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RAIN 11/16:Presidential library, time capsule and sealed records



Dallas Morning News 11/15/00
Clinton library to move forward
Court says Little Rock's acquisition of land for project was legal
<<http://www.dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/215099_arlibrary_15te.html>>

by Suzi Parker
Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Skip Rutherford, the director of the William J. Clinton
Presidential Foundation, spent Tuesday on the phone with architects for the
Clinton Presidential Library.
For months now, library plans have been in limbo because of a lawsuit
landowner Gene Pfeifer filed against the city of Little Rock, which wanted to
take 2.9 acres of his for the presidential site.
Mr. Rutherford's wait ended Monday when Chancellor Vann Smith ruled that
Little Rock's acquisition of Mr. Pfeifer's land meets the state's
requirements for eminent domain proceedings because the site qualifies as a
municipal park.
Neither Mr. Pfeifer nor his attorney could be reached for comment Tuesday.
Mr. Pfeifer has 30 days to appeal the decision, but he indicated earlier that
he would abide by the chancellor's ruling.


Poughkeepsie Journal 11/14/00
Time capsule found at school
1938 items in jar dug up at Krieger
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/tuesday/education/stories/ed111400s2.shtml

by Rob Seetoo
A little jar of history was unearthed Monday at George W. Krieger School in
the City of Poughkeepsie.
The time capsule may become part of a display about the history of the
71-year-old elementary school.
Workers digging to expose a water main came up with a little surprise -- a
Mason jar about 8 inches high, still sealed and dry.
Inside the clear, glass container were papers dated Arbor Day, April 29,
1938.
The discovery was a surprise to the workers and Diane Hammond, principal at
Krieger.


Charlotte Observer 11/15/00
3 Historic N.C. documents for auction at Sothebys.com
http://www.charlotte.com/observer/natwor/docs/auction11150.htm

by Kathleen Curry
How much would you pay to hold part of North Carolina's birth certificate in
your hand?
Three 1790 letters marking North Carolina's admission as the 12th state -
written by President George Washington, then-Secretary of State Thomas
Jefferson and Connecticut Gov. Samuel Huntington - are up for sale this week.
The relics are being hawked on the auction block of the future: Sothebys.com,
the Web site of the New York auction house, lists the grouping as a highlight
of its online presidential archives sale.
"This is an incredibly rare and unique set of material in any type of sale,"
said Marsha Malinowski, senior vice president for Sotheby's. "To have it on
the Internet makes it even more unusual."
The price reflects Sotheby's enthusiasm: It costs $100,000 just to get a
cyberpaddle to bid, and Sotheby's estimates the lot will go for between
$125,000 and $175,000. Bidding closes Friday at noon.


CheyenneTribune-Journal 11/15/00
Public Records on Web questioned
<http://wire.ap.org/?FRONTID=TECHNOLOGY&PACKAGEID=InternetNews&STORYID=APIS789

3LN80&SLUG=INTERNET%2dPRIVACY>

by Anick Jesdanun
AP Internet Writer
MARINA DEL REY, Calif. (AP) - As more individuals build their own Web sites,
some privacy advocates now question requirements that the site owners
disclose their personal contact information.
Names, e-mail addresses, postal addresses and telephone numbers for more than
24 million domain names are stored in databases called Whois. The information
is available to anyone with an Internet connection.
It's like a global phone directory - without the option for an unlisted
number - and can be easily accessed through servers at companies that
register domain names.
``Sacrificing your privacy should not be a condition of access to the domain
space,'' said Alan Davidson, staff counsel with the Center for Democracy and
Technology.
Most people may not care and would list their contact information anyway,
just like most telephone customers now list their numbers.



Lansing State Journal 11/15/00
Ingham seals voting records
http://www.lsjxtra.com/news/VOTE15.html

by Paul Egan
MASON - The Ingham County Board of Canvassers on Tuesday sealed a set of East
Lansing voting records as evidence for potential court cases.
Republican Mike Rogers won the 8th Congressional seat last week by 152 votes,
and Democrats are threatening to push for a recount.
The 2-inch-high stack of papers, turned over by East Lansing Clerk Susan
Donnell, includes affidavits and application forms from people who said they
lived in East Lansing and wanted to vote Nov. 7 but were told their names
were not on the voter list.
The names on the forms are important if they include people who ultimately
weren't able to vote, said Alan Fox, a member of the board of canvassers.
"We need to hang on to these in case they become an issue in this election,"
Fox said.


