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THE KENTUCKY

Kerrie

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Celebrating 33 years of independence

 

 

UK fails
student-
athletes at
graduation

 

By Adam Sichiio
niE lithium him

For almost a decade. Mike
and Anne DiCiuro have visit-
ed their son's tombstone ear-
ly Thanksgiving morning.
“so he can be a part of our
family dinner."

Trent DiGiuro a for-
mer UK football player
was shot in the head and
killed the night of July 17.
1994 at a party at his home on
Woodland Avenue, three days
shy of his 21st birthday

But next week‘s visit to
the St. Aloysius Catholic
Cemetery in Pewee Valley.
Ky. will have a different tone:
The man convicted for mur-
dering their son has been
granted a new trial.

Ragland. a
UK alumnus.
had been
serving a 30
year sen-
tence at the
Kentucky
State Refor-
matory in La
Grange. Ky.
for DiGiuro's murder.

In a 4-3 decision yester-
day. the Kentucky Supreme
Court ruled that one of the
attorneys for the DiGiuro
family misspoke in his clos-
ing argument in the 2002 tri-
al.

The majority opinion
faulted First Assistant Com-
monwealth Attorney Mike
Malone. ruling that he inten~

DIGIURO

 

tionally commented on
Ragland's choice not to testis
fy against himself ~ a con-
stitutional right under the
Fifth Amendment.

In reference to Ragland.
Malone wrote. “The only per-
son who knows where that
shot was fired from exactly is
the person sitting in that
chair over there. and he has-
n't seen fit to tell us."

“You can't do that." said
Guthrie True. one of
Ragland's attorneys.

In the majority opinion.
Justice William Cooper said.
“The prosecutor's comment
on appellant‘s exercise of his
Fifth Amendment right not
to testify requires reversal
for a new trial."

For True. this decision

has been six months in the
making since he first filed an
appeal in mid-May

“I'm just getting my
breath. really.“ True said yes-
terday “I haven’t even had
time to finish reading the
opinion yet.

“I'd felt good about the is-
sues we raised on appeal all
along." he said. “I was opti-
mistic. but I’m just glad to
get it in black and white.”

True said he has spoken
with Shane Ragland and his
family. including his father.
Jerry. and True said they felt
many of the same emotions
he did.

“They're very pleased.
very relieved. very gratified

See Ragland on page 2

Commonwealth Attorney Ray Larson said he disagreed with the state
S_upreme Court's decrsion to overturn Shane Ragland’s murder convic-
tion. Ragland was convicted in 2002 for the murder of lrent DiGiuro.

 

Austin Jones, 15. hu 5
County (Ky.) High Sc

By Emily Hagedom
THE «mum KERNEL

 

For three days. the
world of nine students re-
volved around what they
saw through their cameras'
lenses,

For one aspiring pho.
tographer. the green walls
and antique faces in a
hometown restaurant pro.
vided interesting conversa-
tion as well as camera an-
gles.

Another looked for in-
spiration in the work of a
baker with disfigured
hands

The photographers
were part of the first-ever
Picture Kentucky: UK's
Rural Photojournalism
Workshop in Cynthiana.
Ky. which was produced by
the UK School of Journal-
ism and Telecommunica-
tions and The Kernel.

The boot-camp style
Workshop. which lasted
Nov. it through Sunday
morning. will move to a dif-
ferent small town in Ken»
tucky each year. Since this

 

 

is the workshop‘s first year.
it will resume again next
September in Cynthiana.

Each student was given
a name or place and turned
loose to capture his or her
subject's personality and
life in photos.

Every night the stir
dents returned to the win-
dowless room in the town's
Community Education
(‘enter to share their shots
and be critiqued by three
professional photogra
phers: Dave LaBeIle. photo-
journalism adviser for The
Kernel; David Stephenson.
staff photographer for the
Lexington HeraldLeader;
and (‘urt Chandler. editor
for online innovation at the
Pittsburgh Post-( lazette.

Many of the photo dis-
cussions would last well
into the night. only hours
before the young photogra-
phers would have to get up
and prepare to shoot more
pictures at the first sight of
sunlight.

