European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 stars and stripes thursday april 19 2007 school to enforce alcohol free dances Dubuque students at one Iowa Catholic High school Are being tested to make sure they Are not dui dancing under the influence officials at Wahlert High school said students will have to undergo a breath test before they Are admitted to any schools on sorted dances for the rest of this school year including the May 5 prom an annual tradition for graduating students a consent form giving the school permission to administer the test was sent Home to parents along with a letter from principal Don Sisler students from other schools who attend the dance also will be required to bring a signed con sent form Sisler said environmentalists of with Rivers poor Grade Boston and Grade for the Mystic River from the environmental Protection Agency is not necessarily a bad thing environmentalists say if the poor Grade prompts a cleanup of the River a d Grade for the Charles River More than a decade ago spurred cleanup efforts thanks to intensive cleanup efforts the Charles has gone from a d in 1995 to a said Ken Moraff Deputy director of ecosystem Protection with the Pas new England office the Grade refers to bacteriological contamination from storm overflow pipes As Well As antiquated or poorly maintained sewage systems police Driver possibly distracted in fatal crash Bluff the Driver of a sport Utility vehicle crammed with suspected illegal immigrants was fondling a woman when he lost control and crashed killing eight men authorities said based on accounts from survivors the information obtained from survivors by investigators for us immigration and customs enforcement contradicts the Drivers claim that he was trying to avoid an animal when the Chevy suburban rolled a few hours be fore Dawn monday in Southeast Ern Utah but it Todd Peterson with the Utah Highway patrol said other reports from survivors at the scene mentioned a horse or some other animal in the Road 40 percent of students fail to keep scholarship Frankfort nearly 40 percent of firs year Stu dents in the largest state financed College scholarship program failed to qualify to keep the Grant for a second year a 25 Grad Point average is required the Kentucky education Excel Lence scholarship goes to 63500 students mostly based on Strong High school grades american Roundup sunken Barge recovered near Mississippi Bank St Louis a sunken Barge loaded with Grain was found a Day after it drifted off in a towboat Accident on the Mississippi River the Barge was discovered near a Riverbank Halfway Between St Louis and Ste Genevieve about 50 Miles South the Accident in a commercial Channel of the River near St Louis occurred after the towboat owned by Paducah a based Marquette transportation lost auxiliary Power the loss of Power made it difficult to steer and the Tow struck a Dock said Steve Crowley vice president of operations for the company the Accident caused 25 barges to be set adrift the coast guard said Twenty four of the barges were soon recovered but one remained missing american eel resurgence attempted by company a company that owns five hydroelectric Power plants on the Housatonic River wants to bring the Ameri can eel Back to the waterway firs Light Power resources is working with state and Federal agencies to build a temporary eel ladder on the Stevenson dam which forms Lake Zoar chief taster Field elementary Kinde Gartner Marilyn Rojas enjoys a scoop of ice Cream at Baski Robbins in Pasadena Calif during a visit by the local fire department in and Vance of the upcoming 31 cent scoop night event the company plans similar structures on its other dams water pollution and overfishing have reduced the american eel population state House rejects Bill to limit Driver cell use Little a Kansas House voted to reject a Bill that would have barred Drivers under age 18 from using cell phones while behind the wheel the measure aimed at reducing distractions for Young motorists failed on a 3445 vote the Bill had previously won Senate approval report loopholes allow abuse of drugs Trenton the White House office of National drug control policy said 4 per cent of new Jersey ans abused prescription drugs in the past year officials partly blame the ability of people to obtain Multi ple prescriptions from several doctors and fill them at different pharmacies new Jersey is among 16 states that Lack a prescription drug monitoring pro Gram mortgage lenders tussle with katrina payouts Baton Rouge state mortgage lenders Are hop ing to preserve a key element of the beleaguered Road Home buy out and repair program for Vic Tims of the 2005 hurricanes the Federal government has said the state program violated Federal rules by mandating install ment payments instead of Lump sum allocations lenders like the instalment payouts fearing homeowners might misuse a Lump sum for something other than Home re pair regulators investigate waste dumping in River Ishpeming state regulators Are investigating the release of finely ground waste Rock from an Iron mine into a tributary of the Escanaba River the particles or tailings were Acci dentally spilled into Warner Creek while being piped from the Cleveland Cliffs inc mining operation to a holding Basin officials said the department of Environ mental Quality is studying the extent of damage a water said Gay couples employers violating new unions Law Newark nearly two months after new jerseys civil unions Law went into effect some Gay couples say there being denied health care cover age by their employers civil unions offer Gay couples the Legal benefits of marriage but not the title Gay rights groups say there getting scores of com plaints that employers Are deny ing those in civil unions the same benefits provided to married Cou Ples baby son 3 dances along with the eders in the grand entry to begin the Central Michigan University 18th annual traditional powwow at Rose Arena in mount pleasant Mich a shed has broken through railings As heavy Rains Wash it to the Edge of Westons Mil Pond during a Spring storm in East Brunswick no watershed area trek has a new Bike called the Lime shown at company Headquarters in Waterloo wis the front Hub has a Small Generator that Powers a three Speed automatic shifting system
