European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes  As Anc Rew s branches out by Wayne v. Hall v " staff writer bad or Yeznach Germany Andrews Federal credit Union is giving away Money sound too Good to be True Well it won t be for at least 15 Lucky users of the credit Union s automatic Teller machine Here who la get a $50 Bill in place of the usual $20. /. V y " a costly publicity stunt but the credit Union feels it s in Good order to celebrate the grand reopening of it bad Kreuz Nach Branch following extensive construction and improvements. Festivities will begin at 1 30 . Today with a two Hou Barbecue and a 2 . Ribbon cutting ceremony at the Bank s new  near the Post office on Rose Barracks. This is our Way of saying a big thanks to the bad Kreuz Nach Community said Angela Toda marketing manager for the credit Union. The improvements at bad Kreuz Nach Are the most recent in numerous changes taking place at Andrews nine branches in Germany and the Netherlands said Hank Addison the credit Union s senior vice president for overseas operations. The credit Union has refurbished All its branches in Europe and it opened a new Branch at Schinnen Netherlands in july. Credit Union members in Darmstadt Germany Willet an  next month that dispenses both dollars and Deutsch Marks and customers in Schinnen also will see a new   on line in november that will dispense dollars As  As a foreign currency Al though it s still a tossup Over whether it will be German Marks or dutch guilders. Another major change for the credit Union will come in november of december when the Branch at Rhein main a Germany moves from building 168 to a larger space in building 153the Branch s  also willbe moved but of the air movement come passenger terminal and located in the Branch office. The credit Union has begun offering customers a toll free phone number to its offices in the states. We established the toll free Telephone line to Pur . Branches so that our customers could apply for Loans or conduct other business with the credit Union from Home if they were not Able to get to their Branch during the Day Addison said. The toll free number for customers calling the states from Europe is 0130-82-8748. Space device finally up running space Center Houston a Nasa got a troubled research satellite Back into operation wednesday but not before it endured several More hours of delays. Ground controllers beamed up commands Early wednesday for the $25 million Wake shield. Facility which is trailing space shuttle endeavour to resume growth of Ultra thin ultrapure semiconductor films. But the Experiment stalled soon thereafter when satellite instruments failed to distribute atomic arsenic the principal material out of which the film was to have been manufactured on a tiny template. Controllers rerouted the com mands to the Power Supply for the arsenic Heater and finally got the arsenic flowing. Scientific operations resumed by midday. This is More or less a make or break Effort for the Wake shield project said Nasa spokesman Rob Navias the dish shaped Wake shield is designed to produce the sem icon the Wake shield facility is deployed from the robot  of the endeavour earlier in the week in this image from Nasa television. Ductor materials Only l/100th the thickness of a human hair by expos ing prepared surfaces to molecular beams of arsenic and other chemical compounds. Physicists had hoped the Craft using the pure vacuum in its Wake would manufacture seven semiconductor films of unprecedented Quality. Such material could ultimately Lead to faster computers. When experiments were halted tuesday three semiconductor wafers had been produced. Ground control lers squeezed in a fourth wafer wednesday after working around the latest trouble with Only a fifth Sample planned because of the delays. On tuesday the 12-foot steel disk was shut Down by controllers after it overheated arid began flying at the wrong Angle. Video team tapes season s greetings by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a Germany about 10,000 service members and their families Are expected to Send sea son s greetings Home via video this year As part of a annual taping program. Crews from the Hometown news service located at Kelly fab in san Antonio Are crisscrossing Europe forthe next several weeks taping Holiday greetings-1 from service members. Hometown news then takes the taped messages and sends hem to local television stations for airing during the Holiday season. The Holiday greetings Campaign was unintentionally launched 12 ye3rs ago by an army and air Force Hometown news service camera Crew on assignment inthe Sinai Peninsula said army staff sgt. Mike Eisens Mith. After filming a segment on a . Contingent stationed in the Sinai a Hometown news service camera Man asked some service members if they wanted to say something