European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 16, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9over Here y _ s8.s Ken George Wilhelmina a pretty pea Hen who has taken up residence on Cambrai Fritsch Cavern in Darmstadt peeps around a car outside the Community Headquarters building. Life in does no to by Randy Pruitt staff writer Darmstadt West Germany a Wilhelmina thinks the army is for the Birds. Wilhelmina should know. She a a Bird. She a also in the army. Wilhelmina is a pea Hen that roosts at the Cambrai Fritsch Cavern in Darmstadt. She makes her Home just outside the Community Headquarters building. Nobody a crying fowl. Since she swooped Down out of the Woods two years ago Wilhelmina has captured the hearts and minds of the military Community. The greenish Blue peafowl has become everybody a pet. Her favorite fans though work in the buildings basement where they get a Birds Eye View of her not so native habitat. For one thing Wilhelmina has her own House right outside the basement windows. A plaque tacked above the door reads a Wilhelmina von  so much for a Nom de plume. A we Call her Willi for Short a says Pat Poling an accounting technician for the Community. The Bird also has her own food and water dishes. Accounting office workers keep 5-kilogram bags of Chicken feed on hand. Employee Marion Conner whose desk is brightened a he a bouquet of Wilhelmina a feathers has acquired two Job titles accounting technician and Bird feeder. A we started feeding her leftover Rolls a Conner said. A now she a getting  Wilhelmina loves to gobble Down Peanut butter sandwiches grapes Popcorn Jelly Beans and oreo cookies. There is a pecking order when it comes to the Days routine Poling said. Wilhelmina comes first. She a waiting for them every morning. A when the lights come on she comes to the window and starts looking in a she said. A if we done to feed her she pecks on the  the women done to mind admitting they be spoiled her. A a she a got staying Power a Poling said. She has at that. She gave the maps the slip when she first arrived. When her first homemade House mysteriously disappeared in the night Wilhelmina refused to Fly the Coop. A Wilhelmina watcher quickly found her a new House remodelling a Rabbit Cage that became empty when its former occupant moved on to Bunny heaven. Wilhelmina has Laid eggs twice but so far no Little Pephens or peacocks have hatched. That sled to Mother Hen concent among the office crowd who want to find her another Home and they Hope a mate. The women attempted to get the Darmstadt zoo to adopt her but officials there said they had enough peafowl. That did no truffle her flock of followers. They re glad to keep her around. A always around thanksgiving we Start  Poling said referring to some stray remarks they be heard. A some people think she is a Turkey or a Pheas  it is the male of the species peacocks that Are easily recognized by their spectacular plumage. Meanwhile she stays at her Sanctuary which if. Incidentally just across from the my station. A when we do find her a Home wed like to go visit her a Conner  banned in australian state Sydney Australia apr bungee Juinping was banned indefinitely in new South Wales state Friday following an Accident that injured two people. The announcement came after state Industrial relations minister John Fahey received a report into wednesdays Accident in Sydney in which a former miss Australia broke her Collarbone. The company involved in the Accident bungee bats had its operating License revoked. Fahey said no other applications will be considered pending further investigation. Bungee jumping a thrill seeking sport that has worldwide followers involves people attaching elastic cords to their an Kles and plunging from High places. The work cover authority report into the incident disclosed procedures which were a open to human error and expressed doubt about certain equipment Fahey said. A it Sheds new Light on the exposure of the Public to health and safety risks when undertaking bungee jumping a Fahey said. The bungee jumping stunt involved raising people in a Cage to 130 feet in the air from which they plunge toward the 6-foot-deep Waters of Sydney sinner Harbor. In wednesdays Accident former miss Australia Natalie Mccurry 24, had just made a Solo jump and was taking a Tan dem plunge with bungee bats Crew member Andrew Gilby. They had cords attached to their Ankles and they had their arms wrapped around each other. But when the cords began stretching one came free from the Cage. The pair hit the water hard and reportedly struck the Bottom of the Harbor. The remaining Cord pulled them out of the water and they dangled upside Down their Heads just above the surface for several minutes before Crew members rescued them with an inflatable raft. Mccurry suffered a broken Collarbone and facial bruises Gilby had a burst eardrum. Fridays decision rules out bungee bats plans for a second jumping stunt scheduled for sept. 22. And officials said the ruling will relieve the congestion at Birkenhead Point where More than 1,600 people have jumped since bungee bats set up business in Early August it was not immediately Clear whether bungee jumping in Queensland state would be affected. One person has been killed and another seriously injured in new zealand since bungee jumping got its commercial Start there about two years ago. France banned the activity after a it Ord gave Way and a Man plunged to his death in june 1989. It was legalized again last october after a set of rules was established