European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday june 29, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9 unique care Center tends to sick children while parents workover Here by Randy Pruitt staff writer Hahn a West Germany a when children get sick so do Many healthy mommies and daddies. At least on paper. A the reason 90 percent of employees Call in sick is not because they re sick. Its because their child is actually sick a said Leslie lips child development director at Hahn a. Its a reality that the . Air forces in Europe Haven to fully addressed yet lips said. Except at Hahn. The Hahn mildly ill Center which opened Here six months ago in the nearby Village of Sohren was set up to fill a void in both the Home and the workplace. Parents can leave their children at the Center where they receive care from trained nurses and head off to work. A the idea of taking care of sick children because their parents have to work is something very Well known to the american civilian Community a lips said. A a ism figured out a Long time ago that the minute an employee Calls in sick its $100 right off the  although lips deals mostly with children she discovered that both parents and employers suffer when the Young become ill. Parents often end up losing valuable leave time after sick leave is exhausted. Employers temporarily lose a worker. Lips recalled the Case of a single Parent with three children whose situation inspired lips to help establish the clinic. A when it came time for her to go Back to the states she advised her family that she  be Able to visit them during her move because she had used All her personal leave staying Home with children when they were sick a she said. A she had to go directly to her next base and to  lips said the program was perfect for the Hahn Community which had both the facilities and the qualified staff. The american preschool leased from Sohren was already operating out of a former German kindergarten building. Lips saw possibilities in an adjacent empty apartment that had once belonged to the head mistress of the kindergarten. Lips said it took More than one year to put regulations together utilizing information on similar programs in the states of new Jersey Delaware and Michigan. The Center does no to take children with headaches or stomachaches. A mildly ill Means they cannot participate in the Normal child development program because they Are contagious a lips explained. Parents first must take their children to the Hospital where they Are examined by a doctor. Paperwork is filled out before they can be admitted to the facility. The procedure takes about an hour and a half. A if their temperature is Over 103 or they Are vomiting or have diarrhoea four times in one hour we wont take them a lips said. Children cannot be younger than 6 months or older than 10. Children with different illnesses Are separated in the two Story building. Lips said the Center open Only when someone is sick has cared for about 12 different children so far. Parents pay $20 for a full Day and $ 10 for a half Day. Robyn Vuckel assistant child development director is a registered nurse and Martha Mazurek caregiver for the mildly ill Center is a licensed vocational nurse. 8&v i l a mall i in Robyn Vuckel assistant child development director of the mildly ill Center holds 8-month-old Karina Heredia while caregiver Martha Mazurek offers a toy plume. The children done to seem to mind the philosophies regarding child care new arrangement either. A a lot of people have the idea that if a ,.,u child is sick there should be a Way for that some kids Donit want to leave we to e Parent t0 Lomci Quot she said. A i basically such Good care of them Vuckel said. Believe that too but the reality of the Mili lips said she is aware of different tary is that it just can to always  Naples kids get lesson in Bible times chaplain it. Cmdr Gary Dali Mann shows Derek Nieuwsma left and Paul Gallagher the Art of making a Cradle a toy top made in ancient Israel. Derek and Paul were among More than 200 children attending the Bible times Market place an ecumenical program offered this week at Carney Park the Navy a recreation facility near Naples Italy. A amps photo. By Gary Mill