European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the Star and stripes by Wayne v. Hall staff writer Ramstein a Germany air Force Crews responsible for delivering humanitarian Relief to Sarajevo May have moved to Ramstein a from Rhein main a but they commute Back to their old base to Fly the humanitarian missions. Aircrews Fly All the humanitarian air land missions to Bosnia and Herzegovina from Rhein main. No air drops Are currently being staged. We be ended up with a lot less Concrete at Ramstein than we had at Rhein main said col. . Johnson commander of the 86th Airlift Wing s 86th operations group referring to runway space. But he added because we re just Down the Street from Rhein Mai the Mission has been Able to continue operating from the Rhein main airstrips. Some of the air planes remain at Rhein main to Han dle the missions which Are usually scheduled the Day before. Crews Are moved there by ground vehicle. When missions Are cancelled because of shooting incidents or any other reason Crews flying the air land missions also generally get a Day s notice. The move to Ramstein which took place oct. 1, has been just one More rite of passage for operation pro vide Promise which has been on a rough course recently with periodic flight suspensions since july 20. Flights were halted then after a machine gun Bullet struck a . C-1.41 Star lifter just after it took off from the Sarajevo Airport. Service today for sex worker in Frankfurt Frankfurt Germany is a memorial service will be held in Frank Furt today for a former . Civilian employee who died of an aids related ill Ness last month. Steven Cooper a former v corps employee conducted seminars on alcohol and drug abuse stress management and suicide prevention. He also gave lectures on aids awareness including an Ameri can forces network radio program. Cooper 36, of Reading pa., died oct. 18 while in the United states for treat ment. He first came to Europe in 1978 while on Active duty. He left the military in 1982 and worked in Germany As a civilian employee until he medically retired last May. Cooper spent the majority of his career working in alcohol and drug abuse prevention primarily in Mainz Hanau Darmstadt and Frankfurt according to Regan Lewis a close Friend. He is survived by his parents Robert and Phyllis Cooper and two Sisters. The service will be held at 2 . At 21 Schotte Nerer Strasse in Frankfurt. Any one wishing to share memories of Cooper is Welcome. For More information Call Lewis at 06151-425234.  a Ramstein i Sembach a sunday october 30,1994 roles a since then the United states has flown missions Only on 57 flying Days out of the past 100, and the flights have been suspended nearly a dozen times. We re usually not Strung along on a Day to Day basis said Johnson. Usually they la . Officials say of they re cancelled for the next x number of Days and then Well revisit that decision " when the Mission s cancelled i believe people Are sincerely interested in our welfare and concerned about us being Able to Complete the Mission said tech. Sgt. Bob Mick a Load master in the 86th Airlift Wing s 37th Airlift so. I Don t look at it from a negative Point of View. I look at it from a positive Point of  no decision has been made whether to Fly the mis Sions ultimately from Ramstein. We re looking at several different options said Johnson. So much of those decisions is based on information at the  Johnson also noted that the 37th Airlift so which flies the Relief missions has planes temporarily based at Sembach a near Ramstein while Ramstein v runway undergoes repairs. A surge or downturn in the number of missions needed will also contribute to any decision on moving to Ramstein. " " if you Tell me that we need to match the Winter surge level of last year i la  that Rhein main is very attractive because of All the Concrete. We Don t have that much Concrete Down Here Johnson said of Ramstein. If you Tell me that there is some smaller level of Effort it May make More sense to do it out of  ,. A. /. A a v. A ultimately the situation in Bosnia will decide the Mission s future. To Date the air land missions which began july 3, 1992, have delivered More than 56,000 tons of humanitarian Aid to Bosnia s capital Sarajevo. For his part Mick still finds the Mission exciting. I think everyone especially if they re flying a hts to be involved in a real world Mission that s what we spend All our Money training for said Mick. We want to be involved where the action is so to speak. You re not relieved that you can t go. Sometimes maybe you feel a Little left out that you can t go but it s not like you re looking Forward to being put in a dangerous situation. You just feel like you re not involved if you re not flying ? f c making Way for the la Salle 54s Morion Hamilton the 6tlr Fleet flagship Belknap left is dwarfed by its replace White paint to combat the heat of the Region and earning the ment the la Salic As tugs pull the larger command ship into nickname White ghost of the a Bia coast the port  at Gaeta  la Salle spent about Loyear As Belknap the 6th Fleet Flash since 1986, is due to c the flagship for the commander Middle East Force sporting missioner upon its return in the United states in Novemb dodos urged to study plans for pupils at Remote Sites  Northern Italy Bureau Sirrenia Italy the military s overseas school system has been asked to review its plans for educating pupils living in Remote areas. The request was contained in one of the recommendations presented saturday by the system s advisory Council on dependents education at the conclusion fits two Day meeting in Sirrenia. Basically the request asks Lillian Gonzalez the new director of department of defense dependents schools to come up with alternative plans such amusing International schools to solve the problem of How to Best educate pupils living in Remote areas throughout Europe. The school system s current prac Tice often gives such remotely assigned children Only the option of boarding at London Central High school during their High school years. 5 i think this is a great recommendation. I think we should do this review said Council member Carolyn Becraft a Deputy assistant Secretary of defense. Another Council recommendation was that Dodds in conjunction with appropriate outside health agencies review the appropriateness of current procedures in the use of ritalin to control child behavioural  the Council asked Dodds to also take a random Sample of its schools to determine if use of the drug ritalin is As High throughout the system As it is in some of the system s schools visited by Council members Las week in Southern Italy and Turkey. One Issue the team wants examined is How Many of the children taking ritalin were prescribed the drug before entering their current school and How Many after. Other recommendations include development by Dodds of an instructional technology master plan that would involve the integration of hardware and software provide for its maintenance and Tram staffers in its use. Re examination by Dodds of its staffing and instructional support policies with particular regard for the Impact they have upon smaller schools. Standardization of the teaching of foreign languages throughout the system. The Council which alternates its semiannual meet Ings Between Washington and Europe and Washington and the Pacific will hold its next meeting april 21-27 i Washington