European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes education wednesday May 25,19945 in Germany May earn presidential scholar title by the stars and stripes Washington a five graduating seniors at department of defense dependents schools in Germany Are among 500 finalists for the 1994 presidential scholars program. The five in the running for the highest Federal Honor bestowed upon graduating High school seniors Are Megan r. Flanagan Heidelberg High school Krishna c. Gidwani Wurzburg High school Catherine o. Johnson Bonn High school Jeremiah m. Lehman Ramstein High school and Kevin d. Stinman Giessen High school. Selection is based on academic achievements leadership qualities personal character and involvement in Community and school activities. About 30 eminent citizens appointed by president Clinton will make the final selection of the 141 scholars. Traditionally scholars Are invited to Washington in june to receive a medallion and to participate in various activities in their Honor. A while we lavish Praise on athletes and actors we often fail to applaud the Diligence and discipline of Good scholarship and creative accomplishment a education Secretary Richard Riley  now in its 30th year the scholars program remains one of the few opportunities for National recognition of academic or artistic  presidential scholars include one Young Man and one Young woman from each state the District of Columbia and puerto Rico As Well As from families of . Citizens living abroad. They also include up to 20 students selected from the arts and 15 students chosen a sports Complex dedication Baum older Germany a Baum older High school on Friday will dedicate its recently remodeler sports Complex to a former administrator the dedication ceremony to Honor Bob Bradach will be held at 5 . At the High school. Bradach served As an administrator at Augsburg Baum older and Frankfurt High schools All in Germany and later at department of defense dependents schools Headquarters in Arlington va., before his death in november. He had fought a five year Battle with a brain tumor. The school is searching for former friends and staff members interested in attending the ceremony and subsequent dinner. Photos or anecdotes to share with Bradach a family who will attend the ceremony also Are welcomed. For More information Contact either the High school at 06783-9116, or Smith elementary school also in Baum older at 06783-5693. Scholarships presented Lan Stuhl Germany the european Congress of american parents teachers and students has announced the winners of its two $1,000 scholarships along with recipients of its four annual awards. Jason Boyd of Wurzburg High school and Shannon Emory of Heidelberg High school both seniors received the $1,000 Grants. To be eligible for the awards seniors had to be members of a pts or Pat and Complete a project titled Quot today what can you do to make the world a better place for All Mankind a the child advocacy organization an Arm of the National Parent teacher association offers four annual awards a one each to a Volunteer teacher administrator and local unit. 1 Berlin elementary school which closes at the end of this school year took two of the awards Diane Reynolds was named Volunteer of the year and the school also was named local unit of the year. Robin Neiman a speech therapist at Span Dahiem elementary school w As selected teacher of the year and Jacqueline Yardley assistant principal at lands Uhl elementary Middle school received the administrator of the year Honor. Quot the group also presents a Reading award sponsored by Scholastic publishing company that was Given to to Gelwich elementary school for its efforts to further Reading among its pupils. Awards were presented and scholarships announced at the annual dec a Pis conference held this month in sont Hofen. 9m so our girls were born Here we were married Here this is our Home. We be lived Here longer than we have lived anywhere in our lives.1 Adam Hildenbrand history became real and alive rather than something in history books Pimp Schmoll a teachers went to East Berlin exchanged dollars into East German Marks at a fantastic rate and could go to a restaurant and feel like a millionaire 1ltd 1 4 Charlie Bluem Dodds set to close books on historic Berlin schools by Jimi Jones education writer Berlin a a half hearted saying among americans in Berlin captures the mood these Days of Many people living in the German capital. A we were doing just Fine until All this peace came a say some of those who prepare to leave a City once divided by Sharp contrasts 01 Freedom and bondage. The peace that came after the 1989, collapse of the Berlin Wall meant americans connected to . Forces eventually would go Home a for Good. For educators in military overseas schools in Berlin this year Marks the end of their presence in Berlin. Some of the educators in the two american schools have been Here nearly 