Oswaldo Macia creates installations and environments that puncture the senses. These works made especially for ARTfutures combine a soundtrack plucked from tropical forests with a series of watercolours that act as a visual manifestation of the sound score. Macia exhibits internationally and his work is in many public and private collections.
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Test Tube TV: Cooked up in a JHU lab by a p.r. whiz, 'The Johns Hopkins Science Review' experiment broke new ground and created a big reaction nationally from 1948-60.
In the 1940s, a country just introduced to TV spent Friday nights with four snappy service men. "Oh, we're the men from Texaco, we work from Maine to Mexico " Milton Berle would then burst into living rooms wearing a dress.
But TV's first superstar didn't completely own Friday nights. Uncle Milty's competition over on CBS was a dignified science show from a Baltimore university, of all places.
"The Johns Hopkins Science Review" debuted on Dec. 17, 1948, with one camera and zero sponsors. Before Mr. Wizard, long before Bill Nye "The Science Guy," a brainy band of faculty conducted scientific experiments live on national television. During its 12-year run, the award-winning program would hold its own against Berle, Arthur Godfrey, even "Gunsmoke's" Marshal Dillon.
"It had faced, and survived, some of the ruggedest competition that big-time television could offer," Leo Geier wrote 40 years ago in "Ten Years With Television at Johns Hopkins University." "It proved Hopkins scientists could appear without compromising their professional ethics."
"I drank radioactive iodine on camera," recalls Robert Ballentine, 82, a retired Hopkins research scientist. While Uncle Milty clowned around one Friday night in 1950, a Geiger counter held up to Ballentine showed the radioactivity accumulating in his thyroid.
After Sputnik was launched, another Hopkins professor was minding his own ground-breaking business when he got a casting call: Please report to Television Hill with your science equipment. We go live at 9. What does that mean?
"I think I did the show twice," says Robert Pond, 79, a former professor of material sciences. "It was just an odd thing for a college professor to do."
Credit a chain-smoking man named Lynn Poole for pioneering the first network program produced by a university. Poole, JHU's public relations director, believed the "Science Review" could provide "good, dignified publicity" for Johns Hopkins. He should know.
Before coming to Hopkins, Poole was a public relations officer for the Air Force, and later started child and adult educational programs at the Walters Art Gallery. Poole, then 36, created, wrote, produced and hosted the 30-minute "Science Review" from Remsen Hall on the Homewood campus. He was also casting director, trolling the campus for guest scientists. The press dutifully plugged the show.
"Dr. John Kopper, of the Hopkins School of Engineering, will be the guest on this week's show," The Sun reported on Jan. 18, 1949. "Question of the week will be: If a fuse blows out in your home, can you insert a penny in the fuse box to safely set up the flow of current?"
"I remember the show was a helluva waste of time," says Kopper, 84. He remembers his "What is Electricity?" episode went well, except for the 20-second power shortage during the show. "Might as well drift through in the darkness, I thought." He didn't much like rehearsing, either. "People were supposed to be doing research," he says.
A born-again fan of the show, Kopper might still be sore because he was stuck in rehearsal when he went from professor to parent. Kopper rushed to the hospital to see his daughter, then rushed back to be on television, of all things.
Not many folks did then. Remember, this was before re-runs, syndication, Marc Steiner and rating codes. "The Science Review" was strictly G-rated -- well, except maybe for the "Are You Too Fat?" show, which featured a womanly woman weighing herself in just a towel. OK, it turned out she was wearing a bathing suit, too. But it was juicy TV for 1955. That Poole was a bit of a rascal.
With such shows as "Industrial Hygiene" and "A Visit to Our Studio," the program needed the occasional lightning. So the distinguished Poole climbed part-way up the world's largest TV tower, and on another episode, ingested a grasshopper. All in the name of science, and all on the air.
"The Science Review" was the first program to show a live birth, the first to couple a camera to a microscope. Viewers saw the first televised X-ray -- stunning images of an X-rayed hand complete with a wedding ring. The show also staged the first inter-city medical consultation, hooking up doctors from Washington, New York and Baltimore.
In 1953, the program taught female viewers how to examine themselves for breast cancer. It was gutsy material for a fledgling industry that would insist Rob and Laura sleep in separate beds.
At its peak, the show was seen in 21 cities (and in Europe) and featured A-list guests from "Big Bang" theorist George Gamow to rocket engineer Wernher von Braun to Howard Urey, co-developer of the atom bomb.
