European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 252007 stars and stripes pages dance for Darfur Jimmy and stripes Bobby Mcknight shows off his break dancing skills at project Darfur a National Honor society sponsored fashion show held to Benefit Darfur charities the event was held Friday at Seoul american High school at Yon san Garrison Usk areas warned to avoid sunday protests by Jimmy Norris stars and stripes forces Korea is sued two Force Protection warn Ings Friday due to ant american demonstrations planned for Sun Day one of which could take place outside Yon san garrisons Gate 5 student dissident groups including the tonsil Rondae Hanchon Goryun and Pyon Tongsa plan to protest an annual us South korean exercise by holding an unregistered gathering outside Gate 5 sunday Between 2 and 5 pm the korean National police did not Issue a permit and have said they will not allow the groups to gather because of that the Usk Alert stated there is Poten tial for the protest to occur else where in the City the protesters May Burn representations of us flags throw items Over the Garrison Fence or attempt to illegally enter the installation according to earlier warnings the groups want to physically halt or interfere with two upcoming exercises Usk warned com Manders to avoid All Contact with protesters up to and including temporarily halting a training event until korean authorities Are Able to maintain order Usk personnel have been advised to avoid Gate 5 sunday and stay off Public transportation in the area Between 1 and 6 pm also sunday about 5000 Mem Bers of the pan National Organiza Tion against the Rokus free Trade agreement Are expected to conduct a registered Civ gather ing and March at 3 pm at Seoul City Hall Plaza while the gathering is expected to be peaceful Usk personnel have been advised to avoid the Plaza and Gwang Hwasun Citi Zens Park Between 2 and 7 pm email Jimmy Morris at  Osan leaders Hope Small sacrifices will save Money by Franklin Fisher stars and stripes Osan air base South Korea having airmen do their Laun dry with Only cold water and ask ing them to eat meals in the Din ing Hall instead of to go Are among Steps under Way at Osan air base to offset a budgetary shortfall officials said sans 51st fighter Wing is faced with a million shortfall this fiscal year which ends sept 30 officials said this is something that goes across the air Force said it col Michael e shavers the wings chief spokesman the budget shortfall is being Felt throughout Acaf Pacific air forces and its impacting Deci Sions throughout the air Force at Yokota air base in Japan 374th Airlift Wing commander col Scott Goodwin wrote in a feb 7 memorandum to All base personnel that we must do All we can to Cut expenses at the time Yokota was million Short in the fiscal year the War on terror Utility rate hikes increased infrastructure costs other funding limitations and budget cuts for a number of years Are factors in the Money crunch and have really made this year More of a Challenge shavers said he said it was too Early to say How much the Osan expects to save through the cos cutting Mea sures the Wing also has lowered the heat in dorms and other buildings Cut the number of aerobics classes offered at the base gym curbed civilian overtime and other personnel costs were going to implement these changes As Long As the Wing continues to operate with a fund ing deficit shavers said the hot water measures vary depending on where base Resi dents live in the dorms engineers shut off the hot water to washing machines in the laundry rooms but theres otherwise been no Cut in hot water to the dorms and air men continue to have Normal availability in their rooms its not like were taking cold showers Here shavers said in two on base family housing complexes Mustang Valley Vil Lage and Sora san Tower the hot water Supply to washing a airman reaction split Between frustration and resignation Osan air base Sutti Korea airmen stationed at Osan air base said recent cos cutting measures being taken to curb a monetary Short fall have posed minimal inconvenience to some and have an noyed and demoralized others the measures have been adopted to offset a million shortfall in the wings budget for fiscal 2007 f the airmen spoke to stars and stripes of the base because officials at sans 51st fighter Wing on Friday barred the news paper from interviewing airmen on base about the cos cutting the Wing is commanded by Brig Gen Joseph Reynes or one airman told stripes that she  give her name be cause she was afraid she would get in trouble for talking to the Media but she expressed frustration with the cos saving measures i think it sucks she said of a measure that does away with hot water for washing machines in dorms the water is already Rusty and that the water we drink too you cant get All the bacteria out like that she said her office no longer has hot water in the bathroom so she has to use cold water to Wash her hands another airman interviewed of base who also asked that his name not be published said the cos cutting measures Are not a big Deal to me you gotta do what you gotta do he said a move to have air men eat in the dining Hall in Stead of having their meals Togo was annoying but said it Little affected him because of his work and dining schedule in rejecting a stripes request Friday to interview airmen on Basey Wing spokesman it col Michael e shavers said officials had provided stars and stripes with an abundance of in formation considered that information sufficient and deemed interviews with airmen to gauge their reaction to the measures to be unnecessary to the coverage a staff sergeant said he thought airmen should be care Ful about commenting on Securi Tyr elated matters but questions about cos cutting Mea sures were in a different category he added one Junior enlisted airman was More outspoken they turn off the hot water for our washers he said add ing that the change has affected morale in his unit we work 1416 hours and we ask for our hot water they turn if off we just dont like that Franklin Fisher Chines cannot be turned off for mechanical reasons we have asked the residents to use cold water when washing laundry because it saves Money not having to heat hot water said shavers and with today detergents of course washing in cold is just As effective dining Halls Are restricting the use of paper Togo products to personnel in uniform the aim is to get airmen to eat meals in the dining Hall because the Only Cost is to Wash that plate and utensils that can be reused As opposed to taking the Togo items that cant be recycled and that we have to pay for he said the Wing saved through the measure in just one month shavers said in dorms and More than 200 other buildings temperatures will be somewhat cooler during whats left of the cold weather sea son because the boilers and thermostats have been turned Down he said the resulting savings in heat ing fuel and electricity Bills Are expected to reap the Wing a significant reduction in heating costs he said at the gym aerobic classes have been Cut from 22 to about 15 a move expected to save the Wing about a year in wages for instructors he said its going to require Small sacrifices by everybody on the base to add up and have an Impact on the big problem shavers said email Franklin Fisher at South Korea to open memorial Park in Honor of villagers killed by us army the associated press Seoul South Korea said thursday it would build a Park in memory of victims of the us a mys mass killing of South Kore an refugees at the Village of no gun i the Park will be built at the scene of the 1950 attack during the korean War said Choi Jongpil an official with a government commission on the shoot Ings the facility will be named no gun i history Park and will in clude a memorial for the victims and a museum Choi said the no gun i killings were documented in a pulitzer prizewinning Story by the associated press in 1999 which prompted a 16month Pentagon inquiry the Pentagon concluded in 2001 that the no gun i shootings were an unfortunate tragedy not a deliberate killing it suggested Panicky soldiers acting without orders opened fire be cause they feared that an approaching line of families carry ing baggage and followed by farm animals concealed North korean troops estimates vary on the number of dead at no gun i 100 Miles Southeast of Seoul us soldiers estimates ranged from under 100 to hundreds dead korean survivors say about 400 mostly women and children were killed hundreds More refugees were killed in later similar episodes survivors say