European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a the stars and stripes Friday october 18, 1991 thes european edition circulation 100,000 col Gene a Townsend Usan comma def publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor bin Walker european editor Deborah Abehart Bryan Nolan news editor City editor Bob Wicker George Manaa sports editor special sections editor to write us Apo a 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37 6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or ets 348-8 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237, 255, 282, 226, 326. Sports ext. 225,269, 263, 332, 321, 221. Features ext. 230, 245, 341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business ext. 326. News bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauson building 103, Carl Schurz Cavern Apo 09069 Telephone ets 342-8659 or civilian 0471-88782. Kaiserslautern Germany Peggy Davidson. Lynda Davidson. 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Terry Grimm Raf Alconbury England editor s note a i letters from readers expressing their viewpoints or opinions Are published daily in this space. All letters 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. Go 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.myopia at its worst writing letters to the editor of the stars and stripes is just inviting trouble witness our steel thanked Jungle Boot in Mouth command sergeant major. However one recent letter demands a response. To the writer who wrote in decrying the racial overtones of teenage mutant ninja turtles Rock steady and bebop Are dark Gray and Brown because they Are respectively a Rhino and a boar. These critters do not normally come in shades of Pink or peach. I notice you did not object to the a coincidentally Quot dark colors of the heroes. Splinter the rat or the turtles themselves. Further the atrocious speech of the villains is not reminiscent of a Black dialect a but is instead the Well known cliched 1920s-style gangster speak. How can you expect to raise the consciousness of those who need a Good social drubbing when you make yourself a laughingstock by stating that a mutant Rhino who talks like a celluloid a1 Capone insults Black culture paranoid Chest beating like this sets the equal rights movement Back years with every iteration. Shame on you. Do push . A staff sgt. Gordon f. Pargellis Frankfurt Germany versed he must then believe that 18 years ago that there was no discrimination. He further stated that the reason the a act a fear and hate Thomas is because he is not politically Correct. Politics is the reason that organizations normally speak out against any candidate. The writer decided to atack the values of Black americans by saying that Blacks reject Thomas because he is Black and rooted in Jude Christian values. Is Thomas the Only Black american rooted in these values 1 doubt it. I am a member of the a act but have no opinion on Thomas a for two reasons i done to know him and had never heard of him before the supreme court vacancy and 1 have not personally had a Chance to review any of his Legal writings or opinions. Only then can i make an informed decision. I too wish that there were not a need for organizations like these to exist. But As Long As the Many americans who Are the majority continue to appear insensitive to issues affecting minorities these types of organizations have a vital place in our society. A capt. Kelvin Bledsoe Vilseck Germany a a a used Lime lives on the answer to the writers question on where does time go once we have used it a a timely problem a is really quite simple time once used lives on in our memories. Time is so powerful a it can level a Mountain carve a Canyon and Rob one of his youth and Beauty a that it is Given to us Only in Small doses. We have a a few minutes Here a a couple of hours there and so on throughout our Day. Now whether we put that time to productive use or use it to relax it is there for us to do with As we will. If we fail to use it time does not care. It will continue on slowly ticking by us waiting for someone to make the most of it. But we will remember its passing and How we used that time a for Good or ill a will color our memories. Some no doubt will be sad As we recall a moment lost or time misused. Others though will be Happy and these Are the ones we will relive Over and Over. As the writer a cordiale said a memory is the return without end of a time Well spent to which the heart has Given  so if you Are looking for where the time went just close your eyes and remember. A capt. De Ouellette ram Stein a German ombudsman needed one of the results of the draw Down has been the production of a series of unclassified policy messages from the cinc commander in chief to usar eur units about civilian tour extensions. These messages Are prepared and recommended by the civilian personnel division of the Deputy chief of staff personnel disperse Usa eur staff. A gentle reminder Usa eur . Civilian employees Are Federal employees who happen to be working for Usa eur. They Are not Only entitled to equitable treatment within their Parent unit and within Usa eur but to equitable treatment with every other Federal employee in conus Continental United states and worldwide. The innocence of intent of these current policies is equal to the Hunter who shoots at a Deer and finds out he has shot a cow. The present policies continue to reek of the traditional favouritism that has been shown higher Headquarters staff people versus the ones at the lower Levels who make this show really go. I believe that How these policies reflect favouritism has not been brought to the attention of the cinc. In the interest of fairness Justice and recognition for loyalty shown Usa eur needs an autonomous a overseas tour Extension ombudsman to protect and ensure the execution of fair and equal treatment of All . Employees career and non career in or external to army career programs. Presently these policies Are implemented by Many commanders displaying both careerism and command loyalty with the support of the civilian personnel division Disper. The ombudsman position should be both an advisory policy and action position Independent of the Disper organization reporting directly to the c1nc/dcinc. When performed correctly and with integrity it will result in a Usa eur wide limited level of employee dissatisfaction and a negligible requirement for arbitration. Army and Usa eur regulations Are not the problems. The problem is to find someone who will empathize with people and develop creative solutions. I know someone will ask a who is that masked Man a like any other old War horse with Over 36 years service 1 am still charging to the sound of cannons and the smell of gun powder. I recommend non Extension of their overseas tour for anyone who says this cannot or should not be done. Our common experience tells us that All is not Well in the River City civilian tour extensions program. Inaction will ensure inequity. A John a. Merna Pir Masens Germany a a Wake up people Quot after Reading so Many letters from so Many people about such a variety of subjects and laughing so hard at How silly most of them sounded1 had to write in response to the letter a emergency  i could Only picture How outraged the individual must have been. To think that the producers of that show could have been so cruel to use 911 of All numbers As the number to dial in an emergency. And How about the station that airs the show Why did no to they dub in the number to suit the area in which the program was being broadcast Wake up people. You Arentt living in America. You re living in a foreign country where the Host government makes the rules. If you want your children to know the Correct number to Call Don t prejudge Thomas i read with Shock and utter disbelief a recent letter concerning Clarence Thomas. Obviously everyone is entitled to their opinions but when those opinions Are expressed without regard to ones sense of duty and responsibility those opinions must be refuted. The writer stated that putting Thomas on the supreme court would give him an Opportunity to undo the 18 years of damage to our society done by men like Thurgood Marshall. Apparently the writer does not know that any Law that is enacted by the supreme court must have a majority vote. If he believes that the work of a Man who has taken a stand against racism and sexism and who has defended the Constitution using the principals Quot a men Are created equal a needs to be re id like to have pen pals. I am 35 years old and work As a seamstress. A Ruth a Trasmonte Playa Tanjay a Negros Oriental Philippines 6200 i am 25 years old. A Rizalyn Teves 53 san Juan Street Dumaguet City Philippines 6200 please publish my name in your pen pal column. I am 29 years old and interested in music dancing and going to pubs. A Bernadette Cox 78 Range yield Orton Brambles Peterborough pe2 0un England i am a 29-year-old roman catch a. My hobbies include Reading watching to walking travelling photography and listening to music. A Utah. Lumain Royale House 34 c m. Recto St. Davao City. 8000 Philippines i like Reading watching to dancing and walking. I am 31 years old and a Catholic. Josephine b. Moreno Avon cosmetics room 4 Valgo sons bldg. Davao City 8000 Philippines i am a 22-year-Oid single mum. I enjoy Many things such As music films Reading and generally meeting people. A Mana Walsh 3 Wimbledon Terrace Newton Heath Manchester m10 6ua. England