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Partly cloudy with light castwind5-lQmph THURSDAY SP ICTS will be looking to break their 1st round jinx KNKKS .81 .0 RANOfRS 1127th-Year' No. 268 The Paris News Dally 504 Sunday $1.25 ESTABLISHED 1869 SEEING MORE THAN 30.000 READERS DAILY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA CfceritBeH News Staff Writer BLOSSOM Coydeah Harmon is a typical rambunctious boy running around the house, playing with a huge balloon, hitting his headend bouncing back to play. it At age 6, though, Coydean has lived most of his life with cystic fibrosis, a progressive disease inflicting the lungs and breathing. A recent trip to Cook Children's Medical Center W(jirth brought him in touch with an organization that provides -wishes for children with terminal illness. This week Coydean goes on an trip to DisneyWorld in Orlando, Fla.

Accompanied by his mbther, Dawn Smallwood, the trip is sponsored by A Wish With Wings Inc based in Arlington. Wjshes of the children run the gamut, Ms. Smallwocxl said. Coydean wished for a trip to DisneyWorld, he said bubbly and matter of fact, NEWS BRIEF takes flight to discusses budgets Paris Housing'Authority board of commissioners were to approve budget revisions to 1994, 1995 and 1996 comprehensive improvement and grant assistance programs atfa riooh meeting Commissioriers'rheet ni6nthiy in' the ooiiiiriunity George W. Wright Homes.

City of Paris to host fe'JS. Dedication ceremonies at Friday, renovations to Wade be recognized by the city of Paris. Master of ceremonies will be city manager Mike Malone." Scheduled to address the pub- presentation are Pat Cochran, chairperson, Mayor Eric retired parks and recre- Ration director Dick Boots, Think 'Child Safety author Stewart and Sims Normenc with the Lamar County Chamber of Commerce. The event also will unveil a park monument acknowledging contributors. According to Terry Townsend, city parks director, die enti re park is completed with the of restroom facilities and additional paved parking.

Renovations included new playground equipment, inline hockey court, pavilion and two addition- 'al casual backstops. INDEX 12 Pages in i section Across the Valley 5A Around Town Campus Notes Classifieds ifjA DearAbby 3A Obituaries 12A Sports 8A Comics 6A TV Guide 5A Outdoors 9A Opinions 4A BIBLE VERSE "Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what not satisfy? Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul live." Isaiah ON THE WEB www.theparisnews.com Named best online newspaper in Texas (diss AA) by the Associated Press Managing Editors Awards. "'Cause I always wanted to go there." He envisions meeting Mickey Mouse and thrilling to supersonic rides and exploring a castle in the Magic Kingdom. A Wish With Wings, in its 13th year arranged for a flight through American Airlines. Coydean and his mother will stay at the Give the.World Village.

scheduled the trip for the end of May as she and Coydean will be out of school. A single parent, Ms. Smallwood works at Southwestern Foundry land is an accounting student at Texas University-Commerce. In dealing with cystic fibrosis, Coydean's day begins before dawn with a 45-minute breathing treatmentjadministered by his mother. After a bath, he eats breakfast with a regimen of medications, "So it'll help digest his food properly," Ms Smallwood said.

Other daily care includes medication with snacks, nose spray and a total of three breathing treatments. He attends school, but his activity is limited when he's congested. Sometimes he may need a breathing treatment at school. A relative of Coy dean's has the same disease, and Ms. Smallwood discovered a distant relative died at a young age with respiratory problems.

"Both parents have to be a carrier," she said. To regulate his condition, Coydean is admitted to a hospital at least once a year for a "tune up." 'The older they get, the more susceptible they are to infections and pneumonia because their lungs deteriorate," Ms. Smallwood said. Coydean looks the picture of health with deep blue eyes and blonde hair. "He's always hyper," his mother said.

