European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes education wednesday june 22,1994 by Jimi Jones education writer Stuttgart Germany they Call it the information superhighway. No wonder. On its fast Lane you can stroll through the Library of Congress Vatican exhibit or see a photo and profile of a third grader in Minnesota. The capabilities of the High tech internet system a worldwide computer system linked to More than 10,000 servers including Many stateside universities and companies Are endless. Through fiber optic cables and defense department satellites the defense simulation internet made its debut this year for students and teachers at three department of defense dependents schools and another school in the United states. The computer network links centers at Stuttgart a Patch High school and ran Stein High school in Germany. Seoul High school in South Korea and fort Knox High school in Kentucky. The schools came on line in september and by december students at the four locations had composed a song on computer driven keyboards and music synthesizers that was piped to an Industry and education conference in or Lando Fla. Internet users at Patch have taken full advantage of its fiber optic Cable and dedicated line loading student work German culture and school history into its server to which some 20 million users have Access. Other High tech equipment brought about a a major change in the amount of information they can Send said Pat Ridge who runs the computer Center at Patch. A students Are working to build their own area on the net a he said which is available on All computers in the lab and others in the school Complex. The computer system includes printed words photographs film and student artwork All flowing through the computer around the world on simple command. A a we re putting their Art on line a Ridge said. A a it a like having yourself in an Art gallery that 30 million people could possibly  at any Given time seven or eight a amps Jim Jones Kenny Coleman of Patch High school in Stuttgart Germany talks about the Story that he just put into interact a worldwide computer system. V users ranging from ism to universities in Finland or Belgium a research Institute in Switzerland or any user in the United states May be Reading information loaded into the Patch server. Both student and staff written stories appear for instance under their extensive Library of a Day material student Kris Abel wrote about the d this kind of thing will be available to everyone eventually but we re one of the first. Its got tremendous  a Pat Ridge Patch High school Stuttgart Germany Day ceremony held at Patch. The event was attended by his grandmother whose husband was a world War ii Veteran. Teacher Werner Dobner wrote about the end of the War when americans rolled into his Small German town. Both were accompanied by photos. Abel planned another Story that would bring together impressions of the War spanning three generations gathering titbits from his grandmother his Mother and himself. The Patch students also have original documents of the Normandy Landing permanently on record As Well As original newsreels. Much of the stars and stripes 50th anniversary comment Ortive Issue is also on line for the world to read. A since we turned this the invasion Library on for a Day june 1, we be had about 16,000 log ins representing 30 countries around the world a Ridge said. Information on the school s location sports music and biology programs including pictures and movies is provided along with much More. Ridge foresees a Day when virtually the entire Dodds system will have instant Access through computer to the contents of the worlds great libraries museums and More. A a lot of it the information superhighway has just been talk but now they Are starting to provide application for a project that he said is radically altering How people do their jobs where they work How they relate to one  a we want to make it possible for every classroom a Ridge Savici. A we could do this kind of thing in every school. Its the new electronic future. This kind of thing will be available to everyone eventually but we re one of the first. We re trying to Experiment and make sure we learn what a Good for kids and communities. Its got tremendous  to Honor Friendly fire victim by the stars and stripes Kaiserslautern Germany the Embry Riddle aeronautical University will hold its graduation exercise at 2 . Saturday at the Vogel Weh officers and civilians club in Kaiserslautern. Associate and bachelors degrees in aeronautics and masters degrees of aeronautical science and business administration in aviation will be awarded. The Bachelor of aeronautics Honoris Causa degree will be awarded posthumously to chief warrant officer 2 Michael a. Hall who was killed by Friendly fire Over Iraq on april 14. Hall a uh-1 helicopter Pilot was assigned to co a 6th in 159th aviation regt in Gie Belstadt Germany. The commencement speaker will be Frank Vander Wert full time faculty member and regional faculty adviser for Embry Riddle and former marketing director for Deutsche aerospace. Embry riddles 1994 graduating class is composed of 180 military and civilian students from five european countries. The University has provided aviation and aerospace education programs to students in Europe for More than 20  awarded Casteau Belgium thirty seven scholarships Worth nearly $40,000 were awarded to 27 graduates of shape High school this month. The scholarships were awarded by the schools scholarship committee in association with local Community groups. The bulk of the Money was raised through the annual silent auction cum Spaghetti dinner established three years ago by a group of parents. Scholarship amounts ranged from a Grant of 10,000 belgian francs about $300, to $4,000. Grants totalled $34,890.the 27 recipients Are Amanda Archibald Johnetta Williams Suzanne Wempe Rachel Zielke Susanne Berg Jen Emond Carisa Jeter Melanie Coker be Winne Johnson Kagan Atay Patrick Williamson and Abby Jerves. And Nicole Lucas Niccole Coggins Shana Fischer Careen Lawrence Christine Bolcar Sara Haase Joe Maggio Lawton Smith Aaron King Shekina Farr Sarah Miland Terry Mcarthur Christina Johnson Tom Hiley and Joshua Benson. War dogs will go on having their Day a in Bronze 1 Japan Orote Point Monument to military dogs in am 1q mites fist Philippines Pacific Ocean by Susanne m. Schafer military writer Washington a recce sent paws a life size Black and Gold Bronze sculpture of a Doberman was unveiled monday at the Pentagon in Honor of the hundreds of dogs who gave their lives to save . Troops during world War ii. The Monument the nations first to Honor the heroic canines will be transported to the Pacific Island of Guam where it will stand guard Over the official War dog cemetery at the . Naval base in Orote Point officials said. The commemoration comes As part of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Guam. The Battle for the Island lasted from july 21 until aug. 10, 1941, and claimed the lives of 6,900 marines and army soldiers and an estimated 18,500 japanese. The dogs whose duties included leading scouting parties exploring caves and serving As sentries a saved hundreds of lives on the Island and thousands in the Pacific a said retired it. Gen. Claude m. Kicklighter the executive director of the Pentagon a 50th anniversary of world War ii commemoration committee. Ray Carlisle the president of the United Dobert Nan club who also spoke at the event said the Doberman was chosen by the Marine corps As its favorite War duty dog because it had been bred a to be Many a companion guardian and  Many families during the War had donated their pets so that they might be trained to Aid soldiers in the War Effort and until now their service had not been recognized. Ninety percent of the hundreds of dogs that served with the marines and army troops during the Campaign were dobermans. A dogs gave the americans an extra Edge. Assigned to the front line units and always in action dogs and their handlers proved fearless and Loyal fighters As they sniffed out snipers explosives and ambushes saving countless american lives a the committee said in a statement. Twenty five War dogs were killed in action on the Island and their remains were buried in a special cemetery in Guam. But five years ago veterinarian and War Veteran William Putney returned to the area Only to find that it had been destroyed by a typhoon and the gravestones removed the committee said. Putney who had served As the commander of the 3rd War dog platoon led the Effort to restore the cemetery site