European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday december 1994 the stars and stripes Lack of hot water steams families , Wurzburg Bureau Kitzinger Germany we want More hot water is the cry from Many of the 34 families living in ment leased apartment buildings in Kitzinger. My Shower is cold enough to make ice Tea note done resident i want to get hot water or i want the Damn army to move me where i can get hot water said an irate Cheryl Norman another occupant of what is known As the mul Duenweg leased housing area. Norman and others in two buildings say thay have been beseeching Community officials for help for More than a year but still the water woes continue. I be lived Here 2vi years and the problem has not been resolved during most of that time said Janice Taaffe a resident of building 7. We did t have enough hot water last year about this same last year army housing officials concluded that some of the hot water pipes were top Small Taaffe said . ". ,. were replaced and still there in t enough hot water to go around she said. This year residents say the explanation is that the hot water Heaters Are not Large enough. The Bottom line is i m not sure the hot water tanks Are the Issue said maj. John f. Jacobs a directorate of engineering and housing officer with the 417th base support in we re trying to determine what the problem is and we re talking with the landlord and the German realty office to resolve the Jacobs said a pipe from another building in the area was significantly calcified to the Point where it reduces the water flow dramatically. We know what the symptoms Are. I m not sure the tanks Are the entire problem. Taaffe said that her husband a chief warrant officer at in Kitzinger usually has to take cold Shower and then shave using a Small cup of water that has been heated on the stove. I m tired of seeing the soldiers come Back from it physical training on monday wednesday and Friday and having to take cold showers she said. A representative of Wurzburg s Deh visited the buildings last week Taaffe said but came Between 1 and 1 30 . When the water is usually i was boiling water on the stove to do dishes and did t even realize the water Heaters were up and going again she said. I be heated water in pans for so Long i just do it and Don t think about Karl h. Uebersohn chief of housing for the 417th bib said this week that a final solution probably won t be found until the Community Slive year lease with the landlord expires next year. The Mullenweg -.buildings. Rites scheduled today for civilian employee Zamstein a Germany is a me Morial service is planned today for a Ramstein a civilian employee who died Over the weekend at a local Hospital. The family of Constance b. Connie Ogborn,62 did not disclose the cause of death according to an 86th Airlift Wing news release. The service will be held at 10 . At Ramstein Chapel 1. Ogborn a gs-12, had worked on base As unequal employment and staffing specialist since 1982 except for the years 1991 and 1993. Ogborn who died saturday is survived by her Mother Bernice Kane of Trinidad Colo. A Sis Terr Pat Bowers of san Antonio a brother to Kane in Virginia three daughters Allynn Gabel and Roberta Ogborn of san Antonio and Kare Pritchette of Bryan Texas and a son William Ogborn of Corpus Christi Texas. She has no family in Germany. Ogbomo s body will be returned to Santa be n.m., for burial. Her husband is also buried in Santa be. The Ramstein civilian personnel flight will be closed from 9 . To noon today for the memorial service. Is . Bastiam Janice Taaffe boils water to Wash dishes in her family s government leased apartment in Kitzinger Germany. Have been in the housing inventory for 14 years. A round table discussion with the landlord Ger to Man rental office and housing will be held before the units can be re leased Uebersohn said. Each of the two heating tanks shared by two build Ings holds 500 liners of water 130 Gallons when full. That s less than 8 Gallons for each household for Wash ing cleaning and Row houses next to our building have 100-liter 26-gallon hot water tanks for each apartment said Debbie ecord one of the Mullenweg occupants there have been a lot of problems Here and i Don t mind saying something about it ecord said. A neither does Norman her neighbor. There is hot water. The trouble is that you never know just when you will have it Norman said. I Don t like having to Structure my life around whether there is hot water or " " i d like to do something besides stay Home and Check the tap every couple of minutes she said. Taaffe sometimes gets up at 6 . To beat the rus for hot water. Other residents said they Bathe at times varying from 1 . To 3 30 .hot water is Only one of the problems bothering Resi dents. Silverfish insects peeling paint and broken tile sin bathrooms add to the problems Mullenweg tenants face. v i can live with the rest of the problems Here Taaffe said. R -. Things Wear out Norman said. Those water Heaters Are probably 14 years old. Any realty company in the states would have a lawsuit by now. It s taking for too Long to fix this problem.", Tot shot to death by mistake Jackson miss. A a woman who thought a burglar was in her House shot and killed her 3-year-o-ld Stepson As he stood next to the family Christmas tree police say. The woman who was not identified told police that the boy had apparently gotten out of bed and Hariiet off a motion Detector in the one Story House. by Carlos Bongioanni staff writer -7 Almaty Kazakhstan the donation of More than $12,5 million in medical equipment to the former soviet Republic of Kazakhstan is generating consider Able Public interest locally because of a shortage of supplies state department officials say. Tania Chomiak the information officer at the . Embassy in Almaty said that there is an acute shortage of Medicine in Kazakhstan and that Many citizens suspect their government is not distributing All the Aid fairly. We re trying to publicize the american assistance efforts and make All humanitarian efforts transparent so the people can hold their government accountable Chomiak said. " r t the More people know about this Transfer of medi Cal equipment and supplies the More it will be Avail Able to a broader Section of the Public not just the a ceremony marking the Transfer of equipment is scheduled for thursday with . State department and High ranking kazakh officials attending. Almaty the capital of Kazakhstan is in the Southeast part of the nation not far from the Borders of China and Kyrgyzstan. _ -. Items donated to Kazakhstan under operation pro vide Hope include 800 Hospital Beds six operating rooms three sterilizing sets five dental sets with a Ray equipment and 556 Tri Walls. A Tri Wallis a 1-cubic-meter Box containing mixed medical supplies. The equipment was identified As excess from All three . Military service branches in Europe. It was distributed Totive hospitals one dental facility and one blood Bank in Almaty. Forty five soldiers airmen sailors and civilians have _ deployed to install and certify equipment and instruct local clinic personnel Chomiak said local television news organizations Are interested in the . Supplies. She said there has been a major Media push to publicize thursday s official Transfer ceremony in Almaty. John Post a state department representative to the former Sovie republics of Central Asia said the trans Fer of supplies is a significant event. The people of Kazakhstan deserve the very Best i medical treat nent and Almaty officials have taken Steps to ensure they get it Post said tuesday at an appreciation ceremony for the americans. During the event several of the . Military person Nel blushed when Given a customary kiss on the Cheek. But the embarrassment faded quickly As members of operation provide Hope listened to words of thanks from Almaty s Central clinical Hospital director or. Abdi Bek tur Abaev. This humanitarian Effort will always serve As a Bond of Strong Friendship Between our country and the United states tur Abaev said. All the Aid we. Received will be devoted to improve the health of our capital s
