European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 29, 1994 faces a no places 1 the stars and stripes Page 21is Gus the Bear bored out of his wits from wire reports crowded. Crime Ridden. Noisy. Life in new York is Tough enough to make anyone neurotic a even a 700-Pound Polar Bear. So what a a zookeeper to do hire a shrink like everyone else. The Central Park zoo is paying $25,000 for some professional advice on Why Gus the Polar Bear went goofy. J a we noticed that Gus  some very Rev pet Tive behaviour a zoo director Dan we Echt wlsaj4 monday. He was swimming. Or More specifically swimming in a distinct repetitive pattern. The pattern first noticed last Winter is symptomatic of a mild Type of neurosis. And the problem in a word is boredom Wharton said. Boredom Isnit an Issue in the wild where Polar bears must Hunt and forage for food but it sometimes becomes a problem in Captivity. Gus who turns 9 in december was born at the Toledo Ohio zoo and has been at the Centra Park zoo since he was a wee cub in 1987, after word got out about his problem reporters and photographers along with your Basic zoo visitors crowded his state of the Art habitat monday. Its Replete with rocks a Waterfall streams and 5,000 Square feet a about five times the size of the average new York apartment. Gus did no to seem to mind the attention. He kept swimming and swimming and swimming. A i think its All a ruse. I think he likes the attention a said Valerie Griffin 30, of cd Minster no. A a he a the Donald Trump of the Polar Bear  Gus ignored the comment and continued crossing a 10-foot Section of the Bear Pool snout Down. He executed a perfect somersault and swam Back across the water on his Back. He repeats the pattern several hours every Day. But it was worse before zoo keepers began getting advice from California animal Cha violist Timothy Desmond who trained the whale in the movie free Willy Desmond is being paid through the private Central Park  gets film Roie figure skater Tonya Harding has agreed to appear As a feisty waitress in an Independent filmmaker s movie about a woman running from the mob. Harding will play Gina a waitress who accidentally receives a Cache of Money from the mafia in the movie breakaway written by scan dash and Eric Gardner. A Tonya is really looking Forward to being in the movie and she a really Happy that Shell be Able to kill her manager a joked Harding a manager Merrill Eichenberger. _ Harding pleaded guilty earlier this year to hindering the prosecution in the Jan. J attack on fellow inc skater Nancy Kerrigan. Whale of an attraction a giant plastic whale towers Over visitors at the National science museum in Tokyo. The piece about 30 Yards Long depicts a Blue whale and is claimed to be the world s largest Model celeb the show instead saying he did t think Dunaway could handle the singing Sunset Boulevard closes the Sun set sunday on Sunset Boulevard. Glenn close closed the los Angeles production of the musical with a gracious goodbye that generated a 15-minute standing ovation. Close brought out the entire cast and Crew for the curtain Call taking the stage with dozens of Ushers makeup artists and carpenters. The production which starred close As aging silent screen diva Norma Desmond ran for 232 performance close will take the role to Broadway in the fall. Faye Dunaway was slated to replace her in the los Angeles production but producer Andrew Lloyd Webber can James Brown gets Cookin James Brown has a new Job cookie a monster. A portion of the proceeds from his James Brown Cookee will go to his anti violence and crime prevention Campaign. The organization raises Money for common cities nit hard by crime. Eight types of cookies Are being introduced nationally. The godfather of soul said monday in a statement that the venture Means a literally that we Are taking a bite but of  summer a daily newspaper route can kelp you earn extra Money to spend this summer for school next year or eventually College. We re looking for Home delivery carriers to service the following areas All Barracks to Germany Aschaffenbur Babenhausen Baum Okier Post housing Berlin Basler by housing Duppel housing Birkenfeld Darmstadt Alsbach Eberstadt Escho Libr str. Gernshein Jefferson Vili. Lincoln Vili. Derheim Frank Erthal platen housing Grafe Woehr Seyboth Herruth Heidelberg Leiden Reilinger rot St. Leon Hohenbury Qreiten Weg Hohenfels a Gross Bisse Dort a Regensburg a Salzbach Kaiser saute a Wiesenbach a Vogel Weh kit Zingen a Marshall Heights Lampe thelm Mainz Kastel a Mlkvy Mannheim Nuernberg Pir Masens Sembach a air base Wenkenbach als. Vilseck a Auerbach Wiesbaden a air base a Aukamp a Crestview a Haine Berg Worms a Tiv Wuerzburg a Lengfeld we Bruecken