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Quad-City Times from Davenport, Iowa • 39

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Section QUAD-CITY TIMES Thursday, Aug. 14, 1997 Pages 5T-6T FEATURES EDITOR: Chris Juzwlk (319) 383-2280 HOT TODAY Hoffman can't fix charity check mix-up ANNAPOLIS, Md. Even "Rain Man" star Dustin Hoffman couldn't undo a $75,000 glitch over a charity check the movie's makers sent to the wrong organization. The money was intended as a gift to the Autism Research Institute, to thank Dr. Bernard Rimland for his technical advice during film sr xosfc i'S iHrEI 5ji 55 jp JzUl ii jib 1 Hoffman ing in 1986.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO The first No. 6 school was built and opened in 1865; the tallest girl and grandmother of Marjorie Waage Spranger, whose idea it was to In the picture is Christina Leach, mother of the late Irwin Waage, compile the book. School Scrapbook By Alma Gaul QUAD-CITY TIMES Memories of a one-room Davenport school will stand the test of time But the check was sent to the wrong organization, and a court ruled that there is nothing Rimland can do to get the money back now. Letters from "Rain Man" director Barry Levinson and Hoffman couldn't help. The court said Rimland waited too long to file his appeal, and the statute of limitations had expired.

The check was sent by mistake to the Autism Society of America, which Rimland founded but is no longer associated with. He sued in 1995, after negotiations to share the money between the two organizations failed. Hoffman played an autistic savant in the movie. Penn's business is on the line SANTA MONICA, Calif. Sean Penn's posh celebrity watering hole, Mclnerney's, may be forced to close.

The actor and his partners owe about $60,000 in back rent and other debts and have been told to pay up or vacate the club. Mclnerney's has been closed for a month. A handwritten note taped on the front door announces that the club was closed for remodeling and would reopen with a new cigar room, menu and music. Penn's publicist, Carol Stone, said Penn has been in Australia working on the film "The Thin Red Line." Mclnerney's has been a hang-cut to Hollywood stars including Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson and Dennis Hopper. Lynn plans to speed for a good cause NASHVILLE, Tenn.

-Loretta Lynn will finally get to put the pedal to the metal. The country music singer will be Grand Marshal for the Mark Collie Celebrity Race for Diabetes Cure on Oct. 8. Lynn said her late husband, Mooney Lynn, once bought her a Jaguar but took the keys away because she drove it too fast. "Now you have legitimate reason for ripping up the speedway," Collie said.

Country music and racing celebrities compete in Legends cars in the event, which has raised more than $1 million for diabetes research since 1993. The Associated Press pi 1 I Jf T-i I Sometimes, as you grow older, you want to pass on to kids yours or someone else's the memory of the kind of life you led, the kind of life that is gone now and will never be again. Such was the motivation behind a new book compiled by former students of Davenport's No. 6 School, a one-room country school that operated from 1865-1959 at Wisconsin Avenue and Locust Street The spiral-bound book contains the reminiscence of 29 former students and teachers, plus 18 photos, mostly of the students. It was the brainchild of Marjorie (Waage) Spranger, Davenport, who helped compile it.

A copy has been donated to the Davenport Library. "What amazed me was what an impression the school made, the strength the children got from it, the details they remembered," she says. Evelyn (Doering) Stock, of Arkansas, for example, remembers stabbing her palm with a nail on the teeter totter. To this day, there's a small, pale red spot in her palm that always stings if salt or vinegar touches it, she says. Common themes in the book are what a good education the children received, and the joy of Christmas activities, including visits from Santa who handed out oranges! Chuck Norlin, now living in China, recalls how one of his teachers used her voice, ruler and pencil to keep order.

"The ruler was to slap hands, the pencil was to tap someone on the head (eraser end) and her voice to guide and correct," he wrote. "Then, one day, a student was extremely rude and swore at our teacher! She slapped his face, and he slapped her back! "The teacher apologized and requested one in return, which was never given. It was then apparent to me, how powerless we all were, that even the unquestionable authority of our teacher was now in the hands of a student." It was a troublesome epiphany for a young child. Other contributions recall how teachers often lived with FORMER Please turn to Page 4T 1, i Old No. 6, or Calvary Bible Church, today.

Before refurbishing began by the church, there were no windows on the side of the building that Is where the chalkboard was. 'Vow i 1 1, Larry FlaherQUAD-CITY TIMES For Marjorie Waage Spranger and Lester Doering, compiling the memory book was a labor of love. FOR MORE INFORMATION "No. 6 School: Historical Book of Memories" may be ordered for $22 at the school's seventh annual reunion or by calling Marjorie Waage Spranger, (319) 386-5276. The reunion will be 3-6 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 23, at Emeis Park, 4500 W. Locust Davenport. A church service will be at 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Aug.

24, at No. 6, now Calvary Bible Church. KM in Find the familiar phrase, saying or name in this arrangement OS letters. WEIGH MEAN WHEY MIEN i CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Answer on Page 3T you think companies' junk e-mail is out of line, you're not alone But there's not a lot you can do to stop it, expert says A lot of these 'companies' aren't really offering anything. But you don't know which ones are good and which ones are frauds." By Victoria Shannon WASHINGTON POST FIL FEU Software developer before AOL's latest telemarketing snafu, in which it agreed and then unagreed to sell our phone numbers to direct marketers.

"More power to you" said one e-mail correspondent. "I think you really hit the nail on the head" said another. These were typical reactions that AOLers had to my complaints. My prime target was AOL's "in-your-face" ads pitching products when you sign on, particularly its new premium game service, WorldPlay. But the underlying problem goes way beyond AOL.

The obnoxious "Make Money and "On-Line Profits!" messages come through all Internet service providers. The writers of those bogus offi'Vs are the choices to make sure AOL is following your current wishes on what you're willing to accept vis-a-vis solicitations. Not doing so was my biggest mistake. And check out AOL's "postmaster" keyword. The site offers updates on its anti-spam efforts and gives you easy links to its "PreferredMail" service and other mail controls.

As an AOL member e-mailed me, the other big consumer online services don't offer their memberships even that much of an option, so give AOL some credit. Judi Nagle points us in the direction of a 1 INTERNET Please turn to Pfce 2T Don't despair: Someone out there does care that you're angry about junk e-mail. Sadly, that doesn't mean you can wipe out the intrusion just that you have lots of sympathy and lots of company. My own venting against unsolicited commercial messages a few weeks ago brought out intense emotions from readers or what one America Online subscriber called "Mlow sufferers." Ana that was even 1 real culprits, and they are getting more and more numerous, grating and underhanded all the time. I asked for your solutions on how to stop the unsolicited e-mail, or "spam." Here's a smattering: 1 The most widely recommended course of action is a simple, important start for those who subscribe to AOL: Change your preferences at keyword "marketing prefs." Whether you've ever done so, it's worth your while to again go through each set of.

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