European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 stars and stripes april 7 2007 Page 21 in Loose coins found at Casino East Atlantic City workers cleaning out the closed Sands Casino hotel found Worth of coins to kens and Cash under Slot machines and the carpet the Casino will be torn Down later this year to make Way for a new gambling Hall the Money now belongs to Pinnacle entertainment inc the Las vegas company that purchased the Sands last year but new Jersey will get 8 percent in taxes town Council bans barnyard animals South town 1 Council banned most barn Yard animals after authorities Dis covered 77 sheep living in and around one residents downtown Home officials approved the ban a week after David Watts was charged with 30 counts of Mise Meanor animal cruelty for the condition of his sheep Watts surren dered the flock after police found a few of the sheep grazing on artificial Flowers in the town cemetery transit worker pleads not guilty to stealing retired electrician for the Massachusetts Bay transportation authority pleaded not guilty to stealing in tokens and Cash Over 20 years Robert Gibson 69 is accused of stealing from fare boxes he repaired prosecutors said he was caught earlier this year trying to redeem no outdated tokens for Cash value on the systems new plastic fare cards Google plans to open new data Center Charleston internet giant Google will invest million and create 200 jobs at a new data Center in Berkeley county officials confirmed the Center will be Home to a server farm that will be part of the Compa nys worldwide network to handle internet traffic officials said goo Gle Hopes to have the entire Center operating within 18 months state stops raising fish to halt spread of virus Midwest traverse City the state depart ment of natural resources will take a oneyear break from raising three species of sport fish and Plant ing them in Waterways hoping to protect the state hatchery system from a virus the moratorium affects Walleye Northern Pike and Muskellunge the virus commonly known As vhf has already caused Large fish kills in the great lakes priest gets probation for stealing from his Parish Omaha a Catholic priest vowed to repay he stole from his Parish saying Hes a compulsive spender who spent the Money on religious books and collectibles but also gave much of it away a judge or dered the Rev Stephen Gutgsell 49 to five years probation and restitution the archdiocese said Gutgsell confessed after american Roundup an audit of St Patricks Parish was scheduled lawmaker wants Bible taught in Public schools Texas Legisla Tor wants to require the states nearly 1700 Public school districts to teach the Bible As a text Book not a worship document the House Public education committee considered but didst vote Bill by rep War Ren Chisum Pampa mandating High schools to offer history and literature courses on the old and new testaments the courses would be elective Wolf snatches dog that was on walk with owner West Black Wolf snatched a woman Small dog near Mendenhall Lake and ran into the Woods with it the woman was walking three dogs when the Wolf grabbed the unleashed pomeranian in its jaws rangers said an animal believed to be the same Wolf was later spot Ted alone at the Lake the culprit is believed to be a Wolf nicknamed Romeo that s known for playing with larger dogs accompanying people on walks Man gets 3 Days in jail for shooting dog Concord a Hill Man will serve three Days in jail for shooting a neighbors dog in a plea agreement Michael do Frozen Lacrosse Jackie Dipersio a member of the Worcester Academy girls Lacrosse team practices on the Campus Quad during a rare Spring snowfall in Worcester mass nato did not contest animal cruelty charges was fined must pay the dog own ers and got a deferred sentence of 90 Days he will serve his three Day sentence along Juk a today sentence for Drunken driving Donato had said the dog was a threat to his chickens the judge warned that the deferred sentence could be imposed if Donato gets in trouble dog owners Kirsten and Kyle Macarthur said they understood the plea agreement and were Satis fied with the conditions but said they believe the animal cruelty Law is too lenient and needs to be re Vised school District dumps lunches to Force payment twin at Vera c Oleary Junior High who were behind on their lunch payments saw their hot food publicly dumped from trays into the cafeteria garbage and replaced with sack lunches Mary la Barry with the twin Falls school District said the move was not done to humiliate the students Only to encourage them to pay up the District Al lows students to buy lunch on cred it and officials said some were Tak ing advantage train derails spills bulk Blue cheese dressing Mecca a train derail ment in the Southern Cali fornia desert spilled Gallons of Blue cheese dressing into a canal Lead ing to the Salton sea cleaning up the smelly mess will take a few Days Union Pacific officials said the 52car train was carrying a variety of cargo from Dupo i to los Angeles said Union Pacific spokesman Joe Arbona Nineteen of the cars derailed dumping bulk containers of the dressing other food products and Concrete sealant the cause of the derailment and the amount of materials spilled had not been deter mined the spilled dressing and other materials flowed into the coaches la canal about a mile from the North Shore of the Salton sea Haz ardous materials specialist Robert Becker said the canal was dammed and there was no threat to the Salty Sal ton sea Becker said the trains three Crew members were uninjured but a Riverside county firefighter was taken to a Hospital for treatment of heat expo sure battalion chief Jorge Rodriguez said teacher uses clothespins to silence chatty pupils Amanda a substitute teachers tool for silencing chatty under partners clothes pins Wash with school officials four boys said Spring Type clothespins were placed Over their upper or lower lips for talking too much in class Amanda Clear Creek primary school principal Mike Johnsen wrote in a letter to parents Ruth Ann Stoneburner a retired school nurse who had worked As a substitute for several years con firmed to Johnsen that she had used the Clothespin discipline he said massive matzo Asia left an elephant with the Ringling Bros Baum Bailey circus tosses a trunk full of matzo into its Mouth