European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 St a r s and str i p e s april 11 2007 Page 21 estate worker cleared of fraud Madison a former state worker whose fraud conviction played a role in last years race for governor re leased from prison after a Federal appeals court acquitted her a three judge panel of the 7th us circuit court of appeals in Chicago ordered that Georgia Thompson be immediately released from an Illinois prison Thompson a former administration department purchasing offi Cial was convicted last summer of steering a contract in 2005 to Book state travel to Adelman travel group a company whose chief executive donated to the reelection Campaign of gov Jim Doyle a Democrat in arguments thursday the appeals judges called the charges unfounded it strikes me that your evidence is beyond thin judge Diane Wood told prosecutors in not sure what your actual theory in this Case is mayor gets involved in foot Pursuit of bandits Berlin mayor Robert Danderson got in on the Chase after two teens robbed a store the two made off with a Large amount of Cash from rudys mar Ket after swiping lottery Money from a drawer under the Cash Reg ister Danderson happened to be driving by when the stores co owner Midge Deblois was chasing the robbers the mayor jumped out of his pickup and chased the two Down Railroad tracks but lost them two suspects were arrested in Vermont four rescued after boat goes Over 150foot dam Houston four people including two children Ages 5 and 7 were rescued after their boat careened off a 150foot dam on the Colorado River and became wedged near the Bottom the us coast guard said two of the boaters including one of the children were airlifted to a nearby Hospital coast guard spokesman Adam Eggers said he did not know their names or Condi Tion the recreation style boat sub merged into Whitewater Speed rap ids after going Over the Falls egg ers said Man admits shooting at police during car Chase Syracuse a Man admitted trying to kill three Syracuse police officers after Lead ing them on a High Speed Chase that ended in a gun Battle Christopher Jamison 20 of Syra Cuse pleaded guilty in Onondaga county court to three felony counts of attempted aggravated murder in connection with the Inci Dent on feb 12 chief assistant District attorney Michael Spano said he will recommend sentencing Jamison to 18 years to we in state prison Jamison could have faced 25 years to life in prison for each of american Roundup the three charges sentencing is scheduled for May 2 governor state wont make Wolf plan deadline Cheyenne gov Dave Freudenthal wrote to the regional director of the us fish and wildlife service saying it would be virtually impossible for the state to adopt a new Wolf management plan by May 1 Federal officials meanwhile say its critical for Wyoming to sub Mit a Wolf management plan soon if the state is to be included in fed eral regulations scheduled to be re leased next year spelling out How the wolves will be removed from Federal Protection under the threatened and endangered Spe cies act Freudenthal in his letter to fish and wildlife service regional director Mitch King in Denver wrote that the states Wolf manage ment statutes wont change until the Federal Agency meets require ments spelled out in a Bill the legis lature passed and the governor signed last month Basket of Joy Chad Strey 2 gets help with his easter egg bucket from his father Phil at the 14th annual easter egg Hunt at South Kitsap Community Park in port Orchard Wash hatching Start Bird comeback Avalon a Bald Eagle egg hatched in the wild on Santa Catalina Island the third eaglet born with out human assistance since chemical contamination if there wiped out the iconic Birds several decades ago conservation officials said the hatchling egg was one of four Laid last month on the East end of the 76squaremiie Island located off the los Angeles county Mainland two other eagles hatched april 2 a fourth egg could Hatch at any time officials said the four eggs were left in their nests to Hatch rather than taken to the Institute of wildlife studies in Avalon where they would have undergone artificial incubation the newest eaglet belongs to a 15yearold male native to the is land and a 14yearold female hatched in the san Francisco zoo and then brought to the Island metro train fire prompts evacuation investigation Washington two loud booms prompted the evacuation of a metro subway train and underground station and smoke and fire were discovered in the undercarriage of a rail car transit system officials said no injuries were reported at the waterfront station on the Green line in Southwest Washington smoke filled the station which was closed and reopened about 2 hours later As far As we can see everybody acted pretty quickly everybody seems to have made the right Deci Sions metro spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said of the train opera tors decision to evacuate the train after the first Boom the Bottom line is everybody got out safely District of Columbia firefighters extinguished the fire and metro workers took the train to a maintenance facility to investigate what caused the fire lawmakers want to curb leaders naming control Honolulu Hawaii overwhelmingly democratic legislature is trying to take away some authority from Republican gov Linda Lingle who holds More state Power than most of the nations governors the lawmakers say they would do a better Job of giving voice to the Peoples desires singles administration claims Democrat lawmakers Are playing partisan politics since she was reelected to a second term in no vember its really about the majority flexing their Muscles said it gov James Duke Aiona who will recommend that Lingle veto several Bills that would Chip away at gubernatorial Power the Rea sons they give Are completely self serving eight pending Bills in the legis lature would snatch some of Lin Gles Powers to fill legislative vacancies name candidates for Judi Cial vacancies appoint members to the Hawaii tourism authority Board pick nominees for the University of Hawaii Board of regents and approve free