European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday november 28, 1988 pet projects producing for Georgia woman Ellenwood a. A All her lire. Jama hedge cold has loved Ani Mals. Bui she never quite expected it la come to this she Sells Housebroken. Exotic pigs and runs an animal Talent Agency that represents a variety of four legged stare. On a 25-acre animal farm South of Atlanta with the help of her husband Charlie and four children Hedgecoth tends to about 300 creatures dogs cats raccoons foxes Deer goats chickens turkeys ducks geese an Ostrich a miniature horse a 300-Pound hog and a pack of pint size pigs. She Sells the Petite porkers through designer pigs one of her business Ven Tures. As for the rest of the menagerie some Ore stars represented by her other venture the animal Agency. Other we family pets. When i was a kid we travelled All Over the world because my father is an evangelist and we could never have animals like this Hedgecoth said when i got married 17 years ago i told my husband my dream is to live on a farm and have every animal that s feasible to  five years ago the hedge cloths got their farm along with dogs and cats. In 1987, a Friend asked her where he might find 1$ cats for a cat litter com Mercial. What the producers feared would be eight hours in cat hell turned into a 30-minute Lark she has a Knack for animal raining and a business was bom. Hedgecoth and her partner Bryan Hudson began contacting advertising agencies and anybody else who might need a Well behaved animal now and then. In less than iwo years. The animal Agency has worked on about 100 jobs half of them still photo modelling ses Sions and the other half to commercials mostly for agencies in Atlanta. Her Benji look alike dog. Amber starred in a Honda Accord spot. Roy a Mammoth torn Turkey starred in a Ham and. For a Reebok spot she brought along Hickory the Goat Scarlett the Black miniature pig and 8 1-year-old Griffin Farmer James Roy Goggans and his sneaker wearing cow Daisy whose stage name is Bessie the animal Agency also supplied animal actors for a to movie recently filmed in Georgia dying for  Hedgecoth s husband and father got bit part. If she does t have a particular Ani Mal Shell find it and train it. If you Call us and say you need a White Goose that will walk on a Leash for a child i d Tell you you give me three Days she said. Clients arc charged j100 an hour and up. What they pay for is Bryan and me our know How in How to work with the animals,1 she said. Last year hed eco h got into the pet pig business with rare ogly but hip vietnamese pot by tied pigs that sell for s1,500. She also Breeds an uncommon line of miniature african pigs 11,200 cheaper. They re real special she Sud. They love to car Nde. And when you buy a pig from me the Little pig s Housebroken and spoiled  shuttle flight preparations in final stage Cape canaveral fun. A technicians completed inspecting and closing out Atlantis engine compartment sunday As Nasa moved to Start he countdown for launching the shuttle with five Astro nauts and a secret intelligence gathering satellite. The countdown was due to begin Early monday in preparation for a launch thursday morning. Because the Mission is classified the defense department and Nasa Are disclosing few details of the night. A Brief statement was issued sunday describing the preparations completed earlier in the Day with the inspection and closure of the engine compartment. Officials Are mum on the length of the Light and what the astronauts will be doing in orbit. As for the timing of the launch thursday reliable sources have said that it should take place about 7 . If weather and other conditions Are adequate. But officials will say Only that launch is scheduled to occur sometime Between 6 32 . And 9 32 . They say they will make the time Public when the clock reaches the 9-Minutc Mark. A preliminary weather forecast for thursday was unfavourable calling for overcast sky brisk winds and a Chance of showers. Once the Atlantis reaches space Nasa plans Only two Public announcements. The first four hours after launch will report briefly on the condition of the spaceship. The second will be a 24-hour Advance no Tice on when the astronauts will land at Edwards fab in California. ,. The silence will be broken Only if a serious problem develops. The Pentagon contends that the secrecy makes it More difficult for soviet satellites and spy ships prowl ing off Cape canaveral to Monitor the flight and learn its purpose. V critics argue that such secrecy is unnecessary be cause he soviets with their intelligence capabilities undoubtedly already know a great Deal about the mis Sion and that once the satellite of the Allan is is put into orbit the soviets will be Able to track it precisely. And know what it is doing. J -. The satellite reportedly will gather extremity Sharp radar images of military targets As it follows a path that will carry it Over 80 percent of the soviet Union. The five military astronauts who will Fly the Mission arc scheduled to arrive Here monday from their train ing base in Houston to  preparations for. Launch. They Are Navy cmdr. Robert l. Gibson the commander. Air Force it. Col Guy s. Gardner the Pilot and air Force col. Richard m. Mullane air Force la. Col Jerry l. Ross and Navy cmdr. William . The flight will be the 27th for the space shuttle the third dedicated totally to the military and the second since the challenger explosion that killed seven Crew members