European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 04, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 4, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3. W. Player suspended in basketball Brawl school sets disciplinary measures after court Melee by Jon Connor staff writer a boys varsity basketball player in Wiesbaden Ger Many has been kicked off the team and suspended from school for sparking a fracas at a Jan. 14 game school officials have confirmed. In the fracas Wiesbaden Warrior fans at Gen. . Arnold High school converged on students and staff members from shape High school in Belgium and continued to harass the visitors who were staying Over night at the school into Early morning witnesses said. The incident resulted in the cancellation of another game Between the two schools that was scheduled for Jan.15. Wiesbaden school officials took the administrative actions against the player and other disciplinary Mea sures to prevent similar incidents according to a statement by Henry Demps Wiesbaden principal. The measures included meeting with students to reinforce conduct and be Havior standards at extracurricular activities. Restricting fan Access to the playing court after games. Developing new standards for athletic conduct that were drawn up with student and parental approval. During the Jan. 14 game the player a Junior guard whose name was not released swore at his Wiesbaden coach John Dinga and threw a chair onto the court after Dinga told him to sit Down and allow another player to step into the game. That s when everything started said shape coach Kent Worford who videotaped the incident. After the player erupted in anger during the game a technical fou was called on Wiesbaden and the player a age chief to address Heidelberg veterans event Heidelberg Germany is narc director Benjamin f. Chavisjr. Is scheduled to be the keynote speaker sat urday at a veterans affairs program in Heidelberg. The event hosted by the National association for the advancement of coloured people s european Confer ence of branches begins at 7p.m. At the Heidelberg offi cers and civilians club. A dinner is included. The event is intended As a Salute to the . Mili tary s achievements in eur Chavis rope in sustaining the  of the civil rights act and to planned equal Opportunity and equal employment Opportunity objectives for  personnel. Tickets for the dinner Are $25 and can be obtained by calling Albert Woods at ets 370-9463or civilian 06221-579463, or at the club. Chavis who is to arrive in Germany today also plans to meet with several . Army Europe officials during his four Day visit. His itinerary includes visits to military installations in Frankfurt Heidelberg Kaiserslautern Ramstein and Span Dahlem according to . Army Europe Headquarters. Congressional task Force on Equality plans visit Heidelberg Germany is a con Gressional group focusing on Equality in the Mili tary is planning to visit Europe to talk to service members according to . Army Europe. The House armed services committee s task Force will hold individual discussions with Only a few people at each installation it visits the  said. The task Force formed in december in tends to address the cases in writing later. An  spokesman in Washington said the task Force s tour probably would be made this month but no schedule of dates or locations is available yet. When the schedule becomes available the  will Issue instructions on applying for a consultation with the group. Was ejected from the game. Still wearing his uniform he and some friends later sat in the audience above the court witnesses said. Soon afterwards a lemonade soda can was Flung from the bleachers onto the Middle of the court. From my investigation we can t determine who it was who threw the can said Thomas Leblanc department of defense dependents schools athletic co ii .-.-.,. It looked like an Avalanche. Wiesbaden coach John Dinga describing the flow of people streaming from the stands to the court. ".  Nator for Germany. We can t prove  As the game ended in a Home win an argument among the Wiesbaden cheerleaders appeared to rile spectators further and about 30 to 80 Wiesbaden fans moved toward the shape team. V according to the shape coach the safety of shape visitors was in question. I had to do everything in my Power to get them in the locker room Worford told shape principal bar Bara Ferg Carter. It looked like an Avalanche Dinga said of the flow of people streaming from the stands onto the court. Most of the crowd consisted of Wiesbaden students. Dinga said. However in a Jan. 20 memorandum to Leblanc and Ferg Carter Demps said physical altercations occurred Only among Wiesbaden students and Community fans. Military police wore called and cleared the gymnasium. I remained at the gym until Midnight and checked the outside area of the school prior to departing Demps said in the Jan. 20 memo. All students  had  however according to Worford a group possibly students or Community members pounded on the gym doors about 12 30 . And verbally threatened the shape visitors who were staying overnight for the game that was to be played Jan. 15. The group left after the maps were called Back. Shape officials said the maps told them that the Visi tors were staying at their own risk but the police left an unmanned Van for deterrence. About 1 ., another group showed up to apologize. Worford said he told them to forget it and advised them to leave immediately because the maps were patrolling the area. About six hours later the shape visitors left for Home opting not to play the second game against Wiesbaden. Demps said he the Wiesbaden student Council and other school clubs believe that the incident after the game has been blown out of  i am pleased that Many of our students acted in a very responsible manner As they attempted to keep other students from becoming involved and that the conduct of our team was responsible and appropriate Demps said. Ferg Carter said she feels otherwise. I have never never encountered anything like this before she said. The incident she added was a serious Mark of the  visit from a stars a John Bohmer country Singer Trisha Yearwood right chats with  1st it. Mark Lamb and his wife Paula at land Stuhl  regional medical Center in Germany on thursday. A Canwood performed wednesday night be fore a capacity crowd at the Kaiserslautern special events Center. Zagreb military Hospital needs blood Sysu Palumbo Mediterranean Bureau Naples Italy they want to take your blood. Members of the provide Promise joint task Force Are looking for commands to sponsor blood drives forthe . Military Hospital in Zagreb Croatia. Replenishing the blood Supply for the Hospital is problem said air Force capt. Sandra Moore the task Force medical Liaison. They re not getting enough and we re trying to see if it s possible to move blood to the from within the european  the air Force Hospital in Zagreb must keep at least 40 units of blood in Reserve at All times Moore  60-bed Hospital serves All . Forces in the area. The . Military branches Are taking turns running the Hospital for six months each. The Navy is scheduled to take Over in March. The task Force recently sponsored blood drive in Naples with the help of the Navy hos Pital. The blood was then sent to the . Army Europe blood donor Center in Lan Stuhl Germany for screening before being flown to Zagreb. The Naples blood drive was a test Moore said to see if it is possible to draw blood in one area screen it  another and get it to Zagreb in time to be usable. The Lan Stuhl blood Bank is the major supplier of blood for Zagreb in addition to supplying other com mands in Europe. In january the Bank sent More than370 units of blood to military hospitals throughout Europe and 76 to Zagreb. Staff sgt. William Bermudez noncommissioned officer in charge of the Bank said having people Send the blood to us would be the Best alternative to the Bank having to go out and collect  Are understaffed due to the draw Down which makes our Mission harder. By having other facilities contribute by sending the blood to us it will decrease the amount of time it takes to  because it is an emergency facility Zagreb does not have the medical technology that allows hospitals to freeze blood for later use. Moore said freezing blood and thawing it Are Complex processes. Thawed blood must be used within 24 hours while fresh blood has a shelf life of 35 Days. Provide Promise is the . Portion of the peace keeping Mission to former Yugoslavia