European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes thursday june 11,1987 offs Nof fhe indy 500, but it s big in twelve mile from press dispatches the folks in twelve mile ind., Are Fine tuning their Lawn mowers but there won t be much grass Cut around town for the next few weeks. That s because twelve mile s mowers Are the Rac ing kind no Blades but lots of Speed. For the last 25 years the 300 residents of twelve mile have hosted a 12-mile Riding Lawn Mower race As part of their fourth of july Celebration. Rules prohibit the mowers from exceeding what else 12 Mph during the 48 laps on the Plank Hill Park course. Any entry caught going any faster is sent to the pits. At that Speed the mowers stir up a bit of dust but that s about All. For safety reasons the Blades arc removed from the souped up turf mobiles. Just As in the More famous Indianapolis 500, there were qualifying races Heid May 31. Thirty one Drivers won starting spots for the race and two More slots will be filled on race Day. Veteran Driver Wil Liam Blackjr. Of Logansport nabbed the pole Posi Tion with a qualifying Speed of 27.51 Mph. The july 4 race festivities will begin at noon with Parade Down main Street. The theme of the Parade is 25 years and shifting  As at indy Drivers will Rev up their mowers on the command. Gentlemen Start your  finding twelve mile is easy. It s 12 Miles fro Logansport 12 Miles from Rochester and 12 Miles from Peru and not far from twelve mile Creek. Brooke collects diploma actress Brooke Shields graduated from Princeton no University on tuesday one of 1,107 members of the class of 1987 who received degrees at the school s 240th commencement. Shields who graduated with honors majored in Romance languages and literature. Shields was escorted to her place in the processional by her Mother Teri and several Security officers who warded off news Media. Dressed in Black Cap and gown she stopped before cordoned off area of photographers gunned and gave them 30 seconds to take photos. I did it in four years and i worked hard. I did t set out to prove anything to anyone except myself she said at a news conference. Asked about her immediate plans Shields said we be been celebrating the last two weeks. I m Ling to  beyond that she intends to pursue t movie career she said. Princeton alumni include statesmen and world recognized scholars. But none has garnered the kind of attention that Shields inspired. The University issued More than 50 Media credentials to organizations covering the event including a net App Toto Princeton graduate Brooke shield get a hug tuesday from her Mother Terl. Television station from Japan and the sunday times of London. Lenten fast raises $700 it s Tough for a pastor to lose weight when his parishioners Pride themselves on their baking. But the Rev. Blake h. Wamester of Cranston r.i., has turned his Battle of the bulge to Good use a Bethany lutheran Church linking Bis annual lenten fast to a Parish fund raising drive with congregants pledging varying amounts of Money for each Pound lost. This year he lost 15 pounds and earned $700 for Charity. Wamester now 185 pounds said it was t easy. I have some elderly in the congregation who come from a background where being Large equals being healthy he said. When they see me losing too much weight they offer me something to eat Esther Gnu son 65, acknowledges that Wames Ler s problems Are at least partly the fault of some parishioners. Speaking for myself when someone like the Rev. Wamester comes to visit i Don t feel comfortable unless he has something to eat she. Said. Weeds become a Cash crop you might expect something like no littering but the Little White signs at the cemetery in Parker Idaho admonish no Weed  the Parker cemetery Board has signed a contract allowing Weaver Flower co. Of Bellevue wash., to Harvest wild baby s breath from the cemetery for three years. Dried baby s breath is used in Flower arrange ments. It s hard to cultivate so what used to be thought of As a noxious Weed in Eastern Idaho is becoming a Cash crop. Ken Weaver president of Weaver Flower said his company has baby s breath contracts throughout the Northwest. They arc valued from $300 for a sparsely weeded 10-acre plot to $ 1,000 for one acre thick with the Weed. Western wildflower co. Pays the Idaho City of St. Anthony about $2,500 a year for baby s breath grow ing at its Landfill. Weaver said he pays people about 15 cents a Pound to pick the Plant and landowners receive about 10 cents a Pound. The Bunches Are sold to a wholesaler for Between $ 10 and $20 a Pound. At retail what started As a Weed goes for about $4 for a four ounce Bunch. They fake jokes seriously final exams for College students Are serious right but the big test for 26 juniors seniors and graduate students in professor John Jones class was a three minute comedy routine at a pizza restaurant Jones a professor of communications at the University of Illinois Chicago takes humor seriously saying jokes Are important corporate management tools and a necessity for effective leadership. The students in his humor in communications class took it seriously too the bigger the laugh the bet Ter. Jones defended the occasional Dis tastefulness of the routines saying such jokes have their uses even at funerals. As a matter of fact you almost can t miss with jokes in a Eulogy even when they re not in Good taste he said. You have a very  some of the students professed stage fright. Este Guerrero said that was her problem but she went to a hypnotist who made me direct my nervous energies  worked she added As she pulled Tufts of hair off her head and out of her armpits. 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