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I- 8The Daily tar Heel Thursday, January 29,' 1987 Mixed-up j . mangled excuses from Mom and Dad From Associated Prtss reports LEESV1LLE. La. "My son is under the doctor's care and should not take P.E. today." one parent wrote. "Please execute him.' That death sentence was inad vertently recommended in a note written by a parent who was either in a hurry or possessed of a vocab ulary too uncertain to be able to excuse a child's absence from school in Vernon Parish. Copies of some of the parish's more astonishing excuse notes were given out at a School Board meeting this month. "Some of them (the notes) were obviously made up by students," Richard Carter, assistant principal of Leesville High School, said Wednes day. However, he said most were probably legitimate excuses written by parents in the rural northwestern Louisiana parish. In these samples, names were replaced with either Fred or Mary to protect the innocent and the guilty alike. One parent appeared to have taken drastic action for her daughter's sickness: "Please excuse Mary for being absent. She was sick and I had her shot." Another had a more comprehen sive request: "Please excuse Fred for being. It was his father's fault." "Please excuse Fred being absent on Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33," wrote a parent who lives by an unusual calendar. "Mary was absent from school yesterday as she was having a gangover," wrote one parent who apparently expected the school to be tolerant of social follies. "Mary could not come to school today because she was bothered by very close veins," wrote one parent. "Fred has an acre in his side," said another. And in an acute case of losing things: "Please excuse Fred from P.E. 7 1 r s j I r - - -, - I. " tt .'I . .. ....- I r - - wwwwwwririwin;;'n'!ririi)' w 'mmunni tomi . ji.,,.ww,'J,-.i..w;..,;,vrt mmrvmi!im f -r" -v Sir - - wUiv. If KX:: Lectio Ccssoif j Dack. - . 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Confusing office work and medical terms, one parent wrote: "Please excuse Mary from Jim yesterday. She is administrating." And several had a racier tone: "Please excuse Fred for being absent. He had a cold and could not breed well." "Please excuse Mary. She has been sick and under the doctor." "Please excuse Mary from being absent yesterday. She was in bed with lamps." 50s dance fun-filled evening : j LAURA PEARLMAN l Writer Friday, Jan.30, from 8 p.m. to 1 a a WXYC will sponsor its sixth arjiual "Sixties Dance Party" in j Geat Hall in the Student Union, f S ijuion manager Bill Burton said that . bput 1000 people showed up last ye&r. A light show will probably be presented to enhance the psychedelic , Sixties atmosphere. , .Miual "Sixties Dance Party" in Great llll in the Student Union. Station manager Bill Burton said that about 1000 people showed up last year. A Hht show will probably be presented to enhance the psychedelic Sixties atmosphere. Dave Farrell, a self-appraised "lowly jojk at WXYC" said "Of all events on campus, this one probably draws the greatest variety of people, graduate students, undergrads, town people, high school students. It's really good tojsee the interest in WXYC and the tjpe of listener that the station ittfracts." vln past years costumed participants ' hve included various Haight Ashbury rd&idents, a few Jackie Kennedys, and a I respectable contingent of "go-go 1 lis." . JPrizes awarded for the best costume , Id dance couple have been donated I various Chapel Hill record stores, itaurants and movie theaters. Admission is $2 a person, Beer and ne may be consumed by those 21 older with proof of age, but no glass containers will be permitted in Great ill. I For those who can't attend- WXYC ..111 be broadcasting the event from 8 . to I a.m. on 89.3 rM. Avoid capital gains tax. Support the marican Heart Association. American Heart Association WERE FIGHTING FOR VOURLIFE
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