Support the Steppingstone Museum in Havre de Grace by enjoying a Euro-California style buffet and blues music. Johnny Ciao, a celebrity chef, will be coming to Harford County on June 23 to host a Blues Buffet at Bellissimo Restaurant to benefit Steppingstone. Joining him will be blues band Professor Louie and the Crowmatix. Tickets are $50 and the dinner starts at 7 p.m. For the benefit, Ciao will purchase all of his own ingredients and essentially take over Bellissimo's kitchen to cook the buffet.
As an former Catonsville resident living overseas, I've experienced the advantages of having a national health care program. Five years ago I got a liver transplant here, making me a real-life German (liver)-American (heart). All my medical costs were covered by my German public health insurance policy. Everyone gets sick at some time in their life, which is why everyone will need health care sooner or later. When everyone pays in to such a health insurance plan, costs will come down and everyone will benefit.
On Oct. 11, the Ottobar will host a benefit event for staff member Tom Malenski, who died last Friday after being stabbed near the Remington music venue following a punk-rock concert. Details surrounding the benefit event are not currently available, but the Ottobar has set up a page for donations to the Malenski family. To make a donation or for more information, visit this MissionTix page . There is also a GoFundMe page accepting donations to help with funeral costs.
Allowing children of undocumented immigrants to attend universities as in-state residents is logical ( "A flawed compromise," March 8). All involved are participating members of society and will ultimately make Maryland look good. When we read that U.S. schools are slipping in the global arena, imagine having bilingual youth moving up to assume responsibilities that will lift up the whole nation. I often hear Americans say we are only as strong as our weakest link. Well, here is a chance to remedy that.
Baltimore and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake are to be commended for the revisions to the city's zoning code ("Transforming Baltimore," Nov. 16). The new, simpler code is a departure from the Euclidean zoning (named for a landmark Supreme Court zoning decision) that Baltimore had for 80 years and will better reflect market realities. The new waterfront, maritime, transit, transportation, hospital and campus districts recognize the unique physical and design characteristics of these areas.
The Carroll Hospital Center Foundation said it has received $5 million towards a an effort to raise $22 million to benefit medical services. The Taneytown-based Kahlert Foundation donated the money to be used to support improvement efforts at Carroll Hospital Center and Carroll Hospice. It is the first multi-million dollar gift the hospital has received in its 50-year history. The fundraising effort, “Campaign to Cure & Comfort, Always,” will support five key areas: the cancer center, a community education and wellness center, emerging technology, endowment funds and cardiovascular and stroke prevention and treatment.
As the campaign to strip public employees of their collective bargaining rights advances across the Midwest, taxpayers — whom the abolishment of such rights is alleged to benefit — deserve a complete accounting of what they also stand to lose. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has characterized public sector workers as the "haves" to the private sector's "have nots. " This should strike all but the most removed from working people as absurd. Since when have teachers, social workers, nurses, cops, firefighters and sanitation workers been the "haves" of the American economy?
Social Security Administration will resume paper statements of estimated benefits to certain workers age 60 and up beginning next month, according to a letter from the agency's commissioner released this morning by two senators. In the letter dated Jan. 20, Social Security CommissionerMichael J. Astruesaid the agency will begin mailing paper statements to workers 60 and older next month. Additionally, workers at age 25 will receive a first-time paper statement by the end of this year that is accompanied by an explanation of the program.
The majority of Maryland public schools are slated to start the week of Aug. 25 after this year's summer break. While I was on the Baltimore City school board, whenever I spoke with families regarding the opening day of school the question invariably arose: "Why does school start a week before Labor Day?" A changed start date for school shouldn't be mandated by the state. But local jurisdictions should certainly seek input from students, parents, teachers and stakeholders for feedback on district school calendars.
Musicians will sing and strum and play the harmonica Thursday night in Annapolis night to raise funds - and awareness - for Lyme disease. Headlining the Ticked Off Music Fest will be Les Stroud, a TV survivalist and musician from Canada. He'll be joined by two musicians who survived Lyme disease and a lawyer-singer-songwriter from Annapolis. "My hope is to bring awareness to Anne Arundel County about the dangers of tick-borne diseases," said Karen Owen, a fitness instructor and mother from the Broadneck community who is organizing the concert.