Trade agree ments a Fiat Micah Cote juggles a few apples he got from the fresh approach produce a adj stand on the first Day of olympias Farmers Market in Olympia Wash Hoa Tai Ariz shows off her belly dual u compliments of at the Yuma county fair Evans is eight months pregnant and is offering Yuma Busi Nesses the Opportunity to advertise on her stomach with proceeds going to Charity t you look outfitted in a Pink Scarf and hat Riley Waits to compete in an easter Bonnet contest in san Francisco the event part of an annual easter festival hosted by a group named the Sisters of perpetual indulgence Drew hundreds of revellers Riley lost to the Pink ladies seen in the background Snow mow despite the Snow Doug Pierce of Gahanna Ohio works at a Spring chore mowing his Mother Peggy pierces Yard in Grandview Ohio i s r v Ftp h me u an easter Snow Bunny keeps watch Over the town Square in Hudson ohl0i to Lull Kiwi nor a Field worker picks giant tecolote ranunculus Flowers being harvested at the 1 uuu1u wll bal lug Fields in Carlsbad Calif each year thousands of people visit the 50acre Field to see the colourful Flowers which Are in full Bloom from Early March through Early May mail Carrier program Aims to Aid the elderly new York when mail and newspapers build up at an elderly persons Home it can be a sign that something is wrong let Ter carriers Are often the first to know now a program created decades ago that asks letter carriers to keep an extra Eye on mailboxes has experienced a recent resurgence and new York City has jumped aboard the Carrier Alert initiative is being linked into the cites 311 Tele phone information hot line so Carri ers have one Central place to Call if someones Bills and magazines Are accumulating the National association of let Ter carriers said there have been hundreds of cases nationwide of Home bound people being saved be cause their letter carriers noticed something amiss perfect name for a baby Tressel Hayes Huffines Columbus an Ohio state fan believed the last names of two buckeyes football coaches would make the perfect first and Middle names for his unborn child his wife want so sure but Brent Huffines Choice won out the couple named their new born son Tressel Hayes Tressel Hayes Huffines sounds As Sweet As an Osu Victory Over Michigan Brent Huffines 27 said while cradling the 3dayold boy in the neonatal intensive care unit at Ohio state univer sity medical Center wanting to Honor Woody Hayes and Jim Tressel Huffines suggested the name to his wife Kattie be fore they Learned she was having a boy i laughed i thought he was Jok ing said Kattie Huffines 21 i was shocked to learn he was Seri Ous at least six Ohio parents have named a child Tressel since 2003 birth records show state May ban Harvest of All its wild turtles Austin state wildlife officials have taken a step to Ward Banning the commercial col Lection of All wild turtles in Texas a move cheered by some biologists and criticized by trappers the Texas Parks and wildlife commission approved the ban proposal but the Rule is subject to a 30day Public comment period that expected to begin later this month its an exciting thing to think that for the first time turtles Are ahead of White tailed Deer on the Agenda said Matt Wagner pro Gram director for wildlife diversity with the Texas Parks and wildlife department the Rule applies to Public and private lands and covers 20 native Turtle species including the red eared Slider ornate Box and Texas Diamondback Terrapin health officials say Man May have Case of rabies Concord a new Hampshire resident May have contracted rabies after being bitten by a Bat health and human resources commissioner John Stephen said television reports have identified the person As Andrew Eaton of Seabrook who is in a medically induced coma at Dartmouth hitch cock medical Center family members said Eaton 40 became ill in March about three months ago he was doing roofing work when he thought he had been stung by a Bee he didst seek med ical help at the time grandma married teen getting his life Back teen age boy who married and fathered a child with a woman More than 20 years older is living like a regular teenager nearly a year and a half after the Case made National headlines his grandmother said Judith Ann Hayles told the at Lanta Journa Constitution that her 16yearold grandson is now a High school Junior plays the guitar and talks about joining the marines meanwhile the 38yearold woman the boy married Lisa Lynette Clark is serving a 2year prison sentence their 14monthold son is being cared for by a woman who employed Clark As a medical transcriptionist runaway horse Carriage stopped by dashing dude Indianapolis a run away horse pulled a Carriage with two out town tourists on a wild ride through downtown streets until a Young Man Rode to the Rescue in a pursuing taxi leaped out and grabbed the horses reins the Driver of the yellow Rose Carriage was thrown from her seat when a Van crashed into the buggy the Carriage Driver lady just flew off the Carriage said William easier 19 easier ran after the Carriage to try to Stop it a taxi Driver saw what was happening slowed and told easier to jump in the cab chased and passed the Carriage and easier jumped out grabbed the reins and stopped the horse it was just instinct easier said i was just worried about the people inside of it he needed instinct since he said his Only experience with horses was Riding one once when he was 15 no one seriously Hurt school officials probe mystery ppm porn Bill Union City school District officials Are trying to identify who watched Worth of pay preview pornographic mov ies using a school Cable television Box officials said someone after business hours used one of the five Cable boxes in the Board of education building to order the films priced Between s495 and the Cable provider Cablevision has refunded the school District the Money and is helping to investigate the purchases school officials have since got ten rid of three of the Cable boxes a Board official said the building had Cable in Case there was an emergency stories and photos from wire reports
