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May 20, 2001

Special report
No easy answers
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[Times photo: Kevin White]
Twenty-five years ago seriously impaired children were kept at home or placed in an institution. Today they attend public school.

Teacher mothers her handicapped students
She feeds, lifts, coaxes and changes the diapers of the disabled pupils that she loves as if they were her children.

Jan Glidewell
Wine snob or wino, the twist cap is a giveaway
"Pardon me, sir?" said the seasoned waiter at Brennan's Restaurant in New Orleans last month as I ordered the traditional bottle of champagne to go with a three-hour breakfast.\

Thieves cash in on checkmaking
Creating fake checks with real account numbers is becoming more prevalent, authorities say. One ring has made off with about $100,000.

Persistence leads to an ambitious land swap
An ambitious and sweeping land swap demonstrates how taxpayers and the environment can benefit when state and federal governments work together by communicating their goals.

It's ignorant to just reject fluoridation
Editor: With regard to the fluoridation in our water, I find it hard to understand the negative thoughts of the nurses who are county commissioners, and also the remark about how most of the water is flushed down the toilet.

Eagles run with strong finish from last season
SPRING HILL -- The county's three teams went up against their Citrus County foes in Friday night's spring jamboree, and what fans saw at Springstead's Booster Stadium amounted to the good, the bad and the "extremely inexperienced."

Authorities seek identity of injured man
A man hit by a freight train Friday in Ridge Manor remained in critical condition Saturday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa.  


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