European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 0 stars a n r stripes March 22 2007 Page 17 mans merlot plate is a Roadway Nono Salt Lake City merlot can be a Vari Ety of grape or a Type of red wine but not an acceptable personalized License plate in the state of Utah Glenn Euricks 1996 Mercedes has had the License plate Reading merlot for 10 years he says the plate never got a lot of no Tice until the Utah tax commis Sion told him he had to remove it because the state Doest allow words of intoxicant to be used on vanity plates six or seven letter words like liquor or whiskey probably  make it through the state screen ing process before the plates Are is sued but merlot did and Eurick was Fine until an Anonymous caller told the state that merlot was also an alcoholic beverage Eurick said he will Challenge the states decision bite from Sisters cat nets Man award Flushing a Nasty bite on the hand that a Man got from his Sisters siamese cat is Worth a jury awarded Michael Sabo 57 the Money for an injury he got when the cat Randy bit his right hand in March 2004 Sabos fingers swelled so much that they looked like plump hot dogs his attorney Tom Pabst told the Flint journal and an infection put Sabo in a Hospital for three weeks he had to pay thousands in medical Bills Pabst said Sabos sister Jean Toney had warned people not to pick up Randy because he had bit ten people before but the newspaper said the cat leapt into Sabos Lap Sabo initially tried to get his Sis ters homeowners insurance policy to cover the Cost of treatment when that request was refused Sabo had no Choice but to take the matter to court Pabst said fiery plane crash leaves 1 person dead 2 injured Marietta air plane carrying four people crashed and burst into flames while Landing at a restaurant air strip leaving one person dead and two injured authorities said the plane a twin engine Beech 58 aircraft went Down at the Mcgeehee Catfish restaurant said Roland Herwig a spokesman for the Federal aviation administration in Oklahoma City we dont know where they were coming from but the plane is registered in the Dallas area her wig said preliminarily were thinking the Landing gear failed on Landing and the aircraft then spun off the runway the conditions of the two injured survivors we rent immediately known the fourth person want Hurt Herwig said Spring break shooting kills vacationing teen Orlando a Florida teenager became the first victim of Spring break when he was shot in the head following an argument at a Daytona Beach hotel police said authorities said Matthew Cas Tro 28 of Jacksonville Fla a american Roundup preached Lance David Ulland 18 of Kissimmee in room 127 at the Atlantic Economy inn and shot him after an apparent argument Daytona Beach police chief Michael Chitwood said the victim May have just been in the wrong place at the wrong time As the accused gunman went to various doors searching for someone who possibly crossed him earlier wit Nesses said there were four people in that room Chitwood said and whoever opened that door was going to get shot Castro was booked into the Volu Sia county Branch jail in Daytona Beach on a first degree homicide charge no bail was available and he was scheduled to appear before a judge big City slaughterhouse looking for a new Home Chicago More than 100 years after Upton Sinclair scathing critique of Chicago meat Industry in the Jungle the cites last major slaughterhouse is looking for a new Home Franco Chiappetti among the fourth generation of Chiappetti to run Chiappetti veal and Lamb said the company is pressed by a Lack of space and increasingly surrounded by expensive Homes shops and restaurants rapidly transforming the once Gritty enclave in looking out the window at the rooftop of a three Earold Home Chiappetti refractive rain an impressionistic inverted and distorted image of the Lewiston City building and Library is seen within a Raindrop clinging to a tree Branch amid falling rain in Lewiston Maine said we didst pick a residential area a residential area picked us and with that the neighbourhood could lose one of the last reminders of an Industry that once was the envy of the world and a Symbol of american ingenuity game Warden killed after suspect Chase a state game Warden was shot and killed after a High Speed Chase authorities said Justin Hurst was killed on his 34th birthday after he and another Warden pursued a Man suspected of Hunting illegally from a Road Side according to a Texas depart ment of Public safety news re lease state troopers and deputies from the Wharton county sheriffs department joined the Chase which ended in an Exchange of gun fire capital murder charges were expected to be filed against James Freeman 26 who was injured in the gunfight Dps spokeswoman Lisa Block said he was being held under guard at Oak Bend Hospital in Rosenberg maj oily Correa a spokesman for the Texas Parks and wildlife department said 16 game War Dens have been killed in the line of duty since 1919 inmates stage protest about jail conditions Freehold township More than 100 inmates awaiting Federal immigration hear Ings staged a peaceful protest to complain about jail conditions and ended it hours later satisfied Monmouth county undersheriff Ted Freeman said 132 inmates re fused to eat or participate in activities because they wanted among other things More food and Span is speaking officers and for a Tele vision set to be fixed Freeman did not expect food Servings to change saying All in mates get three meals a Day for 3400 calories inmates also can buy items such As crackers and while the television had been replaced Freeman said he did not know How the request for More Spanish speaking officers would be resolved woman says White rats Are great gentle pets Bangor township Marylou Morin has no use for mice but she thinks their big Ger cousins make great pets that right domesticated rats and her dog likes them too Morin known As the rat lady has babied rats for about eight years Ever since her daughter brought Home a lab rat named wicket from Western Michigan University the on Pound White male rat with Pink eyes would fall asleep in her Lap while she watched television she and her husband