European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1 the stars and stripes Page 11 a islanders dear Ann Landers thank Dii for saving our son life. We had a spirited Dis Cussion at the dinner table re Garding your column on motorcycle safely. You wrote about motorcyclists who Hale to Wear helmets diet was one of those people and in had us worried sick. Thai column was pretty scary Ann. After a Long discussion Dick said Well i guess she right la dumb to take a  the very next Day a far Cut in from of his Cycle and sideswiped another car and a third car hit pick. His head hit the curb but he suffered Only a minor shoulder injury and spent one night in the Hospital. The policeman said that if Dick had not been Wear ing i helmet he surely would have been killed. So thank you Ann from the Bottom of our  parents /. In la Dew grateful letters like yours malic my Day. I Boot other parents of cyclists will us your letter to educate children who still feel that a helmet is too much trouble. Going without one knot Worth the risk Init to enjoy the sense of Freedom when the wind goes whistling  dear Ann Landers. On the Dole in Albany wrote to say that the pub Lic assistance system kills initiative. I Nave written a rebuttal to Dole and i Hope that you will publish it. Dear Dole i agree that the Public assistance system is flawed and that it probably does kill initiative Butlet get to the Root of your problem if you had a child at 18, without a husband or Finan Cial support you did a lol More to limit your future than any system could. V ,. While welfare Niay be kicking you in the Teeth you did t help. Matters by shooting yourself in the foot. Without that unplanned pregnancy your future was limited Only by your Energy and initiative and the desire to make something of your life. Welfare was originally conceived to help people who temporarily need a hand. A democratic society must have such a system. You however want the welfare system to support you and your out of Wedlock son while you go to school and train for the career of your Choice. Any should i a taxpayer have to pay for that whatever happened to personal accountability -. Pittsburgh dear Pitts /. 1 an printing your letter because w Many Reader wrote to Register the same complaint. Your Point u Well taken. That welfare Mother chose to slay it Home because her Tate would not pay for the kind of education she wanted la retrospect i now be Lieve that the woman should Hare agreed to take the course offered at government expense instead of deciding to forget about an education and remain on the Dole. Dear Ann Landers in a business discussion with an otherwise Intelli gent Salesman 1 began listening for his next you  i became  fascinated counting that 1 paid no attention to his presentation. You know has become a habit with  Many peo Pleil ii now epidemic. This phrase repeated Over and Over is annoying and it diverts attention from the speaker subject. A simple pause instead would Bemore effective. For those whose business depends on communication Here a suggestion record your conversation and listen for the you  j,hm., Jupiter Fla.  you know you re right thanks for saying it letters nutritious foods at commissary discussed i have read with interest the recent letters concern ing the availability of and shelf space for nutritious healthy foods at commissaries. The replies stated that such foods � or available in the form of fresh and Frozen fruits and vegetables Low Salt foods etc., but that shelf space could Only be allocated to those Ilams in greatest demand even if it meant an entire aisle devoted to paper towels. My question is How do commissary managers know what the demand for healthy foods is if these foods Aren t available or shelf space is  limited that the customer hardly recognizes that the item is on the shelf or is sold out almost daily we hear that we should cat healthier . More Complex carbohydrates and less fat sodium and sugar. But Loo often i have discovered that eve if such foods Are available at the commissary they Are out of Slock. ,. Skim milk is often sold out As is oat bran food found to actually lower blood cholesterol lev Els whole wheat flour Brown Rice old fashioned Oatmeal wheat germ and Low fat Plain Yogurt. Does t in seem that the demand for these products is there since they arc  often sold out there always seems to be plenty of High sugar Cere Al at least 25 varieties were at the Rhein main commissary recently and cookies Over 60 varieties on hand perhaps the turnover of these types of food in t what it used to be and that Why we often Sec sales on these items. I commend the system for taking the Steps to at least offer More nutritious foods like Low fat cheese Low Sale soup and Rice cakes and to initiate the healthy heart labels. I wonder what the demand for these foods would be if they were Given More shelf space  customers could buy the amounts they desired Catherine keep Tun Rhee i Maln a West Germany editor note col. William t. Fowler commander he air Force commissary service euro Pean Region replies. We  making a concerted Effort to put  products on the shelves in our air Force cominis 1 juries. " just recently we met Wilh our Deli contractor and told him we wanted Law sodium Low fal and Low cholesterol meat and poultry items available fur Sulc. As a result the Herts company has agreed to provide these products As Well As brochures in English with recipes. And serving recommendations. We re also trying to get the healthier hot and cold cereals without the tropical oils for All our stores. We sell whole Grain breads and we arc incr Rastani our Stockage of natural foods in addition a coms hns published a i Kally heart shopping guide to Detter eating which should be available in All of our stores throughout Europe. If you Don t see it in your air Force comm Spry ask the commissary officer for one if he does t Hare any write me and i la Send you one. It an excellent Guidd. Our bal Tom line is we re Here to serve our custom ers. If heir demand is toward healthier feints Hen Well support the demand As bust we can. Students want education taken seriously the education system of the United states has Visi Bly come under strict criticism. In comparison with students from other nations the United states usually ranks Low and As a result the blame is placed upon  and administrators whose Job it is to instruct and guide the student to the Best of his or her Poten tial.  ,.- -. ,.--yet Little emphasis is placed upon the student Totake his education seriously. The recent article concerning the Banning of. Big backpacks in Wurzburg High school illustrates this Point. For those of us who Are Able to read this article which should have been printed in a school newspaper shows the lighthearted attitude that some american stake toward the education of their children and in. Turn makes our schools appear Only to be a place of meaningless lighthearted competitions. The fact that a student chooses of his own free will to carry All of his materials around school in a Back pack is fail own fundamental right Dodds regulations do not  from doing this Don these upperclassmen have More important things to worry about like passing the necessary classes to Grad uate or preparing to go to College Here at Ramstein an overcrowded student Popula Tion problem has not occurred. But if such a problem did arise a logical solution would be reached to the satisfaction of All involved rather than having student forming useless organizations depriving others of their rights writing contracts for prot Ion and seeking. Public recognition. Solving the problems within the education system should include the students parents teachers and administration. ". The teachers and administrators though at limes it May not seem  work hard at their jobs to educate students. Their jobs should not be complicated by Stu dents with minor problems such As killer backpacks but rather the students should devote their Lime and Energy to the knowledge they will need to  aur society.  our society is not one that concerns itself with immature problems but rather the dangers that affect the entire world. If some of the students at Wurzburg High school would concern themselves Wilh scholarly matters they might just realize this. Steve Laski Waskl Chris Roberts Ryan o in prior Raim tem High school weal Germany writer defends decisions on terrorism this is a response to the West German National who seems to believe that the Gung to politics of the . Government Are backfiring in the tight against terror ism. I would not go As far As to Call it Gung to politics. 1 feel that in most cases the United slates has made Good decisions when it comes to terrorism for in stance the education of its military personnel stationed overseas. What we must realize is that tin people of some countries Don l understand anything but violence and we have to  these people in a Way they will understand. If everybody was As rational asm to of a. In the free world terrorism would not be a problem. 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