New Haven Register 11/15/00
State cops may probe missing files
<<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1281&dept_id=7578&newsid=1077677&PAG=

461&rfi=9>>

by Catherine Creegan
TRUMBULL - Police Commission Chairwoman Kristine Miklus on Tuesday asked the
state police to investigate her claims that key police personnel files were
stolen from her purse during a disruption of the panel's meeting last week.
Meanwhile, First Selectman Kenneth Halaby will hold a press conference today
to address an aborted attempt by some members of the Board of Police
Commissioners to replace Acting Police Chief James Lively.
And Thomas W. Bucci, the Bridgeport lawyer who represents Lively, said his
client has filed a lawsuit against the police board, claiming the panel
engaged in unfair hiring practices.


EWEEK 11/15/00
Kodak exec takes big-picture view of the Internet
http://www8.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2654001,00.html

by Michael R. Zimmerman
LAS VEGAS -- Eastman Kodak Co. is going to do for corporate America what it
did for founder George Eastman's extensive (and expensive) photo collection
about a decade ago -- preserve its images.
The Rochester, N.Y., film and photography giant is planning to roll out early
next year the Kodak Digital Preservation service. Through the service,
companies will be able to send their scanned documents and images to Kodak,
which in turn will store them on film and in digital files.
The company is planning on hosting the storage itself at first but will
consider outsourcing it down the road, according to Dan Carp, Kodak's
president and CEO, who met with the media here following his Comdex keynote
address Tuesday night.
Initially the service will be targeted at companies that already do a lot of
scanning of photos and images, such as insurance companies. Eventually, the
company will offer it to consumers.
Carp said Kodak hasn't determined yet how it will price the service, as that
will depend on "how much people are willing to pay for it."


Valley News Dispatch 11/15/00
Judge orders audit of Harrison church finances
http://www.valleynewsdispatch.com/1114judge.html

by Veronica Whitney
PITTSBURGH: An Allegheny County judge has ordered the audit of the financial
records of the Grace United Methodist Church, Harrison.
On Nov. 2, Judge Bernard J. McGowan ordered an audit of the reconstructed
financial records of the church and Grace Chocolates, a church-owned company,
said Amy Bentz, an attorney for the Western Pennsylvania Conference of the
United Methodist Church.
Also on that day, the pastor of the church, the Rev. Jack Emerick, was
suspended with pay for 60 days after Jeffrey Greenway, a superintendent in
the Western Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church, filed a
complaint.
Bentz said Monday there are allegations concerning the financial affairs of
the church.


Portland Press Herald 11/15/00
Town puts store in history
http://www.portland.com/news/coast/001115bailey.shtml

by Susan Rayfield
HARPSWELL - The Harpswell Historic Society has bought the old Bailey's Store
and plans to convert it to a museum to display the town's maritime and
farming history.
The store, located on Harpswell Neck, closed for good about six years ago, a
victim of competition and changing times.
Now a fund drive is under way to raise $250,000. The amount will cover the
$90,000 cost to buy the building, which was built in 1917, and pay for
renovations to convert it into a museum, said David Hackett III, society
president.
The museum plan would include a fireproof, climate-controlled storage room to
hold archives, including old photographs and manuscripts. Records are now
kept at the municipal building, and at the old meeting house, and are slowly
deteriorating.


Newsday 11/15/00
Inn signs highlight past centuries
http://www.newsday.com/ap/entertainment/ap35.htm

by Natasha Gural
Associated Press
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- In the mid-18th century, a man traveling on horseback
through the small shoreline community of Centerbrook would be beckoned by a
wooden sign hanging outside Bull's Inn.
The simple silhouette image of a horse and the misspelled phrase,
''Entertainment for Man and Hors,'' let him know where he and his equine
companion could rest and eat.
The word ''entertainment'' was used in the 18th century to mean food and
lodging before the terms tavern and inn came into use.
The 1749 sign -- the only known American tavern sign firmly dated before 1750
to survive without repainting -- is one of 25 works on display at ''Lions &
Eagles & Bulls: Early American Tavern & Inn Signs From The Connecticut
Historical Society.''





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

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