European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 25, 19bb the stars and stripes Page 7 . Town kicks off we Ness Campa in . . Api residents of this town pledged to while tic Luicir waistlines and Cut cholesterol As  if a to year 4 Neil Lull study aimed at Radul me heart disease among Rural americans. This town is looking healthier already snid mayor Anthony Cipriani during a ceremony Mark ing the Start of inn fitness study. "1 predict Ihal in iwo years we will he living longer healthier  after Cipriani s remarks residents released thou Sand of red while and Blue heart shaped balloons into threatening skies. A card signed by residents who promised to adopt a healthier lifestyle was attached to each balloon. I Hope 10 quit smoking i be been trying for 20 years snid Esther Taylor 40, one or those attending the ceremony. Our eating habits Ore really bad Loo too much junk food and meal and  the program one of the first privately funded Public health education programs for Rural areas is sponsored by the buyer co. And Gic Brook laboratories the aspirin maker s new York based Parent. Signs of ii fitness frenzy arc evident throughout the Ohio River town. Exercise bicycles Tennis rack ets ii nil baseball gloves have replaced dresses and men s clothing in the windows of some shops. And a sign at Wade s Barbershop advertised free rest facials guaranteed to cleanse the skin in crease circulation activate glandular activity and Correct certain skin disorders. Some of the 1,000 volunteers in the study sampled Low caloric sucks and had their weight and blood pressure checked sunday during a health fair that attracted most of Fth town s 4,000 Ocsid cols. I m looking Forward Loil especially because of my husband s tilth cholesterol said Donna Lyons one of those in the study right now i m smoking. Out hopefully i can break that habit with the help of the program and begin exercising regularly  organizers said they chose Wellsburg about 43 Miles Southwest of Pittsburgh because of ill Small population. Also West Virginia registered the High est obesity Rale in the country at 24 percent in n 1986 Federal study Hal found 31 percent of West Virgini ans smoke cigarettes. The stale is second Only to Iowa in the annual death rate from heart disease said or. Duvid hey Dinger. West Virginia s health director. Bayer Hopes a filter Wellsburg will be a Model for other Small towns. Robin Mills president of the Bayer co. And actor Jotin Forsythe who portrays Blake Carri Sion in television s dynasty joined Cipriani in Sun Day s on Milc trek around the town Square. There s not Liing symbolic about  Formyl he said a he stepped out in a Quick stride to the strains of when the saints go marching in played by the dozen elderly women who make up the rambling Rose Kazoo band. I jus want people to hear the facts from n Guy who actually went through  the 70-year-old actor underwent heart bypass sur Gery in 1979 and now follows a sir ice diet that in. Eludes fish Chicken and Tow fat foods hut no re meat. The enthusiasm has been building All week said Brian Morris coordinator of the Well Ness program we have More than 200 people on a wailing list who will take the place of anyone dropping out be fore the study is  initial testing for the program ended monday and results of comprehensive health exams thai checked for High blood pressure High cholesterol Obs Lynnd other cardiovascular risk factors were Allied. The tests will be repealed every three months Dur ing inc study. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the uni cd Stales accounting for More deaths annually than Alt other causes combined according to the american heart association. Family friends Bury Young victim of shooting w1nnetka, 111. A the family and friends monday of an 8-year-old boy shot to death during a deranged woman s rampage buried him monday struggling to make sense of his tragic death. On a brooding Gray Day that mirrored the Community s grief More than 1,000 mourners Downs of them children crowded n synagogue in nearby North Field for inc funeral service for Nicholas Corwin. So deep is our sorrow so great is our loss that we know Hal god is weeping said rabbi Robert Schribman at Temple Jeremiah the death of the Young is always tra Gic hut this was so sudden a Swift it was such an unexpected loss of a wonderful and promising child with so much to give Schreibman said. Nicholas was buried at memorial Park cemetery in nearby Skokie. The youngster was fatally shot Friday when Laurie Dann stormed the Hubbard Woods elementary school and fired on a second Grade classroom. Five students and a Man who lived at a nearby House were wounded during Darin s spree of violence which ended when the 30-year old woman shot Herschl f to death. Children teachers