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Happy birthday! Hens Crossed up Charles Schulz, creator of the The Hens fall to the Crusaders, Peanuts comic strip, talks to The 22-6, as the offense stalls on the Review about his work, on the road. Delaware looks for the .eve of the strip's 35th anniver answers to a 2-2 start. See stories, sary. See story, page 13. page 20. .· 1.1.1• Today's Weather: Our second partly NON-PROFIT ORG . cloudy, 30 century of U.S. POSTAGE excellence PAID 'percent Newark. Del. chance of :c Permit No 26 rain. Highs in the low 70s. Vol. 111 No. 8--I!!!. University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716 Tuesday, Oct .. 1, 1985 Gloria Parrot grazes, e·vades state police by Coleen Best Officials say Staff Reporter - The Delaware marching damage slight band has seen it. Visiting pro fessor Dr. Janne Botha has by Rich Roat seen it. University President and Dlno Clllbertl E.A. Trabant has seen it, and described it as "a gorgeous News Editors creature." Hurricane Gloria treaded "It" is a parrot - a blue lightly on Delaware as the eye and-gold macaw valued at of the storm edged 30 miles off $2,500 - that has been on the the shoreline causing minimal loose in Newark for the past damage to beach towns and couple of months. other areas. "We were lucky," said The owner of the bird is Rehoboth Beach City Manager unknown, said Robert Craig Ferrese. Hairgrove, Newark Police's The State Police reported animal control officer. Botha, that gusts up to 70 mph caus of Orchard Road, was the first ed some minor damage to person to report the parrot's roads and houses in the presence in Newark. Delaware. Hairgrove is in hot pursuit of About 10,000 customers of the macaw. Delmarva Power lost their electricity for a short time Fri "I have tried to catch the day, said Susan Flourney, a bird about a dozen times," he spokeswoman for the com said. pany. Friday night about 4,000 =~~~= Hairgrove's methods of cap customers were without ture have included: trying to power, but it was restored by lure the bird with parrot food Satuday morning, she said. Residents of Christiana West's 16th floor anxiously awaited the arrrival of Hurricane Gloria whose full force 'blew off' classes Friday. so it can be netted; squirting Route 1 south of Dewey the bird with a hose; using an Beach was the oruy majorL---------------------------------~--------------------------------~ electric power truck to reach road that was closed for a from areas expected to be at $25,000, according to Brown. its boardwalk. it; and trying to lure it witq length of time, according to hardest hit. The estimated damages for another macaw. John Moyed, a spokeman for In Kent and Sussex counties, New Castle and Sussex conn "The governor was relieved On Wednesday, Trabant the Department of Transpor- low-lying areas, trailer parks ties were not available as of that the damage was said he and his wife had lunch tation. In some areas the road and coastal towns were Monday evening. minimal," said Jeff Welsh, a with the parrot on their patio. was covered with sand and evacuated Thursday night and spokesman for Castle. The Trabants have seen the downed power lines, Moyed Friday morning, according to On the coastline, the storm A couple of trees fell on the bird several times around said. The highway was reopen- William R. Brown; the deputy damaged severa~ hundred feet governor's beach house, Welsh their house on Kent Way. ed Saturday morning. director of the State Emergen- of boardwalk, and there was said. "I swear sometimes he is At 10:30 p.m. Thursday Gov. cy Center. He said 6,088 people minor flooding neahr bthhe winking at us," Trabant said. Michael Castle declared a in Sussex County and 2,457 Heruopen Hotel at Re o ot Castle examined t~e He reported the bird to Univer state of emergency. The people in Kent County were Beach, Ferrese said. damage to the state from a sity Police because he was Delaware National Guard evacuted to area shelters. "We were more fortunate . helicopter Friday after the worried about how colder mobilized to help transport Damage from the hurricane than Ocean City (Md.)," he storm_had passed. weather would affect it. supplies and evacuate people in Kent County was estimated said. Ocean City lost most of continued to page 3 continued to page 8 ., :. • ,, . '; iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii __________ ATTENTION SENIORS - Commencement- DUSC SENIOR POLLING DAY This Is Your Chance To Vote For Possible Speakers For June Com men cern ent. 