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'WW WW'W Birmingham Post-Herald Thursday October 1 1992 Metro State Deaths C3 Classified C4 tr jr Firm looks for deadbeat parents ii 1 Collection agency creates company fj to help recover unpaid child support ACCESS The Alabama Citizens CoaNon tor Enforcement of Support Services is a child-support advocacy organization that offers free hep to pwents The group does not give actual legal assistance but educates parents about thdr optlona For Information cal 752-8760 Find Daddy Ine Find Daddy Is a new Jefferson County company that spedalzea In tracking down and getting payment from deadbeat parents Custodtol parents must have court orders and sign powers of attorney The agency charges $4750 upon sign up and then $1 00 and 25 percent of any money that Is colected FOr Information cal 251-6111 Chld-care advocates recommend that you go through tha state system before using i private firm and Bill Moss decided to Join a growing trend across the nation Two months ago they started Find Daddy Inc one of numerous companies nationwide set up to force non-paying parents to pay up -1 The growth of such private agencies advocates and state ofRr draTwho worry that desperate parents may pay unnecessarily tor a service the state provides for possibly thousands of dollars less But the state officials concede that private agencies could sometimes be mure gressive in the pursuit Find Daddy recently adverttoed to Birmingham newspapers Please tera to DADDY page C3 Mrs Clinton? Hillary Clinton coming to Birmingham on Sunday Juat where the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton will appear or when shell apeak is itill up in the air coming to town but all we know right now" laid Rick Dent spokesman for the Alabama Clintoo-Gore campaign great been lobbying lor this a long Dent did say that Mrs Clinton would appear somewhere In the city sometime on Sunday afternoon some kind of public event" More detailed plans were being frantically prepared be said 1 Glenn Thrush V- i -i parents cnargeo in oeam A month and a day after the death of their newborn daughter a young Trafford couple was charged with murder hi connection with the death Sonya SucSkam SO and Eric Dale Sloan Were booked into the Jefferson County jail last night They are being held there in lieu of $20000 bond each Their infant daughter Tamara wai found dead by a family membef leas than a day after her birth The cause of death was not released by officials yesterday 'ViY Steve Joynt Enrollment records set Samford University has reported enrollment records this fall The private school enrolled 4341 students continuing a yearly increase started in 1980 Its freshman class was a record (87 students with 1832 living on campus ft By Michaelle Chapmaa Foit-iUrald Reporter Doug Burgesa did not have to read statistic! about unpaid child support to know that it causes financial problems tor many parents As president of MultiNational Acceptance Carp a Jefferson County collection agency he hard it from his employees Collegers who call debtors about overdue Mils reported that many people said they pay because their ex-apouaea were not sending child support an enormous problem in the collection industry" Burgess laid shows up at least half of the when people explain why they paid bills the implication of the promo and well be watching their documentary very closely Thursday Ms Hall who has appeared in promotions for the WBRC-6 said she keeps the role of celebrity spokeswoman separate from her Job as a reporter coverage of the zoo as far as the department to concerned will remain WBMG-42 reporter Meiony Johnson loft and News Director John Harrod wiH present an hourtong about the Birmingham Zoo tonight An ad tor the program questions the fairness of WBRC-6 uml8 14 DCs cnarge woimHj otticibis ik coverage of the zoo But critics i School Atabama parents who are not receiving toek courtaderedcNki support have several opflons If tfiey need tape Daparenanl of Human nasoiscsB DHR can colect money through several methods Inducing garnishment and seizure of tax refunds It can estafaish paternity and get court orders tor chid support when no order is In place The maximum fee is $25 Parents should cal the DHR office in their counties Court system Domestic relations Judges whb order chid support can order garnishment of a non-paying parent's wages and In extreme cases may Jala parent untl past-due balances are paid Private attorneys hands motions In the 1 court system i fi Zoo pact has TV mu i snapping By Elaine Witt Foat-Hcnld Reporter An advertisement questioning the rity of a competing news anchor the latest weapon WBMG-42 to using to expose alleged