European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 27, 1985 the stars and stripes page3 no. 1 in colouring contest this is the first of 10 drawings in the Stan and stripes Christmas colouring contest. The next picture appears tomorrow. Junior dependents of any one entitled to logistical support Are urged to enter the contest children of stars and stripes employees Are not eligible and try to win one of the three prizes to be awarded in two categories. Here Are the rules contestants Are divided into two groups Ages 3-7 and 8-12. Entries must be Post marked no later than dec. 13. Use any medium. Originality is encouraged. Deci Sions of the judges will be final. Entries become the property of the stars and stripes. No entries will be returned. Don t forget to include your name and address see below. Mail five of the 10 cartoons not one at a time in a single envelope to colouring contest the stars and stripes Apo 09211 the top prizes two bikes will be awarded to first place winners in each category. Second and third place winners will receive other special prizes. Fifteen gift wrapped children s books will also be awarded in each category. Read the rules carefully. They will be published with each drawing. Happy color ing sponsor address Par Holiday highlights Don t let bacteria spoil that thanksgiving feast by Connie Dickey suit writer Rhein main a Germany with thanksgiving Only a Day away the last thing people want to think about is getting . Col. James h. Wright chief of environmental health at Rhein main a says using preventive measures when preparing the traditional Turkey and trimmings can help avoid food borne illness during the  caused by improperly handled food can last for several Days he said. The very Young and the very old Are usually hit the hardest but anyone can get extremely sick with vomiting and Diar Rhea he said. Wright said bacteria can be killed through heating at a temperature of 140 degrees fahrenheit. Although freezing will not kill bacteria cold will slow Down the growth of germs. Refrigerator temperature should be 45 degrees. Wright offers the following tips Don t allow meat to sit out More than two hours. When thawing a Turkey place it in the refrigerator two to three Days before cooking. Even if a Turkey is not completely Iha cd it can still be cooked. Leaving a Turkey out allows bacteria to spread on the outer flesh which defrost More quickly than the inside. Guard against spreading bacteria  food by using different utensils and equipment for raw and cooked meat. Be sure to Wash the cutting Board and knives with hot soapy water and Don t use the same platters before and after cooking unless they be been washed. Also frequent hand washing can prevent transferring germs from one food to another. Don t put stuffing inside a Turkey to Cook. It takes longer for the heat to get to the stuffing allowing bacteria to grow. Don t leave leftovers sitting on the table. Food silting at room temperature allows germs to Settle and grow. When a meal is finished food should be put in the refrigerator so it can begin Coo ing off. Food should be put in Small bowls for storage so it will take less time to Cool the entire amount. Dressing and Gravy should be stored separately from the Turkey. It s of to leave most desserts out at room temperature except Cream pies. Peace Home and love come Foge Fher this Holiday Springfield Ohio a thanks giving is becoming the ultimate . National Holiday according to a College history professor who asks what s More democratic than sitting Down and breaking bread together Robert g. Hartje 63, who has written a Book about celebrations of the american Bicentennial said he began studying thanksgiving after realizing that Independence Day did t represent All that should be in a National Holiday. The fourth of july will always be fire works and parades the Wittenberg University professor said in a recent interview. Those Are not celebrations. Those arc moments of frenzy that Don t bring people to  Christmas with its Strong religious and commercial aspects is divisive he said. I think right now there s a Subtle return to thanksgiving As a very important Day Hartje said. Thanksgiving is All the other put together. It s the idea of peace Home Ana  that s not to say thanksgiving does t have a Strain of commercialism in its history he noted. In 1863 and 1864, with the civil War looming. President Abraham Lincoln declared a Day of thanksgiving for the last thursday of november. The tradition continued until 1939, when Columbus retail magnate Fred Lazarus or. Persuaded Franklin d. Roosevelt to make it the fourth thursday. November had five thursdays that year and Lazarus and Roosevelt wanted to extend the Christmas shopping season to boost the depression weakened Economy. That caused confusion with some celebrating on the last thursday and some on the fourth thursday Hartje said. It was t settled until Dwight Eisenhower declared the fourth thursday to be the National Holiday. Turkey dinners will be flown to West Virginia flood victims Charleston. . A about 10,000 thanksgiving dinners with All the trimmings will be flown into West Virgini a s flood disaster area As a gesture of peo ple caring about each other officials said monday. Operation thanksgiving is being sponsored by private businesses the salvation army and the state government. Salvation army maj. Marshall Clary de scribed the Effort As a supplement to regu Lar disaster Relief programs which he said already had provided thousands of flood victims with Basic necessities. A separate Effort by the american red Cross will serve Turkey dinners to flood Vic Tims in six cities including one in Pennsyl Vania officials said. We re not feeding starving people. These people have enough food for  we re doing is carrying on a tradition Clary said. Shone a a restaurant Chain and  resort in White Sulphur Springs will prepare the turkeys officials said. Purity maid baking co. Will provide 7,500 Rolls and creative catering of St. Albans is donating Side dishes including Green bean Sand potato salad. Two planes and a helicopter were to begin flying the precooked meals from Yeager Airport and Greenbrier Airport on wednesday afternoon to 10 Holiday meal enters. The floods that ravaged the Eastern half of West Virginia on nov. 4 and 5 killed at least 38 people with 10 others still listed As missing. Damage estimates Stilt incomplete Are nearing $500 million. The american red Cross plans to feed 5,000 flood Vitinu and emergency Relief workers who won t make it Home for the Holiday said red Cross spokeswoman Sally Stewart