I am glad that speed cameras have been installed on South Rolling Road. They have encouraged people to drive slower, which helps make it safer for me and other Catonsville High School students who walk to school. I appreciate Del. Jim Malone's and Councilman Tom Quirk's help in getting the cameras installed. It has made a major difference. Brian Neighoff Catonsville High School
Let us now praise Democratic hypocrisy. Throughout my life, various Republicans have suggested amending the Constitution in one way or another. A few years ago, they suggested revising the 14th Amendment to get rid of automatic birthright citizenship. Before that, some proposed amending the Constitution to lock in the traditional definition of marriage. Ronald Reagan wanted a presidential line-item veto added to the Constitution. On nearly every occasion, Democrats opposed such efforts, not just on the merits but on the puffed-up principle that we mustn't "tinker" or "tamper" with the genius of the Founding Fathers' constitutional design.
Jill and Allan Bennett have filled a 22,000-square foot building with a dark and creepy mix of bloody monsters and pitch-black mazes. But soon their popular haunted house, Bennett's Curse, will be homeless, as the property they lease in Jessup is slated for development. The grassy field where their white building holds giant vampire bats, menacing monsters and creepy grim reapers will eventually become part of a mixed-use development of townhouses, shops and offices. So even as they open this weekend for their fall season, the Bennetts are scouting for a new location to set up their fright show for next year.
Among Anne Arundel County's more peculiar treasures is Blob's Park, which is beginning its 66th season in Jessup, serving bratwurst, oompah music and pitchers of beer.At least that's what it does during events catering to German-Americans, who are no longer even a majority of the 150,000 visitors each year.When Max Blob, a Bavarian who had immigrated to the United States at age 12, opened a small frame pavilion on the family farm in 1928, his purpose was to invite some fellow Germans over on weekends and public holidays.
The owner of Blob's Park, the storied 81-year-old Jessup beer garden that played its last polka in March, will take over the Hanover restaurant space that was Gunning's Seafood Restaurant. Max Eggerl, whose great uncle Max Blob founded Blob's Park, will open a restaurant named The Bavarian Brauhaus this summer following renovations to the restaurant space on Parkway Drive. The Bavarian Brauhaus will feature a menu of German food in a fine-dining atmosphere, Eggerl said. The bar area is being redone to create a rathskeller-like atmosphere.
For 57 years, Katherine Peters has been in the entertainment business, and her cross-cultural dance hall, Blob's Park in Jessup, has united people of all ages and nationalities.Throughout its years of success, Blob's has done little to change.Perhaps that is why it has fared so well.Peters values tradition. "Why change a good thing? People enjoy it here as much now as they did when I took over in 1965," she says.But along with her sense of frivolity, it is her holiday spirit that sets her apart year after year.
A WHILE BACK, I wrote a novel. It is not an important novel, the kind that explores, with nuance and subtlety, the complexities of the human condition. It's a novel where a guy falls face-first onto a toad, which squirts him with a chemical that causes him to believe his dog is Elizabeth Dole. Incredibly, my novel got made into a movie. I'm still not sure how this happened. Maybe a studio executive fell onto a toad. All I know is, a vast army of movie people came from California to Miami and spent several months, and many millions of dollars, doing what people do when they make a movie, which is, most of the time, nothing.
Max Eggerl was celebrating for two reasons Sunday. Blob's Park, the Bavarian beer and dance hall his family has owned and operated in Jessup for more than eight decades, was closing - for good this time, after temporarily shutting its doors between 2007 and 2009. And on the afternoon of the hall's last night, the 68-year-old, longtime bachelor married his fiance. The polka dancing throngs who patronize the hall every weekend joined the reception around 4:30 p.m., and the party continued well into the night.
Here's the part where you tell me how wrong (or how right!) I was on a review. This week's bar review is on the legendary, enormous, impossible-to-dislike Blob's Park in Jessup. Blob's Park has been in Maryland since 1933, and claims to be the first place in America to celebrate Oktoberfest. As the Bavarian celebration winds down, it might be the spot in town for oompah music and German beer. From the review , "Blob's is Maryland's very own Valhalla, a beer hall as big as an airport hangar where German culture is celebrated year-round, though with especially distinguished gusto during these few weeks in the fall.
