European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday. January 25, 19sb the stars and stripes Page 3 scottish outpost Bleak but Beautiful Sci ors face isolation harsh weather by Dave diei1lu.k. Bureau Raf Machrihanish. Scotland when a people come on Hoard at this far Oil posting it Means something and Friday s Hail and Farewell Navy gel Logcher went Over big. Among he i do or so male sailors and 60 family members 3j percent of a Tom come and go each year such a Pony can have mean ing. La was a Lime to show up for the Bash Al the barrel inn. A Lime to talk. For being stationed on the lip of the craggy Kintyre Peninsula is Tough on some sailors. Some like it. Some love ii. Some Hale it. Because it is three hours away from the nearest big City Young sailors who want Tomt size action Are out of Luck. And people Al the four Navy units on this Windy Rainy piece of scottish Lowland face a 90-mile drive North just to hit a Road Heaird South on the Mainland. But the place is nirvana for lovers of Beautiful Sce Nery and the outdoors. It is an unspoiled and relatively unpopulated place. Paul Mccartney who owns a farm nearby was inspired to song by he mull of Kintyre. And the weather much talked about and typically scottish in that in can rain and blow us often As it docs not. Can be important. As chief Petty officer Craig Curtis put it it often can feel like being at Tea on an aircraft Carrier. Sometimes you feel like you re in the wind and under Way he said. More than anything he sailors Al Machrihanish talk about the icy feel every Day. La. Norm Peters commander of one of iwo Navy weapons units Al the baie is one who likes his assign ment. And Peters is part of a group of officer trying to make the place better. Peters gets excited about Little things. His Exchange does t rave 15 types of Peanut butter. But it has Peanut and a lot of Cociu mini has come to Machrihanish because of the new four Lanc s600.000 Bowling Alley. Petty officer i a Mark Laniz assigned to the special warfare unit said i has been the biggest morale Booster in the lit May be Righi considering there arc 18 cams drawn from the americans and the 300 Royal air Force people. But morale was the much talked about subject at the barrel inn Friday. Some say in is not so Pood. And others say like any of her place Machrihanish is what you make it. Offic Cra like Peters arc not naive and they know not every tailor likes the place they Call Mac. Peters cmdr Jim Parks and others put together the hello and goodbye party with that in mind the bather ing at the barrel inn was the first of the traditional Navy parties for Machrihanish. In was an attempt to sometimes you feel like you re in the wind and under chief Petty officer Craig Curtis make things better. This is not to try to convince anyone to like Machrihanish said one officer. If there s one thing we re trying to do in is to Lake the focus away from some of the remoteness said Parks the ranking Navy Man and the commanding officer of the special warfare unit. Parks the Leader of the seals team Al inc Injia Lla Tion is trying to put a Lillic cohesion in inc Small sometimes disjointed Navy Community. Since we All have different missions and different jobs we have to make an Effort to get together he said. Otherwise everybody goes off into their own Lillic worlds either individually or in despite inc efforts of inc cadre people like Navy wife Sheila Dean will never gel to like the place. One of about 60 family members at Machrihanish mrs. Dean said life is As Lough As she has seen in. She did t expect much at the Hail and Farewell. Even though they were saying goodbye 10 her and her husband. Petty officer 1 cent in Dean. Morale has been really Low said mrs. Dean a 26 year old former Navy brat. Mrs. Dean comes off As a Pessimist but she Adalu that in the iwo years she has been Al die base things have gotten belter. Morale is picking up and everybody ii starting to pull Bui mrs. Dean said Machrihanish life is especially Tough on single sailors. Perhaps the conversation be tween Petty officer . Bill Cameron and scotsman Billy Johnson tells the Story Best. I went Back to the Stales Al Christmas and it was like a weight lifted off my shoulders said Cameron a single Sailor Nisi Jan d to the special warfare unit. Single Ailon Al the base say there in t always a lot to do on base or in inc nearest Community Campbl town population 4,500. It is Johnson who is in charge of trying to change bal. Johnson a local Man who runs the special serv ices Section for the Navy chimed in we create things for these Guys to do and inc participation is and he understands Why. Our big problem is these Guys like to travel. They Are in Europe and icy want to see Johnson said transportation is Lough because 10 Start a journey to anywhere a Sailor has to Sci to Glasgow some three hours