European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 30, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9over Here a amps Rosemary Sawyer doing their level Best at top Are shoveler Lee Mccormick left and Mike Whalen. Pitching in to help the Kenya bound team members Are Philip Sullivan left foreground and Shannon Rodgers. At right two boys from Heidelberg a Patrick Henry Village housing area have fun in the san piles before they re levelled. Gritty task trains team for project Kenya by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer Heidelberg West Germany a their task loomed Over them like mount Kenya above the Tana Basin. About a dozen shovel and Rake wielding teen agers and adults set out to level four mountains of Sand 200 tons in All. A Bulldozer could have spread the 20-plus truckloads in an hour and a half but that Wasny to the Point. This group was training for a task that Likely will make their Sandy saturday at Patrick Henry elementary school seem like a Day at the Beach. Next month the Heidelberg diggers and Rakers will be shovelling a five mile Jong Trench then laying a water pipeline in kenyans rift Valley. The team Hopes to turn on the spigot for a Masai tribe that now must drive its livestock the five Miles Lor water each Day.  be joined by an additional 150 teen agers and adults from throughout Europe in a Mission dubbed project Kenya. A a it a pretty spectacular to realize How much we re going to be digging Down in Kenya a said Heidelberg High school Junior Brian Kirsch after half a Days shovelling on the playground. The project Kenya team will devote eight full Days to digging the 2-foot-deep ditch. Club beyond a Christian youth ministry to military communities in Europe is sponsoring the project. For added realism on saturday the group drank iodine treated water from thermos bottles. In Kenya  be guzzling water from canteens at a rate of 2 quarts an hour the army a recommended rate for people Labouring in hot weather. Team members May not have to drop the bacteria killing tablets into their canteens. Once in Kenya their water May be treated in bulk with another chemical or it May meet Quality standards. Nevertheless the group thought it would be Wise to get a Little taste of what May lie ahead. Christina Littlefield figures Shell get used to the stuff which she said tasted like water from a swimming Pool. A a in la probably hate the taste of the water Here when i get Back Quot said the High school freshman. Amy Stuhr was less complimentary. A Yucky a Stuhr said with a Grimace. A it tastes like one of those words you done to put in  each participant has paid $1,275 for the privilege of drinking a a Yucky water and sweating in 90-degree temperatures april 6 to 22. The Young people raised much of their Money through car washes bake sales and bagging in the exchanges. They also received donations from chapels and individuals. A a lot of people think we re crazy to do this a said Roger Macray Heidelberg High school assistant principal. A they wonder a Why would anyone pay to dig a ditch a a the trip can to be viewed from a strictly humanitarian viewpoint said Larry Russell logistics coordinator for the project. After All it would make More sense to Send the $100,000 to Kenya than to bring in a Novice work Crew of 160 people for two weeks. But helping the Masai villagers Wasny to the club beyond leaders Only goal when they urged the Young people to try something other than their usual Beach vacation in Spain Over Spring break. By exposing the youth to the third world nation a we Hope Hope to spread a vision that the kids will carry with them for life a Russell said. High school senior Jennifer Fulton said one reason for her decision to go on the trip is that she a considering joining the peace corps after College. She said she really does no to know what to expect from the trip but she knows it will be rewarding. A a in a sure it the work will be a lot worse in  Fulton said. Quot and there will be no hour and a half lunch break to watch the soccer game like  american group to protest Gist presence in Munich by Steve Taylor Munich Bureau Munich. West Germany a a group of americans remonstrate saturday at the main Gate of Mcgraw City withdrawal of . Forces from the 0ur up n0nt the time has come to rethink the me can presence in Europe a said Roseanne Cupp a demonstration organizer. N1jjle/orm.er resident of Austin Texas and about 50 Herf Hving in the Munich area Are Mem we a a Mun cd american peace committee which Man Elt  t0 show Solidarity with West Ger Ernim peace movements. The members of the Sain p.? Nln connection with the . Government App who works for a German counselling Center. About 30 people Are expected to Lake part in the demonstration said John Otranto who is also a committee member. R the demonstration was organized to show support Tor plans by the Green party to turn the . Military Community into a Community of about 7,000 apartments schools sports facilities a movie theater and Library. Otranto formerly of new York City said the demonstration will highlight the urgent needs of Munich residents for housing schools and social support activities. A a we re not out to antagonize the military at Mcgraw but to show that there is another american opinion about their presence in Munich a said Otranto who is unemployed. Munich a Deputy Community commander col. Richard a. Manupella said he supports the groups right to demonstrate. But he said Quot its surprising to me they re  Manupella said the . Forces in Munich Quot will leave when the decision is made by the department of  any decision Over the . Presence in Munich will come after a conventional forces in Europe treaty is signed he  is the Home of the 66th military intelligence brigade the army and air Force Exchange services european Headquarters and the University of Maryland a Munich Campus. About 800 Active duty military personnel and 3,000 civilians plus family members Are assigned to the Community. Terlacher Forst the Community a housing area is located about a mile from Mcgraw Cavern. It includes schools a movie theater a shopping Center and a German army Hospital. The Hospital was constructed for the . Military in 1957. The German army took it Over in 1983