“Out of nowhere I had
to ask someone if I could
spend all day and evening

his mother Laura in their kitchen. Austin overcame adversity and became a mainstreamed freshman at Harrison
ool. UK students spent a weekend photographing life in Cynthiana, Ky. FOR MORE PHOTOS, SEE PAGES 4 AND 5.

Lexington to Cynthiana

with them." said workshop
participant Hilly Schiffer. a
journalism sophomore and
assistant photo editor at
The Kernel. Schiffer pro-
filed a 15-year-old high
school student with Down
syndrome.

“I learned a lot about
people." she said. “I've nev-
er been in a small town
where everyone knew
everyone."

Located about an hour
up US. 27 from Lexington.
the whistle-stop communi-
ty used to house six tobacco
warehouses now it's
down to one.

With a downtown area
more lively than most.
Main Street and its sun
rounding roads hold the
(‘ynthianaHarrison (‘oun»
ty Museum. Iliancke's
down-homestyle restau-
rant and WCYN radio.
which is housed in the old-
est building in town a
log cabin.

“You kind of appreciate
the peacefulness and the
quietness in the town." said
Laura Smith. a server at

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Biancke‘s and a biology
sophomore at Lexington
Community College. “It's
not loud. There’s not a lot
of traffic.

“It's real small. It's bet-
ter."

The students' photos
and interviews will eventu.
ally be published in a book
and put on a W1b site.
which is set to be up next
year. said Chris Poore. UK's
student publications direc-
tor.

“I'm sure that (the stu
dents) approached and
crossed some boundaries
that they haven‘t been
faced with." said Stephen
son. one of the students’
professional mentors.

“The more we can teach
this the better off our pro-
fession is going to be." he
said.

"Pictures have a huge
impact on how We see our
world. how we see our-
selves. how we see our com-
munity."

Email
ehagedorn . .i A'yA‘ernel. mm

 

 

Mad cow disease might be back

By Johanna Neuman
ios ANGEIES nuts

WASHIM iTUN

US. Department

of Agriculture officials announced
Thursday that they had discovered a
possible new case of mad cow disease.
but cautioned that the preliminary pos-

itive test was “inconclusive."

Final results should be available
from the USDA lab in four to seven

days. officials said.

After the first US. case was discov-
ered last December in a cow in Wash-

ington state. the USDA instituted a
rapid-screening test on cows consid
ered at risk for the disease
tle. “downers” too ill to walk. cattle dis-
playing symptoms of neurological ail-
as well as on 20.(Ki0 healthy

merits
cows.

carrying bovine

wasting ailment

So far. 113.000 animals have been
tested. and none have been found to be
spongiform
cephalopathy. or BSE. the disease that
if passed to humans through eating
contaminated meat can cause a brain
called

older cat-

groups.

en-

variant

(‘reutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

The USDA provided no information
on the suspect cow's origin. but did in-
dicate it was in one of the “at-risk"

Preliminary tests of two cows in
the past it months have been positive.
but subsequent tests proved they did
not have the disease. And officials not-
ed that the current animal‘s carcass
did not enter either the food chain or
the animal feed supply

 

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UK asks for injunction
in former coach's suit

By Jeff Patterson
m: KENTUCKY «must

The UK Athletic Associa-
tion has filed a motion to dis-
miss a $50 million lawsuit
from former football coach
Claude Bassett.

Bassett. a former UK re-
cruiting coordinator.
claimed he was de-
nied due process in
the investigation of
recruiting violations
that led to UK's cur
rent probation.

In its motion to

dismiss the lawsuit.
UK said Bassett‘s
claims had no merit.
said UK spokes-
woman Mary Mar-
garet Colliver.

The Southeastern Confer-
ence filed a motion to dis-
miss as well. said SF.(‘ associ.
ate commissioner Charles
Bloom.

The NCAA and SEC also
said Bassett's claims are er-
roneous.

The lawsuit. which was
filed Sept. 17 in US. District
Court in (‘ovingtoir Ky. also
claimed the organizations
broke the Sherman Antitrust
Act and the Clayton Act by
banning Bassett from coach-
ing college football.

UK asked for the case‘s
dismissal because some of
Bassett‘s claims were out-
landish. (‘olliver said.

