European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 182007 stars and stripes jk3whhmxar 0 poet 23 students from Noami Sites Hazen elementary school fifth Grade class play around a 33footlong inflatable whale during the eighth annual environmental festival at the High Prairie arts and science Complex in Bismarck and inflatable whale Joyce Rice left and her daughter Rhonda Renee right known As the Wacky women of the wild West get Isaac Desiga 4 to help them with rope tricks As they perform at the Rio Grande Valley livestock show in Mercedes Texas rope tricks footloose swinging Elissa Bettran 11 rides a swing hanging from a tree outside her Home in Al Centre Calif town approves removal of fluoride in water East mount desert voters in this town of 2100 approved the removal of flu Oride from their drinking water the first Community in the state to make such a change the Maine dental association expressed disappointment at the decision which came after the mount desert water District promoted studies that it said raise questions about the safety of fluoridation students accused of making fake ids South Athens police arrested three College students accused of running a fake id operation out of their apartment authorities said they seized fake South Carolina and Georgia Drivers licenses along with a fraudulent Texas id card and computer equipment the apart ment complexes manager received a tip and called police mass tuition going up by 34 percent Worcester tuition and fees in the University of Massachusetts system will Rise by 34 percent for the 200708 Aca Demic year under a plan approved by trustees that Means Instate students at mass four undergraduate campuses will pay on average from to officials said Chancellor dismisses Calls to end contract Madison University of Wisconsin Chancellor dismissed Calls to end the schools athletic contract with Adidas but John Wiley said he would personally express his displeasure to top Adidas officials Over their response to alleged workers rights abuses at Hermosa manufacturing which produced Adi Das apparel bearing the badgers logo from 2000 to 2002 and Send an envoy to Al Salvador to gather More information whale beaches self on outer Banks Dies Raleigh a whale that stranded herself on the outer Banks died about 10 Days after the Navy conducted sonar training exercises off the Virginia coast the 15foot nursing Mother had bleeding around both ears Al though a scientist who performed a necropsy could not say what caused the whale to Beach frat members charged with beating pledges Stillwater six members of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at Oklahoma state University have been charged with beating pledges with paddles injuring one Man so severely he needs plastic surgery the charge is a Misdemeanour punishable by a Fine of up to and 90 Days in the county jail court records indicate a pledge was beaten with paddles at meet Ings company plans wind farm to make electricity Virginia California company is mov ing Forward with plans for a wind farm in Madison county that could produce enough electricity for 45000 Homes Les Brown a principal with be bulk renewable Energy Lac said his company has already leased 10000 acres from ranch ers for As Many As 70 windmills robbers attack woman take in jewels Midwest Demotte masked men attacked a woman at a Gas station and stole jewelry Worth nearly million police said the woman and her husband German nationals who work As couriers were travelling from Indianapolis to Chicago when they stopped about 30 Miles South of Gary authorities said one Man held a knife to the woman neck while two other men took the jewelry from the trunk trooper coughing fit led to fatal crash Llano a truck Driver suffering from a coughing fit slowed into five parked cars at a Roadside Eagle observation Point killing one person and injuring three a state trooper said Steven Ray Myers 44 of Rowlett was killed in the Accident on Texas 29 in an area of the Hill country known As Eagle Canyon said Eric Morgan of the Texas department of Public safety Morgan said the investigation continued but he didst expect to Issue any citations against the Driver who is from Mason what it looks like is the truck Driver had a coughing spell and lost consciousness Morgan told the River cities daily Tribune Morgan said thunderstorms did not appear to be a Factor in the crash gift wrapped packages cause bomb concern West Jackson nine gift wrapped packages left out in the open around the City prompted Calls to police by citizens concerned that they might be bombs the boxes turned out to be filled with toy soldiers easter eggs confetti and other Knick Knacks police 5ay there not sure Why the packages were left but they would like whoever did it to con tact them county Council adopts King image As logo Seattle the King county Council adopted an image of Martin Luther King or As the county logo replacing a Crown design signs and letterheads will be changed Over five years costing the Council changed its namesake to the civil rights Leader in 1986 but it didst have the Force of Law until 2005 when the legislature acted stories and photos from wire services