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2A The Marshall News Messenger, Friday, September 10. 1999 Local Lows in the mid 60s National weather The AccuWeatfier forecast for noon, Saturday, Sept. 11. I 1 I I 102O3O4O 5O6O708O9O 100 110 -10 -ot Bands separate high temperature 1 r-r-. ft fV LOCAL STATISTICS Temperatures Sept- 9 High 88 Low 63 Sept 10 Average high 90.7 Record high 1954 101 Average low 67.6 Record Low 1981 52 Record rainfall 1951 3.51 MARSHALL FORECAST: Tonight, partly cloudy with a low in the mid 60s.

Light southeast wind. Saturday, partly cloudy with a high in the lower 90s. South to southeast wind near 10 mph. EXTENDED FORECAST: Sunday, partly cloudy with a low in the upper 60s. High near 90.

Monday, mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Low in the mid 60s. High in the mid 80s. Tuesday, partly cloudy and cooler. Low in the upper 50s.

High in the lower 80s. TEXAS FORECAST: Pleasant weathe? is in store for much of Texas, forecasters say. North Texans woke to mostly clear skies and light winds today. Far northwestern areas can expect increasing cloudiness and a slight chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Temperatures across the region should hit highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s and lows in the lower 60s to mid 70s.

The forecast for West Texas calls for a chance of isolated to widely scattered showers and Highs thru Saturday are expected in the 80s and 90s in most areas, with near 100 along the Big Bend of the Rio Grande. Lows tonight should be in the 60s and 70s. Precipitation 8a.rn.-8a.rn. .00 Total, month .98 Normal, month 4.1 1 Total, year 30.25 Normal, to date 37.84 Normal Annual 5t.91 Sunrise-Sunset Sunset tonight Sunrise tomorrow 6:57 1999 Prtttun: High Low Names in the news zones tor the day. FRONTS: COLD WARM STATIONARY Snow Ice Sunny PL Cloudy Cloudy COMMUNITY Calendar The Calendar is a free public service which lists nonprofit or general interest events coming up in the News Messenger's circulation area.

All calendar submissions may be made in writing and mailed, faxed, hand delivered, e-mailed, or telephoned. Fax number: 935-6242; telephone number: 935-7914; mailing address P.O. Box 730, Marshall, Texas 75670; e-mail, newsmessengercoxnews.com. FRIDAY, Sept. 10 Jefferson VFW will have bingo at 7:30 p.m.

ElksOptimist Club will host bingo from 6:30 8:30 p.m. at 411 East Austin. Doors open at 5 p.m. Seniors Dance will be held from p.m. at Hallsville's Golden Hall.

For more information call (903) 657-2039. Women, Infants and Children will host a community wide outreach to provide information to women and men with children under the age of 5 from 4-7 p.m. at Wal-Mart. WIC is a federally funded program to help with nutrition. SATURDAY, Sept.

11 Waskom Fire Department will host its annual fund raiser from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. Three bands will be providing free entertainment. There will be games for children and adults, bbq, drawings for a Remington 30.06 and an auction. For more information call 687-3328.

Come on out and bring the family for a day of fun and to show your support for your local fire department. Piney Woods Mothers of Multiples will hold a clothing and equipment sale from 8 a.m.- noon at St. Matthew's Catholic Church, 2800 Pine Tree Road in Longview. Many gently used items will be for sale. For information call 297-3623.

The Harrison County Historical Commission along with St. Joseph Catholic Church cordially invite you to attend The Dedication Ceremony of the Official Texas Historical Marker for St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery at 10 a.m. today at East Travis. The Friends of the Marshall Public Library will hold a book sale on the front porch of the library, 300 S.

Alamo Street, from 10 a.m. 3 p.m. All paperbacks are 10 cents each. Saturday Night Sunday School A great alternative to the status quo. High school students meet each Saturday at Cypress Valley Bible Church from p.m.

to eat, hang out, and relate the Bible to today's teenage world. Turn Around Texas will host a regrouping to meet the new coordinator, Mrs. Dee Ammerman. In celebration of this we are having a Hamburger Supper for all past, present, and future believers in this program. The event will be held at 4 p.m.

at Summit United Methodist Church, Youth Building. Anyone interested in making a difference In Marshall is invited to attend. The Harrison County Genealogical Society will meet at 1:30 p.m. in the Harrison County Historical Museum Research Library. Hubert Bender will present a program on several of Marshall's historic homes.

