European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 15, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 education news Rollins defeats 2 opponents wins 2nd term As head of sea by Dave  education writer the president of the overseas Educa Tion association was re elected last week turning Hack a Challenge by two Union officials in West Germany. Jack Rollins received 1,332 Voles easily defeating Joyce Holland and Jan in a Cunjak. Holland the Union s Germany West area director received 662 votes and Pepelnjak. The Union s Germany North Central director received 590. Rollins second three year term begins aug. 15."i think the vote shows a degree of conf do acc and support for the sea and it leadership Rollins said. It gives me the Opportunity to continue the sea Agenda of the past few years of gaining teacher Bene fits and improving  members of sea which represents the majority of teachers in the depart ment of defense dependents schools mailed in their election ballots. About half of the Union members voted. Sea vice president Jan Mohr also waste elected with 1,598 votes. He finished ahead of David York a teacher at Udo elementary Netherlands who received 602 votes. Teacher Sheridan Pearcy from Vilseck High school in West German was third with 327. Sherrill Jordan ran unopposed for Secretary. Carol Ahern Defeated seven other candidates in the race for sea director whose primary function is to represent the Union before the National education association the sea s Parent  received 840 votes. Runner up Ralph Blake had 661. Ass Lynda w  Jack Rollins Eca pts Leader ready to build programs by Dave Walczak education writer Willinger West Germany the incoming president of the european Congress of american parents teachers and students said the group will focus on existing programs rather than launch new initiatives. Karen a Char who ran unopposed for is Oahu  Joseph Dent 16, a Sophomore at Gen. . Arnold High school in Wiesbaden West Germany tests circuitry that s part of a digital electronics project he has Bee working on in the school s electronics lab. His project kill be among entrees in the tech fair to be held May 31 in Heidelberg. He spent three months building the equipment under teacher Frank pc Duch s supervision. Dent is the son of chief warrant officer 4 James and Joann Dent. The presidency at last week s Eca pts convention said the group needs to build pro Grams rather than add  "1 Don t care if the membership does t Rise she said. "1 want every one of our members to actively contribute tothe programs we  the european chapter claims a membership of about 22.000. I be Given a number of workshops a Char said. We gel members to attend who Are unaware of what Pat has to  think that Pat Means fund raising. They Are not synonymous  Nehr spent the last two years As the group s first vice president a traditional stepping Stone to the presidency. She will represent the european unit at the Pat s National convention june 17-19 in Atlanta. Nehr teaches eighth Grade English and Reading at Simbach Junior High school but plans to quit at the end of the school car and devote her energies to  husband it. Col. Kenneth a Char be came base commander at Vlahn a i March and the family expects to move into base housing at Vlahn by june. Nehr said her husband s Job will not affect Eca pts operations. "1 have my own  she said. I Veblen in Pat a lot longer than he s been base  the a chars have two children in the military s overseas school system. Ryan 17, is a Junior at Ramstein High school and Brady 14, is a ninth grader at Ramstein Junior High. Neher credited departing president Linda resell of Aschaffenbur with pro Moling a spirit of cooperation support and caring among organization Mem Bers and said Matching her Energy level will be a major Challenge. Rysch wrested the presidency fro former president Michelle Thorn two years ago in a bitter convention Bat Leand was re elected last year. The group launched an aids education program and won National Pat recognition. It also expanded a Home Reading program during Resch s tenure. A Char first joined the Pat in 1980 i Virginia and was elected president of the group s Hunt District in 1982. She joined the european chapter in 1984 and served As local president and executive Board Secretary before being elected first vice president two years ago. Karen a Char ss5 Mike Abrams term principal bans fetus science project Gatlinburg Tenn. A school principal prevented a seventh grader from displaying her anti abortion science project which consisted of 10 jars of human fetuses saying the award winning exhibit was too much for his students. Carrie Walker placed the jars which contained fetuses from pregnancy stages ranging from 6 weeks to s a months other exhibit table at i Beta Phi elementary school said the principal Al Cardinl. To an untrained Eye. The fetus 5tomonths along was definitely a child said Jim Wade curriculum director Forse vice county schools. The girl said she got the fetuses which were kept in preservative solutions from her Uncle a pathologist. The girl s Mother said the fetuses came from miscarriages. Cardinl said he Learned of the exhibits students were setting up their projects for the school s annual science fair. Which this year has the theme of life  the project was very inappropriate for the age group Here Cardiel said. He said he first conferred with car Rie s Mother Donna Walker who teaches Art at the school. The project was re moved from the fair after it was graded and Given a Blue ribbon but before classes had a Chance to View it said Sci Ier county school superintendent Jack Parton. Parton said he agreed with Cardie that most of the schoolchildren were too Young to understand the ideas behind the exhibit. Parton also said the recent nationwide debate Over abortion played no part in the principal s decision to remove the display from the fair. The school is located in Gatlinburg an East Tennessee resort town of about3,000 people. About 430 students in kindergarten through eighth Grade attend the school