European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 19, 1994 . To stars and stripes Page 9 campers defeat Rabid Mountain lion Dos Rios Calif. A a woman stabbed a Rabid Mountain lion to death with a Kitchen knife after the 60-Poujidanimal attacked a party of campers including her husband who lost his thumbs Chuck Strehl and Troy Winslow wrestled the cat off Strehl s wife Kathleen then held it Down As Winslow s wife Robin killed it with a double pronged 12-Inch serrated Kitchen knife. She said she was trying to make a mess of its  of us screamed none of us panicked. To Tell you the truth Robin Winslow said. But we moved swiftly.". Tests on the animal s brain tissue con firmed it was Rabid Bill Clark of the state fish and game department said wednesday. Mendocino county fiscal the officials said they were trying to reach everyone who came in Contact with the cat and recommend that they undergo rabies vaccinations. Troy Winslow who lost his left thumb was listed in Good condition wednesday at a Hospital. Kathleen Strehl who suffered a 4-Inch puncture wound in her left forearm was treated and released. Her husband was shaken but unscathed. I m just glad we re All alive because i la Tell you it was close the 48-year-old Robin Winslow told the Santa Rosa press Democrat. It was big it was Strong and it was  the ordeal began before Dawn tues Day when the win slows Collie Monte suddenly leapt to his feet and ran away. The four campers went searching for the dog and instead found the Mountain lion crouching beneath a Cabin located on land owned by the win slows. They built a fire  of scaring away the cat. But As they were standing around the fire armed with a shovel a Hatchet and a Kitchen knife the lion charged out and attacked Kathleen Strehl. The two couples found Monte shortly after the attack scratched and bitten and waiting for them near their pickup about two Miles away. A veterinarian treated the dog for a Cut on its face. Concern about attacks by Mountain Lions in state wilderness areas has in creased since april when a 40-year-old woman was killed by one while jogging. Reunion offer 67 years brings Many tales tears Pittsburgh a a brother and sister separated for 67 years by poverty War and passport problems walked into each other s arms and filled in the lost decades with tears and  that you Michael Mary Syrko said tuesday night when Michael Semko walked off a bus with his daughter Theodora. Semko 74, remarked in ukrainian How Short his 76-year-old sister had become said Olga Sirko Syrko s sister in Law and inter Preter for other relatives at the reunion. Syrko who lives in the Pittsburgh suburb of Economy gave her brother and Niece bouquets and said she planned to treat them to a traditional ukrainian banquet of Piragis Kielbasa and cabbage. She last saw her brother in 1927. Michael Semko and another brother John who died in Ukraine in 1991, were left behind be cause their father could t afford to take the whole family when he immigrated to the United states to work As a coalmine or. Michael Semko actually was born near Allentown the first time his father went to the United states. Though he was a . Cit Izen Semko could not return because he lacked a birth certificate and passport., he later was imprisoned by the germans and drafted by the soviet army. Over the years Syrko sent several pack Ages of presents to Semko but most of them came Back. World War ii and the closed Borders of the soviet Union broke apart Many ukrainian families. The reunion was arranged after Sirko heard on a weekly ukrainian language radio show that Semko was searching for his father s grave. A congressman helped with the travel papers. Semko planned to visit the grave of has a maty Syrko and her brother Michael Semko smile As they were reunited tuesday at a ther John who died in 1960. Pittsburgh bus station after their 67-year separation. Important to All Pov operators important ask for the real thing your passport to   Vij Wail Frederick Denison Carefree european driving this card could be yours at no Cost for details ask your local Agency for your oferral get your nato traveler s card today see your local Agency in m mediately. Your insurance partners Europe assistance