European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 07, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 7,1995 the stars and stripes Page 3 is ., Barham Thomas Taylor an environmental assistant takes inventory of items available to army units at the 98th area support group s hazardous materials pharmacy. Ion by Barham Wiir Burg Bureau Wurzburg Germany there s a pharmacy in the 98th area support group that s like no other in Germany. This is not a place where you get Medicine it s a place where soldiers can get Aid for their Supply and procurement ills. Initiated about a year ago under . Army Europe Pilot program the hazardous materials pharmacy provides a storage area and consolidation Point for supplies such As paint solvents cleaners and other hazardous materials. It also provides a free pickup Point for units seeking such items.  fashioned after the air Force and Navy programs officials estimate the site has saved the army $90,000 by not haying to pay waste disposal fees for items it has been Able to take in. The site also saves the support group Money by redistributing needed Supply items that otherwise might become outdated or left unused in a unit s storage area officials said r the pharmacy in Buildingt-53 on. Leighton Barracks also has grown since its inception. Now in an average week it gives out and receives approximately 30 to 40 line items officials said. According to Thomas Taylor an environmental assistant in the support group and a pharmacy warehouse worker the pharmacy distributed More than 15 Gallons of paint 62 quarts of lubricating Oil 15 Gallons of denatured alcohol and 10 barrels of Oil within the previous week and then some. The pharmacy serves about 50 units and organizations in the Wurzburg Kitzinger and Gie Belstadt areas. Lucinda Ivy a research assistant at the support group s environmental. Office and director of the pharmacy facility said it is hoped that More units will Start their own pharmacies. The 98th ask took the initiative to Start the program said Ivy currently it s the Only one for the army in  within minutes after walking into the pharmacy a unit representative can find an item sign for it and be on his or  when the. I program ," Ivy said a unit  need a cleaning solvent for tools or parts. By making one Call to our office the unit can request the solvent if we have it in Stock and get it free just for  Taylor said it Only takes a couple of minutes to get what you need fill out the paperwork pick up the item and leave Ivy emphasized the new pharmacy is. Not a hazardous waste disposal site Tonly items that Are unopened and usable can be brought to the  the pharmacy begins computerization and automation units will eventually be on line for quicker and easier Access. Eventually we Hope to get computers and modems hooked up so every unit is on line with the hip Ivy  s hazardous materials pharmacy also ensures compatibility storage of hazardous materials so environmental issues and problems Are  s one of the reasons this facility is a Good idea. If a unit stores items and there is a leak or spill there Are environmental problems Taylor said. Our storage containers Are designed to handle these kinds of accidents should they  army conference stresses Equa soldiers urged to Challenge biases by Carlos Bongioanni staff writer Heidelberg Germany top army enlisted soldiers in Europe were urged wednesday to Stop judging others and pull the plug on  Morris Massey a consultant on human dynamics and behaviour told 200 people gathered in Heidelberg for a two Day equal Opportunity conference that racial tensions and prejudicial attitudes permeate the world. If we the human race were at sea we would literally be sinking lie told the group of command sergeants major and unit equal Opportunity advisers. Massey was one of Many guest speak ers invited by the army in an Effort to heighten awareness about equal Opportunity issues in the military. We re interested in improving the equal Opportunity climate in Europe said col. Bill Alexander the Deputy chief of staff for personnel for the . Army Europe. Typically we hold one of these conferences a year but this year we re looking for a new and dynamic approach for doing business by having a series of  / Usa eur held its first equal Opportunity conference for senior military Lead ers in March this conference is designed  the visibility of the program by educating soldiers at the unit level. Everything boils Down to individual responsibilities Massey said. We re at the Crossroads. We need to Stop and make a very Clear Choice to open up to people who Are different from us or re main with our biases. This is the Only thing that will save us from  Massey s presentation focused on the clash of individual values. He said values determine How people mature what their behaviour will be and How they respond to other people. In most people he said 90 percent of their values Are set by the time they re 10 years old. By the time someone enters adult Hood most of their values Are fixed unless a significant emotional event affects them he said. Is Carlos Bongioanni Morris Massey says he tries to Jolt people in the audience into challenging some of their beliefs about others. I Massey said he hoped his seminar would strike at the hearts of those listen ing so they might have such an emotion Al  otherwise no amount of sermonizing could change a person s biases. I used to think that if at least 25 per cent of the audience did t get pissed from what i was saying i was t doing my Job i want them to get jolted. I want to Goose them mentally. Get them Shook up and trigger them to think about what they believe.". Massey s humorous anecdotes about religious beliefs traditional values age and sexual habits had some people Shak ing their Heads. Other speakers at the conference which ends today include or. Robert Terry a consultant and Trainer in leadership Quality and diversity John Gray a confrontational speaker who exposes the prejudices of groups of people by acting out common attitudes toward race Gen Der age and sexual orientation and or. Sue Helen Guenter Schlesinger who addresses the issues of sexual harassment and other equal Opportunity issues. _ . Military task Force finishes Hospital renovation in Albania Tirana Albania is after nearly 10 weeks of working with Albani an engineers an american military task Force has finished its renovation projects at Tirana s military . The completion of the projects brought the humanitarian Mission dubbed use Kristal to a close wednesday. Since the exercise began july 1, nearly250 . Military personnel have been part of the partnership for peace initiative. The renovation projects were completed under the direction of the South Carolina National guard. Units participating in the work included Active duty and Reserve components from the 2nd naval construction brigade Little Creek naval amphibious base a. Naval Sta Tion Rota Spain . Marine corps re serve engineers from Peoria 111. And . Marine corps Reserve military police from Lexington ky., Pittsburgh and Dayton Ohio. Use Kristal s end was marked in a Cere Mony wednesday morning according to european come spokesman maj. Lew Boone. Exercise participants Are return ing to their stations and Are expected to be Home within the next few Days. Use Kristal May seem insignificant i. But in Albania it will have a lasting effect not Only on the soldiers but the civilians who u be the Hospital Albania s minister of defense said during the ceremony. During the exercise engineers under took a number of projects to improve the Hospital in one of Europe s poorest coun tires. The work included installing  Generator and lighting installing 12 water Heaters replacing the sewage system and drilling two Wells for fresh water. Use Kristal participants also tackled jobs beyond that scope including re pairing and re plastering the third floor Walls in the Hospital s neurology depart ment the statement said. . Contributions to the albanian hos Pital included a package of nearly 550,000 in supplies such As Hospital Beds bedside tables mattresses linens As sorted medical equipment surgical instruments and Medicine. Another .-Abanian military exer Cise called peaceful Eagle is to begin tuesday according to a Neucom state nent