European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 military Roundup think your chilis a Winner Ramstein Kookoff wants you Ramstein Germany the Rhei Pfalz Chap Ter of the air Force association will Host its first Ramstein Chili Kookoff monday at the Ramstein Bowling Center parking chapter officials judging will be at 5 the entry deadline is noon but cooking can begin As Early As 9 an entry fee of for individuals and couples and for units or groups of four or More is the fee entitles the group to sell its All cooking must be done on site and must meet Sanita Tion and refrigeration All ingredients used must be from military veterinarian approved sources such As a families decide to get together for Babenhausen potluck picnic Germany the army Community service has organized a picnic for the families of soldiers who Are spending the weekend training on the Grafe Woehr artillery said Gordon 41st Field arty executive he said the picnic is for the families of the 2nd 83rd Field and the 4th 77th Field but the rest of the Community is with the soldiers from two artillery battalions in the the families decided they should get the potluck picnic will be 19 monday at the Babenhausen housing Kelley us Reurs top chess experts will join fort Meade tourney sch Germany ten of us Reurs top military chess experts have been selected to participate in the 1985 army chess tournament 1620 at fort according to 1st personnel come in winning on third of the army 32 slots for the annual Usa eur chess players outdistanced 15 installations and Korea in the num Ber of applicants selected for the an Allamy team will be chosen from the tournament players for the interservice chess championships 23 2 in Usa eur players for the Allamy tournament Are 1st Larry 503rd a 4 Dante Hanau resident 2nd 4 Wade 66th my Karls 2 Christopher 272nd my 4 Jeffery he 6th 29th Field David 59th signal Camp 5 Paul 257th personnel services 4 Manuel 881st Maint 5 Mark he 528th Usa arty Mark Patrick e 8th combat aviation army transportation unit has 4 million mile mishap free record Kaiserslautern the 66th trans co passed an army transportation Milestone last week when its Drivers chalked up More than 4 million Miles on the Road without an the unit is Only the third to accumulate that mileage without a drive fault recordable according to William 37th trans group safety the company driving Streak began june there buckling up the kids in carts at 2 commissaries Ramstein Germany buckle up for safety has another meaning in two air Force commissaries in Ramstein and Vogel Weh Are using shopping carts with Seatbelt for Small according to air Force commissary service Europe the program started in August and will expand throughout the idea came from a customer suggestion gourmet cooking in Field As easy As creations by Dan Wollam Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart convincing a Soldier who been living in a tank parked in the mud of a Damp German Forest that Hes going to get a gourmet meal from a tin can can be but Robert Thompson is a persistent for 40 years Hes been cooking 30 of these in the he teaches for Central Texas showing army Cooks How to make gourmet meals from the food soldiers take to the he just taught his first course on gourmet bration cooking at Funker Cavern in its our first tryout making rations into the a ration Thompson the Challenge is in making visually and palatable acceptable meals from the dehydrated a rations Are Frozen but not so its easier to make better meals from but rations Are difficult to use in the Field be cause they have to remain Frozen until the idea behind Thompsons 10day course is to teach Cooks to use the rations More 5 Eric Johnson Cooks for the Vii corps com Andrew Johnson said his preparation of the rations has been pretty Sim ple in the a pork chop was just grilled he now we made a More upgraded version like a pork Rou Johnson said most of the ingredients they used in the course were the same As those used in the you might not see something like the shrimp in the Johnson its and it Doest hold up in the 4 Randall Flagg of the 25th aviation co at Nellinger Barracks said he Learned a lot of tricks that we rent in the army recipe i Learned How to prepare gourmet food to the degree people would expect in a he t he plans to try his tuna croquettes on his unit they wont even know what it he but it All comes out i know  like Thompson also teaches a food course in which Stu dents make gourmet meals fit for special such As from he Hopes some Day hell be Able to teach courses on gourmet preparation of ready tomcat i think i can do something to reconstitute he photo by Dan Wollam Jacqueline 182nd Maint displays a gourmet meal she made from award Winner finds own Reward by Diana Valdez staff writer Sembach Germany to him its not such a big and it Hast changed his in Timothy Oharrow is not excited about it at i Haven told Many people about he harrows reaction to winning the 1984 Safe mor recreation Volunteer of the year award  Register minus three on the Richter i didst expect he in i didst even know the award existed until Oharrow May shrug off the award As just another fact in his but Safe officials believe he is the first Man to win the award since the program started in photo by Diana Valdez Timothy Oharrow Haven told Many what did he do Oharrow revived an ailing perform ing arts brought it from 10 participants to about 50 and helped the actors win third place this year at the Safe Competition in Raf England All on Volunteer he has worked 550 hours at the recreation Center build ing stage putting in fixing stage lights and anything else he could do for the four productions Sembach has had since he arrived there in March a in the True is someone that Doest expect a says Les Sembach mar Coalson was selected safes outstanding mar chief for Tim is that kind of he does the uncommon things like the sound and Light sys theres no glory involved with the kinds of jobs he but he does them Oharrow also puts in about 43 hours a week in his regular he works in the mar Supply where people May rent outdoor this and his Volunteer work keep him beats sitting at the club getting he i like to help other people and to teach them new and i like meeting new theres All kinds of reasons Why i Volunteer my most of harrows Volunteer time has been spent behind the but in the next caught in the villains Hes going to i dont know How this is going to he i dont have much to say most the that Why in apprehensive about but ill just see How it who Learned most of his skills from High school and Handson experience is training other volunteers to build props and run the Light and sound sys tems so they can carry on the program when he leaves in Tim literally created a performing arts program on his Volunteer says Beverly to recreation Center voile won safes 1984 recreation Center manager Tim took nothing and made it into he looks for things to do and sets a Good example for other voile