European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday june 18, 1966 the stars and stripes Page 3 Sas pm Tot by Lynda w. From left by. Hubbard David Boado and Mariko Gray a n Arm up exercises by ining facial expressions. In right photo Danja Crockett a hushed by Kenya Daniels in skit. Pups Bud language skills dramatically by Paul Cozby Kisser Lautem Bureau ka1serslautern. Germany the sixth graders Sai in a Circle and stared Ai a to containing among of her things three pairs of sunglasses a rubber Snake and a deck of cards. We Haven t done ibis before said Linda Shields speech pathologist who uses drama techniques of help children build language skills. "1 want you la get into groups and use these props to improvise a in the fall a similar cutt to the for thanksgiving program had been answered with Stony Silc Nee teacher Jean Johnston recalled. Hut after a semester of weekly sessions in learn various warm up exercises for acting. Tic elementary school pupils quickly broke into groups and began planning. In minutes three girls in red jogging suits took the sunglasses and transformed themselves into too Cool cheerleaders arguing about who would Lead he cheers. The Snake fell into the hands of an errant child wilfully disobeying a Mother s Call to come to bed. The cards heavy Rains flood Darms Adf school causing damages Darmstadt Germany heavy Rains caused extensive flooding at the new Darmstadt elementary school tuesday damaging carpels and some furniture. School Stait members armed with mops and brooms and wading ankle deep pushed Muddy water out of the building in the morning. Water damage was confined to the first door of he two Story building which of locally opened in april said maj. Robert Bauman Darmstadt director of engineering and housing. Basmati said the water entered the building from under and around the front door the school located at a Low Point in the Lincoln Village housing area is at the end of the Drain age system. I Don t know How much rain we actually got but this was a heavy and intense downpour he said. The pipes in the sewer systems in Lincoln Village Are not Large enough to carry All this water. The water came out of he manholes in Stead of going into Bauman said damage estimates were not yet available. It will probably take a couple of Days to clean it up and dry in out he said. The problem is the saturation of the carpeting which is in every classroom and office. An awful lot of cleaning is needed because a lot of tilth and grime came in with the water which was up to 2 inches in some pans of the formed the Center of a poker game in which a Cheater was discovered and ousted. Every child in the class took part. Each improvisation established a cond Ici and resolved in. Shields a school Volunteer introduced the creative dramatics program this year in Kaiser Lautem. With background in speech pathology and drama she devel oped the leaching method to help speech impaired children in the Art of expression. But creative dramatics offers something to kids Wilhour diagnosed Lan Guage problems As Well. The primary goal As i Sec it is to develop a Bette self image in the children through dramatic games and exercises said Shields who begins working full Tim next school year As the school s speech pathologist "1 work from the inside out. If a child has a problem communicating in any aspect getting to who he is is the key. Letting them know they have something 10 contribute. I say first off there s no Competition you participate when you want she said during the last week of school. "1 Tell them this in t a Talent contest and i m not trying to make them actors and actresses. You can t fool a 12-year-old. I Tell them i want tomake in easier for them to get up in front of the class and they in other exercises the students practice tensing and relaxing various parts of their bodies. They Panto mimed tossing a Ball to one another As they stood in a Circle. They played a variation of follow the Leader lha.1involved mimicking movements. No one held Back. Lisa Fratantuono a 12-year-old with dark hair and an expressive face described herself As the shy Type the one who would quietly stare Al her desk lop when the teacher called for answers. It someone had asked her six months ago to improvise a Story for her class in which she played a bad Little girl who would not go to bed her answer would have been Swift and to the Point. I would have said you re crazy " she admitted. But the experiences this Spring have made in easier for her to get in front of the class. You learn to use your body your vocal chords your facial expressions she said. I think in yellow pages stumbling blocks eased by English translation Byton Nauroth Nuernberg Bureau Nuernberg sometimes there s no Choice Butlo Lei your fingers do the stumbling through the yellow pages. German yellow pages Are chock full of stumbling blocks. You need to leave Rover in a Safe place while you Romp through the Alps just look under Hunde pension. Need tires for your 53 Nash search those pages for Reifen Dienstl. That s simple enough. But what in the world is a Folk in the Nuernberg military Community no longer have to face yellow pages paranoia. A local has produced a 104-Page English Lan Guage edition listing businesses and services of interest to americans living in Nuernberg Fuerth Schwabach Imdorf and Erlanger. Military Community spokesman Gerard Maloney said a representative of the Industry sales promotion company approached the Community to ask How such a project might be received. Although army regulations prohibit the Community from actively promoting any advertiser Maloney said the idea was received Wilh open arms. Army Community services offices received 22,000 copies for distribution to service members and their families in the area. About half of them already have been grabbed Maloney said. Although the listings arc not As Complete As those found in the regular German yellow pages Matoney pointed out that obviously the firms listed want american besides listing everything from Fingernail sculpturing to sex boutiques and computer software the pages also include size and measurement conversion tables lips on using the German phone system shopping tip information on German postal charges and instructions on How to use local mass transit system. If that s not enough to get the attention of Ameri cans a contest sponsored by advertisers features prize ranging from a 500 Mark $210 gift certificate to Din Ner for two. The Book is free but must be picked up at one of the Nuernberg army Community services offices. By the Way data proc Essing system in t in the English yellow pages. Hotel enlists vampires against terrorists Scarborough England up the Crown hotel figures the Best Way to attract terrorist leery Ameri can tourists Back to Britain is to scare them half to death. The hotel in offering Hunt a Vampire weekends a Chance to spend a couple of nights in a Dank room Complete with cobwebs and banging bats As its Way of luring yank who have shied away from Britain because of what they believe Are terrorist threats. Mrs. Wendy Trindall Crown sales manager said some 60 people already have paid out More than si00 each for fright it gals and 1 Chance to meet count Dracula Robert Leake the 7-foot-Lall Secretary of the Dracula society in Britain. There s a lot of interest in count Dracula in the United states said Trindall what the transylvanian Vampire has to do with Bri lain was no immediately Clear