Since mid-September, lots and lots of bars in town have been touting specials and tie-ins in observance of Oktoberfest, the 200-year-old celebration of Bavarian culture and huge excuse to drink lots of beer. But few places in Maryland have a right to these promotions quite like Blob's Park in Jessup, a nearly 80-year-old resident that claims to be home of America's first Oktoberfest. Blob's is Maryland's very own Valhalla, a beer hall as big as an airport hangar where German culture is celebrated year-round, though with especially distinguished gusto during these few weeks in the fall.
CO poisoning kills two in East Baltimore Baltimore firefighters discovered two people killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in East Baltimore, according to a city fire spokesman. Firefighters responded to a 911 call reporting two people unconscious in a garage in the rear of the 2300 block of Belair Road at 5:20 a.m. Monday, Chief Kevin Cartwright said. The man and woman used a portable space heater hooked up to a gasoline-powered generator, Cartwright said. The two might have been overwhelmed by the fumes, fallen asleep and entered a deeper state of unconsciousness before dying, he said.
Stein after stein, the polka rolls on Dance hall: For more than 60 years, adults and children have enjoyed the irresistible beat reminiscent of the old country at Blob's Park in Jessup.
The lights dim. The band cuts loose. Couples surge toward the dance floor.It's polka time at Blob's Park.The family-run Jessup dance hall with the 2,000-square-foot parquet dance floor and a house band that knows its stuff packs them in every weekend: the young, the old, the graceful, the toe-stompers."
Item: Kellogg's Eggo Waf-fulls What you get: 6 filled waffles Cost: About $2.50 Nutritional content: Maple - 160 calories, 5 grams fat, 1 gram saturated fat, 300 milligrams sodium Preparation time: Toast once or twice and serve Review: If you've ever watched a child eat a waffle, you know it can be a syrupy, sticky mess. We definitely agree there's merit to enclosing the syrup inside the waffle. As executed by Kellogg's, however, the idea needs a bit more fine-tuning. These frozen waffles come from the box with a big blob of frozen syrup inside.
Anyone who knows me knows how passionately proud I am to refer to the River Nile of Egypt as my mother, the Great Pyramids as my uncles.
And they also know that even though I love my Egyptian roots and culture, I am proud to call myself an American, too.
But today, I can't tell you how honored and dignified I am to be an Egyptian — to say I am one of the people brave enough to risk their lives for freedom. I like knowing that, all along, I was one of those people.
Even before I was born, President Hosni Mubarak was in control of Egypt. He's been sucking its wealth and oppressing its people, ensuring his family and friends' abundance while the masses struggle.
Only 5% of Egyptians realize the country's wealth. The rest are without hope, freedom and, worst of all, opportunity.
Young Egyptians who graduate from college can't find jobs in their fields, and the ones who do struggle. I wanted to be a newspaper journalist since I was 9 years old, long before I came to the United States.
What I long for is the same opportunities for my Egyptian people, for my cousins and uncles who live there, and for my former classmates. And now it looks like they will get it.
I spoke to my uncle, Gamal Mandour, and one of my cousins, Mariem Mandour, in Egypt on the phone Thursday night. Khalo (uncle) Gamal said the government shut down access to Facebook, but the phone lines were still working.
Khalo Gamal said the people, especially the young, are just fed up and that all of this was bound to happen.
The protests have set up a storm of events, he said. Even if things were to calm down, this is the root of a new beginning in Egypt, Khalo Gamal said.
So, I called my other uncle, Mohamed Mandour, who lives here in Southern California and is following the news closely. He said I should try the landline.
Khadija said if you stand in the balcony for just a few minutes, your eyes will burn from the tear gas bombs the police have been firing at protesters.
Birthday presents, prom gowns and field trips are things many young people take for granted, but for youths in foster care they are luxuries they might not always get, according to the Washington County Department of Social Services.
The growing need for foster care services in Washington County leaves little money for such important extras, said Ingrid Backman, program manager for foster care and adoptions for the Washington County Department of Social Services.
One way people can help is through the Generous Juror program, in which those who are called for jury duty can donate their daily $15 compensation.
Any amount donated goes directly to a fund to provide for school supplies, athletic activities, tuxedo rentals, class rings and graduation activities, Backman said.
Within the past two years, the program has received about $3,000 but that doesn't go far when divided among the 250 children in foster care, Backman said.
The Washington County Department of Social Services has newborns through 20-year-old males and females in its foster-care program, Backman said.
