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the countys Girl Scout Council no loonger will acept any checks during its annual cookie sale-a-thon.

During its last sale-a-thon, the council lost $4,284 due to worthlesschecks.

“That may not sound like a lot, but its a serious loss for us,” said Linda Goree, the Girl Scoust

county executive. “It cuts into our profits, but al so wastes too many hours of our timme.”

Next year, Goree said, thecountys Girl Scouts will accept only cash

Two factors agravated the prov problem during the scouts last sale-a-thon, Goree continued.

first, more pepople paid by check. Second, a larger percentage of the checks teh Girl Scouts received

bounced.

“Some people pay by check beause they don’t have the cash, ” Goree said. “Or, they want to

place a large order. We have people who place orders for $100 or more, and thosse poeple are

especially likely to pay by check. we also receive checks for a little as one or two dollars.”

Scout leaders call people who signed the checks that bounce and, in most cases,ask them to mail neW

checks to the cty. office. The scout leadesr are unable to reach everyone, however. Smoe People have

moved. Other s do not have telephones—or do not seem to answer their tele phones.

“usually its an honest mistake, ad andpeople are embarrassed when we call them,” Goree said.

“THey want to take care of the problem right away. Other people say they want to pay but dont have

the money, and we can usually work something out with them. Unfortunately, there are other people

who get mad at us, like its our fault or something, and refuse to pay. Or, they write new checks that

also bounce. It puts our leadess in a terrible

situaton. A Girl Scout leadershouldn’t have to deal with problems like that. Also, its not a good

situation or example for our girls, and that’s the reason for our ne w policy, why we’ll no longer accept

any checks.”
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Being a middle-aged man and single can be deadly, too sociologists at your college warned today

The sociologists, Margo Matos and LeeAnne verkler, found that middle-aged men who remain

single double their chances of dying.

For 10 years, Matos and verkler tracked one thoussand men in the state. All of the men were 40

old years at the start of the study, and half were married. Matos and Verkler fuond that 11.7 percent of

the men who remained unmarried died before their 50th birthday, compared to only 5.9 percent of

themen who remained married.

Some of the maried men were divorced or widowed during the study, and 7.1 percnt of those

who remainedd alone for at least half the period also died.

“We arent sure of all the reasons,” verkler said. “That’s what we’ll look at next. WE think poor

diet plays a role. Also the use of alcohol, smoking, a lack of exercise and low incomes. Men who live by

themselves seem to do more drinking and smoking, and many don’t PREprepare good meals for

themselves. Plus there’s the absence of social support. It ehlps to have someone to talk with, someone

who shpares your li fe and is there to provide help when you need it.”

Matos and Verkler found that men also live longer if they have a roommate. “It doesn’t matter

who the persn is, a parent, child orfreind,” Verkler said. “We’ve found, however,that none of the

alternatives are as conducive to a long life as a stable marriage. those are the man who live the

longest, the men who are happily marrried.”

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Wilma DeCastro is an English teacher at Kennedy High Schol and, six months ago, was named

the city’s “Teacher ofthe Year.” Today she resigned.

“All my life I wanted to be a teachher,” DeCastro said. “Ive really enjoyed it, but I have two little

girls and Can’t afford it any longer. I want a good live for may family, and now wecan’t afford to buy a

decent house in a good neighborhood, a newcar, nice clothes, or so many of the other things we want.

wee skimp on everything, even

food.”

There years ago, DeCastro began to sell real estate during her sumer vacations. For th e last

year, she has continued to sell real estate part-time, primarily weakends

“I can’t do it any longer,” she said. ”I can’t wrok two jobs, do a good job at both of the jobbs, and a.lso

have time for my daughters, so I’ve decided to go into real estate full time. I can triple salary my

salary. INN a few years, if I

work hard, I should be able to do even better than that. eventually, I’d like togo into businss for
myself.”

Greg Hubbard, superintendent of the city’s school system, said: “Of coures we’re sorry to see her

leave. We’d like to keep her, to be able to pay all our teachers mr more, espec ially our best teachers.

But there’s no moneey for higher salaries. NO one wants to pay higher taxes.”

DeCastro is 28 and started teaching at the high schoo0l six years ago. she aws named “Teacher

OF The Year” because of her popularity, but also because she inspired several studentsto start a literary

maga zine that has won adozenprizes

 while walking to school this moningmorning, an 11-year-old girl noticed a gunman robbuing two

clerkS in a convenence store on Colonial Drive

The girl, Kathryn Kunze of94 Jamestown Drive, raran to a nearby telepone, dialed 911, then

returned to the store and noticed an empty car par ked naearby withits motor running. she reachedd

inside, shut off the cars motor and took the keys.

“Imagine what the rober thought when he ran out of the storee, jumped into HIS car and realized

the keys weregone,” said Sgt. Tammy Dow. “she was one smart girl, and Brave, too.”

The Gunman went bavck into the stoer and asked the clerks there for the keys to there cars.

Bothclerks, however, said that they had walked to work and did not own a car.

The gunman then walked to a near,by park, and the police Aarrested him there five minutse later.

