European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse The stats and Winter s Cycle a bicyclist rides on a carpet of Snow across a Bridge in wednesday letting europeans know that Winter is no Freiburg Germany after a storm moved through quite Over yet. Add weather policy on schools Milfs Nurnberg area parents by Ron Jensenn Turnberg do comb Forth Germany by the time announcement Ofa two hour weather related delay for a Arnberg Community schools was made wednesday Many children already were at school or on their Way. And some people say Road conditions were bad enough that schools should have been closed. There should have been no school Debra Burns Secretary for the Erlanger elementary school said wednes Day. A have some classes that Are Only be got a lot of kids not in school because their parents would t put them on the bus. Some buses did Teven show up in some but a Community official said Road conditions changed after buses already had begun their routes. It was timing said maj. Garrett Gordon operation officer for the 416th base support in. Military police labelled roads As red or dangerous at6 40 ., a military policeman said. Starting times vary among schools in the a Turnberg area with some begin Ning classes around 8 An broadcast the first announcement of a two hour school delay at 8 30 ., Anan staff member said. That was too late for Sharon Hurd and her husband who left Home at 7 15 To drive their two children to Erlanger elementary. The 12-mile drive from Rod Las Northeast of Erlanger took More than two hours. When they announced that the roads were Condi Tion red we expected them to cancel school Hurd said. Instead a school transportation official told her be fore the family left Home that the buses were running but the Snow was delaying them. The family left a few minutes later and arrived at school at 9 30 They encountered the children s bus soon after Leav ing their Home and told the Driver not to Stop at their House. The bus still had not arrived at the school when the family got there at 9 30, she said. Burns said Many children and teachers needed More than two hours to get to school. The snowfall began before Dawn and deposited about 2 inches across the Northern bavarian landscape by the time it ended at mid Ornig. We re a highly upset group of people Burns said noting that by the time the school delay was announced Many pupils already had gone to school. Spassky wins last game but teen takes match Budapest Hungary a former world Ches Champion Boris Spassky Defeated teen age Whiz Judit Polgar in a 7-hour game tuesday. The game ended their 10-game $200,000 exhibition match which already had been won by s win made the final match tally 5 Points to 4vi Points in favor of Polgar a 16-year-old hungarian who last year became the youngest Ever grandmaster. This was a very valuable Victory Given that Spassky is a world class player and it is also significant that All 10 games were of a High Standard said Polgar s father final game was played before several Hundred fans in a hotel ballroom. Afterwards the 56-year-Oldspassky said he was very tired and playing today was very won $110,000 for her Victory and Spassky took $90,000.the match was staged by yugoslav entrepreneur Jez Dimir Vasiljevic who financed last year s rematch of Spassky and american Bobby Fischer. All the walkers Are already at school Burns of the two hour delay the pupils who walked to school also showed up Early at the american school sin filth Johann Kalb elementary school Nurnberg Middle school and a Turnberg High who did not walk arrived said school policy dictates that classes Are can celeb when Road conditions arc red and delayed two hours when Amber conditions indicating caution should be used Are announced. Carl Mcclelland principal of Kalb elementary . Darby Cavern in it truth is the inclement weather Contact for the a Turnberg area schools. He said red Road conditions do not automatically close schools. You would think yes they Are close but you should not assume that he said. I think there s an element of decision to close the schools rests with the Mili tary Community commander Mcclelland said but it is made in concert with the schools after information about Road conditions is gathered by military police Early in the morning. The schools never Call off themselves. It is not the irresponsibility Mcclelland said. The assets Are with the military. The military should make the , with the 416th base support in said he was told at 6 That Road conditions were Amber calling for caution. He then called the flight operations det in Heidelberg for a forecast for the Region he said and was told the Light Snow would turn to rain or drizzle by Gordon arrived at work around 7 ., he was told Road conditions were red. There soon was news that school buses were tied up in traffic or otherwise delayed on the roads. After conferring with school officials he said the decision was made about 8 30 To delay classes by two hours. When asked Mcclelland said that school probably should have been cancelled wednesday. I think under the circumstances Given the situation the Safe thing to do would have been to Call off school he said. But that s monday morning defended the system used to decide on school clo sure or delay saying wednesday s difficulty was manufactured by the weather not the system. It s no one s fault he said. In the final analysis Weare All slaves to the 2 activists in 89 protest freed on parole in China pros Watrt report Beijing two political activists who were on the police list of most
