European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday August 12, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 1988 Usa eur photo confess winners Schwet Zingen West Germany a specialist from Pir Masens captured Best of show in the 1988 Usa eur photography contest with a photo of a snowy Winter Field exercise. Spec. Brian g. Torp s Winter am Bush also won first place in the Black and White military life category. It was judged Best of the 1,750 entries. Torp is a member of my co 59th Ord brigade. Second and third place in the Black and White military life group went to sgt. William h. Mcmichael jr., he co 1st army div Ansbach and capt. George Sheats he co 7th in 159th aviation regt Stuttgart respectively. In addition to the Black and White category the Usa eur photo Competition featured color prints slides and a new group for videos. Four separate categories military life people nature Scenic and creative effects were judged for the first three categories while video was judged As one category. Other Black and White awards went to people Sheats staff sgt. Edward s. Mooradian co a 1st in 36th inf. Giessen and staff sgt. Joseph l. Shank Lin Stuttgart. Nature Scenic staff sgt. Godofredo s. Lascano he det 385th military police in Stuttgart spec. Mark e. Wilcox he co 7th army training come Grafe Wohr and Neu Ulm. Staff sgt. Howard p. Broughton he co 2nd in 4th inf creative effects 1st it. Eric d. Boyle he co 1st in 68th Armor Wil Flecken sgt. Brain k. Moore the army Hospital at Stuttgart and airman 1st class Christopher p. Green Stuttgart. Color print winners in the four categories were military life staff sgt. Brian m. Charles he Btry 6th in 52nd air defense arty Wiir Burg Mooradian and sgt. Julio c. Martinez he co 3rd in 325th inf Vicenza Italy. People Kemme l. Keen Butzbach elementary school Manuel j. Lopez 29th area support group Kaiserslautern and Nancy l. Healy Nurnberg High school. Winter ambush the work of spec. Brian g. Torp he co 59th Ord brigade was adjudged Best of nature Scenic Ramona l. Parkes he co 1st in 68th Armor Rochelle g. Williams directorate of engineering and housing Giessen and staff sgt. Ira Lee Galloway he service co task Force Phoenix Ansbach. Creative effects Jean k. Huss of Mannheim elementary school first and Wilcox second and third place. In color slides the winners were military life sgt. Thomas j. Martin he troop 1st so 1st Cav Ansbach first and Martinez second and third place. People James e. Albright jr., 2nd army Cav regt Nurnberg Kevin k. Koehler Community learning Center Wil Flecken and Christa Sherrod Leighton education Center Wurzburg. Nature Scenic capt. Chris a. Hamilton Stuttgart it. Col. Brian c. Davis and sgt. 1st class Thomas j. Bundza both of the 501st finance support unit Nurnberg. Creative effects Casimir Pudzianowski cafes Europe Heidelberg Mooradian and senior airman Eddie g. Castelli Karlstedt. Video contest winners were Anthony g. Biner Frankfurt Junior High school sgt. Roger m. Temple co a 7th in 6th inf Bamberg and Thomas j. Story he co 3rd army div Frankfurt. Visiting German Soldier Dies in mishap at party in Virginia by the Washington Post Washington the message Spray painted in Large letters on the Side of the station Wagon billed it As the ultimate but what the group of Young West German servicemen had planned As a night of Light hearted fun in a Loudoun county va., Cul de Sac culminated in tragedy about 1 30 . Sunday when a visiting private apparently flipped off the Back of a skateboard and smashed the base of his Skull. Dieter Reichardt 21, died about 1 30 . Wednesday at Fairfax Hospital. He had been in a tical condition since the Accident which officials have described As very unusual for a skateboard mishap. Reichardt who came from the Jown of Euskirchen near Bonn had been stationed at the West German military representative s Headquarters in Northwest Washington according to a spokeswoman there. Reichardt had been invited to the party at the Large duplex House in Sterling Park va., near Dulles International Airport. West German servicemen serve As guards at the Headquarters in the District and at a West German air Force military area at Dulles. Loud parties have been occasional Fea Tures at the House at 416 Bailey ct., according to neighbors who did not want to be was present at saturday night s party according to it. Gre stocks a spokesman for the Loudoun county sheriffs department. Stock said the investigation had not deter mined whether alcohol was a Factor inthe incident but he said that it appears that the injury was accidental. The spokeswoman for the West Ger Man military representative said no comment will be issued concerning the incident until that office completes its investigation which will pursue reports of alcohol use at the servicemen s Resi Dence called the German military guard House. For a Long moment after the Accident some of Reichardt s comrades stood in stunned silence As he Lay motionless in the Street according to one neighbor. Bailey court resident Tina Dyer 14, said she looked out a window when she heard a commotion Early sunday. Par tiers were All just watching. He was just she said that when a Rescue squad arrived one member of the squad asked whether there was someone sober in the crowd. Reichardt was not breathing. Dyer said that she volunteered to help and spent the next 20 minutes holding Reichardt s head while members of the squad worked on him. There is no indication that Reichardt had been wearing a helmet and there apparently was no ramp of the Type used by Many participants in the popular sport. Local police and Rescue officials said they could recall no life threatening skateboard injury in the Washington area in recent years other than one involving a car. . Consumer product safety commission statistics for 1987 showed 91,664 emergency room visits nationally for skateboard injuries but Only 3.2 percent of those resulted in admissions. The Agency had no figures for fatalities. . Damsel Odds Glamour to bavarian dragon legend by Charlie Bowden Munich Bureau when the dragon stalks the streets of Furth in Wald next week in Bavaria s oldest spectacle the Knight in shining Armor will have an american Damsel to Spur his quest. Chrissy Jureczko a 21-year-old chicagoan will be on hand in her yearlong role As miss Dank Usa a Goodwill ambassador representing the roughly 52 million americans of German descent. Dank the German acronym for the German american National Congress was founded in 1959 with a charter to encourage americans with German ancestry to learn More about their Heri Tage. The organization has 60 chapters in cities across the United states. For Jureczko a senior at the University of Wisconsin studying International business and German Dank was an integral part of her childhood. I be been a member Ever since i was a Little girl she said during a recent Stop in Munich a top contender for the role As Chicago s German sister City. Participation in the organization includes weekend classes where children study Germany its culture history and language. Jureczko s trip to Germany is not her first. She previously visited with her Mother who is a native of Furth in Wald and her father who is from upper Silesia in what is now East Ger Many. The couple immigrated to the is Charlie Bowden Chrissy Jureczko United states about 27 years ago. On this trip however the athletic coed sports a Tiara representing her title and brings a special Resolution from the mayor of Chicago Home of the bears cubs and sox to the mayor of Furth in Wald for 650 years the Lair of a fire breathing dragon. The town s festival and play based on a legend dating to 1431, recount the slaying of a dragon by sir Udo resident Knight of the local Castle. The festival will run this weekend and aug. 20-21 in Furth in Wald located near the czech Border Northeast of Regensburg. Jureczko s visit to Germany includes stops in West Berlin Munich and Augsburg. She is the first miss Dank Usa to visit . Military caverns in Ger Many
