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...just in rural Maine: OxyContin is quietly becoming a dangerously popular drug in other pockets of the nation. In the New Orleans suburb of St. Bernard Parish, police say OxyContin abuse is an "epidemic." Officers are making as many arrests for the "killers," as it is known there, as for crack cocaine. The town has had five documented overdoses, but police captain John Doran believes the number may be higher. "We're a suburb, so you see a lot of middle-class families--folks who'd never dream of taking a needleful of heroin," he says. The same is true...
When Father Virgilio Elizondo was growing up in the west-side barrio of San Antonio, Texas, the son of Mexican immigrants, he found the church to be a refuge. "The parish was the only institution in the city where we felt fully at home," he recalls, "fully free to express ourselves in our own language, our singing, our festivities, our worship." As rector of his city's historic San Fernando Cathedral for 12 years, Elizondo became a leader in bringing Mexican religious customs and traditions into the Catholic service. His annual Christmas posada, for example, re-enacts the pilgrimage...
...anyone on the Big Green is a superstar it is either Bredin, the highest scorer in the conference among returning defensemen, or Haggard, who led all ECAC rookies in scoring last season. But Dartmouth Coach Judy Parish Oberting has plenty of scoring options, including the senior forward trio of Jen Wiehn (18 g, 18 a), Lauren Trottier (15 g, 18 a) and Kristina Guarino (12 g, 16 a). Juniors Kim McCullough (13 g, 19 a) and Kristin King (12 g, 16 a) provide even more depth at forward...
...Louis Cathedral. But what's really unusual about Christmas in the Big Easy is the bonfires that light the way for Pere Noel. Hundreds of towering fires burn on the levees so the jolly gent, who travels by boat, can find his way along the Mississippi. Just as parish and civic groups compete in the Mardi Gras parade, at Christmas they create fantastic forms--including replicas of boats and plantation homes--out of logs stuffed with dry cane. The bonfires burn between the early-evening Christmas Eve church service and midnight Mass. Many watch the exploding cane from a paddle...
...hardly does. Parish's school is in session eight hours a day, 195 days a year. That schedule leaves just four weeks for summer break, but it means more time for students to hone their fundamentals and pursue electives like art and music. How much more time? If Parish sticks to this regimen through 12th grade, the extra days and hours will add up to almost four more years of schooling...