30 years. A most of us Here at Berlin had the feeling that conceivably we might take Over the role of Bonn american High school when the capital moved to Berlin after German unification Quot said Charlie Bluem of Berlin High school who left Michigan to begin his career with the department of defense dependents schools in Berlin in 1969. A there Are very few to no troops in Bonn mostly embassy and business Type kids. When the capital moved Here we thought wed pick up the Slack. But the fact that it the move has been delayed it faked us out. In that sense it was Little bit of a  Adam Hildenbrand who has raised his family in Berlin agreed. A a a. A i done to understand Why our stale department has Given up this school Complex because when they come Here they will need a school a the state department has not released information about its future educational plans in Berlin. But the toll of military draw Down has become Clear. Gone with the cold War is the Job Security that Dodds provided. Schools with noteworthy pasts like those in Berlin Are being disbanded. A your girls were bom Here we were married Here this is our Home. We be lived Here longer than we have lived anywhere in our lives a said Hildenbrand a math and cooperative work experience teacher who also has been in Berlin since 1969. Educators also say no other City in the Dodds system offers the historical Impact of Berlin. A Fulda Heidelberg Are Nice. But Berlin is the historical Center a said Phillip Schmo ii a soccer coach. A a lot of people Felt that some of the greatest decisions of Western civilization in our time were going to be made Here in Berlin and they were. A and then the Wall came tumbling Down. Since the fall of communism Berlin has become just another big capital. It does no to have that same electricity the ten Sion that it had. A there was no other City in the world where you could Cross a Border and have two totally different worlds now its a City like Tokyo. Congestion a Tough City to make it in.�?�. Gone too Are the Days when Many teachers could a live beyond their Means a Bluem said. A Thev went to East Berlin exchanged dollars into East German Marks at a fantastic rate and could go to a restaurant and feel like a millionaire. It was a wonderful feeling. It a a a a a a a a. A / a a a a a 1 a a a a a a the tensions during the cold War created an acute sense of place and time some said. A history became real and alive rather than something in history books a Schmoll said. Though educators in Berlin said they will miss it life there has had its drawbacks. A we would have to travel six seven eight Hundred Kilometres to play a soccer or football game a said Schmoll. A that made life difficult for us something that i definitely will not  Schmoll said americans can be proud of what they be accomplished in Berlin. A we helped build the Prosperity of Western Europe and it also helped us As a nation to show what kind of character we  he added however that a the bitter Pill is that this Prosperity that we were hoping for in the world has not happened. We still see people in every continent of the world hating each other shooting at one another. Everybody wants peace but we re not Able to achieve  for Many in Berlin moving on Means that old timers will become new kids on the  of these a Oberlin junkies Quot realize its time to get another life no More duty train Flag orders free a Bahn rides and government quarters. \ still a to have the most historic High school of All to close is difficult for us a Schmoll said. Sue Over creationist lecture Pittsburgh up two pupils and their parents anonymously have sued a suburban Pittsburgh school District alleging that the District improperly taught religious theory about the origin of the universe As part of a biology course. The lawsuit says a lecture by an administrator and a discussion the next Day violated the constitutional separation of Church and state. The suit was filed monday in  District court in Pittsburgh by attorneys for the american civil liberties Union against the Moon area school District. The suit alleges the administrator Warren Kooi taught biology pupils that god created the world in six Days that death was unknown on Earth until Adam and eve ate the Apple and that a great flood wiped out All life except that aboard Noah Sark. The suit says pupils the following Day were pressured to give their opinions on creationist theory is. Evolutionist theory. Bat Type of instruction constitutes the teaching of religion not science and therefore has no place in our Public schools Quot Acle attorney Jon Pushinsky said. The suit seeks a court order Banning the teaching of creationist theory in science classes in addition to unspecified Money damages and attorneys fees. School District spokeswoman Sheryl Trautman said officials believe there was nothing wrong with kooks lecture which was a an Effort to offer an alternate theory to that of evolution