Don once had As Many As 13 rats in their Home they help me relax a whole Bunch there gentle creatures and there just very Loving she told the Bay City times unlike wild rats the domesticated rodents do not pose health risks Morin said they Groom them selves frequently and even Groom each other Boston University medical students Miriam Shiferaw left and Nawal Momani Check letters together to find out where they have been accepted for their residency programs during the match Day at by medical school in Boston High Rise Birdhouse a Blac capped Chickadee moves into a Joseph Hopp designed Arbor Castle Birdhouse in Tyler Texas the p hrpp7p ulc us Ucac look in fort Smith Ark seen in the rear View Mirror hangout the window to get a better scaffold Tower workers build a scaffolding around Mother House Chapel built in 1907 at the University of the incarnate word in san Antonio As part of maintenance and restoration Winter fog new England fog lifts from melting Snow and ice at a Beaver Pond in Ossipee no As warm air passes through Hamtramck High school team members congratulate each other As they score High in their match in Detroit during the first robotics Detroit regional championships at Wayne state University student robotics Bowling alleys roof Falls during childrens parties Yorkton roof of a popular Bowling Alley col lapsed while several childrens birthday parties were taking place inside but no one was injured employees escorted out about 100 people after the dome roof of the Jefferson Valley Bowling lanes building began crumbling building inspectors in the Community about 45 Miles North of Midtown Manhattan were trying to figure out what caused the col lapse heavy Snow accumulation was a possibility of duty police officers were try ing to keep people away from the grounds of the Bowling Alley which was closed indefinitely Blaze at frito Lay Plant causes minor damage Beloit a fire at a frito Lay manufacturing Plant damaged a conveyor Belt and knocked out one production line but Overall production was largely unaffected a company spokeswoman said firefighters responded promptly and contained the fire within about 45 minutes said frito Lay spokeswoman Aurora Gonzalez it was unclear what caused the fire but the Blaze was most Likely connected to a faulty conveyor Belt along the production line she said the plants 750 employees were evacuated without incident Gonza Lez said the affected conveyor Belt would probably be unusable for a few Days and those workers would be redeployed on other lines she said Bald Eagle nest is found after 200year absence Philadelphia wild life authorities have found the first Bald Eagle nest in the City in More than 200 years and Hope the occupants will produce off Spring Pennsylvania officials said the nest demonstrates the resilience of this species and its apparent growing tolerance to human activity said Dan Brauning a super visor with the state game commis Sion officials Are not disclosing the nests exact location to avoid disturbing it but it is being closely monitored the commission said we dont know if the nest will result in the pair successfully Breeding and laying eggs yet but we Are very hopeful Brauning said the state began a Campaign to reestablish the Eagle population in 1983 when Only three nesting pairs remained in Pennsylvania officials said last year that the number was higher than 100 mine tailings proposal is illegal court states Juneau a Federal appeals court stated its intention to find that Kensington mines plan to dispose of its production waste or tailings in a Freshwater Lake North of Juneau is illegal the 9th us circuit court of appeals in san Francisco tipped its hand when ruling on an emergency request that would allow mine Developer Coeur Alaska inc to build a diversion ditch that would handle Runoff from Snow melt and Spring Rains at the proposed mine tailings site construction of the tailings facility itself was halted last summer pending the outcome of an Appeal by three Southeast Alaska Environ mental groups the mine is about 45 Miles Northwest of Juneau election Board members asked to quit by state Cleveland All four election Board members for Cuya hoga county troubled by recount rigging charges and voting machine problems have been asked to resign a state official said Secretary of state Jennifer Brun Ner said she called the four Board members of Ohio most populous count the county which includes All of Cleveland has had difficulty adjusting to electronic voting including numerous problems in last Mays primary two elections workers also were sentenced to 18 months in prison for rigging a re count of the 2004 presidential elec Tion not to affect the outcome but so they could avoid a More Thor Ough review of the votes Brunner a Democrat said she asked for the resignations to re store Trust to elections in Ohio court rejects Catawba video gambling proposal Columbia the Catawba Indian nation May not offer video gambling on its Reserva Tion because it would violate state Law passed in 2000 prohibiting the games the South Carolina supreme court ruled the Catawba the Only federally recognized tribe in South Carolina sued in 2005 for the right to offer video gambling arguing their 1993 land Deal with the state allowed such gambling however South Carolina Law banned video gambling in 2000 the state contends that the 14yearold land Deal Means the tribes reservation Falls under state not Federal gambling Laws the Catawba disagree and said they would Appeal Mineral water Baths Are diluted with tap water Saratoga Springs the famed natural Miner Al water Baths at Saratoga spa state Park in new York have been diluted with regular tap water for the past two decades state officials confirmed the Parks Baths attract about 14000 customers a year who pay i thought i was bathing in pure Mineral water Kristina Weilbacher 22 of san Antonio told the new York Post which first reported the situation i definitely should have been told state Parks spokeswoman Eileen Larrabee said the state has never had a consumer complaint about the water mix but she said the state wants to make sure peo ple Are fully informed about the makeup of the Baths stories and photos from wire reports