European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday May 14, 1986 is disputes claims of overstating .,-.-.--.-. Up be Bowden overseas school system of fill  both in methodology and substance of recent Orf ski tinal audits that say inc department of defense  i overstaffed arid should be reorganized. Dodds director Beth Stephens was critical of a r inspector general report which concluded that the world wide Schiwal system is overstaffed at both regional and Washington Headquarters. She said the study made rather dist in suggestions. We did not agree with thai study Stephens told  Congress of parents teachers and students during ils annual convention in Hausen Germany last Dolds later asked for another study to be conduct Cudby the . Army manpower requirements and. Documentation Agency Europe tie second study eventually involved a five Dod school regions overseas Stephens said and conclude the system was overstaffed but Only by three the 1c did not want to accept those Kyj jul is so the asked that another study be  by the Pentagon manpower Agency  nearly 200parents, teachers and  a panel Dos Cushion Tinl included inc Dirc Artif the Germany Region ind this Atlantic re an for the third study Roa of minded eliminating 79 positions i Dodds  in Washington Ana regional and sub  to save $2 million by the end of this fiscal Yei recommendations included moving curriculum top mint from the regions to Dodds Headquarters in Washington consolidating the Atlantic and Mediterranean regions and Eli Inaline duplication of services by Dodds and military medical officials by giving he Mili tary More responsibility for diagnosing find treating exceptional children. Stephens sail Dodds is understaffed when comr to school systems of similar sic and similar Dustic i a rebuttal has been included in a Ranur Tufi a ruffled to coi assistant Secretary of a be for Force personnel Wrijil Fri i Iii is not official   s office Stephens Suid it Points  information was used in compiling n that  hawaiian school system Becza Perc More  Triin any other .-Puumrtiool system Siphon a am the Muesli compared Dodds will la county in Virginia and Montgomery count Maryland. They collected data but Pilicy chose nol to use it Stephens said. The data wus very favourable toward Dodds the report also tended to compare the school system with other Federal agencies or military services and it left out of Tai travel Elmo involved in supervising a worldwide network of schools she said. The report did not recognize the travel Lime i hat i involved As a supervisor goes from Torrejon As in Spain Over into Turkey or Bahrain,1 Stephens said. V while inc third study maintained that Dodds was overstaffed by about 79 position the inspector general determined that Dodds was staffed by about 150 Loo Many people Stephens  she disagrees with the manpower study rec inc ?Saij officials would attempt Ocul the 19  Over a three year period. I  anybody should become sex ions Bohl she said. We arc Koine o state loudly and firmly every Lime Weet a Chance Tinl Dodds is understaffed in comparison h other school systems that arc providing the same Lity of education that we re providing she said. Net with Quali Stephens also disagreed with the recommendation to consolidate the Atlantic and Mediterranean regions. We do nol agree with Hal Stephens said. They had been combined once in la past and we found that it was vol u Good Way to administer these  in addition Stephens criticized the makeup of the Tea of inspectors. They were not educators and yet they unhesitatingly tackled our every educational policy or decision she said. Len lie Region director Joe Larkin sharply  to consolidate curriculum devel qpnull5ika�.hington. He said inc changes would have to Start  such As with the people attending i just Connol agree Folh Rayone who says that we can eliminate the specialists at or my school level where they can work with groups of  to gel our curriculum where it should be Joe Blackstead Germany Region study suggested Hal Dodds adopt its curriculum Tram existing programs in United states schools we d just pick up Here and there he said but there would be no ownership Field no All i among teachers or parents in the geese go on patrol guarding bases from Page 1 been used for warehouse Security sincei959. The brewery has signs posted thai warn intruders of the attack geese. Ballan line gives visitors Goose emblems As me mentos. Thomas Learned there have been no break ins at the warehouse since the Birds began duty and he returned with encouraging word you can t Tell a Goose to fetch or sit Orsic Thomas said. This is a natural  the command bought in geese an tested them at three Sites Hugo who visited the Sites was pleased with the results. They re practical they re inexpensive and their life Span is 25 to 30 years Thomas said you get a pretty Good serv ice for your Doubr Thomas said it costs about �50,000 year for a guard dog handler and training. And while the command is considering get Ting dogs the geese were a lot quicker because of availability and Price we have a 24-hour-a-Day Mission Thomas said. We Don t have civilian guards. We Don t gel help from the Community. It All Cornel out of our hide the geese won t replace soldiers Thomas said. But if effective the Birds should allow product recall jn1ch a Bax  with 724 roader Tajer Bicy cles in nil does not meet  safety commission a Cycle safety standards  Antn a for which these Handlebar Mayfe cafes said in a a. Baem has o Blacks supplied to  is stamped wit Lyate code during i bicycles were i rotate in the sum statement rely the Bax Etam