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Simply fill out this form and mail it to The Review, West Wing, Student Center, Academy Street, Newark, Del. 19716. City State Zip________________________________________ __ Telephone ___________________________________________ --------------------------------------------October 1, 1985 • The Review •Page 3 Gloria: The Aftermath Preparation aids UD from page 1 have students keep away from windows and keep stuff off the As Hurricane Gloria blew floor in case of flooding. " through Delaware Friday and continued its path along the Cannon Hall was ready for East Coast, members of the Gloria. " I told the residents university community breath about the possibility of strong ed a sigh of relief. winds and to be prepared to "We were geared for a more move into the hallways," said severe storm based on the Cannon hall director Rob I weather reports," said David Underwood <BE 86). Unde~ Butler, director of Housing wood had residents tape their and Residence Life. "We were windows in preparation for the • storm. J I obviously very fortunate." · • • Gloria caused minor Other hall directors made damage to the university, different preparations. "We Butler said. shut the windows and made "One window broke in the sure the drapes were closed. Harrington complex; there We also moved the beds away was a little flooding on Central from the windows," said Pat Campus and a power outage ti Diener (AS 86), hall director due to a fallen tree," he said. at Lane Hall. The Christiana East Tower, Many students were looking Clayton Hall and the Pencader forward to the storm. complex lost electricity at . "We stayed up late Thurs about noon said Warren day - night," said Diane Boyer, sup~rintendent of Crowley (AS 89). "W~ were ex university maintenance and· cited about the,hurriC~ne. u:s operations. like when you re a httle kid "Power was out for about and you know you have the four hours because an elec- day off." tricalline went down," Boyer said. Staff photo by Thomas Brown University President E.A. Before Hurricane Gloria Trabant announced at 7 a.m. Thomas Baker, 38, of Wilmington surveys some of the damage to Rehoboth Beach's boardwalk passed through the state, the Friday that classes would be caused Gloria. · university prepared to canceled due to the storm. weather the storm. Butler said he was impress " We tried to tell our staff to ed with the way the staff and stay and to keep people calm," students prepared for Gloria. Rehoboth Beach ·basks in Butler said. " We had a "People did a good job in meeting with [resident handling the hurricane,'' said assistants and hall directors] Butler. "They deserve some welcomed calm after storm and told them what to do - praise." by Meg Goodyear The northern end of the boardwalk presented Community News Editor the most vivid example of a hurricane's power. A stretch of the walk had buckled and waters REHOBOTH BEACH - It wasn't as bad as had lifted the boards away from the foundations the nor'easter of '62. of several shops. That was the consensus in Rehoboth Satur Police advised the owners of these stores to day, a day after Hurricane Gloria blew into keep them closed temporarily to avoid lawsuits Delaware's coastline with less than anticipated that could result from injuries caused by the force. · gap in the walk. "In 1962 we saw everything we owned Beachgoers seemed to take the damage to the destroyed," said Edna Dentino, owner of Den boardwalk in stride. tino's Gift Shop on the boardwalk. "You run "It enhances the fun of being on the board around before a storm like this wondering what walk " said Bob W.ard, owner of Boardwalk to take [before evacuating.] I grabbed my flood Bik~. "The buckles can give you an undulating insurance papers." ride." But Dentino did not need them. Some sand Ward and his wife are Newark residents who and water blew into the store, but no great live at the beach in the summer. They were in damage was done, she said. The shop's win Newark when Gloria hit the coast. dows were still boarded Saturday, no longer for "We didn't do a thing to prepare [the store] the hurricane, but for the closing of the beach for the storm," said Kathy Ward.