European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday september 16,1986 news update Daniloff returns Moscow my Hytti new i so 41 Uttz. I n n a Kohl o n by pm by it Amoum Pratt nor. A eater. Mar a our a pwt Dndr Htu oho. 0tonrttt a Kohl civil defense test Heidelberg is sirens Wilt be tested throughout Germany wednesday morning from 10 03 to10. 14 As part of a test of the civil defense system said Hans Gunter Kowalski a spokesman for the German ministry of the Interior. The test will begin with a one minute tone at Giftos ., Fol Lowed by two one minute tones at 10 09 , and ending with another one minute tone at 10 13  Chaplain gives soldiers a place of their own at Smith Barracks Betty Bell stir writer Aschaffenbur Germany soldiers assigned to the 9th engr in at Smith Barracks know there1 one door always open. It s the Soldier s Center a place logo when there s no place else to go. The Soldier s Center took shape when Cape. Sonny Moore the battalion s Chap lain realized there was More he could do for the soldiers. My approach to the chaplaincy is to have an open door to the Soldier he said. "1 came into the army to do the ministry and i did t think i was doing a very Good Job stuck away in Rny Corner office on the top  Moore said he needed an office some place where sold cars could feel Comfort Able and Welcome to visit a place where they can gel away from daily pressures. He decided that the mostly empty building opposite the Cavern s dining facility would be the Ideal location. But the Thrift shop run by the a Schattenburg wives club stretched across the entire building. Persuading them to relinquish some floor space would be the major hurdle. We needed a Little office and Kitchen a Broom closet and a recreation Center. Folks said we d never get it. We had to do some horse trading with the wives club Moore said. The soldiers built a partition Between the Thrift shop and the intended Center remodeler and furnished the area. They built shelves and put up hanging rods for the Thrift shop. We Don t have to put up any signs to get soldiers to come. 1 have soldiers who Don t miss a Day coming Here Porc said. Some of the Gays get into that Kitchen and really Cook. The Center is a pleasing alternative to everything else said spec. 4 Barry c. Cart a records clerk in he co. Most people Are doing just one thing like going to one place along the main Street and drinking. This really has become a family place for me we Don t encourage Beer drinking Here Moore said. People know this is where the chaplain lives so they respect that and tend not to do it every wednesday soldiers can look Forward to a special lunch and a Brief worship service at noon at the Center. If i did t have the Center i d Proba Bly be in the Barracks said spec. 4 Wil Liam d. Allen a Machac at cob i consider it a Church there s a different atmosphere  spec. 4 Richard d. Harris a Driver at he co said he comes to the Center As much As he can. It s Clos Chan going to a Center on another  this facility Cost the army almost nothing Moore said. Soldiers volunteered their time to do the labor. The building materials were from Salvage. Our piano came from the scrap Yard. We found two old Pool tables the sol Diers took pm apart and put pm together m mate one Good table with a Rew fell top Moore said. Moore said one Soldier donated a Ste Reo and speakers to the Center when he left Germany. A to came from the Bat Talion s operations and mining office. Money from morale support pays for the rental of nightly movies shown at the Center. The engineers wives club gave the Center $100 to buy a Popcorn machine. The Soldier s Center is open around the clock to the entire Community and the soldiers run it people who need me will seek me out Moore said. " Don t lock Rny  Pitburg unit happily goes out on Imp adopts Forest in need of Loving care by Jean Albright Olborg Borao Pitburg a Germany the Koenig Waeldchen. Or King i Little Woods near Pitburg a was full Friday and saturday of americana who have pledged to care for it As adoptive parents. The j 6 h aircraft generation so has made a pledge w work with the local Forest officer to clean and Groom the for est and do All necessary repairs through out the coming years. In a saturday ceremony the group dedicated a 20-foot, split log sign engraved with the Promise. It will proclaim the adoption at an Entrance to the pre serve. Senior master sol. Merv Coulter the Squadron s first scr can who has been one of the volunteers swinging gardening tools in the Woods said plenty of squad Ron members Are Happy to spend their free Lime there. We be had 30 to 40 people go out on an afternoon be said and most of them Are from swing shift. It s their free time they re  Many of the volunteers now live in dormitories and remember farm land or family gardens As a part of Home. Right now my parents Are blowing and weeding in the Garden at Home said senior airman Richard Vestal. They wish 1 was there doing this same work. I miss it so i can get into this. It s Good for me apart from the Well used picnic area and fitness paths much of the so acre Woods is newly planted with Oak and Black Birch Trees. No one uses thai areas of that new Trees can be allowed to grow. Squadron volunteers spend much of their time working in the cultivation areas. Forest officer Stefen Wiegand goes out with the groups and tells them what needs to be done. He s taught them How to find the new Trees among other wild growth of the same Silt on each Outing the group Worts about six hours finding the sprouting trots and Clearing away the other growth. He toed us that they la grow belter with space and Light said senior master sgt. Roland w. Troeger a German bom naturalized american citizen who has been in it air Force 20 years. He helped to make Squadron members aware of German concerns for wild lands and to organize the project. Even when the Trees have been Tram pled and choked by growth until they took withered they la come Back when we Clear around them Troeger said. The Woods has picnic areas and fitness paths that Are open to everyone. Squad Ron members will keep an Eye on the condition of signs along the path and make new ones when the sign fade. They also plan to deign a Forest Tetnow ledge Trail and Post signs naming everything that grows. The City has paid people to care for the Forest but Squadron members Hope to save the City some Money and repay it for its hospitality Troeger said. They a already done 360 hours of work Inthewoods. In saturday s adoption ceremony the Forest officer told the Volunteer thai they were the first group in Rheinland of Pfalz to adopt a Forest. We think it s great that american military in addition to their military duties voluntarily and spontaneously decided to become involved with an important concern of their Hail country be said. In our densely populated area it can not be avoided that More and More for ests have to be used and damaged during necessary military exercises in complain wild our defense Mission and because or the construction of military  attacks in Munich Frankfurt reported Munich up a bomb believed planted by terrorists went off Early Mon Day at a building housing a nato office and an aircraft company s Headquarters and ibo Tours felled High tension wires monday near Frankfurt authorities said. Police said no one was injured in the two attacks which were not linked. The bomb exploded at 1 45 , and caused about Al 20,000 damage to the live Story building housing the nato Liaison office for Munich and the Pana via aircraft co., which produces the Tornado fighter bomber. Investigators said the Jet maker was the apparent tar get of the attack. About 160 mile away in Helm Siadul authorities said saboteurs later taxed Down a High i Easiod Mast which fell and damaged six others causing $500,000 damage. No one claimed responsibility. The Munich blast was the second bomb attack in Germany in a week. On sept. K a car bomb damaged the Cologne Headquarters of Germany s office for the pre Lection of the Constitution the coun  Agency. To addition 10 attacking . And nato targets German of Livanis have begun bombing the offices of companies producing weapons and officials said an attack on the Zanavia office would be in line with the new Campaign. An Anonymous Telephone Call w the buildings night Porter warned that the blast would take place. The caller said bomb threat i spelt a an a the Porter then broke the connection to phone the police. Federal prosecutor Kurt Rebmann blamed the attack on terrorism and Aid their target was the aircraft company of. Police offered a $25.000 Reward for information leading to the arrest of Bose responsible for planting the bomb which also caused some damage to a nearby Post office