Anyone interested is invited to attend. For more information call 938-2860. SPEAK OUT! You, too, can Speak Out! To join the discussion, call 935-7918 and leave a recorded message. You can leave your name or remain anonymous. Please spell out names.

Remember. Speak Out! is a column of opinion. THANKS TO BETH and her husband for their generosity and compassion for me and my daughter. WHEN I WENT to the game Friday night, I saw these players on the field wearing black and red pants. I didn't know it was our team, actually, I didn't want to believe it was our team.

I didn't know if the Mavs were going to play football or perform a dance from "Swan Lake." They look awful. THE TREE ON Panola-Harrison's lot must either be endangered or a historical reference point. It is still blocking the flagpole. TO THE PERSON who is so positive Mr. Willingham is just an old man and knows nothing about the job, do you know Mr.

Willingham? How can you be so sure he knows nothing about job? He might do as good a job as anybody. Don't judge a person until you know him. WE LOVE YOU, Austin. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Papa. I WANT TO complain about these older drivers who go so slow.

If you want to go slow, why don't you take a bike to work? HAPPY BffiTHDAY Blake Edel. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Tabitha Thompson, who died on July 24, 1999. WHEN I LIVED in Houston, they had a $100 buy-back for gun control. Does Marshall have a buy-back? If not, I'll keep my gun. WHY DOESN'T THE city stripe South Washington from Pinecrest out to 1-20? That is a very busy thoroughfare and you can't see the shoulders or the center stripe.

I would like to see the city do that. IVORY PEOPLE HAVE their day in the paper all the time. I don't see the big deal about ebony people having their day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Joseph E. Fisher Jr.

THANK YOU AND job weU done to Frankie at the McDonalds on Highway 80. She makes my day. TO THE PERSON who said they ought to change the name of the newspaper to Ebony, judging by the way some people act here, I believe that would lose the Marshall News Messenger a lot of customers. HAS ANYONE ELSE noticed what is going on in America today? Our forefathers founded this nation to have freedom of speech, freedom of religion, to pay no taxes and to be able to bear arms. Now, 223 years later, we are paying taxes, have gun control laws, our freedom of speech is in jeopardy and now we can't pray in all local places.

Doesn't it say "In God We Trust" on our money? What is wrong with this picture? Steve Cantrell BILL' LOCKWOOD NEEDS to get a Bible that tells the truth because obviously he doesn't have the right one. My Bible says in Romans that if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Bill, my question to you is, how to you get to heaven? Do you not get to heaven by faith alone in Jesus Christ? Yes or no? Simple answer. CONGRATULATIONS TO Ml, and Mrs. Robert McCowan.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Shari Garrison. MY PARENTS AND my grandparents paid taxes when I was in school. I don't have kids and I pay taxes and it isn't fair. People with kids should have to pay school taxes. TO THE PERSON who said they looked on the Lifestyles page and all they saw are ebony people, what exactly is an ebony person? What difference does it make as long as their article got published? IT IS WRONG to bash the paper for printing weddings and anniversary announcements for people of color.

The subjects pay for these announcements, just as we white people do. They are just as proud of their accomplishments as white people. Accu Weather, Inc. EZ3 Showeri Rain T-storms Flurries Press years of his six-year sentence, said Glen Whorton, chief of classification and planning for the state prison system. Benson, a 56-year-old diagnosed chronic schizophrenic, was convicted in 1995 of aggravated stalking.

Whorton said Benson will not have to report to a parole officer. Meanwhile, the 73-year-old comedian plans to go to court SepL 21 to try and extend a 1992 protective -order against Benson. The Lewis stalking case played a key role in the passage of a bill this year before the Nevada Legislature that increased the maximum aggravated stalking penalty to 15 years. Lewis, a Las Vegas resident for 20 years, was unavailable for comment Wednesday. Ancnor t0 wed mayr NEW ORLEANS (AP) What's a local television anchor to report on when she's about to become the city's first lady? For Michelle Miller, who plans to wed Mayor Marc Morial on Saturday, the answer is simple: nothing that involves her future husband.

"We have a policy in place where as news anchor, Michelle does not write, alter or change in any way shape or form any story in her show having to do with city government," said Sandy Breland, the news director at WWL-TV, where Miller works. Miller, 31, and Morial, 41, plan to wed at the St. Louis Cathedral in the city's historic French Quarter. Miller plans to keep her last name professionally and avoid political fundraisers, rallies and other events that could create a conflict of interest with their jobs. "I can't even accept an award for Marc if he's out of town," Miller said.

