European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 stars and s t i pcs june 2007 Page 21 damaged cruise ship cancels 8 sailings Juneau cruise ship Empress of the North will head South for repairs before it returns to service in Southeast alas a on july company officials that Means the ship will have cancelled eight out of the 20 sailings planned this sum Majestic America line spokes woman Ann Marie Ricard said the which hit a Rock in icy Strait last will undergo final repairs at the Cascade Gener Al shipyard in minority owned firm to build milk memorial Washington the head of a minority owned engineering firm will oversee construction of the Martin Luther King memorial on the National Deryl president of the Washington based firm Mckissack will Lead a joint venture design build team for the the memorial foundation As we work to refine and construct the we will be re minded of the ideals of de love and peace for which King Mckissack Mckissack is the fifth Genera Tion of her family to work in architecture and the family tradition began when Mickis sacks great great a slave named Moses Learned the building Trade from his overseer in Tennessee before the civil his grandson started the first family company in tears turn to cheers As grads get diplomas Galesburg Nadia Trent still wants an but for now Shell Settle for getting the diploma her High school with held from her and four other Stu dents when cheers erupted for them at their Galesburg High school officials said they would Issue diplomas to the five students who were denied them Over cheering during the May 27 a Viola Tion of a school policy aimed at re storing graduation in just Happy its said who will study at Western Illinois University in the if they would have it would have been Trent says there were no just when she picked up her but she says she wont be satisfied until school officials apolo Gize for ruining her graduation night and Banning her from a pos graduation Yellowstone Bison avoid Fate by moving into Park Helena officials said that a renegade group of Yellowstone National Park Bison appear to be cooperating with the latest hazing Effort and wont have to be trucked to a different part of the the 300 or so Bison made a stir after livestock officials decided to Send them to the Deci Sion created an uproar among of american Roundup ponets anticipating the Slaughter of nearly 100 calves some just a week a Slaughter of that size would be they state and Federal officials worked out a plan to Haze the Ani Mals Back into Yellowstone nation Al Park one More despite ear Lier hazing that Hal the governors chief policy said the animals appear to be moving to the Interior of the Park All by things Are looking Good so Harper things Are Back to Normal for at least the time no Winter toys for delinquent parents East Augusta parents who Are behind in child support payments wont be Al Lowed to Register their snowmobiles or tvs in the new Law also allows the Revo cation of such registrations from anyone certified As failing to com ply with a child support what youre driving Doest matter Culpeper two people police say were hoping to avoid drinking and driving chose instead to head Home on horseback and ended up under arrest any Culpeper police officers Lonnie Myers and Tim Chilton heard a disturbance around Midnight and found Culpeper residents Eric Kyff and Lauren Allen Scott Jenkins let it rain Angel of plays in the rain at Sutton Park in her two Sisters played in the rain As Kyff and who appeared to be into i wanted to travel Home several Miles by horseback to avoid drinking and Jenkins the two were charged with Public intoxication and taken to the county the horses were held across the Street in front of the police the two were released from jail the next their horses were waiting for them across the nuns hoping for Aba slam Dunk with prayers san Antonio in their simple where rows of chairs Are arranged in front of a television and a the 23 nuns of the Salesman Sisters of Mary immaculate province briefly put aside their pleas for the sick and the poor to Pray for the san an Tonio with basketball players names pinned to White smocks beneath their the Sisters faithfully gather at game time in the con vents Community Yelling make that Basket and Mon we Pray for them to but we also Pray for them to continue their said sister Sandra head of the order in the Western United states the spurs have embraced the hoping to harness the Power of prayer during their attempt at a fourth Aba having them in our Corner can never and Well take any advantage we said spurs spokesman Tom were obviously fortunate in this City to have wonderful fans of All Ages and from All walks of Hawaii first to offer students free flu shots Honolulu Hawaii this fall will become the first state in the nation to offer free flu vaccinations to All elementary and intermediate school the centers for disease control and prevention is funding the million program with help from the states largest the Hawaii medical service school age children Are More Likely to get influenza than almost any other said state health director chiyome Fukino in a news and when they they spread it around to their siblings and the program will cover students Ages 5 through participation will be voluntary and parents or guardians will have to sign a per Mission slip authorizing their child to get a midwestern Friendship knows no Bounds Sioux Falls University of South Dakota presi Dent Jim Abbott and another us administrator were recovering after a kidney transplant operation at the Mayo clinic in Abbott donated one of his kid Neys to Bruce the chief diver sity officer