The Generous Juror program is a cooperative effort of the Washington County Circuit Court, the Washington County Treasurer's Office and the Washington County Department of Social Services.
The Pope Tribune is a horseless carriage that was made in a Hagerstown factory in 1904. It was shipped to a dealer in Norwalk, Conn., where it was bought by its original owner, then sold to a second owner.
George Makowsky of Greenwich, Conn., its third owner, was 17 when he bought it in 1943, just before the Navy shipped him off to the Pacific during World War II.
He returned from the service, restored the little runabout in 1949 and drove it in shows and parades for the next nine years. He parked it in his garage in 1958 and there it stayed until last week when Sean Guy, 42, of Greencastle, bought it.
Guy grew up in Hagerstown. His great-great grandfather, Adam Mowen, built Tribunes in the Pope factory. Guy has several early 20th century Moon automobiles, but he always dreamed of one day owning a Tribune.
Only a handful of Tribunes are known to still exist, said Paul Poe of Hagerstown, who owns a 1903 model.
Guy went to the Internet and learned that a woman in Connecticut had been asking questions about Tribunes.
It took a few months of e-mail correspondence, but he learned that the woman was Makowsky's daughter. Her father, now 76, was toying with the idea of selling his Tribune. His daughter e-mailed Guy last week and said her father was ready to sell.
Guy drove to Connecticut, met Makowsky and made the deal. He declined to say how much he paid for the car.
Its gum-dipped Firestone tires - 28 inches high by 3 inches wide - were flat, but the car was in good shape otherwise, Guy said.
The car started but wouldn't keep running. Guy said he and Poe will have it running in time to take it to an auto show in Hagerstown this weekend.
Makowsky said he eventually lost interest in driving and showing the Tribune so he parked it in his garage.
Asked if he had pangs about seeing the car hauled away in the back of Guy's pickup last week, Makowsky said, "I felt all right. After all, it's going home."
According to the Standard Catalog of American Cars, the Tribune was the smallest, cheapest car in the Pope line of automobiles.
Col. Albert A. Pope, whose family built some of the first motorcycles in the country, manufactured the Tribune in a factory on Pope Avenue. The company's headquarters were in Hartford, Conn.
The 1904 model had a six-horsepower, one-cylinder gas engine, a wooden body on an angle steel frame and weighed 750 pounds. It came with olive green paint with gold stripes, and its single leather seat held two large adults. The car sold new for $650.
By the time the price hit $1,750 the car stopped selling, according to Standard Catalog. The 250,000-square-foot factory, which never made a profit, was closed and sold to the Montrose Metal Casket Company, the book said.
"I'll take it to shows and parades," he said. "It's just one of those things you just have to have. I don't think I'll ever find another one for sale."
Hector and Frank Diaz, each trying to outdo the other, turned a game of sibling rivalry into a big-play show Friday night, leading Oviedo High School to an impressive 27-0 victory over Lyman High School in a Class AAAAA, District 4 game.
The Diaz brothers ran, passed and caught their way to three touchdowns in the first 13 minutes, quickly deflating the Greyhounds on their home field before an estimated crowd of 1,900.
What Hector started with an 80-yard touchdown run on the opening kickoff, Frank finished with a 67-yard touchdown reception, turning what was supposed to be a close game into a one-sided rout.
In between, Hector intercepted a pass near the goal line, setting up Frank's 79-yard halfback-option touchdown pass to wide receiver Simon Harper.
''I don't even consider us a big-play team,'' said Oviedo Coach Jack Blanton. ''But tonight, everything worked so well, just like you draw it up.''
Oviedo (2-0) only had 18 offensive plays in the first half, compared to 41 for Lyman (1-1), but none of them was wasted, picking apart a surprised Lyman defense. It was 20-0 at halftime.
Because Lyman obviously was geared to stop the running of fullback Frank Diaz, who had 186 yards and three touchdowns last week, Blanton utilized him in a different role.
Frank only carried 11 times for 51 yards, doing his damage in a different way, as a passer, receiver and decoy.
Oviedo's leading rusher was wingback Chris Witherspoon, who carried seven times for 82 yards, including a 56-yard scamper midway in the second period.
Also overlooked by the Diaz show was the play of quarterback Brian MacInness, who completed 3 of 7 passes for 93 yards and one touchdown. MacInness also scrambled for Oviedo's final score, a 4-yard run to start the fourth period.
