NEWS LITE : NO WELCOME MAT OFFERED TO O.J.A Miami gated community gat·ed community n. A subdivision or neighborhood, often surrounded by a barrier, to which entry is restricted to residents and their guests. , Cocoplum, is about to hire a lawyer to keep O.J. Simpson from settling there. John Shubin, who got a reputation defending neighborhoods against home-devaluing construction, says he has been contacted by the homeowners association after an emergency meeting was called when O.J. was spotted inspecting an $850,000 Cocoplum home. Said homeowners group member Lewis Carroll: ``(We) prefer that Mr. Simpson find a residence in another neighborhood. We're not being hostile, but we'd feel a whole lot more comfortable if he lived somewhere else.'' O.J. has been house-hunting in South Florida. Hall of Fame honor for Parton par·ton n. Any of the point particles believed to be a constituent of hadrons, now known as quarks. No longer in technical use. [part(icle) + -on1.] , Twitty Dolly Parton and Conway Twitty Conway Twitty (September 1 1933 - June 5 1993), born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was one of the United States' most successful country music artists of the 20th century. He had the most singles (55) reach Number 1 on various national music charts. will be the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame. The Country Music Association announced the inductees Wednesday at Fan Fair, an annual festival in Nashville, Tenn. ``What a great honor. I really am surprised,'' Parton said in a statement. ``I thought I'd have to be as old as Roy Acuff Roy Claxton Acuff (15 September 1903 – 23 November 1992) was an American country musician known around the world as the "King of Country Music". Early life He was born in Maynardville, Tennessee to Ida Carr and Simon E. or as ugly as Willie Nelson to get in the Hall of Fame. Just kidding, Willie. It truly is a great honor.'' Twitty, who had a string of hits beginning in the late 1950s, died in 1993. Johnny Bond, a singing cowboy who appeared in films with Roy Rogers
Leonard Franklin Slye (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), who became famous as Roy Rogers, was a singer and cowboy actor. and Gene Autry, also was chosen. He died in 1978. The three will be inducted Sept. 22 at the Grand Ole Opry Grand Ole Opry, weekly American radio program featuring live country and western music. The nation's oldest continuous radio show, it was first broadcast in 1925 on Nashville's WSM as an amateur showcase. House. Depp no believer in partners for life It's not looking foreverish for Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, who gave birth to his daughter, Lili-Rose, three weeks ago. ``Fidelity is fine in theory,'' the movie star says in the French mag VSD VSD abbr. ventricular septal defect VSD ventricular septal defect. VSD Ventricular septal defect, see there; also virtually safe dose . ``(But) I can't be faithful. . . . I'm not certain human beings are made to stay with one person forever. Everyone knows I'm difficult to live with.'' Shoot rearranged for actress's injury Actress Elisabeth Shue tore an Achilles' tendon during a gym workout, affecting filming of Columbia Pictures' ``The Hollow Man.'' Shue was injured Monday and underwent surgery Tuesday to reattach Re`at`tach´ v. t. 1. To attach again. the tendon, her spokesman, Steven Huvane, said Wednesday in Los Angeles. Production of the science-fiction film is in its eighth week, with 16 weeks left. The schedule has been rearranged to shoot around Shue while producers wait to see how long it will take her to recover. Shue's role is a scientist working on a serum that makes people invisible. Shaq outshines Gates at online safety show Nick Walker wouldn't be able to recognize the richest man in the world if Bill Gates walked up to him in person - and Gates did just that Wednesday. But the 9-year-old boy looked past Gates and toward the man beside him drawing oohs and aahs from all of Nick's friends inside the Boys & Girls Club computer room in Washington , NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= superstar Shaquille O'Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers. Both Gates and O'Neal visited the center in a residential section of Washington to introduce a new program intended to teach children how to use the Internet safely. The ``Stay Safe Online'' program will be tested at the Boys & Girls Club of America's 15 new technology centers in rural and inner-city communities. O'Neal contributed $1 million to the program; Microsoft, the corporation headed by Gates, donated $1.1 million, plus software worth $400,000 and technical support. O'Neal said he often went to the Boys & Girls club when he was growing up in New Jersey and that the center helped him stay out of trouble. ``The only computer we had back then was Atari,'' he said. OVERHEARD ``It's easy to sing, but it's not easy to do.'' - POPE JOHN PAUL II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła , 79 after young people in his hometown gave him a traditional greeting, ``May You Live 100 Years.'' News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos Photo: (1) Staying high and wet Ty Crane, 10, uses an umbrella to gather sprinkler water as temperatures push 100 at his home near Walla wal·la n. Variant of wallah. , Walla, Wash. Jeff Horner/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (2) Shaquille O'Neal is joined by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Roxanne Spillett of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America on Wednesday. Khue Bui/Associated Press (3) SIMPSON (4) SHUE |
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