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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 21, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 9 military audiovisual Library to distribute 8,000 tapes Schwet Zingen Germany Over the next six months the . Army in Europe s audio visual Library will be distributing its collection of More than 8,000 videotapes to libraries in army communities designated to be hubs. Although the collection will not be centralized in Heidelberg As it had been the tapes will be available to every Community through the inter Library loan system. Each of the Hub communities which include bad Kreuz Nach Frankfurt Giessen Wurzburg Nimberg Stuttgart Kaiserslautern Heidelberg Berlin Grafe Wohr and Vicenza Italy will have a sampling of the different types of titles. Until the titles Are transferred into the Library computer network the tapes will not be available to Check out said Bonnie Klein usage urn a special services librarian. However Library personnel Are attempting to enter the most sought after titles first.3 auditors honoured Heidelberg Germany a three army auditors in Europe have been honoured for their outstanding contributions. _ Dewi Thomas an auditor in the internal review and audit compliance office at the Headquarters of the . Army in Europe was selected As the commands auditor of the year. During an audit of the Patron oriented automated Library system last year Thomas saved the command $16 million by reducing the scope of a procurement contract. Thomas also reviewed the commands operation and maintenance funds and freed $4.5 million that had been designated for invalid obligations. Gay l. Hatcher and Salvatore Gambone received auditor of excellence awards for their work. Hatcher has worked in the internal review and audit compliance office at Vii corps Headquarters since 1988. Gambone has worked in the internal review and audit compliance office for the Headquarters of the Southern european task Force and 5th theater army area come since 1987.reduction plans change Heidelberg Germany a . Army m Europe officials have proposed further changes to the commands plan for trimming its civilian support group work Force in Germany. The changes Are being made to coordinate reductions in the local National units with the withdrawal of the . Units they support. The changes recommend personnel reductions in two Heidelberg units. The plan proposes reducing the 3331st civilian support group by eight slots in fiscal 1992�?Ts fourth Quarter and reducing the 3334th civilian support Liaison det by two slots in the same Quarter. The latest proposal also Calls for eliminating the 8361st combat support group m bad Kreuz Nach in fiscal 1992�?Ts fourth Quarter rather than reducing it. Three units would also be eliminated sooner than originally planned under the proposal. The 8905th civilian support group in Esslinger would be eliminated in second Quarter fiscal 1992, one year earlier than planned. The 8906th civilian support group in Bobingen would be phased out by second Quarter fiscal 1992, rather than third Quarter 1993. The 8904th civilian support group in Augsburg would be eliminated in fourth Quarter fiscal 1992, one year earlier than planned. London Marathon runner has dual goals in mind by Amy Geiszler Jones . Bureau Raf upper Heyford England each stride that air Force staff sgt. Manuel a Rod Quot Rodriguez takes in sunday s London Marathon will put him that much closer to meeting not Only a personal goal but a charitable one As Well. His personal goal is to run the course of 26 Miles and 385 Yards that winds through the British capital in four hours. His charitable goal Quot is to raise $3,000 from his feat to donate to the desert storm surviving dependents fund inc., a stateside Charity set up to help the families whose loved ones were killed in the persian Gulf War. A i figure if in a going to go run i might As Well do some Good for somebody else a said Rodriguez who has been stationed at Raf upper Heyford since 1986. Doing Good seems to have become a Way of life for Rodriguez and his wife Camille. Rodriguez raising Money for charities and inviting single service members to spend holidays in their Home Are commonplace to the couple. A a its just the Way we Are a Camille Rodriguez said. Rodriguez 29, has raised $3,140 through fun runs and other efforts. In 1988, for instance he ran a half Marathon and raised 541 pounds about $990, for a special unit at oxfords John Radcliffe Hospital that cares for premature babies. Rodriguez an avionics test station specialist with the 20th component repair so has always wanted to run in a Marathon before he was 30. He found the saying a the third times the Charm a to be True when his third attempt to enter the London Marathon was successful. Entrants for the a Marathon which was begun in 1981, Are chosen by lottery Quot when he stalled training for the Marathon in mid january Rodrigue planned to raise Money again Tor the Oxford Hospital baby unit. V the War and the deaths of fellow Servi remembers changed his mind. For the past few months it looked As if his idea to raise Money might have been nothing More than Good intentions. Efforts by Rodriguez and his wife to find a Charity with such a cause proved unsuccessful and the Date for the Marathon was looming. A i could t put anything on paper to raise Money until i knew exactly which fund it would go to Quot Rodriguez said. A. A a a a a a. A a a. A a Ltd. A a a a a a. All of those concerns ended april 4 when a lbs special welcoming Home operation desert storm troops was broadcast on armed forces network television. A Short Blurb at the end of the program listed the desert storm surviving dependents fund inc., which was recently established with $50,000 donated by the programs producers. Officials with the fund Are working with the department of defense to locate families whose military spouse died in the War said Bob Gordon a spokesman for the fund. For his previous fund raising efforts Rodriguez usually hit up his co workers for pledges but this time he decided to raise Money base wide. The bases first sergeants association is helping coordinate the Effort. People who want to help have two choices a they can Send contributions by april 30 to the Raf upper Heyford a first sergeants association co senior master sgt. Eagan . Box 2723, Apo 09194, Cheeks should be made payable to the fund. A or they can Send their donations directly to the fund. Its address is desert storm surviving dependents fund inc., . Box 1669, Alexa Nuriu va., 22313-1669. Contributing to Thea report Janet Howella Lerney in Wash Langton rifles Fly As members of the Ramstein High school team perform at the air Force Junior Roth european Drill Competition held saturday at Wiesbaden Germany a. A amps go Schuettler there were 114 participants from four schools in Germany Ramstein Kaiserslautern Wiesbaden and Wei Brincken and one Lakenheath in  affirms she will Survey filipinos on base policy Manila Philippines up president Corazon Aquino brushed aside threats of an impeachment and said she would pursue plans to conduct a Survey to determine if filipinos support a renewal of . Basing rights. Sen. Wigberto Tanada has warned he will initiate impeachment proceedings in Congress against Aquino it the president goes ahead with her plans to hold a a consultations after a bases agreement is signed. Aquino said in a statement Friday the threat was �?ounfortunate.�?�. A in the event that an agreement is reached and a treaty is signed we will pursue an information drive to allow our people the Opportunity to know As much about such agreement As possible and also for us in government to havoc an accurate idea of How our people feel re Garding it a she said. Aquino said she would still comply with the constitutional requirement that any new bases treaty should be ratified by the Senate and submitted to a plebiscite if Congress desires this. But she also has said she expected senator o respect the results of the planned consultations. Independent surveys show filipinos favor renewal of american Basing rights. The majority of the 23-member Senate opposes a renewal of the 1947 treaty governing the sprawling Clark a and Subic Bay naval station. The treaty expires in september but negotiators Hope a renewal would be settled on later this month. Opponents of the bases say the facilities Are a remnant of colonial Rule and an infringement of philippine sovereignty  
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