Defensively, Derek Bell intercepted two passes for Oviedo in the second half, killing any chance of a comeback by Lyman.
The Greyhounds almost scored just before intermission, impressively driving to Oviedo's 5-yard line before linebacker Marc Birkenmeyer knocked down a fourth-down pass at the goal line.
''Right now, we're just playing so well together,'' Blanton said. ''But when a team is geared to stop Frank, it can open up a lot of other things.''
For Lyman, which moved the ball well at times, it was a frustrating night with three fumbles and three interceptions.
Lyman running back Cedric Bouey, who had 137 yards and a touchdown last week, was held to 77 yards on 19 carries.
''I'll take this start any day,'' Blanton said. ''But we've got a long season to go. This isn't going to be easy.''
Tara Whitman, daughter of Myron Whitman and Judy Whitman, has been named National Merit semi-finalist by the National Merit Scholarship Corp.
The St. Cloud High School senior is among the one-half percent of the state's seniors who earned this recognition by scoring exceptionally high on the 1988 PSAT/NMSQT test.
Tara, who plans to pursue a career in marketing, will have an opportunity to become a finalist, based on her academic records, a recommendation by her principal and a confirmation of her test scores.
When told of her award by St. Cloud guidance director Linda Dunn, Tara's reaction was excitement. She felt she had accomplished a major personal goal in her life.
''This did not happen by accident,'' Tara said. ''I had been hoping I could receive this award because I know it will help me get into the college of my choice and attain my own personal goals. I worked very hard for this.''
The National Merit Scholarship Corp. is a nonprofit organization whose scholarship activities are privately funded by independent sponsors.
Merit scholars in the class of 1990 will join 115,000 other academic champions who have been awarded merit scholarships worth $355 million over the last 30 years.
Hillary Clinton Accuses Health Insurers Of Lying To Perpetuate A System That She Says Selectively Denies Coverage.
WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton accused the health insurance industry of deceit Monday as the Clinton administration tried to stem the erosion of public support for its health-care reform plan.
Speaking at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the first lady accused health insurers of lying to the American people in television commercials that feature a worried couple at the kitchen table trying to understand the president's proposal.
''One of the great lies that is currently afoot in the country is that the president's plan will limit choice,'' Clinton said vehemently.
''You've all seen the ads,'' she told the pediatricians. ''The kind of homey kitchen ads where you've got the couple sitting there talking about how the president's plan is going to take away choice.
''It is time for you and for every American to stand up and say to the insurance industry: 'Enough is enough - we want our health-care system back,' '' she demanded, as the audience burst into applause.
Clinton charged that the industry wants to perpetuate the current system so it can continue to deny coverage to people in poor health.
By contrast, she said, the president's plan would provide health care for 9 million uninsured children and cover many preventive services for the first time.
An industry official responded that Clinton was misrepresenting the position of insurers in an effort to find a scapegoat.
''I think the ads have indeed raised legitimate questions,'' said Richard Coorsh, spokesman for the Health Insurance Association of America, which is paying for the $6.5 million ad campaign. ''They are based chapter and verse on the president's own draft proposal.''
The insurance industry - along with drug companies - long has been the target of administration criticism. Hillary Clinton escalated the war of words Monday as a new survey showed that the administration must prepare for a long fight.
A Gallup poll for Cable News Network and USA Today indicated that support for the president's plan is down significantly since his Sept. 22 speech to the nation.
The poll, taken after the president submitted his reform bill to Congress on Wednesday, found Americans split 45 percent to 45 percent on the plan, as opposed to 59 percent support for the plan immediately after his September speech. The survey found concern over cost, complexity and the quality of care.
''People have to realize that we're in the third inning of a nine-inning game,'' said Drew Altman, president of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a health-care philanthropy that is tracking public attitudes toward reform. ''We should expect to see this sort of attack and counterattack throughout the debate.''
Coorsh, the HIAA spokesman, said the insurance industry favors cradle-to-grave coverage for all Americans, regardless of their health. Insurers also support President Clinton's plan to require all employers to provide coverage.
But the industry opposes the powerful insurance purchasing pools the administration wants to set up, as well as its proposal to limit insurance premiums and put the health-care system on a budget.
In the HIAA commercial, now being broadcast on CNN and stations around the country, the couple at the kitchen table are talking about the proposed national health-care budget:
That last line seemed to irritate Hillary Clinton. The administration contends that there is enough waste in the health-care system to limit spending without leading to rationing.