"Can you believe he's considered disabled?" The seriousness of his condition is evident during the winter when he is often ill and weak from weightless. "Sometimes he asks me about it," Ms. Smallwood said. "He knows he's special." i TY Chctic Bell SiifF Coydean Harmon is going to DisneyWorld, courtesy of A Wish With Wings, Inc. He is the son of Dawn Smallwood and Shayne Harmon.

Greyhound to resume bus service Cherie Bell News StaffWricer bus services will be restored in Paris beginning June 1. In a Paris Economic Development Corporation board meeting Wednesday, PEDC director Gary Vest announced decision, though location remains undecided. Two buses a day will stop through Paris from Texarkana and head to Commerce. In the fall, services from Paris will include Sherman. In other business, PEDC board noted a Canadian manufacturer is considering purchasing the Bitco building.

PEDC board approved continued negotiations with the manufacturer of gyroplanes, small lightweight aircraft for recreational use. PEDC collections for April were $50,000. Vest reported 84 industrial inquiries received during the previous month and four existing industries proposing.poten- tial projects. Bill Hankins News Staff Writer ic voyage to embark for McCuistion eala McGuistion Regional Medical Center Development Council its- theme "for the llth annual gate This year's guests will travel on an ocean-going vessel with fine dining, entertainment, dancing and a few surprises along the "Trans-Atlantique" voyage. The event will take place Saturday, Oct.

5, and this year's chairman Arvin Starrett said the voyage will include its biggest guest list. Seating at Love Civic TRANS AHANTIQUE Center has been increased to 600. Featured entertainers for the gala will be Larry "T-Byrd" Gordon, making a rep a performance, and (The Music People Love). "Our trip will carry us back to the Roaring '20s," Starrett said. "We will visit the days of industry, flappers and prohibition.

The architects and artists-of France have influenced American culture with a diverse style as evidenced in the French Exposition of 1929. The styles of Art Deco and Streamline Moderne took the United States by storm and was seen in every walk of life from household appliances to buildings, art, clothing, automobiles and even aircraft." Joining Starrett in the plan- ning and production of the Trans-Atlantique voyage are Patti Amis and Jennifer Hutchison on decorations, Tommy Funderburg on physical arrangements, Pat Bell on reservations, Kennon Daus on sound, Paul Denney on lighting, Sarah Graham on program book, F.D. Mallpry on finance, Sylvia Tongson on prizes, Police Chief Karl Louis and Sheriff B. J. McCoy, Virginia Reed and Peggy Parsons, Frank Wallace, Annetta Cooke, Melinda House and J.

B. Lowry. Hospital staff members make up the advisory committee and include Anthony A. Daigle, Sandy Keith, Raymond Armstrong and Derald Bulls. Starrett said tickets for the Trans-Atlantique voyage can be reserved now.

Price of the event is $100 per person for general seating. Reservations may be made by calling 737-1163 or 784-1802. "We hope traveling the North Atlantic on a first-class ocean liner complete with the sights and sounds of the high seas, state rooms, ballrooms and wonderful dining delights will create a feeling of total elegance," Starrett said. Wallace, McClain top Chisum grads Mary Madewell News Staff Writer Misti Dawn Wallace is valedictorian and Steven Thomas McClain salutatorian of the current year Chisum High School graduation class. Commencement for 44 seniors is scheduled at 8 p.m.

Friday, May 30, in the high school gymnasium. Other honor graduates include Chris Layton, Kristi Coplin, Jennifer Stevens, Jeremy Danielle Davidson and Andrea Zant. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wallace, the valedictorian plans to attend Paris Junior College and later Texas University-Commerce where she will major in computer information systems to become a computer systems analyst.

The son of Linda Everhart of Brookstbn and Michael McClain of Paris, the salutatorian plans to attend Paris Junior College. Miss Wallace served as yearbook editor three years, student council three years and was a member of Beta Club and Drama Club her senior year. Listed in Who's Who Among American High School Students four years, the valedictorian is a Texas Scholar and a three-year honor student. McClain has served as class president for four years. He was voted Mr.

CHS his senior year and is listed in Who's Who Among American High School Stvdents four years. He, too, is a Texas Scholar..