European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Wire artist stories and photos by Thea Abbott staff writer w Germany Sisi he said it would be impossible for me to Leam i guess that was the main reason i decided to said Ralph Butner Butner first saw his Hobby two years Aeo while visiting his brother in a Street Vendor there was displaying his necklaces when Butner stopped to Admire the wire the Vendor told him he team How to make the Long native went bought some wire and As he spoke he worked with a slender piece of i used to do this at shopping centers near he i could make about a april 1978 the stars and stripes a Doest Hove of be a Wallenda to his Talent in this Field Page 9 Lake within watching s of As then i make them into or he said Bulner work its hard difficulty in forming evenly wire he works quickly continuing to answer questions while he inc assures and shapes the wire the tools of his Craft Are always with him a length of wire and Needle nosed pliers is the hardest letter because it looks like an e when joined to other g and z Are also he i did one Complete alphabet to help my brother when he Butner has taught two of his four Broth ers his wire by joining the service he continued a family tradition As two of his Brothers Are also in the army before he Butner spent a lot of 1 made 100 chokers for Wax radio station in new and also took single he As a medic Here at he and he 79th engr combat Butner has less time to devote to his wire he did find the extra hours for his latest project the lords eighty one words writ ten in he worked four to five hours a Day for five Days to finish a lot of Lime considering it takes him Only three to five minutes to finish a on word in not going to sell this he looking at the Glass enclosed id like to give it to my grandmother in missis although Butler probably wont be work ing shopping centers when he gets out he plans to use his 01 Pill and become a paramedic lie still has ideas for other wire this is my first attempt at a id like to do some other verses from the he and Ive seen some wire people that id like to i figure if some one else can do so can i it lakes Only a few minutes for Ralph Butner to whip out a wire name neck but this Effort the lords prayer lords prayer in wire was a real he spent three to four hours of duty time each Day to get the Job for forces in Southern Germany Canadian stations use volunteers Butner pinches out a name Germany think you could do better than the announcer you hear on the radio every morning the canadians stationed in Southern Germany have a Chance to try just their two radio forces Canada rec and Canadian forces net work use about 25 volunteers to help their Busy volunteers have programs ranging from special interest musical shows to talk some volunteers Are actively searched for by the station while others just walk in off the said Claude pfc program More than 50 percent of the once Back in participate in various shows in the broadcast ing volunteers Arent the Only Way the Cana Dian stations differ rum the american forces network two ears Atco the canadians Here had Only one station which divided its programming Between English and rec broadcasts in can in although there Are More English speak Arou ing canadians stationed Here than French speaking rec has a Large Audi ence because of the areas closeness to the French our programming is directed solely to our Canadian audience hut we know Many other French speakers in the area listen to said Lith stations arc an integral part of the come vanity they our Job is to keep our people in touch with said Jeanclaude station director for both we dont have a daily Canadian and most of our people live on the econ our 200watt stations reach about 98 percent of the Canadian component in Europe and Are the lifeline of communications the radio stations broadcast seven Days a 18j hours a they entertain and Are a fast Way to notify people of an programs include talk news from shows for pre All types at and canadians discover More about each others interests with the French stations program music with an English accent and cons show Chez it tries to have something for eve classifieds Are extremely important Here and Are canadians do not bring their furniture with them so of course theres a High rate of Exchange with people arriving and said every classified received is translated and put on both the stations do More for the Community than inform via the radio last fall the radios Rekuc Shalhon 77 24 hours of solid music got do in pledges for Blind children Are the future plans for Canadian broadcasting Here of we Hope to continue to improve our services wed Alio like to said a to station right now is in the but info Stu being very not yet the air
