European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday november 17. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 changeling kids time to other activities daring Poi the to Ping week schoolchildren Are being urged to Angl be themselves from the Febe. Story and n Taberg Bimo 1llesheim, Germany they re shutting offi heir tvs and videos this week just to see what else there is to do. Elementary schoolchildren spent last week preparing journals decorating grocery bags writing essays and Rilling out surveys to celebrate National Educa Tion week nov. 16-22. The journals will be detailed accounts of whal the kids do during this week or no television. They willbe verified by their parents and reviewed by their teachers. Those who succeed will Wear paper badges of Jimmy Jet a cartoon character who turns into a to after watching Loo much television. A red Circle with a slash through it tells others that the wearer is unlikely to grow antennae where his ears Are. Video recorders Are included in the ban. In Ida de Haan s second Grade class each or her students has one. She docs not. When i first presented the idea to my class de Haan said i got mixed reactions from wow neat she turned the project into an adventure and said her students Are excited about it now but by tues Day we May see withdrawal some kids arc going to have a rough time of it. My dad says he won t turn it Oft Kirsti Swick Ard said. He works night shift. He has a to there. He does t want to miss his but Kirslis has a sly card up her sleeve. You can record your favorite show and watch it the next week she suggested. The kids argued the pros and sons of television s effect on their health. To is Good forgo Ureys Kirsti offered uncertainly. It s Good for your body not to watch to countered Michelle Zaral. But Jeffrey Jowers came to Kirslis s defense huh it s Good for my Chrystal Johnson will miss watching her favorite video. The last dragon but plans to spend after school hours in the local swimming Pool. Jeff Dickerson will miss the Mon Chi Chi car Loon but will give it up because he said he does t want to turn into a to Denise Faison said she s giving up diff rent strokes and plans to spend a lot of time in the Library. This year s education week theme is school and Community United for parents an Community leaders Are encouraged to crash a class during the week and children have decorated shop Ping bags with to turnoff messages. Baggers Al the commissary will use them to pack customers Groce Ries during the week. Winners of the essay contest and those who most successfully resist to will be invited to have dinner with Community leaders at the officers club dec. 8, do Haan said. If nothing else she said this week will make people aware of How Many hours they really do spend watching to. We re hoping it will spark inter est in other Kirsti Scicli Aid will record shows Chrystal Johnson will go swimming Jeff Dickerson no cartoon Dentie Faison no Dif Trent strokes Jeffrey Jowers Good for him Michelle Zane favors blackout 99 nuke workers reportedly fired for drug use a s r pull in the past it rates the plan under the direction of Dupont launched its drug screening drug use at Srp is probably no . . Up in the past it months 99 workers at the Savanna River Plant where nuclear weapons Are produced have been fired after testing Kos Ilive Lor drug use according to pub fished reports saturday. Authorities at the nuclear weapons it Cilito said 93 of the employees were con Szuc Tiofil workers for do font which operate plan f the department of Energy. The other employees were either involved in operations or Security the Charlotte . Observer reported. The Savannah River Plant near the Georgia South Carolina Border manufactures plutonium and other materials Tor the nation s nuclear Arsenal. Dupon it Effort among construction workers in june 198s, officials said. Urine tests have been Given to most employees except for the 300 who work for the Energy department. A planned Federal drug testing program aimed at workers in sensitive positions has yet to begin. Drug use at Srp is probably no More common than it is at other Large facilities said do Pom spokesman Jim fender. All people applying for construction work at Srp must undergo a mine test for drugs. Of 6,500 applicants tested through october 525 showed Tigani of drug use. Legally Blind Man lands plane after Pilot Dies 1r,. Rrt uvin a. Haills to feel his Way to a Safe Landing Friday Law and the Pilot Harry Buck Slit unconscious the apparent victim Upland cd jut1 a Moon at the Small Airstrip police Ler 80, of san Juan Capistrano bad heart attack. A uttered Tasat heart attack and died authorities said. Law 69, of Rancho Cuca us of. Put f he s legally Blind and can barely see in front of his face but did what seems impossible and landed that thing without crashing Cannon Aid. And after plane off the runway and onto the la an Ler taken off from Cable Airport earlier in the Day. Cannon said. They landed at Corona municipal Airport then moved on to Rialto Airport had lunch and began their return flight the plane was on final approach at Cable when Stiller suddenly. Fell unconscious t of a heart. Cannon said Law May have been helped by the fact that he once owned and flew a plane identical to the one in which he made Friday s Landing. Slitter was taken to san Antonio Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead
