European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 5, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 9 he s up to snuff As a sniffer spec. 4 Ginger Prettyman cuddles Coffee a Cairn terrier undergoing a 180-Day test period in Europe to deter mine the feasibility of using Small dogs in a drug detection role. One advantage of Small dogs for such purposes is in examining cars As Coffee is doing at the right. Army photos by George Korda coffee7 is no drip As narcotic sniffer by George Korda when people see a German Shepherd standing there they immediately think attack dog or killer says spec. 4 Ginger Prettyman. But with Coffee they say in t he cute and that makes our Job easy and keeps other people s nerves  Prettyman and her sidekick Coffee a 16 Pound Cairn terrier Are a drug detection team with the 42nd my group customs Rhein main detachment. Coffee is the first of a new Breed of Small drug detection dogs in the army. He is undergoing a 180 Day test period in Europe to determine the feasibility of using Small dogs in a drug detection role. Prettyman said the advantages of Small dogs Are varied. Small dogs can go places the larger dogs just can t go at All or can t reach with out a lot of difficulty. Coffee can go easily into aircraft cockpits cars and even walk around on top of car engines without disturbing a thing. Sometimes we have to conduct car searches and people Don t like German shepherds tromping around on their seats. Coffee can move around inside a car even next to a sleeping baby quietly and just As effectively. Also most people Are afraid of Large dogs. When someone Steps off the plane at Rhein main terminal and sees one of those massive German shepherds they get scared. But Coffee does t scare any body she said. This in t to say that you Don t need Large dogs because you do Prettyman added. Large dogs Don t have to work As hard As Small ones and they Are effective longer. A German Shepherd can work until he s about 11 years old while Coffee can Only work until he s 7 or 8." when it comes to finding illegal drugs Coffee is As effective As any dog working Prettyman said. Coffee is trained to find heroin opium cocaine hashish and marijuana. At the Nijm Egen marches in Holland he was the Only dog to make a find. He detected hash ish in the pocket of a shirt which was wrapped in a clothes bundle underneath a shelter half in the Back seat of a  she said that Coffee works on a food Reward system. When he finds narcotics he gets a Small piece of food As a Reward. When he does the still gets Praise. The secret to working with a Small dog is the rapport you establish with it pret Tyman said. I Deal with Coffee just As i would a 3-year-old child. He thinks he s a person. While he May not be that he s still Mommy s baby she added looking at the Small dog which wagged his Tail and sat up at the words. In some ways he is smart she said. Sometimes he takes me for a walk. Hell slip the choke Chain Over my wrist with his Teeth. Then he puts the Loop in his Mouth and pulls me. If i try to move off the path he s chosen he pulls and tugs until i get Back on line. But As cute As he is he in t a pet she added quickly. He s a military working dog. He s got a Job to do and he s Good at it. I work with him 8-10 hours a Day. This includes training in his Job and obedience training which i give him on my own. I have some free time on the weekends but i work with him then  if during one of their drug detection assignments the situation should become serious or dangerous is Coffee capable of springing into action and coming to her Aid i Don t think so Prettyman said with a Grin. He s a Lover not a  George Korda is an information specialist assigned to the Usa eur he Public affairs off ice arc again is offering Low Cost ski week deals Garmisch Germany is at Tention skiers it s not too soon to Start thinking Snow and planning for the slopes this Winter. The armed forces recreation Center arc has a variety of economical ski week plans in the bavarian Alps. The Winter fun will get under Way Here on nov. 6, and in Berchtesgaden and Chi Emsee on dec. 4.a Basic ski week at Garmisch for example can Cost As Little As $130. That $130 buys six nights of billeting in an arc hotel breakfast every morning three dinners ski equipment rental lift and Cable car fees ski instruction transportation Between hotel and ski area a swimming party and a graduation banquet. If you Are not interested in All the frills and want to get your own hotel and meals the Cost for a week of instruction lift fees and awards banquet is $77. Other packages Are available for example with lodging but without meals. Prices vary accordingly. The same ski weeks Are available at both Chi Emsee and Berchtesgaden with a slight variation in Price. The ski Austria week will Appeal to an intermediate skier. He or she can stay in Berchtesgaden but ski a differ ent austrian resort each Day. Then there s a Cross country ski week for those seeking a slower Pace on picturesque trails. Reservations for an arc ski week May be made up to three months in and Vance. For reservations in Garmisch Call Garmisch 2535-757 or 557, or write Garmisch billeting office attn ski week Apo 09053.for reservations at Chi Emsee or Berchtesgaden Call berchtesgaden2538-623 or 823 or write Berchtesgaden billeting office attn ski week Apo 09029. 2,500 controllers prep for reformer 77 action by de Hill Stuttgart Bureau chief Leitheim Germany is it s amazing How much time and Effort went into this thing said 1st it. Richard Hursey who is Here As the Liaison and and Vance party officer for the reformer 77 controller group. It was t just a Spur of the moment thing where someone said let s have a War game " Hursey explained that the controller staff was already activated in january and has been Busy reviewing the reports from last year and writing the directive for this  of the More than 2,500 controllers will get their own copy of the  he said. It tells them How to score actions How to Settle disputes everything they will need to know about reformer. All the rules Are  the directive is More than an Inch thick and contains More than 200 pages. This weekend the controllers will report to Camp Normandy in Grafe Wohr for four Days of intense training. Their vehicles More than 700 jeeps and numerous Gamma goats will be inspected before being certified As ready to  the maintenance personnel in Graf Are running a 24-hour-a-Day operation until All the controller vehicles Are certified he said. Hursey has been in Leitheim since aug. 24 getting things set up for the controller Headquarters Here. He has been working closely with the German air Force person Nel stationed Here. The germans have been very cooperative he said. But i Don t think they realized at first How immense this thing is going to  Fliege Horst Cavern Here is operated by the German air Force As a Basic training Center and aircraft support maintenance Center. It was first opened in March 1937 and during the War was used by the Messerschmidt aircraft company As a test facility. The world s first operational Jet fighter the me262, made its first test flight from Here according to local officials. Singapore after Jaywalker Singapore a when Singapore enforced its strict new jaywalking Law for the first time some 351 pedestrians were arrested and fined $4 each a police spokes Man said. Under the new Law the Maxi mum Fine for jaywalking is $20 while motorists who fail to give Way to a Pedes Trian May be fined up to $400