European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 stars a t p p is m a r c h 2 o 2007 Page 17 tiny town giving land to boost population Anchorage Anderson a Little town in alaskan Interior has no Gas station no Gro Cery store and no traffic lights but it does have plenty of woodsy land and it is free to anyone willing to put Down roots in the often Frozen ground in a modern twist on the homesteading movement that populated the Plains in the 1800s the Community of 300 peo ple is offering 26 Large lots on Spruce covered land in a part of Alaska that has spectacular views of the Northern lights and mount Mckinley North americas High est Peak and whats an occasional Day of 60below cold in a town removed from big City ills its Mayberry said Anderson High school teacher Daryl Frisbie whose social studies class explored ways to boost the towns dwindling population students developed a web site and Power Point presentation then persuaded the City Council to give it a go the 13 acre lots will be awarded to the first people who apply for them and submit deposits each winning applicant must build a House measuring at least 1000 Square feet within two years Power and phone hookups Are Al ready available cruise passenger saved after jumping overboard Miami a Man who reportedly jumped from a cruise ship off Florida coast was rescued eight hours later by the coast guard the 24yearold Man ran through a carnival cruise lines ship Cabin window and fell into the water off fort Lauderdale a wit Ness told coast guard Petty officer Dana Warr it was unclear whether the window was open at the time the witness said the Man was intoxicated Warr said the Man waved his arms at Crews when he was spotted in the water coast guard Petty officer Jennifer Johnson said she said he was airlifted to a Hospital but she didst know his condition major Copper theft ring uncovered by authorities Honolulu invest mum gation into the death of a Man suspected of stealing Copper wiring has led authorities to what they believe is a major Copper theft ring police sgt David Yomes discovered a massive tangle of insulation stripped from wires when he tracked Down a homeless woman who was a witness to an Accident that killed 54yearold daily a Cor Puz Yomes found the woman under an he on ramp stripping Copper wiring with two men alongside what he said was a pile of insula Tion that suggests More than 10000 pounds of Copper wiring had been stripped what was told to me was they were doing 200 to 300 pounds of Copper a night Yomes said this whole thing is about Crys Tal meth and getting Money to sup port the habit there getting Over two dollars a Pound american Roundup stripping wire however int a crime police must also prove the Copper wiring is stolen before theft charges can be filed court crass teen guilty of stalking classmate Lincoln a teenager who called a schoolmate fat Penguin and other derogatory names in front of other students for months committed mis demean or stalking the state supreme court ruled the ruling overturned an appeals court finding that the 16yearolds actions were intended Only for his own juvenile amusement according to court documents the teen identified Only As Jeffrey k yelled at the girl close to 200 times Over two months in 2004 at Omaha Westside High school he shoved a chair directly into her path causing her to stumble repeatedly called her a whore and threw food at her Yelling eat some More fat ass the states stalking statute tar gets conduct that seriously Terri fies threatens or intimidates a juvenile court decided against the boy last year but the state court of appeals noted that the girl had said his tone of voice was mean but not really like a threatening voice the High court found that the boy committed stalking because a reasonable person would have Felt intimidated by his actions Wyeth blowing ahead Assumption College student Adam j Kohrman walks through falling Snow toward the Campus Center for lunch in Paxton mass while a machine plows Snow behind him or or not the girl was gallery to open extensive exhibit Washington modernist Art a movement that began 90 years ago with a Genera Tion that wanted to change the look of the world continues to inspire design in every Day life from skyscrapers to modern kitchens and popu Lar Ikea furniture an extensive exhibition opening at the Corcoran gallery of Artex amines modernism As a historical phenomenon with paintings architecture fashion film even office chairs modernism designing a new world 19141939 was organized and originally shown last year by London Victoria and Albert museum curators say its the largest exhibition on modernism to be staged in the United states to Date the exhibit is scheduled to run through july 29 modernism is All around us today said Christopher Wilk curator of the exhibition for the Victo Ria and Albert who helped bring it to Washington this is our world this is the world we live in 3 divers die exploring a sunken military ship key Largo three divers died off the Florida keys while attempting to explore a wreck of a sunken us military ship authorities said the group of divers descended near the uss Spiegel Grove authorities said shortly after the Cap Tain of the dive boat notified the us coast guard that four divers were missing one of the men surfaced be cause he started to run out of air authorities said Monroe county sheriffs spokes woman Becky Herrin said the men were attempting a penetration dive inside the wreckage which she described As relatively dangerous these wrecks can be very con fusing inside Herrin said one of the divers was pulled up by a diver from another boat and was pronounced dead after being taken to a Hospital the other two never surfaced key Largo Rescue authorities later found their bodies but were having difficulty recover ing them Boeing machinists Union elects new chief officer Seattle the Union representing Boeing co hourly production workers in the puget sound area has elected a new president a Union official said Tom Wroblewski will take Over As head of the 20000member machinists District Lodge 751 in seat tie for six years Lodge spokeswoman Connie Kelliher said Wroblewski 52 takes Over in april from Mark Blondin 47 who is resigning to take Job with the Par ent Union Wroblewski who had Blondino backing polled 2914 votes his opponent Clifton Wyatt Drew 2346 votes Kelliher said Wroblewski has been involved in contract talks with Boeing since 1992 and was part of the main table negotiating team during the last contract talks in 