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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, August 16, 1994

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 16, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3. Tot s terror at zoo separation on Day care Outing investigated by Ron Jensen Nurnberg Bureau a 3-year-old girl has been awakened by nightmares since being lost at the Munich zoo Friday during a Day care Center Outing. The parents of Brittany Davis say their daughter has been afraid to go to bed since the Outing sponsored by the Center at bad sibling Germany. Every night she says Mommy can i sleep with you ". Kelli Davis said. The girl s father is sgt. Steven Davis of the 204th military intelligence in at bad Ai bling station. A spokesman for the base 25 Miles Southeast of Munich said the incident is being investigated. I can assure you that this is not taken lightly said Mike Caruso chief of staff for the Community. Steven Davis said his daughter was lost for a i hours at the zoo. Parents who went on the trip told us k was More than an hour and a half he said monday. Caruso said Davis allegation appears to be True. He said he could not discuss any details until the formal investigation already under Way has been completed. Kelli Davis said her daughter has told them that Dur ing the time she was lost a Man pulled her away from the Giraffe s Cage apparently because she was too close. The girl now wakes up at night screaming that a stranger has grabbed her Kelli Davis said. Brittany has been at the Center for More than two years. Her 14-month-old sister Jessica also attends the Center but was not on the zoo Outing. The Davies said they took their daughters off the Center roster As soon As they heard about the problem at the 200. The parents were told about the incident when they to _ _1  j . To. J.w4,m a my let to the care giver told us 40 minutes but some of the picked up their daughter at the Center Friday the girls a Ron Jensen command sgt maj. Scotty Smith left helped organize sgt Morales club members including staff sgt Edwin Blount righting efforts to Aid the Bamberg Germany Community. Sgt. Morales club members strive to make a difference in Bamberg by Ron Jense Nurnberg Bureau Bamberg Germany members of the  club Here Are going proactive i making membership inthe exclusive organization More than just a certificate and a handshake from a general. The 37 members in this Community have banded together to perform work that will improve the Community from cleaning playgrounds to helping teens stay Busy and out of trouble. This organization is exactly what All sergeant Morales club members need said staff sgt. Edwin Blount the club vice president and a sgt. Morale club member for two years. He is assigned to the 2nd in 14th Field arty  sgt. Morales club is for noncommissioned officers who Excel at being a total Soldier the club named for a fictitious no who has All of the Best traits is a . Army Europe organization for Cosat and below the rank of sergeant first class. Soldiers become members Only after going through an intensive selection process answering questions from several Levels of boards. And although the successful Soldier continues to Excel his efforts Are often lost within the Large Community. Organizing these gifted soldiers into one group gives them greater influence the Mem Bers said. A Morales member who is really a Morales member he still does things said sgt. 1st class Kenneth Baker a club member since february 1992 and part of the 5th in 2nd air defense arty , he said the efforts can be multiplied when everyone gets together. F to there s a lot of us so we can do a lot of things that will catch the Community s Eye he said. V command sgt. Maj. Scotty Smith of the 3rd inf div s engr brigade said it sgt. Morales club is great resource that we Haven t used until now. Now that we be found it we can use it for a lot of  the members who first organized Early this sum Mer already have cleaned up one playground and have others in their sights. They have plans for More ambitious projects including a Type of big brother program for  Hope to make themselves More visible in the Community to promote their Brand of  idea for this Type of Effort began with Smith. He came to Usa eur at a rank too High to be come a Morales member but he has worked with the members on an individual basis and knows of their Quality. During a meeting of tenant unit commanders at Bamberg someone suggested that Smith s Engineer brigade be assigned to clean up a playground. Smith walked.  is not a construction Engineer battalion he said. This is a combat Engineer , he thought of the 37 sgt. Morales club members on Post and got them together. He asked them How Many had done Morales Type work since they were  raised his hand Smith said. He said he told them that they had a duty to assist the Community and suggested they organize them selves into an Active unit. Blount said he Hopes the idea will spread to other communities. He said someone from Bamberg was to address sgt. Morales members in Hanau this  is a great Start he said. With this club it s an extra responsibility. You can put your Chest out even More knowing you Are in the sergeant Morales  bad sibling i Salzburg is was apparently lost after the care givers took the 16children on the Outing to the bathroom and then to lunch. " Brittany told us that they left her in the Bath room Kelli Davis. The Mother said she has also had trouble sleeping since the incident. The possibilities of what could have happened invade her thoughts every night she said. Naples Navy unit helps keep things clean in Africa by Marian Hamilton Mediterranean Burea Naples Italy Navy chief Petty officer Gary Richards planned to take some leave after a recent assignment on temporary duty in the , he found himself in Entebbe Uganda. I had planned. To go to my daughter s birthday party. 1 still have the presents around Here some where he said with a wry  Hospital medical technician was a member of a seven person medical team from . Navy Environ mental and preventive Medicine unit 7 at Naples that deployed to Central Africa on aug. 1 to respond to the rwandan refugee , the team has returned to Naples after about a week of aiding the humanitarian  Africa Richards treated several thousand military uniforms with insect repellent ran bacterial tests on water bottled in Uganda because troops complained it smelled bad and tested local produce for contamination before approving it for servicemen Ibers to eat. He also worked with air Force and civil engineers praying for bugs and keeping up sanitary conditions. It. Cmdr. Anne p. Fallen was the Only doctor in the a were originally supposed to assist the army in setting up a dehydration Center and performing Preven Tive Medicine measures for . Troops she said. We ended up just doing the preventive Medicine fallen also went to Goma Zaire. She said doctors there had to do a Little bit of inoculating of troop who had not been Able to get their shots before going to Zaire. However her preventive Medicine role consisted mostly of ensuring Good Camp sanitation. We made sure that the water used for bathing Wlasok she said and that the latrines were set up correctly. Most of our work was just housekeeping Spray ing for mosquitoes checking that trash was cleaned up and taken away and that service members were using their insect repellent and bed Mosquito  As a surgeon she also helped with sick Call until an air transportable clinic could reach  mostly saw people with colds traveler s diarrhoea and other complaints fallen said. We did t see any cholera or other serious  of that was because she stayed mostly on the . Side of the  did t have much to do with the refugees she said. The Relief agencies and the . Were doing an excellent Job and we weren t  had expected to have an Opportunity to work with the rwandan refugees but it did t happen the . Handled it very Well without us he said. Instead we helped with , Richards is still waiting to connect wit his daughter in the states to wish her a Happy birthday. Fallen said that there Are no plans to Send other teams from the environmental and preventive Medicine unit to Aid in the refugee Effort. We helped set it All up and then turned it Over tothe army she said. An army preventive Medicine team got there at the same time we did and we made cooperative Effort to get things   
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