Skunk Run Race Draws Community Effort and Rain
Hospital staff planned additions for next year including a 10K and bicycle race as Skunk Run wrapped up. Winners included Scott Starks and Lisa Ball in 5K and 1 mile events, with RMH and Ottawa DPS teams among top finishers. Rain affected musical acts and a play, but the crowd endured as cars, trophies, and a game show kept spirits high.
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Scott Starks
Ottawa Rfd
Lisa Ball
Poland's Solidarity sweeps first postwar polls in Poland
Officials counted votes in Poland's first democratic election since World War II. Early unofficial returns show Solidarity endorsed candidates winning control of the Senate and strong support in hospitals and cities, with turnout around 62 percent and widespread enthusiasm for meaningful ballots after decades of pre-approved choices.
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Solidarity
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Lech Walesa
Danuta
Bogdan
Gdansk
Communist Party
Solidarity Free Trade Union Movement
Auunoff
Krakow
Tumnout
State Election Commission
Jan Bisztyga
East Bloc
New Speaker Tops Week in Congress
In Washington the new House speaker Thomas Foley begins his era as the Senate fights over a $3.3 billion domestic appropriations bill for fiscal 1989. The measure funds veterans care, student loans, foster care, food stamps and UN peacekeeping, with targeted add ons for West Virginia radio telescope, a community center, a chemical-spill alarm system, and Prince William Sound oil spill cleanup, amid ongoing debate on elderly care and tax law reforms.
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Thad Cochran
Appropriations Committee
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
Ted Stevens
Alaska
Prince William Sound
Arkansas
Dale Bumpers
Brock Adams
Slade Gorton
Agriculture Department
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