European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. January 23. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 sergeant makes things happen for Buedingen  Connie Dic key Slaff writer bul i Fin in Ninny when Sec. Joseph a. Predki asked to be reassigned 1o a new Job. He a juin doing what he likes Best doing tilings for others. 11 did t Mailer Ita he often found himself working during his off duty Lime. I be always been this Way i was raised this Way he  family Uasa Kays doing things for others and we Vire taught by our parents in gel up and do nut to sit around and Lalk Abotsi it i Don t mind working on my own Lime. I Don t mind working saturdays and  the sergeant Ltd been with c Trilip 3rd so. 12th Cav for three year1 when he decided he wanted some thing different. So Llie cavalry scout transferred to the installation third Inetor s office in june lie became it middleman Between Engineer and people who need something done around the . The projects the Illinois native likes Best Are those for the school. Bucedi nun opened in elementary school Anno this year bul the prefab building did not have All the conveniences of schools in permanent Structure. When the school moved from its temporary Home in town to the building in Joist Predki moved All the Furni Ture and equipment in his office Picl Tup. It s hard id gel a i1., or ton truck i mind Here bul by making several trips the pickup was Able do the  Predki said. Assistant principal Mike Cioff talked to i red i this fall Ghoul several projects.  though i red i did most of the work during duly time he did some of in on weekends and while off duty. The school needed shelves in the office. Since the engineers workload was heavy at the time i asked pfc. Predki fihe could help and he got the materials and Buill the shelves  Golf said. Predki said when the school wanted n couple of Bird feeders the engineers scoffed at building hem. They brought some Wood Over and this office made the  i red i said. We even scam Mcd. Ii round until we found some steel sinkers in the warehouse we could use to put the feeders up with. Now they can be taken Down in the summer and stored for a Chi  guff said the feeders can be seen from All classrooms. "1 he feeders have made a difference in the children s interest in tarning Boul Birds and their habits no said. The children arc starting to bring in seed for the feeders. To thank Predki first and second graders whole let ters and Drew pictures of Birds they be seen around the  the children appreciate these Small things it s All that counts to me. 1 Don t care if Adulis like it or not to Many Adulis this would 1 another Job. But not to me. Be a difference in the children s Cauca see. Joseph or la and assistant principal Mike Jeff uhf Cheek u Hird cd i red i built us bund Ritj ii cd ii stars Sci ill. Master sgt. Richard kid d echoed the Captain s Buirds i be known St c. Predki since i came Here in october i9h2, liven then he was doing things for his platoon and for the company. I be Buill bulletin boards for the company that arc More than just the run of the Mill boards. Me also Buill shelves for the rooms of the soldiers in his platoon. All this was done on his Lime often on the  Predki said he enjoys doing things for soldiers. These troops Are thousands of Miles from Home. This is their Home away from Home so Why not make things Buksar for them thai s Why i built shelves in their rooms to let them have their own space liven Little their  lion. They can see science first hand which is different than Reading about in in a Boak. I did t have much when i went to school the school was t very big and our opportunities were limited so when i can improve something in the schools i  Predki his wife Gerila and their 10-year-old Daugh Ter Tia Brina leave Buedingen this month for fort Sill Okia. Cape. Tim Cooke Deputy sub Community com Mander and prod Ltd s Boss said the sergeant will be missed because he is a  he is Mission oriented and takes ownership of any project he is Given. He makes thin Jas happen. That s what makes the difference. He takes responsibility and he cares. And that makes my Job e i hat s nil thai counts to me. 1 Don i care if adults inc it no is Mission on Emu Usu -,.-.,.,.-. ,., tl.,., wow i buil s a ves in their or not to Man Cults this would be looked a As jus Prog Tahn  a a a fee this can male a difference in the children s  cares.  thin scan improve their morale. Puff her gets year term in plot to ship arms to Iran Orlando Fla. A a Magazine Cutler was convicted with an International will be sentenced march24. Co  astdmls110 nigh Liehr when is not Conerl on East bloc arms dealer and a company that Cutter con the jury exonerated a Cutter employee to. Ountria inc slav was Venlen a to five troll Sharp also fined Cutter s company eur an iranian born woman and her lebanese he said he was entrap cd by Fri agents Jiuu usim i maj , Cirann Tzvi nol,.l.n Nart  Unyi o .,f,,n,4 i rur tit ii nroini7ri i Lini Fli Urc ,. Publisher who is on expert on East bloc countries tuesday was sentenced to five years in prison for his conviction on charges he conspired to ship army weapons to Iran. Paul Cutler 48, of san Jose calif., was convicted dec. 16 on Ope count of conspiracy and to counts of wire fraud. Us District court judge g. Kendall Sharp sentenced him to five years on the conspiracy charge and five years probation to run consecutively on each of the wik fraud counts. Eye tools rope an defense associates 1100,000, Al though authorises have indicated that the company will be unable to pay the tint. During a Siv Reli jury trial Cutler who also owns Eda publishing co., was described As the Mastermind of a plot to obtain u40 army anti tank weapons for shipment to Iran in its War against Iraq. Arms dealer Charles St. Claire 52, of Granada Hilli calif., was convicted on the same charges As Cutter he will be sentenced March 24. Than r lebanese born husband und an iranian citizen. Sharp earlier acquitted . Army it. Col. Wayne g. Giu Cospie of ail charges. Cutter who worked for the . Information Agency a Moscow in the 1960s and had connections with defense and govern men agencies stemming from his expertise in East bloc countries made a statement to Sharp in which he attacked the govern ment s Case As outrageous saying thai it similar to the Way the vices political dissidents. He said he was entrap cd by Fri agents who used a reputed organized crime figure As an informant. Culler who did t testify said the informant Anthony Romano had threatened to kill him if he did t cooperate. Trial testimony tied Romano la organized crime groups in the Northeast. Al Gorncy Jay Stevens said he will Appeal Culler s conviction. He has been held without Bond since his arrest in Orlando last j uly i. Count study urges major realignment of . Military forces by Richard c. Cross Washington up a realignment of the . Military by cutting Back nuclear and Nava might and acc Casina army und air Force strength would improve performance arid save $233 billion by 1990. A study Fel cased tuesday said. Bul Congress would have to accede to the  and ilm Crvick rivalry would have to end for the hypo Hocti i Ife Johm of. Kennedy school of government at Harvard Tuii