European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 17, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 gis ask Santa to take bus alerts death runs with Christmas Only a few Days away Many of us return to our childhood inc writers in the following letter have dear Santa this idler represent 11 soldiers from Echo co .v.16 inf in. The  we Are not asking Soma to Send us anything this year we Are asking Santa to take away a few things we already posse 1. Time in service 2.  3. Banana suits 4. Morning death runs 5. Monthly alerts 6. Alle pens Pai  f slim fils inf  Chanty of Lowr c Olaf Jonm Emily co biota a and def Jon hurting Andom fans to fill Hlll Akif Cassand Mal a Jilin Bluh Kerry Burlard i Raj a la or thy i soy har Herr Jubirt  s Ili Nyler Culins Jav   tf1,vt3ll  if a ale Ryan a Iiron Mennear c so Olin Amy Bonn apr i 10 Sumn Ritten a in n a Rifle 5am students Send greetings Hope they reach hostage Des , Iowa a schoolteacher Mark fold Crnin and his students Don i know if hosing a Terry Anderson Aill but read inc Christmas arc Stingis icy Send him. Hut they re still Honing their nerds will help inc captive . Anderson chief Middle Easl correspondent for the associated press who was Laken hostage by moslem extremists in Beirut nearly Ihrcke years ago Niay have a Fairchance of hearing about the cards sent from shells Burg. The teacher mailed cards from More than 100 Stu dents in november to the Beirut newspaper As Sii fir and this week inc paper is publishing arabic translations of the inscriptions in Hopes Anderson s captors will  them on to him. But even if they Don to Folderman said in a Tele phone interview tuesday thai the gesture might be of some Small help to Anderson. Ii leaps his name in the news the social studies soles fax considered a Crumby idea foot . Colo. A the City plans to take a Tiitu nut of Jirl Seoul cookie prof is by charging Salus lax on each Box sold in town out raging scout leaders who rely on tic sales to fund summer Campana other activity taxing girl scout cookies is the worst thing i be Ever heard of said Peggy Lewis who is responsible for450 girl scouts and their leaders. We arc the Only City in Northern Colorado charging inc tax Lewis said tuesday donations arc what they Are taxing. How Tan they tax a donation we Don t  i had never heard of such a thing. I just find this to be extremely unfair said Abby Calo Volunteer Coo Kie sales chairwoman for troop 458. " i just seems a Little Cray to me they said they were just trying to make it fair but it does t seem fairly  City sales lax auditor Cathy Arnold said some people fed we re pit King on the girl scouts and we re not. We re just in the process of gelling everyone to  Arnold said inc cily sales tax ordinance has been on the books since 1968 but had not been enforced against charitable organizations because of a Lack of staff. In 1985, the City began an aggressive tax audit pro Gram and started looking More closely at charitable groups. On a 12 bos of girl Seoul cookies the sales tax will amount to 5 cents i r Box for every to sold within City limits. Arnold said food sold at grocery stores is taxed the same. Some of these groups Are in direct Competition with local vendors and to not be taxed is an inequity Arnold said. We Don t want to create an unfair lax  the annual cookie sales in pc runs january through March. Teacher said. It keeps pressure on whoever to try Roget him  Fol Hcrman s students wrote messages of encourage ment to Anderson "1 Hope you gel out soon and arc Home for Christmas wrote High school Sophomore Ron ship Ley. I Hope they Aren t treating you  Shipley and Many of the other students look on the project As part of hair class work for Feld Crinan. It was just an assignment at first Shipley said tuesday and then everybody started thinking about  Felderman said the project began As a discussion of famous Lowans. Congressman and former love boat actor Fred Grandy was the first name on the Black Board but Anderson s soon followed. We decided to go ahead and research him look him up in Newsweek and that sort of stuff Felder Man said. The students suon decided to stud Chirds and i hts idea spread in Oiler classes. Some students bought greeting cards and wrote personal messages tither Smade to Crown to Anli Fol Hcrman had hoped thai inc red Cross would be Able to deliver the cards but was told by slate depart Mcnol officials that no official Agency would have an idea where to take them. So the teacher called Anderson s Sisler. Ivy by nay and was told that Beirut newspapers had occasionally been willing to try to help. The cards were mailed inc Day after thanksgiving. Folderman used the project in his classes to Leach some Short lessons in inc history and geography of the Middle East. The primary Hope was to get the message to Terry Felderman said. But we also wanted to teach i desc aide  motorized santas the Roar of motorcycles bombards the air in Sacra mento is bikers from nil Over Northern California ride to the state Capitol carrying toys for undo Priti Irgrid children. Thousands of Mutnan pc lists look Purl in the project. The rifts were predominantly stuff Tel animals strapped to the handlebars. Chicago Man knew where to Plant his lot Chicago a if the place where you get your can St tree is just As important As the tree itself. Then Ted Kamberos tree lot near this City s wealthiest neighbourhood May be the place to go. Kamberos has been Selling Christmas Trees to Chi Cago s Rich and famous for 15 years. This year his custom in include talk show Host Oprah Winfrey Rock Star Alice Cooper and former mayor Jane Byrne. Kamberos got his monopoly on the Carriage Trade by setting up his business on a vacant Tot on the Edge of it Gold coast a neighbourhood considered one of the nation s wealthiest. Although Kamberos is proud of his upscale clientele he is Quick to say his customer also include some irom Chicago s poorest neighbourhood the cab rim Linen pub Lic housing Complex Only a few blk is away. For three weeks in december Kambi rns  aside his real estate business to it la Trees. My father operated a grocery on the South Side and sold items depending an the season such As baskets during easier the 40-Jear-old Kamberos said. In december he sold Christmas Trees and that was the most enjoyable part of the year a Well shaped h in a Bol tree Selli fur j35 to s50 in Kamberos lot  higher than elsewhere in Chicago. He charges ski for Deanery