European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 a the stars and stripes monday november 25, 1991 s Noriega has a lot More Luck from wire reports Sacramento Calif. Could it be was former panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega whiling away his Idle time in a Florida prison by playing the California lottery a nor its not that Manuel Noriega a a lottery spokeswoman said saturday. A a we Veall been laughing about that yes Manuel Noriega did win $25,000 saturday in the California lottery a big spin show. But this Noriega a Manuel j. Noriega a is a maintenance worker from Montebello a Community nine Miles East of los Angeles. The other Noriega a Manuel a. Noriega a is reportedly Safe in a Federal prison in Florida awaiting trial on drug trafficking charges. Lottery officials said their Noriega is a soap opera fan and enjoys doing crossword puzzles l in and his wife Velma plan to invest part of his winnings and use the rest to pay some ends in tragedy Honolulu a a windsurfer fell to his death when he lost his grip on the skid of a helicopter that was tiding to save him from raging surf authorities said. Curtis w. Carlsmith 51, was windsurfing Friday with former world Champion Robby Naish and another Man in 20-foot Waves off Oahu a North Shore when he got caught in the surf witnesses said. A helicopter which had been filming the Trio dropped Down and was lifting Carlsmith to Shore when he lost his grip and fell about 100 feet into the water lifeguard capt. Jim Howe said. Lifeguard Darrick Doerner found Carlsmith unconscious Howe said. Carlsmith a retired attorney was pronounced dead on arrival at a Kahuku in them thar cows Oologah okla. A when the trustees of the will Rogers memorial went looking for an investment to secure the future of the humorists boyhood ranch they got serious about raising longhorns. Quot we can make More Money out of these than we can buying cd a Joe Carter director of the will Rogers memorial told the Board of the dog Iron ranch. So the will Rogers heritage Trust voted last week to restore the Long gone longhorns to the ranch starting with a Herd of 40. Trust members figured demand for leaner beef makes longhorns a Good investment and the tourists will like them. Rogers was 11 in 1890 when he designed the Brand Lor the 400-acre ranch. It was among thousands of longhorns that he honed the rope tricks and wisecracks that brought him Fame As a vaudevillian columnist and movie escapes death twice Honolulu a Stan Nett Alapa was recovering saturday after his second fatal Road Accident in two weeks. In both instances he was a passenger and the Drivers of the vehicles he was Riding in were killed. Alapa was listed in critical condition saturday at the Queens medical Center with injuries from a head on collision Friday that killed the cards Driver Reid Kamauoha 33, police said. At the time Alapa was still nursing minor injuries suffered nov. 9, when the pickup truck in which he was Riding overturned. That Accident less than a mile from fridays crash site killed the Driver Dean Fely 28.governors say no waste Las vegas a l he governors of 12 Western states voiced opposition to a Federal plan to store nuclear waste from the East in their Region. The Western governors association adopted a policy Friday opposing construction of a facility that would temporarily House nuclear waste until permanent storage can be built. A the West be targeted As a waste site and be accepting waste that Isnit generated in the West unless they be looked at Eastern states Quot said Wyoming gov. Mike Sullivan a Democrat and chairman of the association. Children in Atlanta meet dancers from the Urban Nutcracker an inner City version of the Holiday classic. From left Are dancers Tashawna Houston Asha Thomas Sumayah Taliaferro and Greg Bernard. Atlanta Ballet company gives Nutcracker an Urban flavor Atlanta apr done to look for a european mansion or the sugar Plum fairy in the Urban Nutcracker an inner City version of the Holiday favorite featuring faces of the world. The Young dreamer is Sarah instead of Clara. Her brother is Leroy not Fritz. And the land of sweets is Black owned Yates and Milton drug store in this production aimed at making the Nutcracker More relevant to minorities. The production put on by the bal ethnic dance company of Atlanta has a cast of about 60 dancers who Are Black vietnamese philippine hispanic and american Indian. Most Are Ages 5 to 18. Some Are experienced performers. Others Are from poor neighbourhoods where bal ethnic dancers teach. The Urban Nutcracker closely follows the classic tale by russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky but gives it a different spin. The production focuses on the Ballet s second act because it is simpler and less expensive to stage. A narrator summarizes the first act with a Brief enactment by the dancers. The setting is an Urban neighbourhood not a european mansion. The sugar Plum fairy is the Brown sugar fairy and the Cavalier is the Chocolatier. A a we re just making it relate to us to make it sound More Homey a said Waverly Lucas who co founded the dance company last year. A we really liked the idea of having the diversity the colors the different shades and sizes Quot said Lucas who is Black. As in the original Sarah s parents Are throwing a Christmas party. She gets a wooden Nutcracker from her godfather a famous toy maker called professor Isaac. Leroy Breaks it when he tries to crack a huge nut. Professor Isaac fixes the Nutcracker and Sarah curls up with it under the Christmas tree. She dreams that the Nutcracker fights an army of mice to protect her. But the King rat attacks the Nutcracker and Sarah saves the toy by striking the rodent with a shoe. The Nutcracker turns into the Chocolatier who whisks Sarah and Leroy to the drugstore which Sells candies chocolate sundaes and hair pomade. There they meet the Brown sugar fairy who appears in an ice Cream soda. She treats Leroy and Sarah to candies As they watch a display of sweets from thrones shaped like giant sundaes. A every Little girl out there can say a that dream could have happened to me a a Lucas said. A it was something that had to be done knowing the tradition behind the Nutcracker and the production opened Friday and was to run through the weekend. A was artists our world is multicultural a said Lucas partner Nena Gilreath. A we did no to feel it was Odd or different. We thought. It would Only enhance the Quality of the Atlanta Hawks basketball Star Dominique Wilkins helped raise Money for the production through a september Benefit with dancers from dance theatre of Harlem. Lucas and Gilreath once performed with the new York company. Among the performers is 6-year-old James Matthews. He discovered Ballet after watching a summer bal ethnic performance featuring an asian Lead dancer. James who is Black and asian was immediately drawn to the Star said his Mother Teresa Matthews. James said he liked the dancer a because he danced the Way we dance. He was from another country. I liked his his brother and sister a William 7, and Aiyanna 10 a also dance in Urban Nutcracker. Ater a matinee this week several children happily mimicked the Ballet Steps on their Way out. A that was pretty a said Yanna Poston 4. A i Wanna see it Hopes for murder free Day blasted Baltimore a the Hopes of anti crime activists for a Zero murder Day were dashed when a worker at an Auto parts store was shot and killed during a robbery. Quot about 50 people endured a driving rain Friday afternoon to rally against killing in this City where there were 305 homicides last year. According to the 1991 world almanac Maryland a murder rate ranked in the top 10 in the United states including the District of Columbia. Randy Dennis a local disc jockey pointed to a Silver casket set up to represent the 262 killings committed so tar this year and asked a who s going to be in Here Tomor Row later Friday afternoon Robert Coles 63, reached Tor a gun to defend mainline Auto parts from robbers. He was killed by a Shotgun blast to his Throat. Two others survived shootings Friday and police were continuing to investigate saturday. Olvce Byrd an assistant principal at an elementary school brought a group of fifth graders to fridays rally. The Money in drugs is so fast and enticing with kids. They see the ones with fast Money and cars and it influences them Quot she said. A life has no value for them so death has no
