European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 10, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 Neureul caverns have $12 million new look 3 years Worth of renovations produce dramatic changes by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Karlsruhe Germany _ two u s army Ca skins at no uncut arc emerging from the dark Ages More the ,%c�nnac10rs Pul Lac finishin8 touches More than $12 million Worth of renovation i and recon Ork involved a Complete overhaul a i u  buildings at the Neureul Cavern Dur ing Ine last three years and major in orgy saving renovations to 30 buildings at the adjacent Neureul labor a Crvick Cavern. The installations Are a few Miles North of Karlsruhe. The renovations have wrought dramatic changes. Sad Douglas Turney Deputy director of engineering and housing for the Karlsruhe military Community. We know it was an eyesore and we be pumped some Money into it and turned things around Turners flu German contractors and subcontractors have done All the work he said. The largest contracts involved a 2 million package for the renovation of 16 administrative buildings and $1 million to overhaul eight Bil lets. He said contractors now arc replacing the caverns steam heating systems with forced hot water heat work that should be completed at the end of this month. Karlsruhe military officials plan to break ground next Spring on a s2 million sewer construction project and that work will allow hem an Opportunity to fix the caverns roads at the same time. Turney said before the reconstruction began dozens of buildings at Neureul labor service Cavern were equipped with Oil fired Franklin stoves. People had to fetch Oil in five gallon cans to keep the stoves burning in the Winter. It broke All kinds of health safety and fire  said. He described the Neureul Cavern of three years ago As one of the worst caverns in Europe. It was literally falling  no significant work had been done on those build Ings since they were built in the Early 1950s," Turney said referring to both installations. When 1 gut Here in september 1982, three of the buildings had been boarded up As uninhabitable. The commander would t let his troops live in  troops arc occupying their quarters there once again although they arc being shuffled about some what As work is completed. Turney said. About 500 people work at Neureul labor service Cavern. Neureul Cavern has about 1.600 military and civilian employees about half of whom reside there. The Neureul improvements dovetail with another major project the modernization of heating systems throughout the military Community. Turney said the Community has spent ji.3 million to install new heat ing lines at Gersewski Barracks and Smiley Barracks. That work also is expected to end this month. The Community is in the Middle of a j40 million schedule of heating system improvements that is expected to end in 1988-89 with construction of a new heating Plant and heating lines at Germer Shim army depot about 25 Miles North of Karlsruhe. The Community expects to tackle Ger Szewski bar Racks As its next major building renovation project said Public affairs spokesman sgt. Philip b. Hale it s pretty Sid looking from the outside he said. " but the Money is there. It s gelling  he said other scheduled improvements include the installation of new kitchens and bathrooms at Paul Revere Village a military housing area. Bueck Ngen pup/7s get present a new school by Connie Mickey staff writer bul Dingen. Germany the Chil Dren of budding in got a present for school this year. Not new clothes or school sup plies but a new school. The newness has t rubbed off yet said Mike Goff assistant principal. We be been in Here for two weeks and Are still trying to get things straightened up but everyone is having fun doing  approximately 150 children arc in the pre fab Structure. The school an Annex of the Gln Hauson elementary school is for kindergarteners through third graders from Buedingen and surrounding villages. Goff said the exciting thing about the temporary school is that it is the first step in justifying a permanent building in Bue Dingen. I Sec that within five years we will have a school Here for kindergarten through sixth f Rad. Right now our facility size is a limitation but the children have full service support from Geln Hau san. And eventually we Hope we will be a separate school  planning for the school began last Spring and construction began in july 1984, Goff said. The building did t open for the first of school but that did t delay the children s school year. For the first four or five weeks of the school year we were Able to rent a vacant German facility in budding in for 50 Marks. The German Community was very supportive Goff said. The folks Here have wanted and needed a school for some time he said. They have helped us whenever we needed it. Last week the military had some extra playground equipment that they installed Here for the children. The children can also play with the playground equipment behind the Chapel which is across the Street and the school can use the Chapel for some of its talented and gifted  a grand opening ceremony for the school i be held Friday at i . Great balls o fire Tiu Miniti of people in Central and Western Japan tack by 38,