European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 242007 stars and stripes pages awards Honor local theater performances Courtesy of Martin Greeson from left Sylvia Rausch Steven Stanfill and Jeanne Ragonese of the Roadside theater perform during saturdays tournament of plays Topper awards show in Heidelberg Germany the annual awards show sponsored by installation management command Europe recognizes the Best technical musical acting artistic and directing performances in local theater Wiesbaden Amelia Earhart playhouses women on fire was named Best drama shape entertainment centers the female Odd couple won Best comedy and Bamberg stable theater won Best musical for its performance of Little women for a full list of the winners go to  Mannheim hearing to weigh dismissed Gan death charges by Steve Mraz stars and stripes Kaiserslautern Germany hearing to reconsider last weeks dismissal of several charges against pc Bobby Morrissette has been scheduled for thursday in Mannheim 1 army judge James Pohl a Colo Nel granted a prosecution motion to reconsider his april119 ruling in which he dismissed charges against Morrissette of involuntary manslaughter aggravated As Sault hazing belonging to a gang and making a false official state ment the charges stemmed from the july 2005 death of sgt Juwan Johnson Johnson was beaten july 3 2005 near Kaiserslautern during an alleged initiation into the gangster disciples and died from his injuries the next Day such hearings Are not uncommon said maj Jeremy Robinson Morrissette Lead defense attorney this gives the government an Opportunity to show new Case Law or provide additional evidence Robinson said As of Early monday afternoon Robinson said he had not been Given notice As to specifically Why army prosecutors requested the reconsideration hearing Morrissette still faces an Early june court martial on charges of indecent acts indecent language and two violations of a no Contact order email Steve Mraz at Aviano airman Dies on hiking trip stars and stripes Aviano air base Italy an Aviano airman died saturday while hiking with friends near Lake Barcuis airman 1st class Zachary Weber 21 of the 31st aircraft maintenance Squadron was fatally injured in a fall according to a 31st fighter Wing news release a memorial service has been scheduled for 3 pm Friday at Hanger 1 on the base two other hikers lost sight of Weber but heard falling rocks and breaking branches while hiking saturday afternoon they called Rescue personnel who located Weber after a search of about hours he was pronounced dead at the scene by a local Coroner Lake Barcuis and the town that bears the same name Are located almost directly North of Aviano with several mountains in be tween a few Small roads that wind through the Southern Edge of the dolomites Mountain Range connect the Valley with the Large Plain to the South word of webers death circulated quickly around the base we wish his family Squadron mates and the entire Aviano Community strength Heartfelt Condo Lences and Wisdom As we struggle to Cope with the loss of a Young and vibrant Lif e Brig Gen Rob stars and stripes Ert Yates Wing commander stated in the release some americans say Europe bases others say warnings like one last weekend Are part of living overseas by John Vandiver stars and stripes Amanda Garcia could have been anyone when she waltzed onto a Mili tary housing area in Southwest Ern Germany on sunday she used a Little travelled Footpath that gives Access to the complexes Homes schools and social service facilities not a glance from a guard no identification card Check required she said i was blown away by it said Garcia the wife of an army ser Geant if s like youre asking for it Garcia 27 said she ran her Security test after Reading news re ports that the German authorities Are monitoring a group of suspect Ved terrorists thought to be plan Ning attacks on us bases or diplomatic buildings in the country on Friday the us embassy in Germany posted a message that aired on american forces net work stating that americans in Germany face an increased threat of terrorism and warned them to be on the Lookout at bases around Europe word of the heightened threat condition provoked reactions ranging from fear to complacency at a base in Hessen the Gate is kept open at one housing area enabling walkers and Drivers to move in and out freely according to resident Melanie Buckley we Are sitting ducks Buck Ley wrote in an email to stars and stripes Buckley said she believes that the City wants to leave the Gate open so people can use one of the streets As a shortcut to their places of business at any Given time there Are any number shape and size of Box trucks loading vans semis and Metal trailers parked in Vari Ous places up and Down our streets coming and going at All hours of the Day and night How do you report something unusual in that Case Buckley wrote military Public affairs officers could not provide an immediate explanation monday regarding the situations reported by Garcia and Buckley meanwhile reaction to the heightened threat level was mixed in other parts of Germany England and Italy we see warning messages All the time so i want too Wor ried about it said Marcus Hamp ton a 21yearold dependent in Naples Italy european command officials announced Security exercises would Start saturday night at a number of military bases through out Europe the announcement noted the us embassy warning but it did not say whether the exercises were in response to Fri Days Alert Only the us embassy in Germany has issued such a warning Navy officials in Naples sent an email message monday morning telling residents of a Force Protection exercise and alerted them of possible traffic delays at the base Gates the Security bulletin proved More frustrating than any thing else for senior chief Petty officer Joe Caragiulo a drug an alcohol Counselor with naval Hospital Naples who saw the Alert on an my Only concern was the Lack of information Caragiulo said monday they put out a threat advisory without telling us what to be vigilant for what prompted it where it came from More info a Tibia would have been Nice in a separate email Navy officials said All Naples based com mands now must review their Force Protection plans and in crease random antiterrorism measures As for the army we constantly review our Security posture and maintain the flexibility to in crease or decrease that posture based on current conditions said Bruce Anderson a us army Europe spokesman for some occasional threat warnings Are nothing new and part of living overseas i think for any american out of the states youre More susceptible to terrorism said Mirando Mayo whose husband is based in Kaiserslautern in the United kingdom one res ident said she didst think Gate Security was Good enough i really dont feel Safe on base because they let British cops on base without checking said Stacey Hegler a civilian de pendent at Raf Mildenhall England anyone could have been in that car for her part Garcia wants to see Steps taken to strengthen Secu Rity pedestrians Only recently have been Able to gain Access to this particular area via the foot path Garcia said with a portion of the housing Complex being turned Over to German citizens traffic patterns and Access Points were altered in my opinion More patrols should be going on id love to see them put a Fence up said Garcia who Only noticed the Security Hole a few Days ago staff writers Sandra Jontz Scott Schonau Erand Ben Murray contributed to this report Emai John Vandiver at