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...dystrophy who can still walk about 50 feet a day, violated a rule against appearing in public out of her wheelchair. "Every year there are tasks I have to give up doing because of my disease," says Lee. "I guess when it progresses enough, I'd be able to enter [the contest] again." Not that she's planning to. --By Sarah Sturmon Dale
Spurred in part by that information, the Stratford town council is considering an ordinance that would allow police to enter a private residence if they suspect someone under 21 is consuming liquor, even if adults are present. Dubbed the house-party ordinance, it has been adopted in 43 of the state's 169 municipalities, but in Stratford it has split neighbors between those who see the measure as a way to curb underage drinking and those who argue that it undermines parental authority and violates privacy rights...
...invited in, the only thing they can do is ask the kids to pour the liquor out or nab a kid if he creates a disturbance when he leaves the house." Under the house-party law, drinking by anyone under 21 on private property is a crime. Police can enter a home and issue citations and fines to both minors and any adults present whether or not they provided the alcohol. The provisions differ slightly from town to town, but the fines generally range from $50 to $100, with a first offense considered an infraction and the second a misdemeanor...
...equally troubled by the nonspecific nature of what would constitute "reasonable cause" in those situations. "If police go up to a house and look through a window and see a bottle of wine on the shelf and a minor in the home, that would be enough to let them enter the home," he says...
...liked ‘Beat It’ –it’s a good dance song. The trial doesn’t really enter my mind because it seems like there’s a big disconnect between what he was in the eighties and who he is now. I don’t know why people care so much about him now, I guess it just seems so bizarre that it’s drawn people...