European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday september 5,1989 25 tons of hashish seized in Oregon Portland. Ore. A Federal agents seized 25 tons of Middle Eastern hashish valued at $ Iso million concealed in a talc compartment aboard a boat docked on the Columbia  Means about i million people won t be lighting up in the next 60 Days said Lawrence a. Ladage agent in charge of the customs service in the Northwest. The seven men arrested in Friday bust the largest on the West coast will be arraigned  hashish was found aboard a 158 foot converted Oil Rig Supply ship that had been under surveillance for six months Ladage said. The vessel adjust returned from its first Ocean voyage and contained no other  ship was believed to have been supplied by a Mother ship at sea Lada Esaid. Customs and the coast guard searched for that vessel he  seized the drugs As they were being unloaded in plywood Container designed to resemble bins for Oil Drums. Agents became suspicious As soon Ashe Oil Rig Supply vessel appeared at the out of the Way Dock in Columbia City Ladage said. We Don t have any off Shore rigs around Here he said. It just did t look  hashish up to five times stronger than marijuana is produced from the marijuana Plant s rsm. Ladage said the hashish was believed to have originated in the Middle East possibly Pakistan or , the biggest haul on the West coast was about 12 tons seized Sev eral years ago in san Francisco he said. Mon Cha begins big cattle drive to Mark birthday Roundup Mont. A Silhouette against the rising Sun nearly 3,000 riders 300 covered wagons and 2,700 head of cattle set out monday on a 60-mile cattle drive in Honor of Montana s statehood  drive began in this Small Community on the High Plains and will end saturday in the stockyards of Billings. Steam jetted from the nostrils of horses an cattle in the Crisp morning air As the Herd bawl ing and protesting began its journey  cattle were moved by whistling and whooping drovers Clad in Bright yellow slickers and carrying lassos and Bullwhip. The animals were herded past Brilliant Green Alfalfa Fields through a Canyon and onto the open Range. Cowboys and the curious thronged this town of 2,200 to commemorate the cattle drives of the late 1800s. The event is the biggest planned for Montana s 100th birthday. There have not been this Many horsemen together since the Battle of the Little big Horn said Barry Mcwilliams an organizer. It is stupendous. Anybody who does not see this is really going to miss  route of the great Montana Centennial cattle drive ambles South from the Musselshell River along . 87, a two Lane Blacktop to stockyards in  faced problems with 20th Century environmental concerns. Humane society objections and private property rights. As a result the cattle about 85 percent Long horns often will be separated by several Miles from the 300 or so covered wagons on the  has turned out Rigolli said Trail Boss Jim Stovall. Ranch people just do it. Weare going to solve the problems. The cowboys will do it. I did t really realize this was going to happen until i got up Here wednesday morning behind a Load of  non profit latigo corp., the sponsoring organization originally contemplated 10,000cattle, 5,000 riders and 500 wagons. Although those numbers weren t met the Celebration swelled Roundup with visitors in cars with License plates from at least 20  sunday evening Beer stands were doing a steady business and country Western bands provided entertainment. Several people said they were taking part inthe drive because they expect it to be a unique  Don t want to brag said Sam Redding of Hardin but Well never see anything like  i be never done anything like this and i Don t know anybody who has said George Schil Ler of East Helena. Ellen Hargrave who runs a ranch outside Kalispell with her husband Leo took a longer View. I want to be a part  lean on me teaches youths How to accentuate the positive Washington a Young people need help to break the Cycle of negative choices in their lives says a minister who is lining up positive role Model for youths living in the drug infested violence wracked nation s capital. The result is the youth group lean on me which recently completed a monthlong experimental run financed mainly by the Rev. Etwood Gray and a few friends. I feel that education is a Community responsibility said Gray. A child does t know if he wants to be an attorney preacher or medical doctor. But just imagine in your own life if you were 11 or12 years old and you would go to a place where there was an attorney a physician a teacher or a preacher and you had a Chance to sit and question them about real  with evidence of the group s initial Success mainly anecdotal reports from dozens of the adolescents and teen agers who attended Gray is begin Ning plans for a permanent organization. At the last