European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Keeping King Kong clean and by Michael Quintanilla los Angeles times Marilee Canaga has a beastly night ahead of her. She s got 660 pounds of fur to shampoo 32 Teeth the size of cinder blocks to Brush and a 6 foot Long Zipper to mend. Literally there s a lot of Monkey business to tend to says Canaga 1 staring up at the 30foot Model of King Kong on the Universal studios grounds in  if indeed it was Beauty Fay Wray and later Jessica Lange who killed the beast then it is Canaga who grooms it. Biweekly she brushes his fake fur wipes his fibreglass Skull and yanks Rotten banana thrown by Tram riders on a tour of the studio from the big Guy s Mouth. We be had a thing going on since 1988," she says and then confesses my relationship with him started out As a neck  four years ago Canaga and her. Mother Mae Canaga Independent draw Down alters housing policy i am trying to get a definitive answer to a question that will Impact Many people in the next few years what will the military draw Down s effect be on base housing listings we applied for on base housing before leaving the United states and were placed on a waiting list for a two bedroom unit on june 11 991. During this wait we be had another child which would qualify us for a three bedroom unit. The unit i am assigned to is closing in october 1993. We accepted As our next assignment a consecutive overseas tour cot to another Safe base Raf Chicksands England. Our query concerns our status for on base housing at our gaining location. I have heard three different scenarios so far we elected to take a cot instead of a continuation of tour my original Deros was july 1994 and will be placed at the Bottom of the housing list at our gaining location. Only personnel who already reside on base and who must move due to draw Down closure actions will be Given preference at their new location. We Are scheduled to leave Italy in april 1993, so moving into on base housing would not be Cost effective for the government King Kong spreads terror in his wild and More Mobile cinematic Days. Puppet makers and costumers were called to Kong s Rescue after the Back of his neck began to unravel. They built the ape a better Nape. It was then that Kong s mechanical Crew also realized that the $7 million Monkey had not been cleaned since his switch was flipped in 1986, when it came to cleaning fake fur they just did t know what to do says Canaga 32. They did some things like Brush his fur with a Metal Rake but All that did was tear up the fabric. So they started to panic. They soon realized Kong needed a gentler  and someone who could give him the proper Hollywood image. When we first started they wanted Kong to have really wet lips and wet nostrils and to look like he action line the government did not meet its obligation to provide us with on base housing at this location therefore we would receive credit at the gaining location for the time spent on a waiting list Here. If the first scenario is True then the Issue is settled. If the second scenario is valid we will have waited More than 18 months As of . 1,1992 to be told housing will not be offered to us Here and Start at the Bottom of another Long list at our gaining location. If the third scenario is True the following questions arise do i need to change my status from two to three bedrooms now or at the gaining location will my effective Date still be the same if i change lists How will my gaining base be notified by my status at this location which of the above if any is Safe s or the air Force s policy in this situation Gary. Ladd san Vito Del Normanna air station Italy Alfonso l Lewis acting chief of housing services division pcs civil engineering he Safe replies since you Are assigned to a draw Down closure base Safe policy allows you to use the Day you arrived at san Vito As your Date of eligibility for housing at was drooling Canaga says. So we would put Mineral Oil on his lips and in his  then somebody else decided that Kong should have a dry look. Then they realized that nobody on the ride was realty noticing because they were too Busy praying that they did t get devoured by him she says sliding into his Mouth to scour his Tongue and polish his allow Teeth. Canaga  her husband Alex m\gqrdv5o who took Over his Mother in Law s chores when she retired last year from cleaning the plastic primate. Mae still handles a few jobs on. The Universal lot including cleaning Tiger a Large puppet from the an american Tail Wievel goes West attraction she helped build Migliardi and Canaga say their Job is most difficult when one of to in s parts Cocks out. Like tonight Canaga says. It s Gonna be a Long one. Kong has a busted  the malfunctioning Zipper is under Kong s right Arm which on this night in t As pumped up As it should be. His arms Are constantly moving. You be got the weight of the fabric sloshing Back and Forth and this kind of thing just happens Canaga says. In the past she has mended a ripped wrist and Kong s left Arm. That one was a Nightmare. You would think Tiit sewing Back a shoulder seam would not be a difficult thing but when it hangs Over a 30-foot drop and you be got to finish it before the trams Start in the morning you learn to  Chicksands your cot base providing by the time you depart you will have served less than 30 months on a 36-month tour or less than 42 months on a 48-month tour. Your letter indicates that you qualify. When you submit your Advance application for housing at Raf Chicksands the san Vito housing office will verify your eligibility. The age and sex of your children determine How Many bedrooms you Are authorized. Normally if you change waiting list categories at a Given base your Date of eligibility on the new list is the Date you turn in your application. However if you Are eligible for a three bedroom House when you submit your Advance application your eligibility Date will be the Day you arrive at san Vito. The housing managers at san Vito and Chicksands Are aware of these rules and Are prepared to assist you. If you have any questions please feel free to Call mrs. Brogna at Dan 480-6558 or 480-6559. Readers action line which appears mondays and wednesdays strives to answer questions about life in a military environment. If you Don t know where to turn or help write action line co the stars and stripes. Unit 29480, Apoate 09211. Alt letters must be signed. Please include address and phone number. Chelsea and friends Mudi ado about school i by Bob Dart Cox news service waiting for their rides Home the eighth graders at Sidwell friends school in Washington allowed that it was pretty coot that Chelsea Clinton was their new  people Are really excited said 14-year old Veronica Alvarez who figured the new student would fit in Fine. People Are very  sports Are big at Sidwell friends said the kids who be heard that Chelsea plays softball. The  challenging. With three to four hours of Homework most nights and sometimes More. Of course it s not like this Quaker school with Lush Green playing Fields and an annual tuition of More than $10,000 has never before educated the child of a president. Theodore Roosevelt s son went Here As did Richard Nixon s daughters. There has rarely been a shortage of famous names on the 15-acre Campus. Dan rather of lbs news and David Brinkley of Abc news sent their children to Sidwell friends in the past. But parents and administrators deny that this is an educational enclave of the Rich and powerful. The atmosphere is not Hority Stoity said Al Hunt Washington Bureau chief of the Wall Street journal who has two children attending the school. About 20 percent of the students receive financial Aid he said and the mix of backgrounds is really remarkably diverse for a private  the student body is 17 percent Black 7 percent asian and 3 percent hispanic school officials said. Still Bill and Hillary Clinton stirred a storm in the educational Community when they announced that their 12-year-old daughter would attend Sidwell friends. The president has been an advocate of Public schools and Chelsea who skipped a Grade attended a Public Magnet school Back in Little Rock Ark. Amy Carter the last school aged child to live in the White House went to a . Public school during her years in Washington. Students at the school feel that the Clinton made the right decision. Donna Davis a 14-year old ninth grader said Chelsea probably will get a better education at Sidwell friends than in a . Public school. She has some insight into the Issue. Her father is principal of a Public elementary school and her Mother is a Counselor at a Public High school. And the kids feel the surrounding controversy was undeserved. It s sort of silly that everybody cares so much where Chelsea is going said Noah Bickart an 11 the grader at the school. She should just be another kid but she probably won t Ever be allowed  Chelsea Clinton makes a save clears the Ball. 20 the stars and stripes a wednesday february 10, 1993