European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes monday january 29, 1990 faces a no place scat burglar makes presence known a twice visit with bulls Star the Chicago bulls Michael Jordan shows 13-year-old David Rothenberg his knee Brace in the bulls locker room saturday night David whose visit to Chicago was arranged by the Michael Jordan foundation is the boy who was severely burned when his father set him on fire in 1983. From wire reports a welding Supply company in Danville va., was struck two nights in a Row by Quot a cat burglar a a four legged one. James Rich jr., president of . Welding Supply co. Said police responded Early thursday when the company a burglar alarm went off. But found nothing. When employees came to work they found a 20-Pound cat huddled in the bathroom. Rich Pul the animal outside and employees determined that the cat had fallen through some ceiling tiles to get into the budding. On Friday morning employees opened the store and were surprised to find insulation All user the floor. The cat apparently did not set off the burglar alarm this time however. Rich said the robust Kitty did no to look like it wanted a bowl of warm milk. He said it More closely resembled the junkyard variety that feeds on mice and rats lots of mice and rats. A that has got to be the biggest cat in be Ever  said  tune for Waylon country music giant Waylon Jennings was singing a different tune when he accepted his High school equivalency certificate a mamas Don t let your babies grow up to be  Jennings enrolled in Kentucky educational televisions a aged on tvs a last year after talking with Kentucky a first lady. Martha Wilkinson who was to present him with his general educational development certificate on monday. The ged program has been mrs. Wilkinson s pet project since her husband. Go. Wallace Wilkinson was elected to 1987. Jennings studied videotapes of the program while on tour and phoned mrs. Wilkinson after learning dec 20 that he had passed the ged. A i done to think in be Ever talked to a teen Ager who was More  mrs. Wilkinson said. A the yelled on the phone. 1 really did it a and it actually was a  Street top film Quot Chameleon  a whimsical drama based on the True Story of an expert con Man. Captured the grand jury prize at the Sundance United states film festival in Park City Utah saturday night. The award considered the most prestigious in american Independent Cinema was Given to Wendell b. Harris who wrote directed and starred in a Chameleon  the film is based on the life of William Douglas Street a Detroit Impersonator with few equals. Because the festival s five jurors also wanted to recognize Quot to sleep with anger Quot they gave the drama about family conflict a special jury prize. Quot House  a Story about teen agers and their blow out fete was awarded the filmmakers trophy which is chosen by directors of the 15 dramas in Competition. The award for excellence in cinematography for Quot House party Quot went to Peter  put on Leash the lovable bul raucous University of California Berkeley Mascot known As Oski the Bear is out of the Doghouse so to speak. Oski was suspended for two weeks after a cake toss ing incident at the Jan. 7 Oregon stale basketball game. There was speculation that either drugs or alcohol was involved in the Nasty Altair which left a two layer Cream cake on the laps of opposing fans including the parents of Oregon state s Star basketball player. Oski s behaviour now must conform to two pages of written guidelines which incorporates the University s code of student conduct and sections of the stale penal code on drug and alcohol use said Kathy Rittler Andrews spirit coordinator at Cal. Besides Laming things Down Oski will participate in drug and alcohol abuse programs and help teach water safety to grammar school children. Andrews  Ford honors 2 couples former first lady Betty Ford honoured former White House press Secretary James Brady his wife. Sarah and a second couple for using their experiences with adversity to help others. Ford presented the Bradys and Kirk and Karen Ball of Aurora colo., with the first Betty Ford awards at a ceremony in Beaver Creek colo., where mrs. Ford and former president Ford own a Home. The Bradys were honoured for their efforts to gain passage of National handgun control legislation. James Brady. -19. Was shot in the head during an assassination attempt on president Reagan in 1981. Brady remains partially paralysed. Kirk Ball. 31, and his wife. Karen 32, have a 4-year-old daughter kaolin who was born with a port wine stain on both sides of her face. Doctors told the balls the stain is a symptom of a rare progressive disease known As Sturge Weber syndrome. They started the Sturge Weber foundation to help other parents learn More about the disease and to encourage research. Dear Abby please speak out against Corporal punishment in our schools. Paddling children with boards is child abuse. It also promotes child abuse in our communities by sending a message that it is of for adults to hit children. Paddling creates fear in children and Lowers their self esteem. This adds to the dropout rate and Lowers the test scores As the students lose interest in education in a nazi like atmosphere. It also humiliates and angers children increasing vandalism and violence in the schools. Schools that forbid paddling Are More peaceful and the students appreciate being treated with respect. They return this respect to their teachers and to the school. Thankfully. 19 slates have now abolished Corporal punishment with eight having done so last year a Jimmy Dunne. President. . People opposed to paddling students in Houston dear Jimmy Dunne your letter was indeed an Eye opener i thought Corporal punishment had gone out of fashion in our schools generations ago. 1 realize that in this age of one Parent households Latchkey children and increasing violence Many feel we Are a closing control Quot of the younger generation. But children learn through example and the message a child receives when he is struck slapped or paddled is that might makes right. Teachers and principals should not be expected to do the work of parents. And the Job of parents is to prepare a child to appreciate an education respect one s elders and to work cooperatively with others. Those lessons come from the head and the heart a not the fist or the paddle. Dear Abby please help. Our first baby is due in March. When i married or. Staff i kept my last name Zurawski. Now we cannot agree on what last name to use for our child. Our choices Are i Combine both our names into  2 if the baby is a boy. Give him his father s last name. Slaff. J if its a girl give her my last name Zurawski. 4 or should we use both names hyphenated a Zurawski Shaft Quot i feel that the child s name should reflect both our names. My husband wants to follow tradition and have his name be the last name and use my last name for the Middle name. We hav e agreed to go by your decision. A baffled in Boulder dear baffled for the Sake of uniformity i suggest All your children should have the same last name and it should be the hyphenated combination of both your names a Zurawski Shaft. Dear Abby i followed with interest the letters about the woman who wrote complaining about her husband s poor grammar. She did t notice it before they were married my husband has the same problem. Though it has t kept us from having a wonderful life together. When we first met i was attracted to him because of his gentleness warmth sense of humor and common sense. I was also appalled by his language which was littered with Quot aint a Quot Quot Gonna Quot Quot wit Choos Quot with you and Quot hints Quot did t. 1 kept wondering How could such a Classy Guy talk so poorly. Then we went Home to meet his family and his Mother said a Why Din Cha Tell me youse was Gunna git married Quot a no More questions