European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June stars and stripes Page 3 family says Kaltenbrunne housing Mold made child ill by Seth Robson stars and stripes Germany More cases of moldy military housing have emerged in Germany following revelations of Ira bound 2nd cavalry Stryker regiment troops and their families sick ened by it at several families from the which is to de ploy to Iraq in moved out of the military housing area near Grafe Wohr training area last month after army inspectors discovered Mold and contaminated Timber in some of the last other personnel still living in Kaltenbrunne complained that the army has been slow to Deal with the Debbie one of several people who contacted stars and stripes about Mold in military hous ing following a Story last said she complained to army Garrison Grafe Wohr officials about Mold in her House in March but had yet to see any work done to fix we have Mold Down in our Heater room All along the it is visible Black you cant Tell the extent of it because they wont pull the wallpaper Back to we have it All around the Shower in the Bath it is also in our main she whose husband works for the depart ment of emergency services at blames the Mold for making her 3yearold Daugh she always has a Runny in Winter it is As soon As it gets she gets i took her to the health clinic and they told me it is unlikely the Black Mold is causing but i think it contrib she adding that her daughters symptoms disappear whenever the family leaves the House for More than a Backhaus said she Doest want to move out of housing she wants the army to fix the the Mold problems in military housing Are not limited to Jennifer a military spouse in said she moved out of a moldy apartment on Bismarck near in Crooke said a doctor blamed the Mold for her daughters respiratory which have disappeared since the family Melissa Horn said she also moved out of an apart set and stripes Debbie with daughter Alexis and son says Mold in her of Post military housing unit in is making 3yearold Alexis ment on Bismarck in because of severe Mold Horn said she glad to be out of the moldy building but worried about families still living there and in another moldy building next those buildings need to be she army Garrison Grafe Wohr did not respond tuesday to stripes questions about the moldy hous army Garrison Ansbach director of Public works Timothy Richardson said the Garrison received complaints of Mold in bathrooms of the end units of building the repairs to the bathroom were treating the Mold and covering it with Wall Rich Ardson wrote in an in two the occupants were provided air cleaners and they he another family was More sensitive to the Mold and was moved Richardson said the climate in Ansbach is Cool and so Small amounts of Mold should be Tol he said Mold can be kept in Check with conscientious ventilation and people with Mold complaints should Call the Dpi or Richardson email Seth Robson at  former Stuttgart employee jailed for taking bribes by Charlie Coon stars and stripes Germany a former employee of special operations command Europe in Stuttgart was sentenced Friday to a year in prison for taking bribes in return for steering work to a roman abased con Steven must also pay Back any Cash or property he gained through his bid Manipur lating relationship with contractor Philip according to a Justice depart ment news Merkes received in Cash and a Promise of future employment from Bloom in Exchange for help ing him apply for and bid on government of Las who had pleaded guilty on was sentenced by judge Colleen Kol la Kotelly in District court for the District of Merkes worked in Stuttgart As an operational support planner in the special operations com mands future operations Divi his duties included planning and managing military exercises for forces in including according to the Justice department press re a former worked with Active duty project officers to select and manage outside contractors such As who provided services in connection with the in his Merkes was authorized to evaluate and recommend according to the from january 2005 through april Merkes helped Bloom secure the lucrative con the european which oversees the special operations declined to comment on the specifics of the Merkes worked with the Spe Cial operations command until ii this should be a lesson to All who seek to do immoral or unethical f f Jamie Wood european command Early said Jamie a Neucom the department of Justice investigated the listed allegations against him and he pleaded guilty and was this should be a lesson to All who seek to do immoral or unethical Wood a citizen who lived in was one of the ringleaders in a wide ranging scheme to defraud the former coalition provisional authority of he was sentenced in february to 46 months in prison and or dered to forfeit million for committing bribery and Money laundering and conspiring to de Tutie Case led to the arrests of at legit four service members and Oliree one of the civil Robert was sentenced 29 to nine years in prison for charges including weapons a former comptroller with the coalition provisional a was convicted among other stealing Money from the coalition provisional authority of Iraq that was fun need to Bloom for the Purchase of assault silencers and grenade launchers for personal use in the United Accord ing to the Justice Bloom has cooperated with the others charged in the Case in clude Curtis Debra Michael Wheeler and Bruce Hopfen and civilians Michael Morris and William email Charlie Coon at  Baumholz debased my killed on patrol in Baghdad by John Vandiver stars and stripes killed by Small arms fire Friday while operating on the streets of Baghdad with soldiers from the 127th military police Bruce an my the Pentagon announced late based out of was homers unit was among those three soldiers searching for seized last month in an ambush outside homers father told his Hometown the morning journal of an 18year army Veter was assigned to the 127th my 709th my 18th my 21st theater support at Flieger Horst Kaser be in Germa 127th has sol Diers stationed at numerous bases around Ger including Baum Homer Amemori Al service will be held in Baum Holder on Horner lived in Kaiserslautern with his according to his before moving to the homers lived in Newport Betty Horner said her son planned to retire from the army after he served 20 Horner was stationed at a Power Plant in according to family Mem after graduating from High school in Horner became an emergency medical techno he then joined the army and eventually moved to in the Washington Hor Ner was described by friends As an unloving Man who never hesitated to invite new acquaintances to his Church in Newport he was a wonderful Tammy the wife of Hor ners told the Horner Sang and worked with youth groups at Olivet Christian Horner and his wife lived in the Newport news area for about six the daily press of Newport 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