European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday june 2, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 animal lovers seeking Freedom for Deer montpel1er, it. A Bonk ers the Deer stuck in a pen for bother ing a Jogger and her dog. Has won the support of animal lovers who arc crusading to let in roam tree. Demonstrators Al saturday s annual memorial Day Parade in Middlebury demanded Freedom for the White tailed do. Another group led by Siatt sen. Douglas Baker plans to present petitions soon to gov. Madeleine Kuhn. The people in this county Are absolutely irate said Baker a new Haven Republican who said he Hopes to collect 10.000 signatures within a week or two. Bonkers got into trouble several weeks ago for knocking a Jogger Down and but Ting her i 00-Pound malamute As they ran through a wooded area in Sho chum. Fish and wildlife commissioner Steve Wright investigated the woman s complain and decided i lie Deer should be taken to a pelting zoo at Santa s land Usa a theme Park in Putney. The Deer in my judgment because it had received so much publicity be cause in was hanging around on the Roadside was vulnerable and i was concerned that some particular harm would come to the Deer he said. I took action to remove the Deer from the area out of an interest for the safely of the Wright said someone illegally look the Deer from the wild As a Lawn. Two Summers ago a game Warden took pos session of the Deer and raised in. When the Deer having grown accustomed to human Contact began to hang around backyards and porches and Chase jog Gers residents dubbed it bunkers. It Lenda to need an association with humans. So my decision was to provide an Opportunity for in to have 3 Long term association with humans Wright said. He said the Deer was temporarily put in a pen at Santa s land to acclimate it to the area but will be allowed to roam there. Still Baker does t like the idea. He claims Wright assured him the Deer would be left alone. Baker has been at Odds with the fish and wildlife commission before Over its decisions to build a fish hatchery in Ferrisburg despite objections of envy Donmen Alisis and to allow Hunting of Antler less Deer. They have a very big Public relations problem Baker said of the com Mission. They have a very big attitude problem Wright was not bothered by Baker s comments. The Ferrisburg fish hatchery is sup ported by thousands of anglers and the Public statewide. In has been approved by the legislature which has approved j7.5 million for it he said the ant legless Deer season last year had 57,000 applicants for Hunting permits i rest my researcher putting record straight on Columbus Vincentown . A Christopher col Umbus believed he was being guided by god when he sailed across the Atlantic in 4�2, and that s one reason Joseph a Laufer is fascinated by the explorer nearly 500 years later. He s just a Man surrounded by controversy. Was he jewish was he italian where is he buried asks Laufer the associate Dean of Community serv ices Al Burlington county College. Laufer 52, is not taking any chances thai the 500th anniversary of Columbus voyage from Spain to the new world will pass with Little Public notice. He has formed the International columbian qui Centenary Alliance ltd., with Headquarters in a shed in his backyard and Post office Box number 1492. I can t really Slop the Chintzy souvenirs from being produced but i do want to work on the histor ical stuff he said in a recent interview. My whole thrust is education. I m zeroing in on the leaching held. Most people Don t know enough about the though i99i is still five years away that does t bother the Man who likes to Point out that it took Columbus seven years to get approval for his voyage from the Spanish Crown. Besides Laufer is no newcomer to the notion of spending years to promote an even for education s Sake. Before taking up the cause of Columbus last year he spent seven years running a project to Edu Cate the masses about the impending arrival of Hal Ley s Comet. I m an event person he said. He travelled around the country and across the world preaching the Joys of competing and says he Christopher Columbus expert Joseph Laufer. Contacts he made will help in planning the Colum bus festivities. He also gets help from his wife Penny and four children Ages 10 to 16, who among other things help put mailing labels on the discovery five Hun dred newsletter. My wife thought there was going to be a respite Here after Halley s he said. We Call her the Comet with his new project Laufer s aim is to set the record straight on Columbus voyage and on the explorer himself with activities ranging from a Lee lure and slide series for teachers to a Columbus myth busters brochure. Christopher Columbus was a saintly