European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes Friday May 15,1992 Cathy Setzer left acting coordinator for the child development Center at Christensen Barracks helps Phyllis Rowe Load equipment. Elsewhere the base wears the look of a  americans cutting binds to Bundlach by Ron Jensen Niernberg Bureau Bundlach Germany a sad. That a what they be been saying around Christensen Barracks lately. Sad that people Are leaving. Sad that no one is arriving to take their place. Sad that the housing area is nearly empty. Sad that friends Are saying goodbye and that swing sets and basketball courts sit unused in a springtime Sun. Germans a said Jack Miller the longtime base Public affairs spokesman. After today the base will have Only about 50 people on it. As this week began the number was below 100, with today serving As the reporting Date for soldiers reassigned to other units in Europe. During the posts heyday it was Home for 2,500 soldiers and family members. Christensen Barracks named for 2nd it. Dale e. Christensen who received the medal of Honor in world War ii for actions against the japanese in new a a it a kind of sad a said sgt. 1st class Charles fish. A live got three years of time Here Good and bad on the Border and going into  the local command asked sergeants such As fish to remain until the end to ensure that All of the other soldiers were properly cared for when leaving. Fish was on his Way out the Gate wednesday afternoon. A normally when you Are reassigned there Are people to say goodbye to a he said. A there everyone is  from this base Northeast of Niernberg the old ugly scar that was the Iron curtain is a Short hop away both to the North and the East. It was the duty of the soldiers Here since 1952 to patrol that Border and make sure the folks on the other Side stayed there. When War became a reality in the persian Gulf soldiers left from Here to fight it. The Graffiti that they saw on their return a a Welcome Home Gilbert a Wel come Home Brave soldiers a is still there. The 2nd army Cav regt has been ordered stateside. And Christensen Barracks lost its purpose with that order. A by the end of july we want to be Able to turn the keys Over to the facility engineers to give Back to the by the end of july we want to be Able to turn the toys Over to the facility engineers to give Back to the germans a Jack Milter Bundlach Public affairs Guinea is a pleasant place brushed by breezes and considered a Hometown by those who have lived Here. A a we re going to miss this place. I love Bundlach a said Sheila Webb wife of sgt. 1st class Robert Webb. A everybody is like family  the base is near the Small town of Bundlach but set apart on a Hilltop that offers a View of the Lush Green Countryside. There is evidence of recent improvement Here including new playground equipment recently paved roads and a restocked gym. A we were to it a Brand new dental clinic a said or. Capt Alan. Ogof the 561st med co. He will remain until july to satisfy any dental needs among the few who will still be around. Watching the base empty has been he said sad. A a it a hard to describe a he added. A a it a hard to say goodbye because you know you wont see anybody to say hello  facilities Are operating on limited hours and those hours will decrease even More after the latest exodus this week. A sometimes you go an hour without any customer coming in a said Mindy Kumbalek who works in the base Exchange. A when i first got Here it was like a Normal Post. You get to know a lot of people. They re going so  some services will remain such As the commissary the tailor shop and the Bank until the final person has left. Not Only adults will miss this place. A it has a lot of memories for me a said Jason shoates who has s pent the past seven of his 12 years Here with his father sgt. 1st class Gerald shoates. A a it a a fun place to be because its drug free. You done to get shot or anything a the boy added. A a it a like a Hometown in the  he will miss his two buddies Cedric and Dedric Robinson both 11, the sons of staff sgt. Gregory Robinson. A a it a peaceful a said Dedric. A a it a fun Here a added Cedric. At the child development Center Cathy Setzer the acting coordinator was helping Load the centers equipment into a Van. Phyllis Rowe of the Center at Grafe Wohr is going to make use of these items at her facility. A you should have been Here when the last vehicles pulled out a Setzer said. A i thought id  the few who remain to watch the base close already talk of Christensen Barracks in the past tense. A it was a Nice Post a said sgt. 1st class Conrad Cablay. And then he said what everyone else has said a a it a  vows severest punishment of terrorists Cairo Egypt apr Libya promised thursday to expel or punish terrorists and Cut All ties to terrorist groups but it did not say whether it would hand Over two suspects in the bombing of pan am flight 103. Western diplomats at the United nations said wednesday that col. Foam mar Qadhafi a a government had agreed to Issue a statement denouncing terrorism. But the diplomats said . Sanctions on Libya would not be lifted until the suspects were extradited for trial in Britain or the United states. The 15-nation . Security Council imposed diplomatic sanctions and an arms embargo on Libya in april and Cut off its air routes for not complying with . Demands for cooperation in the bombing inquiry. The Council also demanded that Libya end its ties with terrorists. Libyans official news Agency Jana carried a statement thursday saying a Libya undertakes to expel from its territory anyone who is proved to be involved in acts of  a it is prepared to inflict the severest punishment on whoever is proved to be involved in such acts be it from her citizens or those residents on its territory a the report said. Qadhafi has said the two libyan suspects identified by the United states and Britain in the 1988 bombing of a pan am jetliner Over Lockerbie Scotland Are innocent. In Geneva Switzerland a special . Envoy said thursday that libyan officials told him Qadhafi a a government had asked a a people a committees to decide whether to extradite the suspects. . Undersecretary general Vladimir Petrovsky who was in Libya on sunday and monday told the associated press the process would take four or five weeks. A decision supporting extradition by the a a people a committees a considered rubber Stamps for Qadhafi a a policies could provide a face saving Way for Libya to surrender the two men. Jana said Libya also promised to a sever its relations with All groups and organizations which Are involved in International terrorism in All its  Libya a confirmed that there Are no Camps to train terrorists nor terrorist groups nor organizations on her territories a Jana said. The statement also invited a commission from the . Security Council or general Assembly or a any suitable . Body to assure that there Are no such Camps on libyan territory