European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 29. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 Over Here is Janet Howells to Fry students from Hunu High school spend their lunch hour at the nearby teen club. The club offers a lunch menu that includes hamburgers and hot dons. Honou Community undergoing Renaissance by Janet Iio  staff writer Hanau. Wisl Germany when such ten Bunting bar Ger first set eyes on the unpaid cd. Dilapidated buildings of Pioneer Cavern in the Hanau military Community her jaw went Slack. It was August 1981 and the run Down buildings tiny commissary and mini Post Exchange convinced Bunting Berger that Hanau was not the place to be. It was  the Community sequal employment Opportunity manager said. Everything was Dingy and needed  but by 1985, buying Burger started seeing changes that indicated there might be Hope. When they opened the Wolfgang Community Center it really made a differ ence she said touting the new Complex s Large commissary and Post Exchange. Once known As the armpit of . Mili tary communities in West Germany Hanau has experienced a tidal wave of fresh construction and Quality of life improvements All budgeted in the waning Days of the Reagan defense buildup. During the current fiscal year alone the Community has averaged one facility opening per month and that trend is expected to continue into the foreseeable future. The trick says Deputy Community commander col. Buzz scaly is not to screw around with what your predecessors  we had a lot of smart Guys before us he said. We re enjoying now what was planned five years  the 30,000 . Soldiers civilians and family members stationed in Hanau have a lot to enjoy. Recent rib Bon cuttings have opened a new Middle school a guest House a maintenance facility new Barracks a courtroom Anda teen Center. Family centers now Are located on Many of the Community Scase rns and what was t built was re modelled through self help projects. Many residents View the changes with something approaching wonderment. When Debbie m. Jones first came to Hanau with her husband in 1974. She was 16 and had been married Only three Days. She remembers taking a bus to Frankfurt american High school to attend classes and eating lots of canned meat because the commissary did t have room for much fresh meal. I remember people talking about new facilities but 1 Don t think anyone believed they would Ever happen she said. Jones and her husband Stephen now a master sergeant ended that tour in 1975, but returned in 1979 and again in 198s. We were amazed at the improvements that have been made Jones said. I m really excited about the Bank. I remember the Long lines in the past that went right out the  Many of the Community s new facilities arc opening at the Wolfgang shopping Center Complex including a snorts cloth ing store a military clothing and sales store a Thrift shop and a Branch Bank. The Middle school built to accommodate 750 sixth to eighth Grade Stu dents Cost about Sis million to build but was budgeted at nearly s25 million. Construction on the two Story building started in october 1987 and was finished last May a month earlier than planned. Classes started this fall relieving overcrowding at the nearby High school and elementary schools. In 1983, Hanau s courtroom was closed Down because it lacked Jun facilities and was in a noisy location on Pioneer Cavern. For the next six years the Community had to conduct court martial proceedings in Frankfurt or but Bach causing scheduling and travel problems. Construction on the be courtroom started in August of last year was finished in May. Officials estimate that 10to 15 trials will be held monthly in the new facility situated on a quieter Sec Tion of Pioneer Cavern. And then there s the Community s new developmental clinic Tor exceptional family members and a veterinary clinic for Pel care. During school months the developmental clinic aver Ages 60u visits per month thanks to a Liberal walk in policy that is rare for military clinics. Hanau s latest additions also Are basking in the building Boom thanks Tonew construction at the Community s Cardwell housing area. Soldiers As signed to a new helicopter battalion in Hanau stepped off the plane and into new quarters in a move rarely possible in the overcrowded housing Market of the Frankfurt area. Other newcomers awaiting housing might stay in the Community s newly renovated 32-room guest House. Recreation has been a big part of the plan. Too. A 32-Lanc Bowling Alley opened a year ago and nearby a roller rink is to open soon. Until then teen agers can enjoy themselves in the panthers Lair a teen Center that opened in june. The three floor facility offers Micro w ave ovens a Large living room a sunken Den. A dining room Complete with music videos brought in by satellite game room and a computer room. And while the Community s plan includes plenty of facilities for families one $45 million construction project was started with Only soldiers in mind. Mechanics arc already working in completed parts of a maintenance facility on to Utica Cavern that replace acres of mud and dirt with Roomy work has and Concrete work and parking  is a lot better for Maine  said sgt. Russell hulls of b Btry 4lh in 82nd Field any while changing a track pad on the paved sur face. The tracks stay much  the a Utica maintenance facility is expected to be Complete in december of next year. Also new for Hanau Green suiters a is million Barracks on hinge Horst Ca sern that 168 soldiers now Call , the future remains Bright for More construction in Hanau. Projects Are in the works for More Barracks renovations and club upgrades. A Community club sports Complex recreational area and much needed Gas Sta Tion will also be built in the wooded area around the Wolfgang shopping Center scaly said. In binding in and Gln Hauson. Hanau s sub communities new family housing a commissary and a Gas Sta Tion Are planned we have enough projects left to continue this building Boom for two years then Well Start to feel the budget constraints mealy said