European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 15, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 a a.  a Tsiotos Sun Palumbo Iraklion science teacher dec Elbur Thomas keeps pupils attention during a lesson on Sharks. At right Lea Hebert Marks her Workbook As pal Natasha Hawkins  school kids say goodbye for Good by sue Palumbo Mediterranean Bureau Iraklion Crete a seashells dried seaweed and other Beach treasures were collected alongside old Homework assignments and doodles when pupils from Dee elber Thomas biology classes cleaned out their desks for the last Day of school Friday. The pupils at Iraklion air stations Jack r. Kearns combined elementary and High school reflected on a year that saw their school shrink from More than 400 Young people to fewer than 40. A where else can you take your entire class to the Beach snorkelling for a biology lesson a a said elber Thomas the schools Only science teacher a closing the base is hard on everyone but we tried to make school the one stable place they had a Refuge from packing boxes and moving  the Iraklion base will be officially turned Over to the greek government june 30. Only about 32 families remain at the installation. Officials closed the school a few Days earlier than the regular summer break which begins Friday for department of defense dependents schools in Europe. This allows families at Iraklion More time to move and Settle in at their new duty stations before the next school year begins. _ a Iraklion is one of 16 schools that have already closed or will close this week in conjunction with the . Mili tary draw Down in Europe. Saying goodbye to friends and classmates at Iraklion Wasny to easy but frequent Field trips Beach outings and even a dinner in town for Lucky pupils helped soften the blow. However for the schools first graders the hardest part of moving on will be the loss of their second Grade buddies. The two classes have been combined the entire school year with two teachers in the class. A a it a easier when you have a partner sitting next to you to help you when you have a question a explained first grader Lea Hebert. Second grader Natasha Hawkins Hebert a partner said she did no to mind sharing her classroom with the younger ones because a first graders Arentt so noisy and maths not so fun when you done to have a  first Grade teacher Cecile Walker said she and Lucinda venetian had to make a few adjustments to a water Down the second Grade material just a Little and push up the  she said the Fine tuning was minor and gave both classes an experience that will put them Way ahead in the Long run. Walker said the second graders Learned teamwork and were exposed to some third Grade level studies. And the first graders also have a jump on the future a a. Because  have already seen and done most of the work a she added. The last Day of school often is a bittersweet experience for children and school staff. However for those at Iraklion on Friday the Day was even More poignant because it truly was the final Day of school. Only a Skeleton staff remains to finish packing boxes and cleaning out rooms. A my son will probably never get the attention he got Here a Monica Cotton said wistfully. A every one of the children got warm goodbyes. Its been a Nice experience for John and in a sure he got a Little farther because of  in Germany hardest hit by the draw Down the Region has lost More than half the 90,000-plus pupils enrolled when the draw Down began in 1991. The closure Roll Call in Germany includes bad hers Feld elementary which closed in november wild flock in elementary Middle school which closed in May Berlin elementary and High schools and Fulda elementary and High schools. Erlanger and Johann Kalb elementary schools in Nurnberg Germany close Friday As Well As Trier elementary and Giessen Middle schools. Elsewhere in Europe the draw Down claimed Docster Berg elementary and High schools in the Netherlands on june 3, Brindisi elementary High school in Italy the olso elementary Junior High school in Norway and the elementary school at Torrejon a Spain. Edu Callon reporter a cml Jonos contributed 10 ibis report from Darmstadt Germany. A eighth airman charged in Gay sex at Ramstein Ramstein a Germany a amps an air Force master sergeant has become the eighth airman implicated in an investigation of criminal homosexual activity at Ramstein a a base spokesman said tuesday. Master sgt. Charlese Jones of the 86th civil engr so has been charged in connection with alleged homosexual activities that occurred Between june 1991 and last september said capt. James Law a Ramstein spokesman. Jones is accused of engaging in sodomy and in diverse occasions Mutual masturbation with another Active duty Semcer member. Jones is scheduled to appear at a special court martial july 21, Law said. Six of the eight airmen implicated in the investigation already have been convicted of criminal homosexual activity. Another airman col. James r. Martin is scheduled to appear at a general court martial july 11. The surveillance operation also implicated three . Civilians and an enlisted member of the British Royal air Force. Two of the americans were teachers for the department of defense dependents schools and the third was an employee of the army and air Force Exchange service. A. A Karlsruhe Soldier gets 2 years for death while driving drunk by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau Karlsruhe Germany a an army specialist who accidentally killed another Motorist while driving drunk was sentenced to two years in prison tuesday at a general court martial in Karlsruhe. Spec. Joseph w. Len Hart 22, of 268th signal co in Karlsruhe said he does no to recall the thanksgiving Day collision last year that broke his left leg and killed Gaetano Livoti 29. He also said he does no to remember having struck his pregnant wife Shannon m. Lenhart 21, earlier the same afternoon an incident that ended with her tumbling Down a staircase and then going to a nearby Hospital to seek medical attention. She has since delivered the baby their third child who is now 4 weeks old. In a plea bargain agreement however that lessened the severity of the charges against him Joseph Lenhart pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assault and Battery. Investigators reports convinced him that he had indeed committed those offences he testified tuesday during his sentencing. The military judge it. Col. Larry Vick also sentenced the army specialist to a bad conduct discharge a reduction to the lowest enlisted rank and to forfeiture of $450 a month for two years. The sentence was within the Bounds of a pretrial agreement that limited the possible length of the prison term. Joseph Lenhart a native of Hesperia calif., said lie and his wife had invited guests to their Home at the Paul Revere Village housing area for thanksgiving dinner nov. 25. But when he went to nearby Neureul Cavern in Neu Cut to pick up two friends one was in the midst of doing laundry so Lenhart and that Soldier began drinking. Lenhart said he drank seven 12-ounce Beers in just Over two hours there. By agreement the second Friend Lenhart nicked up was to be the designated Driver and not drink. The no drinking Soldier then drove the group to another soldiers House where More drinks were served Joseph Lenhart said adding that the next thine he remembered was waking up in the Hospital the following Day. After Reading and hearing the evidence he acknowledged that after arriving Home with the other soldiers on thanksgiving Day he argued with his wife about his tardiness for dinner and struck her causing her to fall Down the stairs. He then obtained the keys to a 1992 Kaihatsu charade that belonged to yet another Soldier who was out of the country at the time. Joseph Lenhart got the keys from the sober Soldier in Exchange for a Promise not to drive. But then he did drive. The trip ended within minutes w Hen the Kaihatsu struck Livoti a oncoming car