European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page 11 Arm Landers dear Ann Landers i am a recently married 24 year old woman working on my . At Georgetown University. As a longtime Reader. I am cer Tain that the Best Way to reach the greatest number of teen agers is through your column. If you will print these facts and figures you will do More Good than All the clergy persons tors nurses and teachers combined. According to a report from the University of California at san Francisco entitled adolescent pregnancy and parenting in California sexual activity among adolescents is on the Rise. There is no indication that this trend is slowing Down or reversing itself. National statistics show the average age of first Intercourse is 17.2 for females and 16.5 for males. By age 20. Three out of four girls and five out of six boys will have had sexual Intercourse at least once As will one in six i a year old boys and one in 20 15-year old girls. A recent National Survey revealed that three out of five adult women Don t know when they Are most Likely to become pregnant. The figure is four out of five for teen age girls. They Don t know thai ovulation occurs in the mid dle of a woman s menstrual Cycle and that pregnancy is most Likely to occur when Intercourse takes place 14 Days after the first Day of menstruation. Another reason for the High rate of pregnancy among teens is that they Are reluctant to use any method of birth control. Even condoms. They place themselves at risk not Only for pregnancy but a wide Range of sexually transmitted diseases including aids. Many teens believe it is not possible to get pregnant the first time they have sex. Many believe they Are Safe if they have sex standing up or under water. They do not know How to use contraceptive devices properly which Means they Are not protected. Another common misconception is that if the male docs not have in orgasm there can be no pregnancy. Ann. There is so much ignorance out there it is frightening. When 1 was 15 years old i lived in fort Wayne sent for your Booklet on teen age sex. It was the basis of my sex education. The paper i read you in now does not mention your booklets. If you arc still offering those booklets. I wish you would let people know. Teen agers today May be Street smart but they Are terribly ignorant about sex and reproduction. The More surveys i read the worse it gets. I worry about these kids. Please help them. Sign me concerned in . you hive written an excellent letter and i thank you. The Booklet you referred to sex and the teen Ager has been revised several limes since you read it. For those who Are interested Send a self addressed Long business size envelope and a Check or Money order for$3.65 this includes postage and handling to teens co Ann Landers Box 11562, Chicago Iii 60611-0562. In Canada Send $4.45. 1c creators Syndicate experience reliability make Best Soldier in these Days of budget cuts and troop reductions we All Are being affected. Some will have to work longer hours with less and some will not even have a Job. It seems the More experienced soldiers arc being weeded out. Just because you re in the service 16 years and Are still an be docs not mean you Are not smart enough or Good enough to make the rank it merely Means you Don t have the Opportunity to Progress. I be seen people who should not be in the service getting promoted and those who really do make a Dif Ference getting the Boot All the experience and Job knowledge does t even come into play. Sarge Over worked can attest to this. Specialist Shamoff Sarge overworked i won t be in this morning i have an appointment. It s personal. Sarge overworked Well specialist Shamoff this is the fourth time in two weeks. Don t make it a habit. You really should take care of your personal problems on your own time. Specialist Shamoff i Don t have any free time to take care of it and besides you just can t do a whole lot cause i la go to the first sergeant and Tell him you re playing favouritism. Sarge overworked Well Here we go again. Another Day someone else has to pick up his Slack. Boy. I sure do wish i could fire this kid. Four years in the military and he wants to do the same things he did in school playing Hooky running late doing Only enough work to get by Ana Well his uniform is one thing that really looks Good. Specialist Shamoff never makes it to work that Day. His spouse had an 8 30 appointment at the local Hospital finished up at 9 30, yet does t think he is needed at work so he just goes Home and catches a few More is. During this Lime Sarge overworked gets his walking papers 16 years in the army and now he s no longer got a Job or anything to show for it monday morning War Breaks out. They Call upon specialist Shamoff to tight. Specialist Sham outs answer sorry i can t go fight for my country. I have to take my wife to the he fails to Tell anyone that he was out shopping for a new car while everyone else was qualifying with the m-16 and can t hit the Broad Side of a Bam now is this what we re reduced to Cheney wants to Cut Down our troops. I have a suggestion. Let s gel rid of the specialist Sham outs. The private first class complainers the private excuses the sergeant sic Calls. Then All the sergeants Over worked the sergeant first class work hards could do their jobs with greater results because they no longer would have to wonder if the Job was getting done. I Don t know about you but i Don t think president Bush would like to be in the situation he is placing the rest of us in. My question is this would you like to go to War with someone who was always at work ready to serve or with someone who when the bullets Are whizzing by makes a mad dash for the first Hospital to get a profile against fighting because his trigger Finger has a Blister but what do i know i m just another dependent wife. Rose m. my Esau West Germany Community pulled together after Accident it is said that we All pull together during a crisis. Thank you to Kitzinger and the Wiir Burg military Community for showing How True that is. Recently two of our chaplain assistants who arc married to each other experienced what Many parents fear the most their 6-year-old daughter Erin was involved in a near fatal Accident when she was hit by a car while she was waiting for her school bus. Within hours and during the next several Days the family was swamped with people of their Community who wanted to show their concern and compassion. The response by the German medical staff was Superb both on the scene and at the Wurzburg University Hospital. The unit and fellow workers helped take up the Slack so they could have much needed time to be with the daughter and Chapel families prayed for her recovery while others brought dinners to their Home. Or. A Csc of the Kitzinger american school responded to the teachers and students desire to help by raising Money As did 2d Send me brigade com Mand sergeant major Benton on behalf of the local masonic Lodge. Many sent cards or delivered stuffed animals and All her classmates sent get Well cards add to All of this that Brig. Gen. Richard Davis the Community commander visited the child and her parents not once but twice in As Many Days. These and Many other signs of concern by Many other people were All very much appreciated and help us to understand Why we say Wurzburg where peo ple Are always first 1 . Erin is Back to school and expected to recover completely chaplain maj Gregory j. Schannep Kitzinger West Germany doctor sets record straight on Accident As one of the Many physicians treating the victims of the fatal Accident of 26 january i was pleased to Sec your correction on 31 january fatal 3-car crash leaves 6 although you still Don t have All the facts Correct . David has a fractured Skull Elisna has a fractured femur and fractured Pelvis Melissa has a fractured Vertebra and fractured ankle two Points need emphasis five in seven people in one car were seriously injured two of these critically. All probably have Good prognoses but All have weeks of pain and therapy head before they recover completely. None of these children or their Mother mrs. Thompsonsr their dog who was also injured was wearing a scat Belt. We try very hard to insist that people Wear scat belts we try to encourage the designated Driver system but publication of the facts of this Story might do More than All our nagging. Perhaps you could do a feature on seat belts they save lives but just As important they save faces spinal columns Heads Pelvis is backs. They save a lot of pain and heartache. Name withheld Lan Stuht West Germany european edition col my 1. Town no Usan commander editor m chief it. Col. Luzanne l Phillip. 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