European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday february 17,1990 a Steelhead hungry sea lion is about to receive a thwack from a rubber tipped Arrow at Seattle s Ballard locks. Sea Lions get stinging rebuke to keep them from Trout dinner Seattle a the Battle of Ballard locks Esca lated thursday As a Marine biologist fired rubber tipped arrows at sea Lions that threaten to destroy a run of seagoing Trout. Each Winter state wildlife officials try to scare away As Many As 40 of the federally protected Marine Mam Mals which have made the locks their Home during the run of wild Styc Licad. The Trout provide easy dining As they wait to pass through a fish ladder near the locks Northwest of downtown Seattle. The steel had arc headed for Lake Washington to the cast and Freshwater spawning streams. Sea Lions have been gathering at the locks for the past eight years but they have increasingly threatened the Styc Licad run in the past five years eating 65 per cent of last year s numbers. Wildlife officials say Lake Washington s wild steel had run is in danger of vanishing because of the Vora Cious mammals. The wild Eccl had is a state protected fish. On thursday state Marine biologist Steve Jeffries shot fibreglass arrows with hard rubber tips at the Ani Mals. Meanwhile underwater speakers blared a tape of sounds made by Beluga whales and Weddell seals Crea Tures whose sounds Aren t normally heard by sea Lions. The goal is to get the sea Lions to associate the unfamiliar sounds with an unpleasant Bop on the blubber Jeffries said. If the conditioning works the sea Lions should hurry away whenever the tapes Are played although some whacks May be needed As reminders. The first four arrows brought startled reactions sending the victims Rushing for deeper water. The arrows travel at about 200 feet per second from a crossbow and cause some pain state wildlife department spokesman Bob byte said. A line is attached to each Arrow so it can be recovered. The sea Lions will be harassed with the tapes and arrows each morning through March when most of the wild Slac Licad will have passed through the fish ladder. The tapes will be turned on whenever the beasts move within 150 feet of the fish ladder Entrance and the sea Lions will be shot with the arrows when they get within 50 feet Byrne said. No one knows How Many thumping will be needed to condition the sea Lions or whether the plan will work at All. Jeffries said similar methods had been used to keep bears away from campgrounds. Wildlife officials also plan to Send 10 of the sea Lions All males to the species Breeding grounds on the Channel islands off Southern California. Stateside businessman who boosted Kentucky Fried Chain Dies Nashville. Tenn. A Jack c. Massey who helped build Kentucky Fried Chicken co. Into an International Success and co founded Hospital corp. Of America died thursday of pneumonia at age 85.from a Chain of six drugstores the Nashville businessman founded Massey surgical Supply inc. In 1930. He sold that company for about is million in 1961.in 1964, Massey and businessman John y. Brown who later became governor of Kentucky bought Kentucky Fried Chicken from its founder. Col. Harland Sanders. The two built the com Pany into the one of the world s largest Commer Cial marketers of prepared food. They sold the business to the Hublein corp. In 1969. Massey founded Hospital corp. Of americ with or. Thomas Frist and his son. Or. Thomas Frist jr., in 1968. Phoenix mayor joins race for Arizona governor Phoenix a mayor Terry Goddard resigned Friday to seek the democratic party gubernatorial nomination becoming a front runner in the race to fill the Post being vacated by nov. Rose  sail he was responding to the urgings of thousands of arizonans and agreed because Arizona needs effective  Goddard son of state democratic party Leader Sam Goddard a former governor was elected to his first term As mayor by a narrow margin in 1983. He won re election three times with Only Token opposition most recently against state Republican party chairman Burton Kruglick last october. Teachers take pay gripes straight to statehouse Charleston . A about 5,000teachers skipped school to attend a statehouse rally where Many of them kicked and pounced on the doors of the House of delegates Cham Bers chanting let us  state legislators were not amused by thurs Day s  could you teach a child discipline when you re doing something like this asked Del. Phyllis Given a Democrat whose complaints of intimidation by the teachers prompted state troopers to patrol the  teachers angered by gov. Gaston caper ton s declaration there is no Money for pay raises next year also picketed the governor s mansion. West Virginia teachers Cam an average of $21.904, ranking them 49th in the nation Accord ing to the state teachers association. They received a 5 percent pay raise last month. Wreckage of plane that crashed off . Located Westerly . A searchers have located the wreck of a twin engine new England airlines plane that disappeared off Block Island in no vember with eight people aboard the commuter Carrier s president said thursday night. Underwater cameras provided Posi Tive identification of the 10-seat air Craft about three Miles West of Block Island said new England airlines president William Bendokas. The cameras indicated several Bod ies were inside Bendokas said. The plane vanished nov. 28 during a 17-mile flight from Block Island to the Mainland. A we Klong search by the coast guard uncovered Only the bodies of two dogs that had been on Board and debris from the plane. A Wing and an engine have also been recovered Bendokas said. No bodies were found and the seven passengers and the Pilot who were aboard arc presumed dead. Bendokas said recover of the Bod ies and the plane wreckage which is under about 150 feet of water and is spread Over an area of several Hundred feet would take several Days. The site is near the plane s intended right path he said. A Fisherman in the area pulled up some debris from the plane in a fishing net about a week ago and contacted new England airlines Bendokas said. He said subsequent investigations by divers during the past few Days positively identified the aircraft. Asked whether the wreckage will provide clues to the cause of the crash Bendokas himself a licensed Pilot said. No one knows. Everyone Hopes  aboard the plane were Pilot John Beckjr. And passengers Judy Johnson of Essex Falls . Shirley Wood of Block Island David Sulle of Block is land Duane Lane and his son Darrell of Richmond . Craig Tobias of North Attleboro mass. And John bar rows of Dorset. A. Woman gambles on baby to save daughter los Angeles a a couple whose 17-year-old daughter is dying of leukaemia is having a baby in Hopes the infant will prove to be a compatible Bone marrow donor who can save their daughter s life. Abe and Mary Ayala of suburban Walnut undertook the desperate Gam ble against the advice of their doctor. They made their decision after agonizing through a fruitless nationwide search for a suitable donor the los Angeles times reported Friday. It made me uncomfortable said or. Patricia Konrad a paediatric onco Logist at City of Hope medical Center in Duarte. It did t sit Well if that was the Only reason to have a child to help another  the Odds Are about one in four that the baby a girl who will be born in april will provide a compatible match doctors say. I never thought i d be pregnant at my age but when you re faced with the possibility that your child is going to die you desperately seek and what Ever you need to do you do it said Mary Ayala 43. Konrad despite her misgivings has agreed to perform the marrow trans Plant if the baby turns out to have compatible tissue. Abe Ayala had undergone a vase to Niy after their daughter Anissa was born. Doctors offered Little Hope a reversal would succeed but mrs. Ayala became pregnant six months after her Hus band s operation