European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 elections t the stars and stripes wednesday. March 11,1887 Washington seventeen Nevada municipalities will hold elections in May and june voting assistance official have announced Nevada s primary elections win be May 5, with the general election following on june 2. Service members their family member Sand civilian government employees from Nevada May vote in the reelection. Overseas citizens voting under the overseas citizens vet Ini rights act May not. Voters can simultaneously re quest a ballot and he. State registration form by submitting a completed Federal Post card application to the cleric of their county of residence 30 Days before the election. A separate Post car must be sent for each election. Party affiliation must be specified when requesting primary election  information on the Nevada elections is available fro unit voting assistance officers or Counselor at any . Embassy or consulate or by writing director Federal voting assistance pro Gram office of the Secretary of defense room 184s7, Pentagon Washington do. 20301. Temperatures sex Dodds director Stephens Dies of heart attack in .  Bureau Washington Beth  director of the department of defense dependents schools died sat urday of a heart attack at the Mayo clinic in Rochester , who was 68, underwent pancreatic Sura cry Friday and was listed instable condition but she went into cardiac arrest the next Day and died about 1p.m. Stephens headed the school system which includes 270 schools in 20 foreign countries from May 1982 to september198$. Before and after her Lime at Dodds she headed the special Educa Tion department at the University of Texas in  More than four years As director of the military s school system Stephens received her share of criticism from teachers and unions. She instituted number of policies such As a seven period class Day and a restricted teacher Transfer program that were highly in popular with Many employees. Her departure from Dodds also was steeped in controversy. She announced her resignation aug. 2, 1986, one Day after she broke ranks with Pentagon offi Cial at a congressional bearing and Lam basted a defense department reorganization of responsibilities for family members education. At the time she said that her Resig nation effective the following month was not related to her remarks at the hearing and that she had decided More than a year earlier to return 10 the University of Texas. During the hearing Stephens departed from her prepared remarks already cleared by the Pentagon and testified that new lines of authority in the directorate of Force management and person net violated the Law that created Odds. A native of Texas Stephens received doctorate degree in educational psychology special education from the univer sity opt exas in 1964, she also had at tended Columbia University Tulane University Peabody College and the University of Geneva Stephens was to be buried tuesday Austin memorial Park Austin  is survived by her husband Joh Stephens and a son and daughter Jack Stephens and Jill Mcfarland. Parents unite to defend teacher fired by principal in Naples  Bureau Naples Italy parents of Naples elementary school kindergarten students Are campaigning to reinstate a teacher fired by the school principal Deborah Finnerty 30, of Orlando,fla., received a letter March 3 from Prin Cipal Elizabeth b. Filosa terminating he Job effective March 18. Finnerty who taught for five years before coming to the Naples school is on probation because this is her first year of Federal employ ment. Twenty three parents on monday Gav Filosa a letter accusing her of firing an excellent and popular teacher because of personality conflict. The letter demanded that Filosa the school s Princi pal since 1972, reinstate Finnerty. Parents who attended the meeting told the stars and stripes that Filosa defended her action but declined to say Why she fired the teacher the 23 parents were joined tuesday by teachers and other parents of the 54 children in finnly two kindergarten classes in a letter writing and Telephone Campaign to school officials and politicians. If they insist upon terminating her Why can t they do it at he end of the school year so that no disruption will because to the children said chief Petty officer Dave Stenz one of the  6-year-old son Chris is in her class and my wife Lenelle is a room Helper Volunteer worker in the same class. She has been very pleased with everything miss Finnerty has done for the children and says she always has control of the class my son enjoys going to her class and cried when he heard she was  the dismissal letter according to teachers Union official listed three Rea sons for the firing uncooperative Altitude dealing with supervisory personnel failure to accept directions fro your  improper classroom environment dissatisfaction with the manner in which you maintain your  giving a teacher Only two weeks no Tice of termination is incredible said Marie Sainz Funaro european representative of the overseas federation of teachers. I be never run into anything like this in my years As a representative Finnerty told Sainz Funaro she is unhappy with the situation at the school but offered to stay until the end of the school year for the Sake of the continuity of her students schooling. Dodds Mediterranean Region officials said the would not extend Finnerty s service at the school Sainz Funaro said Finnerty said monday she was Given an outstanding evaluation As a teacher by Filosa in october but a subsequent evaluation session was cancelled. She also said she and Filosa had clashed several limes Over school policy including the Transfer of a child from her class. Filosa reached by Telephone monday said she was within her rights in terminating Finnerty s services. The principal also said she could end a probationary employee s service for cause with As Littles five Days notice. She referred other questions to Otto Thomas executive assistant to the director of Dodds Mediterranean Region in  told the stars and stripes be was unaware of the parents efforts to get Finnerty reinstated. He said be could not comment on the termination notice be cause proceedings were continuing in Finnerty s Case. European a Eamick 2 soldiers  of distributing hashish own mud wow to. Unto to hmm w  to 4pm 4m Wyntur cd. To a tort of Ais h0hlowa 4b of annul d 45 h Mosow. I 32 18 Otu. 146 � Trono. D h a Wir 19 10 39 j2 � 77 it m Heidelberg Sis two 147ih postal Del soldiers were convicted recently in general courts martial for distribution of hashish. Set. Alexander h. Payne 25, was convicted of three counts of distribution of hashish and was sentenced to three years in prison. Pfc. Thomas Wbrown 24, was convicted for Possession and distribution of hashish and received six months confinement. Both also received bad conduct discharges were reduced in rank to recruit and were ordered u forfeit All pay and allowances. A third Soldier from the 147th postal det is awaiting trial on drug charges said Sec. Roger Teel Community spokesman. Payne had sold 90 Grams of hashish Over a two month period be tween August and october 1986, including 60 Grams to Brown Teel said. Payne also is linked to a German currently on trial in German court on drug charges. Piedmont oks offer army no killed in 1 car Accident Washington