European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 24,1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 is Steve Taylor and Chuck Roberts a surprised Jan Garland 7, above left of Augsburg West Germany shows her brother Alex 3, the bicycle she won in the stars and stripes colouring contest. Mar Padden 9, above right of Frankfurt gets the feel of the Bike she won in the contest As her father sgt. 1st class William Padden sr., congratulates her. Is colouring contest winners Are big wheels continued irom Page 1 prize she won t be competing a Cal year. Shell help her brother Billy win the Bike her Mother said. In Augsburg 7-Ycarold Jani was in a state of Shock when she walked out of her apartment at the Cramerton housing area. She did t expect to win said her Mother Donna. Jani had entered contests before. But really winning it was my first time she said after overcoming her initial disbelief. Jani entered the contest for fun and to pass the Lime while her father Bryan a sergeant with the 2nd regt 77th Field arty in in Augsburg was training at graft Wohr West Ger Many. But she went beyond simple crayons and coloured pencils. My  even let me use her make up  the budding artist said. She also made use of other unusual items such As Candle Wax. Sugar oregano and baking soda to Spruce up her pictures. One Day i caught her on the Kitchen counter pouring sugar onto one of her pictures Donna said. And my make up kit won t be the  i even used nuts on the Reindeer ant  Jani said. It was my Mother s idea but i said that would be a Good  Jani had been asking for a new Bike according to her Mother but it was t on her Christmas wish list. Her first Choice for Christmas is a talking doll which she has asked for in a letter to Santa. I made a picture of  she said. The stars and stripes also awarded prizes to second and third place win ners and books to 30 children. Nicholas Knesch Buck 3, of Bruns sum Netherlands won a Walkman radio cassette player for second place in the 3 to 7-year-old category. Kris Fulfor 7, of Offenbach West Ger Many won third prize and a camera. Mary Leslie Humphrey 12, of Hanau. West Germany received a walk Man for winning second place in the 8-to 12-year-old category. Sean . 8, of Karlstedt West Germany won a Cam Era for his third place finish. Children who received honorable mention in the 3-to 7-year-old category Are listed below. All locations arc in West Germany. Sabina Boals of we Brucken a. Gohrey Carlata Rool ram Stem a. Rebekah  of Feucht. Nicotiana c Hardy of Neu . Jossart Hil of Bobingen slap Nie keel of Wurzburg. Frank 0 Btian of Kapaun air station. Randi Ritkin of Stuttgart Rachel Ellen Sauls of we Brucken to Lacay Singleton of Darmstadt. Mat thew Stevens of Mohn Ngen. Christopher Stuler Smith of Gale Skirchen. Nickow Thomas of bad sibling. Travis Walston of Ramstein a. And Molly White of Munich receiving honorable mention in the 8 to 12-year-old category in West Germany were Brad Beardall of Heidelberg. Isaac Carpenter of Hahn a. Stacy Carrol Hesje Jerg. Jenny Duranl rams Lem a Man Eason of Hahn a Jeremy Frederick of or Mungen. Megan futz and Gretchen Frau of Zwer Trucken a. Jaron Hottot Bob Moen Scott Homer of net Rigen. Oliver owes of sorg hot. And Ariena Vargas of Bremerhaven. Winners in other countries were Rachel Cou sol Naples. Italy Veeann Green of Ira ton air Sunn Crete and Otga  embassy at apod92s5 from Texas to Topeka record cold marches on by the associated press cold and Snow burst into Florida on saturday threatening fruit and vegetable crops As Arctic air forced temperatures to More record lows across the Eastern two thirds of the nation. Utilities asked customers to conserve Power and shut off service to some commercial clients and heat ing i and propane were High priced and in Short sup ply in some areas. Saturday s Low of 26 degrees below Zero at Topeka kan., was the coldest there for any Date since record keeping began in 1887 the previous record was 25 below m february 1899. Kansas City mo., had an All time Low of 23 below Zero. The Low of 2 below Zero at san Anglo Texas also was an All time record. Thir teen Texas cities posted record lows. Low temperature records for the Date also were set in Alabama Connecticut Florida Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Michigan Mississippi Nebraska North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Tennessee Vermont Vir Ginia. West Virginia and the District of Columbia. But temperatures in Many areas were not quite so Low As Friday and a change was edging in from the West. Jordan mont., had a Low saturday of 31, compared with 45 below Zero just two Days earlier thanks to Chinook winds blowing Down the Eastern slopes of the Rockies. At Cut Bank mont., on Friday the temperature Rose from 11 below at 11 . To 36 above at noon. The Airport at Wilmington n.c., was closed sat urday by a record 4.5 inches of Snow. Two inches of Snow fell overnight on the coast of South Carolina and Inland Columbia was forecast to have its first White Christmas since 1935. Snow also fell on pans of South Ern Georgia. The Florida Panhandle cities of Pensacola Tallahassee Apalachicola Milton and Crest View were White Ned by Snow during the night and 2 inches were fore cast for Jacksonville according to the National weather service. Ice Coats oranges Friday morning in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. See Mother photo on Page 5. Authorities closed icy roads and Bridges saturday across Northern Florida and warned Drivers to stay at Home saturday s Low in Pensacola was 18 degrees. Tallahassee and Jacksonville had 31 degrees. The airports in Jacksonville and Gainesville closed saturday because of ice covered runways and several flights in and out of Tallahassee were cancelled. We re taking it hour by hour said Ron Cason Tallahassee manager for us air. The cold frightened Florida Farmers and Citrus grow ers who suffered s3 billion in damages during hard freezes in 1983 and 1985. Must of the Citrus crop is still on the Trees. We be done everything we can to protect it. We be watered it Down got wind machines set up and Flash pots fuelled up and ready to Light if need be said Ben Abbitt. General manager of Floc Haines City Citrus growers cooperative representing 7,000 acres of Citrus Groves. Growers in Texas so called Winter Garden Region Southwest of san Antonio and in the Rio Grande Valley assessed the damage saturday of the worst cold snap in six years. Temperatures in the Valley dropped into the teens Early saturday and Brownsville at the state s Southern tip. Dipped to a record 16 degrees. The need for heat strained utilities. Houston lighting & Power Cut off Power to interrupt Ilc Industrial customers lowered voltage along its ensure system and temporarily blacked out some areas. In dal Las fort Worth to electric appealed to customers to limit electric use by not using washers dryers and dish washers. A shortage of propane Healing fuel developed in ver Mont and stale officials seeking help met with Energy department representatives saturday in Washington. Roughly 20,000 Vermont Homes arc heated by propane and in the first 15 Days of december dealers had already gone through a month s Worth of fuel. Columbia Gas of Ohio said it asked some of its largest Industrial customers to turn off their Gas Friday to ensure that residential customers did t lose service