European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes wednesday october 24,1990 a amps l Emmett Lewis or. Squander ers of Energy Are Given a mock burial in a graveside ceremony at bad Kreuz Nach Germany. Last rites for Energy wasters give life to awareness week by Chuck Roberts staff writer bad Kreuz Nach Germany a As the casket is lowered into the ground band members cheerleaders and an american Indian crowd around the graveside. Maj. Gen. David Maddox commander of the 8th inf div then shovels dirt on a casket that contains a transformer space Heater and Light bulbs a All of which died Early because of Energy wasters. Energy awareness week sponsored each year at Usa eur and Safe communities flared to life in bad Kreuz Nach on monday night with the wasters symbolic death. It was Given added impetus this year because of Oil Price increases fuelled by Middle East tensions. Bad Kreuz Nach spent $4.5 million last year for Oil Gas and electricity and that figure is expected to double this year said fran Ridenour the local Energy management coordinator. Community Energy consumption has dipped about 10 percent in 10 years and should decline again this year but Ridenour said Energy costs will certainly continue to soar. The theme for Energy week is a conserve with Comfort and common  it is a message that Ridenour does no to always see put into practice when she makes her Energy inspections. On a cold Day she said she might find an office with the ceiling fan turning the Radiator turned to its highest setting and the window open above it. A sometimes i feel like beating my head on a Concrete Wall Quot Ridenour said. Most of the exterior Walls in bad Kreuz Nach have been insulated with plastic foam and windows have been replaced with double paned models. The director ate of engineering and housing has done about All it can do with structural improvements Ridenour said. A now we re trying to change the lifestyle habits of the americans so that they will think a second time about turning off lights and turning Down radiators when it gets hot instead of opening a  people in dormitories or base housing May be More inclined to turn their thermostat up to 75 degrees because they Arentt billed for it Ridenour said. A you really Are paying for it a she said. A a it a coming out of your tax dollars. Uncle Sam is paying for  also if Utility Bills for the military Community Are excessive then Money set aside for playground equipment or similar purposes May be diverted to cover them said de Crane Deputy of the directorate. A before we do anything else we pay the Utility Bill a Crane said. A a what a left Over goes to Quality of life  by the same Token Money saved on Utility Bills can be spent on Community projects. Electrical Power often is wasted unknowingly Ridenour said. If a television is plugged into a transformer electricity still can be flowing when the television is off. The Power switch on the transformer also has to be turned off Ridenour said. Waste also occurs with the use of american lamps. Some people believe that they need to use a 110-Watt Light bulb and a transformer for each lamp Ridenour said. But a 220-Watt German bulb and a simple plug adapter will suffice. Most people attending the Energy rally monday night were Young which is the audience Ridenour targets. A a it a their future. Its their world. We have to teach them to use the natural resources we have been Given wisely because they can to be replaced a she said. World today boy crushed to death by Man in suicide leap the Hague Netherlands a a 7-year-old boy was crushed to death when he was hit by a Man jumping to his death from a High Rise apartment building dutch police said monday. The boy who had been placing near the apartment building died instantly in the bizarre Accident according to police spokesman Sander Schapman. The 23-year-old suicide who jumped from a window on a one of the top floors of the building was rushed to a Hospital but also died some time later Schapman Sai contrite thief returns stolen jewels by mail Montecatino Italy up1 a thief with a guilty conscience has mailed Back $44,000 in jewels stolen from a hotel room earlier this month police reported. Investigators said the police chief in this Tus can spa town received the jewels in the Post. Inside the package a Quot presumed thief. Be was a letter of apology from the the jewels were taken from a hotel room occupied by a 50-year-old italian woman police  lottery player collects $11 million Paris up a an unidentified resident of the South Central French City of Toulouse earned 55.4 million francs $11 million by being the Only player to correctly pick the six winning numbers m the French National lottery authorities said. The Winner broke the previous All time record of 40 million francs $8 million. Since the French lottery doubled its number of weekly games from two to four the amount of bets placed by 11 million frenchmen each week increased by 54 percent lottery authorities said. Although the government charges no taxes on winnings it collects 30 percent of All bets placed which in 1989 amounted to 5.6 billion francs $1.1 billion More than the amounted raised through a special so called Solidarity tax levied on the wealthiest  rules wife can leave ailing elderly husband Bagheria Sicily f up a judge has ruled that an 80-year-old wife who claimed she was bored with the sedate Pace of married life cannot be charged with abandoning her 96-year-old husband. Maria Grazia Meccia 80, recently moved out of her Home leaving her mate of 33 years Andrea Pollina on his own. Court papers show that she went to live with a grandchild claiming that her aged pensioner husband had grown Boring and was not interested in a having fun anymore. Pollina filed charges against his wife for a abandoning the marriage. The sicilian judge who heard the Case ruled that Meccia could not be charged with abandonment but added that the grandmothers new found a will to live had taken her husband by , punishment called wrong for children by Jimi Jones education writer Mannheim Germany a Reward and punishment Are the wrong ways to teach children an expert in Early childhood education says. A people in education think Reward and punishment is the thing to use a said Constance Kamii professor of Early childhood education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. A a that a exactly the bad thing to do because Reward and punishment Only make kids  instead autonomy nay be the Kev to better learning Kamii said. That idea involves a the ability to make decisions by taking revelant factors into account right and wrong and truth and falsehood independently of Reward and punishment a she said. Kamii made the remarks at the fall conference of the association for Young children Europe. The non profit organization acts on behalf of children infant to age 8. The 700-member association is an affiliate of the National association for the education of Young children an 80,000-Strong organization. The nearly 1,100 members attending the two Day conference came from All Over Europe the United states and Canada. In addition to Kamii stalk the group had More than 150 presentations to choose from ranging from exploring feelings about reporting child abuse to an introduction to puppets and flannel Board stories. During her talk Kamii focused on the differences Between autonomy and Hete Roomy which involves obedience and conformity. Kamii told the audience that the Best example of the a morality of autonomy was Martin Luther King or who said that regardless of All the punishment in a going to fight for what is right. Her example of the morality of Hetero no my was the watergate scandal under president Nixon. A they knew that tying protecting and covering up were bad and yet they behaved according to Power and Reward and punishment a she said. A those Are the outcomes of somebody a raising. I think it happened by Accident that certain people were raised to he opportunistic around Reward and punishment and others were raised to do what s right. You done to calculate