European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes  teacher named top overseas Art educator by the stars and stripes Reston a. A an Art teacher at Lan Stuhl Middle school in Germany has been named the 1994 overseas Art educator of the year by the National Art education association. Teresa m. Sarno was selected by a committee of her Peers to receive the award which was created to Honor exemplary contributions service and achievements at the state level. Association president Mark Hansen said a Ems. Sarno exemplifies the High Quality of individuals involved in the Field of Art education today leaders master teachers and unique individuals who give their Best to the  the associations membership includes element any and secondary school Art teachers in 50 slates representatives from major Art museums state departments of education arts councils and major colleges and universities throughout the United states and 66 foreign countries. The award was presented in april at the 1994 National Art education association convention in  awarded Wiesbaden Germany eighteen graduating seniors from Gen. . Arnold High school received scholarships Worth $17,500 last week at an annual awards ceremony in Wiesbaden. The Community officers and civilian wives club also granted $14,500 in continuing education scholarships to 20 adults in the Community. Club officials said it was a record year for Community scholarship Money. The fund was bolstered by contributions from the Wiesbaden enlisted spouses association the warrant officers association the Wiesbaden German american women a club United service planning association inc., the Independent research Agency for life insurance inc. And the Jacob Dixon family. Four seniors were recognized for their Community service and academic achievement. Elizabeth Schirk received the $2,500 Jacob Dixon memorial scholarship the largest award Given annually to the schools most outstanding student. The award is named after a 1974 graduate of the school who became an air Force officer and who was killed in a 1982 plane crash. Lakeitha Peterson received the United service planning association and Independent research Agency award a $1,000 Grant. Gary Marx and John Masly each received $1,500 scholarships from the enlisted spouses group. Aimee Hagen who did not accept the officers and civilians wives Grant because she received a Reserve officers training corps scholarship received special recognition. Other scholarship winners were Marcus Daly $2,000 Michael Mulhorn Kathryn Turk Christian Berg and Jamie Hatcher $1,000 and Lisa Vernon and Andrea Bess $750. Recipients of $500 awards were Bess a Schumacher Katherine Fortmeyer Faye Barham Curtis Cannon Keisha Lathan Sheon Mills and Disheka Mcclease. The 20 scholarships received by adults ranged from $560 to $1,500.Maryland term to Start Heidelberg Germany a registration for term 5 of the University of Maryland system graduate programs begins monday and runs through june 3. Two University of Maryland system institutions a Bowie state University and University of Maryland at College Park a offer masters degree courses in Europe. Students interested in business administration Public administration management information systems,.or counselling and personnel services can find out about Maryland graduate courses in their area. Courses in marketing Public finance drug and alcohol counselling and software structures Are just a few of the choices for term 5. Students can Register for either evening or weekend courses. Information on the variety of courses offered is available from Maryland representatives at local education centers or by calling the graduate programs office in Heidelberg at Dan 370-6762 or civilian 06221-3780. . In math skills test London a amps John and Lisa Are teen agers. John is two years older than Lisa. If the digits of Lisa Sage Are reversed the new number would be three times As Large As Johns age. How old is John fifth grader Annie Genetti knew the answer As Well As every other Correct answer in the 1994 United states Continental mathematics league Competition. The student at West Ruislip elementary school in England is one of 19 students to record a perfect score in a demanding skills test. More than 8,000 fifth graders participated in the nationwide Competition which features problems requiring analytical reasoning. West Ruislip a two depart mint of defense dependents schools fifth Grade classes participated this year in the euclidean division of the Competition which was open to fourth through ninth Grade students. Seventeen fifth Grade students about 45 percent of the two fifth Grade classes at West Ruislip which is located in a Northwest London suburb were part of the team. Fifth Grade teachers Edward Brennan and Maria Ramirez said students had practices to get an idea of what to expect on the tests. They were tested five times during november through March with six questions on each test. The six Best scores were submitted As a team to the mathematics league. West Ruislip steam score Over the five test periods a 157 out of a possible 180 a placed the group in the 86 percentile of the 475 teams that participated. Math instructors said the league is an effective program that promotes analytical problem solving skills increases Confidence in doing mathematics and applies mathematical knowledge to unknown situations. When students practice they work together helping one another see different ways to the solution of the problems. As for John. He a 17. A lifelike images amps Marian Hamilton Art enthusiast Ned Cross poses beside what appears to be his portrait a but Isno to at the International children Sart festival in Naples Italy. The painting titled patience is the work of Naples High school Lith grader Ceka Nicholas. It was one or several artworks on display during the festival earlier this month at the Allied officers club. Success Washington a celebrating a new set of educational standards president Clinton urged educators monday to learn from each others successes a there is not a single solitary problem in american education that has not been solved by somebody somewhere a Clinton said urging educators to share their Success stories. All too often narrow mindedness prevents Good pro Grams from spreading to other school districts and other states he suggested. A what we have done As a nation is to resist learning from each other to resist institutionalizing change to resist therefore holding ourselves accountable. As a nation a the president told nearly 800 educators Here to celebrate the goals 2000 educate America act signed March 31. Wednesday May 18,1994vatican rips news report of ill Pope Vatican City a a published report by a Spanish Jesuit that Pope John Paul ii has Parkinson a disease causing him to fall twice in six months was dismissed tuesday by the Vatican As a Tirre.  a v. The Pope who turns 74 today fell in his bathroom april 28 and was hospitalized and underwent hip surgery the next Day. Reports that the Pope is seriously ill have been surfacing for the last few years. A a a a. The latest such assertion was made by a Jesuit journalist who wrote in the Spanish daily Diario 16 that the Pope has been under treatment for almost three years for Parkinson a a progressive and debilitating disorder marked by tremors. Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro denounced the report As a irresponsible information without  Navarro denied that two drugs used for Parkinson a had Ever been prescribed for the Pope As the Spanish report contended. A. A a. A a \ a i affirm that the holy father has never undergone any specific treatment for Parkinson a Navarro said. The Pope does have a hand tremor and John Paul on occasion has taken to gripping the shaking hand with the other to control the shaking. The Vatican has never explained the Popes tremor although such shaking can occur As part of old age. John Paul shows no apparent signs of other symptoms characteristic of a Parkinson a sufferer such As an emotionless face or difficulty walking. The Pope has gone hiking and skiing in the last couple of years. Concern about whether the Vatican was telling All about the Popes health circulated two years ago after John Paul had surgery to remove a Bowel tumor that the Vatican said was  girl found by Crew near autobahn Essen Germany apr Highway workers found a kidnapped 12-year-old girl tied up in the storage room of a Bridge support they were inspecting police said tuesday Manuela Schneider had been missing since May 5, and a wide alarm had gone out in the Ruhr Valley Region around Essen while police and her parents received several Calls from kidnappers demanding about $600,000 in Ransom. The girl was unharmed from the ordeal which ended monday with her release. Police inspector Karl Heinz Henn said her detailed description of the kidnappers led police to arrest two suspects who confessed to abducting her As she waited at a school bus Stop. Henn said the girl was found by Highway workers inspecting a Bridge on the a52 autobahn Between Essen and Disseldorf that is due to be repaired. The Large Cement pilings supporting the Bridge have storage rooms built into them to hold tools. Police spokesman Raymond Sandbach said officials were at a loss to explain the Ransom demand since the girls father has Only a modest income As a building caretaker