''They have the gall to run TV ads that (say) there is a better way,'' she complained to the pediatricians. ''The very industry that has brought us to the brink of bankruptcy because of the way that they have financed health care.''
GAYLORD - Petoskey scored both goals in the first half and made them stand Thursday as the Northmen remained undefeated in the Big North Conference boys' soccer race with a 2-0 victory over Gaylord.
The Northmen, who are ranked third in the Division II state coaches poll, improved to 14-3-1 overall, 7-0-1 league. They play host to second-place Traverse City West, 12-4-1, 6-1-1, on Tuesday, Oct. 13.
If Petoskey beats West, it clinches its second straight league championship. The Northmen close the regular season with their Big North finale on Thursday, Oct. 15, when they play host to Alpena.
Meanwhile, Charlevoix clinched at least a share of its first ever Lake Michigan Conference boys' soccer championship with an 8-2 victory over Kalkaska on Thursday. It is Charlevoix's first conference title since 1999, when it won the Northern Michigan Soccer League.
For Petoskey on Thursday, Will Cobb gave the Northmen a 1-0 lead when he scored on a breakaway after taking a through pass from Joe Keedy midway through the first half.
Ten minutes before the break, Cade Ingleson doubled the lead when he scored on a header off a cross from the end line to the far post by Tim Hopp.
"Cade played marking back most of the game, but got up top for a couple of minutes and got a huge goal," Petoskey coach Scott Batchelor said. "In the second half we lost some of our intensity and were not able to generate the chances like in the first half."
No, the second half wasn't pretty and the Northmen could not manage to add to their lead. But they did blank the Blue Devils, posted another key conference victory, and can now turn their attention to a showdown at the Click Road Soccer Complex with West.
"It is hard to play good soccer on their field and we didn't look good, but we got the job done," Batchelor said. "Brad Lehky got the shutout in goal and was solid. They had a player with a big throw and those were their most dangerous opportunities.
"Brad and the rest of the defenders, Dan Etter, Scott Ronquist, Josh Garlitz, Cade Ingelson and Michael Swabash did a great job of limiting their chances.
"Tuesday is a huge game with West, which is an excellent team. This will give us a good gauge as to where we are as a team. At this point, we need to keep our focus and play each game like it is for the conference championship."
Trent McCullough scored twice to lead the Northmen to a 3-1 win in the JV game. Nick Godfrey also scored for the Northmen, while Jake Mullin had two assists. Branden Coats and Drew Smith split the game in goal for Petoskey.
Evan Altman, Erick Hoesler, Sam Miller and Quinn Harris were Petoskey's defensive standouts, while Matt Dankert, Noah Honaker and Gabe Rellinger also played well, coach John Cowing said.
Thomas Rich had four goals and an assist as the Rayders thumped Kalkaska, 8-2, in a Lake Michigan Conference match.
The win lifted the Rayders to 7-1 in the league as they clinched at least a share of the conference championship, their first ever in the Lake Michigan. Charlevoix, 15-1 overall, is sixth in the Michigan High School Coaches Association Division III state rankings.
Charlevoix needs to win only one of its two remaining league games to claim the conference title outright. The Rayders play host to Harbor Springs on Tuesday, Oct. 13, and go to Grayling the following day. The Rams handed Charlevoix its only league loss, 3-1, on Sept. 17.
Boog Nitchman added two goals for the Rayders on Thursday, while Ben Myers and Wyatt Drost added one goal apiece. Myers finished with three assists, Matt Klooster had two, and Noah Matchett and Drost added one each.
Nick Brandi and Matt Battdorf split the game in goal for the Rayders, while Ty Wilhelm was the defensive standout.
FIFE LAKE - Paul Chatfield scored two goals and Burt Lake Northern Michigan Christian Academy held off a late charge by the Warriors to post a Northern Michigan Soccer League victory.
Aaron Chatfield and Josh Fosmore also scored for the Eagles, who improved to 16-4 overall, 10-2 in the league. They finished second in the league's North Division and will play at the second place team in the South Division in their regular-season finale on Monday, Oct. 12.
Will Lovitt, Aaron Chatfield and Paul Chatfield each had an assist for the Eagles, who led 4-1 before Forest Area scored twice in the final 10 minutes to make it close.