to their folks and friends Back Home said Eisensmith a news service cameraman currently on tour in Germany. The greetings were so Well received the Hometown news service decided to dispatch a Crew the following fall with the sole purpose of asking service members to wave smile and pass along season s greetings to the folks Back Home. In the first year More than 1,000 people participated in the program Eisensmith said. It really Means a lot to our families said Tracy Goudy the wife of air Force senior airman Don Goudy. The Goudy recently taped two messages one for. Don Goudy s family in Burnsville Minn. The other for Tracy Goudy s family in san Antonio. This is the second year they have stood before a video camera for a Holiday greeting card but the first with their 7v-month-old daughter Katelyn the filming itinerary for Germany is a pan Dahlem today bad Kreuz Nach Friday Baum older saturday Darmstadt monday and tuesday Hanau wednesday and thursday Wiesbaden sept. 22 Heidelberg sept. 23 Mannheim sept. 25 Wurzburg sept. 26-27 kit Zingen sept. 28-29 Vilseck oct. 2-3 Grafe Wohr oct. 4-5 Bamberg oct. 6 and Schweinfurt oct. 7. Filming is scheduled to be in Macedonia on oct 8-11. Sites in the Mediterranean include la Maddalena Sardinia on Friday inc Riik Turkey monday and tuesday Prinz to Turkey wednesday Izmir. Turkey sept. 22 Kuwait City sept. 25-26 saudi Arabia sept 28-30 and Bahrain and Navy ships at sea oct. 2-5, v thursday september 14,1995 huge Bazaar opens today at Ramstein a by the stars and stripes Ramstein a Germany the largest . Bazaar in Europe opens Here at 2 . Today in hangars land 2. The 3jst Ramstein welfare Bazaar is open to All nato and . Id card holders and continues through sunday. The Bazaar runs from 2 to 9 . Today 10 . To 9 . Friday and. Saturday and noon to 6 . Sunday. " i the Bazaar offers collectibles clothing leather goods porcelain paintings furniture handmade crafts and other merchandise from across Europe All goods Are sold tax free and payment is accepted Only in . Dollars. Signs will be posted guiding shoppers from Ramstein Gates to the Bazaar. Parking is available on  medical exercise finished Heidelberg Germany nearly 1,500 soldiers and airmen from seven nato nations concluded a five Day medical evacuation exercise wednesday at the  army s Grafe Wohr training area. " " the exercise dubbed broken body 95, started Friday As More than 150 casualties were put into play during its first few hours. It marked the second time nato forces have conducted such an exercise. The first was in 1993. Service members from Belgium Denmark France Germany the Netherlands the United kingdom and the United states took part in the exercise which was designed in Oart to train for military medical crises such As those during com feat. Portions of the exercise also were conducted at Brueggen a near the German dutch Border and at a military Hospital in utrecht Netherlands. Meeting for music teachers a music conference aimed at music educators teachers and advocates of music will be. Conducted sept. 30-qct. 1 at . Arnold High school in Wiesbaden. The conference is being sponsored by the european music educators association which is a part of the Eastern division of the music educators " National conference and promotes music education in Europe. " / ,. The association is open to All music teachers in department of defense dependents schools International or Host nation schools As Well As universities and private teachers. The idea is to promote a network of teachers who share ideas on teaching trends innovations and practices according to Nancy Brashier the convention coordinator. Some of the activities will focus on compute music program previews festival planning and teaching strategy sessions. Brashier said registration will be accepted on the Day of the conference but those who want to stay overnight should Contact Brashier by sept. 23 so she can make hotel reservations. The Cost is $20 for association members and $25. For no association members not including accommodations. For More information or to Register Contact Brashier at Wurzburg elementary school in Germany at 0931 707097. Brashier s electronic mail address is 100522.2053compu5erve.cdrn. Memorial rite held for fallen Ansbach Soldier Wurzburg Germany a memorial serv ice was held wednesday for a 3rd inf div Soldier who died of apparently natural causes last week in his Barracks room in Ansbach. Spec. Edward f. Kreiger 22, of co a 603rd aviation support in was found on the floor of his room in building 5843c on bismark Cavern about 3 30 . Friday by a Friend officials said. A . Army doctor and military police were called to the scene. Kreiger was pronounced dead at 4 . Kreiger is survived by his Mother Shirley Kreiger of Livingston Mont. Officials from the criminal investigation come arc investigating the death