Show ' i The iron Filar U IK ml h an Catahan may bettw only biathlete who prays as rTT much as he trains: Hesa member of the Franctecan Friars of the Atonement and the spiritual director of rttSa OSU the St Joseph's RehabiBtation Center for ateohoScsand tHPUl drug addicts In Saranac lake NY Father Callahan 52 started competing when he wotted in South Central Los Angeles He has finished seven konman triathlons and the New York Marathon and recruits sponsors for each event to raise money for St Joseph's especially its scholarship program tiis schedule allow him eight hours a week to trakv-- or as he puts it To find out what condKion I'm in emodonaly spirttuaMy and physicaly For more on Father : ch Christmas Evefor nearly 50 years folks at tha North American Aarotpaca Dafansa 'Command (NORAD) daap insido a Colorado mountain hay tracked a portly man in allying sleigh for v-y thousands of anxious kids' lahaagotowwwJrtonefneftfWarsorsontheWeb norad- which watched for Soviet missiles durinig the Cold War and is an ! WhereSjSan ta?i ml Only NORAD Knows operation to space traffic-g- ot v into the Santatracking business by aeddant In 1955 a Colorado newspaper published a phone number for kids who wanted to speak to Santa Tha number was off by V one digit: Instead of getting tha local Sears store callers ' readied NORAD’s command hotline After the colonel oh duty took tha fust call from a young boy he told his staff to expect a busy night Last year they got 27000 phone calls and 37(S00 pi But NORAD is better prepared now: j1 r' h operates 'Santa Cams with honorary trackers in 25 sites around the world to tel children where the big man has been spptted This year Ringo Starr is one of the Santa-trackeand visitors to NORAD'S special Web site (wwwnoredsantaorg) also can hear V Christmas some of the music Or kids can folowSi- - ta's number progress at a special toll-fre-e from 9arnETon Dec 24 to 3 am ET on Christmas Day : -- " rs own Bunny Hoe$t and John Reiner who create Parade” have donated their talents to the House Commission on Remembrance The group is distributing a special poster calendar to US troops worldwide and to chil- -: jR'-- drcn who have lost a loved one through 2®04"rt an act of terrorism or in service to I'V P our country The calendar is produced ' entirely 'through donations of time and materials Visit wwwnmembergov s S:7 ' to team more - Our 5 i I ' j - MGS I DiCBIMSa 1 ISOS MSADK MMAZINS ri |