in january 1986. Following the Accident Nasa held up nights for 32 months while manage ment and hardware changes were made. The discovery and a five Man Crew returned the shuttle to space with a flight that began sept. 29. Sununu in Vare arrangement gets help with kids College Bills Medford mass. A John Sununu remains on the faculty of Tufts University six Yean after he last taught there an arrangement that has allowed his Chil Dren to receive tuition waivers and Aid from the school. The new Hampshire governor who is president elect George Bush s Choice As White House chief of staff has had two children enrolled in Tufts since he left the University. He also has children attending the Massachusetts Institute of technology in Cambridge mass., and Stanford University in Palo Alto Calif an official who oversees faculty benefits at Tufts described Sununu j arrangement As extremely rare and said general school policy is to Grant leaves for up to two years not six. The Sununu students attending Tufts in the Boston suburb of my Ford. Are granted full Tui Tion waivers and Hose at other colleges receive Tui Tion subsidies from Tufts As part of faculty benefits Sununu has received Dur ing his six years on leave from the school Accord ing to Tufts officials. Sununu but policies governing such extended leaves by faculties at private colleges and universities vary greatly with the longest leaves generally granted to professors who leave their academic posts for High profile govern Mcnol assignments. Sununu announced in May that he would not seek a fourth term As governor and he has spent much of his Lime since then working for Bush. During the presiden tial Campaign he served As chief Bush surrogate at tacking the record of Massachusetts gov. Michael Dukakis the democrats1 nominee. In announcing that he would not seek another term Sununu cited his $68,000 annual gubernatorial salary As Loo Low. His wife said College tuition Bills were a Factor in her husband s decision to leave his Post. As while House chief of staff Sununu can earn up to $89,500, according to government pay Scales. Tufts officials confirmed that Sununu remains on leave from his tenured caching Post in the mechanical engineering department but referred most questions about the circumstances of his leave to president Jean Mayer who did no return repeated messages from the associated press. Mayer s Secretary said he school president told Here would have no comment on Sununu s status. Sununu said last summer he intended to return o caching at Tufts eventually but he had not discussed a Date with school officials. In he school s latest Cata log published aug. 15, 1988, Sununu is still listed u an associate professor of mechanical engineering. Why not he answered when asked if he believes it is appropriate for his children to continue to receive tuition waivers and assistance from tuft.  attempts to reach Sununu to discuss his status at Tufts were unsuccessful. Jerry Little the governor s spokesman said Sununu docs not have Lime for an interview. Children of Tufts faculty members and most other colleges and universities Are allowed to attend that school free of charge. Tufts policy also allows children of Tufts faculty to receive $1,250 a semester for a maximum of $2,500 a year to help pay their Bills at any other accredited College according to entice Segal academic affairs officer at Tufts. Whether those benefits Are extended to faculty members on leave varies from school to school according to an informal Survey of a dozen private col Leges and universities Sununu said he believes his children at Stanford and Mit received ,250 a year from Tufts he said he docs not believe As Segal said that they Weir eligible1 for $2,500. The school citing confidentiality guidelines refused to say How much assistance was Given to Sununu Chil Dren attending schools other than Tufts. Tufts spokeswoman Ros Maric Van Camp disputed parts of Segal s account and she said extended leaves arc routinely Given to faculty members who enter the foreign service an apparent reference to those who leave Tufts Fletcher school of Law and Diplo Macy for diplomatic jobs. Van Camp said she could nol recall a any current or former faculty member Eicel Sununu has been granted an extended leave while holding elective of fice. Surprise Columbus Ohio a it took most of a neigh boyhood o bring Anna Lynn i into this world but everyone involved says it was Worth it. Anna Lynn was born in the backseat of a car late thanksgiving night on the City s cast Side As friends and neighbors helped with blankets and boiling water. Harriett Brown said she was awakened at about 11 15 . When Man Chuang i knocked on her door and said his wife Feng Juan Lif was in labor.-. He tame of the door and he said  Hospi Tal " Brown said. When i got but to the car. She was in labor. I said you be Goi to push. You re having the baby now " about 15 people gathered to help in the delivery witnesses said. It was a Beautiful scene neighbor Louis Lugo said. Everyone was out Here half naked in their Paja Mas helping. It s like he Community did it "1 was boiling water for. No reason. I had a pot of boiling water but i did t know what for. Did it because that s what they always do on  Brown said thai despite All the excitement her thanksgiving Day ended better than it had begun. When i got up at 7 in the morning to Cook a 25 Pound Turkey and my oven blew up i thought it was going to be a bad Day she said. Bui it turned out pretty