European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes january 1981 letters to the editor delay in pay for army civilians civilian employees serviced by the finance and accounting Are being cheated and discriminated according to your news article on civilian employees of Safe Are paid within one week after the end of their pay while Usa eur civilian employees Are paid two weeks Usa eur civilian employees Are being deprived of their earnings one additional with the incorporation of computer technology most Fao improved their and Usa eur Fao should be Able to do the if the staff cannot handle the present it is suggested that about half of the employees pay period be changed one week earlier or so that the paychecks can be issued much Miyake Germany editors note civilian pay Usa finance and accounting replies the statutes require civilian employees to be paid not later than 12 jays following the end of a pay the army finance and accounting provides pay service to All department of the army civilians and department of defense school personnel within the european except those in and in provid ing this we work with 34 civilian personnel offices of which nine Are located outside the Federal Republic of the major Factor in payroll administration is the timely receipt of properly recorded and certified time and attendance reports submitted by some timekeepers in the computation of pay cannot be made and paychecks cannot be released until certified time and attendance reports Are for various some time and attendance reports Are not received until thursday and Friday following the end of the pay the establishment of a firm cutoff Date earlier in the week would enable computation for reasons beyond their employees in outlying areas would not be paid regularly because the time and attendance reports would not be received by the established we have also considered the concept of two separate pay periods for the employees we the maintenance of two separate payroll systems would not overcome the geographical problem of receipt of time and attendance reports and maintenance of separate timed payroll cycles is simply not the processing of one pay period within the 12 Days provides a fairness to the total Federal Law provides that civil service pay raises Are effective on the first Day of the pay period after Safe pays on schedule a while Usa eur pays on schedule currently schedule b is one week behind schedule due to the extra Day each year 365 divided by 26 and two Days on leap schedule b will move ahead of a in the second week delay relates to the Date of the Safe dates checks six Days after the end of the pay whereas Usa Facer dates checks 12 Days after the pay due to the greater disbursement of employees paid by it is not possible to process All time and attendance Complete the pay computation and mail checks within one for this the final payroll Cycle is run Over the weekend with checks being mailed on tuesday and dated 12 Days after the end of the pay the department of the army currently has a civilian contractor working on redesign of the Standard army civilian pay system when completed in together with the use of electronic May allow an earlier payday for civilians paid by poor condition of ambulances the Rise and fall of the stable i would like to know Why it is so difficult for the government to Purchase com Mercial the dispenser on my Post has two 1972 Dodge Van ambulances which Are in dire need of ninety percent of the one of the two ambulances is in ans Bach for repairs or broken Down some each vehicle has at least hard driven Miles on causing them to Wear out completely and break Down con when this we Are forced to use the services of the German ambulance which results in the Unnic Cesary spending of our Post is 60 Miles from the nearest pen pals wanted please could you include my name and address and that of my Friend in your pen pals we Are English of West Indian parents i like and writing to my Friend likes and we Are both 23 years King Flat 14 Kelvin Grove Liverpool i Merseyside England Mangaroo 32 Kelvin Grove Liverpool 8 Merseyside England i am 17yearold Girt living in i speak three languages French at a first and English As second i have been teaming English Onty Tor two years and would like to practice my in interested in writing to pen from to Over the world who Are Between 18 and 22 years old and who speak or my hobbies Are writing browsing in and Zahar Rue Des martyrs be Tunisia army Hospital and while transporting a sick or injured patient to the the vehicles break Down before reaching the in May cause the patient More prolonged pain or even determine the life or death of the i know i would never be Able to forgive the government if my family had to suffer any extra pain or even death due to the poor condition of our is this the Way the army medical serv ices Are run Why cant our government spend its Money on its own country first before they lend it to other countries withheld Germany editors note Howard director of us Reurs re source management and services replies department of the army funding for administrative use vehicles aug has been austere in recent since the Type ambulances referred to Are those vehicles have aged along with us Reurs other subject to that limited availability of the criteria for re placement have been the conditions of both we rage and Usa eur is programmed to receive 68 percent of by 81s total aug funds and patient transporters have been