William j. Chuey, 27, of 57l0 michigan Ave was charrged with armed robbery.

Polic e officers later questioned the girl at school. “I saw this man with a gun, just like on

telivision” she said. “Then I saw thecar. It was running, and I just figured it was the robbers, so I took

his keys and ran here.”

Kathryn’s mother, said she was p””proud—and frightened—by her daughters actions. “I’Mm proud

she thought so quickly,” Mrs. Lauren Kunze said. “But I don’t wnat her to trfy anything like that ever

again.”
 RAilroads have abandoned hundreds of m iles of old roadbeds in the state, and the governortoday

revealed plans to convert the roadbeds into trawils for bicyclists hikers, horseback riders and runners.

The govenor said her budget for nxextt year will include an extra $10 million for the Departmentof

natural Resources, which will use the money to ac quire and maintainn the trials “The initial outlay is

modest,” the gov. said. “But we hope the program will expand so, in five or 10 years,we’ll have

hundreds of miles of these trials. Eventually, the people using themshould be able to hike or ride from

one end of the state to another.”

A representative for the states railrods said that most will probably agree to sell their

abandoned roadbeds tothe state, provided they receive a fair pricee, “We aren’t us ing the

roadbeds for anything,” he said, “and there aren’t many other buyers. they were our leasst profitable

routes, and that’s why we abandoned them.”

During a press Conference this mohningthis morning, the governor added: “We need more land

for recreation, and this is the prefect solution. wee think we can acquire the roadbeds for a reasonable

price, annd we’ll start with some of the mmost scenic. We’llalso concentrate, at least initialy, on

roadbeds near the state’s population centers, os they’re conveni ent for a majority of the people using

them.”

THE governor said the

biggest expense, after acquiri;ng the roadbeds, will be improving their bridges.. “We’ll need better

flooring and railings to protect the public, and that will cost some money,” she said. The railoads havve

already tor n up the tracks,o selling them for scrap.

Police Chief Tony sullivan Wants to ebgin seizing t he cars driven by drunken drivers.

While testifyingbefore a legislative commmittee in the state capital this morning, Sullivan said

police oficers in the state need the authority to to seize the vehicles used by motorists convicted three

or more times of drunken driving. Sullivans pproposal would al so apply to motorists convicted of

driving with a license suspended or revoked because of drunken drving—and to motorists convicted of

driving undre the Influence of drugs.

“Were runninng across too many repeat offjenders,” sullivan said. “They ignore the laws now in

eff ect, and its time to do something about it. It doesn’t do any good to just take away their lcenses.

They’ll drivewithout one.” Sullivan said some motorists in the statehave been convicted of drunken

driving more than a dozentimes . “Weve gott peopel who’ve served a year in jail, some who’ve served

five years,” Sullivan said. “It doesn’t seemtodo any

good. weather they have a liense or not, they star”t to drink and drive again as soon as they get out.

If wetake away their cars, they’ll havetostop. U nless they’re ultra-rich, there’s a limit to howmany cars

they can afford to buy.”

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Beginning next fall, students in the citys public shcools will have to leave their cigarettes and

other tobaco products at home.

The School Board last night voted 6 to 1 to BAN the possession and use of all obacco tobacco

products on school grounds.

“The boards policy will apply to evferyone,” said gary Hubbard, superintendent

of schools. “its not just for ourstudents. The policy will also apply to our teachers, other school

personnel and, in addition, to any visitors using our facilities.”

Students found smoking on school property will be reprimanded for a firs t ofense, detained for a

secnod and ex;pelled for three days for a third. School personnel will be reprimanded by their principal.

Other people wlil be asked to stop using the tobacco products or to leave the school grounds.

“Previously,” hubbard said, “we allowed stud ents to smokee inn some designated areas both

inside and outside our bldgs.: in our football stadium s, for example. Its badfortheir health, and we

decided last night that we weren’t being consistent. It doesn’t make any sense for us to tell students, in

their classes, about the dangers of smoking, andthan to allow them to smokeunder our supervision.

Besides, We were geting a lot of complaints from

nonsmokesr.”
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Do obstacles get you down when trying to get something doone? Consider the following

After Fred Astaires first screen test, a 1933 memo from the mgm testing director said: Can’t act.

Slightly bald. Can dance a little.” Astaire kept that memo over the fire place in his Beverly Hills
home

An expert said of famous football coach VinceLombardi: “He possesses minimal football
knowledge.

Lacks motivashun.”

Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women, was advised by her family to find work as a

Servant or seamstress.

Beethoven handled the voilin awkwardly and prefered playing his own personal

compositions instead of improving his technique.

His teacher called him utterly hopeless as a composer. The teacher of famous opera singer

Enrico Caruso said Caruso had no voice at all and could not sing?

Walt Disney was fired by a news paper for lacking ideas. He also goed backrupt several

times before he build Disneyland.

Eighteen publishers turned down Richard Bach’s 10000 word story about a soaring seagull before

Macmillan finally published it in 1970. By 1975, Jonathan Livingston Seagull had sold more than

7 million copies in the U.S. alone.

