European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes thursday August 22, 1991army cracks Down on mover insurance by Randy Pruitt staff writer Mainz Germany a when movers with the Esat of Lanai moving co. Damaged a circular wooden staircase in the townhouse capt. James and Carole Ball were renting last August the couple assumed the company a insurance would cover the Bill. They were wrong. The balls Are now out 2,500 Marks a their housing Deposit a even though the movers signed a statement admitting they had caused the damage. At the time the Ball family was moving from German housing into government quarters. Capt. Ball is assigned to the 118th fwd support in at Lee Barracks at Mainz. Military attorneys and claims officials while sympathetic have told the couple that they can do nothing to get Back the balls 2,500 Marks about $1,428. The dispute they said is Between the German landlord and the Frankfurt moving company. The . Government does not handle third party claims. But because of what happened the . Army contracting come in Europe has begun requiring that contractors provide proof of third party insurance which could compensate service members who lost their deposits. A until this contract there had not been any problem with contractors failing to pay claims for damages to landlords property a said Charles a. Yasi Deputy commander of the contracting command. Yasi said the governments contract with of Lanai made the contractor liable for the landlords property whether or not the company had insurance. However even if the government withheld Money from the contractor present Law and regulations forbid the Transfer of funds to the service member or landlord Yasi said. A we also understand the claims service cannot pay for this damage under the claims procedure a he said. Yasi said numerous furniture and property damage complaints had been lodged against the company by service members in Mainz Frankfurt and Rhein main a. Yasi said Elan lib a contract was terminated for default on dec. 22 because the company was not providing enough trucks to meet services was missing appointments and was not providing trained personnel. A spokesman for of Lanai said his company should have been Given an Opportunity to assess the staircase damage and get estimates before repairs began but the landlord hired a private Carpenter who completed the work before the company could inspect the damage. The spokesman could not say Why his company failed to respond to letters from the balls military attorney and the furniture warehouse. He said he would attempt to find a solution to the problem. The army would also like to see a Happy ending to the balls predicament. A although there is no Quick fix to this complaint under present Law and regulations the contracting command is currently working with the claims service and Usa eur Legal assistance to try to resolve the matter a Yasi  team to for warrant officers Heidelberg a a warrant officer recruiting team will visit various Sites in Europe from sept. 9-27. The team will solicit warrant officer applications from interested soldiers and update personnel service centers and commanders on the warrant officer recruiting program. The dates locations and times Are sept. 9 a Aschaffenbur Jager Cavern Thea Ter 9 . And 1 . Sept. 10 a Wurzburg Leighton Barracks theater 9 . And 1 . Sept. 11 a Schweinfurt Ledward Barracks theater 9 . And 1 . Sept. 12 a Nimberg Darby Cavern in Firth Kalb theater 9 . And 1 . Sept. 13 a Munich Terlacher housing area theater 9 . And 1 . Sept. 16 a Augsburg Sheridan Cavern building 125 conference room 9 . And 1 . Sept. 17 a Stuttgart Robinson Barracks Hilltop theater 9 . And 1 . Sept. 18 a Mannheim Ben Franklin Village Schuh theater 9 . And 1 . Sept. 19 a Kaiserslautern Vogel Weh Kazan Bra club 9 . And 1 . A sept 20 a Kaiserslautern Vogel Weh Kazan Bra club 9 . Only. Sept. 23 a shape Belgium entertainment Center 9 . And 1 . Sept. 25 a Darmstadt Cambrai Fritsch Cavern theater 9 . And 1 . Sept. 26 a Frankfurt Abrams Complex Idle hour theater 9 . And 1 . Faces it places Safe honors Captain civilian for work on equal Opportunity by the stars and stripes capt. David Woods of the 52nd tac fighter Wing at Span Dahlem a Germany and Danielle do Eor Hynes resource adviser for the 86th logistics group at Ramstein a Germany have been awarded the 1991 . Air forces in Europe general Chappie James award. The award recognizes people who have shown outstanding support for the air Force equal Opportunity and treatment program covering a 12-month period beginning in june