European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 14letters to the editor wednesday january 27,1993 the Sil Europe in edition col Gene a Townsend Usan Ctet Mandof Public he editor news and editorial Iii we hts a europen editor Minli Abitia foul centry now editor City Ednot boo Etc Kay Oao Ryo mme sports editor Spock Ioctl ont editor to write us unit 29480 Apoate 09211 or Postrach 1114 37 6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 346-8 plus Oxten Slon 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. 206. Education Jim Jonos ext. 226. Business news ext 326. News bureaus Kaiserslautern Germany a a Van Douf Lewty. John Bohnow. St scholar building 2099, Pulaski Barracks Apo a 09227-0717 Toto Hon Dan 4094565 or emf in 0001-52104 Tatkow 0001-50698. Nonn mrs Germany Ron Jenson building 21. 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Everything in 6na publication Alia by Mode Ava Kabia Lor Poi Vaa. Use or patronage m Trio of regard to Ian color a Aligre a to. National Ogni age Maiio Anil a. Us Yarcel Handicap i Antii ution or any of Liei no Merit i Kirol Ali Pui Lvi a of. User pm up Ona Swift kick in the pants unlike the writers of recently pub Lishco letters concerning the Marine kicking the somalian boy i feel he might have deserved it. It s obvious that child is in great need of discipline. The writers of those letters arc assuming a lot by saying that the Marine was kicking him. They Don t know the full Story. Perhaps if More people were willing to put a Root to someone s butt we would t have the problems we do now with kids doing drugs. And killing one another in America. I do not condone child abuse or excessive discipline by any Means but i d like to think that if 1 threw rocks at a military policeman 1 might get a Swift kick in the pants. A sgt. 1st class Edgar w. Dahl Ambach Germany a a uniform treatment you recently ran an excellent informative article on the new air Force uniform. It was accompanied by api Turc of four air Force members we Aring it. All arguments and con about the new uniform aside you did the air Force enlisted corps a grave disservice in the caption. Three of the individuals in the photo Gen. Merrill a. Mcpeak capt Cathy Mcginn and maj. Martha will were quite rightfully so identified by their rank. The fourth person chief master sgt. Gary Pfingston was simply identified As a Gary Pfingston chief master sergeant of the air chief master sgt. Pfingston represents All air Force enlisted personnel and by virtue of his position is our senior enlisted person. Your staff did not even have the Grace to capitalize his unique position name to say nothing of not addressing him by his hard won rank. I and others in my unit feel an apology is in order. A senior master sgt. Linda l. Keel Chick res a Belgium. Too easy to judge the writer of a parental obligation Quot Jan. 12 has very Strong views for someone with no connection to either the problem or the solution he recommends other people s policies without regard to those no will be affected by them. Its too easy to sit in judgment of others when one never has to Sec their misery firsthand. The writer will very Likely raise his child in accordance with his beliefs and such beliefs frighten me. There Are Many whether because of poverty religious or parental beliefs who have not had options about How they live their lives. They need the assistance offered by the organizations mentioned by the writer to help prevent unwanted pregnancies and or the spread of communicable diseases. Suspicion of the role that organizations play in the education of american youth would be put to rest upon visiting the clinics. These organizations arc doing great things in the inner cities across America. According to the writers statistics $300 million per year is Given to these organizations one million teen age girls will become pregnant this year. Most of the million or so that did become pregnant also probably never went near planned parenthood until it was too late. If planned parenthood helps Only one out of two of the above girls avoid pregnancy it will prevent 500,000 teen age pregnancies that Many avoided at a Cost of $600 per Case. The number of girls boys women and men helped far exceeds this. The Cost per client is minimal and the return is immeasurable. The writer states that 40 percent of All girls will become pregnant before the age of 19 100 years ago this figure was unavailable because women were usually married at the age of 13 to 16. 1 accept this As something most of us with kids face everyday. With his child not yet born he believes himself enough of a Parent to make decisions for the rest of us. When his wife gives birth i Hope he keeps this in mind. Most of us will Tell our children what is and is not responsible behaviour. These organizations exist for the children who cannot obtain this assistance from any other source. This includes those who think their beliefs Are enough to protect their children from these frightening facts of life. The writer should not try to take away something that even his children might some Day need. The common a Csc solutions he mentioned have been common knowledge since the Dawn of history. In modern limes however some children arc not educated in Basic survival skills. Strong beliefs arc sometimes just not Strong enough to prevent our youth from becoming another sad statistic. Organizations like planned parenthood offer the help that Many children today simply Are not getting anywhere else. A Mark a Bailey. Schweinfurt Germany Clinton Isnit a Baptist the record must be set straight. Going to a Baptist Church for 11 years does no to mean that Baptist. Just As sitting in a Chicken Coop does no to make you a Chicken. If president Clinton Ever was a Baptist he certainly Isnit acting like one now. He claims to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. Give me a break. The Bible condemns homosexuality. It also puts an infinite value on human life. Sgt. Eric p. Martin Firth Germany a a recycling help needed we Are writing because we Are concerned about our environment. We keep telling people but they just done to Recycle we have a club called a kids for Savin the Earth Quot in Kitzinger Germany. We have been recycling and cleaning. We need help recycling. We also have planted Flowers made posters and put up birdhouses and Bird feeders. All the people of Germany could Start recycling and that could help us a Jason Kirchofer a Patrick Roberson Kitzinger Germany thoughts on i Bill the first few weeks in the military an unfamiliar place with Many new faces arc quite an adjustment for some. Drill instructors try desperately to Jam pack As much information in recruits As humanly possible in just six weeks. This education and training form the groundwork by which All military Mcm cars build their careers. My question is is the High stress environment of Basic training the proper place to offer the Montgomery it Bill the i Bill is Only offered in Basic training As a one time Good Deal. Full of questions but scared to ask you re told you have a few minutes to decide. Twelve Hundred dollars sounds like an awful lot of Money to sign away in 10 minutes. So Many Young enlistees walk away without this outstanding Benefit. There must be a better Way to go about offering the i Bill. Offering it in a More relaxed environment such As text school or one s first duty assignment May be the answer. Many airmen could use the extra time to formulate questions and to More fully understand the benefits of the Montgomery i Bill. With the constant drawing Down of the Militare it is imperative that we military individuals attain the highest Levels of education available to us the smarter the military the stronger the military no matter what the senior airman Joseph e. Campagna Sanvito Del Normanna air station Italy shooting from the lip a read my lips no new this was used very successfully in the Campaign to elect president Clinton. What was or. Clinton preparing to do As he went into office a give a tax break to the Middle class not. A Chi. James Woods Lloyc noels Germany a Torr Jon reunion Torr Jon High school alumni association is seeking students parents and others associated with the Torrejon Spain military dependent school for a reunion in june 1993, for additional information Contact Edward Ramirez 833 Houseman st., la Canada Calif. 910u, Telephone 818 790-1621 please leave message on machine a Edward Ramirez. La Canada Calif. 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