European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 27. 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 3 child care search presents problems illegal alien crackdown has Impact by Connie Dickeysr of writer the search for Quality and affordable child care intensified in Germany after military and German authorities cracked Down on illegal aliens employed by americans waiting lists at some military child care centers grew and communities run out or Home child car providers. Americans who lost their filipino House keepers after the raids found hiring germans too a pensive. We had a filipino for three years but because of the pickups of other illegals she decided to leave us/1 said an army major who is the Mother of two children. Authorities later discovered the major and her Hus band also an officer had employed an illegal alien and levied a shift Fine. Because outside child care did t Appeal to the Cou ple they decided in hire a Legal live in. I have never been thrilled about taking my children out at 4 or 5 in the morning to drop them Oft Al a enter or someone else s Home said the major who asked that she not be identified. They began their search for a Legal tic in with the Arici Tsam the German labor office. Employing a Legal live in is very Cost prohibitive regardless of who you choose but the German were Outing Between boo and 1.000 Marks $480 and $600 a month for an untrained German  she eventually hired a a year old Mother s Helper through an Agency listed in an English weekly mag Azine the lady. A Magazine spokeswoman said Agen cies listed in the lady Are licensed through he department of employment. The Doe checks them out thoroughly otherwise they would t gel a License and we would t run their ads she said. Attic woman said ads from americans in Germany have risen since the first of the year. The ads run for a week no a time and Mast people get a response within a  but the army major warned that this route also can be expensive. Agencies specializing in these services require a hired  salaries vary for the help. An a pair who is usually Between it and 18 years old with no training cams about s75 a week out there is a restriction on employing a pair because you have to be Able to offer them a Chance to learn Cerman inc major said. A Mother s Helper is slightly older May have some experience and earns about 17 5 to s1 so a week. A fully trained Nanny earns Between s150 and $200 a week. Besides the weekly pay the major said the live ins still have to be registered with the German govern ment and must be provided medical insurance. In come lax also must be paid. Despite the Cost the major said she is Happy wit the arrangement Tor her children Ages 6 and 2. Our children arc in a stable environment Theydon t have to gel up Early and be taken somewhere else and they have someone with them hat they know she said. Our help lives with us eats with us docs some Light housekeeping some laundry and some cooking. But she has also had one year of Early childhood education and docs All sorts of activities with the  a spokesman Al the stole arc Itsal in Frankfurt said any citizen of a european common Market coun try May work in any of inc other countries legally. The common Market countries arc in Gand Ireland France the Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Spain Portugal Denmark West Germany Italy an Greece. However they must apply for work permits which arc automatically granted and must pay taxes and be covered by insurance the spokesman said. Persons from other countries also May be hired pending permission from the local German employ ment office. For Nan ple americans wanting to hire a filipino housemaid first must ask the local German employment office. Permission will be granted Only if the office cannot fill the Slot with an unemployed Ger Man in addition the filipino cannot tic in Germany instead the German employment office writes to inc filipino in inc Philippines. The prospective employee then takes the letter which shows she has a Legal work offer in Germany to the German embassy or Consul ate in her Homeland. She then is granted permission to work at that one Job Only the spokesman said. Another alternative for americans in Germany is military child care although some communities have had full houses since the crackdown on illegal aliens a Safe spokesman said there were no significant increases command wide for child care but Bonnie storm Usa eur s child development services coordinator said the raids on illegal aliens had an affect in some areas. However Active recruitment programs for child care providers Are helping to ease the crunch she said. Although there have been no openings with family him care providers since january in Frankfurt and Darmstadt the two communities will have new pro viders coming on Board this Spring Sandra Mitchell child development services coordinator in Darmstadt said up to 23 new child care pro viders will be licensed by the end of March. Belly Bledsoc child development services program director in Frankfurt said Frankfurt should have Al least 30 new providers certified in the next two months. Acc Tomlinson director at the to Gelwich child care enter in . Said More Man 280 children attend the Center daily. More than 130 children from age 6 months to is months Are on the waiting  they can be placed in a few weeks no More than Lye children Between 3 and 5 have been placed so far this year in preschool. Almost 90 children Are on the preschool waiting list Ramstein a child care Center director Lenora Mcd Croll sees 625 children on a daily basis. More than 100 children Are on the waiting list with Waits of six weeks to three months. Titt Faauma the Lidy in be con Cuhl by anti 39 and is Lemon wc9cb gis breathe new life into age old drama by Rosemary Sawyer Start writer Wiesbaden had a us called 12 service members to be his apostles 2,000 years ago All might not have made it to the last supper. About a Doican soldiers and airmen from Haine Berg Chapel will re enact the feast sunday night and their greatest Challenge Hiu been coordinating the cast members Busy schedules for rehearsals said Tom fair religious education director. The group s performance will be part of a worship service thai Marks inc beginning of the week leading up to easter. It s one of several things we re doing Here to help people gel ready for easter said chaplain maj Thomas Decker. It s not just a thing that s Nice to do but it s pointed at people s worship life to help gel them ready Tor easter sunday and the Celebration of Christ s  Caincr Borg Chapel members wrote the script of the living last supper pattern ing it partly after the traditional holy week drama of betrayal is it it co director Patricia Ray an army no said the script takes a Little bit of literary License by adding Mary Mary Magdalene and Martha into inc program. We thought it would be a Nice touch if we could have them More or less preparing the table and talking about again what Christ has done in Ana through i hair  the last supper is believed to Nave occurred on what christians Call Maundy Rou Rwy set wow preparing for their roles in the re Chi Clemul of the last supper sunday night at Wiesbaden s Shriner Borg Chapel ire from left Rich i Yon a James the lesser Sieve Mahon n Andrew Barry Cole As i Ter and Joe o Llyn Lnig As Judy. Thursday the thursday before resurrection Day fair a id. The drama features each disciple rising from the feast table to relate details of his relationship to Christ. While each cast member Speaks the Oiher characters  players then resume chatting and laugh ing Between each talk. Christ ends the dra Matic presentation by passing the symbolic bread and wine to his followers. Farr who plays torn said he wrote i monologue to emphasize that the disciples were just Ordinary men there was nothing special about these men Farr said. Christ Cajica them a be his disciples and to follow him at thai time. He s also calling us in our present Day with no special talents or gifts to follow him and to be his disciples too air Force 1st it. Joe o Hanlon plays no Ordinary Guy however. O Hanlon plays Judas Iscariot Jesus betrayer. I kind of like the part o Hanlon said. There s not a whole lot about Judas in the Bible other than that he was a traitor and Hal he was t very honest. This Oart is More of what actually Wal on Iii do Nailhead what his emotions were. Being in something like this helps you to feel what they were actually feeling rather than just Reading about it. Sometimes the Bible characters gel put up on a Pedestal then you Don t really think they were real people but despite the human qualities Dis played by Judas John James and the others the depiction was written to be emotionally moving i get Good bumps Over time we com into rehearsal because it brings Buck to my mind what Christ has done for me Ray said. The service will begin at 1 o clock in the Haine Berg Chapel located on teas Strasse across from Wiesbaden High school