European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes saturday june 2, 1990 faces a no places after 35 years u. Of a. Wants Iron horse Back from wire reports More than 35 years after University of Georgia officials ran the Iron horse off Campus the University Council voted thursday to seek its return. But have to do some fast talking to get it from the Man who rescued the 2-ton, Avante Garde sculpture of a horse and placed it on a Hill in a Cornfield overlooking the Oconee River 20 Miles South of Athens on a family farm at Watsonville. Gene Curtis who As a University student watched Chicago sculptor Abbot Pattison create the 12-foot-Long, i i loot tall Iron sculpture in 1954, wants to hear what the University plans to do with it before deciding whether to return it. In May 1954, Pattison a horse was placed without fanfare in the Reed quadrangle in front of the athletic dormitory. Students immediately began defacing the sculpture painting Graffiti on its sides and hanging balloons from it. Some stuffed Hay in its gaping Mouth and placed manure under its Tail. The night after it was erected a crowd gathered to build a Bonfire underneath and beat on the sculpture until firefighters used hoses to Chase them away. The next morning University officials trucked the sculpture off Campus. It was hidden for five years until Curtis and his father asked to put it on his family a farm where the artwork with a waving mane is a landmark signalling travellers on Georgia 15 that Athens is Only 20 Miles shoes found in Fla. Well if you can Tell a lot about people by the shoes they Wear archaeologists in the nations oldest City of St. Augustine Fla., Hope to learn something about whoever lost a pair in a Well 200 years ago. City archaeologist Carl d. Ilal Birt retrieved the shoes and other valuable finds during the past month from an underground Well. The worn leather shoes Are wet but preserved. They have heels with the Cobbler nails still in them and an area on the front where buckles would fit. Quot the water in the Well area is slightly alkaline which helped preserve everything a Halbirt said wednesday. The Well was discovered during the City a installation of new Utility lines under a Tea Garden when Phoenix builds a japanese Tea Garden it does no to fool around. The City has bought 900 tons of rocks and wants to put the Garden Over an interstate. Phoenix plans to build the $2.9 million Garden and a $400,000 replica of an Irish farmhouse in Honor of Ili Meji Japan and Ennis Ireland two of its sister Tracy revival merchandiser Daniel Rice sets up a display of Dick Tracy shirts and hats at a . Penney store in los Angeles this week in anticipation of heavy spinoff sales from the hit movie about the crime busting 1930s-Era detective. Although the film which features a soundtrack by top Selling female vocalist Madonna has generated heavy interest retailers say that sales of Dick Tracy spinoff products have thus far been disappointing compared to products tied to other hit movies. The Garden and the farmhouse Are to be part of deck Park planned for a deck Over interstate 10 downtown. The Park is scheduled to open late next year. Architects and landscapers from Himeji picked $14,000 Worth of rocks for the 2 a acre Garden. But sometimes 1,800,000 pounds of rocks Isnit enough. The architects and landscapers want 15 More kinds of Rock to make the Garden authentic said Parks official Mike Whiting. His class and a sister Amy will graduate ninth. Harvey guidance Counselor Sherm King said the Bitkowski who Are 17, Are the Only set of triplets to attend the school in the 27 years he a been there. Amy plans to attend Wright state University at Dayton while David and Mark will attend the University of Toledo. Mark said Amy chose Wright state near Wright Patterson fab a because the a Fly boys come Over to direct own film new York s new traffic look barbra Streisand is returning to the screen to Star in and direct a Prince of tides at Columbia pictures the studio said. Based on the Best Selling novel by Pat Conroy a Prince of tides will co Star Nick Nolte when it films on locations in new York and South Carolina. Nolte plays a Southern High school English teacher and football coach who Falls in love with a new York psychiatrist played by Streisand. Ohio a Bright teen triplets triplets have finished nos. 1, 3 and 9 among the 125 graduating seniors at Harvey High school in Painesville Ohio. David Bitkowski will be valedictorian at mondays graduation. His brother Mark will graduate third in a ephemeral clean Blue signalled the Brash new fashion statement of new York traffic agents Long saddled with the nickname a a brownies because of their of so drab uniforms. A Brown looks dirty it seems to remind you of congestion a said Joe Deplasco spokesman for the City department of transportation. And so on Friday at ceremonies marking the 30th anniversary of the traffic enforcement division the department was to reveal All a via mannequins adorned with uniforms past present and future. Much has changed since june 1, 1960, when the City presented its first corps of a meter that All woman ticket writing Force wore White blouses Navy Blue skirts and scarves Black kid pumps and a hat modelled after that worn by the eras airline stewardesses. A menus version was created when the Force went coed in 1967. Dear Abby please remind Drivers that the approaching warm weather Means More motorcyclists like myself will be on americans roadways. My interest is both personal and professional. As a personal injury lawyer. In be seen the results of motorcycle accidents far Loo often. There Are More than 100,000 motorcycle accidents every year. Tragically Many of these accidents could have been avoided if Auto Drivers and motorcyclists both drove More defensively. It May Surprise you to know that the stereotype of the biker boozing it up and racing Down the Highway is wrong. Most riders like myself ride safely and responsibly. In fact Many accidents occur because an Auto Driver violated the motorcyclists right of Way. According to National safety Council statistics 72 percent of All accidents involving a car and a motorcycle arc due to negligent Auto Drivers. Motorcycles arc hard to Sec which is the chief reason for Many motorcycle accidents. On top of this Drivers often forget that motorcycles Are on the Road their attention is riveted on the cars around them. Dear Abby Drivers can help reduce accidents by keeping a Sharp Lookout for motorcyclists especially in heavy traffic. Unfortunately some motorcyclists done to ride responsibly. They take shortcuts such As Riding in Between traffic lanes to gain ground when cars slow to a Stop. Not Only is a Lane splitting illegal in most states it often puts the motorcyclist in the Drivers Blind spot. Motorcyclists can help themselves by learning proper Safe driving techniques and wearing brightly coloured clothing to make themselves More visible. Also both riders and Auto Drivers can do their part by staying sober a Boston lawyer dear lawyer Good advice a and it s badly needed. I Hope it s heeded. Statistics show that a majority of motorcycle fatalities Are due to head injuries that might have been avoided had the cyclist worn a helmet. Read on dear Abby please dedicate this letter to the motorcyclist i drove behind yesterday who was not wearing a helmet. 1 am a registered nurse who works with brain injured adolescents and adults at a rehabilitation Center a and yes i know that you have rights. But let me take a few of the same minutes it would take you to put on a helmet to explain to you the Side of a a rehab i do not want you to come to know. Id like to think of it As a preventive god knows i feel the anguish of the families of the patients i care for. I feel that Strain and discouragement of slowly met goals a like feeding independently pushing a wheelchair with limited movement or watching a patient not be Able to turn Over in bed. Some severe accidents result in death. Others keep the patient extremely challenged mentally and physically. After intense rehabilitation some patients can go Back into the Home if the Many supports and organizations can assist depending on the funding and wailing lists. So allow me to make one plea to the person who hops on the Bike without a helmet you do have rights. You have the right to eat the kind of foods you choose the right to choose your own outfit the right to have your hair styled or combed the Way you want it. But when you Are brain injured impairment of speech motor functioning and bodily elimination can occur. If you Are brain injured i will do my Best to help you decide what to eat what to Wear and How to do your hair. But if you can to help me i will do my Best to give you the Best level of care available. This is not to scare anyone. Its just the Way it is and you have the right to know. A concerned
