European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes a a sunday june 2, 1991god s Kitchen restores self Worth to the poor grand rapids Mich. A with shiny brass Light fixtures and Cut Flowers on every table the Brick and Stone building could be any upscale restaurant. A. Hut the patrons Are the City a poorest and they arc As surprised As anyone that it is their new soup Kitchen. Just six months ago Trey were eating in a building a Block away Ahat was falling apart and infested with cockroaches. A some of the people cried the first time they saw the new place a said Barbara Raaymakers director of a non profit food program called Capitol lunch. A non profit housing Developer the dwelling place leased the 84-year-old building to Raaymakers organization after renovating it. A the idea Lor this place was to reinforce the integrity that everyone deserves to have regardless if their social  said Dennis Sturtevant executive a director of the dwelling place. A it you eat in a dump that show you  lie clientele of gods Kitchen which opened dec. 17, rarely wait for a seat. They were used to standing outside Tor hours in Snow and heat because of a shortage of seats in the old building. Capacity has nearly tripled from about 60 to 170. And instead of cramped seating at a few Long tables where there were no choices on table partners the new place has intimate four seat tans., allowing those who prefer to eat by themselves to do so. Pans hang from 12-foot-High, stamped tin ceilings. Sym Light from Wood trimmed windowsills a decked with Wicker baskets of dried Flowers a illuminates the Checkerboard tile hour. The cafeteria style system is the same with volunteers serving up Between 300 and 600 hot balanced meals each Day. Rayn Dykers said there has Hoen less trouble at the new soup Kitchen. A a its As though people behave differently when they feel that other people think they have some Worth a she said. Adam Tremaine 2b, sitting Over a tray of goulash vegetables and a Brownie said he appreciates not being rushed out the door As soon As he is done a you sometimes had to wait for hours and then they would have to hurry you up to finish As soon As you got in Quot said Tremaine who is homeless and living with a Friend. A. A a in a really proud that people  the trouble if building a place like this for us a he said. About two thirds of the Money for the $411,725 renovation came from contributions and the rest through a Low interest loan. Sturtevant said steel Case inc. Of grand rapids the of fice furniture manufacturer donated $35,000 in tables and chairs a Hospital donated much of the new Kitchen equipment and dozens of volunteers helped i h the renovation. A local architectural firm designed the soup Kitchen at Cost including a Brick and Stone facade. Workers prepare to open gods Kitchen in grand rapids Mich., which has been renovated to More closely resemble a Fine restaurant than a soup Kitchen. Judge drops abortion lawsuit Chicago apr a Federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that anti abortion protesters violate racketeering and antitrust Laws by demonstrating at abortion clinics. T he 5-year-old lawsuit filed by the National organization for women sought an injunction against protests at abortion clinics around the country. Now claims demonstrators engage in extortion by threatening personnel blocking entrances trespassing and damaging equipment. L . District judge Janies Holderman dismissed the lawsuit tuesday saying anti abortion protesters do not violate antitrust Laws because they Are engaged in a political activity not a commercial one. Lie said the protests Are protected by the Constitution. A Holder Ian  racketeering Laws do not apply to the protesters because they Are not seeking financial Gam. A anti abortion activists hailed the decision Friday. A a it a a real. Repudiation of the attempt to use the courts to suppress citizen protests across the country a said attorney Thomas Brejcha who represented the pro life action league and other defendants in the Case. A a. A a a a a a a. A a a. Quot the ruling is very very Good for us a a said Joseph Schnidler director of the pro life action league. A a we re real Happy with  rights activists said they planned an immediate Appeal. Quot in our opinion the judges analysis of racketeering Laws is just dead wrong a said Patricia Ireland executive vice president of the National organization for women in Washington. _ Cable car Accident injures 24 san Francisco a a Cable car stopped abruptly after it hit something on the tracks Friday jolting passengers with such Force that some smashed into windows or landed in the Street. T Wenty four people were Hurt none critically. Quot All of a sudden i saw Little old ladies flying everywhere a said passenger Sandra Besnak a a then i noticed my brother injured his shoulder a said the Pittsburgh woman who was visiting san Francisco with her brother John Kupchak of Atlanta. A the Accident on the Cable car system a popular tourist attraction happened near Fisherman a wharf. Officials were unsure what the Cable car struck said Alan Siegel spokesman for the san Francisco municipal railway. 1 Siegel said he did not know  people were thrown off the car. Several people who did not get throw n off were also injured he said. Four window s on the car were smashed apparently by passengers thrown against them. A a Quot it was like running into a Brick Wall a said the conductor who did no to give his name. Quot the car was towed away about an hour after the Accident. The line was Back in operation about two hours later. A a. Quot t so Berkeley Calif. Apr just because a cat Box filler tripped a radiation alarm at a Landfill does no to mean there a a radioactive cat Loose in Berkeley a veterinarian and state health officials said. A everyone s been cracking jokes and looking for a radioactive cat Quot said veterinarian Charles Berger. A but that s just an Assumption. Its far More Likely that the material came from some sort of lab that was using it on rodents or who knows what. A just because the litter is often used for eats does t mean that it was a cat a he said. A search of a City garbage truck that set off a radiation alarm last week turned up a pile of cat Box filler with traces of the radioactive isotope iodine 131. It is used to treat overactive thyroids common in older cats. The initial theory that a radiated cat was at Large became National news. The Small amount of radiation would not endanger the Public but it had a certain irony since Berkeley is a hotbed of anti nuclear activism. Johnny Carson quipped about it on his Abc show wednesday night. C a Berkeley City manager Michael Brown was not laughing. A the presence of that stuff in our garbage truck violates the National toxic waste Law and state Law As Well Quot Brown said. A we want to know who did . City and state health officials Are looking into the possibility that an animal other than a cat May have excreted the radioactive material. A a . Army deactivates 6,633 guard Reserve members from wire reports Washington the army said Friday that 6.633 National guard and army Reserve members called  duty for the persian Gulf crisis were returned to Reserve status last week. A total of 82,845 army reservists have been released from Active duty since the end of the War against Iraq and 40,423 still Are serving on Active duty. A a a. The army said 3,722 More reservists Are expected to be released from Active duty next week. Exxon finishing cleanup Anchorage Alaska a a the final summer cleanup of Oil from the Exxon Valdez spill is expected to last about six weeks and Cost up to $15 million state and Federal officials said. No More than 100 people Are expected to take part in the Summers cleanup which began thursday and is concentrated on about 40 beaches the coast guard said. The extort is tiny compared to cleanups during Quot the previous two Summers when 10,000 people worked on beaches around Prince William sound and the Gulf of Alaska at a Cost of $2.5 billion. Coast guard state and Exxon officials agreed that not much work remains and they expect it to be completed quickly. Officials acknowledge they will never be Able to Dean up All the Oil. I he Exxon Valdez slammed into a charted reef in March 1989, spilling nearly 11 million Gallons and causing extensive environmental damage. It was the nation Sworst Oil spill. Man donates $75,000 Memphis Tenn. A a Manila envelope a Man dropped off at a salvation army Center had a simple message written on it a Jesus  inside was $75,000 in Cash. A a a. Quot i said. A of my  i took it to my supervisor. I was out of breath a said Patrecia Johnson a receptionist who took the envelope from the Man t thursday and did no to get his name. Howell Pearre a salvation army spokesman said the Money will be treated As a donation if authorities determine it was not illegally gotten. Quot frankly when somebody gives you something of that size you wonder what motivates them a Pearre said. The Money was left of a chemical dependency Center