European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday september 5, 1990 ultralight solar aircraft makes Cross country flight Currituck . Apr a solar powered ultralight aircraft reached the East coast on monday Landing a few Miles from the Wright Brothers memorial in what sponsors called the first Cross country solar flight. Organizers of the journey that began in California were trying to decide whether to continue South to first flight Airport or just declare the flight a Success because it reached the East coast from its Inland California Takeoff. The Airport and memorial Are at Kitty Hawk where the Wrights took the first air plane flight. The Sun seeker piloted by Eric Raymond landed at a Sod farm about eight Miles Miles North of the Monument where the Wrights flew in 1903. The plane has solar cells to produce Power for its electric motor. However the motor is used Only for takeoffs and landings. After Takeoff the motor is turned off and the plane rides thermals columns of rising warm air like a glider. Chase Pilot Klaus Sevier said Raymond and others on the Sun seeker project were satisfied they had accomplished their goal of flying from coast to coast. But spokesman Jack Whitehouse expected them to keep trying for their original goal a assuming that he did no to damage Sun seeker in this Field i would expect  just sit there and go on in the morning Quot Whitehouse said. A it would be a Little surprising if he gives up eight Miles  Raymond a former National hang gliding Champion had hoped to reach his destination sunday but was delayed by a Strong headwind. He logged Only 18 Miles Friday when he landed at Virginia tech Airport at Black Burg va., about 25 Miles Northwest of Roanoke a. Raymond flew 124 Miles sunday before Landing in Currituck in North Carolinas northeastern Corner about 35 Miles North of Kitty Hawk Whitehouse said. A the was struggling when he took off today a Whitehouse said. A the said his climb rate was More like 100 feet per minute which is very weak. His chances were Only 50-50.�?� a a we be been very upset because the delays we be had on this trip have had nothing to do with the plane they were because of the weather a said his wife Aida. Raymond 33, first took off july 16 from desert Center Calif., about 200 Miles East of los Angeles beginning his quest to prove an ultralight aircraft partly powered by solar Energy could Cross the United states. Two Days after the journey began the 198-Pound Craft was seriously damaged in an aborted Takeoff from Lordsburg . The Sun seeker Raymond and his ground Crew returned by land to Lake Elsinore Calif., for repairs. Raymond manufactured and sold hang gliding equipment there until six months ago when he devoted himself to the Sun seeker project. The Sun seeker had better Luck after taking off again from desert Center on aug. 2. Handicapped boy 11, asks school not to ban his a Independence dog Aston a. Apr eleven year old Michael Gua diello jr., who uses a wheelchair because of muscular dystrophy Calls a Collie named Ashley his a Independence dog and wants it to help at school. Administrators say no canines on Campus. Michael has Little use of his arms and legs. Ashley is a service dog trained to help with things like opening doors carrying packages and retrieving dropped objects. The boy had attended special education classes at a school in the Rose tree Media school District where the dog was barred by administrators after Michael obtained it in april. District lawyer John Steurwald said officials objected because Michael so educational program did not Call for a dog and because there were no provisions Lor the animals care. The District has no other student with a dog. Complicating the fight to get Ashley admitted to the classroom was a decision by school officials that Michael should be a mainstreamed a or attend class with non disabled students in his Home District of Chichester. The Gaudiello family opposes that move. The boys parents say he needs the special education resources available Only at Rose tree. In addition the Chichester school is not equipped for wheelchair users. On Friday the state department of education issued a temporary ruling ordering Michael a mainstreaming into Chichester a Middle school. Class begins wednesday. State officials said the school must provide Access to the building through such items As wheelchair ramps and offer trained people to help Michael twice a Day in using the bathroom. Michael said he was a disgusted Quot that officials think they can put his physical needs on a schedule. He said his a Independence dog is All he needs. The boys father and his wife Jane say the decision illegally discriminates