One such claim involved
using free hotel rooms, room
service and UK apparel to en-
tice recruits. according to the
lawsuit.

“On those rare occasions
when Coach Bassett helped a
player with money he used
only his own funds." the law-

suit read. But that‘s
still an NCAA viola-
tion.
Bassett resigned
from his job Nov. 19.
2000. According to
the NCAA’s report on
the recruiting viola-
tions. he then admit-
ted to sending money
orders to a Memphis,
Tenn, high school
football coach. But
according to Bassett's law-
suit. he never admitted to
sending the 31.400 to the
coach and hasn't been al-
lowed access to the NCAA‘s
taped interview with him.

The NCAA banned Bas-
sett from coaching for eight
years. beginning on Jan. 30.
2002.

He is currently the athlet-
ic director and head football
coach at Robstown High
School in Robstown. Texas.

Phone messages to the
NCAA and Bassett's attorney
were not immediately re-
turned.

E-mail
jpa tierson - u kykernel. com

US. soldiers discover
likely H0 of al-Zarqawi

By Jackie Spinner
in: “Summon P081
NEAR IALLL‘JAH. Iraq
IS. soldiers discovered a
house in southern Fallujah on
Thursday believed by US. mil-
itary officials to be a main
headquarters for the network
of Jordanian guerrilla leader
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. whose
group has claimed responsibil
ity for numerous lxmibings.
kidnappings and beheadings
across Iraq.

A black-and-white mural
painted on a wall in theban-
ners shovm in videos that have
depicted the beheading of for-
eign hostages. indicated that
the house belonged to an "al-
Qaida organization.“ Al-Zar-
qawi has declared his alle
giance to aI-Qaida leader
Osama bin Laden. and his
group. initially called
Monotheism and Jihad. re
cently adopted the name al-
Qaida in Iraq.

In the house. the soldiers
found documents that transla-
tors described as letters writ-
ten by aI-Zarqawi to his lieu-
tenants medical supplies from
the US. Agency for Interna-
tional Development and boxes
of ammunition firm the Chi-
nese and Jordanian armies

Controlled by insurgents
from late April until this
month. when American and

Iraqi forces mounted a mas-
sive offensive aimed at restor-
ing government authority Fal-
lujah had become a hub for
foreign guerrillas who joined
al’llarqawi's network. U.S. mil-
itary officials have said.

Military officials said it
was unclear when. if ever. al-
Zarqawi had last been in the
house discovered Thursday in
Fallujah‘s southern neighbor-
hood of Shuhada. A US. intel-
ligence source said al-Zarqawi
apparently did not use Failu-
jah as his base of operations.
and none of the leaders of the
principal insurgent groups
based in Fallujah al-Zarqawi.
Abdullah .lanabi and Omar
Hadide were known to have
been apprehended during the
US. offensive theme. Janabi has
said he and Hadid remain in-
side I-‘allujah. and US. mili~
tary officials have suggested
aI-Zarqawi may be in the
northern city of Mosul.

Fighting persisted Thurs-
day in Mosul and a string of
other towns stretching across
the negion north and west of
Baghdad known as the Sunni
'Irlangl' e.

Correspondent Anthony
Shadid in Baghdad and SM
writers Barton Gelhnan in
New York and Thomas E
Ricks in Washington mn-
tribwod to this report.

 

   

    
   
    
  
  
 
 
     
   
 
  
 
 
 
  
   
  
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
   
   
 
  
   
 
  
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
  
   
    
   
  
  
 
  
  
   
  
  
 
   
 
  
 
   
 
 
   
 
    
   
  
   
 
 

  

 

  

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Ahofl otter: holdoy shuttle
Students flying home for Thanksgiving

can get a free ride to Blue Grass Airport.
The holiday shuttle to Blue Grass Airport

is available to students next Monday through

Wednesday.

Each day. the shuttle will offer seven cam
pus departure times: 7 am. 10 am. noon. 2

p.m.. 4 p.m.. 6 p.m.. and 8 pm.

Students should plan to leave campus at
least two hours prior to their flight's scheduled

departure time.

