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PENSACOLA SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 1998 INSIDE 2j TTiiew ti i NHL action hits Pensacola Hockey teams Predators and Panthers battle tonight in town. Sports, ID nf iEOl Revival prays to raise an infant from the dead expected New Orleans a I 1 :w.v. It 1 A- Oyj. 1 I I B1 ru Tropical storm to strike near From staff and wire reports Tropical storm Hermine began pushing onto land late Saturday night in coastal Louisiana with winds of 40 mph and was expected to move toward New Orleans during the night and morning. Forecasters placed Pensacola on the edge of a tropical storm warning Saturday but it did not appear Florida, or anywhere else, was in much danger.

"This is a very weak tropical storm. The main thing is going to be some thundershow-ers, maybe one, two inches of rain," said Tony Zartman, a forecaster with AccuWeather. Five to eight inches of rain had been expected near the storm's center. Tropical storm warnings were posted from Pensacola to Intracoastal City, when the tropical depression that had aimlessly sat in the Gulf for days decided to get organized Saturday morning and began moving toward Louisianar A tropical storm watch was posted between Pensacola and Destin. Escambia County emergency management officials were monitoring the storm Saturday night but there seemed to be little threat.

At 10 p.m., the storm was at 29.1 north latitude, 90.6 west longitude, making landfall at Cocodrie, about 75 miles south-southwest of New Orleans. The storm was said to be drifting and was expected to move north-northwest today. Flash flood warnings were posted east of the Atchafalaya River. In Grand Isle, Hermine prompted the mayor to order 1,400 residents to head for the mainland Saturday. It was the third evacuation in as many weeks.

"Just about everything's ready to move. It's a test run the first time. The second time is easy. The third, you're all ready to go," Steve Reswe-ber said as he got ready to pack his car. People in two low-lying parts of Lafourche Parish also were ordered out of the storm's way.

Predicted storm surges of three to five feet and high pturSs 2 Tennessee breaks longtime Gator jinx Field goal proves the difference for Vols in big SEC overtime victory in Knoxville. Sports, ID Country star hopes to keep on shining Trisha Yearwood slows down to savor birthday, award nominations and ongoing career. USA Weekend Personal stories show some style Zines gain popularity in Pensacolararea as writers share their lives and ideas. Life, IE Dave Barry as the Caped Crusader? Being Batman isn't easy especially if you've never worn automobile floor mats before. Life, IE COMING MONDAY Neighbors work to get things done Mayfair-Oakcrest, Neighborhood Watch Association gets kudos for its efforts.

Find out how the group does it. WEATHER lew! A 1998 Pensacola News Journal By John W.Allman News Journal staff writer Doug Fournier did everything he could to keep his 6-week-old daughter alive. After she died, he did not stop trying. He packed her body into a picnic cooler, surrounded it with ice and drove 350 miles from Gainesville to Pensacola. His destination was the Brownsville Assembly of God Church, where he believed Brownsville Revival leaders could bring his dead daughter back to life.

Pastor John Kil-patrick and Vann Lane, the revival's children's minister, gathered some staff members around the cooler in the church's sanctuary and began to pray. For at least two hours, they prayed to God to bring Fournier's daughter back to life. Fournier, 31, who lives in rural Hollister, just east of Gainesville, said he attended the revival once, for two nights, about two years ago. He said his decision to bring his daughter to Pensacola was not because of any claims he had heard from revival leaders. It was "strictly between me and God," said Fournier, whose daughter died from complications due to premature birth.

Revival leaders have at times talked about the miracle of raising the dead. At least one person Lane believed that a major miracle might occur when Fournier arrived about 4 p.m. on June 18, even though Kilpatrick and Lane had discouraged his visit. "My own spirit, there was anticipation. This man was moving on his faith," Lane said.

"It was a perfect opportunity because the baby was not stable or physically able to live on its own. "The fact that the man brought the child, that the child was here This will happen. It's happening in other parts of the world. Why is it not happening in the United States? Just the fact that that child was here helps me to understand He very well one day may do that." Since its start in June 1995, the revival has attracted several thousand people to each of the its four services a week. The revival leaders widely I "--t- Ti -tannin- i-n -ii i Photo illustration by Ron StallcupNews Journal The death certificate for his baby girl was not i I I Predicted Mosl likely path storm paths MISS.

