KEY: “Pregnant Women and Alcohol…”
REPORTER: Meaghan Carey
MEAGHAN CAREY (WABC NEWS)
ELON UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS RELEASED A THREE-YEAR STUDY THAT CONFIRMED THE LINK BETWEEN DRINKING AND BIRTH DEFECTS. DOCTORS FOUND THAT CHILDREN BORN TO PREGNANT WOMEN WHO DRINK HAVE HIGHER RATES OF MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ABNORMALITIES, WHICH INCLUDE MENTAL RETARDATION AND DELAYS IN DEVELOPMENT.
JIMMY CONNOR (BIOLOGY PROFESSOR)
WE DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH ALCOHOL MAY BE SAFELY CONSUMED BY PREGNANT WOMEN, SO WE RECOMMEND ABSOLUTE AND TOTAL ABSTENION FROM ALL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DURING A WOMAN’S NINE-MONTH TERM OF PREGNANCY
MEAGHAN CAREY (WABC NEWS)
BIRTH DEFECTS OCCUR WHEN ALCOHOL FROM A MOTHER’S SYSTEM PASSES INTO THE BLOODSTREAM OF HER CHILD. THE CHILD’S BODY CANNOT HANDLE THE ALCOHOL.THIS IS CALLED FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME.
SARA JONES (CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR)
WE ARE PLEASED WITH THESE FINDINGS BECAUSE THESE KIND OF RESULTS HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME COMING
KEY: “Town debate on handicap parking spots…”
REPORTER: Meaghan Carey
MEAGHAN CAREY (WABC NEWS)
THE BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL MET LAST NIGHT TO HEAR AND DISCUSS COMPLAINTS ABOUT ABLE-BODIED MOTORISTS USING HANDICAPPED SPACES.
PATRICK WHEATON (VETERAN ASSOSCIATION MEMBER)
I’M PLAIN OLD SICK AND TIRED OF SEEING HANDICAPPED SPACES BEING USED BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO DISABILITY.
MEAGHAN CAREY (WABC NEWS)
PREVIOUSLY, THE FINE FOR PARKING IN A HANDICAP SPOT WAS 20-DOLLARS. THE COUNCIL VOTED FIVE-TO-TWO TO RAISE THE FINE TO 250-DOLLARS.
DANA WARBURTON (VETERANS ASSOSCIATION MEMBER)
IT CAN’T GO IN SOON ENOUGH BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO WRONGLY PARK IN HANDICAPPED SPACES DESERVE TO BE PUNISHED SEVERELY. I THINK THE FINE SHOULD BE 1,000-DOLLARS.
PAM HATTER (COUNCIL MEMBER)
WE HEARD THE COMPLAINTS FROM THE ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED, AND WE RESPONDED IN AS STRONG A MANNER AS POSSIBLE.
MEAGHAN CAREY (WABC NEWS)
THE FINE MONEY WILL GO TOWARD ENFORCING AND ADMINISTERING PARKING REGULATIONS. THE REST MAY GO TOWARD BUILDING HANDICAPPED FRIENDLY ACCESSES TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
