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iwi vwwwf9Ft turn i mm NATION Family affair Under breakneck schedule, House members are bringing kids to work PAGE A3 SPORTS Jinxed? Defensive ends injury is latest setback for N.D. football recruits PAGE HI TOMORROWS WEATHER Humid; a t- storm. High 82, low 67. Complete forecastPag Cl 4 LOTTERIESA2 I THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, C1995 South Bend Tribune Corp 123rd year, I 1995 No 143 LOCALLY OWNED SINCE 1872 INDIANA EDITIQN50 CENTS rains flood streets and homes greatest thunderstorm activity happened to be northern Indiana and southwest Michigan. Once the sky opened up, the deluge was quick and violent.

Flash flood warnings were posted throughout the region for creeks that were threatening to spill over their banks. So heavy was the rain that the water level of the St. Joseph River jumped 1 6 feet by daybreak. While the river was expected to rise even higher, flooding was not age on Murray Street. Firefighters filled sandbags and placed them along the side of the street to prevent more water from saturating the ground.

Roseland was not the only area faced with flooding. Crews worked to halt mudslides on Cleveland Road. John Piraccini, general manager of the Indiana Toll Road, said the heavy rains caused soil to run from the embankments onto parts of Cleveland Road. Nothing seemed to hold back the water that drenched the area overnight with the record-setting rainfall. A series of intense storms exploded one right after another in a supercharged atmosphere that was hot and thick with humidity all day Wednesday.

Thunderstorms feed into areas of high moisture, said weather forecaster Nicole Boudreau with the South Bend office of the National Weather Service office. Just before sunset Wednesday, all conditions for a gullywasher fell into place. The center for the that lashed Michiana with record-setting 5 inches of rain, said she woke up around 6 heard noises in her basement that she figured to be her basement flooded. Paul said she into the basement and saw that should be on the wall the stairs. looked up to see the west basement wall caved in.

Township Fire Capt. Lane said department officials working to contain the dam And then there was one Of 20 women who started on the path to become nuns, only one, Record By HOWARD DUKES and WAYNE FALDA Tribune Staff Writers It was as il a dike in the sky collapsed overnight For Dorothy Paul, the anticipation of a heavy rain always earned the potential for trouble in Roseland, as dry wells quickly become engorged when the ground becomes saturated But not even Paul could foresee what happened to her house at 217 Murray St. In the midst of a series of violent TRIBWATCH Wilson to reign Supreme at Firefly performance Diana Ross may have had the voice, but Mary Wilson was clearly the soul of Motowns legendary Supremes. Wilson, who will light up the Firefly Festival Saturday, talks about her glittering past as well as her current career. Page D1 PARISIAN SUNSET The sun was perfectly centered through the Arc de Triomphe just before dusk in Paris Wednesday.

The position occurs twice a year. Engler takes ribbing over Stanley Cup loss BURLINGTON, Vt (AP) New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman couldnt resist a jab at Michigan Gov. John Engler after the New Jersey Devils beat the Detroit Red Wings in the Stanley Cup finals. During the National Governors Association meeting, Whitman presented Engler with a bright red Devils jersey with Englers name emblazoned across the back Notice that it has the Stanley Cup patch, John," she said.

Then she pulled out smaller white jerseys. These should fit the girls, Whitman said, referring to the triplets bom to him and his wife earlier this year. FIELD OF STREAMS Head groundskeeper Roger Bossard helped pull a tarp over the field at Comiskey Park in Chicago Wednesday night after a downpour delayed the Chicago White Sox game against the Kansas City Royals. storms a Paul am. She went things by Paul Clay Wright were "There is no danger at the present time because the water level, until now, had been low, said Terry Simpions, meteorologist at the South Bend office A series of intense summertime storms lashed southwest Michigan and triggered a series of power outages.

About 5,700 businesses and households were without electrical power in parts of Cass and St. Joseph (Mich.) counties as a result of See RAINPage A2 WBND is the new ABC affiliate By ALESIA I. REDDING Tribune Staff Writer When ABC affiliate WSJV-TV switches to Fox, another station plans to debut as a local ABC affiliate. Howard Shapiro, chairman of Weigel Broadcasting, says low-power station WBND-TV will operate as a full-fledged ABC affiliate. Shapiro says he has been involved in talks with the ABC network for the past month or so.

We have a definite deal with ABC, he says. Janice Greteymyer, in ABCs media relations department, confirmed this morning that network programming will be available locally on Channels 69 and 58 after WSJV-TV joins Fox on Oct. 18. Yes, indeed, we are going to be working with Weigel Broadcasting to continue our service, Greteymyer said. Viewers in the South Bend area voiced concern about losing (the networks) news, sports and entertainment programming.

