European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday juty25, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 3 thriving on Rush stuff fans of Limbaugh enjoy broadcaster even without an by Wayne v. Hal staff writer Ober Ursel Germany a fan club for broadcast personality Rush Limbaugh i burgeoning in this Small military Community. The club s first meeting held weeks ago Over breakfast in the weather office at an Frankfurt Drew about five fans. Things have changed since then Friday s gathering at Camp King Cavern Northwest of Frankfurt attracted More than 85 people the get together Friday resembled a family reunion More than a club meeting. There were refreshments conversation and skits and Limbaugh videotape were shown for entertainment. Many fans in attendance Friday travelled More than an hour to get to the meeting including one who made four hour trip by motorcycle from Grafen Wuhr. I love the Rush stuff Bis views his humor said Steve Degeyter who is visiting his sister stationed Ingrafea Wuhr. It s just something you can t get anywhere else and unfortunately you Don t get it Onan. It s ridiculous. Rush is such a popular show in the states Degeyter said of the controversially conservative talk show Host. You d think that something could be worked out to get him on the Alan onto visiting from the United states with his brother in Law in Wil Flecken agreed. I m really hoping that arts armed Force radio and television service will get Rush on the air soon so i Don t have to keep sending videotapes Over Here onto said. Rush provides a different perspective an alternative View and people have a right to experience one Umbaugh fan from Heidelberg who asked not to be identified said of the broadcaster he pots a different spin on the news using showmanship. He s thought provoking. Television news if spoon fed. Rush lets you Chew on it for a while so you can taste some critics characterize the group As being club of White military officers but members said they come from All walks of life Blue Collar White Collar officer and enlisted. A lot of people who like what we Are doing Don twant to be identified club founder Nick Benson of Friday s meeting included skits performed by a group of fans known As the politically incorrect the skits portrayed different scenarios played outs la Bangh would characterize them. For example one skit took a comedic look at problems in american schools today. Several players acting As students were brought before the principal for various a student punched a teacher in the nose the principal dismissed the incident merely As the Young person s release of frustration. When another student was found carrying a switchblade the principal s reaction was that he must have brought it for use in shop , when another student was brought in for having a Bible the principal yelled at him an said he should know better than to bring such Reading material to school. Another skit poked fun at arts. A Secretary delivered a Large stack of mail to the program director who was impressed that so Many viewers took time to write about the network. 8as Wyn an unidentified Rush Limbaugh fan with hand clasped participates in a skit with Pat Morgan left and Mark Jaworowsky. All but one of the letters asked arts to add Rush Limbaugh s show to its lineup. The other letter was against the show. The program director then told his Secretary to destroy All but one of the pro Limbaugh letters. Then holding the pro and anti Umbaugh letters in his hands like a scale he said How s this for balance Many of the fans said they appreciate Limbaugh s emphasis on rethinking National values. He gives voice to the things that a lot of people already believe in Benson said. Through it All Rush has said the same thing and stood by his guns said Brian Bradley of Wiesbaden. My wife does t like his personality but she likes what he says. It s not about the person but what he has to Limbaugh s supporters also like How he promotes self sufficiency. Some fans including Benson claim that Limbaugh has become a credible voice at the White House. They re listening to him because of the number of americans who listen to most organizations strive to maintain their existence but the Rush Limbaugh fan club looks Forward to the Day its members will not have to Meetin a social Hall of sorts to View videotapes to the Day when he is aired on Mark Jaworowski said until then we need to prove to arts we re not going to go Pesky Roaches to Force closure of child care site by Wayne v. Hall staff writer the child development Center at Panzer Cavern in bowline in Germany will close for a week so it can be sprayed for an infestation of cockroaches Community officials said Friday. The closure which will Force children cared for there to move temporarily to other Sites will occur from july 30 to aug. 8. It is not Clear what caused the problem in a facility that is Only 3 years old. The directorate of engineering and housing will be digging deep at this time to determine the origin of the problem said maj. Bill Karaktin spokesman for the 6th area support group which oversees operations at pan Zer Cavern. Because the building houses a child development Center it must meet very strict the Center has been closed several times for three Day periods to conduct pest control and cleanup but these efforts did not alleviate the problem according to a letter to parents from the col. George f. Henderson jr., commander of the area support group based in Stuttgart Germany. Since previous attempts have failed housing and engineering officials have recommended that fumigation be extremely thorough this time. The baseboards door holdings and bulletin boards will be removed in the process and re caulked before they re put Back Karaktin said. The first four Days will be nothing but extensive fumigation of the build ing while the rest of the closure period will be dedicated to intensive officials Are placing children temporarily at other centers closest to parents Homes or work Sites to help alleviate inconvenience from the Panzer Center closure. Normally this closing would affect 57 , due to vacations and summer leaves it will Only affect 39 children Karaktin said. Temporary care is being provided at both Patch and Kelley Barracks. As Well As through family childcare providers he said. To help the children adjust to this change some of the child care providers from Panzer will accompany the children in the move to Patch and Kelley providing the children with a Friendly face that they can identify the Center will reopen aug. 9, but must be closed for another 10-Day period in september for a follow up. Mig jets collide at . Air show Raf Fairford England a two Russianmig-29 fighters collided saturday while flying at an air show in Western England injuring the two pilots police said. No other injuries were reported. The civil aviation authority said the aircraft crashed away from a crowd estimated at 250,000 people at the Royal air Force base. Both pilots ejected the authority said. A police spokeswoman said one Pilot suffered spinal injuries but the other was Only slightly Hurt. Both were admitted to the base s Hospital she said. The spokeswoman said one plane crashed on the base and the other in a Field nearby a spokesman at Raf Fairford 70 Miles West of Lon Don confirmed that there had been an incident but gave no details. Some . Air Force personnel Are stationed at Raf Fairford. 2 gis wounded in ambush by somalian gunmen Mogadishu Somalia a two american soldiers were wounded sat urday when they were ambushed by gun men in the latest in a series of almost daily attacks on . Personnel in Soma Lia. Other american soldiers in the two vehicles with the wounded men returned fire killing two somalis said capt. Jona than Dahms a . Spokesman. He said three or four other gunmen apparently escaped. Sgt. Maj. Patrick r. Ballogg 42, was shot in the right shoulder and hand an sgt. Michael d. Bower 28, was shot in the right knee. Doth were in stable Condi Tion at a . Army Field Hospital. Both men Are with the 5th special forces group from fort Bragg . Dahms said the gunmen fired on the humvee All purpose vehicles that re placed the army jeep As they were re turning from the Airport to . Head quarters in the old american embassy. It was a deliberate planned ambush said maj Leann Swieczkowski another . Public affairs officer. Earlier pakistani peacekeepers at a checkpoint on 21 october Road a fre quent site of clashes Between . Troops and somalian militia members came under sniper fire but suffered no casual ties Dahms said. The Daylight attacks followed one of the quietest nights since june 5, when 24 pakistanis were killed in a series of am Bushes the United nations blames on renegade warlord Mohamed Farrah aided. Some of the pakistanis died while supervising food distribution. More than 23,000 people received food saturday for the first time in six weeks despite . Refusal for escorts in area where peacekeepers have been killed
