European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday August 13,1994canada s forces close up Lahr by Joseph Owen. Heidelberg Bureau. Lahr Germany a the Canadian forces no longer exist in southwestern Germany. Forces members lowered the Canadian Flag for the last time at 11 . Friday at Canadian forces base Lahr. Then air Force maj. Jerry Schock immediately released the 1,400-acre former fighter bomber base to German  a / v about 150 people showed up for the Brief subdued ceremony. Many of them were forces members or employees involved in the closure. The crowd then drifted across the Street for a rain dampened Farewell cookout under a protective canopy. At the end the base closure detachment con. Listed of 20 military members according to the closure officer army Cut. Miguel  most of them will be gone by next monday. Nobody a coming Back on the base after today a a Pelletier said. The turnover ends a 27-year Canadian military presence in Lahr. At its Peak the local Canadian Community a population was More than 20,000. At least a few Hundred of them Are remaining in Lahr. The Only forces members who remain stationed in Europe Are those assigned to the various nato Headquarters in Germany and Belgium to embassies to Hai son posts and to peacekeeping duties in the Balkans. Canadas defense department is maintaining a Small office in Lahr to work out an agreement on the residual ap/s4s cultural Center left As Canadian legacy by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau Lahr German they be closed facilities All Over town recently but canadians also opened a something recently As their penultimate act in this Black Forest City. And its permanent, Canada Hausa a meeting place and cultural Center for those interested in Canada is located on Gulleu Strasse in the second Story former office of de Kanadier the defunct weekly newspaper of Canadian forces Europe. The room is not vast so organizers of the july 1 dedication ceremony did no tissue invitations. Even so about 100 people turned up driving the temperature in the already uncomfortable room up to shirt soaking level. Canada Haus received another Small financial boost Friday when the Canadian forces base Lahr closure detachment commander air Force maj. Jerry Schock announced the donation of 3,452 Mark about $2,250 raised from canteen funds and beverage sales in the past few months. An open House is scheduled for oct. 8, when the weather presumably will be less oppressive than it was at the dedication. By then canadians also will become easy to spot on their former air base although this time not in uniform. The local Canadian legion Post plans to move into the old base fire Hall starting aug. 15, according to Post president George Macmullen. The legion Post one of three in Germany has about 220 members and More than 100 auxiliary non Canadian members said Macmullen a Toronto native and retired military postal worker who has lived in Lahr since 1972. A they mostly say they re All staying Here a he said. Lahr also has other Long term contacts with Canada including an Active partnership and cultural Exchange program with Belleville Ontario. Value of the bases infrastructure As Well As that of Canadian forces base Baden Solingen which closed seven months ago. A we Are currently in the Early stages of negotiation a said g. Peter Joycea retired army colonel who serves As the Agency a director. Fowe expect our office to close on the 30th of june next  the base is German Federal government property but the City of Lahr is founding a development corporation to take Over and administer the buildings on the East Side of the installation trying to rent them  and Industrial tenants said Manfred Schmitt of the German Federal assets office in Baden Baden. An inter communal organization expects to do the same with buildings on the West Side he said. The Federal government will retain control of the Airfield in the Middle operating it As a civilian Airport that also functions As a Reserve nato installation. Schmitt said his office already has found about 20 tenants for some of the bases 400 buildings including the base Chapel which a religious denomination will occupy. The Crown assets distribution Center a Large building near the base Gate where civilian Canadian government workers have been Selling surplus military goods will hold its final Sale next week. The building itself is scheduled for release oct. 1, Schmitt said. Navy official to be picked for new Dod Job by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a president Clinton has announced he will nominate Frederick Pang for the newly created Post of assistant Secretary of defense for Force management. Pang the Navy a assistant Secretary for manpower and Reserve affairs would become the fourth assistant Secretary working for Edwin Dorn undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness. The other three assistant secretaries handle Reserve affairs health affairs and readiness. Pang is Well known within the military