European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 9,1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 a amps Dave Melancon Gunilde Schelawske shows mementos for her and her late husband Walter from americans in Wertheim. A amps Dave met Neon the american military Community at Peden Barracks commemorated the Friendship of the late Walter Schelawske with a plaque in front of the former Headquarters building in Wertheim  closure saddens German by Dave Melancon Wurzburg Bureau Wertheim Germany a Gunilde Schelawske nearly broke into tears when she went to Peden bar Racks to visit families living in the Valley View housing a a a a 1 passed Sands of times since955 were padlocked area recently. The Gates she had passed through thou i was heartbroken a she said. Quot sometimes i fall into tears when i look at my building 2 former Headquarters building for the 72nd Field arty brigade or at the flagpole and the stars and stripes is not there.�?�. The installation once Home to about 3,500 soldiers family members and civilian employees is still open but the Gates she had used so often were secured to protect the two families still living there sgt. 1st class Ames Beck said. A ceremony marking the housing areas total return to the German government will take place this month said officials from the 98th area support group in Wurzburg. Because its units either inactivated or moved to new assignments the housing area at Peden Barracks is All that remains of the installation where the 72nd Field arty brigade and other 3rd inf div units once were. Part of the installation a Barracks warehouses motor Pool Airfield and offices a is used now As a refugee Camp and a police Academy. That area was turned Over to German authorities in september 1992. Schelawske s 46-year relationship with . Soldiers and their families began when she was a Young Mother living in the Black Forest Region of Germany after world War ii. Her husband Walter an anti aircraft gunnery officer during the War was earning a masters degree in engineering in Karlsruhe while she worked for eight months at a local . Installation. A we were very poor in food a she said. A when i started working with the american families they gave me sugar and some milk  that food saved her son she believes. Quot that assistance Means the most to me because they helped me when i was in such a big need a sche Plauske said. Quot they helped my Little son survive. This is never  a from that Point on Schelawske has been dedicated to her american friends she said. Every Christmas she mails 578 letters and about 70 packages to americans some of whom she met while in Karlsruhe. Her relationship with the Peden Barracks Community began in june 1955, when soldiers lived in the sche Lau Skes Home about a mile from the installations main Gate. She volunteered with army Community service and helped with youth programs and with individual families. She also arranged Tours to castles museums farms and factories. A the american soldiers at Peden did not feel like soldiers Here a she said. Quot they were part of us and they Felt like citizens of Wertheim. We worked every Day and night for this.�?�. When Walter Schelawske died Jan. 18,1993, the american Community shared her grief she said. A former 3rd inf div commander it. Gen. Richard f. Keller now chief of staff for the . European come gave the Eulogy for Walter Schelawske who had designed several buildings at Peden Barracks and was a key member of the German american Friendship club. During the 1991 persian Gulf War Gunilde sche Plauske said she and her husband did All they could to reach out to the american families in Wertheim. They joined in Church services and arranged buffets for the families she said. They also mailed cookie filled parcels and letters to soldiers in saudi Arabia and Kuwait. After hearing that Peden Barracks was scheduled to close the sche Laskes wrote to officials in the United states and Europe to try. To keep the installation open she said. A to a degree their efforts were answered she said. A Edehl a life was extended As a bedroom Community for soldiers who worked in the Wurzburg Gie Belstadt and Kitzinger areas. But when the last residents move out of their quarters her relationship with the american military Community in Wertheim will end. _ Quot it is especially hard now that Peden is closing a she said. A it is especially hard for me because my husband left me and now i need so much my american friends and now they too Are  Germany a amps a a 7-year-old girl who was reportedly sexually assaulted tuesday afternoon in a dressing room at the Lan Stuhl outdoor swimming Pool is an american family member says the Wei Brincken prosecutor handling the Case. The girl was taken to a Lan Stuhl Hospital said prosecutor Silke Petry Quot but that is Normal in such cases. Petry would not say whether the child was taken to the German or american medical facility. The girl and her family live in Roden Bach a Village near Kaiserslautern. She is the daughter of an army civilian employee said special agent Chris Knoth with the air Force office of special investigations det 541 at Ramstein a. The prosecutor said the unidentified suspect Quot touched Here and Quot himself in the genital areas and then masturbated. A the Young girl said the suspect spoke to her in accented English. She also said he had a Tattoo of a dragons head on his left upper Arm a Petry said. German authorities have offered a 3,000-Mark $1,950 Reward for information leading to the suspect suspects identity and apprehension. Anyone with information about the incident or who May know the suspect is encouraged to Contact Knoth at Ramstein at Dan 480-5409 or 06371-47-5779, the prosecutors office at 06332-805252, or the German police at 0631-369-2422.Field sanitation training Lan Stuhl Germany a amps officials with the 2nd general Hospi Taj will conduct the units final Field sanitation class july 18-22 at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center. All no divisional units in the medical centers area of responsibility All army units West of the Rhine River a can Send up to four participants said medical Center spokeswoman Marie Shaw divisional units cannot Send representatives. Officials with the 2nd general Hospital have taught the class at Lan Stuhl for at least five years said sgt. 1st class Waldo Lopez noncommissioned officer in charge of the hospitals environmental health division. Lopez said the fact that the unit offered the class to begin with exceeded army requirements. No specific Rea son was Given on Why the unit could no longer hold the class. Field sanitation training is a Divi. Sion level responsibility Lopez said. Staff members with the 3rd army div already teach a similar class and the 1st inf div preventive Medicine staff will teach a similar class in the future. Following the 2nd general hospitals final class All support units will need to participate in division level classes. Field sanitation classes teach soldiers about water treatment food service sanitation personal Protection against insects and diseases and personal Hygiene. The class is sponsored by the 2nd general hospitals preventive Medicine staff. Registration information is available by calling Dan 486-8111