European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 16, 19bb the stars and stripes aim Landers dear Ann Landers i refer to my. From  who wrote about repairmen Tor gelling heir Loots. She should Nave added something about shoddy work. Last year my Furnace service Man left an a incisive Long handled Brush behind. Another fur Nace person came the following Day and hooked up the stack switch control improperly. It turned the Furnace on and off four times an hour. 14 hours a Day this went on for Ihrck Day unlit they sent some one id fix it. The garage Mechanic after changing s lire on my car started to put the nuts Back on with one turn of in wrench then he left to pump Gas. When he resumed he said i m  i told him that the nuts weren t lightened. Me replied by Golly you re right it j food thing you were watching last april inc roofing Man put the gutters on improperly and icy drained to one end of inc House and flooded my cellar. Another Carpenter began to put rain soaked insula Tion into the Wall of our new addition. He had left it out in the rain All night. When i pointed this out Elohim. He said gee my mind was somewhere  your advice to . Who complained about Rotten work was shake a leg and Lake your business else where where Ann Landers is elsewhere nine out of 10 workmen have had dam cd Tilc experience they charge too much and they Don t stand be Hind what they mess up. . Maine dear Milne i Ein we Why you Are bitter but there ire  can Fuu to pay for shoddy work. Ii you have paid for part of ii la Advance report the slabs to the better bus Hess bump. And Hen you find Thil Gem who Dan  work tit him Well und recommend Bint to Jour Friend. Dear Ann Landers i read the column in inc Buffalo news describing the humiliation of a woman whose husband ran an and in he paper saying that he would no longer be responsible for her Debu. For those who believe this is a new approach i offers bit of research. On april 23, 1824, the Niagara Sentinel in Lewis ton  printed the following advertisement whereas my wife Catharine having eloped Fromm bed and Board without just provocation t forbid Ell persons to Harbour or Trust her on my account for i do determined to pay nothing of her contracting. Furthermore if any Perron likes her better than 1do, they an Welcome to her. Stephen Howel Porter april 6,\ 824 if you choose to print this Ann go ahead. Donald e. Loker local history specialist. Niagara fall Public Library . Dear Don thank for the research. A the Man things Huff Ike More they remain the  dear Ann Landers i hive a big bet with my husband. The prize shopping spree. Doug says the expression you Veol your work Cut out Tor you Means you have a lot of work to do yet by it Means you have less to do since it s Bee Cut out for you. Who is right Stacey in grand rap  Skaj Honey. Yon Low. Dour i right. Cut out in Ihbe huh does not win diminished. Ii  Suke Dout or defined. So actually Jim hive More to do. Page 11 letters views differ on cutting of sep program i for one would like to App Bud inc department of defense Dod and department of the army for finally reducing or ending one of the most useless least Success Ful programs in the educational system i am miking about the Basic skills education program or remedial Reading course on which we have wasted Many thousands of dollars and Man hours Tor Little gain. I was an instructor in a sep class for Over a year in the slates. I Ivan a Volunteer instructor not paid. I Don to mind Volunteer work and not gelling paid to teaching a dais when the people attending the class have both the potential and interest to learn what ii Beins taught. Bui most of he stud ends in the sep program had neither the inclination to learn nor the ability to team simple Basic English or math and should not have been in the army in the first place. I do not believe tint the armed forces should be involved in social rehabilitation and remedial Educa Tion. A person should be Able to read write and even speak English Welt enough to function before coming into the army or they should not be Here. 1 can guarantee you no other army in the free world would allow people in in who could not speak the language required Well enough to function in it. Having said that i feel that the real blame ties with the educational system in the United Stales which allows people to graduate and Advance mostly on the basis of age rather than passing lefts. The Acle and others have said it ii cruel to hold people Back in school to face the ridicule of their younger class Mai i. I feel it is even More cruel to graduate some one who can not read and write and i pct them Loco Clr in today s world without Hie skills 10 do so. I also blame parents who do not insist upon Quality education for their children. But the final responsibility to learn rests with the student. Name and location withheld Banc is a base word meaning Good or  i Leach a lesson or word Structure to my sep Reading students. I often use the example word Benefit 1 remind them that inc army provides us with Many benefits. Benefit literally Means an advantage or an Aid. Well an important Benefit has just been taken away from these very students a an educator i be Lieve in the Basic skills beef and advanced skills Asep programs. 1 feel a great error has just been made fur both the morale and advancement of our soldiers. When you be seen the Progress that the soldiers make in a of hour course in gives you a True sense of accomplishment. For Many of these students it is i hair first Lime to succeed in any educational  has become important to Jhom to in successful. Often their military career hinges on the raising of heir skill Levels. Without the Asep program the army May As Well quil re writing its regulations on army correspond on behalf of about 800 people associated with inc sep and Cha Start program in Usa eur who ire probably without work since Jan. 1,1 would like to Point out that your articles on inc elimination of funding for these programs have glossed Over som rather staggering realities. 1. If funding a not found More than 730 teachers in Usa eur alone will be unemployed. They will receive no Severance pay and no unemployment benefits just As they have received no annual leave coinsurance benefits and since the beginning of the latest bse1" contract in March 1136, no sit pay. If they re Lucky they la gel a pal on inc Back. 2. All of these people will be Rifted from a single institution. Big Bend Community College whose continuing presence in Europe is now also threat ened. Since the mid-1970s. Big Bend has acquired reputation for providing Quality remedial education in Usa eur. The school won the Usa eur sep contract three out of four limes and has awarded More than 40.000 High school diplomas Loso Diers and family  bars ii won major mos improve Mcnol contracts but i desc programs Are also being seriously affected by eur in unit Mission training funds. Without support from sep and Headstall inc school s iwo bread and butter contracts How much longer will in be Able to fight the declining Dollar and carry on Limite College programs in Usa eur 3. Soldiers at least 65 percent from Black and his panic minorities who missed the Opportunity to Hon their Bane skills in Early life will miss am again on an Opportunity to Advance themselves and their careers. Your first article on the program cuts Cilcy a 25 percent Rise in College level study and a 14 percent drop m sep enrolments since 198s, but those Fig ures do not Lell the whole Story. It is precisely because there was such n big push on sep in inc mid-19805that Many soldiers Are now Doi Rig College work. None of inc above realities Are pleasant bul 1 think the one thai needs to be focused on Here is inc teachers. Big Bend will Lake Ore of itself. Educators Are already beginning to scream about the possible discriminatory aspects of the army s decision to pull funding on a program that largely benefits minorities no one however is running oui to explore the plight of in orc who will feet the Pinch most. The teachers have been severely affected by the decline of the Dollar and the decline of classes Over the past two years. Even if funding were to be re stored within a few months Many of Biccs most talented instructors and administrators will probably not bother to come Back. So what if no Govch Mcnol employees will lose their jobs As a Rusuli of Icse cuts what about the vast numbers of us not working i Willy for inc government who have been or arc soon to be affected How is in that communities can justify spending re writing it err Epson to i in t. Since Iney already feel they Musi update this hundreds of thousands of dollars on officer and no Lal yearly How do they is Eccl anyone to keep club renovations when these monies could be Rechon Malcria yearly the esp cup with Ihm the program Only makes Good cos better Al what they Are required to do in their leadership positions. Does t the army want stronger leaders with the beef students ultimately trying to raise their it scores of reach their personal goals re in till mint change their military occupational special to attend special schools Etc the quest for self improvement should not be denied. Often these students realize they can use their knowledge for col lege level courses too. 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