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RAIN 11/09: Some Election News



Huntsville Times 11/08/00
Ragland has Kavanaugh's support in reaching goals as county's probate judge
http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/Nov2000/8-e9574.html

by David Holden
Tommy Ragland is not scheduled to take office as Madison County's probate
judge until January, but he is already making plans to reach goals he set for
his new job.
Which would be all right with his opponent, Marilyn S. Kavanaugh.
''We had really had similar plans in mind,'' Kavanaugh said. ''I hope he
follows through with that.''
Ragland, Madison County's tax collector, defeated Kavanaugh, who is an
attorney, 59,003 votes to 48,635.
He will replace Probate Judge Frank H. Riddick, 70, who did not seek another
term because he doesn't fall within age limits imposed by state law.


St. Louis Post-Dispatch 11/08/00
A state-by-state battle over privacy of adoption records
<http://www.postnet.com/postnet/news/wires.nsf/National/FF209E2BEDEC9986862569

910063A43D?OpenDocument>

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) -- Abigail Lovett searched for her birth mother for six years
before finding her in a psychiatric hospital on Long Island.
Tony Gambino pursued a similar quest, only to discover his birth mother had
died of cancer while desperately trying to locate him.
Lovett rekindled a relationship with her mother, whose condition improved so
dramatically that she was able to leave the hospital after 18 years as a
patient. Gambino, though devastated at learning of his mother's futile
search, tracked his 92-year-old grandmother to a tiny town in east Texas.
``I've been so enriched to be able to meet her,'' he says.
Today, Gambino, of Bethesda, Md., and Lovett, of New Hope, Pa., are part of a
legion of adopted Americans who want to dispel the secrecy of adoption
records. They believe that adoptees who reach adulthood should have access to
original birth certificates that include the names of their biological
parents.


Yomiuri Shimbun 11/09/00
For the record: Preserving Japan's on-air history
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/1109cu20.htm

The Broadcast Library, which opened last month in Naka Ward, Yokohama, allows
visitors to watch and listen to about 8,000 previously aired radio and
television programs and learn about the history and technology of
broadcasting through various displays. And it does not cost a yen. When it
comes to preserving radio and television programs, Japan lags behind Europe
and the United States. Indeed, it was only in 1991 that a temporary facility
for the library opened in the Minato Mirai district of Yokohama.
Recognizing that radio and television programs are precious cultural assets
that reflect the life and customs of the nation, both private broadcasters
and NHK coughed up 6 billion yen and 3 billion yen, respectively, for the
project. The Yokohama municipal government provided 200 million yen to
establish the Broadcast Programming Center of Japan, which manages the
library.




Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Richmond, Va
pakurilecz@aol.com

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