of the previous year. Woods Cost Branch chief with the 52nd comptroller so chaired the bases Black heritage month organizational committee which developed 13 activities for the february commemorative month. He organized the local chapter of the Black cultural awareness association which provided a $1,000 scholarship to a Pitburg High school senior this year. Woods was also honoured for his work with the wings productivity program. It is using 50 new initiatives that could save the air Force More than $8 million. In addition to her duties with the 86th logistics group do Eor Hynes works part time As chief Counselor for the equal employment Opportunity program in the Ramstein Vogel Weh area where her work to improve the integrity and credibility of the local program resulted in an improved program rating last year. As chief Counselor do Eor Hynes saved the air Force More than $500,000 in investigative fees by settling a number of discrimination complaints at the base level. For six months she was the Only Counselor in the local program handling All inquiries and mediation and aiding in the recruitment and training of new Counselor. In addition to local cases the program supports bases in Europe and Southeast Asia that Are not otherwise serviced by an Leo program. Runners up were maj. Darrell Cogdell 86th civil engr group a operability div in Ramstein and senior master sgt. Martin d. Hooker 7350th a group directorate of personnel at Tempelhof Central Airport in Berlin. The award is named after Gen. Chappie James the first Black air Force four Star general. Retired Krupp Steelworks employee donates $2,900 to c-5 crash fund Ramstein a Germany a Wilhelm Rivitt Berodt a retired employee of Krupp Steelworks in Essen donated 5,000 Heutsche Marks about $2,900 wednesday to a scholarship fund for the children of c-5 aircrew members killed in a crash Here last year. Rivitt Berodt accompanied by his wife or. Rosemarie Rivitt Berodt gave the Money to maj. Steve Bilyew and capt. Kathleen Mcgowen from Kelly fab Texas. The two representatives of the c-5 memorial fund accepted the donation after a luncheon in the Ramstein officers club. The couple later toured the base and a c-5. The c-5 Galaxy crashed aug. 29, 1990, with a Crew from Kelly of by a 433rd military Airlift Wing while flying a Mission in support of operation desert shield. Thirteen of the 17 people on Board were killed in the Accident. Bungee jumpers strike wrong chord with Ross m my m. A a .1 a 1__.fx it i _. Xxx from wire reports Diana Ross told bungee Cord jumpers to take a flying leap. The Singer would not perform sunday night at the Canadian National exhibition in Toronto until officials shut Down the nearby bungee jumping attraction where people paid $80 to leap from a 120-foot-High platform while attached to an elastic band. A if you be got a Singer who a trying to sing a love Ballad you can to have a Guy jumping and screaming 100 Yards away a said Brad Parsons a spokesman for the promoter concert productions International. The bungee platform also will be closed during concerts by Michael Bolton Rod Stewart and Paul  and attacked Rock music impresario Bill Graham was anything but amused to find himself a with a Middle Finger extended a featured in a Calvin Klein jeans and. Graham called the two Page layout just inside the front cover of the current Issue of rolling Stone Magazine a a Sleazy add and said the picture in question was used without his permission. A a it a a cheap shot a Graham said adding that he plans to seek a yet to be determined amount of Money from Klein to be Given to Charity. The ads close up shot of Graham was taken in 1967 by photographer Jim Marshall during a Jimi Hendrix outdoor concert in san Francisco. Graham recalled that the obscene gesture a was done in a spirit of  Marshall said monday that the Klein company had already agreed to pay him a a substantial out of court settlement Quot after being threatened with a lawsuit Over copyright  film unfinished Disney a animated Beauty and the beast is scheduled to be the first work in Progress screened in the new York film festivals 29-year history. The movie will have a finished soundtrack and animation frames in various stages of completion when it is shown sept. 29. A viewers will see fully drawn color and animation Down to line sketches and everything in Between a said Wendy Keyes the festivals executive producer for programming. The festival will include 28 films and run from sept. 20 through oct. 6 at new Yorkus Lincoln Center. The finished Beauty is scheduled for release nov. 22