Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 15:35:25 -0800 From: richter@eecs.berkeley.edu (Jean Richter) Subject: 3/27/97 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. NH: Winnisquam parents working to end sex education 2. Web site on gay youth issues in education 3. CT: LGBT student scholarship offered 4. AZ: Anti-gay conference a bust in Phoenix 5. Phone-in comment lines for newspapers around the country =================================================================== Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 04:04:09 -0500 (EST) From: ac245@osfn.rhilinet.gov (Tina M. Wood) Subject: NH/Sex ed (fwd) Winnisquam parents to vote on sex education Associated Press, 03/10/97; 02:31 [Deleted article. staff@qrd.org] ===================================================================== Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 07:41:02 -0500 From: linne@mail.utexas.edu (Robert Linne) Subject: new resource GLSTN-Austin online ( http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/4611/ ) includes a collection of articles related to lesbigay youth issues in education. ===================================================================== From: Naddy@aol.com Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 15:52:57 -0500 (EST) Subject: CT scholarship offered Here's some info on a scholarship for a gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered student I just heard about -- must be between 16 and 21 years old, attending college next fall, a Connecticut resident, and not a previous winner. The amount is $500, courtesy of GLSTN/CT. Application deadline is April 15. Contact: Ronnie Kim, G. H. Robertson School, 227 Cross St., Coventry, CT 06238. -- Dan Woog ===================================================================== From: AHRF@aol.com Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 12:06:43 -0500 (EST) Subject: Hope '97 conference a bust in Phoenix, AZ The American Family Association Hope '97 Tour was a bust in Phoenix, Arizona where protesters outnumbered participants about 2 to 1. David Blais Arizona Human Rights Fund ----------------------------------------------------------- ARIZONA STATE U. PRESS Tempe, AZ Circulation 18,000 Letters to editor: http://news.vpsa.asu.edu:80/spress/leted.html March 10, 1997 Students protest anti-gay conference in Phoenix By Lidia E. Kelly State Press [Deleted article. staff@qrd.org] article submitted by HUGBEARBOB@aol.com ====================================================================== From: BCS41@aol.com TELEPHONE COMMENT LINES - Leave your anonymous comments! The following newspapers use answering machines to record anonymous comments about current issues and then publish them. Be brief and to the point. Write your comment down before calling, then read it, speaking clearly and not too fast, into each newspaper's answering machine. Time limits on recordings run anywhere from 30 seconds to no limit, so keep your comment SHORT - 2 or 3 sentences - or at least prepare a shorter version of your comment to use in those papers with 30 second limits, in addition to the longer comment you may have for the other papers. "SPEAK OUT" - The Daily Dispatch & Argus, Moline, IL 309-797-0331 - All calls used, no time limit, paper's print run: 42,580 YOUR 2 CENTS WORTH - The Des Moines Register 515-284-8244 - You will have 30 seconds to record your remarks. Say you are calling from Des Moines or nearby Iowa town for the best chance of publication "SOUNDING OFF" - Citrus County Chronicle, Crystal River, FL 352-563-0579 You will have 30 seconds to record your remarks. Paper's print run: 24,509 "STRAIGHT TALK" - Macon Telegraph, Macon, GA 912-744-4493 - Paper's print run: 94,300 "OPINION LINE" - Wichita Eagle, Wichita, KS 316-436-1200, then enter 3517 - You will have 45 seconds to record your remarks. Paper's print run:122,320 "SOUND OFF" - Mobile Press-Register, Mobile, AL TOLL FREE 800-945-9773 - You will have 60 seconds to record your remarks. Paper's print run: 92,238 "SOUND OFF" - Sun News, Las Cruces, NM (505) 525-2977 - You will have up to 3 minutes to record your remarks. Paper's print run 19,619 "SOUND OFF" - Middletown Journal, Middletown, OH (513) 424-5153 - Paper's print run 21,509 'SPEAK UP' - Dayton Daily News, Dayton, OH (513) 463-4636, then enter 1015 - You will have 30 seconds to record your remarks. Paper's print run: 184,264 "BACK TALK" - Trentonian, Trenton, NJ (609) 396-2867 - Paper's print run 69,905 "TEMP LINE" - Detroit News, Detroit, MI (313) 222-2287 - Paper's print run 481,766 "SOUND OFF" - Chelsea Record, Chelsea, MA (617) 284-0900, then enter 750 - Paper's print run 5,000 (published twice a week on Wed & Fri) and also: - Revere Journal Transcript, Revere, MA (617) 284-0900, ext. 725 (Small weekly paper) "SOUND OFF" - Fairfax Journal, Springfield, VA TOLL FREE (800) 445-6397 - Brief messages only. You will be asked to leave only the name of the city you are calling from (it would help if it was Springfield