George Lappin Service Award inaugurated

Dale Kirmse, a professor at the University of Florida, received the inaugural George Lappin National Program Committee Service Award at the 1998 Spring National Meeting in New Orleans. The award was in recognition of his dedication in developing Al(hE's initial Web presence and helping to implement AIChE's electronic Web-based programming initiative.

The award was given in memory of George Lappin, a long-time active member of the Institute and most recently meeting program chair for the 1998 Spring National Meeting in New Orleans. Lappin passed away in October 1997. The award was presented by 1998 AIChE President Vern Weekman, Jr., and Martha Lappin, George's widow, in a ceremony …

FOOD REVIEW: Masterchef, 185 Baslow Road, Totley S17 4DT. Tel: 0014 235 0884.

I'M not sure I should be recommending the roast beef at Masterchef at Totley after what happened on an earlier occasion when I raved about the excellence of a Sunday joint.

But here I am at the laptop just a couple of hours after eating, waxing lyrical about my three slices of perfectly cooked, tender, rosy, juicy (indeed, its essences were still gently trickling out) beef and I can still taste it.

My congratulations to the chef and my compliments to the cow for this was no prime cut but humble silverside, dressed up on the menu as salmon cut.

On that earlier occasion similar plaudits led to a gratifying increase in business for a certain Derbyshire hostelry.

Less gratifyingly, the review brought a barrage of complaints. Unaccustomed to such numbers, waiters spilled food in …

ARAFAT, THE ULTIMATE SURVIVOR, IS HEART OF PALESTINIAN CAUSE.(Main)

Byline: Neil MacFarquhar Associated Press

Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian movement's ultimate survivor, has …

HOUSE FULL OF GUNS LEADS TO MAN'S ARREST.(Local)

Byline: Catherine Clabby Staff writer

More charges may be brought against a man arrested for keeping 17 guns, several of them loaded, in his East Chatham home without the needed permits, according to investigators.

Frank Ciasullo, 46, of Cemetery Road, was charged Saturday with second-degree criminal sale of a weapon, a felony, under a legal provision that says anyone having five or more guns illegally can be presumed to be planning to sell them, said investigator George Hoffman of the Columbia County Sheriff's Department.

Caisullo was given an appearance ticket to appear in Columbia County Court on Thursday.

State Police will test some of …

Ledger's body flown to Los Angeles, where friends pay respects; headed home to Australia

Heath Ledger's body was taken to a celebrity mortuary in Los Angeles where family members and friends paid their respects to the young Australian actor, according to a media report.

In New York, police reiterated Sunday that they do not plan to question actress Mary-Kate Olsen, who received a flurry of phone calls from the woman who found Ledger's body.

The "Brokeback Mountain" actor's body was at the Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary on Saturday, where it was taken en route to Australia, the New York Daily News reported Sunday.

A call to the mortuary was not immediately returned early Sunday. The arrangements …

As in '90, Reds start off with a victory

The Cincinnati Reds turned the traditional National League openerinto a championship party Monday.

The Reds received shiny new World Series championship rings in apre-game ceremony, then showed the visiting Houston Astros how theywon them. Tom Browning pitched eight strong innings and doubled homethree runs in a 6-2 victory that kept the Reds in their favoriteplace - first place.

"We wanted to get off to a good start," shortstop Barry Larkinsaid. "We led all last year. We want to get up on top and staythere."

"A lot of guys had smiles today," Browning said. "We wanted toget out there and defend our title."

Browning, the Reds' top winner last …

Spirit contract offer rejected by SPEEA members.(Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace)(Brief article)

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The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) on Thursday announced that employees of Spirit have voted to reject the latest contract offer.

SPEEA members voted 684 to reject and 25 to accept the offer by Spirit …