European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 19 2007 stars and stripes Page 21 Tulp wind Elizabeth Wilson of Atlanta Shields herself from wind and Sand on the Luc Wllis Beach on St Simons Island a while her dogs Annabell left and Maggie get windblown he us Spring in swinging the tall season Alex Toniey 6 prepares to take a whack at a Ball pitched by his father Allan at a Park in great fails Mont Allan Toniey said Alex is excited about p in Avail Ati Virginia Guerrero reads the newspaper at Baker Beach near the a Airway to relaxation Golden Gate Bridge in Francisco Snow and downed Trees Force highways closing Gatun Burg the main Highway through the Smoky mountains was closed by Snow and hundreds of fallen Trees the National Park service had no estimate when us 441 could be reopened rangers found it littered with Trees on the North Carolina Side of the great Smoky mountains National Park near the Tennessee line at newfound Gap they suspect a Down burst from severe storms Over the weekend lawmakers Ponder Rule for Ceil phone recycling Augusta lawmakers Are considering a Bill that would require cell phone retailers to accept old phones for reuse re cycling or proper disposal a Simi Lar Bill was submitted last year but a committee Compromise called for the state to study the Issue supporters of the measure say cell phones contain chemicals that can be released if not handled properly blues museum receives Grant for its expansion Clarksdale the Delta blues museum will use a million Grant from the Mississippi department of transportation to fund a significant expansion the museum housed in the former Clarksdale Railroad depot since 1999 will add 2700 Square feet of permanent exhibition space part of the new space Likely will be used to House Muddy Waters Cabin which is too tall to display in the current building the museums director said foundation to make Only habitat Friendly awards Cleveland two major philanthropic foundations announced they would Start awarding construction Grants Only to projects deemed Environ mentally Friendly the Cleveland foundation and the Gund foundation wanted to make a bold statement amid con Cerns about climate change Gund foundation executive director David Abbott said All proposals will have to be certified through the us Green build ing Council Hospital to remain open under bankruptcy Cloud Bayonne Bayonne medical Center filed for bankruptcy Protection but plans to operate normally while it reorganizes its finances Hospital officials said the problems stemmed from reduced reimbursements and increased costs the Hospital open since 1888 has 278 Beds its obtained a Mort Gage backed line of credit of million in working capital Kinde Gartner has rare second liver removed Danville a girl is Back with her kindergarten classmates after a rare surgery doctors at the University of Ken Tucky Hospital removed a second liver from Jenna Hopkins 5 Dur ing an operation in february if s a condition that been documented less than a dozen times the second liver had its own blood Supply and was attached to the larger liver preserve May cause rerouting of Oil pipeline Arkansas City the proposed route of an Oil pipeline May be changed after com plaints that the current plan has it going through the Chaplin nature Center the company that wants to build a line More than 200 Miles from Washington county to the Cowley county Border in Kansas said it was unaware of the preserve when it made its original proposal the pipeline in Kansas is part of the Tran Canada Keystone pipe line project which would run 1070 Miles from Western Canada to Oklahoma cords adapters used to provide voters privacy Columbus Franklin county elections officials have bought 162 heavy duty Exten Sion cords and 1500 three prong adapters to allow poll workers to put additional space Between Vot ing machines voters have complained about a Lack of privacy while using new electronic touchscreen machines but providing curtains for the 4500 machines could have Cost million officials said Bengal Tiger Dies during leg surgery at Sanctuary Keenesburg Huuey a Bengal Tiger from the wild animal Sanctuary died of complications from surgery to fix a deformed leg he had been operated on last month at the University of Missouri to reorient leg Bones in Hopes he could walk without Limp ing a condition that was Worsen ing the Sanctuary said Sulley had been abused As a cub teen gets 6year term in vehicle fatality Case Salem teenager be Hind the wheel during a fatal crash pleaded no contest to manslaughter assault and Drunken driving charges and was sentenced to More than six years in prison Joseph Mode 17 was driving a car that crashed into a tree in de Cember killing passenger bran Don Rockwell 15 Mode did not have a Drivers License and the car belonged to an other passenger state prison system has 3k unfilled guard slots states Pris on system has More than 3000 unfilled correctional officer jobs which lawmakers say increases the Chance of breakouts or riots More than 30 percent of jobs Are unfilled at four prisons Dalhart Smith Coffield and Beto reasons for the shortages in clude Low salaries and Rural locations the state department of criminal Justice said stories and photos from wire services