By Robert Franklin, Star Tribune, September 15, 1993

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. . . [Barry Word], a Kansas City transplant who played his first game as a Viking on Sunday, became a volunteer for the Week of Caring program. He mistakenly took the road to Elk River yesterday but eventually wound up where he was supposed to be - at Tuttle School in southeast Minneapolis. That is where East Side Neighborhood Service sponsors a learning readiness program intended to ensure that youngsters are prepared for school. . .