European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Tuesday december 20.1994 lawmaker in child support Wrangle Boytim Novaksr. Louis Post dispatch Springfield 111. Depending on whom you be Lieve democratic rep. Bobby Rush is one of the most prominent Deadbeat dads in Illinois or the victim of tangled bureaucracy fraught with errors. The Illinois department of Public Aid says the con Gressman owes his former wife Sandra Rush $8,565.34 i delinquent child support and he owes the state $4,942.35 for welfare payments that his sex wife received to support their three , a former Black Panther who is now a representative from Chicago quarrels with that debt just As he has disputed debts with the internal Revenue serv ice and the Illinois department of Revenue. Rush attorney Diane Shelley said he had caught up with the child support payments that he started making in 1973, when he and Sandra Rush divorced. 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The work almanac of world War ii Bison books corp., 1981 a Shelley said that either the state should remove Rush s name from the list or it should take him to court prove he owes the Money and collect  is among about 217,000 parents who Are be Hind in their child support payments according to com Puter records from the Illinois department of Public Aid. But department spokesman Dean Schott said it s conceivable. It s possible that some of those alleged to be deadbeats May owe nothing. The St. Louis Post dispatch asked the state to verify Rush s alleged debt. Two weeks later officials said Rush owed $13,507.69 based upon a review of his paper  Why does t the state ask Cook county state s at Torney Jack o Malley to drag Rush to court there will be a Point in time where the Case will be reviewed for additional action said Dianna Durham Mcloud administrator of the state s child support collections. The Post dispatch could not reach Sandra  1988, Rush was behind in his child support pay ments while serving As a Chicago Alderman. He owed $3,640, so Cook county state s attorney Richard m. Daley got a judge to. Issue Art order allowing City officials to withhold child support from Rush s paychecks according to court records. Rush s attorney said that debt had been paid. Since Rush became a congressman in 1993, he has been Mak ing child support payments directly to his sex wife Shel Ley said.,/. Federal officials Are not withholding child support payments from the congressman s salary of $133,600, she added. Durham Mcloud said state officials had no records showing that Rush has made child support payments directly to his sex wife for the past two years. She said her staffs research indicated the Federal government was withholding payments from the congressman s pay Check. Distributed by scrap Showard news service reaching out to aids children storyteller Hugh Morgan Hill of Cambridge mass., known As brother Blue performs during a kwanzaa Celebration in bos Tonon saturday. About 30 people participated in the inner City kwanzaa gathering to Benefit children infected or affected by aids. Kwanzaa which conies from the swahili word for the spirit of giving is a seven Day african festival. Santa snaps of Gator fans dad recounts Jacksonville Fla. A Aless than Jolly Santa Claus at a mall told a 6-year-old boy that he would t get an presents if he was a University of Florida football fan. Santa also pointed his White gloved Finger at the boy s father and challenged him to a fight the dad said. Santa then stalked off leaving children waiting inline stunned. Chip Crabtree said he and his wife took their sons Ages 2, 4 and 6 to the avenues mall Friday. When Santa saw the children s Mother Lori wearing a University of Florida gators sweat shirt he said " Santa Claus does t like Gator fans. Santa Clau wishes that Florida state would beat the gators in the sugar bowl " according to Crabtree. When the children s Mother told Santa that he was being rude the red faced Boss of the elves retorted " lady if you Don t like it you can get them the Chil Dren off my Lap " Crabtree recounted. The family asked for a refund an began to leave. Crabtree who was video taping the visit from 10 feet away told Santa that he did t like his remarks. That s when according to Crabtree Santa jumped from his chair and allegedly thumped the father s Chest with his Fin Ger and taunted " you want to do some thing about it right now pal right her onstage " Crabtree said he did t. When mall Security personnel jumped in Santa told a nearby Elf just Tell them the children to go Home. I m out of Here Crabtree recounted. Mall general manager Tom Funari apologized. Santas Are trained that they Are sup posed to be impartial he explained. He did t know the Santa s real name. The Santa operation is run by Sun coast photography not the mall Tom Lane co owner of Sun coast also said he did t know the name of the Grumpy Santa. Crabtree later told his children that the Man was t the real Santa. Sometimes Santa uses helpers and this one was an impostor he said. Crabtree s 6-year-old said that he knew it was t Santa because there was t any magic in his