Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, September 12, 1994 TAG: 9409130022
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-4 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
The station raised $100 from a tongue-in-cheek appeal on its morning drive-time show.
The money was shipped right away for a Friday morning delivery to the Arkansas Supreme Court in Little Rock.
Disc jockeys Tim Stevens and Dave Hurst decided to assist Clinton after learning through a news account that she had let her Arkansas law license lapse.
The first lady owes her $50 annual fee and a $50 penalty for not renewing on time. Her name appeared on a list recently released by the Arkansas Supreme Court clerk of about 250 lawyers whose state licenses were suspended because they hadn't paid. Her fee was due March 1.
The White House had no immediate comment Thursday on the radio station's effort.
Stevens said the payment did not reflect any political leaning of the radio station.
``If I was trying to reform the health care system, I might forget to pay a few bills myself,'' Stevens said.
Before her husband became president, Clinton was a partner in the Rose law firm in Little Rock.
Bell's toils
State Sen. Brandon Bell, a Republican who represents Roanoke and Roanoke County, is quickly becoming one of Gov. George Allen's point men on education.
Allen has appointed Bell to the Southern Regional Education Board - the nation's first interstate compact for the advancement of education.
Created in 1948 at the request of Southern governors, the board helps educational and governmental leaders work cooperatively to advance education and improve the social and economic life of the region.
Other Virginia board members include Allen; William Anderson Jr., president of Mary Washington College; state Sen. Hunter Andrews of Hampton; and Del. Robert Ball of Richmond.
Bell also was recently appointed to the governor's Champion Schools Commission, which is designed to take a comprehensive look at education on all levels.
Bell serves on the Senate's Commerce and Labor, Education and Health, and Local Government committees.
by CNB