Given first priority in by 81 euro Pean vehicle approximately 90 such vehicles will be making a significant Impact on patient transporter Fleet readiness by Stuttgart american High school was or dered to Stop operation of a Kiosk Wurst stand during the lunchtime an a a fes representative told the local Hierarchy that the Kiosk was in violation of an army this a forbids the exis tence of Competition to the a a fes Mono i assume this is to protect cafes for our one year ago the third largest retailer in the truely were thrown into Competition with a fac run on Grill Kiosk called the the stable competed with a menu of Curry slush puppies and cafes offers none of these items for Sale except the stable Only served Wurst to a Maxi mum of 125 people out of a population of that leaves 625 people for cafes to they Only served about the same amount of people As the the Wurst at the stable were always fresh and cooked just before cafes prepared their Frozen in what Good did the stable do anyway one May this Kiosk was giving the Stu dents experience in food store personnel the stable was earning non appropriated funds to assist student organizations in their financial needs As Well As supplementing the administrative in the one year that the stable was allowed to operate they increased the experience of 200 students All on a Volunteer of we should not forget the new soccer uniforms they or their Gener Ous support to the Model United or How they helped bail the yearbook put of or How they bought health supplies for a Dodds directed new health program or their support to Many other school functions like the German last november cafes had to close due to maintenance problems and the stable helped out by increasing its Wurst product the school didst go hungry and Many students discovered they liked that not the stables what we want Here at Stuttgart is to have the stable if then give us some answers to these questions if the american Way is free then Why were the defenders of put out of business by a monopoly can cafes now provide the students with the learning experience lost by the forced shutdown can cafes provide the school with Matching funds to make up for what is lost by the eviction Young Brickley Manuel Germany in a student at Stuttgart american High the stable is operated by volunteers out of a room within the school its purpose is to raise badly needed funds for school it is staffed entirely by it has been labelled an illegal commercial it is not a commercial if the stable is in then so Are the bake Button dances and other fundraisers held by the Davis Germany editors note George Deputy Community command Stuttgart military replies the unpopular decision to close the the operating at the Stuttgart american High school was a necessary the subsequent protestations from faculty and students labelled cafes As the major Force behind the this perception is in november the stable adopted the lunch hour customers who would have reminder All letters to the editor must contain the full printed name and address of the writer and must be we do not read unsigned but we will withhold your name on request and protect your writers Are encouraged to include phone number and Economy especially if they desire a fast normally relied on the cafes this facility was temporarily closed due to a renovation the stable functioned As a successful substitute operation for the students during this interim once the cafes facility re the students continued to enjoy their lunch hour a twofold prob Lem gradually evolved As a result of this cafes officials charged that the Wurst stand had never been subject to a safety and Hygiene the stand was stamped As a form of direct Competition against the cafes school which operates As a nonprofit service to the school and Community Arch the existing regulations clearly state that the school lunch program must be the sole sanctioned program serving food Dur ing the Normal school lunch during october a meeting was convened among school cafes and Community representatives in an Effort to identify some acceptable alternative so cafes officials upheld their responsibilities of bringing to the sub Community commanders attention the existing regulations and of providing a hot lunch program in accordance with Federal without adequate support from the school and Community the cafeteria could not be a worthwhile the possibility existed that it be permanently school and Community officials claimed that such an action would deprive a Large student population of wholesome hot the meeting provided what was thought to be an acceptable and interest serving fifty Yards from the school grounds stands a by operated building within which the stable could be operated during the lunch this would enable students to further participate in the learning experience of a Stu Dent run the school would continue to Benefit from the financial this solution was not considered acceptable among the students and faculty in the inter ested parties will arrive at the realization that in a representative democracy it is sometimes necessary for each player to Compromise a Little so that the greater Good can be achieved for the greatest european edition Rose editor chief Usan Deputy editor chief Mert editor production manager circulation manager Elmer Frank Henry this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for armed forces the stars and stripes is published 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