or some other town in Virginia!) Paper's print run 54,601 "COMMENT LINE" - Boulder Daily Camera, Boulder, CO (303) 473-1615 - You will have 30 seconds to record your remarks. Print run: 44,000 "SOUND OFF" - Delaware County Daily Times, Primos, PA (610) 622-8888 - You will have 60 seconds to record your remarks. Sign off with a first name or initials. Paper's print run 60,000. "SPEAK OUT" - Ocean County Reporter, Toms River, NJ (908) 505-8290 - You will have 60 seconds to record your remarks. Sign off with a first name or initials. "SOUND OFF" - Ocean City Observer, Toms River, NJ (908) 349-7555 -You will have 60 seconds to record your remarks. Sign off with a first name or initials. Print run: 18,500 "VENT LINE" - Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, WV (304) 345-7779 then enter 1033 - Paper's print run 56,000 "EXPRESS LINE" - Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV (304) 347-2440 -You will have 60 seconds to record your remarks. Paper's print run 50,000. "SOAP BOX" - The Montgomery Advertiser, Montgomery, AL (334) 213-4152 - You will have 45 seconds to record your remarks. Paper's print run 65,000 "SOUND OFF" - The Capital Times, Madison, WI (608) 252-6434 - Paper's print run 27,100 "SOUND OFF" - Delaware State News, Dover, DE (302) 678-8255 -You will be asked to leave the name of your town and it would help if it were in Delaware. Paper's print run: 31,000 "SOUND OFF" - Daily Whale, Lewes, DE (302) 645-6297 - Small daily paper. "SPEAK OUT" - Daily Banner, Cambridge, MD (410) 228-8990 - You will be asked to leave the name of your town and it would help if it were Cambridge. Paper's print run: 7,000 "GRIPE LINE" - Albuquerque Tribune, Albuquerque, NM (505) 823-3667 -You will be asked to leave your first name and city, and it would help if the city were in New Mexico. Print run 36,248 "STRAIGHT TALK" - Anderson Independent-Mail, Anderson, SC (864) 964-9000, then enter 1215 - You will have 30 seconds to record your remarks. Paper's print run is 42,000. "TELL IT TO THE BULLETIN" - Manteca Bulletin, Manteca, CA (209) 239-5900 - Paper's print run is 20,100. "TICKED OFF" - The Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, FL (407) 872-7200, then enter 9155 - Paper's print run 225,000 "SOUND OFF" - Eagle Tribune, Lawrence, MA - (508) 685-1000, then ask the operator for extension 131 - Paper's print run 56,000 "THE VENT" - Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Atlanta, GA (404) 222-8338 - Paper's print run 410,000 "SOUND OFF" - The Reporter, Lansdale, PA (215) 855-8069 - You will be asked to leave the name of your town only (and it would help if it were "Lansdale"). Paper's print run 19,500. 'EDITORS HOT LINE" The Elizabethton News Enterprise, Elizabethton, KY (502) 737-2205 - You will have 60 seconds to record your remarks. Paper's print run 15,400. "OPINION LINE" Lewistown Sentinel, Lewistown, PA (717) 242-5300, then enter 9500 - Print run 14,000 "OPINION LINE" - Huntingdon Daily News, WV - Calls only accepted Monday nights from 5:30-8:30 EST. (814) 643-4043 Print run 10,800 "TALK BACK JOHNSON COUNTY" The Sun, Kansas (913) 381-4884 - You will have about 20 seconds to record brief remarks. - ree twice-weekly paper. Circulation 110,000. "SPEAK OUT" - Small weekly Arizona papers: Apache Junction Independent (602) 982-7799 Chandler Independent (602) 497-1721 Gilbert Independent (602) 497-1521 Paradise Valley Independent (602) 483-8380 Sun City Independent (602) 933-1378 "ON LINE" - Shenandoah Evening Herald, Shenandoah, PA (717) 462-2302 - You will have 30 seconds to record your remarks. You will be asked to leave the name of your town and it would help if it were Shenandoah, Brandonville or St. Clair. "WHERE YOU STAND" - The Las Vegas Sun (702) 259-4044 ------ also: NOTE: The following comment lines are NOT ANONYMOUS. You will be asked to leave your name: "SOUNDING BOARD" Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO - You will be asked to leave your name, address and phone number. (816) 889-7827, ext. 1745 Paper's print run 288,571 "JOURNAL ON THE LINE" - The Jersey Journal, Jersey City, NJ - You will be asked to leave your name and town. (201) 217- 2500 Paper's print run: 54,800 "BULLETIN BOARD" - St. Paul Pioneer Press, St. Paul, MN (612) 228-5579 - You will be asked to leave only your first name, initials, or other identifying name of your choice, along with your city and telephone number so they can call you "in case" they have any questions. They probably won't call. Print run: 200,500 "GRIPE LINE" - Fayetteville Observer-Times, Fayetteville, NC (910) 678-2111 - You will have 60 seconds to record your remarks. (Sometimes this line is used for readers to respond to specific questions of the day only.) You will be asked you leave your name and phone number. Print run: 71,000. ======================================================================= Jean Richter -- richter@eecs.berkeley.edu The P.E.R.S.O.N. 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