European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 23, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 9closure complicates Young  a and a session informs students by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau we Brucken a Germany a losing and gaining friends is a fact of life for students whose parents work for the . Military. So students priorities shift toward More practical issues such As where juniors and seniors can get lunch off Campus and away from the school cafeteria when a base closure threatens their current haunts. Col. Kenneth Funkhouser commander of the 26th tac recon Wing we Brucken Abs Host unit was bombarded with that concern and other Quality of life questions wednesday when he presided Over two town Hall meetings about the base closure for we Brucken High school students. We Brucken Abs closure poses a split list of challenges for students and teachers at the High school. The school will lose about a third of its 870 students because of the closure in september 1991. The remaining two thirds primarily Are affiliated with the army at Kreuz Berg Cavern on the other Side of we Brucken and at Pir Masens. Those who will leave Wei High must mull transferring classes and credits once again having to find their Niche in a new location. A we just moved Here two months ago. I done to want to move again a said Tiffany Aldrich 12. A a in la be behind a said Missy Henderson a 17-year-old Junior who has lived at we Brucken for a year. A if you miss one Day of school like in trigonometry you re already  teachers will be caught up in the closure by helping departing students accelerate their studies so that the youngsters can Complete courses and receive appropriate credit before they leave. Acceleration is a program available to All department of defense dependent schools students who have to leave school before the end of the semester. It involves working ahead to Complete assignments and taking tests in Advance. A the pressure is going to be substantial a said principal Sandra Matthys. A basically it will mean the teachers Are teaching two or three classes at the same  youngsters who stay face different issues. Like where those privileged upperclassmen can get lunch outside the school cafeteria or smoke once the air Force run eateries shut Down. No answer yet Funkhouser said or if the Junior Reserve officers training corps will continue at the High school. Yes and if students who currently attend High schools at Kaiserslautern and Ramstein will be bused in to make up for the students lost because of the base closure. Or if some we Brucken students must Transfer to those schools. No District re zoning arc planned at this time a at least we wont have to go to a town a one relieved girl told a Friend. A some have jobs and they re worried about losing their jobs after school like newspaper routes a said Jason Bailey 13, who is staying on of his classmates concerns. One youngster wanted to know Why the recreation Center will close. A because its a labor intensive operation a Funkhouser said. Another wanted to know if German students would begin attending the High school. The answer was no. A few teen agers grumbled during the presentation that they were tired of hearing about the closure. A this is getting old a one boy said As he stretched his head Down on a table. And others like senior Nathan Smith Arentt affected one Way or the other. A College Calls a said Smith 17.future still in doubt for some base facilities by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau we Brucken a Germany a the future of we Brucken Abs ice skating rink Bowling Center child care Center the so called Canadian housing area and an elementary school still Arentt resolved base officials say. All segments of the bases population have been hosted at recent Community meetings at which col. Kenneth Funkhouser the 26th tac recon Wing commander narrated a slide presentation and answered questions about the impending closure. Such meetings were held at the High school last wednesday for youngsters in grades seven through 12. About two thirds of the High schools 870-student population will remain after the air base closes. Principal Sandra Matthys said she did not yet know if the closure would affect staffing Levels at the High school because a it depends on if someone moves in and uses that Canadian housing. If the population does no to shrink the staff wont  local army authorities Are interested in taking Over the ice rink Bowling Center child care Center housing and the elementary school but have not received permission yet to do so Funkhouser told the group. An cafes convenience store in the housing area May stay open if the residences remain in . Hands he added. An air Force facility that will remain open past the bases closure is the 609th contingency Hospital a standby medical facility. It will also House a medical Aid station once the air bases clinic closes. The department of defense dependent schools will take Over the bases Legal services building next door to the High school for administration space. A football Field and two softball Fields also will be handed Over to the school system. We Brucken Abs military population is roughly 2,200. Fewer than 500 will be there when the base closes next september. None of the current . Civilian workforce of nearly 80 or the non-. Civilian workforce of nearly 300 will remain next september. Base facilities will close Down in the following order a March 1 a a recreation Center Auto Hobby shop. A june 1 a Wei Brincken open mess. A temporary combined club will be set up in a smaller building and stay open until july 31. A june 15 a credit Union Library and dining Hall. A july 1 a clinic Post office base Exchange child care Center and gym but not the racquetball courts. A july 15 a chapels cafes service station theater la a pick up Point shop Pette. A aug. 15 a ? Paul Beauregard of Marietta ga., mows grass near Wency a cafe an eatery that has caused Waves with a capital w. Mcdonald a whose Golden Arches m is federally registered is suing cafe owner Wency Fung a says the big w is an infringement. Government printing office called wasteful in  report by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a the government printing office a Federal institution since Abraham Lincoln headed the country is a costly and wasteful in House operation investigators have found. The findings were part of a general accounting office report that referred to the printing office As a monopoly that has Little regard for government customers who Are required by Law to use the Agency for any printing needs. Investigators found that customers paid $150 million during 1989 for about 10 billion pages printed by the government printing office or go while commercial printers could have provided the same service for As Little As $75 million. A because of its control Over government printing go has not had the incentives to improve operations and processes that would ensure Quality services at competitive prices a the report said. The reports principal findings ranged from too much Idle time for workers and machines to a Lack of managerial accountability and Clear production objectives. The printing office regularly schedules workers for weekend duty in Case Congress requires printing services. But the report found that Only 6 percent of such printing arrives at end the of the week with a delivery Date for the following monday. But Idle time for both employees and machines also occurred regularly during the Normal workweek investigators said. Another cause of High production costs was the waste or spoilage of 22 percent to 33 percent of the total paper used by the printing office. Such waste Cost the Agency $7 million in 1989. The amount is about 12 percent higher than that of commercial printers. Management of the printing office is the cause of Many of the Agency a problems the report said. Uppermost is the awarding of printing jobs to contractors who have performed poorly on past jobs. A for example six contractors who were responsible for 1,753 orders in the last Quarter of 1989 delivered late on 488 or 28 percent of the orders a the report said. A nevertheless go continued to award contracts to the same  the problem stems from a Lack of any reporting system that would keep track of contractor performance or customer satisfaction. In fiscal �?T89, the procurement operation filled about 293,000 orders which were billed at $726 million. The printing office does not regularly solicit customer feedback the report said adding that the Agency so monopoly like environment apparently provides few incentives for such  the report recommended that Congress look at whether the printing office should continue to control Federal printing or whether it should become primarily a contracting operation. Printing office officials generally agreed with the investigators findings and reported that actions were under Way to improve  Guilet 91, Dies new York apr Daniel Guilet a violinist who was concertmaster of the Abc symphony orchestra under Arturo Toscanini and founded the beaux arts Trio died at Home of a cerebral Haemorrhage. He was 91