European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Shes turned a Hobby into a passion Nyji Colonna staff writer Athens secs a picture May be Worth a thousand but to Darlene pictures Are Worth much whose husband Bill is a human relations instructor at  a in has turned a Hobby into a in a acc Cal six week the 37year old Amateur photographer went to India and look a five Island Lour in Greece to take photographs i took about i look 12oo in India 1 try to go on hours because they arc she Bui the tour groups usually gel a ill Lac Upsel with me because once in there i go off on my own and i always seem to gel Back a Little she has taken More than pictures during her is months in my Hus band is really Good about he even extended Here so 1 could get More Pic she has her own Model a 17yearold greek i dont pay but 1 pay for his weve flown to Crete and travelled All Over Greece during the i keep my camping equip ment in the car and ill just take Oil when i gel the since Ive been Here Ive also made it to Egypt and saudi she also made it to Germany once to Purchase her Darkroom and h has become an expensive passion for who says she helps support her habit by taking wedding pictures and official military 1 dont require much i heres thai rare occasion when Darlene Mckno Ghl becomes the subject of a photo by Gin Schueller Hoover fills High morale Mission Crete s4s first Hoover has Mure time on the Edh Cri about 15 minutes almost straight up the air Lalion than anyone hoovers been on the 970foot High mow Lal top overlooking the Aegean sea and its surroundings for a Little More than two years Hoover has Only been a lieutenant a Short before she was just Plain old the a we commissioned her directly o Rirl said pal detach ment Hoover first came to inc site after having her life saved by a couple q airmen assigned to the radio relay facility that serves As the Millary communication link Between Iraklion As and Mainland she was going to be destroyed and u couple of Guys went Down and got her just a few hours before she was going to be put to Shes been up Here Ever the Well behaved who has one run of the twp building site got her name because she vacuums up everything she can get a hold of the greatest thing about having could conceivably handle 60 Telephone Calls at one Tony a 26yearold Detroit who spent four years Al Pale Ras before coming to says he enjoys working on the smaller site the radio maintenance specialist said it is one of the Best locations to be assigned because of ils close proximity to a larger Pateras was a larger but it was a a hour drive from this is Only about 15 minutes i from Iraklion 1 like it belter there Are 20 people assigned to the but Ryan said no More than 10 people Are on the site Al a Given usually we work in Threeman each shift works 12 hours and the men work a 3day 3 Day off senior Dennis the site us said inc big Gisl worry the people on site have is transportation id and from the its no problem during the but the weather Here files pretty bad in Hie Ive been Here forever a year and weve always been Able to make l up the but a few times in got hairy Afler a heavy rain the Road just kind of washes Hyan said plans Are being made to prove the Pebble and dirt Access Road made when the site opened in dont spend a lot of Money on junk and i can account for every Penny and t play u she has built her own photo studio in the Back bedroom of her House and has converted her Kitchen into a a former Ruck Driver and said she has been interested in photography since she was 8 years but Only look it seriously since coming to this place is so it jus lends itself to she i i Hank Ive covered just about every Corner of Green i keep a map and t Mark nut every place Ive been and taken Mcknight is full of vigor and said she never gels 1 Only need a few hours sleep at i Donl like to waste any part or a i shoot during lie Day and print until Laic it Ive been to 31 countries and 33 Stales in the and there Are still a lot of places i want to she said she Hopes to gel into Pho Logra Phy As a but i still have a Idt to learn everything Ive Learned has been through trial and Ive experimented a lot to get the Rigort exposure and who comes from her most interesting photographic safari was to i hired a taxi for a full it Only Cost me about we went into Little villages and i tried to meet the people and id them know was really in be rested in them so they would let new shoot More in their Homes and in pretty outgoing Ana i guess in pretty t would just walk Inlo some ones Village House and Start Al first they would wonder what i was but most of the people were very there for Sunrise when in out especially in i love to just sleep on the thai Way in right there for he i Jual enjoy living and the Freedom of she said thai being a with a Hus band in the has Given her a tremendous advantage Over other male Amateur they have to work and shoot in their spare my husband is very Ive got the Busl of both 1 gel to travel be cause Hes in the military and 1 Jemo photograph when i she added that her husband has gained a greater interest in he helps me More when we go on trips together he shoots color slides while i do the Black and i guess in pretty some people spend their entire lives never get Ting to do cd ally what they they work in jobs they areal Happy in doing just what i i guess you cant ask for much More than keep them it Dheri site is a troop the main station on piter j whether most spoiled member of the font Crew on  site la Crete i Mascot photo by