Counselor and other Parent gathered at the school later monday for a memorial service. I think the adults will have a harder time letting go than our kids kids arc much More resilient that Way said la Donna Coville whose second Grade son Mark and third Grade daughter Jennifer attend the school we left the funeral service this morn ing and Mark said i can t wait until it s Friend of shinning victim Nicholas Curwyn inline synagogue after funeral service. Normal again " classes were cancelled 31 the school monday and a half-do7cn police officers were outside. We re running a Ligh rope Between an All Empl to keep things Normal and secure superintendent Donald Monroe said we should t Tell schools across America to lock their doors to the neighbourhoods around them Monroe said. Nicky was extremely Well liked Laved. He seemed la be the Leader said Amy Moses 29, the substitute teacher who was in the classroom alien the shooting occurred and who tried unsuccessfully to disarm Dann. She said children asked her who would serve As the rules expert for playground games with Nicky gone who was Gning to break the records who was going to Scure the goals before the shooting Dann delivered poisoned treats to iwo College fraternities and several Homes where she had worked As a baby Sitter. Police Sard no one was seriously injured by the poisoned fruit juice and Cereal treats. We re just keeping our fingers crossed thai in is Over said win Lictka police chief Herbert Timm on lbs this morning monday. Lacr monday Timm said a task Force had been formed by area police depart ments in an Effort to put Laurie Dann and this situation to  he said authorities had a few other leads to Pur sue but would t be More specific. Illinois Civ. James r. Thompson monday called for tightened handgun control Laws although he noted inc Gen eral Public is never going to be pro Lect co against random bizarre behave  on Friday morning. Dann set a Small fire at inc House of a family she baby sat for who had told her they were moving away and gave tainted milk to two of inc children. The daughter of a wealthy suburban family and a former student at the University of Arizona in Tucson Dann was due to stand trial in Madison wis on charges of shoplifting several women s wigs on March i 4. She also was being investigated by fed eral authorities for making threatening Telephone Calls in three Stales to friends and members of her former husband s family. Mcl. Bill bans Sale of cheap guns hit and run Driver Annapolis. My. A a Bill making Mary land the first slate to ban the Sale of cheap handguns was signed into Law monday by gov. William Donald Schwac for. Presidential press Secretary James Brady his wife Sarah and about 200 uniformed police officers from five states witnessed the signing ceremony mrs. Brady became Active in gun control efforts after her husband was seriously wounded in John Hin Lucy or s assassination attempt on president Kea Ganin i my. Brady confined to his wheelchair since the shoot ing flashed inc crowd a thumbs up gesture during a Long ovation that greeted his introduction. Schaefer called the Bill n major breakthrough in the Campaign to Slop the senseless killing on our  but the National Rifle association Anil Oiler gun groups have begun a Campaign to petition the Bill to referendum and persuade the voters to reject in in no vember. Slate officials say the Bil i is unique because it creates a Board to determine which handguns can be sold in Man land beginning in 1990. It will not be illegal to possess unapproved guns but it will be against the Law for anyone to sell weapons not on the approved list. The Law is primarily aimed at cheap handguns thai arc often used in so ret crimes and arc the weapon of Choice fur Young criminals. The review Board also is directed to Omil from inc list of approved guns any weapons that have the serial number removed or altered and guns made primarily of plastic that Aren t easily detected by Metal detectors. Killed in of and run Oakland Park Fla. A a Man who initially fled a hit and run Accident but then pulled Over to resolve the problem was struck and killed by another hit and run Driver police said. The dead Man was identified As Guilta Vignolo 23, of Sunrise. He had been driving along interstate 95 on sunday when he sideswiped a vehicle owned by Duffy Shuler 23, of Plantation. Vignolo fled the Accident according to a Florida Highway patrol report. Later however he Puj cd Over by the Side of the Highway. Shuler spoiled him and pulled alongside. Vignolo emerged first from his car and began to walk toward Shuler. As Shuler opened his car door a third car slammed into the door then slowed into Vignolo drag Ging him More than 100 fees. The car sped away and troopers have nude no arrests in the Case