European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 17, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9must say a helps teens shun drugs by Gary Pomeroy staff writer Frankfurt Germany a the laughter of nearly 1,000 teen agers rocked the Walls of the Idle hour theater hardly the expected response from an audience hearing an anti drug message. But Kevin Wanzer who staged his one Man show just say a there earlier this month is not a typical anti drug spokesman. In the first of two performances for students in Frankfurt the 24-year-old Wanzer presented a blend of vignettes punctuated both by humor and pathos and straight facts about drugs. Along the Way he threw in sound effects and used an overhead projector to draw Basic Art 101 stick figures to illustrate for example the effect of marijuana on the brain. Wanzer who said he has never used drugs or alcohol zeroed in on teens who think there is a difference Between the two a a that a like saying a i done to drink Clorox i drink  a substances sometimes mixed with drugs can be worse than the actual drug Wanzer said. Hashish he joked is made from dried blocks of manure from camels that had been fed the Plant and cocaine was mixed with a White powdered laxative. A you probably wont have to worry about your nose running but look out behind you a he said. Alcohol can make you do three things he said. A puke pass out and pee. I done to think that a too much  Wanzer told several stories from his experiences in new York City where he was an intern on late night with David Letterman in 1988 in route to graduating with honors from Butler University in Indianapolis. A while walking Home at 2 in the morning these people would whisper in my ear a cocaine a a heroin a and i would whisper Back a dishwasher a  pretend you re crazier than they  Wanzer a routine began 10 years ago As a High school Sophomore now he averages 15 lectures weekly from coast to coast in the United states. Along the Way he was appointed by then president Ronald Reagan to the White House conference on a drug free America testified before a . Hearing in Washington d.c., and was named one of Indiana Stop citizen by the Indianapolis Star newspaper. His Frankfurt appearance sponsored by the military Community a alcohol and drug control office As part of its Community awareness program was his third working visit to Europe. His notoriety has simple origins he said. A when i was in High school they a bring in All these Boring old people to talk about drugs a said Wanzer who attended North Central High school in Indianapolis. A a in a slip out on them because 1 did no to want to hear some old Geezer give a Boring  a group of his friends started doing their own Antidrug skits in the area. Wanzer went Solo and began travelling across the country doing his routine. A decade later he estimates his antics have been viewed by 500,000 people mostly teen agers. A teens done to want to be lectured to a he told the Dallas times Herald newspaper last year. A a it a Boring. So i thought of using comedy. You can have fun and at the same time get the message  before his performance in Frankfurt he recalled How one student got the message during a talk at a new York City High school. After the talk a 17-Ycar-old boy told him there was something in the bathroom for him. The statement baffled Wanzer until he took a look. A in the bathroom was a Duffel bag filled with crack a he said. A on it was a note that said a i done to want to sell it  a toward the end of his 45-minute talk in Frankfurt Wanzer switched from frivolity to seriousness to relay the Story of Adam who took his first drink at age 5. By the time Wanzer met him in new York Adam had graduated to heroin and had Needle tracks under his fingernails and in his eyelids. A Madam was 13,�?� Wanzer told the stunned audience. Wanzer believes in youth and revels in the idea that he might play a role in keeping teens away from drugs. A they want to have fun keep friends and do the right thing a he said before he walked on stage. A sometimes the first two outweigh the right thing. Its not Becky to do the right  for a amps a Fol Benjamin showman Kevin Wanzer . Pilots were behind Allied lines briton says Oxford England apr Quot lid Friday that . A a British air traffic controller said a a pilots had wandered behind Allied lines when they fired at what they thought were enemy tanks killing nine British soldiers in the persian Gulf War. Attorneys for the families of those killed say there Are scores of discrepancies Between the version of events told by British air traffic controllers and written testimony submitted by the two . Pilots. The pilots have not appeared at the in 3uest, despite repeated requests from the Ead soldiers parents. In Washington defense Secretary  Cheney said he had refused to allow the pilots to testify because he feared they would be subjected a to some kind of Media  in an interview with National Public radio Cheney rejected charges of a Pentagon cover up. A i think the concern of the families is that they a like an answer a Cheney said. A a they a like to know exactly Why this happened and that a one of those questions you cannot answer a we simply done to know Why it  Cheney cited conflicting interpretations of what was said by the British Liaison officer and the . Pilots concerning whether the British vehicles were moving when attacked and whether the vehicles were in an area where the pilots had been told to expect enemy vehicles. A . Military investigation last july cleared the pilots. A British military inquest cleared British air controllers. The inquest seeks to determine the circumstances of the soldiers deaths but will not assign blame. Flight it. Fergus Mcskimming who testified Friday was air Liaison officer at the air support operations Center on feb. 26, 1991, the Day that the a-10 pilots mistakenly fired on British armoured personnel carriers. Mcskimming said he had directed the pilots of the a-10 aircraft to destroy iraqi Armor. When he contacted them again to find out whether further missions would be needed the Lead . Pilot reported 40 to 50 t-55 tanks moving North. Mcskimming said the report had surprised him because officials believed there were Only a few enemy vehicles in that area. He said his immediate concern was that the pilots had stumbled across a sizable enemy formation heading toward the British 7th brigade. Mcskimming asked the Lead Pilot where the target was and was Given a location that meant the two . Aircraft were at least 12 Miles from their intended target and behind Allied lines. A i told him in no Uncertain terms that he was nowhere near the target he had been Given a Mcskimming testified. Mcskimming said he asked the Pilot to report what action he had taken and the Pilot replied that he had engaged two t-55 tanks. He said the pilots were immediately told to abort the attack. 6,000 flee russian blazes set by ammo dump blasts Moscow apr explosions continue to wrack an ammunition dump for the russian Navy a Pacific Fleet and resulting fires have forced at least 6,000 people to evacuate the area news agencies reported Friday. An undisclosed number of people including five soldiers were injured in thursdays blast on the outskirts of the russian far East City of Vladivostok. No deaths have been reported. A column of smoke rising from the depot reached a height of about three Miles on thursday spraying cinders Over the Southern part of the City the itar Tass news Agency said. Explosions continued throughout the night As flames spread to ammunition Racks within the depot. The danger of a bigger disaster is growing because Oil and fuel depots could be ignited if rocket depots in the area catch fire Pacific Fleet commander Alexei Stepanov told itar Tass. National television showed Bright Orange flames shooting upward from the depot against the dark sky thursday with scattered explosions breaking out Friday. The russian information Agency said helicopters two tanks and an air plane were being used to Battle the fire which was expected to continue burning for three Days. Evacuees including patients from hospitals near the disaster area were being housed in children a summer Camps Holiday Homes and passenger trains it said. Itar Tass said 6,000 people had been evacuated to the amur Bay coast although the inter fax news Agency earlier reported that More than 50,000 residents were forced to leave the  the Burden baby Bear Max probably  take another step so he got some help from mom As they strolled through an enclosure at the zoo in Bern Switzerland recently