To schedule a pickup. e-mail UK Parking
Services at ukparkingmlsvukyedu at least 48
hours in advance of departure date with
name. campus address. phone number and

time and location of pickup.

NEWS BRIEFS

Library often study hob
UK is offering various programs to help

students study effectively for finals.
Becoming a Master Student: Salvaging 8

Semester and The NoCram Exam will be S‘-

urday. November 20th. 9 am. to 5 p.m. at the

WT. Young Library Gallery. Advance regis-
tration is $40 in The Study (5th floor Young

Library). Registration at the door is $50 (in-

cludes all materials). Group discounts avail-
able. Call Karin Lewis 257-1371 or e-mail

kalewitzta ukyedu for details.

Monday afternoon guided study groups are
held 3:30 to 5 p.m. in The Study. Small group as-
sistance focuses study efforts to become more
efficient while reviewing for finals.

See wwwukyedu ugs study for schedules.

UK Parking and Transportation Services

will call to confirm a pickup time and conve-

nient location.

Blood five wraps up today
It’s the last day for the Big Blue Crush
blood drive. and Tennessee is currently beat-
ing UK in pints of blood donated.
Tennessee leads this year's drive by 107

pints. 1.493 to 1.386.

Donors can visit the mobile blood banks
today at the Chandler Medical Center. Room
H-133. from 8 am. to 5 p.m. or at Lexington
Community College from 10 am. to 2 p.m. Do-
nations can also be made at the Central Ken-
tucky Blood Center at 330 Waller Ave.

The two universities and two blood cen-
ters have competed since 1988 to help their re-
spective area hospitals store enough blood to

get through the holidays.

The Blood Center has set a goal of 3.000

pints during the drive.

Clutchlll Downs offers scholarshbs

Active college students enrolled full-time
can win a $1000 scholarship Saturday: Nov. 20

at Churchill Downs as present the annual
“Kentucky Thoroughbred Association Col
lege Scholarship Day.“

A drawing to award one of the $1.000 schol-
arships will be held after each of the day's first
nine races. A special drawing will be conduct

ed after the 10th race to award a 31.000 scholar-

Students

ship to a student directly affiliated with the
thoroughbred industry: Those eligible for the
final scholarship include employees and fami»
1y members at Churchill Downs and employ.
ees and family members of horsemen and oth-
ers connected to the industry

must register at
Downs and must be present at the track to
claim their scholarship. Admission to the

Churchill

track is free to all students with a valid full-

Anyone who donates during Big Blue

Crush will receive a free (,‘rush T-shirt.

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Continued from page]

by the court's consideration
of the case." True said. "They
look forward to a new oppor»
tunity to plead this case in the
upcoming months."

Jerry Ragland. a busi-
nessman in Frankfort. Ky.
did not return phone calls to
his home yesterday:

Commonwealth Attorney
Ray Larson. who represented
the DiGiuro family at the
original trial. said in a news
conference yesterday that the
state strongly disagrees with
the court's ruling.

“I'm sorry to see every
one here today.“

Larson said.
say we are disap-
pointed and dis-
mayed by the

court‘s decision to
set aside the jury‘s
verdict and order a

“T" ”There’s that
spot on your
heart that {017}.
will never go

James Keller wrote. "The
twentynine words in dispute

. had no effect upon the
jury‘s verdict."

The dissent also claims
that Ragland‘s attorney put a
"spin" on Malone's words.
and adds “any error commit-
ted in this case was harmless
beyond a reasonable doubt."

investigators did not get a
break in the case for more
than five years after
I)i(}iuro‘s death. until
Ragland‘s ex-girlfriend told
investigators that he coit-
fessed to shooting [)igiuro in
1995

She said Ragland shot
I)i(}iuro because the football
player had played a role in
keeping Ragland out of I'K's
chapter of the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon social fraternity

Ragland was ar
rested in July 2000
but wasn‘t senv
tenced until April
"(it)" one month af—
grand jury
found him guilty of

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would be removed from the
second trial. Larson said.
”Hell no.