mismanagement at the Birmingham Jimmy Morgan Zoo But Janet Hall news anchor far WBRC-8 said the ad questioning her fairness in covering the city-owned ioo goes too far And some observers say the promo to just more evidence that general manager Hoyle Broome to waging a personal campaign against aoo Director Jerry Wallace and the Birmingham Park and Recreation Board think Hoyle Broome has a personal vendetta against the Park Board and the zoo because his wife to a participant in the Alabama Zoological Society and was a supporter of a previous candidate tor zoo arid Assistant City Attorney Bill Pate who represents the pari board Broome denied a personal agenda but admitted the spot feauring Ms lull to unusual The spot promotes an investigative report on the aoo which WBMG-42 will air at 7 tonight It addresses one of biggest complaints about the aoo a contract giving WBRC-6 exclusive rights to promote the zoo The promo shows Ms Hall producing a stand-up sequence accompanied by the fill-lowing voice-over Voters got preview of plans for tax funds By Glenn Thrash ftat-Hwald Reporter On Tuesday Jefferson County school Superintendent Bruce Wright learned what every good traveling salesman knows at forth: People buy what they can't see In the week before Tuesday's vote on an 8-mill property tax increase the Jefferson County School Board circulated a prioritized $75 million wish list of construction projects and repairs it said it woull do on county schools if the tax was approved In lieu of stressing the grander let's-all-gether aspects of the tax increase i staff allowed the voters what and his Unit tor them Even so the proposal won by a mere 300 11600 cast votes out of 21 going to ask people for money got to tell pe to mend said i tenoent Wayne Teague who said he beli the vote gave him insight into how to peddle pleUke vote future state education taxes If peopl what you're going to do for them tor the tax Thatl what Wright parts of independent 000 house wi In those served by for $100000 house will increase $80 a year because of the tax vote In the past month tax-increase initiatives have failed in Mobile Bibb and Coon counties by substantial margins Since 1990 six of 24 such proposals nave been The 42000-stuaent Jefferson system to by tor the Ingest district to win an increase Teague said he will encourage other local superintendent! to do aa Wright did 11111 is the key to selling the tax statewide said Jim Williams analyst with the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama these taxes are ever going to pass I think this to the way it has to be flmn 99 The list of tangible improvement! roof repair! new school buses new buildings gave Jefferson Cbnnty voters an opportunity to see where their cash would go Jefferson County not school districts taxes County senator squabbling extends legislative session Bob Farley Past-Hcnld investigative program Janet Hal in her what always been Well cover the good news at the aoo and the bad news at the But WBMG News Director John Harrod said WBRC-6 to going on at the Birmingham Zoo Janet says the zoo to coming back people believe the aoo to coming Harrod said Please tara to TV page CS to marked by the statue of Miss Lib- erty Also pending are bills that would increase compensation for Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington and the Birmingham City Council and give the council authority to set the salaries of all elected dty officials to the future The bills were approved last week by the House but bogged down when the feuding senators refused to act until Tuesday They moved to the Senate floor yesterday but under the state constitution could not be given final approval until today Please tire to SENATE page C2 the presence of U-boats in the Gulf of programs FOr mors Information cal Boy 9 charged in attack MOBILE A 9-year-old boy was arrested yesterday and charged with assault in an off-campus knife attack on another student The incident occurred about 7:35 am about one block from an elementary school in Mobile police said The names of the students involved were withheld because they are Juveniles The boy was charged in the stabbing of a 13-year-old student who wai walking his sister to school The girl a fifth-grader was cut on the hand inthe fight police spokesman Tom said Jennings said police were called to the principal's office where the 9- year-old had been detained by school authorities Jennings said the boy was charged with second-degree assault and carrying a concealed weapon The injured boy and girl were treated for cuts Associated Press Robbins elected mayor FLORALA-Residents of this financially strapped border town elected political newcomer Alan Robbins