he said. He did feet he was destined by god to find a new route to the the most common myth surrounding the voyage is that it was a miserable journey Wilh distressing weather that tossed and tumbled the Nina Finta and Santa Maria and their Crews for months he said. They had the Best 33 Days at sea Laufer said. He said his non profit organization founded a year ago is working Wilh Columbus scholars and other groups to assure he 500th anniversary gels the attention in deserves. Columbus fans in Spain Italy the Bahamas and several latin american countries already have planned their celebrations. Folks in the United states however for the most part have been dragging their feet frankly lie said. There s fun attached to it he said. A lot of fun but no Moss Community set Mage of Jesus or Willie Nelson pays tribute to War veterans Conway mass. Up rep. Sil Vio o. Conte a mass sunday paid trib Ute to the Only resident of this town of 1,298 to die in he Vietnam War saying America Nusl recognize that those who fought in thai War and in Korea made the same sacrifices As those who fought in world wars i and ii. A is to our discredit As a nation to reflect upon our korean and Vietnam veterans and do nol recognize that they made the same sacrifices that their world wars i and ii counterparts did Conte told about 100 people gathered at the Conway town common Conle was the keynote speaker at a ceremony that included Folk singing prayers and the unveiling of a Monu ment to Michael g. Hartnett 21, who was killed in Vietnam in 1967. In recognition of his sacrifice and the commitment made by All those who served in Vietnam the town of Conway has re served a prominent place for this plaque next to the memorials for Pur world War i and ii veterans Conte said he presented Hartnett s Foster parents Walter and Evelyn truce with an american Flag Nashville Tenn. Up some of the 2,000 visitors who have strolled past Arlene Gardner s Freezer insist they see the face of Jesus others say the image is just a Shadow and a few argue it resembles Willie Nelson. But whatever the shadowy image May be it is a nuisance said John Gaul mayor of Estill Springs. All this has Given us is a traffic prob Lem really Gaul said. For two weeks cars have jammed the narrow Road where Gardner lives in a House trailer. A steady procession of be Lievers and non believers have come to see the Freezer on which a neighbor s porch Light casts a Peculiar Shadow. There is definitely a face there. It s very possible that this could be a vision said Phil Street. His 6-year-old daughter Janice said the face on the Freezer looks like the Shadow on the general electric upright silting on Gardner s porch resembles the profile of a bearded Man. It is about two feet Long and a foot wide. The image appears when Gardner s neighbor Catherine Partin flips on her front porch Light. Partin 59, said she in t sure what in is because the Bible says god is not the author of confusion and this is conf but Gardner 66, argues it s the work of god. I was told that in the dream. Praise the lord it s the work of visitors have varied opinions. When the Good lord comes he won t come on a major appliance said Bob Mankin of Tullahoma. This thing does t interest me. If the lord is com ing he would have a better Way and vastly better Means than coining on the Side of a another visitor the Rev. John Parton jr., said it resembled Willie Nelson but not Jesus. Partin said when she first saw the image last february she believed it was a message from god that she had to do something important. So i did it. 1 wrote a letter i needed to write to a relative who had 24 injured on ride at Community fair Decatur Iii. A two dozen people suffered minor injuries when the Bottom fell out of an amusement ride near the end of a two Day annual Community fair authorities said sunday. Only two of those injured saturday night at the Fairview Park fun fair remained hospitalized sunday according to Hospital officials who said 22 others were treated for cuts and bruises and released. The round up ride is a Cylinder that rotates horizontally and then is tilled to a 45-Dcgrec Angle while centrifugal Force keeps the riders in place. The Accident occurred when a pin broke on the ride s Hydraulic lift system said Macon county sheriff Lee Holsapple. There was a Large clunking sound said Deputy sheriff Sam Baum who was stand ing near the ride when in malfunctioned. It just started rocking Back and Forth and the people were screaming he said. Three Large floor panels were knocked out Holsapple said. When inc ride slowed Down we thought in was Over and started taking off our Bells said Krisling Buechsenschu Seiz 16, of Decatur. But then it started going again and then there was this chunking chunking noise and the