“Anyone who knows Mike
Malone knows better." Lar-
son said. "It's 29 words out of
a two-hour closing argument

“We knew. as did Judge
(Thomas) (7Iark. what the
context was." he said. refer
ring to the Fayette County

Circuit Court judge who
presided over the 2002 trial
The three dissenting

judges in the court's ruling
agreed with Larson. In his
opposing opinion. Justice

Mad Cow

Continued from page i

“USDA remains confident
in the safety of the IIS. beef
supply.“ said Andrea More
gan. a deputy in the depart-
ment‘s Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.

Still. news of a prelimi-
nary positive test rattled the
markets. Prices for live cattle
futures for December delivery
were down on Chicago Mer-
cantile Exchange. at times
falling below the Ii-cent per
pound allowable trading limit.

Traders were worried
less about domestic con-

her sorts death

"There is no closure."
I)i(}iuro said. crying. during
a phone interview yesterday
“(‘Iosure is a word that peo
ple throw around

“We figured we‘d be tight-
ing the Raglands the rest of
our lives "

I)i(}iuro said she was
"horrified" by yesterday‘s
ruling. but she said she's
ready to prove Ragland
guilty a second time

“We not say 'liring it
on.” I)i(liiiro said. “We‘ll
come back and get a better

sutiiption Americans are
still eating an average of
about 1500 pounds per person
a year. according to the
American Meat Institute
than about the promise of re
newiiig beef exports.

Japan and other court
tries cut off all imports of
American beef after the
Washington state case was
disclosed ITS beef exports
to Japan alone in 2003 totaled
about $1.4 billion. an indus
try group said.

But industry analysts said
exports to Japan are sched»
tiled to resume next July if
certain conditions are met
Among those is better identi
fication of animals so that im-
porters can purchase only

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COMPILED FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

conviction.

“He‘ll get more years: he'll
get life." she said. “He will not
win. ever. against us."

True said the defense will
request to move the new trial
outside of Lexington or
Fayette County. a motion do
nied in the first trial.

“I think we need to get
the case outside of the influ-
ence of the Lexington media
market." True said.

"I also think it's impor~
tant for this case to be moved
outside this area of Ken-
tucky. where the University
of Kentucky and the UK Ath-
letic Association are so pre-
dominant.”

Larson said he wants to
keep the trial here.

”The litmus test to ob
taming a jury is the jury se
Iection process itself." Lar-
son said. "I‘m hopeful we‘ll
try to select a jury right here
in chington.”

He added that he antici-
pates the defense will file a
motion before the new trial
begins to change the trial‘s
venue.

“We intend to retry this
case as soon as we can." Lar-
son said. “But I'm guessing
(the defense) think they can't
get a fair trial anywhere.

“I suspect the defense
will do whatever whining
they will do to move the trial
location."

Regardless of where the
new trial will be. Anne
I)i(}iiiro said she and her
husband will continue to vis~
it their sons grave site.

“No matter what we do
with Shane. there will never
be Trent." I)i(}iuro said.
“Trent is going to be gone
forever

"There's that spot on
your heart that will never go
away."

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those certified as under 30
months of age and thus most
likely to be free of the disease

“I'nder otir framework
agreement with the Japan
ese. even if We have another
case. it would not set us
back." said (‘handler Keys.
vice president for govern-
ment relations at the Nation-
aI (‘attlemen's Reef Associa-
tion. a I)t‘n\’(‘t‘vhast‘d industry
trade group.

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struction of 3.7 million ani-
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PAGE 3

' Adventures
not as high as language barrier

Mountains

.

For those of you who
were wondering. I finally
made it to Besancon. with
only as few complications as
one would expect from. say.

a nuclear-science experi-
ment supervised by Wile E.
Coyote.

Even so. there's no need
to break out the Buddy H01.
ly odes singing the praises of Chris
an early-departed genius.

Well. not just yet. mun"

After all is said and KERNEI COLUMNIST
done. I'll let the reader deter-
mine how close I am to an untimely demise.

But now it's time for my little anecdote
that‘ll serve for nothing more than to bolster
your own selfconfidence. So here we go.

As my previous experience has confirmed.
there‘s nothing that‘ll make you want to don
your ruby slippers. click your heels together
and repeat “There‘s no place like home" like
making a fool of yourself in someone else‘s
language.