environment in Washington. A a he a one of the most knowledgeable Guys in town when it comes to military personnel issues and programs a one defense department official  serving 27 years in the air Force Pang retired in 1986 from his last assignment As director of the Pentagon a office a of compensation and joined the staff of the Senate armed services committee. In that Job he worked closely with sen John Glenn a Ohio sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., and other committee members in formulating military personnel and compensation policies. Pang left the committee to take the Navy Job. As assistant Secretary for Force management Pang would be in charge of All military and civilian personnel policy personnel support families and education and equal Opportunity. Pang was out of Washington travelling Friday and could not be reached for comment. The creation of the new position will ensure that someone is tracking military personnel policy issues on a Day to Day basis the Pentagon official said. / Force management was the Only major area of responsibility under Dorns Purview that did not specifically have a designated assistant Secretary the official  plans $5 Sale by the stars and stripes the defense re utilization and marketing office in Augsburg Germany will hold a $5/10 Mark Sale next Friday. Everything offered in the warehouse Sale will Cost $5 or 10 German Marks. The Sale open to the Public will be held from 10 . To 2 . In buildings 22 and 23 on Reese Cavern. Merchandise must be removed by 3 . Items for Sale include single Beds dressers night stands Coffee tables desks chairs and cabinets. Payment can be in dollars or Marks. All sales Are Cash Only. The Augsburg demo has a Cash and carry retail store in building 121 on Sheridan Cavern. The store is open mondays and wednesdays from 11 30 . To 1 .Rota demo to sell furniture the defense re utilization and marketing office in Rota Spain will hold Cash and carry sales next Friday and aug. 26. The sales will be from 11 . To 2 . In building 186, behind the four seasons store on naval station Rota the sales Are for . Id card holders Only. Merchandise must be paid for in dollars. No checks refunds or exchanges will be accepted. Items include Bachelor officers quarters furniture clothing office machines and supplies. British doctor backs licensing testing for potential parents a a a a. A. Is Ltd re so w  #4% a i Mem my amp my. A my. My a a a by London observer service London or a leading British doctor believes that people in Western nations should have to pass a parenting test and gain a a reproduction License before being allowed to have children. In a Book to be published this month sir Roy Caine argues that couples should have to satisfy a licensing authority that they would make suitable parents. Each couple who received approval would be allowed no More than two children. People who opt for larger families should face higher taxes or other financial penalties. Overpopulation and the apparent inability of most Industrial countries to support full useful employment justifies the placing of limits on births says Caine who proposes a minimum age for child rearing of 25, together with a proof that the parents Are of sufficient maturity and financial resource to take proper care of the  Caine professor of surgery at the University of Cambridge sets out his blueprint for curbing world population in his Book too Many people. Its publication in Britain on aug. 25 is Likely to provoke controversy before an International conference on population and development organized by the United nations opens in Cairo Egypt in september. The International planned parenthood federation which promotes family planning services around the world rejects the notion of a licensed reproduction advocated by Caine. There is no doubt that coercive programs Simp .i?n-jw0 a and from the human rights Point of Vieu the idea is utterly abhorrent a said a spokesman for the Irp pop talons in the Western world Are already dining what we should be debating is Over consumption. Caine who recently masterminded the United in a s. First successful six Organ transplant stands y his Book. People in developing countries Are unlike in f at with Western attempts to reduce the size Aid  unless the West demonstrates that it is Jake san files to help conserve the world s diminishing resources he says. A adv Yone endorses the idea of a driving License a gation that you have certain necessary skills Foi riving a car he said. A bringing a child into the work Famor 1?1p0rtantf and i put Forward the licensing air. A a vit7 As a serious suggestion for consider Dixon he depicts As misguided the preference held in a Ian cd Viires for male children a if the Humar inf nll0 continue. Women Are certainly necessary Sadm in Ranf f entry so or perhaps not at All a continue or ? Umu is reserved for mating could mgt inn d thu Fhy human race it in which tie vast majority of the population were women a distributed by Scripps Howard news service