The Virginian-Pilot

THE LEDGER-STAR

: Sunday, July 14, 1996

• TEENS SAY: TEACH US MORE THAN THE BIOLOGY
• TEACHING SEX, SAFELY SOME PARENTS THINK LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS GIVE TOO MUCH INFORMATION TO THEIR CHILDREN AT THE WRONG TIME. BUT SEX ED'S SUPPORTERS SAY THE PROGRAM, WHICH AIM TO PREVENT TEEN PREGNANCY AND DISEASE, SAVE LIVES.
• SUN SHINES ON BERTHA'S WAKE 115,000 VIRGINIA POWER CUSTOMERS LOST ELECTRICITY. FELLED TREES AND FLOODING GOT IN THE WAY OF MOTORISTS. SEVERAL TORNADOES SPUN OFF AS THE STORM PASSED. BUT FOR MOST, BERTHA WAS JUST SOUND AND FURY
• AS BERTHA BLOWS OVER, THE TIDE TURNS - AND RESIDENTS, TOURISTS, MONEY AND HOPE FLOOD BACK TO THE OUTER BANKS
• AREA SHOULDN'T THINK BERTHA WAS AS BAD AS IT GETS
• TORNADO SKIPS THROUGH SMITHFIELD IT LEFT SURPRISINGLY LITTLE DAMAGE ALONG ITS CLEAR-CUT PATH.
• CORRECTION
• REGION REPORT
• RESIDENTS AWOKE TO INVESTIGATE THE DAMAGE... ...GOT AN EARLY START GETTING BACK TO NORMAL... ...AND A FEW FOLKS EVEN FOUND A BRIGHT SIDE.
• THE STATE'S MANDATE: TEACH ABSTINENCE