European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 16, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 9media thank Marine for desert delivery Washington apr a Marine Corporal was honoured thursday for hiking 15 Miles across the kuwaiti desert without food or a Compass to provide the american Public with videotape and film snowing the first moments of the ground War in the persian Gulf. Cpl. Brett w. Beard a 24-year-old Pittsburgh native who already received the Navy a achievement medal was recognized by the White House news photographers association. A this was a War where the Media and the military did no to often get along. So when somebody does the right thing we want to take note of that a said association spokesman Kenneth Blaylock. Beard is the first Public affairs specialist in recent memory to be honoured by the Media. He currently serves with the Public affairs unit at Cherry Point Marine corps air station in North Carolina. The Freedom forum of Arlington Van a also donated $1,000 in beards name to the Marine corps scholarship foundation. The foundation founded by Frank e. Gannett of the Gannett newspaper co., provides support to families of . Service members killed during the War. Forum president Charles l. Overby said the marines actions a demonstrated the cooperation necessary Between the military services and combat correspondents in time of  beards actions Are described in a new Book by John Fialka hotel warriors covering the Gulf War. Beard was handed a Pouch containing a Cable news network television Crews videotape and a los Angeles times photographers film Rolls depicting the first moments of the ground War which started in february 1991. He was supposed to have a hitched a ride on an ammunition truck but when that did no to work out the Marine began the 27-hour trek without Compass food or water Fialka a Book said. A at one Point almost overcome with dizziness he abandoned his pack with his personal belongings but not his Rifle or the Pouch a the Book said. A the Rifle was kept to Deal with bypassed units of iraqi soldiers that he knew were still roaming the desert. As for the Pouch a i just knew that every moment when i  get that Back people in the states  know what was going on recalls Corporal  a Youthful troupe embarks on a dog s life by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Bobingen Germany a if dogs awarded oscars which masters would win a prize a group of Bobingen elementary school pupils normally More preoccupied with dinosaurs tried to answer that question thursday in performances of a one hour musical called his nibs. The musical Wasny to just another school event it was the culmination of six weeks of classroom study of theater production. A everything we do is geared to class work a said Judith a. Gooden who teaches a combined class of fourth graders fifth graders and special education students. The show was entirely Home grown. Gooden wrote the script adapting an unpublished children a Book she wrote 15 years ago. The schools music teacher Martha Caulder arranged All the music and wrote the lyrics to two songs we re dogs and surprisingly the Best. In the play a tramp and a Mongrel crash the party that a group of purebred dogs is throwing to conduct its version of the Academy awards. The purebreds try to eject the visitors until the mongrels description of his woeful life prompts them to abandon their snobbish attitudes. Goodens class of 29 pupils referred to As the a Dino Den its main theme has reportedly been dinosaurs held a casting Call rehearsed built the set made costumes and performed the show with help from Caulder a 35-member chorus. Gooden and her fellow Dino Den teacher Naomi Helterbran shared directing duties. Gooden said she has written scripts for child performances in previous years. She has taught at the school for 23 years Helterbran for 17. A we were both in the department of defense dependents schools system As children a Gooden said. A my father was an air Force officer and her father was an army officer. By the time we got Here we did no to want to move  >41 oomph own Monique Ferguson and Curtis Wells both 11, do their part for the musical mils nibs a which was performed at but Bingen elementary school in Germany. Major supporter of gop to be named As envoy Washington a president Bush will nominate Donald h. Alexander a Kansas City financier and major Republican donor to be ambassador to the Netherlands the White House said thursday. Alexander 53, contributed $100,000 to the Republican National committee in january according to Federal election records. If confirmed he would succeed c. Howard Wilkins jr., a restaurant magnate from Wichita kan., who was himself a $100,000 donor to the gop in 1988. Wilkins has held the Amsterdam Post since 1989. Alexander is a native of Amsterdam. He is president of a private investment firm Don h. Alexander amp associates. He formerly was president of Perkins industries inc., and was once executive vice president of the Commerce Bank of Kansas City. Army officers soon to decide if theater is to be or not to be search for miners ends Plymouth Nova Scotia apr hampered by rockfalls rescuers abandoned the search for 10 missing miners thursday saying there was Little Chance the men survived a methane Gas explosion that shattered a Coal mine last weekend. Search teams had recovered 16 other bodies from the May 9 disaster. Families waiting in the Community fire Hall wept and clutched each other when they heard that the search had been called off. They asked authorities to protect their privacy and were not available for comment. Exhausted rescuers removed masks used with their self contained breathing units and told in shaking voices of what they encountered during the search. A it was like a horror movie a one said.  by Luke Britt staff writer Frankfurt Germany a supporters of the Frankfurt playhouse Are campaigning to Stop a plan to close the theater and convert it to a conference Nail for the 103rd area support group. Capt. Jerry Pettus a regular Volunteer at the playhouse said he and others Are encouraging theater enthusiasts to Call or write the commanders of both the area support group and the Frankfurt military Community in protest of the possible closure. In addition those opposed to the closure have drafted a petition against the efforts and Are seeking signatures from Community residents said Pettus former Frankfurt Volunteer coordinator now working in Riis Felsheim. A closing the theater will have a great Impact on so Many people both soldiers and local citizens a Pettus said. A i think they have a right to be  earlier this week theater supporters said the area support group was trying to close the playhouse without allowing people in the Community a Chance to protest. Curtis Clark the area support groups chief of staff and Point Man on the Issue denied the charge. A we Are still considering options other than closing the theater a Clark said wednesday. A nothing is in Stone. We Are still open to discussion. The Only option to closing the playhouse that Clark mentioned was moving it to the candlelight dinner theater in the Taurus room of the Terrace club on the Abrams Complex. However theater officials said consolidating the two Heaters would limit the size of productions and curtail the programs profits. The dinner theater was designed for Small productions according to Jim Sohre chief of Community entertainment. The Large scale shows now held at the playhouse subsidize Many of the smaller performances he said. According to Sohre and William keys Frankfurt a Community activities director the playhouse is one of the most profitable in the Community. In 1991, the theater turned in a $30,000 profit Sohre said. The Fate of the theater rests in the hands of area support group commander col. Ken Hibl who will rely in part on the recommendation of Frankfurt Community commander it. Col. Don Ryder. On Friday Ryder said he was waiting for a written report from Sohre on the Impact of closing or moving the theater. His recommendation will Stem from that report which should be Complete next week. The driving Force behind the desire to close the playhouse Ryder said is a space constraints in the groups Headquarters. The theater takes up a Good portion of that building. That reasoning offends some theater supporters. A it bothers me to close Down a Community activity. So ask can have offices that Are not for the Community a said Jill Benjamin who regularly volunteers As an actor and director for the theater. Benjamin is also one of those organizing the response to the proposed closure. For Benjamin and Pettus closing the theater would be an affront to the hundreds of people who have volunteered at the playhouse. A people Are being asked to work harder with less in this time of draw Down a Benjamin said. A How can we justify More offices and conference space while the rest of us can barely keep body and soul  according to figures provided by theater officials a full scale production at the playhouse will involve three times As Many hours of Volunteer work As any other ongoing Community activity. A Large musical will involve at least 50 people according to the officials. The Frankfurt playhouse the oldest military Community theater in Europe produces at least six such performances a year and supports six More than Are held at the dinner theater Sohre said