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RAIN 11/19/: Weekend Update Part 2
There are 14 stories in this posting
Dallas Morning News 11/09/01
Exhibit explores how Texas evolved on paper through ages
http://www.dallasnews.com/metro/arlington/arlington_news/STORY.ea0e675dfd.b0.af.0.a4.63d15.html
by Michael A. Lindenberger
A walk through Texas history is available free of charge at the University of Texas at Arlington - and rugged footwear is optional.
In an exhibit titled "Shaping Texas: The Evolution of a State," UTA cartographic archivist Katherine Goodwin has pulled out some of the choice pieces from the university's map collection.
Boston Globe 11/17/01
Tribes describe Catch-22 for companies seeking documents
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/321/region/Tribes_describe_Catch_22_for_c:.shtml
by Ann S. Kim
AP
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) The Maine Indian tribes embroiled in a legal dispute with paper companies are arguing that they need not give the companies access to documents about water quality.
Two days after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene, the Penobscot Nation and Passamaquoddy Tribe filed a motion in Cumberland County Superior Court that describes a Catch-22 for the paper companies.
Boston Globe 11/17/01
Vermont state archivist honored
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/320/region/Vermont_state_archivist_honore:.shtml
AP
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) Vermont State Archivist D. Gregory Sanford has been honored by his peers for his work.
He's been given the distinguished service award by the group New England Archivists.
The award, which has been given for eight years now, recognizes exemplary service to the profession and to archives throughout New England.
Yomiuri Shimbun 11/18/01
Acquire personal data properly
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20011118wo81.htm
Data gathered and processed with the aid of information technology is common among public administrative entities, as it is among private sector organizations.
Staunton News-Leader 11/17/01
Commentary: Nixon would be proud of Bush's actions
http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=15383
by Dennis Neal
One of the dangers of being in a time of national crisis such as the one we are now experiencing is the possible abuse of power by the executive branch of the government. Everyone, including the news media, is so wary of appearing partisan that things can slip by either unnoticed or with little fanfare.
Cincinnati Post 11/16/01
Others sought in stolen identity case
http://www.cincypost.com/2001/nov/17/idsd111701.html
by Kimball Perry
Derrick Rogers is very good - and very determined - when it comes to stealing people's identities and scamming banks and businesses out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, said Blue Ash Police Officer Rich Riley.
''Let's put it this way,'' Riley said. ''He had a high quantity of work. He closed on a lot of loans and was persistent.''
Messenger-Inquirer 11/17/01
Judges say OPD records must be disclosed
http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/news/kentucky/3787039.htm
FRANKFORT -- Records in a disciplinary case against a former Owensboro police officer should be made public, even though the officer has resigned, the Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
Bergen Record 11/16/01
PBA fights to keep files closed
http://www.bergen.com/bse/copfileps200111167.htm
by Peter Sampson
RIDGEFIELD -- A lawsuit seeking to invalidate the promotions of the police chief and 12 officers is at a critical juncture as the police union fights to keep the department's personnel files private.
Lawyers for Ridgefield PBA Local 330 are seeking permission to appeal a ruling that allows the lawyer for self-styled citizen watchdog Patricia Dougherty to examine the personnel files of the entire force.
Pravda 11/17/01
Bush performs cosmetic surgery
http://english.pravda.ru/main/2001/11/17/21240.html
by Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey
Clinical alterations to a law giving the public the right to access official files in effect protects the country's administrations, past and present, from the public eye.
Austin American-Statesman 11/17/01
System to track utility repairs not yet working
http://www.austin360.com/auto_docs/epaper/editions/saturday/news_15.html
by Leah Quin
The last time Austin Energy had so many power outages -- 90,000 during the December 2000 ice storm -- many customers raged that their calls for service were lost as they remained in the dark for days.
The situation, caused by miscommunication between operators and dispatchers, was supposed to be fixed by now, thanks to a new $18 million computer system. In part, it would allow operators to inform callers whether their complaint had been recorded and crews dispatched.
The Age 11/17/01
HIH probe delayed
http://www.theage.com.au/business/2001/11/17/FFXDF8VT2UC.html
by David Elias
Faced with building delays and the huge task of imaging and electronically storing more than a million pages of documents, the royal commission on the HIH Insurance collapse has had to postpone the start of its public sittings for a week.
The hearings before Justice Neville Owen of the Western Australian Supreme Court will begin in Sydney on December 3.
Dallas Morning News 11/15/01
Long-lost Johnson tape transcript featured in magazine
http://www.dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/ap/stories/AP_STATE_0066.html
AP
AUSTIN - Former President Lyndon B. Johnson's unique storytelling style and his memories of key moments in his presidency are highlighted in a long-lost tape recording transcript featured in the upcoming issue of Texas Monthly.
Associated Press 11/17/01
J.R.R.Tolkien letters sold at auction
http://www.nando.com/entertainment/story/172397p-1667242c.html
LONDON (November 17, 2001 8:40 a.m. EST) - A collection of letters and other documents from famed "Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien were sold at auction Friday to an anonymous telephone bidder.
The letters fetched $86,656.
Washington Post 11/17/01
Va. Notary gets 33 months for ID fraud
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43761-2001Nov16.html
by Brooke A. Masters
A Falls Church notary public was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court to 33 months in prison for helping thousands of undocumented immigrants from out of state illegally obtain Virginia driver's licenses and state identification cards.
Jennifer Wrenn, 58, was convicted in August of identification document fraud, encouraging aliens to live in the United States illegally and money laundering.
Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
pakurilecz@aol.com
Richmond, Va