European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                4 Page 12  to the editor a Friday january 8,1993 thes fun Robbrt edition col Coni e towns two Usan cd time Mart Ubibi stint Bernard a. 20vist09ki editor. News and editorial Amway off euro pwn editor a Bor hat her new editor Sotl Mhar sports editor Root Corty. City editor of ooh Minos so isl sections editor to write us unit 29460 Apoate 09211 or Postrach 1114 37 6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany news Tel fax 06165-601416 to callus dial 06155-601 plus Extension or on 348-8 plus Extension As follows news ext 237,255,262,226,326. Sports ext. 225,269,263,332,321,221. Features ext. 230,245,341. Letters to Pottor ext. 208. Education Jim Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin you Hefly John Bohmer. Steve scholar budding 2899, Pulem Barracks Apo a 09327-9717 tata Phon Dan 489-8585 or Evit Ian 0b91-s210a Tala tax 0631-900114. 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Physical Handicap politics i filiation or any other non ment Factor of the purchaser user or  to be an my the read numerous derogatory letters recently about the unprofessional conduct of the my corps cd like everyone who reads this publication to know a few things about being an my. We work an average of 13 hours a Day six Days a week and As a whole 365 Days a year. Few other Moses can make this claim t and my fellow workers not Only enjoy but take Pride in what we do. Few people realize we Are a multipurpose mos. For example we provide Law enforcement and Security for All the military communities. We also provide tactical support for major exercises and maintain training readiness. We re expected to set the standards for other soldiers and we re trained for air assault and reconnaissance operations including maintaining qualification in three or More weapon systems. We Are a highly visible mos and thus the reason so Many people have complaints against the maps. In closing in a proud to be in the my corps and i  want any other mos. In a also proud of the people i work with. Keep up the great work. A Bradley m. Newman Baum older Germany keeping up to Date this letter concerns the expiration dates on food items in the commissary. How is it possible that a commissary can have so much expired food on. The shelves our commissary is very Small so things go fast. Most people done to have hours to spend in a crowded commissary checking the expiration Date on every food item purchased. Is there no one to Monitor what goes on the shelf and How Long to leave it there if commissaries Are going to sell expired items a sign should be posted so the consumer will know ahead of time if the item is expired and he wont have to wait until he gets Home to find out. A Mia Harris Fulda Germany fes comes through quite often i read articles in the stars and stripes critical of cafes and cafes facilities. 1 wanted to write concerning a positive experience l encountered with the Frankfurt cafes garage. The transmission and clutch on my car went bad after 60,000 Miles. When 1 took it to the Frankfurt cafes garage 1 thought i would have to pay for the repairs because of the age of the vehicle and the number of Miles. Thanks to the dedication and efforts of Richard Henry the manager Kenny Wallace and Wolfgang Strohauer the Cost to me was minimal. They asked me to wait while they checked to see if the repairs could be pushed through on warranty because of some special factors. When they were told a no a they took my Case to a higher court anti won. It was evident that they were looking out for my Best interests and 1 greatly appreciate that care and extra Effort on my behalf. 1 thy saved me nearly $2,000 and there was nothing extra in it for them. They surely went above and beyond to ensure that 1 received every consideration for warranty repair. Sometimes everything Isnit just the Way we want it at cafes but when cafes has employees like these it will take a lot for me to complain in the future. Y my Heartfelt thanks to the people at overseas military sales who helped me even though my car was nearly 5 years old and 1 did no to buy my car through them. A sgt. 1st class Ujj Donald l. Do Nike Darmstadt Germany editor s note a letters from readers expressing their viewpoints 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 include address and Telephone number. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. A a a. Letters requesting information or assistance Are answered in a feature called readers action line which normally appears every Day except thursday and sunday. Letters should be signed and include address and Telephone number. Address such letters to readers action line the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211.afn helps video rentals As i was waiting in line at a video rental store recently a thought suddenly came to me. The thought could possibly explain Why an chooses to tape delay football games on saturday nights. There i was waiting in line to rent a video to take the place of Afna a saturday night movie which is shown in place of football. Maybe just maybe the video stores in Germany and the Benelux have a Deal going with an whereby an tape de lays the games and shows Moyies most of us have seen so most of tvs will spend Money at the video stores. Maybe nah maybe not but pity the poor seb Southern european broadcasting viewers. They lose their live games next season when an takes Over. At least the video stores Down South will Sec a Sharp increase in profits for saturday nights. A staff sgt. Derek d. In pc Spang Dahlum a Germany done to Cut news for sports this is in response to several letters asking Why the sports events Are not shown on an to More often. In a very tired of sports programs taking precedence Over All other programming. In a interested in what is going on around the world and i like to see the National news shows every Day i program my recorder to tape the news hour from 5 . Until 6 . This is where the problem comes in. I do not get to see the news on an average of 50 percent of the mornings because some sports event almost always preempts the morning news shows. I done to care too much which football or basketball team won the night before however i do care about the things that will shape my life which i usually see first on the news. With the events in the last year a be it desert storm the action in Somalia the recent uprisings in Israel or the transition of president elect Clinton a i feel these Are a bit More important than watching 10 to 20 Fien play with a Ball. I do enjoy sports and watch when 1 have a Chance but Why Are we cutting news reports that in Many cases give us a preview of what could affect us liter on in our lives to show something that will not affect us in the least a Joe Abrahamson Berli abortion is up to you id like to address the Issue of abortion rights. Apparently a great number of  lifers believe they Are god and try to dictate to others what is moral and immoral. Everybody has his own set of morals and its up to the individual to decide whether abortion is a moral or immoral practice. The government should not and certainly  lifers should not Force others to accept what they think is mor ally Correct. I done to personally favor abortion. However i also done to believe abortion is immoral. Furthermore 1 done to Force my opinions Down others throats. How can one argue that bringing an unwanted child into the world is More moral than aborting the fetus Tell me is it morally Correct to Force a woman to be a new Mother or to Force society to support the unwanted child is it Correct to bring an unnecessary life into a world already overcrowded. I will not answer any of those questions Here after All i done to want to Force opinions Down anyone a Throat. But remember one last thing make up your own. Mind about what you want. If you get pregnant let it be your own Choice to keep the baby. If a close Friend or relative conceives provide Friendly or Motherly counselling but let them make up their own mind. Its their Call. Not yours. A James Derry Hanau German thanks for helping son my family and i would like to thank everyone at the Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center for their support during our songs illness. With the continued support from or. Kruger of Lan Stuhl and drs. Toth and Brown at the Naples Hospital we Hope that our son will return to a full Normal life. In my 22-year association with the . Armed forces we have never met a finer group of kind caring professionals. We have no words that can express our most sincere appreciation to everyone in the intensive care unit Ward 8-Delta and general surgery. All nurses and Ward personnel have been More than outstanding. Thanks to the staff in the Laboratory who worked All night to match up the required blood needed for the transfusion and the staff who kept the Helo Landing pad open All night to receive blood which was not available locally. A special thanks goes to the staff at spa who organized a car Wash and the people who had their car washed or just stopped to give donations. Lastly we would like to express a sincere thanks to or. Wayne Conway Counselor at Ramstein High school whose endless Effort to organize student visits and tutoring for our son was a tremendous morale boost. Our thanks Are. Extended to principal Albreight of Naples High school the teachers and the student body for their support. A Carlo and Adele Verdi no Naples Italy ?