European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday augusts 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 conference sinks its Teeth into stress writer Wiesbaden when was the last Lime a patient hugged a dentist or at least ranked the dentist for a Job Well done for thai Mailer How Many supervisors toll their dentists and technicians they did Good Job without adding but military dentists and denial technicians from across Europe got a tenon wednesday in the causes of burnout and How to relieve stress in their lives. Lack of appreciation and overwork Are among the causes of burnout said chaplain it. Col Richard Codley of the Wiesbaden air Force regional medi Cal Center and As. Sane will feel this talk has nothing to do with dentistry and others will feel in has everything to do with it Headley old them. I m sure there s no stress in there was knowing laughter at Headley s com ments. The lecture was part of a i rec Dav denial Confer ence held at the medical Center. Participants included air Force. Army Navy Canadian Force and German civilian dental personnel. The conference focused on technical dental issues such As the delivery of Complete and removable Par tial dentures and waxing Axial contours. But or. Col Robert shrunk director of the area dental Laboratory at Wiesbaden which sponsored the meeting said the dentists and technicians need to hear How to Deal with stress and Dumoul. It s kind of heresy in the military. We re sup posed to be ready. We Don t like 10 admit burnout we re supposed to be ready. We Don t like to admit burnout or. Robert Strunk shrunk said. People come in unhappy. We have to Rise above some of the dentists said they do feel burned out after working Day after Day on people who Don t care for their Teeth and who mate it Clear they Don t care far dentists. Many times we see the same thing Over and we do requires technical skill. Many Lima it s on patients said or. Col Mark Brennan chief of prosthodontics Al Ramstein a Germany. We want in dental work perfect. Humans can t do Headley said it s important for people Lodeal with stress and burnout so they can do Good work and enjoy life. It s also important to the patients. I d want a doctor working on me who is enthused with life Headley said one Way medical personnel can Cope with stress he said is by taking Breaks during the Day and by taking relaxing vacations. "1 see a lot of medical people who give Back their leave if i m not there look at All the cavities that will be produced " Headley said. Give to Uncle Lime. It s an investment in Afler working hard for a period of Lime a dentist should demand a few minutes of quiet Lime. Take 15 minutes. It la be Good for yourself and your Section. I know it la be Good for your patients Headley said. It s also important for supervisors to demand More resources for their overtaxed departments he said. Tie conference turned out to be a Way of dealing with the stress of i hair jobs said tech. Sol. Barbara Grey no in charge of the Ramstein dental Laboratory. You learn you re not in the boat by your Sunshine should swell crowds at Ramstein air show by Paul Cozby Bureau Ramsten a Germany a combination of Good weather and precision flying demonstrations could draw Ai Many As 500,000 people sunday to the flu tag air show base officials said. Last year s How attracted 250,000 people half the number expected when poor weather thinned crowds but forecasters predict Clear skies and warm temperatures for sunday s open House. The air show runs from to 5 . And will include the red arrows the nine plane precision flying least of die Royal air Force. The show Atso will in clude performances by a dutch helicopter team the Grasshoppers the Safe Parachute team and the Olden knights a group of former members of the s Golden knights Parachute team. More than 14 types of aircraft from seven countries Are scheduled to perform flying demonstrations including the Raf harrier Jet the . F-16 and the French air Force Mirage 2000. The show is to demonstrate and bet Ter inform the people Why we re Here by showing them what the air planes Are Ca Pable of doing said Cape. Rich Rad Cliffe flu us project officer. And it s not just us. It s Gates will open for visitors at 9 a.m., Rad Lilc said. German police will direct traffic from both directions on the Auto Bahn and extra gales will be opened for the Day. Visitors coming through lands Uhl or Ramstein Village can enter the base s West Gate on four inbound lanes. Traffic from the East will exit the autobahn at Einsiedler Hof and enter a special flu tag Gate on the old autobahn. The Harmon Avenue Gate also will be open for traffic from Kaiser Lautem and Mach Taibach. Flu tag ends at 5 . And the direction of traffic will be reversed at the Var ious Gale about 3 ., Radcliffe said. Once inside the base visitors will be directed to available parking by air Force Security personnel. Well be parking people along the in Field and on just about every Flat space available Radcliife said. Special trains also have been scheduled to provide Public transportation directly to the base. Departure tines and places Are available from the German Railroad system ride life said. Visitors win be restricted to the South Side of the base where the flyovers will take place and where aircraft will be on display. All base facilities including the Exchange commissary and food Landi will be closed for the Day Radcliffe said. Appt no Bounce in his step the Midnight Sun Bangs impeded Over the backboard As � player it tit the Ball up to the hoop daring a basketball game in Fairbanks Alaska at 11 . Long Long summer Days help to offset Hub Al correspondingly Long Winter nights. Appeals court affirms conviction of private in deadly truck crash by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington the conviction of a Soldier who caused two deaths when he followed orders to keep driving a military truck with faulty brakes has been upheld by the court of military appeals. Pvt 1 Curtis a Cherry was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault after the brakes duty -5 a sned lawful Andt subordinate disobeys anon a military truck he was driving fated and the truck f h i Cox wrote " but an order Low smashed into a civilian car near Nell men Germany a a 110,_, \ _ ,1 As the truck descended a Hill toward a crowded intersection. Cherry realized the brakes had failed completely. Vaughn and Cherry jumped. The unmanned vehicle slammed into the rear of a car stopped Al a traffic signal. A pedestrian and one occupant of the car were killed. Three occupants were recognize that an order to perform a military in july 1982. Two people were killed and three injured. Cherry was sentenced to 15 months confinement total forfeiture of All pay and allowances and a bad conduct discharge. He appealed claiming he told the senior occupant of the truck spec. 4 Dave a. Vaughn that the brakes were not working properly bul that Vaughn instructed him to keep going. Judge Walter t. Cox Iii wrote the fact that the accused s passenger who was of Superior rank commented that accused should continue driving even though the truck s brakes were faulty did not excuse the accused s failure to the incident occurred As Cherry s unit was return ing to Garrison following a Field exercise. The Convoy slowed for an Accident on the autobahn. When Cherry tried to slow Down he realized for the first time that the brakes were not working properly. Instead of pull ing Over. Cherry exited the Auto Bahn Yelling to the platoon sergeant. My brakes Don t work. Once off the autobahn Cherry said he told Vaughn several limes about the brakes and asked if he should Stop. Vaughn reportedly said naw go ahead go on Back. That s the Way to Nellinger go on driving under these facts appears 10 be patently while Cherry was a private at the time of the Acci Dent Cox wrote he was not new to the or inexperienced As a military truck Driver. He had been an e-3 private first class had four years of prior service and was the Only one in the vehicle with military License and the ability to know the condition of the wrote that the court Van not convinced that Vaughn s comments were orders at All. Although the form in which an order is expressed is immaterial an order must be a positive command we characterize Vaughn s statements to the accused As nothing More than advice or Vaughn May have been derelict in his duties As vehicle commander by encouraging the accused to continue driving that does not relieve the accused of responsibility for his actions As Driver of the truck Cox was not charged in the incident. 3 killed on Mont Blanc chamon1x, France up rockfalls on Mont Blanc killed two italians and a West German and injured eight other climbers wednesday marring celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of the first ascent of Europe s highest Summit