at the King has suffered from kidney failure for two Sandpoint High school honouring fallen firefighters department helps hoist up a Large Flag during a memorial service at James Church in the annual which honors Bridge port area firefighters who have was dedicated to firefighter Michael who died in the line of duty on Sandpoint High school seniors Nicholas Riley and Adrian Mitchell pose for a photo after they Rode their horses several Miles to school in it beats taking the bus Bobby fort Wayne animal care and control staff member Megan Reynolds says goodbye to Bobby in fort a Twoy Earold rat terrier is leaving fort Wayne to return Home to his owner in the dog had been stolen in april and brought to one giant leap North Kyle jumps off the High dive at the Dogwood Park Pool in Anchorage Battle ablaze at a downtown Ihil Wing in a plumbers propane Torch set off a fire that destroyed most of the to floor units of the four Story Condo in a Blaze that sent a billowing Cloud of smoke visible throughout much of the an egret is reflected in the Calm of a tidal Pool in Ponce As it thrusts its head underwater trying to Pluck a fish from the diver Down a High wire act Turelle raises his Arm in Victory after he slides Down the High wire in the final leg of the High rope course at the american cancer society Camp enchantment being held at the Manzano Mountain Retreat in All the children attending the Camp have been diagnosed with Bear tries to evict girl scout from her tent White Haven a Bear tried to pull a girl scout out of her tent during a camping the girl and scout officials Celeste said she Man aged to grab a tent pole and slide out of her sleeping bag As the Bear was tugging at it at Camp mosey something started pulling me towards the front of my tent and tried to pull me she told the express times of Tietz of Franklin and the other girls in the tent screamed for adults then loaded the about 15 of into a Van and took them to the Camps mess Ann chief executive officer of the girl scouts of Eastern said the Camp will not allow girls to sleep in tents for a couple of no free pass on this Bridge for Public service Tacoma police ambulances and fire engines will have to pay a toll when the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens july the state transportation commission is sticking with a no exemptions though emergency responders can seek a the toll will be or for Drivers who sign up for a Tran Sponder system to deduct the toll groups want to protect Yellowstone bears Billings seven environmental groups want in Dangere species protections re stored to grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National citing changes in food Supply and habitat in a lawsuit filed against the Federal in the the fish and wildlife service lifted the 32yearold threatened status for the 500 to 600 bears in Idaho and saying their numbers had the environmental groups say the grizzly Gene Pool is still too Small to assure future viability of the species that once roamed the area by the braves tickets become Factor in divorce Atlanta a woman is crying foul Ball about the Way her a husband is distributing their  tick ets to Atlanta braves Elizabeth a Psychol accuses her Charles Cen a of breaking their 2002 divorce agreement on How to Divide the before their King and Center had four tickets to 27 Home games As part of a sea so ticket under their divorce he got the first Home then each got 13 King claims that who is in charge of dispensing the tickets to the goes out of his Way to give her games that conflict with her and implied he gave her Day games because she had skin Superior court judge Melvin Westmoreland ruled he would not cite Center with contempt and urged the exes to Settle it out of when Center left the he whooped in the Hall outside in not going to jail in not going to jail grocer leaves school District million Lake Luzerne a woman who ran a Moman pop grocery store in this Small Adirondack town left Mil lion to the Hadle Luzerne school school District officials Learned that Alice Harris willed the Money to establish a scholar ship fund named for her and her late Harris died last month at age she was known for employing Stu dents at Harris which she sold in parents bound for jail for serving kids booze Richmond a woman Wholl begin a jail term for serving alcohol to teenagers at her sons 16th birthday party in 2002 claims Shes a victim of overzealous its cruel and unusual punish Elisa Robinson both she and her George will serve 27month sen the supreme court refused last month to hear their final a governor signs powerful Law on Energy sources Salem Oregon Ted Kulongoski signed into Law one of the nations toughest renewable Energy requiring Large utilities to generate 25 percent of the states electricity from renewable resources such As sunlight and biomass by supporters said the measure will promote economic growth in Oregon Rural areas and make it a Leader in the emerging clean ener Low Carbon this Bill is the most significant environmental legislation we can enact in More than 30 years that will also stimulate billions of Dol Lars in Kulongoski we Are protecting our Quality of reducing greenhouse Gas stimulating our Economy and protecting ratepayers with More stable and predictable Utility state makes it tougher to drop out of school East Concord the House approved a plan to raise the High school dropout age from 16 to John Lynch has said the change will help prepare students for better jobs and keep the states Economy students can leave school at age 16 simply by meeting with a principal and getting signed approval from a stories and photos from wire services