European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday november 25, 1985 Kate left them powerless about 200 people line up for ice in Tallahassee Fla. Most of the City s Homes and businesses had a loss of Power be cause of the visit of Hurricane kale. The storm slammed the Florida Panhandle with 100-Mph winds tearing Down Power lines and causing extensive damage be fore losing strength. Islanders divided Over Way to lower Deer population Block Island . Up Post card perfect this tiny resort Island off the new England coastline is up in arms Over one of its former assets. Deer once imported to add Charm to the Island have proliferated into a local Hazard threatening the landscape augmenting Dis ease and dividing residents Over Whu to do about them. State game officials estimate that be tween 300 and 550 Deer survive on a dwindling Supply of shrubbery on the Island. With no natural predators Deer growth has gone unchecked an j has created a 157 per cent increase site 1983 in reported cases of Lyme disc Span arthritic illness passed to humans by ticks that live on Deer and other animals. Residents arc divided in their approach to the problem Between the do nothing and do something Camps. One option is to let the problem resolve itself naturally through Winter starvation. Another pro posed option is to open the Island to limited Hunting. Defenders of animals inc., a state Ani Mal advocacy group has successfully argued for a temporary restraining order bar ring the shooting of Deer 01, the Island. The department of environmental manage ment was to Mark 12 Deer for a study of Lyme disease. The animal rights group contended that the method for the killing using lights  night to Daze the Deer for More accurate aim would be inhumane and illegal. A Superior court judge is expected to de cide this week whether to extend or lift the order. The do nothing group which would prefer to keep things uncomplicated by let Ting the Deer go their natural Way have obtained supporting signatures from 107 of the Island s 620 year round resident. The other Camp collected 85 signatures. 40% of Epa air pollution checks Ca de inadequate Washington a the Environ mental Protection Agency s air pollution monitoring program conducted inadequate inspections about 40 percent of the time in 1984, a new congressional study says. The charges were made in a general accounting office report released by House Energy and Commerce committee chair Man John Dingell d-mich., who urged Epa administrator Lee Thomas to re evaluate Epa s entire inspection  Gao the investigative Wing of Congress said that in the fiscal year ending sept. 30, 1985, stale and local inspectors checked 95 percent of the 29,886 factories and build Ings assigned to them under terms of the clean air act. But the Gao report said that in 43 per cent of the cases the inspections carried out under Epa guidelines were not performed often enough or in sufficient depth to ensure that a facility was complying with the Law s emission standards. The report said that even under updated inspection guidance issued by Epa since fiscal 1984, we estimated that about 39 percent of the inspections were invade  Gao said the record was even worse for possible air pollution sources that were the direct responsibility of Epa s own inspectors. Epa inspected Only 539 of the 2,017 sources 27 percent  should have citing several reasons including Lack of staff the report said. Asked for comment on the findings Epa spokesman Chris Rice said we be just received the report. We can comment until we be had a Chance to study  Gao said  was assisted in evaluating the air pollution inspection program by Fri associates inc., a consulting firm that helped set up the program and which Fol Lowed evaluation procedures similar to those employed by Epa. The four inspection Levels used by Epa Are a visual emissions Check a visual Check plus a review of a facility s records a de tailed engineering analysis and an analysis of emissions coming from a vent or stack. Gao Taid that of 105 facilities in 18 Virginia counties Pei identified 84 that required i detailed engineering analysis but received Only a state evaluation of visible bestsellers compiled by the new York times fiction 1the Mammoth Hunters by Jean m. Auel a Lake Wobegon Days by Gerrot Kelter Texas by Jamet a. Mtchener secrets by Danh steel i Contact by Carl Sagan for Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut i Lucky by Jackie count the secrets of Harry Bright by  the accidental tourist by Anne Tyler 10world s fair by . 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