European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday septembers 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 Var. Sav returns to teach for / last year by Joe Mapother Bremerhaven Bureau hess1sch-Oldendorf, Germany Geralds Varesc already has his Gold watch and he has retired from teaching once. But or. Sav is Back and is Start ing his 32nd year in the classroom Back with the Chil Dren who gave him the watch As a gift when he had heart surgery in new York last year. To eighth grader Mason Jones Iii Savaresy s return to this Rural air Force Community Means another year with someone who has already helped him through fifth sixth and seventh grades. This Vear Jones will spend More than four hours each Day under Savarese s Tutelage learning Reading spelling social studies and other subjects. The elementary school is Small less than two dozen people work in the school that houses kindergarten through the eighth Grade. We sign two year contracts said Savarese about returning to Germany after several weeks in a new York Hospital. I did t want to walk out on  but this year is Savarese s last. The nearly 64-year-Oldteacher said he and his wife Dorothy mrs. Saplan to move out of their rooms in a 16th-Century Castle an return to new York. In his earlier retirement Savarese left his Job on Long Island. That was six years ago and he was tired of life Ona  after a month or two at Home i discovered sitting us a 1c a pm two Lar Straus  a rapport around was not the answer Savarese said. The next thing to discover was the town of Hess Isch Oldendorf Headquarters of the 6cc h tac control group. Although Savarese said he initially hoped to go to an area where he could use his French and italian the move to the american base provided challenges. We had to teach our own gymnasium classes in addition to a variety of subjects at different Grade Levels Savarese said. Teaching the subject matter is not the difficult thing. The difficult thing is establishing a  despite changes in the style of teaching during the past three decades Savarese said the essential skill of communicating the enthusiasm to Leam something about a subject is still the foundation of Good teaching. The failure to Cross that Bridge Between teacher and student worries Savarese. Maybe there s a child out there you did t get to. That makes for some sleepless nights he said. Dorothy said she sometimes must remind her husband that he can t get to every student he Ever  but his students have managed to get Back to Sava rese sometimes dramatically. When i was in the Hospital the two nurses taking care of me were former students of mine from Longisland Savarese said. So we had a kind of a  late this summer the reunion or j with Savarese students in Hess Isch Oldendorf. Hell Tell us More about a subject than the Book gives us said said eighth grader Rosie Ferroggiaro. The reason for that is probably Best explained by Savarese you have to love people to have worked this  ship your car but leave the dirt behind by Bob hover staff writer you can t ship a dirty automobile Back Home. If you try you la be stopped by a Mili tary customs inspector. Inspectors at 11 european area ports enforce department of agriculture rules designed to prevent the accidental import of such pests As snails slugs insects and microscopic organisms. Showing up with a dirty car at any of these ports will delay clearance. It will mean a Wash Job before the car goes aboard ship for the voyage Home. At Bremer Haven Germany the port handling the largest volume of privately owned vehicles military police say that in certain seasons As High As 30 percent of the cars destined for the United states May require cleaning before they Are cleared for shipment. For service members on a tight sched ule this can mean an extra Day in town and unexpected expenses. As a precautionary measure cars ought to be As clean As possible when they arrive in port says French walk up department of agriculture adviser Othella european come. Inspectors say a careful cleaning of both the inside and outside of the car before heading for port should be Ade quate unless the car is driven Over Muddy highways. It s particularly important that cars be free of soil because soil May Harbor disease and the eggs of insects and snails walkup says. There Are species of pests that we want to keep out of the United states because they nose a menace to our Agri culture. The Mediterranean land Snail can be picked up in Southern  another enemy is the Golden Nema Tode a microscopic organism that is unknown in most regions of America. Undetected by the naked Eye this pest attacks the roots of certain vegetables. Packed soil is a favorite hiding place forthe Golden nematode. For this reason it s important that automobiles be cleaned underneath. The wheel Wells should be free of All soil de posits walkup said. A pressure Hose May be needed to do a thorough cleaning Job if the soil is  working with the 42nd military police group in Mannheim Germany walkup monitors the vehicle inspection program in Europe and the Middle East. Under military traffic management come a tic control pos Are ship Ped to the United states from Felixstowe England Rotterdam the Netherlands Bremerhaven Rota Spain Lajes Portugal Piraeus Greece Naples and Livorno Italy and