European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes faces n places 7 year old pilots plane from Florida to Alaska m T Iii Iii  Iai my Mim Mommi Aai my  press dispatches i come Here with a Stock engine and i beat pm an 11-year-old girl who piloted a single engine All the 56-year-old Veteran logger said with a plane from Florida arrived in Alaska wednesday beaming Grin. _ it itt1n.4 Cai a i 4vint cd and said the journey was lots of fun but that she is eager to be at Home swimming in the family Pool. Jennifer Hudgens flew the Cessna 182 virtually All the Way from Honda humming Rock n Roll songs when bored said her father army maj. Rick Hud Gens. Hudgens said he took control of the plane Over Florida when an aircraft performing acrobatic a Nevers flew nearby and Over Alberta when heavy rain reduced visibility. Jennifer said bad weather Over Canada was the most exciting part of the 50 to 60 hours of flying it took to reach Nome. The plane landed in the old mining Community at 1 06 p.m., ending a 4,500-mile Odyssey. Jennifer from Huntsville ala., started the trip at Homestead fla., with her father on june 16. She and her father said they decided to attempt the flight to Alaska after hearing about a 9-year-old boy who flew from California to Massachusetts. Hudgens said the trip Cost about $7,000. He s gof a Brand new bag an Indiana company is making a new Type of trash bag that won t last Long and that should be Good news for the environment. Gary Weaver vice president of Rollak corp., said his company makes plastic trash bags made of 7 percent cornstarch. The cornstarch is bonded with the Complex plastic compound polyethylene. When soil bacteria and fungi consume the starch the poly ethylene crumbles into dust that the organisms can break Down readily. The new bags degrade in two to three years Weaver said. Conventional plastic bags May last 100 years or More and some plastics take 300 to 400 years to degrade he said. Several communities nationwide have passed ordinances forbidding the use of plastic trash bags that Are not biodegradable Weaver said. Nevertheless Rollak a subsidiary of a swedish company does t expect big orders soon because the new bags Cost More than other bags he said. Top logger adds a notch in 39.5 seconds Dyk Fink eased his prize 1974 Mccullough Chain saw through a 30-Inch log in a Shower of sawdust that left fellow loggers shaking their Heads in admiration. Fink became six time Champion of the North Fork loggers Jamboree. The event has been held officially Tor 29 years in these California Foothills. For two Days the Roar of huge Chain saws ripped through this Pine and Oak studded Canyon in the Sierra Nevada 200 Miles Southeast of san Francisco in a Celebration of logging the town s economic mainstay. Proceeds from the Jamboree Benefit the recreation Center earlier events raised enough Money to buy the 11 acre Community Center site. $3.6 million Winner a 23-year-old Sao Paulo Bank guard was the sole Winner of the Federal lottery and a prize of the equiv Alent of $3.6 million the biggest Ever paid in Brazil. The Winner whose name was being withheld at his request by the Bank was the Only person to correctly pick the six numbers in Brazil s weekly Sena lottery. The prize was double the usual amount because no one had won it the previous week according to the Bank that runs the lottery. The Bank said the new multimillionaire is 23 years old single and earns a salary of $50 a week. It said he paid $3.15 for seven cards with six number combinations Between 1 and 50. Two of the cards were winners. On monday the Winner withdrew $1,500 and re turned to his Hometown in Brazil s poor Northeast Ern state of Ceara the Bank said. The rest was de posited in the savings Bank where it will earn interest of some 20 percent a month to keep Pace with 600 percent inflation. Small world after All Hugh and Ann Alley of Church Hill tenn., were looking for some barnyard pets after quitting the cattle business when they stumbled onto something Small. The couple have five miniature sicilian donkeys that stand 34 inches tall or less any taller than 36 inches Aren t considered miniature. Regular donkeys can grow to 52 inches Alley said. Ours Are no More than big dogs Alley said recently. Everyone says dogs Are Man s Best Friend. A Donkey would have to be  they like to be loved mrs. Alley said. They big shirt a photo either that or she s a very Small woman. The giant yellow shirt measuring about 16 feet Long and 12 feet wide was made by a factory in Chamaux Southern France and will be included in the next edition of the guinness Book of world records. \ drink iced Tea. We bring them in the House and they mind real Good. 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