LAST SEPTEMBER, skydiving student Sharon McClelland, 26, who had just amazingly survived a 10,000-foot plunge into a marsh when her parachute malfunctioned, struggled to her feet and rushed to apologize to her ‘instructor: Kevin Killin because she had not followed procedures to open her backup chute. eoe.@ Within a three-month period this year, the heads of both Arkansas State University and the Arkansas School for the Blind left their jobs because of scandals, In April, ASU president John ‘SMangieri was fired after his two sec-" '- retartes testified that they had seen him masturbating in his office. (Mangieri denied. the charge and produced three doctors’ letters stat- "ing. that a medical condition had destroyed his sex drive.) In June, ASB ‘superintendent Leonard Ogburn. resigned ‘after : allegedly spanking a female teacher as part of a job evaluation. - | s,'In October, we reported that two ‘amen had been arrested in Tavares, * Florida, in the back of a van in a «public park, charged with commit- “ting an unnatural and lascivious act. Their ‘explanation: wes that ‘they ussing the penile imptant that one iV FOE ETE E EAO ES NEWS OF THE WEIRD Cates Compiled by A. P, McCredie experience (he is an insurance and “tax lawyer), that he was born in Texas (actually, Massachusetts), that he dated a woman who died (she is still alive), and that he had “sppeared” in courts in Illinois (never). and Florida (advised a * friend of his, but not as a lawyer). During the interview, Mansfield said that he jived in Houston as a kid, but when the reporter asked him if that was a lie, Mansfield reluc- “tantly admitted ’it was. Mansfield of. them had just gotten. Last month’ jury ‘believed: their: story . and auited be both. men. “Among ‘the Republicans swept into. office in- November was Steve “Mansfield, elected to Texas’ highest |. court ‘that handles criminal appeals. . “Among Mansfield’s pre-election called those sad ‘other instances “puffery” and “exaggerations”, adding he’-would stop doing: that now that he is one of the highest- ranking judges in Texas.: The Times (London) reported in _ August that a woman was taken to Wexham Park Hospital in Berkshire after falling from a-tree in a park ., ’ Windsor Castle. ‘or exaggerations (freely admit-. - ed ina post-election interview: in: the publication Texas Lawyer) were. “his ‘claim of vast. criminal-court According to rangers’ at the Windsor Great Park, she. fell out of the tree, naked, during a lovemaking - session with her boyfriend. ; Colum’ a a that radiant neaeiling heating panels made by the Flexwatt Co; oration and by Thermaflex of Scotland may overheat and pose “ALL CSA CERTIFIED AZTEC. FLEXEL OR » THERMAFLEX 22 WATTS/FT/SQ AND. ; F LEX WATT RADIANT CG EILING HEATING PANELS MUST. BE DISCONNECTED ‘The B. C. Electrical Safety Branch has ‘ordered the innmediate ‘disconnection of all “FLEXWATT” brand radiant ceiling heating panels, and all 22w/ft2 and 20w/it2 “ THERMAFLEX" panels and j “AZTEC-FLEXEL". “ Aztec-Fléxel, Flexwattand Therm iaflex ceiling heating panels have been installed since 1986. Residents of the North Shore Municipalities who have radiant ceiling heating panels may check ' ie “their circuit breaker panel for stickers that may indicate if the units “are made by Flexwatt or Thermaflex. Otherwise please contact the * building or electrical: contractor who installed the system, or one of the following: B. C. Electrical Safety Branch Hotline at-1- 604-800- 407-1757 a4 ore: Canadian Standards 273- 4581 Homeowners on the North Shore who are uncertain of the type :and rhake of their heating system, may-call on a City Electrical Inspector for advice at 983- 7355. Distance runner Mauro Prosperi recently took & wrong turn and got lost in the desert between Morocco andl Algeria during the Des Sables marathon, He was missing for nine days. And in August, Tobago muarathoner Michael Alexander, out for a practice run in Burbank, took a wrong tum and was missing for 13 hours in the San Fernando Valley, During that time, he jogged four miles illegally on the Ventura Freeway and called a relative in Tobago to ask for help. Ogden, Utah —- Paul D. Kimball, 25, was charged with sexual assault in August. Even though he cscaped, he was identified by the woman he allegedly assaulted because he left her house without his pants, which contained his wallet. in September, the makers of Michelin tires said they would reformulate. a substance used to make new-model tires grip the road better on wet pavement because the ‘old formula permitted a buildup of static electricity. For months, .attendants onthe lilinois Tollway had reported taking measures -to. insulate themselves every time new Honda Accords (which feature new Michelin tires) stopped to pay tolls. Some atten- dants even refused to take money from drivers for fear of shocks. : just.a few hundred ‘metres from ‘ ; AVR- 800. BNO) ‘ vs Oh. SB chen THE VANCOUVER BRANCH — B.C. SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY. invites you to attend — : d free public lecture. | n°) ae Dr. Philip Long | Psychiatrist who will be speaking about his work’ with people who have schizophrenia and new updates on treatments... February 7th, 1995 7:36 p.m. -$t. James Community. 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