European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 23, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 hip storm chases out 21 in Ciurlik families by sue Palumbo Mediterranean Bureau a severe thunderstorm and flooding left 21 american military families Home less and 18 buildings severely damaged at in Ciurlik a Turkey air Force officials said tuesday military weather officials said sat urday s storm was the worst in 26 years there were no . Injuries reported an air Force official said. But the storm reportedly caused Between $500,000 and $1 million in damage to government and personal property officials said. The storm hit saturday and we went into 24-hour operations until monday said 1st it. Patrick Ryder Deputy chief of Public affairs for the 39th air Wing. The base was closed saturday and Sun Day due to hazardous driving and weather conditions on and off  All 21 families left homeless lived in government housing on base. Ryder said they were immediately moved to on base billeting. Col. John l. Barry 39th air Wing commander Assignee teams to assist families with housing finances Legal matters civil engineering customs and counselling. Barry said his goal is to get the families Back into either their old houses or new housing by dec. 15. Community members and local organizations set up a food and clothing drive within 24 hours. Members of the 628th air mobility so donated their thanksgiving meal which had been scheduled monday for their families. A local youth organization also donated food. In Addi Tion the air Force dining facility opened Sas its doors to the families. S families who were forced to remain on base because of the storm will be reimbursed for their billeting expenses. Financial Aid also was Given to any displaced families that requested it Ryder said. In addition to the 18 buildings severely damaged an additional 50 facilities suffered slight damage Ryder said. In Ciurlik a is actually a turkish base used by the american military. The Turk ish installation commander col a. Unal turan worked with Barry to provide assistance and assess damage he said. There was no estimate on damage at nearby Adana although Ryder said flooding had closed several roads. Both americans and turks responded to the disaster within minutes of the first Alert Ryder said. Volunteers filled Sand bags and attempted to contain the dam age-. / considering what we went through it s pretty amazing we had no injuries he said. It was pretty incredible How fast people responded. We had More than 250 volunteers filling sandbags. At one Point we actually had to turn people  Roach of my still top Bug 1 Byeff Leathen -.". -. Heidelberg Bureau Heidelberg Germany the Roaches won. The Heidelberg Community commander has ordered a strategic Retreat for residents of stairwell 5, building 4424 in Patrick Henry Village in their two year cock Roach War. It. Col. Gary w. Berry of the 411th base support in approved the relocation of six families from their Roach infested quarters at a meeting tuesday with Resi dents preventive health officials fumigation experts and housing officials a bombing the bugs and limited efforts of exterminator ghost busters worked for a while but did not solve the problem Berry said. The families Are to be offered moves at government expense to new quarters or leased housing within a week. ,.". A a staff sgt. Franklin Ansotigue was one of Many Resi dents who said they were ecstatic at the decision. Ansotigue a respiratory therapist assigned to the army Hospital in Heidelberg said that if the decision had gone any other Way he was ready to throw  a one year resident Ansotigue had painfully Struc tured his life around the Roaches that had overrun his  the Roach Battle zone after 12-hour shifts really wore on him he said. He changed his shopping pattern to keep less food in his House emptied his Kitchen cupboards and secreted Staples in living room cabinets. Still  overran empty cupboards jumped on him in the Shower and made formation on his dining Roo table. Roaches even woke his children at night. He said he doubted that the psychological Impact could be undone. Neighbors agreed saying their Chil Dren fearfully glanced from Side to Side when they visited a new Home. Do you have Roaches too they said the youngsters asked. Most neighbors said they Felt shame at their plight and were too embarrassed to invite visitors to their  their cupboards to countless inspectors an. V -.   Dve Casey some of the Roaches that failed to survive the War in building 4424 Are displayed by from left Cathi a Mcger sgt. An Ibal Rivera Rivera staff sgt. Franklin Ansotigue and sgt. 1st class Alberto Garcia. So Tigue and other residents said they were made to feel that they lived  sgt. Anibal Rivera Rivera the stairwell coordinator said his appeals for help from housing officials went on for two years. His Home was treated for Roaches six or seven times he said. So often that he lost count. At least four times he and the others had to cover their furniture remove All their food Check into the Community guest House for a Day and clean everything when they  the Roaches returned. His wife Vicky and another neighbor were both certified child care providers and had to work extra hard keep the Roaches at Bay she said. Still Roaches. They met me at the door,".said sgt. Felesia Herron Bryant who moved into the stairwell last month. The v corps strength management specialist said she used an insect bomb four times before her household goods arrived and sprayed for Roaches each Day before she went to work. It was Only after a change in the housing office staff about a month ago an urgent request to move out and a personal collection of 60 Roaches that officials took note Rivera Rivera said. Sgt. Timothy Schickedanz from the Heidelberg hos Pital s environmental health Branch explained at tues Day s meeting that eradication of the Roaches depended on a comprehensive pest management plan. He cited several possible reasons for the Roaches return fumigation had not reached the Roaches in their Safe Haven behind the building s sturdy Walls. Fumigating chemicals May not have been rotated. An exterminating contract had expired and officials borrowed contractors from another Community. The Roaches May have developed a resistance to the Chemi cals. The 42-year-old building had been repeatedly renovated. Each new Hole for wiring or plumbing created a new Roach Roadway. The optimum solution is to Seal and exterminate the whole building Schickedanz said. Berry approved a Large scale fumigation project for stairwell 5 apart ments. If follow up tests indicate that the Roach War has t been won be will consider moving More families he said. Spec. Brian Nofsker of the 529th my co who lives in the next stairwell was not optimistic. When they Spray the Roaches run into our stairwell and regroup. They conic for  its a never ending War he said. Two and a half years ago they were in our stairwell Simonella Sailor Dies from Auto crash injuries by sue Palumbo Mediterranean Bureau has Simonella Sicily a Sailor assigned to Nas Simonella died monday from injuries suffered sunday afternoon in a single car Accident near the base. Petty officer 3rd class Steven Fulks 24, apparently lost control of his car about 2 . And hit a Guardrail while going to his residence according to a base statement issued tuesday. Fulks suffered severe Burns when the car was engulfed in flames. Officials evacuated Fulks on sunday to the Burn unit at the Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center in Germany. Fulks had been assigned to the inter mediate maintenance department at is Gonella since september 1993. The Accident occurred on mister Ian co Road near the Marco Polo express Way which is about five Miles North of the base officials said. It. Barbara Burf Eind Public affairs officer said mister Bianco Road is a very winding Road with lots of curves that is used regularly by military personnel. It was the third traffic death involving Nas Simonella personnel or their families in the last four months. Burfeind stressed that the three accidents were unrelated and did not occur on the same Road. Last year there was a nonfatal Accident on miste Bianco Road near the same location. Fulks is survived by his parents Claude and Marilyn Fulks of Mercer a. A memorial service will be held at 10 . Today at the base Chapel. Navy officials said the cause of the Accident was being investigated