European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 fighting vehicle Eft gels the High pressure treatment in Graves Cavern Wash Sloff pc ii t in m by Chris Estes staff writer Germany the car Wash blues is a thing of the past for Aschaffenbur soldiers who have to clean their tracked vehicles and no longer do they have to spend three hours on the old Wash rack with a Garden Hose and mop and now they can Park in the Graves Cavern Wash rack and watch modern technology spit Shine their Grimy chariots in it does a said Bradley gunner Steve of co 1st 7th when we bring the vehicles in from the Field were usually pretty we can usually Knock out a battalion in a couple of when its cold you dont feel like sitting Down with a Hose and spraying each other pluses Are the amount of Money saved and the soil and water pollution prevented by the every drop of water is said Gran Gutter chief of the Utility Section in the Community Engi Neering the Dollar saving for the taxpayer is about a month in water we reclaim the Oil that floats on top of the Gutterson it is taken off by a its sent to Mainz where its used to heat their Community the retail value would be about a he said the Wash rack Cost about to it efficiently removes grease and Petroleum sol vents from any water that might get into the City sewer Gul Turson it also gives us a Chance to very efficiently reclaim All the dirt and gravel that comes in on the vehicles we Gutterson said the Earth that is taken from the vehicles is returned to a Schaffenburg local training Money is saved by the reduction in water treatment costs for the City of he were giving them a cleaner with less fuel Oil co Tami Gutterson said the rack was built specifically for the Bradley fighting but it is used to clean most military basically its two said John Dep Uty installation it has a High pressure spurt which uses two High pressure to Knock off heavy mud from the lower suspension system on the it has an to re move the unde Rauh the and Inuke the Road wheels and track its got moveable that Wash sides of the the arms on the he can be adjusted to the lop or Side and the Spray can be ung from left to the Driver is grown guided in while High pressure clean tie lower Kemey am the hatches Are nil the Drain plug arc once the suspension is clean the Are taken the Driver exits and we Wash the under Neath and sides of the the Driver then reenters and goes to a Wash rack to do some final touching the machine operates on two he a Low pressure system and a High pressure the Low pressure system is used Lor wheeled the High pressure is Lor tracked the amount of time Cors Szmed by the Soldier in the old system Cut Keniey we can Rig Ocean a Baughon Corning Back from the Field in a Ard a half to three minutes per As opposed to about two to three per vehicle using by Chris Estes Skiff writer Germany students in the Aschaffenbur american school Are gaining firsthand experience in one of lifes most difficult subjects for adults the students operate the school Selling pencils and nutritious snacks during they keep track of All the which they have to buy from the store the store is a Pilot said Mary the teacher who runs the department of defense dependents schools officials have requested a presen tation to evaluate the program for possible the students keep the make the do the Selling and keep track of the they take orders for lunches Early in the morning and make them during the putting them in bags labelled with the customers they taught us How to Deal with Money and How to sell said student Harold country you learn to work with other we do Odd Sandend arid when Ever kids come up we sell them said another Odette bookkeeper Tracey resell keeps the books on then another student enters the figures into a James the school said the store comprises a Cross Section of Stu it has workers from the Dent from the talented and gifted and All of the special Edu cation the school store is part of the Aschaffenbur schools career education pro our kids used to go to Darmstadt for a career de Meyer they have to have vocational we didst have a Meyer said operating the store gives the students a practical use for what they learn in the its moving from kids sitting in a class trying to learn math Over and Over she they count they handle they go to the there accountable for and those Are skills they can adapt they can handle that response and they she said the store does about Worth of business a we started by giving kids profit Shar but we had so Many Meyer we had to pay off for Worth of pencils a lot of Bills like any Small student activities and the yearbook takes a i think next year Well be Able to do Meyer said she shows the youngsters How to do a Job Only once then its up to them to Correct themselves if they Are doing something its a real teach ing she even for the photo for by Ted Ramsaur Michael Robinson left and John Mcmurdy count Money from school store