meeting of the summer 14-year-old Michael Smith said he enjoyed the Opportunity to Chat with Rick Sanders of a local radio station about the importance of setting career goals and with Angl a Moss a prison psychologist about developing an maintaining positive self Sci com. The discussions held at Howard University turned into a free for All. Do you Ever feel sometimes like you re about to go crazy asked Michael prompting Moss to smile and the other youngsters to Giggle. Describing the pressures on today s youth. Moss assured the youngster his feelings arc natural. The District of Columbia is the nation s murder capital with the death toll reaching 304 As of monday compared with 219 at the same time last year. Officer Quintin Peterson said 29 of the homicide victims were under age 18. Other statistics show that 75 percent to 80 percent of the homicides were drug related. The City had a record 372 homicides in 1988. Gray is Adamant about the need to provide positive role models for Black children. We Are not talking about sex offenders sex drug addicts to move in and talk to the kids said Gray who has worked for 10 years As a chaplain at the Lorton correctional Complex in Virginia. We Are not proclaiming say no to drugs Wedon t have anything against those but what we Are doing is we Are giving them positive choices so the can make positive selections. We need to give Young people positive options. Don t Tell them what not Todo Tell them what to do he said. Gray also wants to teach youngsters to use their Leisure time in positive ways. Metropolitan areas throughout America struggle with problems regarding their youth making positive use of their Leisure time said Gray. A recent Survey of adolescents in Minnesota found that for Whites 20 percent of above average students had alcohol problems but almost 50 percent of below average students abused alcohol Only 5 percent of above average female students were at serious risk for pregnancy because of their behaviour while 21 percent of below average females were similarly at risk. For Many youths in our area life is a series of failures and they Are trapped in a Cycle of negative and unproductive choices said Gray. " lean on me will provide positive alternative presented by role models. In order to break this Cycle of negative choices and unproductive use of Lei sure time Gray said adding that the group will pro vide a supportive network to facilitate the involve ment of Community volunteers who want to make a difference in the lives of our Young  1 killed As boat crashes through Home Islamorada Fla. A a Powerboat operator ducked and apparently saved his life seconds before the Craft punched through an anchored Houseboat an killed a woman asleep on a Couch authorities said. Investigators were trying to determine if the House boat was properly lit at the time of the crash off the Florida keys. There was no Moon so it was a dark night Saidt. Bruce Buckson of the Florida Marine patrol. No charges were tiled. Three other people on the Houseboat were not injured in sunday s Accident. The 18-foot Powerboat used for fishing knife through the Sheet Metal Walls of the Houseboat and emerged intact on the other Side said coast guard Petty officer John Scwell. Buckson said the Driver and owner of the Power boat William Cannon estimated he was going 40  he had t ducked it would have probably Cut him in two from the Waist up Scwell said. It s wonder he came out As Good As he  Cannonn of Islamorada suffered Catt and was i Shock. He went straight to the coast guard station at Islamorada after the Accident. The crash broke off the boat s Antenna preventing Cannon from Radi oing the coast guard Sewell  Basford 38, of Jacksonville was injure when the boat passed Over the Couch Buckson said. She died at manners Hospital. It s a Shell game and they love it Cape May . A bivalves flew like rocket sat the 46th annual Clamshell pitching contest. The 46th annual contest loosely modelled on horse shoe pitching competitions attracted nearly 100 entrants sunday. Dolores Houston of Levittown pa., won the women s singles title sunday and Art Naclerio of new York City won the men s singles title for the third timely defeating Tom Spear the 1988 titleholder. We re just a band of folks who like to pitch  Best part about the game is that anybody can play it said Rich Reinhart president of the International Clamshell pitching club of Cape May.  toss the shells about 4 inches in i Amater at holes in the Sand. Getting one in the Hole Means two Points being nearest to the Hole Means a in a twist on horseshoes which after All Don break very easily participants must throw broken shells until they Are less than two thirds of their initial so what docs a first rate Clamshell Pitcher win the City donates trophies and of course there s a lot of Fame and glory and bragging rights Romh Aitsaid