European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Abuse by by Effie Bathen staff writer Pir Masens Germany a Pir Masens child advocacy officials say a 2-year-old girl was the victim of physical abuse by a playmate at an army Day care facility. Officials Are continuing to investigate the april 18 incident to determine if employees of the child development Center were negligent. Investigators said at least one boy inserted a Small toy Block into her Vagina. A everything we have so far Are allegations a said it. Col. Howard Butler the commander of the Kaiserslautern military Community Region or 4l5th base support in. He and other Community officials talked about the Case after a meeting wednesday to address parental concerns about the Center. During the meeting attended by 18 adults and five children the Case of abuse was not directly raised. A the feeling of the team was that if the supervision had been 100 percent it would not have happened a said it. Col. Joseph Huber the Pir Masens Community commander. A doctor examined the child and concluded she required no treatment for a minor external Cut said it. Col. Rene Robechaud chief of social work services at the army regional Hospital at Lan Stuhl. Investigating officials including those in the criminal investigation Abmd or Cid determined that no adult was involved in the assault. Investigators could not identify which child May have committed the act because the victim is too Young to give information to them Robechaud said. She will be 3 in parents of other children in the Center said the feeling of the team was that if the supervision had been 100 percent it would not have u. Co. Joseph Huber Community commander the boy involved is 5. Officials said the father of the girl reported the incident april 18 after picking her up from the child care Center that she attended full time. The parents have since withdrawn the girl from the program. The next Day social workers were interviewing children and Center employees. And two Days after the report army child development program officials who oversee the Pir Masens program a intensified training at the Center Huber said. It is Normal for Small children to explore and probe said Robechaud. This Case Quot is slightly on the abnormal scale. What is Normal about it is exploration. What is abnormal is the insertion of an Robechaud pointed out that the investigators did not conclude that the child had been sexually abused but physically abused. The incident apparently occurred in an a shaped classroom separated by Low desks into distinct activity areas. Twenty children wer it i in the room. The facility meets army child development program at Center standards for safety and design said Elaine list executive officer for the 415th bib. It was an isolated incident Huber said. He could not recall any other serious incident in the two years that he has been the Community commander he said. Still two reports of children leaving the facility unsupervised have been reported since that Day he said a one also on april 18, involved a girl who left the playground. It was her first Day he said. A last week another girl left the Center and ran next door to where her Mother was working he said. Pat Harris the Center director since january said that april 18 was her first Day Back from maternity leave at the Center. She stayed until noon and did not notice anything unusual with the children she said. She could not shed any Light on How the incident could have happened except to say a i think they were All napping and she had gotten the staff has tightened up the policies and reviewed procedures for monitoring the children since the incident Harris said. If she had anything to do differently she said she would have had one More child care provider in the room As a a Robechaud said the parents of the 2-Ycar-Otd girl expressed concern that the investigation took so Long. The family advocacy Case management team made its findings May 17. Robechaud explained that six members of his 12-person staff were investigating an unrelated report of child sexual abuse at a child care facility in Baum older. Ramstein in third round of Bee one a be a was All it More than words can say maj. Steve Henneberry or fort Walton Beach gives his wife Karen a Gad to by Back kiss after his c-130 cargo plane landed tuesday at Keesler fab in Biloxi miss. Henneberry and other members of the air Force reserves 815th Airlift so had been in Germany flying humanitarian Airdrop missions Over Bosnia and Herzegovina. British rocket identified Griesheim Germany a amps military explosives experts identified a mysterious canister found on wednesday in a military housing area As a smoke rocket a Darmstadt spokeswoman said. Teri Viedt a Darmstadt spokeswoman said thursday that the explosive ordnance disposal personnel confirmed that the canister unearthed in Griesheim was a world War ii British barrage rocket specifically a 29-Pound Mach i that contained liquid smoke. The rocket was unearthed by workers replacing underground pipes in the parking lot of the housing area next to the stars and stripes compound. Initial suspicions that the rusted canister might be a chemical weapon prompted a three hour evacuation of the area. By Cindy k1llion Washington Bureau Washington took to put Justin Zeiph Enstine a goal of being the Best speller in the nation on hold for another year. To be Back a the fifth grader from Ramstein elementary school in Germany said minutes after bowing out of the third round of the Scripps Howard National spelling Bee late wednesday afternoon. The Competition held in Washington on wednesday and thursday pitted 238 of the Best spellers in a grades three through eight against words such Helphenstine As a fran chiral a a a portcullis and the name of the Winner was unavailable however when the stars and stripes went to press. All spellers were required to sit on stage by assigned numbers. In turn each stood at a microphone at the front of the stage to take a shot at whatever word came up. The words were taken from the Merri am Webster dictionary and spelling Bee guides published by Scripps Howard inc. By the time Justin met his Nemesis in the third round 58 contestants had already left the Battlefield. Justin 10, skated through the first two rounds by correctly spelling a Fluvia tile and but a proved too much. A i thought they wanted a revelatory a not a Rcv Calavory a he said a i was confused a Justin incorrectly spec cd the word As he added that the stress of the Competition did t help matters. A a there a a lot of pressure up there Quot he said. A a you re up against the top people a the Best of the and looking out into an audience of 500 is distracting too he said. Justin smother Rebecca said she and her husband air Force master sgt Paul Helphenstine arc a very very proud of a this was his first year to be in any Type of spelling Bee at any level a she said. A and he made it All the Way to the nationals a that a really something. A a we want this to be something hell always Justin who was sponsored at the National finals by the european stars and stripes said just having the experience was Worth the disappointment. A i really did no to mean to Start All this a he said a but after i won the spelling Bee at my school i went on to the District Competition and then the european spelling Bee a it just kind of which has led to new plans. A a in a coming Back to the National Bee three More times and one of those times in a going to win a he said. A you could say in be been stung by the Bee that gets All Good Navy completes Cut of enlisted sailors Boorda says Naples Italy a amps a the Navy has reached its goal of enlisted sailors needed to leave the service voluntarily adm Mike Boorda chief of naval operations told about 400 members of his former command in Naples on thursday. A a we be come As far Down As we re going to with the draw Down a Boorda said. A there will be no More people As a result of reaching this years enlisted draw Down goals Boorda said he had cancelled the selective Early retirement Board serb for enlisted Navy members this year. Boorda promised to try to achieve the same goal with this years officer selective Early retirement Board. Serbs have been used to assist the downsizing of Post coid War forces when there were insufficient voluntary retirements. Boorda a remarks came during a special admirals Call similar to town Hall meetings in army communities in Germany. The Naples visit was a Detour from Boorda a schedule which includes accompanying president Clinton to world War ii ceremonies at Nettuno Italy today. A Boorda is the former commander of . Navy forces Europe and of Allied forces Southern Europe. He held the jobs before being tapped As the Navy a Stop Admiral earlier this year. The audience members of the 2,750-member Naples Navy Community crowded into the base theater to listen and ask questions. What was planned As a one hour session stretched to two hours As Community members queried Boorda about a variety of Navy policies
