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issn— \\i-^* r^ig^g't&'Z'ZZr WPWWWPWWPWWW\ Leaving 'the Me' A woffMW who spent manyyea*sorv Rodiest^s stredtt la \the life\ of prosH- tutfc>r> wolfesd iftto Assfcl House orvLyell Avenue ofteo*ayof>d found the couple to change. Poge 6. Respect for Jife A rtn^e of <oate*ftpo«&y Issues — ooortlon, heofth <&&, AIDS — &e Covrfef-kmmors oaro*? Hespect life suppiemem, beginning offer poge & r*r Catholic Diocese of Rochester 50 Cents Thursday. September 29, 1988 24 Pages • 2 Sections Justice ordered pro-life activists held on, bail BfRichard A. Kiley A town justice in suburban Rochester has ordered 22 of 36 protesters arrested at a physician's office last Saturday, Sept. 24, held on at least $500 bail after the de- monstrators gave their names as \Baby Jane Doe\ or \Baby John Doe\ to police officials. \. Father Anthony P. Mugavero, parochial vicar of St. Theodore's Church in Rochester, was among those arrested. Brighton Town Justice John J. Ark berated the activists in Brighton Town Court on Monday night, Sept. 26, describing their behavior as \contemptuous after they failed to properly identify themselves. Even after the activists produced driver's licenses for identification,- Ark refused to release them pending a check for criminal records or unless they paid $250 in bail. Checking records may take a few days, Ark said. \I'm not surprised, but I am disappointed with\ bis decision,\ said of Project Life of Rochester Director David E. Long, who organiz^^the rescue mission — in which acBvists^ Centered an abortion clinic and ' refused to leave — at the office of Dr. Morris also coordinated May sit-ins at Highland Hospital in Rochester and a Greece doctor's office. \The clinic was closed for the day. We got the police to assure us they would not open up thexest of the day.'' After Brighton police arrived on the scene, those arrested were taken to police head- quarters in a Monroe County sheriff's bus. The activists were arraigned Saturday in Brighton Town Court on various charges of criminal trespass, resisting arrest and obstructing governmental administration, all of which are misdemeanors. To Long's surprise, he was not one of the activists arrested, even though he — like 23 other activists — refused to give police his name. \They alienated me from the rest of the pro-lifers; the judge simply would not send me to jail,\ said Long, who speculated that the police might have been trying to intimi- date activists by Iceeping him apart from them. - Long added that at this rescue mission, unlike the other two protests in May, police officials were not' very cooperative with demonstrators. . j \(Brighton Police Chief Eugene) Shaw was not at all cooperative,\ said Long, who notified Brighton police Friday that a rescue mission would take place somewhere within the town. \Officers were already there trying to prevent entry when we got there,\ Long said. \He (Shaw) would not negotiate with me on site.' Long added that the group regularly informs police of the rescues \so they don't have to pull cars off the street.\ He said; however, that if Project Life members-staged another rescue in Brighton they would \certainly not notify them again.\ In addition to stopping scheduled abor- tions, Long said that the rescue was suc- cessful in \exposing a new abortionist to the town.\ Long hoped that the demonstration would also serve to help the organization increase its numbers. The Project Life director said he would like to see more Catholic priests become involved in rescue missions, and is trying to get New York Auxiliary Bishop Austin B. Vaughan to come to Rochester. Bishop Vaughan ha^< been arrested at several rescue misSiphs#ound the country. 4- V t • A contemplative Fiitheri Anthony P. Mugavero, parochial vicar ojf St. Theodore's Church in Rochester, sitting in front of an elevator door. ..... ,,Al ' arraignmenEthat he beheyedj the;ptotesters would be~ released after identifying themselves. - •_ Scott C. Smith, president of the St. Thomas More Lawyer's Guild and a lawyer for some of the protesters, told Justice Ark that the pro-life activists were solid commu- nity citizens, who would definitely return for court, appearances. Smith said they used the aliases to make a statement about-unborn children, who have no names. In an interview Tuesday morning, Long said that Ark made his decision \to try and- break the people. * v « \Quite frankly, he's making heroes out of all those people,\ LcHigsaid;r?He's making martyrs put of them.\ Long said that — as of Monday night — four men and one woman had been released - from jail after resting bajJlOrje^of themen,. released was the Rev. David'Young, pastor * of the Cornerstone Christian. Fellowship, whq left because he became jil with the flu. The others left because of .job commitments, •>•,. ^ong.said;. v..^yArk released three other women after ^s^Sniith ^vofrched for their good records and \*\•'' : continued appearances in court. Long said k also released another woman Sunday itiseshe is pregnant. tivists began the rescue mission just ;8:36a.m.last'Safui4ay» . - -*.—«-..wdtng to Long, seven women were , $|ef|&ted from entering the-doctor's office, andthe clinic closed about 10 a.m. \This rescue was the most sucessful of the. :^three : we'ye donp tg date/L.said.Long,, >who g*^f#jp*P M *1 ^'i M--- 1 1 Brixton pp^ E. Long into a wheelchair, after Longfahtl 35 otKer pro-fife activists entered* the office of br. Morris Wortman in Brighton and refused to leave. ' Diocesan schools promise no more *f&itar&s' $.: - \~~ .?>*m *^P%5Si C^endar.. *., .-•;<, i-~3LT.?i Classifieds £•:..;..-. :#; .OgSfffiF Columnists ••*=;., ^^1243 Editorial & Opinion...... Page 14 Entertainment J .... Page 16 Features .Obituaries...... Sports......... yferld &-Nation Pages 5^6 M' By TeresaA. Parsons : No Catholic school student in the Diocese 6T Rochester will go home a failure this iSOvember; . Withthe adoption of a new diocesan report- card formatv the word ''failure\ has been dropped from the vocabulary of elementary and junior-high-school grading. The change islargely philosophical, since the hew report card, which debuts in November, continues to designate \P' as a failing grade. Principals and teachers nevertheless hope that ; the change will affect parents as well as their children. . : ir r.. : .. ;\|t|s such a;judgmental word, and it does r >;f uch^dju^il^J^i^/^ey take it so personal- VK that— that you're afailure. Some of the attitude towards learning gets blocked.\ Not all of the changes in the updated dioce- san report card are philosophical in nature. The revised version lowers the numerical equivalent of a passing grade from 73 to 70 percent for students in grades 1-6. Seventh and eighth grades will maintain 65 percent as the standard for passing, which is also observed by New York state Board of Regents. The change, adopted after two years of re- search and testing by a committee of prin- cipals, provides a more gradual transition from the elementary- and intermediate-grade stan- dard to the 65-percent passing mark in junior high school. Changing the numerical equivalent is also an effort to take into account the extra jespon- - sibilhies andTjressures^tudehfs currently face,\ according to Evelyn Kirst^ diotesan assistant superintendent for curriculum. \Therfenare latch-key children whose academic motivation ' has to come from themselves and the school,\ .-• she noted. \There are (also) higher expecta- tions from families where the ^almighty] A' is very, very critical... A lot of people don't [want to accept a C as average.\ j The revised report card conforms more closely to standards and formats used by some public school districts throughout the diocese — offering, for instance, a more detailed breakdown of curriculum. « J , The new report card should also represent a new level of uniformity among diocesan schools. \We did have schools that had adopt- ed independent report cards, and sincewje are a system, we felt everybody should be iKing • - CoattaMdoal iL.:::^-M^/i.:'£3r mmt^u. ?ub>$^dy^^^/^^j^^yt^' mm