Honor a Fallen Police Officer
Benefit for the family of Officer James Williams, Jr., Saturday, February 6, from 3 to 6 p.m., at World Ground Caf?, 3726 MacArthur Boulevard (Laurel District).
Groups from Acme Music will provide entertainment.Donations at the door plus half the proceeds of the caf? will go to his widow....

Picking a College? Now There s Help
Sharon Cravanas
Do you know everything you need to know about getting into college?If we don't know anything else about college admissions, we know that the process is now much ...

A Chat with Laurel Walking Officer Gary Ho
Trish West
As a youngster attending Bret Harte Middle School, Officer Ho certainly must have been oneof those kids who can at the same time watch TV, listen to music, talk

Leona Heights Garden Club Tip of the Month
Marge Laverty
WinterDecember to February, the colder part of the year a period of inactivity or decay in the garden. How well we know that definition this year!It has not

Third-Grade Class Creates a Habitat for Birds, Bats, and Butterflies
Stuart Richardson
Students in Mr. Richardson's third-grade class at Fruitvale Elementary School have beensteadily developing a 3,000-square-foot wildlife habitat on campus since

L-CAP's Future in 1999 and Beyond
Renee Reynolds
L-CAP has several interesting projects and challenges in the upcoming year, and we are already beginning to dream for the year 2000 and beyond.We report great

Concrete Dust Tells All
Suzanne Tipton
Clang, clang smash! One day a big building in the Laurel District is standing; the next day itis flattened. Concrete dust covers the area.

Refuges of Last Resort
Dennis Evanosky
Two arrests tell the story. For months the police searched for a bank robber dubbed the "fire-hydrant bandit." He had brazenly robbed banks up and down the West

Stars & Gripes
Tom Van Demark
To submit your nomination, call 436-4545 and leave details and your name and phone number.Stars to Dillard's Barbeque, 2000 MacArthur, for its great live jazz (a...

As We See It:
a column from neighborhood school children
Edited Judy Field's 5th-Grade Class
Allendale Year-Round SchoolAllendale students contributed these stories. We invite other schools on the Metro map tocontribute.

Whoa, This Guy Is Too Much
Dal Sellman
Charles Selk. You've seen him. You've wondered about him. Now you'll know. He is the six-foot-seven-inch male with long, long legs in abbreviated blue shorts and

World Ground Caf? A Wonderful New Coffeehouse
Alan Pettit
The World Ground Caf? opened last March next to the KFC outlet on MacArthur Boulevard.Its proprietors, Uffe Gustafsson and Martha Rueca, offer the neighborhood a ...