against their son. They say that if Michael were Blind the school would not have barred a guide dog. The family is fighting the dogs ban on another level because state Law prohibits discriminating against handicapped people who use guide or service animals and specifically outlaws it in Public schools said the Gua Dick loss lawyer Kyle Burch. The Pennsylvania human relations commission has tried to Settle the dispute. The Case brought before it is pending and Wasny to affected by the state schools ruling which stands until a sept. 10 hearing. Ashley was trained for almost 19 months at a Cost of $7,229, according to Jean King of Independence dogs of Chadds Ford which then Sells the dogs for $ 150 to muscular dystrophy victim Michael Gaudiello wants to attend school with his trained Collie Ashley. Handicapped people like Michael. Mrs. Gaudiello said she was disappointed with the state schools ruling and would Check Chichester a compliance with the order before allowing Michael to attend. The Collie frees Michael from relying on friends and family members for help his Mother said. It is As necessary As Michael a wheelchair and is not a pet she said. That role is shared by the family terrier and a cat. A i slept on the floor of Michael a room for 10 years because he was afraid he  be Able to get out on his own if there was a fire a said mrs. Gaudiello As Ashley rescued a dropped Pencil for her son. A but with Ashley Here in a Back in my own  ice Tea found contaminated in . Parsippany . Apr bits of Glass and an oily substance were found in bottles of Snapple Orange Flavoured ice Tea sold in a convenience store Here police said monday. A woman purchased two tainted bottles sunday at a Quik chek and several bottles in the same lot were found to be contaminated police said. Police advised Consumers to Check Snapple drinks from lot number ct5042221n2. The matter was referred to the Parsippany health department. Executives at Snapple a Headquarters in Ridgewood n.y., and Parsippany officials could not be reached for comment  White House for for being restored Oakland Calif. Apr president Franklin d. Roosevelt a yacht later owned by Elvis Presley and eventually linked to drug traffickers is being restored As a floating museum. The 165-foot Potomac often called a the floating White House a has a colourful history. Originally the coast guard used it to Chase prohibition Era rum runners. Roosevelt made it his personal yacht in 1936, playing Host to Heads of state and broadcasting a a fireside Chat aboard the vessel. Among the subsequent owners was Presley. In 1980, the ship was linked to drug trafficking and seized by the . Customs. Now the Potomac association is restoring it to its presidential glory. Paul Harless who served aboard the Potomac from 1940 to 1942, remembered much detail from the yachts Roosevelt years including a Sandbox for the presidents dog Fala that was 18 inches High 3 feet Square and filled two thirds with  of thing like surgery does no to Stop this Groom Austell a. Apr All the invitations had been sent out. The Best Man and maid of Honor arrived in town from Illinois. And the Groom was in the Hospital with appendicitis. But that did no to Stop Bill Sterrett and Rhonda Lochner from getting married saturday. They just moved the ceremony to the Chapel of Cobb Hospital and medical Center in Austell. Sterrett recovering from his appendicitis operation the Day before sat in a wheelchair As his Bride and their out of town wedding party surrounded him in the Chapel. He said that after planning a wedding since dec. 23 a when he proposed a he Wasny to going to let a Little operation sideline him. A everybody had come Down from Illinois and out of state. People would have been disappointed a he said. A when i talked with the surgeon he said a lot of people could walk the next Day after an appendicitis operation so we held the wedding  the couple did postpone the honeymoon though a they re saving that for  Clam other oddities destroyed in museum fire Kissimmee Fla. Apr a two headed calf a boar rat whose Teeth would not Stop growing and All 550 pounds of what proprietors declared the worlds largest Clam have perished in a museum fire. More than 500 displays of human and animal oddities wonders of the deep and instruments of death the occult and superstition were destroyed saturday in a fire at the great american fun House officials said. Arson investigators sifted through debris that included a shrunken head the shoes of an icelandic giant purported to be the largest Man Ever and some Bones the museum said were used by aborigine Witch doctors to kill enemies without touching them. The fires cause was under investigation