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811. Several button* on the phone are programmed for the »«me number, an *he doesn't have to be able to choose one If* emoting.' taid Charlene Hall, a dispatcher at Nashua fir* Rescue "The dog is trained to go mm and hit that phone three limes to get 811 and she hails into the receiver “ Th* town's 811 system auto* matkally gives dispatchers a caller’s address Bayly said R year-old Lyric, trained for her by an agem y that trained seeing eye and hearing ear dug*, also summoned help a month or two ago when she stopped breathing Animals, they really are your best friends," she said. Parents suing over daughter's lesbian teacher coming out BOSTON (API - When a high school teacher told her social studies class she wee e lesbian, one student »« so upset she was forced to transfer to a private school, the teen ager s parents claim Jeennine and Thomas tenet ere seeking $m.37» from the town of Brookline — including S100 000 (or emotional distress — saying their daughter (uhanna was denied her right to a public education "Johanna is a young woman who believe* in Hod ami believe* in Jesus t hn»t as her sav mr," said the Janets' lawver. Randal Frit* "She was just completely over whelmed by people bringing then annual and pollttcai agon das into the school ** Town officials say there is no merit to the family'* claim for damages made in a to-called demand letter that often is a pre liminary to • lawsuit Frill said teacher Folly Atwood announced her sesual orientation at Brookline High three years ago after being inter viewed on television about a state bill to protect the right* of gay students lohanna. a 14 year old fresh man at the time, is now enrolled at lamiiygton Christian Academy Her parent* are both public school teachers in Cambridge The (eneis claim school offl rials refused Ihetf request to set up an independent study course for their daughter with another teacher and threatened to with hold credit if Johanna did not remain in Atwood'! class The school should do what’s its own policy book# say It should respect students dlf hrreik e». including difference* id faith.' Frits said Schools Superintendent fames Walsh said the school offered a number of alternatives, including another teacher or another social studies course Atwood could mu immediate ly be reached for comment Tuesday, she was in class Mary Bonauto. an attorney with Gay and Lesbian Advo cates and Defenders, said par ents cannot espect all public school tear hers to mirror their values We re going to have Demos - rati* parent* suing trecause a leather is Republican, we're going to have lew tab parent* suing because the* find out their child's tee. bar is a Muslim.” she said Dili was among several lawyer* representing parent* in Chelmsford who sued over an AIDS education program A federal nidge dismissed that suit. Mm's test friend saves dying woman s life by dialing 911 NASHUA. N H {API - A do* named Lyric remembered her training Tuesday, using a pre nrammed telephone to call eip after her owner'* oxy gen mask came I ones fudi Bavlv. who steep* with an oxygen mask on herause of a breathing disorder, said she could have died if her Irish set ter had not been there to help *T feel like if my husband's away I've got some kind of guardian angel sleeping on mv lied with me even if it's rad witii a fur coat." she said When Bavly's oxygen alarm sounded early Tuesday. Lyric first tried to nurse her owner Failing that, she knocked the receiver off a telephone, and bumped a speed-dial button on the phone three times to dial New TeleFile reduces tax paper work ■ IRS: Electronic system allows most students to file their taxes by phone By Ragina Brown EflMSaSklA The Internal Revenue Service ha* a new system that will allow most students to file their taxes by phone, while cutting back on paper work and improving accu - racy. Anyone who uses the 1040 RZ filing form — that is any one who is single, who has no dependents, who is younger than 05 and who earned less than $400 in interest last year — can use the new electronic filing system, said Glenn Watts, a pub He relations representative for the IRS Fourteen to IS million college students ate eligible to use the new system. Watts said Every one who used the HMD EZ form last year received a personal TeleFile identification number along with a TeleFile booklet through the mail this year Only people with personal identifica tion numbers tan use the new system, he said Students using TeleFile enter the information from their W-2 forms into the touch-tone sys tem. which adds the figures together. Walts said TeleFile can be used seven days a week. 24 hours a day, and the process takes less than 10 minutes Student* getting a refund should receive it within three weeks, white those using the regular file bv mail process will have to wait eight to 10 weeks. Watts said The new system is part of President Bill Clinton's Rein venting Government campaign, which finds new ways to reduce the sue of government. Because TeleFile is electronic, it will reduce the number of people needed for data entry and will cut down on paper work. Watts said. In addition, accountants will spend less time fUing mi* takes people make when filing their lases Him ki Uw (<l. t all (hr lieHdiMP (Mlltcv at I i< i Infc fwatk ii i Full Size Frame and Futon «o jMt Sale 10% off • Handmade Futons • Covers • Pillows • Tables • Lamps • Delivery Available STUDIO Twin Size Frame & Futon i»o S139 NOW *109 ROCK SOFT n 1m In IWtlnmi X, 3300 SI Hawthorn* n6^>f«y CALGARY i Full Size Frame and Futon deg NOW >229 MON-FRI 11-6 SAT 10-5 SUN 12-4 1231 ALDER » 686-5069
