European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 1, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 Money saving idea brings pot of Gold to 2 of sergeant Brainy  pay off 11 . Green Klisit Slauter Harcau rams min my. West Germany a seemingly simple idea turned into a first year savings of $1.5 million fur the air Force a department of defense award find ii Lei agers first car. With tilt Iii Check t bought my son a car Hii firn  said 111 Iff master ski. Robert e. Abshire. Superintendent it special weapons support for Usa ii. He in quite pleased will  Abshiro is one of 51 recipients of the department of the defense i Roduco Ivriy award Given in a ceremony at the i in Lagan last in nah. The award honors people Ului hair Sti milled suggestions that have produced first year savings of More than is million. Ahshire s suggestion netted the thinkers behind the idea Sll he. The award was split equally Between Hin Wilfand Hief Mimer Sajt. In Hon Fuller. The award is in in in increments based on inc limit of the amount thai can he awarded at different Levels. The  slurp d $5.000 Given to them at base level by Injo from Safu and the remaining  from the department of ihi1 air Force. We actually in ouch tin1 savings were going o he  Ahshire Sipui. Higher savings would have inn skirt d Mizii Biggi a award we recommended a modification to an existing piece of lest equipment rather than buy a Complete new lest station Abshire said. The modify Kainin consists of in adaptor that would Cost about $250 compared with the si7,000 Price tag on i hence test station. The suggestion process is a Long and tedi Cius Atia. According to Ahshire so Long in fact hat he has Trou ble remembering when Iii idea originally was suggested. I Don t remember the exact Daks by n was in the he Lime  Abshire said. It came Back and we had logo different methods through inc Zero Over pricing and it went from Zero overpricing Hack to the suggestion  the suggestion was finally approved in late 1985, Abshire said. And i started receiving payments on it in the r6 time Frame and 1 got Ilic final payment in 87," he said. Though Dales seem to slip Abshire s mind he does remember that he transferred to Dover fab del., and Hack to Kam Stcin before receiving All of his award Money. Fuller also has moved on and is no longer assigned to Zamstein. Through it All Abshitz never despaired even though there were times of doubt. Yeah there s Points where you say they re not going to approve his " he said. Even lilo Jilli you knew it was a Good idea and it should be  the Poi of Gold a the end of the proverbial Rainbow made the wait and uncertainly worthwhile. Abshiro said. If i knew from the outset thai icy were going to give me $11.000 to do it i would have been much More  is photo a i chief master or. Hubert a a shirt 3 paragraphs earn 2 army men $25,000 b Tony  l Umi i Anshan h. West Germany three whorl paragraphs Viva d slii1 army $6., million in one year and dropped t25.0 0 into the pockets of the two 1st army a soldiers who wrote the lines As an army Sugges Tion t program idea. It s jul a i my in the bucket compared to inc de Fnu Iii ii i said c hic whirr and officer Andy Man held. Maifield a computer expert with the division s 177lh per Vinnel service co and Cape. To Scott Lloyd now assigned to the defense language Institute in Mon racy. Alif. Suomi died a suggestion two years ago thai Cut the red Lane soldiers facet alien they wanted to extend overseas Tours. As a Remili. Id  of one battalion of sol die ii Over and above the number opt cd to extend within the division elected to remain overseas saving the govern men i $ti,3 million in moving expenses. Last in nah Maxfield and Lloyd stood with 19 other Suggs sirs from other services in the Pentagon audio Lium to receive the Secretary of defense productivity  cell Curc award the Sugges lers combined saved the services s335.7 million. Maxfield and i had s sue cation find logo Ali rough several commands gaining approval and Mure Bucks with each step. After he picked up the first s5.qoo Check from i corps Max Fidd splurged. Gasp Talo do Tony a Jurch two body Max held left and . Scott Lloyd i bought stuff for my wife he said. He also bought More expensive Christmas Gifu than usual for his two children. But i digit l hand out $50 Hills or  he said adding thai his kids were Moreau cited Jihou him being in the newspapers and on television than they were about the Money. This Lime the Money is going into savings Mas Leld. 3ft, crowed the Border from Dresden East Germany with his family in 195 and moved to Salt Lake City Utah in l j6l. He has been assigned to units in West Germany since 1973 and has cranked out a Dacron surges icons since 1976. They be Ali Cen adopted in one form or another he said. And 1 gof$5n from one for simplifying n  when mix Field talks about limply Ricalton. He hails it As he basis for most Good suggestions. Most Are simple he said. This one is. It s just hat nobody s seen the Light  the result of the suggestion Vivus a computer printout with All the information needed for the Chain of com Mand so make the decision in a boil extending a Soldier. Al the lop were the commanders signature blocks All on one Sheet. All they have to do Lloyd told the stars and so rips last year is read ii approve or disapprove to and sign it. Nobody has to do any additional paper  Mafield and Lloyd Iron i finished it. They can receive an addition of 510.000 at lie  level of the suggestion process. Plane repair makes neighbors tempers soar rockv1lle, my. Api look Dawn on lie ground it s u Bird la sup Itne it s an c Liucc it s a Swinton reliant spotter plane strange visitor from another Era. That now Jonm i behind William Surgi s Home. If we Haj really wanted to look Al airplane1. We would be moved Nusl door loan Airport said Barbara reeks see How you d like it Day after Day out there where you have no Choice but la Loov at  said reeks Nel door neighbor. Anne Sullivan what s he think he s going to do Fly that thing out of Here the single engine is missing from the plane built in 1943 for the Royal Ca Nadian air Foree. The original fabric covering is wings has been reduced to ragged strips of cloth fluttering from the Rusly steel Frame. Surgi 64. A retired Navy Mechanic and world War ii Veteran said he is restoring the aircraft As a Hobby. Until in is airworthy lie wants to work on it behind his House. City officials say there s no Law against that although some neighbors Are complaining that the Industrial Fla Vor of Surgi s Yard May drive Down properly Alues. Surgi concedes that his Hobby is an eyesore. He has been cited by the City for run Ning a junkyard and for storing so much debris thai in attracted rats. However he said his project has the support of most of his neighbors and he displayed a petition he said was signed on his behalf by 98 neighbors. The City has set a March 31 Public hearing on the Issue. A proposed amendment to the City Cude would prohibit the storage or re pair of an air plane in residential a tues unless it is inside a building. If he makes the plane  hell have to dismantle it and Lake Illo an Airfield to Fly it. Surgi said