Hope honored in New York NEW YORK (AP) Bob Hope made a rare appearance at a posh hotel, but it was his wife who was the guest of honor. Dolores Hope received a humanitarian award from Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center in New York at a gala at the Waldorf-Astoria on Thursday. What A Show Press Lightning flashes above the Stanford Memorial Church on Wednesday. The rare storm, which lasted for about 12 hours, cut power to about 55,000 Pacific Gas Electric customers. That figure was down to 9,400 by early Thursday, utility spokeswoman Maureen Bogues said.

IT IS A BAD idea to change the name of the newspaper to Ebony for one reason and one reason only: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I'VE NOTICED ALL this controversy about prayer and I have to wonder what God they are praying The God I serve you are supposed to help mankind, but, here lately, whenever I need help I have to pay someone. I wonder if they are paying to the God Almighty cr the god of greed? Via Associated MORIAL LEWIS Allen, who had moved to France, defied a. court order there and went on the run with the younger boy. She was arrested last Friday and her son returned to his father in the English city of Oxford.

Kubrick receives honor LONDON (AP) Stanley Kubrick has been posthumously honored with a lifetime achievement award by the Directors Guild of Great Britain. Christiane Kubrick, his widow, and his daughter Anya accepted the award at the London ceremony Thursday night. "He did not relish the attention of those who thought he was something special," Kubrick's daughter told the gathering, which included actor Peter Ustinov and director Alan Parker. "What he had to say he did most carefully his films." Kubrick died in March at the age of 70. His death came only days after he finished work on "Eyes Wide Shut" starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.

It was his first film since "Full Metal Jacket" in 1987. Kubrick's film credits included "Dr. Strangelove," "A Clockwork Orange" and "2001: A Space Odyssey." Stalker to be released LAS VEGAS (AP) A man who 'was convicted of stalking Jerry Lewis is scheduled to be released from prison next month. The Las Vegas Sun reported Thursday that a date of Oct. 5 was set for Gary Benson's release on Wednesday.

He served 4.3 I AM A parent who does like my children selling things for the district door-to-door. Our children don't get anything out of it, so why let them do it? STUDENTS AT SAM Houston Middle School get approximately 20 minutes to eat lunch. They are allotted 30 minutes, but it is 20 minutes by the time they are led to the cafeteria and are quiet enough to eat. Thirty minutes is not enough time to eat lunch. NEC0 to consult on show NEW YORK (AP) Things appear to be harmonious between the makers of "The Sopranos" and the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations, thanks to Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

The mayor, a fan of the show, brokered a deal that brought HBO officials together with "Sopranos" critic William Fugazy, chairman of the NECO, on Wednesday. "I just made them an offer neither side could refuse," Giuliani said Thursday. Fugazy had charged the Emmy-nominated program, which portrays a northern New Jersey mob family, was chock-full of negative characterizations of Italian-Americans. He called for a demonstration outside HBO's Manhattan headquarters on Sunday the same day the Emmys are awarded in California. According to Fugazy, HBO executives agreed to have members of Fugazy's group provide script consultation focused on ways that highlight positive contributions of Italian-Americans.

HBO spokesman Henry Gomez said only that the meeting went well. "We all agreed," Gomez said, "it's a good show." Judge gags McEwan's ex LONDON (AP) A judge has barred the ex-wife of Ian McEwan from talking publicly about a bitter custody battle over the couple's two sons. The gag order against Penny Allen, 51, and her fiance, Ismay Tremain, was necessary to keep them from disclosing sensitive information about court proceedings and making allegations against her ex-husband via the media and Internet, Justice Bernard Charles said Thursday. The ruling followed a hearing on Tuesday for which Ms. Allen and Tremain showed up to the High Court wearing gags.

It was the latest chapter in a dark tale that began in July when McEwan, 51, who won Britain's Booker Prize for his novel "Amsterdam," was granted sole custody of the boys. Originally, the couple shared custody when their marriage ended in 1995. WHY DOES THE school system have to hire a Head Start teacher for 3-year-olds when there is already a classroom set up for 3-year-olds with only three morning children and one afternoon child. Why does the superintendent allow such a waste? WHY NAME OUR newspaper Ebony? Why not name it Ebony and Ivory, since we all subscribe and pay to have photos and some articles published..