2005 he works at beings Auburn facility diving stallion Tyler West of Lonoke Ark and his ride commander Cody Tumble fac first into the dirt at the expo Square Pavilion during the Saddle bronc Riding Competition during the longhorn world championship Rodeo in Tulsa okla Serin 0 i Oom s Tsap High school Art student Lauren Ofriel 16 is framed by a tree in full up 1115 Spring in pfc she for photos at Silverdale waterfront Park on an overcast Day in Silverdale Wash limits Eri Gerdes 30 Hooks his rope limits into the Bolt above his head at Cinamon slab Wall at Smith Rock state Park near Redmond Ore Gerdes and Friend Anton Hafele were on a Small vacation taking advantage of the unseasonably warm weather in Central Oregon eyes on a prize a bidder who declined to give his name watches the action As Travis Toth an auctioneer of trustee sales for Fidelity National reflected in the mans sunglasses reads descriptions of foreclosed proper ties offered for Sale As potential buyers contemplate bids during a Home foreclosure auction on the Steps of the los Angeles county courthouse in Norwalk Calif ii resemble the r2d2droid from the Star wars my series in the Hollywood Section of los Angeles the us postal service transformed 400 mailboxes nationwide into the r2d2 lookalikes in Advance of its plans to Issue a stamp commemorating the film Rietta Olson 4 second from left brushes the hair Back from her face As she jumps on the trampoline with her Brothers and Sisters during a sunny and warm recess from homeschooling at their Home in Madras Ore jumping for Joy Man gets 20 years for killing landlord Over Waco a Man who beat his landlord to death during an argument Over a late fee was sentenced to 20 years in Pris on Johnny Loa 43 who suffers from hallucinations pleaded guilty to murder in the 2003 beating death of 69yearold Warren Neal Young Lisa was found incompetent to stand trial on three prior occasions because of his mental condition and was sent to state mental Hospi tals however doctors from the state mental Hospital in Kerrville deemed him competent in octo Ber according to court records Loa hit Young several times with a Board during an argument Over a late fee for Loas rent at his apartment Complex Young died at a Waco Hospital about a week later rare form of scrapie found in farm sheep Cheyenne the Wyo Ming livestock Board says a sheep from a flock in the North Eastern Corner of the state has tested positive for a rare form of the disease scrapie the first time the particular Strain has been found in the United states the us a animal Plant health inspection service notified the state that the Ewe tested positive for a form of scrapie consistent with the nor98 Strain first diag nosed in Norway in 1998 the livestock Board says it Doest expect the Strain of the Dis ease to become a major problem for the Wyoming sheep Industry state and Federal officials intend to Monitor the remainder of the flock near the Black Hills to make sure the disease Doest become established according to a release from the livestock Board the Ewe was slaughtered in Michigan As part of the Urdas regular scrapie Slaugh Ter surveillance program and traced Back to the Wyoming flock plane crash kills Pilot during air performance Titusville a lawyer flying a stunt plane at an air show crashed and died before a number of spectators authorities said Eilon Krugmankadi of Gaines Ville was taking the Small Mili tar style l39 Albatross on a Loop that he apparently want Able to pull out of police said the fiery crash happened on the opening Day of the weekend Long Tico Harbird air show he was not Able to come up and he crashed into several Trees just West of the Airport police sgt Todd Hutchinson said there was no indication that there was any thing wrong with the plane Mac Mceachern a longtime Fly ing partner of Krugmankadi said his Friend Learned to Fly some time ago in the israeli military but Only recently got the acrobatic pilots License enabling him to participate in the show Krugmankadi had recently bought the old air plane he was flying Mceachern said arsonist gets life term for each of 12 killed Reno a woman who set a devastating hotel fire was sentenced to 12 consecutive life prison terms one for each person killed in the Blaze Valerie Moore pleaded guilty in january to the halloween night murders but said at her sentencing hearing that she did so Only to avoid the death penalty in sorry for each and every one of your loss but i did not do this she said As some in the court room gasped Washoe District judge Brent Adams however said Moore acknowledged when she entered her plea that she is guilty prosecutors would be free to seek the death penalty if Moore seeks an Appeal twelve people died of asphyxia Tion and 31 were injured in the fire at the Mizpah hotel an 84yearold building without sprinklers where rooms rented for a week crime chiefs son gets 15year prison sentence fort Lauderdale a Miami Federal judge sentenced a Leader in the cuban organized crime Syndicate known As the corporation to 15 years in prison for his role in a criminal racketeering conspiracy that included murder gambling arson and Money laundering us District judge Alan Gold also ordered Jose Miguel Battlejr 54 who was convicted of Vari Ous racketeering charges in july to forfeit million in illegal proceeds Battles father Jose Miguel Bat tie or a Bay of pigs Veteran was sentenced in january to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty during his racketeering conspiracy trial the elder Battle 77 founded the organization and became known to Federal authorities As the cuban godfather father and son were accused at trial of taking part in five premeditated murders and four arsons resulting in eight deaths including that of a 3yearold child police Roundup nets million in warrants Dallas a three week Roundup by authorities in 52 counties resulted in getting individuals to pay nearly million in warrants according to Arling ton police the Roundup ran from feb 16 to March 10 and resulted in people Clearing More than 91000 War rants one of the organizers Arlington police sgt Mike Hollier said authorities wanted to Tell the Public they Are taking warrants seriously we wanted to encourage the Public to voluntarily take care of these things before they become warrants and the outcome of this Effort indicates that people heard the message loud and Clear Hollier said Hollier said enforcement efforts for warrants would continue even though the Roundup has ended stories and photos from wire services