We are very happy to be able to continue to serve them. In a phone interview from his office in Chicago, Shapiro said that Weigel Broadcasting is in the process of upgrading facilities in South Bend. He would not disclose the exact location. WBND-TV will carry all of ABCs network programming. Shapiro says that eventually there may be a local newscast.

Some areas in Michigan will not be able to receive the low-power stations signal. His goal is to reach 98 6 percent of the metro area population.Even though termed low power, with cable, around nine out of 10 people will be able to get us." He says he is negotiating a deal with an area cable company. TCI of Greater Michigan would most likely not carry the channel, says Ron Linn, general manager of the cable company. TCI of Greater Michigan carries WLS-TV, the Chicago ABC affiliate. Weigel Broadcasting, based in Chicago, owns nine television stations, including Channels 69 and 12, two low-power stations that re-broadcast programming from Chicago to this area, with towers at the Valley American Bank building, 211 W.

Washington, South Bend. Tribune Staff Writer Jason Kelly contributed to this story. address the pending crisis of insolvency and a lack of confidence in the system, while increasing the retirement earnings of todays working Americans. Stephen J. Entin told Simpson, at a hearing of the Senate Finance subcommittee on Social Security, that private savings plans could easily deliver several times more retirement income for future workers than the projected benefits payable by a patched-up Social Security system.

At a 7 percent real return, a dollar saved See INVESTPage A2 Sister Kate, remains. Here is her story and the story of what happened to the others After 25 years, Sister Kathleen Kuenstler is the only member of her 20-person class who remains a Poor Handmaid of Jesus Christ. Here, she poses in the chapel at the congregation's Motherhouse in Donaldson. Tribune PhotoDAVID DUROCHIK By GINA BILLMEIER ribune Staff Writer oday, there is only one. Of 20 young women who decided they might want to be nuns more than 25 years ago, Sister Mary Kathleen Kuenstler is the only one who remains a Poor Handmaid of Jesus Christ.

Sister Kate, as she is called, celebrates her 25th anniversary in the sisterhood Saturday. I dont really remember a time when I decided I wanted to be a nun, Sister Kate said. I just always wanted to. Sister Kates mother has a picture of her daughter at the age of 4 or 5 with a dishcloth veil on her head, playing nun. The Poor Handmaids continued to influence Sister Kate as her teachers Plan eyed By JENNIFER DIXON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Congress is weighing legislation that would let working Americans invest some of their Social Security taxes in private retirement accounts in a bid to strengthen confidence in the system and improve the incomes of 21st-century retirees.

Experts say there are both ristys and benefits to allowing people to divert even a small share of Social Securitys payroll taxes into private retirement funds. Workers who invest wisely, they told Sen. Alan Simpson at a hearing Wednes through grade school at Holy Cross parish in Wendolyn, 111. Back in the 60s, there was an aspira-cy school near the Poor Handmaids United States motherhouse in Donaldson. It was a boarding school for high school-age girls interested in religious life.

The school closed shortly after Sister Kate graduated. After graduating from the aspiracy school, 20 young women decided to live with the Poor Handmaids to see what religious life would be like. They attended Ancilla College. The college, which began as a school for prospective priests and nuns, opened its doors to the general community while Sister Kate was in attendance. I felt at home here, Sister Kate said recently from the Poor Handmaids to let public day, could reap far greater returns than those who depend solely on Social Security- But, skeptics said, not everyone will invest wisely.

And the families of those who die early or are disabled may not have saved enough to keep their families out of poverty and off welfare. The private investment idea is being pushed by Simpson, and Bob Kerrey, as part of their series of proposed reforms for the national retirement system. Under their legislation, workers would be allowed to divert about one-sixth of the compound, which includes Ancilla. It seemed like a good fit. I couldnt see myself anywhere else.

And although 11 other women agreed with Sister Kate in 1970, only two took final vows in 1976. Shortly thereafter, Sister Kates final classmate changed her mind. I remember when the last one left, Sister Kate said. It really made me think, Why am I continuing to stay? But I felt happy. I felt a strong awareness of God calling me to do this.

Sister Kates class of potential sisters was one of the last. After that, religious life began to shift. The shift had a lot to do with Vatican II but little to do with the feminist revolution, according to Sis- See NUNSPage A2 invest Social Security Social Security taxes they and their employers now pay into a personal investment plan, similar to an Individual Retirement Account. Under current law, workers and their employers each pay a Social Security tax of 6.2 percent on wages up to $61,200. Social Security now takes in more than it spends each year on the nations 43 million retirees, disabled workers and survivors.

But by 2013, it will begin spending more than it collects in taxes and will be broke by 2030 unless it is restructured, according to the governments projections. Backers say Simpsons plan begins to I I I.