cd sle Elj with Model Jules in ost05.j be having purchased Jig the above description May of Bement Handlebar Stem free of c  to Road master corp Alliff by Egl Elion . Box 344, Olney Iii.,�2450. Sites to reduce the size of patrols. Thomas begun notifying installations after Hugo gave a hoods up to Usa eur commander Gen. Glenn k. Otis most reacted with disbelief tic said. Let s face it. I d never heard of Security geese  Thomas said some 30 communication and air defense Sites belonging to the com Mand will be assigned guard geese. De pending on its size each compound will get Between six and 48 of the Birds. Perimeter fences will be sectioned off soothe Deu become protective of their do main. They la All have their own patrol area Thomas said. The command has contracted to buy 750geese females and 150 ganders of the variety known As a German country Goose from Schuchmann the guard Birds Are leaner than geese bred for food. The geese will be ready in four deliveries two weeks apart beginning sept. 1, the will Cost the army 60 Marks each a total of 54,000 Marks about 124,545 for All 900, i Don t know where they la be assigned Schuchmann said. They did t Tell me what they wanted them  he also said geese can make Good sen tries. When it s a noise they Don t know that s when they honk Laid Schuchmann. They make an awful lot of noise when someone  honking Schuchmann said is Mother nature s version of an Early warning sys tem. They Don t have other Protection he said when they hear these warnings they run  Many Farmers in his area Ute geese to guard their chickens and ducks he said. Schuchmann 22, runs the Hof Gruenau farm where he raises cattle pigs ducks and occasionally geese. To fulfil his contract he plans to buy1,000 Day old goslings from an incubator farm in Kloppenburg paying Between 4and 10 marts each. He expects about 10 percent to die from being crowded oui at feeding time or being unable to stay dry or warm. R the Farmer will keep the Bird unlit they re 9 months old then the army will pick them up at his farm. The geese can live to be 30 years old eating nothing but grass and water. /. They need Only a shelter to keep them selves and their Straw dry. They can Graze off grass or get supplemental feedings of Grain or Corn. They need water. Bathtubs have been recommended so they can Bathe and play. The geese should produce two eggs week hatching in about four weeks these geese Don t like to sit on eggs except in March or april so in most cases the egg will have to be incubated. Individual Sites can order incubators As did tic one near Wiesbaden after in first 20 eggs did Hutch. The incubator Cost about $250. The goslings will be used to increase the size of the Gaggle at each site the older German Winters should nol. Hurl these waterfowl Schuchmann said be cause they excrete a protective Oil from under their wings. Schuchmann said he s unsure if the com Mand will be Abic to Breed them or if they la perform As sentinels. I m a to amused by the whole thing a said. I can t guarantee it. It s nol my  at the 110th medical Delof the . Army Hospital in Frankfurt also find some humor in the situation although it Means More work for them. We laugh about it Ever Lime we Hearit Cape. Robert Harris said. But it May  -. The service was asked for its advice i february. We Don t know if they re Good watch geese or what Harris said. There Are no studies done on the threshold of fear of Gecse when someone comes into their Terri tory the detachment neither endorsed nor rejected the idea in its written response. We were pretty Neutral Harris  vets pointed out that the geese would have to be fed and watered and noted Hal their enact nutritional requirements Are unknown. The Birds can transmit some Dis eases to humans including bacterial an fungus infections the detachment warned. Harris said that As government property the geese Are entitled to full care of government  if owe gets sick on Palo he said they la ask the hand0 to bring it to the nearest army vet Justl his office won t make com Pound Call we Don t have a goos Mobile he Laid Well make them come to  he said army vets will inspect the com pounds to ensure proper care and then will make periodic inspections Well make every Effort to do what Pecan for these geese Harris said it also Means More work for Karris and other vets and updating their reference books Aboul geese. They re government owned animals 90we re having to dig around and find out Aboul geese Harris said  re no commonly set. We Don t know a lot about Ihm. Our workload will  these geese arc not the first to be draft a. .-.-, geese guarded military compounds i Vietnam and puerto Rico and roman hit orians credit geese with Laving the Capitol from the gauls Wrath in 390 . Ulm to Ihli glory. Norway announces 12 percent devaluation Oslo Norway a the new labor government has announced a 12 percent evaluation of the norwegian Krone. Labor prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland 47, announced the devaluation at a press conference is hours after her 18 Mcm bar socialist government was installed a prepared statement said the 12 percent evaluation is expected to increase import prices by 3 percent in 1986 and 5 percent in1987. The Domestic consumer Price Index is expected to increase by i and 2 percent lib year and no year respectively. Polish language actor Dies in nursing Home Chicago a Bronislaw Brno Mroz a polish language radio actor who. I.  j Iii t Jiu umm Chicago nursing Home at the age of 9 a Mroz s radio skits Are replayed twice week on Cev radio in Chicago the program has been on the air for is Yean