European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 4 the stars and stripes wednesday August 26,1987 school doze computer misses the bus Minneapolis a a computer firm made an error thai would have sent thousand of students to the wrong schools with first graders headed for High school and teen agers dropping Back to Grade school. Hundreds of parents who received their school bus schedules last tuesday called the schools trying to figure out what was going on there was an error in programming logic said Ray Knoll assistant director of transportation for the Minneapolis school system. Laser images inc. An Eden Prairie firm that made bomb Calls empty school troubled by aids scare Arcadia Fla. Api Anonymous trolled the school but there were no up a syst wide bus schedule incorrectly merged  of bus schedules with a hit of students so that each route was assigned to he name below the on thai would have been Correct. Kroll said. To Sun with the computer or fwd one name which had a Domino effect on the rest of the list until nearly every child n the i mein was assigned to ride the wrong bus to the wrong school. La worked so dam Inci la a u a said the director of transportation inn Rogers. This year though news not a lot of fun. Die Public was pretty understanding knots said the school system sent the Correct inh mation to laser images which did last year shi.", list. The firm also scores and Romili results for the Dairn i . We found out by 9 . Tuesday that we had a Little problem. But we a Ipi Xic agreed Loco Eccl  thursday 10,574 new schedules were in the mail in time for the first Day of school in sell. 8. I scr images would not comment monday. Bomb threats briefly emptied an Elemen tary school tuesday just As three Broth ers who have been exposed to the aids virus arrived Tor classes officials said. Richard Ray to Robert 9 and Randy 8, were attending school Tor the second Day since their parents won a fed eral court Light to get them enrolled a team of 20 Desoto county sheriffs deputies searched every Nook and cranny of memorial elementary school for 40 minutes but found nothing and classes resumed sheriff Joe Varnadore said. Although attendance was slightly higher tuesday than monday Many parents appeared to have followed through on a threat to Boycott he first week of school if the Ray Brothers were allowed to at tend. Two bomb threats were called in tothe school administration office just about 8 ., said principal Donald Knoche. One caller said there was bomb in the school and the other simply said Boom and Hung up. Despite the bomb threats attendance was slightly higher tuesday but still far under enrolment. Knoche said 380 of the school s total enrolment of 632 Chil Dren were at the school tuesday com pared to 337 monday. We would have had highter Atten dance but some parents saw what was going on and took their children Home when the school was being evacuated he said. On monday  police and Desoto county sheriffs deputies a Trolle were Inci dents. Some of the parents arc leery and ican understand Why. I would think a lot of parents Are saying let s let this thin die Down before we Send our children to school " superintendent Larry Brown ing said of the Absentee Rale. The boys were first whisked into the school by their parents Clifford and Louise Ray shortly after 1 . Monday. They enjoyed their first Day and arc looking Forward to to Morro the family said monday through their Law yer Judy Kavanaugh things went pretty Well Knoche said of the boys school Day i went i their room several times during the Day and things appeared to be  Many parents said they were worried about heir children mingling with the boys who carry the aids virus but show no signs of the disease. I worried said Cindy Ross who told her three children not to drink from water fountains. In a few years there will be a lot of children with aids  but during the family s fight to re Instate heir children in Public schools medical experts said the disease cannot be transmitted through casual Contact. The Brothers Are believed to have been exposed to the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome through transfusions of blood products they Nee to help their blood clot. Neither the boys parents nor their Sis Ter have tested positive for exposure to aids. 2nd Wal Mart shopper bitten by Rattlesnake North fort Myers Fla. A a second rattles ave bile at a Wal mar Garden shop has prompted the Chain a inspect All its Florida stores t corporate spokesman says. Short managers Are moving shaking and checking plants mowing any nearby Grassy a i and considering use of sprays and pesticides to repel snakes Jim von Grump director of Public relations at the compan s had Quarton in bunt Onville ark., said monday. One person was bitten b an since Rattler Friday when she picked up a potted Plant at the Wal Mart nor in North fort Myers and a Man was bitten b a 14-Inch Snake i a do i earlier by a store in fan Walton Cath. Both victim were hopi Elised briefly and released we re working 10 Preterite any More incidents like thai in i ramp said. It s a real strange thing and we just Don t hive any solid answers right  circumstances indicate that the two bites were isolated incidents he said. Von Gremp said preliminary information indicates that the two Wai marts get their plants from different nurseries and suppliers. We be been working with Snake experts Down there in Florida who Tell us it would be unusual for snakes to Comein with the plants from the nurseries be cause the plants go through so much jostling and moving the snakes would t stick around von Gremp Aid. And Fie said that while the store in fort Walton Beach is near a swampy area where snakes might be expected to inc. He North fort Myers Wal Mart is mostly surrounded by Concrete and development. There s no indication of any sort of conspiracy or organized attempt to dam age Wal Mart he said. Wal Mart has 64 stores in Florida but not All have Garden and Plant shops he said. A photo the Rev. Rose Miry demean chats with supporter a Ehrrin Ellison offside like Doner , United methodist Charch where her trial wis being held. Lesbian clergy woman suspended after trial Dover . A the United methodist Church suspended a lesbian minister after a Church trial she had demanded to coolest a bait against homosexuals serving As clergy in the 10 Mil lion member denomination. A jury of ministers found Rose Mary Denman in violation of the Rule Mon Day. But the jury imposed the most Tenient sentence available suspending her from her ministry until United methodist ministers from new Hampshire gather for thei r annual meeting next june. The nine men and four women could have removed Denman from the ministry or expelled her from the Church. Penman 40, had said she expected Tobe found in violation of the Rule and would Transfer her ministry to the uni tarian Universal association which accepts homosexuals. But she found a measure of Victory in the sentence. That feels Good. They were men and women of integrity she said fighting Back tears but appearing Happy As he sentence was announced. They were telling the Church they were not sure the Church has behaved like the Church Bishop George Bash orc of Boston who filed the complaint against Den Man said the verdict shows that the jurors concur Wei i Church policy adopted three years ago that homosexuality is incompatible with Christian  he said the sentence reflected an at tempt to make the most caring and merciful decision possible under tic . The jury chairwoman the Rev. Janete. Smith Rushton of South Walpole mass., said the jurors reaffirmed their belief in the Church s View that homosexuals Are individuals of sacred Worth and entitled to Church guidance. Throughout the trial Denman Ber Lover and a group of allies wore Small Pink triangles the Symbol that the nazis required homosexuals to Wear in concentration Camps. Denman has been on leave front her two parishes in Conway and lives in Portland Maine. A divorced Mother of one child she testified that until n few years ago she was a right Wing charismatic who vehemently opposed homosexuality. She said her View changed when she was re covering from surgery and invited a Friend the divorced wife of Mother United methodist minister to move in with her to help with chores. Toward the end of the summer she old  she loved . That scared  and i told her i was  later after doing mental and emotional gymnastics to deny her homosexuality she accepted it and took the firs of two one year leaves in june 1985. Last May she acknowledged her homosexual Ity before the Church s new Hampshire annual conference. She testified that Whir resisted urgings to leave the Church before the trial because i would have Bei n admitting culpability. I do not fed guilty. I believe thai in god s eyes i am not