European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 15, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 Over Here Flag helping raise spirits of Young family members  writer Heidelberg. West Germany the a Tsumi of the military child often reads like the Story of a Young world traveler. Born in an army Hospital in Berlin. Attended kindergarten in Minot . Endured the third through the fifth Grade somewhere in Georgia. Moved twice in the sixth Grade. First to a desert outpost then to Alaska. It s a Tough life being on the move. Just ask Ingrid Rosewall she s been there. Not As a child but As an English speaking German wife of a Soldier who was transplanted to fort Gordon ga., in 1977. I know what it s like says the Mother of two. I be lived it. And when i was in that place with no friends no Job and seemingly no future i told s4s  Derheim Flag participant Patrick Mehlhaff and a group of friends enter pulse Park in Mannheim West Ger Many. Myself that if Ever get into a position where 1 could help other families adjust to new surroundings i  now half a world and Many lessons in military life away from the terrible loneliness of Georgia circa 1977, Oswalt is making Good on that Promise. She is he impetus behind a program that is working to help solve the problems Oyoung family members arriving in the Heidelberg military Community. This is my crusade she says. I want to convince the army that you can gel better Soldier by providing their families with better support once they arrive in  she did it once in Karlsruhe in 1985. Starling with a sponsorship program for soldiers that consisted of nothing More than a lending closet and a Welcome aboard packet Oswalt boosted it into a mixture of intensive care and efficiency that included Field trips and classroom instruction on language and customs. The timing was right she said. "1984 was the year of the m military family so the army was ready to listen to what i had to  her program and unbridled Energy caught the attention of the Heidelberg army Community services office which asked her in 1987 to assume the directorship of the office and duplicate the program. She Calls the new program Flag for families learning about  the concept is not new. Similar orientation programs exist in one form or another around the world. But Oswalt s inclusion of children Andt can Agurs provides an innovative touch. The  introduces youngsters to a few basics of German language and customs then follows up the instruction with hands on use of Public transportation shopping trips sightseeing group picnics and More. During the program children expand their vocabularies and More important perhaps their outlooks about their new Home. Scan Franks who had been in West Germany three weeks when he began the course found the German language to be sort of  after you think about it the seventh grader says the words kind of turn into american words like for instance Flower is Bloom or something like  Blumn pipes up Rob Bucken Hauer a two week Veteran of deutschland who is proud that his Grandfather emigrated from Germany to the United states. Brian Gardner 11, had been in West Germany Only a couple Days when he began the Fla course. In Virginia Brian got his thrills by playing the part of a bugler in civil War re enactments. Here life s pleasures take on a simpler note. It s Nice and Cool at night Here the sixth grader says. I have my own Balcony off my bedroom. I like to open the doors and sleep at  during recent class Outing his sister Tamara 14, is  Dorheim Milci Delacr army Community services director in Grid Rosewall. Was with the teen group playing Frise cd and soaking up the Sun on the Banks of the Neckar River. Heidelberg s Castle provided a backdrop for what Tamara sees As the ultimate learning experience. Living Here is an education she says. Having to use the Money the transportation there Are alot of kids who Don t even leave their Home  the numbers prove Flag s Success. In the program s june july and August summer sessions 89 children from Ages 8 to 12 and 73 youths from Ages 13 to 19 went through the four Day program. And since january 275 adults have completed the adult course while 125 children Ages 3 to 7 attended kiddie Flag a simplified version of the classes offered older children. Because of the interest in kiddie Flag five sessions rather than three Are being considered for next summer As Well As a Winter and Spring Flag session to coincide with school Breaks. Although this summer s program was the first to include the pre teen and teen groups we were just inundated with kids Oswalt said. Parents Are very concerned with How their kids fit into the Community. They want them to make new friends. And they make them through  Luietta nay. The out each coordinator lot Heue Deig acs. Saj warmly members who have not been to Tough Flag May participate at any time by calling the acs Ollice at ets 370 6883 of 6975. Massachusetts begins dismantling Wii bunkers w1nthrop, mass. A ques Tion How do you get rid of three bunk ers one of which is fortified with 48,000 tons of Concrete and built to withstand the largest projectile that could be fired from a world War ii battleship answer very slowly. When state officials began demolition on the bunkers wednesday it was the Start of a six month leveling process. Officials have undertaken the s4.5 million project to make Way for a waste water treatment Plant that is pan of the $6.1 billion Boston Harbor cleanup. Massachusetts water resources authority officials said it was the first time such bunkers have been demolished. The fort Dawes bunkers Date Back to 1942. During world War ii All the is lands within Broad sound the main shipping Channel into Boston Harbor contained manned forts. After the War ended in 1945, the Navy used the bunk ers for storage. The first of inc bunkers was blown up with 9,200 pounds of dynamite at 5 25 . Wednesday. The initial indication is that it was a successful blast said Chuck Allen a construction Crew worker at the site. We Hope it broke into pieces of about three feet in diameter but we won t know until we Start  More than 40 men were positioned on Deer Island Here wednesday afternoon setting out blasting Mats and dirt on the sides of the Bunker to contain flying Roc from the explosion in preparation for the demolition. Because of the matting All that was visible was a Large puff of smoke and a Quick blast was heard. It s a huge Job we re Here for a year even if it won t take that Long said Mike Bissontte construction superintendent for . Cashman inc. Of Quincy which began initial work on the site in Early August. But Bissonette said inc 48,000-ton Battery 105 will Likely be the most difficult Bunker to demolish. The roof is fortified with 17 feel of reinforced Concrete and the Bunker itself has alternating Earth and Concrete Walls of Between four and nine feet thick with 45 feet of packed Earth at its base. The third Bunker that will be blown up is a personnel control room once the Central command Post for the entire Complex. It consists of 16 feet of reinforced Concrete. The bunkers some buried 20 feel Are located on Deer Island a Remote Point on Boston Harbor at the tip of this Cit just outside Boston. Acres of land sur rounding the bunkers were fenced off in preparation for the explosion. At present Deer Island is both a mini mum Security prison and a sewage treat ment Plant. Once a natural Island it has since been filled in and is accessible by  Island will accommodate what is to become the world s second largest sewage treatment Plant. The existing treatment Plant and another in Bost narc responsible for much of Boston har Bor s pollution discharging 70 tons of sludge and 400 million Gallons of treated waste water every Day. The new Plant scheduled to be constructed Between 1990 and 1999, will treat 1.3 billion Gallons of sewage a Dayan remove about 90 percent of the pollutants in the water