European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18the stars and stripes. Saturday june 22, 1991faces a in places Little / from wire reports new York City lacks the scratch so Many of its peo pie Are starting to itch. Swans of mosquitoes hatched in discarded tires stagnant puddles and other Urban nurseries Are taking Over parts of the Concrete Jungle. A the mosquitoes Are so thick in some places that if you open your Mouth they Fly in a said a tight lipped Jonathan Gaska director of the Community Board for the Rockaway Peninsula in the Borough of Queens. A this Summers going to be or itchy at least. Because of a hiring freeze the City health department is Down to one insect exterminator. And he a aided by a research entomologist who was pressed into service a concentrates on bugs that spread disease. Studies have shown that neither mosquitoes nor the ticks that have turned up in Brooklyn endanger Public health. Public Comfort is something else. Residents in Many neighbourhoods Are itching scratching and stay my inside. A a a a. A. A a we had to screen our porch so we re of a said Harry a Warshofsky of far Rockaway a unless 1 have to walk to my he said that when he leaves the House to go fishing at 5 a.m., he covers his Ankles. The a mosquitoes arc the talk of All Rockaway. Edgemere Park is virtually deserted by mid afternoon and Many people have stopped walking out to Bays water Park to watch the Sunset. After an inspection tour a i was covered with bites from my Ankles to my Knees a reported assemblywoman Audrey fac Flor. A some of those bugs Are so healthy a big and fat. When you slap them and Sec All the blood you know they be been doing quite a a the Mosquito bite is not a social problem with which the nations most densely populated City is usually associated. But new York has Many marshes and swamps Many clogged sewers a and Many abandoned trash strewn lots. It is from these lots that most of the mosquitoes come according to Tieffer. Three years ago she formed the Mosquito task Force which included representatives of Community groups and government agencies. The task Force marked Mosquito a hot spots on a big map and placed pins wherever the health department deposited briquettes with a bacteriological agent that kills larvae. Now with the City budget cuts a a we be been set Back four years a she said. But the City is doing something. Starting monday it will distribute brochures that explain what new yorkers can do to fight the bite. Among the suggestions stay inside after dark. Juicy bites in big Apple time on her hands. Or head it s ladies Day the third Day of the Ascot races in England and traditionally the Day for women to come sporting unusual hats. When words collide the nepalese parliament abruptly ended its first openly elected meeting in 32 years after squabbling about what language to speak. Khalil Miya 74, the oldest member of the House of representatives in Katmandu opened the session of the 205-member House with a Brief swearing in ceremony thursday. He spoke in hindi the official language of neighbouring India and dissenting members demanded instead that Miya use nepali Nepal a native Tongue. The House adjourned amid protests 30 minutes after convening. It is scheduled to reconvene sunday to elect a speaker of the House. This Spectator identified Only As Astrid from Paris has a Well timed piece of headgear for the occasion. Abby leaving . Law Michele Greene who shocked some viewers and advertisers when she shared a screen kiss with actress Amanda Donohoe on an episode of . Law last season is leaving the show. Greene played lawyer Abby Perkins. She is the latest of several stars to leave the hit series. A my five years on �?~. Law were just terrific but it s time i Start thinking about the next step in my career a she said in a statement. Her departure follows that of co stars Harry Hamlin and Jimmy Smits. My =3 a stars and stripes Dave Tarrant general assignments 17 adventure is what lured Dave Tarrant to Europe and its what he finds most satisfying about writing stories for the stars and stripes. Whether its tracking troops in the desert in saudi Arabia stalking diplomats at nato or searching for the Best of the Wurst in Germany he likes being in a variety of situations. Dave joined stripes in january 1988 As a defense writer. In june of 1989 he opened the new Brussels Bureau and covered the Many changes at nato following the end of the cold War. Last fall he spent almost two months in saudi Arabia covering the deployment of . Forces during operation desert shield and followed nato As it moved to bolster defences in regions of Turkey and the Mediterranean threatened by Iraq. He recently joined the general assignments staff at the papers Headquarters in Darmstadt Germany. A native of Pittsburgh pa., Dave graduated in 1977 from holy Cross College in Massachusetts and has spent 14 years in journalism. He worked for the Dallas morning news for four years where he won several National awards for stories on air safety and a series about the homeless. He also worked for the Newport news a daily press and for congressional quarterly in Washington. If you have a local news tip or a Good Story idea give Dave a Call during Normal duty hours at civilian 06155-601237 or ets 348-8237. Be via a a no covering of q
