European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a the stars and stripes thursday May 9, 1991the s%?4d- european edition circulation 145,000 col Genee. Townsend Usan commander publisher. Bernard a. Zovistoski editor. A. La col. Gayl w. Fix Usa Deputy commander Marl Kohl Tekl a production manager Bill Walker european editor Deane b. Mcdermott circulation manager switchboard 06155-6010. Ets 348-5741 or 5823. Telex 419-332. Business Tel fax 06155.601376. News Tel fax 06155-601416 v mailing address Apo 09211-4211 or Post Fach 11 14 37, d-6100 Darmstadt 11,  06155-601 plus Extension or ets 348-b plus Extension. \. A news ext 237,255, 282, 226, 326. Sports exl 225, 269, 263,332, 321, 221. Features ext 230,245,341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education a cml Jones ext. 226. Business Randy Mcclain ext. 326. Bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauson building 103,. A Carl Schuri Cavern Apo 09069  342-0659. Or civilian 0471-8b782. A. 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Foxholes res neat attacks a these things Are part of what you do. While you re doing your Job and getting awards and promotions in a trying to figure out How pm going to put my child through College next year. In a trying to help my wife figure out a new budget that has been Cut in half. Or maybe in a sitting in the club with my buddies drinking Beer and laughing about How i gave up my life to come 8,000 Miles and get Baa mouthed because in a a reservist. Right now its 2 . And i have to go maybe i la go cordon off the building where they found a bomb. Then ill go and stand in 4 feet of Snow to Check your family a car to make sure there Isnit a bomb. Later ill go out and watch you come Home to your loved ones with parades awards hugs and kisses. After that ill go Back to the billets and pop in the video of my daughter s wedding or graduation wondering who will give my wife a ride to the Hospital when she gives birth next week. And come the next War ill be proud to standing Here again despite being called a Quot whiny weekend  �?2nd it. Fischer a spec. Bennett a sgt. 1st class Battle a staff sgt. Higgins a staff sgt. Dsouza a staff sgt. Alvarez a sgt. Hansen a sgt. Vasqucz a sgt. Strianse a spec. Dubois f a spec. Nadler a spec. Kopec a spec. Bodin a spec. Smith a spec. Young a pfc. Sellers a pfc. Mcleod a Darmstadt German fed up with dog owners first of All let me say that i do not hate dogs but i am getting fed up with their owners. I am a Walker. Like Many parents i walk my child through the Little Park area Between Hugel and platen to get to the Frankfurt elementary school. It is not Only disgusting but i believe a health Hazard to walk in this area. There is dog fees everywhere. Some of these dogs Are running around without a Leash. At the same time children Are running and playing on their Way to and from school. A child could easily be bitten while the dog owners Are chit chatting. My suggestion to the dog owners who live in military housing and pick their children up from school is this please leave your dogs at Home. Do you think that a Small child running Down the Street or darting blindly into the Street is going to comprehend that the dog chasing him has Teeth but will not bite him. And parents do not allow your child to Holu your full grown dogs Leash while walking in Ana around the school grounds. Does your Small child have the strength to restrain your pet should it become necessary Joretha Gary Offenbach Germany a plea for Courtesy i have been a Gate guard now for four weeks arid the detail lasts for seven. Evcic morning i Wake up in a pretty Good mood but by lunch to miserable. You would be astounded at How Many rude people come through the Gate. Some people purposely hold the id card in such a manner that it makes it very difficult for me to see some look the other Way when they show it. Others wont even Roll their window Down even when it is darkly tinted. Some expect me to press my face up to the window others Stop 5 to 10 feet from where in a standing and stick it up to the Windshield. In either Case i can barely make out the information on the id card and i am certainly unable to see their face or anyone else who May be lurking in the Back seat. And its riot just the enlisted Many times i have rendered the proper hand Salute Only to be ignored and left with the stale smell of exhaust fumes. Recently we had some terrorist threats in the. Area and i was ordered to increase Security to a 100 percent a hands on id Check. On that Day we were cussed at people snatched their id cards Back from us muttered at us under their breath and generally treated us badly. The order was for one Day  folks All we ask for is a Little Courtesy. We re just doing our Job. Any thing less and we threaten the Security of you and your family. A spec. Mark w. Bowyer Augsburg Germany a a v a a a weapon safety program a Reader recently expressed Surprise that the National Rifle association of which i am a life member Hasni to taken a stronger position to promote weapon a safety. A a a a. A a a v a i am Happy to report that Era has a tremendous safety program. Even As i write i have in hand pamphlets brochures safety education course announcements safety instructor training programs and a Catalon of audiovisual aids All a part of nral a efforts to promote safety. Era has specifically designed safety courses for people in practically any situation or walk of life kids women Hunters target shooters Law enforce ment officers or just Plain one gun owners. The programs Are even tailored to reach people at Camps schools clubs neighbourhood Community centers Etc the most Basic and probably the most important program deals with Home firearms safety readers interested in weapons safety and responsibility can write to me at Apo 09213 no stamp required with maps of directly to the Era at 1600 Rhode Island Avenue Washington . 20036. A Brad Rohrer Usa eur certified Hunting instructor Frankfurt Germany a. A a world hunger problem one of the biggest problems in the world is hunger affecting 450 million people. Every year about 15 million starve to death. The stairs and stripes has published quite a few Good articles concerning the plight of the developing countries. Starvation wont be ended until we have the political will to properly distribute the abundance of food we produce. Please continue to publish articles re minding your readers of world hunger perhaps if people Are reminded Oft enough they will overcome their Corn reminded often Placenci and do something to help. Even if its a letter to a politician some Good should result. A a. Philip Smith Kaiserslautern Crinan sudden realization i recently watched the Homecoming of Gen h. Norman Schwarzkopf on an and As i watched the tears flowed. I suddenly realized that yes Freedom is Worth fighting for. We americans have so much Freedom but some done to realize the Quality of this Freedom. American troops in the persian Gulf and hundreds of kuwaitis were dying for that Freedom until this Day i did no to really understand or fully realize Why our country was at War but now i understand. Maybe others can finally understand too. Thank you America. A Kimberly Arnott Kaiserslautern German record challenged i would like to set the record straight. Sgt. Martin Gilbert was not the first Soldier to re enlist in Iraq. On feb. 28 at noon one of my platoon sergeants sgt. 1st class Phillip j. Wright re enlisted for five More years. We were about 25 Miles Southwest of Basra in occupied Iraq. I will not be so bold As to state that he was the first individual Toj re up in Iraq but i know of at least two More soldiers who re enlisted in Iraq before sgt. Gilbert did a capt. Ronald a. Hoskinson operation desert storm double standards we Are still an army of standards a double standards. I read today where the 8th inf div Provost marshal was punished for taking is expired plates away from an my. Now his vehicle is registered. In Darmstadt if your plates expire for one Day the Provost marshals of a fice can suspend your driving privileges for a period of 60 Days. I done to know what the punishment would be if you quarrelled with the my and then took your tags but i bet its not As lenient As the bad Kreuz Nach Community. I think that if the situation were reversed i would have read about a court martial of a Soldier and How the officer was just doing his Job. A Karen Ballard Darmstadt Germany editor s note a letters from readers expressing their viewpoints or opinions Are pm blushed daily in this space. All Etters must be signed. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. Letters should be addressed to letters to the editor the stars and stripes Apo 09211-4211. A a a letters requesting information or assistance Are answered in a feature called readers action line which appears on Page 16 every Day except thursday and sunday. Such letters should be addressed to readers action line the stars and stripes Apo 09211-4211