European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 26, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 Job sharing the Best of both worlds Usa eur program focuses on workers who w/7/ mesh by Jimi Jones staff writer Aschaffenbur. West Germany during her stay overseas Kathy Oscr fold was faced with the dual Burden of Many women 40 hours of work in an office an uncounted hours spent rearing two children. Eventually Osterfeld found that her full time Job As a clerk in a Schaffenburg s civilian personnel office was too much and she started looking for a Way to Case the Load. That search led Osterfeld to a Little used twist in employment called Job sharing a program in which two people split one full time Job. In Oscr fold s Case she began sharing work with Pat Campbell As a Secretary for the alcohol and drug prevention control program at ready Barracks. Osterfeld worked from 8 . To 12 30 . Campbell picked up the responsibility from there. It just made life easier Oscr fold said. Civilian personnel officials believe that through Job sharing More family members in Europe could be earning a paycheck. The . Army in Europe employed one part time employee for every 14.4 full time workers last year but better command support of Job share could significantly increase the number of family members on the appropriated funds payroll officials said. The program is based on the Federal employees part time career employment act of 1978 and directs managers throughout the Federal system to consider splitting manpower positions that could be shared by two persons. But it was t until 1983 that the army was allowed to split jobs said Ursula Mara a personnel management specialist at Vii corps Headquarters in Stuttgart West Germany. And it took the declining Dollar to finally Force attention to the program. Emphasis Here in Europe has been within the past couple of years especially in Vii corps said Larry Sargent Aschaffenbur s civilian personnel officer. Because the Dollar dive reduced the buying Power of salaries 9fficials asked the communities in the corps to increase their Job sharing efforts Sargent said. The program is simple said Mary Stevenson who gives employment assistance for the army Community service in the  area. Managers and supervisors should possess Good keen interviewer skills to help them choose individuals who will mesh but they need Only to coordinate the request with civilian personnel to recruit under the program she said. It s just As easy to convert a position Back to full time As was done with the Osterfeld Campbell Job when a family emergency forced an Early return to the United states for the Ostic Felds. Campbell like Osterfeld said she liked the Usa eur Job sharing arrangement. It gave me the Best of both worlds. I was Able to keep my career going remain in civil service my Home life was t As stressful and my schedule not As hectic she said. Some partners go As far As trading child care As did Aschaffenbur s first Job share couple a pair of teachers. That was one of our  Sargent said. They were really neat. The lady who worked afternoons took care of the kids in the morning an they swapped kids along with the Job in the afternoon. Swapping child care expenses saved them lots of  officials said Job share benefits greatly outweigh the few drawbacks. Employees gain experience for later Job searches acquire Job skills keep in touch with the Market and fulfil some esteem needs Sargent said. Stevenson a former Job Sharer added other benefits to the list the special talents of each person reduce absenteeism and less overtime. Mara said Job sharing also cases the Impact of personnel turnovers in Europe and offices can better Cope with Peak workloads. Stevenson said the program faces two difficulties managers reluctance and people s ignorance of the program. We Are talking about sticking your neck out she said. And there could be  compatibility of partners a sense of team play an similarity of ability Levels arc absolute essentials she said. But Stevenson stressed that managers and Job seekers need to know about the program. It s frustrating when professionals have to wait until their sponsors tour is half Over to get employment she said. Even if spouses had t considered Job share they would take it Over nothing ass Ken George Kathy Oscr fold left and pal Campbell shared a secretarial Job in Schaff Cuburu before a family Csc Runcy made it necessary for Oscr fold to return to the states. At All. They need to know that the Opportunity is  some communities have gone to great lengths to publicize the program. Stevenson cited the Mannheim Community for its exceptional promotion of Job sharing and she has taken it upon herself to educate supervisors in the  area. Stevenson supervises two Job share positions. Lorie Johnson Mother Home maker and student work mornings As the information and referral and follow up coordinator in Stevenson s office while her German partner. Heinz Wissen also a student works afternoons. For the past Vear Larry he Ynn has worked two full Days per week and shared one. The family member employment assistance program assistant recently lost his partner to a change of station move. Stevenson said a replacement is being sought. Officials urged military communities to consider Job sharing. We just Don t have jobs to give family members Mara said. For example she said the a Schaffenburg Community has about 300 appropriated fund positions with from 600 to 700 Job seekers. She said it would improve the Quality of life overseas if More people were willing to share jobs. Job officials said they believe that i the program is to work it must have the Community commander s support. With that will come managers willing to give the program a Chance. There never will be enough positions in any military Community to satisfy the demand Stevenson said. The key to this program is command support. It s critical especially in  italian Printer honoured for saving jews in Wii Philadelphia a a Printer from Italy was honoured wednesday for saving thousands of jews from nazi death Camps by printing false documents for them. Trento Brizzi and his town of Assisi arc examples of what Ordinary people can do in the face of tyranny said Harry Waldman. Chairman of the graphic arts association during a Wreath laying ceremony at Phila Delphia s holocaust memorial. The association invited Grizilo receive its third annual Freedom of the press award. The award Given to those who demonstrate commitment to a free and uncensored press and to the Basic human rights of All people has gone to the Wall Street journal an Knight Ridder newspapers in the past. With Brizzi 80, came the Rev. Aldo Brunacci and mayor Edo Romoli representing the clergy and towns people of Assisi. Assisi became an underground Haven in 1943, As the nazis were intensifying their Campaign to round up jews in territories they controlled. Assisi the centuries old Hometown of St. Francis had no jewish population of its own but it became a Haven for them. At one Point according to Waldman nearly half the people of Assisi were hiding jews who were running from nazis. Brizzi wounded in the War. Came Home to help his father Luigi in the family print shop. The Rev. Ruffi no Nic Caci an underground Leader asked them to print false identity papers and transit visas that would allow those in hiding to escape to safer lands. The father and san team used names from the Rome Telephone Book and designed Lake Day seals As they thought they might look. They took care to counterfeit seals of cities known to be under Allied control making it difficult for the nazis to Cross Check them. They ran their printing shop during the Day and worked on the documents at night eventually printing false papers for More than 5,000 jewish and political refugees. No one was Ever captured with their false documents according to the printers organization. Brun Naci a priest for 52 years helped distribute the fake papers by hiding them inside the Frame of his bicycle. The Assisi underground eventually involved almost 500 priests half the townspeople and the cloistered nuns of the Convent of san Quirico. The nuns broke a 700-year-old tradition of not Al lowing men inside the Convent to hide jewish refugees. Luigi Harizi died in 1969, his deeds never officially recognized during his lifetime. Trento Brizzi still oper ates the family business and produced documents for the town and the Abbey. He said he clearly remembers working in the night and hiding what he and his father were doing from the nazi occupiers. At that time none of us was really sure How it would All come  he said. We Felt we had to do  dec inflation rate up 0.4% Brussels Belgium a the annual inflation rate within the european economic Community Rose to a provisional 5.4 percent in april from 5 percent the previous month a top dec official said thursday