the turkish ports of Istanbul Izmir and Iskenderun. Inspectors trained by walkup screen cars As they arrive at the 11 ports. In Bremerhaven sgt. Nadine Wittey team Leader of 560th my co custom inspectors for More than three years lays a preliminary inspection determines if a vehicle needs additional cleaning. This gives the owner a Chance to Wash a car that does not meet cleanliness requirements she said. Most people use the car Wash at Carl Shurz Cavern because it is fitted with High pressure equipment. Automated commercial car Wash facilities May not do an adequate Job if the dirt is hard  Wittey pointed out that both the exterior and Interior of cars must be free of soil. Heavy dirt often accumulates behind the bumpers and is carried inside cars on shoes and boots. It s surprising How much dirt builds up under the seats of Acar. If a car is really dirty it might pay to Start the cleaning Job a couple weeks before it is due in  at the a tic shipping facility i Felixstowe England a Hose buckets and sponges Are made available to service members whose cars fail inspection. Owners with encrusted dirt May need to use a High pressure Hose at commercial car Wash facilities in nearby Ipswich. At Izmir Turkey vehicles leaving the country Are run through a car Wash be fore being loaded aboard ship. At Cadiz Spain Sec. Gonzalo Rivera an a tic supervisor says the under carriages of All cars headed to the states Are cleaned at no expense to service members stationed at the naval base i Rota. If inspectors find too much Dir on the exterior or Interior of a car it s the responsibility of the owner to meet Stan Dards by cleaning it himself or having it cleaned Rivera said. In Livorno Italy sgt. Mark Giampietro Coic of the vehicle processing enter says that about half of the cars turned in at the Center must be re washed. The Center handles an estimated 1,400 cars a year. We have a pressure Hose at the port for cars that fail the inspection. But if the undercarriage is caked with Din it May take a steam cleaning to do the Job Giampietro said. There Are commercial steam cleaners in the area and there s a steam cleaning facility at Camp Darby which is several Miles from the  military transportation offices Are responsible for telling Servic Membert about shipping requirements for their cars. Some car owners stopped by inspectors complain that they were not told about cleanliness rules. Others simply ignore or forget what they be been told. Cars that service members ship Home on commercial carriers also must meet cleanliness requirements. But agriculture adviser walkup Points out the cleaning of such ship ments becomes the responsibility of the carriers. And the customs inspections on these shipments Are made in the United states. While the cleanliness rules apply for thousands of private cars shipped Home every year it also is a requirement for returning military vehicles. Walkup said that All military vehicles heading Back to the states at the end of exercises such As reformer must be properly cleaned. For major exercises we usually have people sent to Europe from the states to help with the inspections he said. Vietnam vet walking across . To fight hunger Indianapolis a slowly but surely. Bob Wieland is making his Way across the nation propelling himself with his Arnu to demonstrate that the loss of his legs in Vietnam is no excuse to Stop caring. The 39-year-old californian who stepped on a mortar Shell while serving As a combat medic has spent nearly three years getting this far from Laguna Hills crjif., on fail Way to Washington d.c., to raise funds to fight world hunger. This week he and a companion Are travelling in the Indianapolis area along is. 40, having completed More than 80 percent of the trip that began sept. 8, 1982. He. Anticipates the journey will end in Washington next april. We average about 3 to 5 Miles a Day said Wieland. He uses his arms to propel his body three feet at a time. Putting his padded fists in front of himself and swinging his body Forward. Wieland estimates it will take 4,822,000 such Steps for the whole journey. The daily trek goes on in All types of weather beginning around 9 . And continuing until dusk. It s tiresome but i be issued a Challenge to the unite states he said. Wieland said he was pronounced dead when be tint arrived at a military Hospital but he is Able to make his daily Jaunt along the Highway because god had a Pur pose for my life. He was first impressed by the physical pain of hunger when he saw women in Vietnam struggling to feed Thieryoung babies. Now to help feed other starving people he seeks donations of is for each step he takes. He s raised about $225,000. If each step were sponsored we d raise close to $25million for the project Wieland said. I m not disappointed. I m not discouraged. I d rather use the word embarrassing about the response. I m no the Type of person to get disappointed or discouraged. I know within myself that i and the gentleman who is accompanying me project coordinator Marshall Cardiff have Given it everything we have every Day be Aid. A corporate sponsor is helping defray the Cost of Wie Laad s trip. Wieland compared his Effort to one by Canadian cancer victim Terry Fox who walked across Canada on one leg and helped raise $29 million for cancer research