mayor in a runoff Robbins defeated Sybil Mason 479-393 town clerk Lynn Hughes said The vote was a reversal of the general election Sept 8 when Ms Mason got 290 votes to 228 The dty has struggled since June to meet its payroll after a lawsuit settlement with a firmer police chief nearly bankrupted the town Robbins and Ms Mason advanced to the runoff after leading a seven-candidate field The candidates included firmer Mayor HT Mathis who was dubbed the fir sprinkling corn starch through City Hall in a dispute with the police chief Mathis was later impeached He finished sixth with 18 votes in the Sept 8 election Associated Press' pShort takes ON Looking for something fan to do on Sunday Sort's free? The Birmingham Zoo Is sponsoring a fret admission day to gfvo everyone a chance to sot Its now look and got a pMk to now animals inducing a flamhgo eNckhatchadAug11 and a lama bom Aug 3 Visitors also wl hava the opportunity to meat Jerry WaSacs toe dractor The aoo wl bo open from 9 am to 7 pm POSIT OF MTEREST The presidential debate over dabetee la hardy new In 1988 a presidential debate was scheduled to occur In Bnrtruflam on Sept 8 pitting George Buah and Mtohaal Dukakie But the debate sponsored by the League of Women Voters never took place nw bipartisan Oommlaalon on Presidential Debates took control of too two debates that eventualy took place TRMAOUB What two canddtoee for toe Democratic nomtnotlon for president braved Icy weather condWona to debate Birminghamin January 19887 (Find i newspaper) VtotodsquaslaK -IheMrabUtatoTwaBB J9S0 Mtre ntaevtortw pty and a 19K be toad TUtoutoli rasw Hton Kdtoi MHkreffa toh tor trader Whet wratwtradwV rams? ftwrar MaMedktiriitoenwraflrartarwhntfrt youg Ndra Own to rrad wd wto Mra KSkr went an to twaane natto eutv end at eohM tar fw this respected news anchor tells a story about the Birmingham aoo how do you know if accurate the voiceover asks do you know you Just getting the story the dty of Birmingham contracted tor? Find out what kind of deal was the voice-over says Tve never seen anything like Ms Hall said of the spot I certainly like 3 The 6ml property tax hcrease that was approved ki Jofferaan County on Tuesday wl raise $144 mion tor couity schools over toe next 15 years School Superintendent Bruce WHgpt says one of Ns first priorities wl be to construct at least two new schools In toe Tiwsvle area Hare are toe largest repair and consbucflon projects toe tax wl fLnd over Mu tnenewaecaaa 400 school buaaa first 1 00 within four years $16mMon One new high school wftNn four years $145 miHon tofliA raraaaa AlAMAaSArai i wo now mminiiry senoots within eight years $12 miKon Two new middle schools within eitfit years $12mon Renovations to Leeds Etomentary 10 new classrooms torary gym and offices within four years $14 Renovations to Hewttt-Trussvifio Mgh 18 new classrooms within eight years plus repairs more quickly $11 miHon Roof repair systemwide most schools wftNn four years $1 miKon I Hueytown High renovation four new classrooms within eight years $940000 Oak Grove High renovation 12 classrooms Kbrary within eight years $903000 Rudd Juntor High renovations four classrooms gym Rxary within eight years $692000 Comer High renovations six classrooms gym and repairs within eight years $663000 Hewitt Junior High enlargement of torary and lunchroom within four yews $651000 Souok Jtflnan Gouty Bawd al Etonian In a complementary strategy the district publicized the vote only to likely voters namely board employees and parents of school-age children Not suprtoingly the proposal did best in the areas where education consumers were the hungriest In the rapidly expanding northeastern part of the district where some cafeterias are so overcrowded that children eat lunch at 10:15 am the turnout was highest Please lira to VOTE i By Ted Bryant Ptaat-Hcrald Montfomc MONTGOMERY The Alabama Legislature extended its special session one day yesterday to give Jefferson County legislators chance to get several local bills of the lawmakers and lobbyists far Drummond Corp worked overtime in recent days for a bill that would annex the Liberty Park planned community development into Vesta via Hills though the 2500-acre project to not contiguous with Vesta via Drummond and Torchmark are planning the development along Interstate 459 The War memorabilia Visitors to the Birmingham PuNc Library stop to look at a 1942 Army Jeep -which is a part of a World War I memorabilia exhibit The Hbrary is offering -a series of programs from Sept 13 to Nov 8 that wil highlights role kt the war such as the impact of Sloes Furnaces the: black pilot program in Tuskegee and Mexico Thera is no charge for the 226-3606 f- imaged 4 to to ir.