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Mon Atlantic Ocean DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Rico; 3 Lesser Georges Antilles Source: AccuWeather Ron StallcupNews Journal HURRICANE GEORGES Storm forecasters are keeping close track of Hurricane Georges, an intense Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 150 mph as of Saturday night. The storm, traveling in a west-northwesterly direction, was bearing down on the small islands of the eastern Caribbean. Hurricane Andrew, which devastated parts of South Florida in 1992, was a Category 4 storm. Story, 4A. tides pushed up by the winds most worried people in Grand Isle, Louisiana's only inhabited barrier island.

High water cuts off the only road to the island even before the island itself floods. Hurricane Earl struck the Florida Panhandle earlier this month with 80 mph winds, killing three people. Later in the month, Tropical Storm Frances swept across the Gulf Coast with nearly a foot of rain. One person was killed and six were injured in Louisiana as the storm spun in from the Gulf of Mexico. recent days that the videotape shows Clinton evasive and sometimes angry when questioned about various sex acts with Lewinsky.

Even before the video's release, broadcast outlets were making plans for an unprecedented airing of images of a president being questioned under oath about sexual relations with a young aide. The public also will get a look at lab reports on Clinton's blood and on a blue dress owned by Lewinsky, results that Starr says confirmed a sexual encounter between the two, officials said. CLINTON VIDEO: Preparing for the TV broadcasts, 2A EDITORIAL: Clinton should simply tell the truth, 14A 5a.in. today 1 5 p.m. 5 a m.

today enougn iu tump a ictiimr iiuiii uiiiiyiny mis uiiiiu to the Brownsville Revival. David Hogan, who has lectured at the revival's school, claims on his videotape, "Faith to Raise the Dead," that he can bring the deceased back to life. 'A bringing the dead back to life are unfair in modern times, 6A. ON THE WEB This latest story in our ongoing coverage of the Brownsville Revival phenomenon can be found Monday on our Web site at www. pensacolanewsjournal.com brownsville SSL V- 'Vswi 4 INSIDE Doug Fournier's pastor says the man's trip to Brownsville was a very personal decision, 6A.

No laws broken in the case, 6A. Missionary David Hogan describes his miraculous experiences in a video, 6A. Critics say claims of I A New details in Lewinsky case set for public deluge Monday Trial judges could face new selection process Rain 100 High 82 Low 76" proclaim that the Holy Spirit is present at the revival and that miracles and healings occur there. They also have hinted that more miraculous events can and will occur. Evangelist Steve Hill, the revival's sparkplug, put! it this way in the NovemberDecember 1996 issue of "Ministries "I know now that we could See FATHER, 7A whether to retain the individual or seek a new judge.

The vote in Northwest Florida follows the September primary's highly charged judicial races that saw the re-election of Circuit Judge Terry Terrell and the defeat of Escambia County Judge Bill Green. Circuit Judge Nancy Gilliam is hoping those two elections don't cloud the vote on the revision. "It's critical that the electorate understand that a yes' vote on the revision does not See TRIAL JUDGES', 16A Associated Press WASHINGTON President Clinton's defenders braced Saturday for the release of a mountain of new details from the Starr investigation, including, congressional sources said, transcripts of messages the chief executive left on Monica Lewinsky's telephone answering machine. Those transcripts along with Lewinsky's grand jury testimony and numerous interviews with prosecutors and the FBI were among the 2,800 pages set for release on Monday. A videotape of Clinton's four-hour grand jury testimony and an accompanying transcript also will be made public.

Several officials have said in By Ginny Graybiel News Journal staff writer Florida's system of electing trial judges may change early in the next century if voters approve a proposed constitutional revision on the November ballot. Passage of the revision this fall would require voters to go to the polls in 2000 to decide whether to keep the current system or opt for a new one. They would be asked to decide on a circuit-by-circuit and county-by-county basis. Under the current system, voters elect judges directly. Under the other option, a merit-retention system, the governor would appoint the judges and the voters would decide at the end of each of their terms More on 16A INDEX Classified 1-1 8F Crossword 2E.12F Movies 3B Obituaries 4C Opinion 14-15A Science iTechnology 13A Sports 1D Travel 2E Life Local Lottery Military Money 1E 1C 1C 2C 1B To subscribe: Call 435-8686 A Gannett Newspaper Copyright 1998 Joseph Brown IllNews Journal CLEANING UP THE BEACH: Gubernatorial candidate Buddy MacKay and Gov.

Lawton Chiles, right, walk along Opal Beach collecting debris during cleanup efforts Saturday. Story, 1C..