Upon your first day it will start the point
in your language training where you make all
those numbskull mistakes. You know. like the
kind where you want to say. “Have a great
time!" and instead you sputter "Your mother‘s
slime."

Although language faint pas are sure to be a
daily affair. I soon came to realize that they
only make things interesting for people you
speak to. So don't stress. It can even be cute.

But be warned? There is a very thin line be

Spankersdo it all themselves

tween “cute" and "geez. this guy‘s an idiot!"

A specific example comes to mind.

I was talking to two cute Italian girls as l
was coming back from the bars one evening. At
this point in my language training I (mistaken
1y) thought I had garnered enough vocabulary
to mack on the ladies. Someone should have
told me Don Juan was Spanish. not French.

Anyway. the conversation turned to our im-
pressions of France. and I smoothly tried to
say, “I love all the small towns here in France.
They're beautiful!"

But with lousy pronunciation. which tends
to happen when I slur my speech. it came out
like “I just loooove all the little girls here in
France. They‘re sexy!"

Needless to say. the reaction I got was not
the one I had expected. and I remain convinced
that it was only my gorgeous smile that pulled
me out of that potentially disastrous scenario.

But without a doubt. if you want to learn to
speak and find adventure a la fois. you‘ve got to
join a club. This will certainly give you a few
stories to tell back home.

I joined the French Alpine Club (this has
nothing to do with pine trees. mind you). and I
was. to use an English cliche. a fish out of wa-
ter. I wandered in with a big. stupid grin on my
face. thinking I was in a good spot to find ad-
venture. and boy had I bitten off more than I
could chew!

One French mountaineer after another
waltzed in until I was completely surrounded
by dozens of bona fide “l-cc)uld-takeyourepuny»
head-and-squash—itbetween-my-little»toes“
alpinists. All of them swaggered in with weath-

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er-beaten hands and faces. toting their moun-
taineering equipment over their broad shoul-
ders how do you say. “What the hell is that
thing for?" and sat themselves down with
their maps to plan which mountain they were
going to call their (insert expletive here) that
weekend.

My grin disappeared. Terror stole my coun-
tenance, A book club started to sound like a
much better idea.

You see. my incompetence in this scenario
existed on several levels. Not only was I the
youngest and undoubtedly the most inexperi-
enced guy there. but I was also the only person
who spoke any English. Yeah. try explaining
that you ski like a three-legged rhino to some-
body using only your hands and a few odd
belching noises. You‘ll get the picture.

I felt something like the Little Bunny Foo
Foo in a pack of ravenous wolves. except that I
didn‘t really have the gonads to go around bop»
ping people on the head. I wanted to be home.
reading Adventure magazines in my warm bed
and dreamng that l was a hardcore bad
mutha‘ like these guys. Easier that way I
have a great imagination.

But that was before I met Jean. who was in-
credibly nice aiid excited to have me. He re-
minded me of the good ol’ grandpa type who is
always there to lend his sage advice to the
young. horribly naive. young. redheaded
did I say young? American idiot.

He happily showed me pictures of trips
they had taken excursions up and over glac—
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each picture he‘d smile. point his finger at me,
then again at the photo as if to say. “This could
be you. pal."

Utilizing my great imagination. I thought
about this. and my eyes flew open wide with
excitement. l‘d learn how to climb mountains
in the French Alps?

However. I thought better after imagining
another scenario and wondered how one might
say. "Excuse me. I'm sorry to bother you. but it
seems that l havg clumsily stabbed myself
through the thigh with my ice axe. Silly me!
Would you mind helping me yank it out.
please? Thanks. that'd be great! Croissant?"

l practically hollered “Je suis debutant!" in
the poor old man's ear. I think he understood
that l was a bunny-slope kind of guy and intro
duced me to the teachers of the beginning
courses.

And there you go. I had my foot in the door
for the adventure of a lifetime. and I got the op
portunity to practice my French every time I
fell into a crevasse “Get me the hell out of
here. Pierre!"

No really. that only happened twice.

Now. I know what you‘re thinking. Didn’t
this experience cure me of the pesky language
barrier?

Heck no?

But the next time I made a fool of myself
on the street. at least I could tie a figureeight
knot while I pleaded that a call to the police
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