away. And Johnson said thai the sailors who get involved in inc local Community Are Happy sailors. If they got out More and got into inc Community their enjoyment would increase 100 percent he said. And there arc those who say that no matter where you put sailors just like soldiers airmen or marines some will Gripe about a place. Petty officer 2.c. Hubert Davis a Boatswain s male on temporary duty with the special warfare unit had this observation if i was a Young Guy just getting Here i d feel pretty Davis is a part of a boat unit supporting inc special warfare unit. Along with the seals they stay at the Mac Only six months 01 a time on a temporary duty status. In that time he can like the base. Any place is what you make in. A lot of them get lonely Davis looked around the room and said you have people who really hate it but you Nave so Many people trying to make in better the last emperor wins 4 Golden globes Beverly Hills Calif. Api the last Emper or.", the panoramic history of Modem China won the Golden Globe for dramatic motion picture on sat urday while Sally Kirkland the Emigrant actress in Anna and Michael Douglas inc Ruih toss Wall Street trader look top drama honors. The 88-Mcmbcr Hollywood foreign press association bestowing the year s firs movie awards also gave the Dirc cling trophy to Bernardo Bertolucci who spent four years making the last emperor in Beijing s forbidden City. The film also won for in screenplay by Berto Lucci and Mark 1 Enloe and original score by Juichi Sakamoto David Byrne and Cong us. The Golden Globe fair Best comedy or musical motion picture was presented to Hopu and Bertoluci glory John Boorman s reminiscence of his hollowed in War torn Britain. Click. The dowdy widow who Falls in love with inc wrong Man in and Robin Williams the manic disc jockey in flood morning Vietnam won Golden globes for their performances in the movie musical or comedy category. The press group gave its supporting performers awards to olympic Dukakis the feisty Mother in Moonstruck and Sean Connery inc incorruptible policeman in the Trie award for original no was won by " i be had the time of my life from dirty dancing written by Franke Provite Donald Markowitz and John do Nicola. The presentations underscored the group s occasion Al eccentricity. The selection of Kirkland Over such performers As Glenn close fatal attraction and Faye Dunaway barfly seemed to stun she Beverly Hilton audience of 1,200. Cher the awards which Are presented for both motion pictures and television evoked Little enthusiasm. The Only standing ovations were accorded Veteran Mickey Rooney. Who presented the Best dramatic film award and Clint Eastwood who accepted the honorary Cecil b. Mcmille award. The swedish comedy my life As a dog was named Best foreign language film. Williams was in new York appearing on saturday night live but Cher appeared on stage at the Beverly Hilton hotel to accept her award. Among her thanks were her words to Norman Jewison the Gru Piest old director in the whole television s top drama Golden Globe went 10 la. Law and one of the ensemble cast members Susan Day. Won the trophy As lop dramatic actress. Richard Kilcy of a year in the life won the dramatic acting award. The a Olden girls abcs Saga of retirees in Florida was named Best musical or comedy television series. British comedian Tracey Ullman and the sardonic Dabney Coleman scored us Early winners in the 45th edition of inc Golden globes As Best Star performers in a musical or comedy to series. Both celebrities accepted their awards in character. Ullman chosen for her Fox broadcasting series the Tracey Ullman show appeared in a dress that seemed suitable for a waitress in a 1960s diner. Coleman selected for his Rote As a failed sports writer on inc Abc to show " slap Maswell Story glanced Al his Gold plated Globe trophy and cracked actually i thought it was a Tittle bigger than Best ministries was a tic Between lbs escape from sob ibor and abcs poor Little Rich girl the Barbara Mutton clevis on supporting awards went to Claudelia col Ben who Uch presenters As Ann Marge cd Marley Mallin Tom Sci Lack cybill Shepherd Leonard Nimoy Robert Wagner. Christo Pher Reeve Pam Dawber and Kevin Bacon. The ceremony was syndicated by Dick Clark productions and broadcast live in some cities while tape delayed in others. The Golden globes have Long acted As kind of a half cocked weather vane for inc vastly More prestigious Academy awards. The foreign press insists on dividing films and Star performances into two cat ego. Rici drama and musical or comedy. And nominees arc not limited to five As with the oscars. These films were nominated for Best drama of 987 cry Freedom Empire of the Sun Fiat attraction la Bamba the la emperor and for Best musical or comedy baby Broad cast news dirty dancing Hope and glory and
