European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes monday May 27, 1991 when Bush Speaks out mail Washington a let president Bush say just about anything a he a learning to work a computer he hates Broccoli a and the folks in the White House mail room Brace for a deluge of letters from the Public. A every time he opens his Mouth people write in about it a said special assistant Shirley m. Green who a in charge of handling Bush a mail. The White House Recei cd 5.5 million pieces of mail last year enough to keep 138 employees and 450 volunteers working Day and night. Green a texan runs the biggest office in the White House Complex. Right now its dealing with 65,000 to 70,000 pieces a week which makes the White House As Busy As Post offices in Caribou Maine. Last year the heaviest mail volume dealt with the persian Gulf War followed by the budget crisis child care legislation and abortion. But there arc also tons of letters from children and a few people who curiously want Bush to play matchmaker. Samples a a a a Lovesick Young Man asked Bush to intercede with a one of the cutest females that i have Ever seen by writing a letter. A i would like to go on a Date with her a the boy wrote a the Only problem is that she thinks that i am  a a High school student in Germany appealed to a the highest authority in the United states Quot to answer this question a what do you say in american when somebody sneezes a he and his classmates were incredulous when their teacher said americans like germans say a  Green who has known Bush since the mid-1960s, said the president is an avid Reader of his mail. A i done to want to lose touch with the people who put me Here a he told Green alter lie was inaugurated. She sends him a weekly report tabulating mail received on both sides of major issues plus two or three dossiers loaded with Sample letters. Bush signs 200.or 300 letters a week sometimes adding a postscript to the responses pours Fth prepared by Green s staff. A we try to answer All the mail a she said except for mass mailings generated by special into rfcs groups. This reprinted mail which accounts for about 50 percent of the total annual volume is merely counted for reference. A All incoming mail is a Rayed at the Washington Navy Yard to detect any hazardous contents and it is then trucked to the old executive office building where it is processed in offices that occupy half the ground floor and parts of three other floors. Two dozen postal service workers sort the mail. Each card and letter is read by one of 38 analysts working Day and night shifts. Mail containing threats is referred immediately to the secret / service. Most of the mail which deals with major political issues is answered with a torm letter signed by Green. Fourteen writers draft responses to letters that require a personal reply fron Bush. About 600 letters written in foreign languages Are sent every week to the state department for translation. Most Are summarized and sent to . Embassies abroad for action. Translator Joel Stern who reads 20 East european languages said the letters frequently contain appeals for Vioney food clothing Medicine housing assistance children a toys and even luxury automobiles. A basically a Stern said a the president is regarded As a glorified Santa  Shirley m. Green explains How her White House office handles the 65,000 to 70,000 pieces of mail that president Bush receives each week. Kkt recruits after school oks rebel Flag display Duncan . Apr sixteen Kun flux klan members held a peaceful recruiting drive saturday in front of a High school where students soon will be allowed to Wear the Confederate hag. A a any time there a a discrepancy about the Confederate hag yes Well be there a said Charles Murphy state director of the invisible Empire. Kun flux klan. Confederate paraphernalia will be allowed at James f. Byrne High school starting Friday for the first time in More than 20 years under a settlement to a lawsuit tiled by five students parents. A. Parents and students said their reverence for the Flag is rooted in civil War history and Southern heritage not racism. 1 hey denounced the klan recruitment drive. A your children done to need them. We done to need the publicity of being connected with them a said Vikki Parham one of the parents who brought the suit. A the Kkt. Has just about ruined that  ����., nine White Robed klan members walked on both sides of the Street in front of the school handing out application forms and newsletters. Another seven klansmen wearing Black shirts pants and military boots shadowed their Robed colleagues chatting Over portable telephones about Security. Quot about 20 protesters mostly methodist ministers from a neighbouring town and Church members stood nearby. They brought boxes of bibles. A a they re passing out hate. We re passing out love a said the Rev. Buddy Phillips of Lymon United methodist Church. Two dozen agents from the . Justice department and state and local police kept watch during the Houf Long recruiting drive. The klan a presence in this Community 100 Miles North of the state Capitol of Columbia Drew Only a handful of spectators. Eric Waddell a 16-year-old Sophomore waved a Large Confederate Flag and said of the klan a i just want to be in it. That a the Way in be been brought  flags also flew from car windows and the Back of pick up trucks. They covered to shirts and holes in Blue jeans. Earlier in the Day local methodist leaders cancelled a mile Long March to main Street where they had planned a silent protest against the klan. James Hunter an area superintendent for the Church said authorities could not guarantee the groups safety. He told approximately 50 people who attended a a service of reconciliation to remain Home during the Klavs visit. A a a a a. A a a a. A a Ltd a a. A a a. A. A a. In 1970, the Confederate Flag was banned at the school in an agreement Between Black and White students. The Deal allowed the schools Mascot to remain a rebel but removed the Flag As a Symbol. In Early March More than 50 students protested the ban. Administrators soon began suspending students involved in the protests. I he subsequent lawsuit said More than 100 of the school s 1,200 students had been suspended and said the Flag ban violated the students first amendment rights. School officials would not say How Many students had been disciplined. Pest mussels Way into Hudson River boy in the know by the new York times Hudson . A six months after an erroneous report that Zebra mussels had entered the Hudson River scientists say they have finally confirmed a finding of the aquatic pest. A this is the real thing this time a a Charles r. O Neill project manager for the new York Zebra Mussel information Clearinghouse said Friday of Prii his offices in Brockport. He said the discovery of Zebra  attached to Freshwater clams near Rogers Island in the Hudson River just Sputh of the City of Hudson was the first confirmed sighting of the mussels in the United states outside the great lakes drainage Basin. Scientists Are closely tracking the Progress of the Zebra mussels. The mussels prolific reproduction makes them a major economic and environmental danger because they clog the intake pipes of. Power and water plants. The Zebra mussels which Range in size up to about an Inch across and Are inedible Are so named because of their dark Brown stripes on a Light Tan Nish Shell. Excuse new fort Richey Fla. A Reading writing and repellent Are the Rule at a school invaded by swarms of Hying biting ants. / Deer Park elementary school students went Home Friday with notes from principal Sandy Ramos urging parents to Arm their children with insect repellent when they return to classes monday. Ants since the ants began buzzing about a week ago a school officials have sprayed chemicals to kill the bugs. But the ants keep coming Back biting nearly everyone and leaving red itchy welts. A a it a worse than Mosquito Sites a said 7-year-old Jeffrey blackmin7�?otgets All  / a Mark Deyrup of the nearby non profit Archbold biological station identified the ants As hypo Onera punch Altissima. He said its not uncommon for the female ants to Fly when searching for a new nest a and bite. A what is unusual is the population outbreak Deyrup said. He said a combination of weather conditions including heavy Rains could have caused the ants to overpopulated and swarm Lenoir . A twelve year old Sammy Hicks reads the world Book encyclopedia for fun and As he leafed through his 1990 set recently he spotted a picture of the Biltmore estate in Asheville. Something looked wrong. Sammy had visited there recently and recalled that the staircase was on the left Side. But there in volume in Page 487, was a picture of the staircase a on the right Side. A a it a a reasonable mistake a said the seventh grader. A but you hardly Ever find Quot a mistake in the  so Sammy promptly dashed off a note to. The Chicago based encyclopedia publisher. The publisher replied thanking him for the tip. Reading the encyclopedia is just one of Sammy a hobbies. Lie is also the inventor of bed slippers with headlights and a prize Winner in Caldwell county a annual science fair and enjoys pizza geometry outer space and cooking