Provide a suitable headline for the following news:

DAVAO CITY—The Philippine Eagle Center in Malagos, Baguio District here will be closed from August 15
to August 16 to assess the health status of its birds at the height of the avian flu outbreak.
“The avian flu outbreak poses a grave threat to the Philippine eagle population. This is to allow our team
to set up necessary emergency measures and ensure the safety of the Philippine eagle and other raptors in
the facility,” The Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) said in a statement.
The PEF also said that they have yet to establish if this closure will be extended.

The PEF and its center, an 8.4-hectare area is located at the foothills of Mt. Apo and situated within the
Malagos Watershed, is home to 27 captive-bred eagles and other raptors and other species.

Uber Philippines resumed its operations on Tuesday after submitting a motion for reconsideration against
the Land Transportation and Franchising and Regulatory Board’s (LTFRB) one-month suspension.
“In response to overwhelming rider and driver demand, we have filed a motion for reconsideration with the
LTFRB,” Uber Philippines said in a statement posted on its Facebook page.
“This means that Uber’s operations will continue until the motion is resolved. Consequently, we will be
resuming serving Metro Manila and Cebu,” Uber added.

Uber’s one-month suspension after it found out that the transport network company (TNC) violated its
order to stop accepting and accrediting new drivers pending the resolution to the government regulator’s
issues with the company.

Malacañang is backing the decision of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)
to suspend for a month the operations of transport network company (TNC) Uber.

LTFRB’s decision came after Uber defied its July 26 order not to accept and activate new drivers onto its
platform.

“We affirm the positive and beneficial service offered by the Transport Network Companies (TNCs).
However, as per LTFRB, Uber Systems unduly challenged its rules and instructions. The issue here is
striking a balance between innovations and laws and the regulations of the LTFRB,” Presidential
Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said in a Palace briefing on Tuesday.
“It understands the situation and therefore we support the LTFRB,” Abella added.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said Tuesday he would hold off on a planned missile strike
near Guam, but warned the highly provocative move would go ahead in the event of further
“reckless actions” by Washington. Some analysts suggested Kim’s comments opened a possible
path to de-escalating a growing crisis fueled by a bellicose war of words between US President
Donald Trump and the North Korean leadership.
Their recent exchanges were focused on a North Korean threat to fire a volley of four missiles
over Japan towards the US territory of Guam, which hosts a number of strategic military bases.
The North’s official KCNA news agency said Kim was briefed on the “plan for an enveloping fire at
Guam” during an inspection on Monday of the Strategic Force command in charge of the nuclear-
armed state’s missile units.
A barangay chair is being investigated by Malabon City officials after a clandestine maternity
clinic was found to be operating at the second floor of the Barangay Tonsuya health center last
week.
According to a statement from city hall on Monday, “probers will invite Barangay Tonsuya
chair Pol Ombas for questioning on allegations that the payments derived from the clandestine
operation of the [birthing center] were all remitted … to the barangay.”
“Who are benefiting from this underground maternity clinic is a question that probers would
like to find out,” it added.
The maternity clinic, which was found to be operating without permits, was discovered after
police officers and city hall personnel raided the health center and arrested Lea Aricayos, 41, a
barangay worker.
Aricayos, a licensed midwife, had just helped a mother give birth when she was picked up by
the joint team on Aug. 8.
According to her, mothers pay P1,200 to give birth in the secret maternity clinic. The money
goes directly to the barangay although Aricayos did not say who received the payments.

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Alexander Gesmundo as the
178th associate justice of the Supreme Court.
Gesmundo will be taking the position vacated by Associate Justice Jose Catral Mendoza who compulsory
retired at the age of 70 last Aug. 13, 2017.
He is the fourth appointee of President Duterte and the second appointee from Ateneo De Manila
University. He is a member of the Fraternal Order of Utopia.

Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea confirmed the appointment of the magistrate on Monday.
Duterte’s third appointee, former Court of Appeals Presiding Justice Andres Reyes Jr. is also a graduate of
Ateneo and a member of Utopia where House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez is also a part of.

MANILA, Philippines – The warrant of arrest has been served on former president and now
Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the St. Luke’s Medical Center in
Taguig City.

Arroyo, who has been charged with electoral sabotage of the 2007 national elections, will be under hospital
arrest until she is physically able to move to the Southern Police District detention center where she will be
placed under custody, said Senior Superintendent Joel Coronel of the Criminal Investigation and Detection
Group (CIDG). Two guards have since been posted outside her room.
The arrest order, which was served at 6:30 p.m. Friday by National Capital Region Police Office Director
Alan Purisima, was signed by Judge Jesus Mupas of Branch 112 of the Pasay regional trial court.

In a press briefing after the warrant was served, Coronel said it was Arroyo’s lawyer Jose Flaminiano who
received the order although Arroyo was awake.
Coronel said authorities, led by Senior Superintendent James Bucayu, deputy district director,
administrative division of the SPD, were about to read Arroyo’s rights when the former leader’s lawyers
waived them.