My record demonstrates a proven commitment to serve the community, and I want to continue that service as a juvenile court judge." Young, 44, is a 1976 graduate of Centenary College and 1980 graduate of Vanderbilt Law School. He and wife Vickey have three children. Accident kills man on Interstate 49 A Shreveport man was killed early Thursday morning in an accident on Interstate 49. State police believe David H. Newman, 58, may have fallen asleep behind the wheel.

Newman was northbound on I-49 in a pickup when the vehicle ran off the road. He steered back onto the road, where it slid sideways and out of control. The truck crossed the median, then overturned on southbound 1-49. Newman was ejected onto the road, where he was run over by what appeared to be a tractor-trailer rig, which left the scene. The rig may have been swerving to avoid wreckage, but there were no witness accounts to go by, said state police Troop spokesman Chris Johnson.

Newman was not wearing a seat belt Attorney accused of hiding $57,000 A federal grand jury has indicted Shreveport lawyer Murlyn Daniel LaGrone Jr. on charges of hiding more than $57,000 in a bankruptcy case. LaGrone, a 55-year-old bankruptcy attorney, is charged with concealing assets and of receiving a debtor's property with intent to defeat bankruptcy laws. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Shreveport said LaGrone allegedly received an insurance payment of more than $57,000 in 1994 but did not report it during a client's bankruptcy proceedings.

If convicted, LaGrone faces up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Cash Quest tickets worth $50K each BATON ROUGE Two tickets sold in Marksville and Arabi hit the top prize in the Cash Quest drawing Wednesday. Each is worth $50,000. tickets won the top prizes in Powerball or Louisiana Lotto. The jackpot Saturday will be an estimated $12 million for Power-ball and an estimated $400,000 for Louisiana Lotto, Midland ticket wins $10 million AUSTIN A ticket sold in Midland, Texas, matched all six numbers drawn Wednesday in the Lotto Texas game.

It is worth an estimated $10 million. The drawing Saturday will have an estimated jackpot of $4 million. From Staff, Wire Reports Amy Beth BennettThe Times Arno Easterly (left) and Mac Griffith (right) breakfast. The 29 Pacesetter companies bat at balloons during a game as part of want to raise one-third of United Way's the United Way's Pacesetter Kick-Off $3.6 million goal to help organizations. got Sear into an experimental drug treatment Today, Sear is cancer-free.

"Everybody ought to have the same chance I had," Sear said." LSUMC's cancer center holds what is called Class II trials, which are using drugs known to be effective in new and different ways against particular cancers, Mills said. "It's a big day for our patients all over the state," said Dr. Merv Trail, head of the LSUMC. "It opens up the door of opportunity to everyone for new therapies. What better representation do we need than Lance Armstrong?" Armstrong, who had also undergone experimental treatment for prostate cancer, won Tour de France bicycle race this past weekend.

Clinical trials are how new cancer therapies are developed, Bean said. "This is one of the biggest breakthroughs we've had in Louisiana." As far as the transplant laws are concerned, the patients will be the true benefactors, Aultman said. "Going away from home adds a tremendous amount of more they can stay at home." state Sen. Ron Bean, author of both bills, Dr. Dannie Aultman, head of Shreveport's LSUMC's kidney transplant center, Dr.

Glenn Mills, head of Shreveport's LSUMC Cancer Center, and U.S. Judge Morey Sear of New Orleans, a cancer survivor due to experimental treatments. Mills said about 150 patients per year will benefit from the bill mandating insurance coverage for clinical trial cancer treatment at LSUMC-Shreveport's cancer center. Those 150 are middle class working people whose insurance policies will not cover the costs of experimental treatments, which can cost up to $100,000, Mills said. Only the affluent, who can afford to pay, and poor, whose health care is free, have been participating in trials.

In 1991, after undergoing treatment for prostate cancer that had spread, Sear was told nothing more could be done. He contacted Dr. Oliver Sartor, a Shreveport native who now heads LSUMC-New Orleans' cancer center. Sartor, then with the National Cancer Institute, Helping out The Pacesetter Campaign will end Sept. 15.

A campaign for the rest of the community will begin Sept. 2 and end Nov. 5. For more information or to make a contribution, call the United Way at 869-2352. in past campaigns, said Jack Sharp, chairman of the United Way's 1999 Annual Campaign.

"The government can't provide everything," said Don Up-degraff, vice-chairman of the Pacesetters campaign. "It's up to businesses and people who work." Nicole Adams, 18, said she enjoyed participating in the Girl Scouts, an organization supported by the United Way. "We have a lot of fun selling cookies," she said. "We eat them up, too." The Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club could use additional funding to repair its leaky roof and prevent flood- your money is going to a good cause," he said. "It's also tax deductible.

Most of us have a good degree of competency in the jobs that we do. There are many that need help on the way up." Gard Wayt, who is recruiting people to head the United Way's finance, insurance and real estate campaigns, came to the breakfast to observe the Pacesetters' presentation. "I was impressed by the summary of what they do," he said. "It touches almost everybody's life at one time or another." The United Way hopes to reach out to businesses that have not actively supported it ing, to help cool its gymnasium and some classrooms and to buy equipment, Anderson said. He would like to buy computers for the club, as well.

Shreveport man indicted in Texas child assault cases lives in the Shreveport-Bossier City area, was set for trial in Caddo last month. But a witness in the case was out of state and his defense attorney, Jim Turnage, asked for a continuance, said Suzanne Owen, assistant district attorney for Caddo. The case has been continued numerous times in the counts of child molestation charges has been indicted on similar charges by a grand jury in Marshall, Texas. Johnny Wayne Talley, 50, was indicted this week on two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. The indictment stemmed from incidents in fall 1994 and Johnny W.

Talley also to stand trial in Caddo Parish. By Sammy G. Allen and Kacee Hargrave The Times A man awaiting trial in Caddo Parish on three past year. "It's going to be very high on the docket Aug. 16," Owen said.

"I don't know if it will actually go at that time." Talley remains free on a $200,000 bond despite being convicted of violating his prior bond. Details of the Bossier Parish conviction were unavailable Thursday. life in prison. "We are talking about children younger than 14 years of age," Berry said. "We've been working closely with the district attorney's office in Caddo Parish.

We believe there are more victims that just those." Talley, a former Caddo public works employee who spring 1995, said Rick Berry, Harrison County, Texas, criminal district attorney. Some of the offenses stem 'from incidents which allegedly occurred at Caddo Lake during the suspect's visits to the Marshall area, Berry said. If convicted in Texas, Talley could face five years to Lottery numbers July 29, 1999 The fountain of youth sometimes flows with motor oil LOUISIANA PICK THREE 4 Two Louisiana Tech University kids in a new red Ca-maro pulled up beside me at LOUISIANA PICK FOUR Wiley Hilburn a red light on Trenton Street in Ruston and gunned their powerful engine, a rumbling challenge, inviting me to a little drag. At 61 years of age, I was of our vintage to fulfill a dream. "As I approach 65 (and I don't mean the speed limit), I sometimes wake up in the morning and feel as old as those red clay hills.

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