European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 military the stars and stripes Friday August 23, 1991rules eased on hiring Dod child care workers Washington a amps a Pentagon officials have created a special civilian hiring authority that will allow the services to add about 1,700 More employees to the 640 military child care centers in the United states and abroad. Sources both in and outside the Pentagon said the civilian hiring freeze that has been in effect since last year has kept base commanders from hiring More child care employees As required by recent legislation. Although the freeze was recently relaxed to allow the hiring of two new employees for every five who leave some commanders still have been reluctant to hire More child care staff because of other personnel requirements sources said. A House armed services committee delegation that visited Pacific bases in july reported that forcing the centers to compete with other base activities for permission to hire employees created a a a devastating effect on child  Home loan rate Cut Washington a amps the department of veterans affairs has Cut its maximum interest rate for Home loan guarantees from 9.5 percent to 9 percent the third rate change this year. The action effective aug. 12, Means that the monthly payment on an average $80,000 a backed loan would drop by $28.99, for a potential savings of $10,000 Over the life of a 30-year loan. The change Marks a turnaround in the credit Market conditions that caused a to raise the rate from 9 percent to 9.5 percent As recently As june 17, according to a officials. In the fiscal year that ended sept. 30, the department of veterans affairs guaranteed More than 196,500 Home Loans totalling $15.8  top managers Rhein main a Germany a John Christiansen of the Community activities Center and Alvin Shapiro of the audio photo club have been recognized As the Best morale welfare and recreation activity managers in the military Airlift come for 1991. This is Christiansen a third consecutive award As the Best in Mac. He was nominated this year for his service in the Community activity Center program. In particular under his guidance the outdoor recreation program grew to offer More than 50 different activity packages. He also was responsible for the information tickets and Tours operation at Rhein main the largest in Europe with Gross sales of nearly $1.6 million each year. Under Shapiro a direction the Rhein main audio photo club had a 292 percent increase of net income for the year compared with last  chief honoured Rhein main a Germany staff sgt. James Philhower 435th aircraft generation so has been named the 1991 air Force association dedicated Crew chief of the year for the air Force. Aircraft commanders gave Philhower High ratings for his aircraft and systems knowledge and. Overall maintenance performance on missions. The entire maintenance Crew of his aircraft has also been consistently at the top of the Blue aircraft maintenance units Crew of the month inspection standings. Oesterberg child Center found those who cared by am Geiszler Jones . Bureau a few months ago Kerry Caine Learned she would have to find alternative Day care for her 4-year-old son because the child development Center at Oesterberg a Netherlands was closing for renovations. The notice came two weeks before the Center closed May 31jt.not much time to find someone to care for Caine a son whom she describes As a a hyper  but that a when the staff at the Center stepped in. Patricia Gurr the director helped solve the problem for Caine a Secretary at the bases morale welfare and recreation office. One of the centers staff members was going to baby sit in her Home during the summer Layoff due to the closure. The Center reopens monday after the completion of More than $55,000 in renovations that were needed to bring the 9-year-old Center up to the standards set by the military child care act of 1989. Some of those renovations included installing windows in each door adding More video cameras putting in new carpeting and modifying the playground. Until mid May Gurr expected to set up shop in portable buildings while the Center underwent renovations. A the problem with that was that the Cost of preparing the portables to meet the air Force child care standards would have been astronomical a said Gurr. The Bill would have been at least $78,000, More than what it Cost to renovate the Center. With that plan no longer financially feasible Gurr and members of the centers Parent advisory committee sought ways to temporarily provide child care for the More than 50 children at the Center. Some of the 18 caregivers baby sat in their Homes or arranged to go to the parents Homes. The base commander allowed the family Day care Home providers to increase their capacity by one child during the centers closure allowing seven children under the age of 6 to be minded in a Home. The Center compiled a list of off base dutch services. Concerns of the parents were addressed in two forums organized by Gurr and the parents committee. A unfortunately you always have one or two that Netherlands North sea Germany a amps complain but we were Able for the most part to get providers for the families a said Flo Childs the head of the Parent advisory committee. A we have to give a lot of credit to the child care providers and the Home care providers. This could  out to be a horror  Childs was one who approached one of the centers caregivers asking her to come to Childs Home to baby sit her sons 4-year-old Justin and 18-month-old Jonathan along with some other children displaced by the centers closure. Although alternative child care was found in most cases it Wasny to necessarily the most convenient of situations. For Caine the arrangements were More expensive and less conveniently located. A it was rough on Kyle changing his schedule a she said. A i did no to like pulling him from the Center from All his friends and leaving him with someone who Only looked after one other child. He needs a lot of people around  Kyle wont be returning to the Center monday. Hell be starting kindergarten instead. Childs the chief of accounts control at Soester bergs accounting and finance office said the closure May encourage More people to join the Parent advisory committee. Air Force f-4g Crew Safe after Jet crashes in desert Manama Bahrain apr a . Air Force Jet on a training Mission crashed in a Remote desert on the arabian Peninsula but its two member Crew ejected safely a . Military spokesman reported thursday. The spokesman declined to say where the f-4g went Down when it crashed wednesday afternoon. The arabian Peninsula includes saudi Arabia and several other countries. Both crewmen a successfully ejected and were transported to a medical facility a said capt. Rick Sanford of the joint information Bureau for the . Forces in the persian Gulf. Sanford said the two Crew members usually a Pilot and an electronic warfare officer suffered no injuries. But he declined to give the name of their unit or to identify them. The cause of the Accident was not yet known and a Board of officers will investigate he said. The number of . Forces still in the persian Gulf is Down to 38,600 from a Peak of 540,000 deployed during the persian Gulf War that ended iraqis seven month occupation of Kuwait. Sanford said the crash was the first sustained in the Region by the air Force since the War ended in february. But the various . Forces have registered 65 noncombat fatalities including a number that died in an ordnance explosion in Kuwait. The deaths Range from natural causes to automobile accidents Sanford  gets jail term for driving violations Raf Ben Waters England a amps a an airman stationed at Raf Ben Waters was Given a 30-Day jail sentence to be followed by 30 Days of hard labor wednesday for reckless driving and for driving while intoxicated. He was also cited for not having a Drivers License. Airman 1st class David p. Tristan or. Was also ordered to forfeit $250 a month for four months and reduced one Grade to airman by a military judge col. Michael Mcshane. Tristan also received a written reprimand. Tristan was charged aug. 16 with disobeying a lawful order for driving while his License was revoked reckless driving and driving while intoxicated said base spokesman master sgt. Domenick do Nelli. He pleaded guilty to the three charges during his one Day general court martial. Tristan was arrested shortly after Midnight May 26 in the parking lot f his dormitory on Ben Waters after running a stoplight and hitting another car driven by a British woman in the nearby Village of Eyke Donelli said. No one was injured in the minor Accident he said. Tristan a storage and Issue clerk with the 81st Supply so had his License revoked in april. No information could be released concerning that incident because it was an administrative action said Donelli. A tristan will serve his jail sentence at the confinement facility at Raf Laken Heath. He will not be confined while completing his one month of hard labor which will be carried out at Ben Waters Donelli said. The maximum sentence he could have received was six months of confinement two thirds forfeiture of his monthly pay and allowances for six months a reduction to the rank of airman Basic and a bad conduct discharge