As Olex Kart Kov a Clown feeds some to another elephant at Madison Square Garden in new York five elephants were treated to the meal in Honor of the passover Holiday t Aarn in of from p h or Daniel hale7fishes his learning irom is Eider Grandfather Bobby coie at the West wetlands Park in Yuma Ariz Daniel said he had been waiting for a couple of months to fish with his Grandfather heres the pitch a major storm dumped More than a foot of Snow which postponed the baseball opener at Hadlock Field in Portland Maine workers made a team of snowmen and dressed them up in the team jerseys and Caps a fathers kiss Petty officer 1st class Michael Cox of Kansas City kisses his 3monthoid son Elijah Robert Hal v in Fly info John Perreira Kate surfs off want Cox during the Homecoming of the boy in ii a Iuie Beach in Milford Conn taking uss Minneapolis St Paul at the advantage of Strong winds and High tidal conditions Norfolk naval base in Norfolk a one Small vote for Man voterdavidtucker23 Urie Mii ii Vuic ii mail inserts voting machine in Las Cruces no Dona Ana county voters headed to the polls to decide on a local tax that would help fund a tourism space port according to unofficial returns thursday voters approved the tax you Call this Spring parts of Vermont Ian Lacasse of bobs Sunico towing service pulls a car out of the Snow in Montpelier it a Spring snowstorm left up to a foot of new Snow in maybe the horse had More sense than rider Sylvania dui charges can apply even if the vehicle has four legs instead of wheels chief Brad Gregg said police in the Northeast Alabama town received a Call around mid night about someone Riding a horse on a Street Gregg said an officer found Melissa Byrum York 40 on horseback and tried to Stop her Gregg said she  Stop he said she kept Riding the horse and going on after ramming the police car with the horse and Riding away York tried to jump off but caught her foot in a Stirrup Gregg said the officer took her into custody and found she had Crystal methamphetamine a Small amount of Mari Juana pills and a Small pipe the chief said the horse which belonged to York want in the Best of health but its still alive Gregg said missing for four years dog turns up in Montana Lees summer a bos ton terrier named Mickey that disappeared four years ago from his suburban Kansas City backyard was found in Montana and reunited with his owners Cher Jarosz and her daughter Kari Mitchell thought they had lost Mickey forever until they received a Call from an animal Shel Ter 1100 Miles away in Billings Mont a microchip on Mickey helped the Billings animal shelter return him the family said he looks differ ent and Doest remember his name his Teeth show signs of Wear and tear Only Mickey knows How he wound up in Montana and that Fine by Mitchell eggs aptly How did the Iii student get the Job Gover nors office int calling for investigation but officials rather it Doest happen an would College student from Illi Nois decorated Wyoming state easter egg Philip m Ledonne of Elmhurst m decorated the Wyoming egg unveiled at the annual state egg display at the White House visitor Center the american egg Board had Ledonne the son of an administrative person at the Board Deco rate the egg after it  locate a Wyoming egg artist said the Board director of state programs camellia Elanta Bly Deputy manager of the Wyoming arts Council said the other eggs showed real thought in How they represent their state were disappointed that we were not contacted to be asked to help find an artist who could represent our state Elanta Bly said state halts University Sale of Okeeffe painting Nashville Tennessee attorney general Bob Coo per has halted a proposed Deal that would have allowed the Georgia o Keeffe museum to buy a painting by the artist from Fisk University for millions of dollars below its Esti mated value the agreement would have Given the Santa be n jul based museum the exclusive right to Pur Chase Radiator new York for s7 million the University has been offered up to million for the picture Fisk is trying to sell the Okeeffe work and another piece from its Stieglitz collection to replenish the historically Black University endowment the Art collection was donated to Fisk in 1949 by Okeeffe her estate objected to the Sale on the grounds it would violate the terms of the bequest that dispute was settled with the agreement to sell the Okeeffe painting to the museum Coopers rejection of the Deal cited higher offers and estimates Bikini wearing firefighter was on Way to contest Mason a Man wearing a woman wig and a string Bikini was charged with taking a Drunken afternoon Romp through an Ohio Park officials said Steven s Cole a 46yearold Volunteer firefighter told an officer he was on his Way to a Dayton bar to perform As a woman in a contest offering a police said he pleaded not guilty to charges of Drunken driving Public indecency and disorderly conduct police said Cole was wearing a Blond wig Pink flip flops and a  striped Bikini with the top filled out by Tan water balloons his blood alcohol test registered 0174 More than twice Ohio Legal driving limit of 008 the arrest re port said lottery will have three guaranteed big winners Virginia lottery perpetual quest for fresh products to keep players interested has yielded this new twist a raffle with a limited num Ber of tickets and three guaranteed million Dollar winners the lottery announced that 330000 Virginia millionaire raffle tickets will go on Sale april 15 at a Cost of each the winners will be drawn june 14 tickets Are expected to disappear quickly the lottery said a similar raffle held by the Michigan lottery sold out in six Days there will also be three prizes and 500 prizes of Mak ing the Raffles total payout million woman hand severed in chocolate factory Kenosha a woman had one of her hands Sev ered in an while working at a Kenosha chocolate factory authorities said the 35yearold Salem woman whose name was not released put her hand inside a vat at Debelis corp and the agitator that mixes the chocolate Cut her said police it Ron Bartholomew she apparently thought she had turned off the machine As she tried to remove a Sample fire it Dan Harris said the hand was recovered from the machine so that it could be rushed to the Hospital where doctors were trying to reattach it photos and stories from the associated press