European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes a sunday March 7,1993 army recruits lifeguards for pools in Italy by j. King Cruger Northern Italy Bureau . Army recreation officials in Northern Italy arc kicking off a Campaign to hire enough lifeguards to keep swimming pools operating during the summer months. Officials with the army s Southern european task Force have informed armed forces recreation Center seasonal employees in Germany that lifeguard jobs Are awaiting them m Italy. The officials also Are distributing fliers throughout . Army Europe with Job information. To and radio announcements Are being planned to run on american forces network. Sam Sakorafis the command s chief of recreation said setae officials plan to Send information about the lifeguard jobs to . Colleges with Strong recreation programs. Setae officials traditionally have encountered chronic problems in staffing three swimming pools at Vicenza and at a Beach at Camp Darby on the West coast Between Livorno and Pisa. Quot the season is Long from mid May through mid september and with the military draw Down we have a shrinking Pool from which to draw Quot Sakorafis said. Quot we traditionally fill the lifeguard jobs by hiring family members especially High school kids and College students. High school and College kids done to get Long enough vacations to work the entire time that our facilities Are open Quot he said. Quot every year at either end of the season we have to juggle the opening and closing of pools because of lifeguard shortages Quot Sakorafis said. About 4,000 army troops will deploy to the Vicenza and Livorno areas in mid May to take part in dragon Hammer a major exercise in nato s Southern Region. That adds to the command s need to provide lifeguards. The Hope is to open the pools at Vicenza and the american Beach at Camp Darby Early for those troops Sakorafis said. The command plans to hire about a dozen lifeguards at Camp Darby and a slightly larger number at Vicenza he said. Lifeguards will be paid no less than $5 an hour and will be allowed to live in spartan military accommodations at discount rates. Applicants must be in Italy in order to apply for the lifeguard jobs Sak rags said. He said candidates must be available for work the entire mid May through mid september period. Lifeguards must have valid certificates in red Cross lifts a Uig first Aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Those interested in the jobs can write he usage Taf cmr-427 Box 621, Apo a 09630, or Call civil Ian 444-51-7958 or Dan 634-7958 or 7619. Million gather to View Virgin Agoo Philippines apr an estimated 1 million people gathered in a Northern town saturday hoping to see an apparition of the Virgin Mary As roman Catho lie leaders warned the faithful to be wary of claims of miracles. The vast majority of pilgrims curiosity seckers and hawkers who came to this tobacco growing town 120 Miles North of Manila said they saw nothing and instead listened to a 12-year-old self styled seer relay the concerns of the Virgin for the Fate of the children of Somalia. About 1 15 ., several people began screaming that they had seen the Silhouette of a woman wearing a dark Waistband. A radio reporter Mon Francisco said Oyer Manila radio station Dexl he had seen the apparition and insisted he was not hallucinating. A government television reported 1 million people had come to Agoo to see the apparition. Crowds had been gathering since Friday creating traffic jams up to 70 Miles Long. Hawkers did a brisk business Selling food water to shirts and trinkets. Word of an expected apparition swept the Philippines Asia s Only predominantly Catholic country after 12-year-old Judie Nieva claimed to have seen the Virgin on the first saturday of every month since 19s9. 8&s Dot Vudi it of any 2-month-old Juanito Mendez gets a lot of attention at Lakenheath Hospital from his brother Sergio and his parents Melanie and Johnny Mendez. Lakenheath baby just could t wait to be 1st of 93 by Nancy  . Bureau Raf Lakenheath England a Juanito Rico Mendez is a big handle for a bitty baby but his name befits him. Juanito Means Quot Little Johnny in Spanish. He weighed Only 2 pounds 9 ounces at birth and two months later he tips the Scales at 5 pounds 6 ounces. Juanito was the first known . Baby born at a military Hospital in 1993, but information about his birth initially was withheld by Raf Lakenheath officials out of concern for his parents Johnny Mendez and staff sgt Melanie Mendez of the 48th logistics support so Maint training flight at a of Lakenheath. It was not known whether Juanito would survive. Quot he a one of the youngest babies we be delivered Here Quot said or. Maj Gwendolyn Knuckles the obstetrician sync ecologist who delivered Juanito at Lakenheath Hospital. Juanito officially was born 16 minutes after Midnight Jan. A 1, nearly three months before his due Date of april 4. He immediately was hooked up to a breathing machine and placed in an incubator then rushed by ambulance to Addenbrooke a Hospital in Cambridge by a British medical team that aided Lakenheath medical staff with the birth. Lakenheath is equipped with incubators but babies such As Juanito who require advanced intensive care Ais referred to Addenbrooke a about a 35-minute drive pc from Lakenheath. Quot he s still not out of the Woods a said capt. Barry Hench one of Juanito s paediatricians at Lakenheath Hospital. Quot he a very  however the most critical period has passed and Juanito has developed to the Point where he has been Able to return to Lakenheath Hospital. He is gaining about an ounce per Day and is learning to feed from a Borte Hench said. He expects Juanito to remain in the Hospital for at least another six weeks. Quot seeing him grow is like a Miracle Quot Johnny Mendez said. The last two months have been stressful for Juanito s parents and his brother Sergio who will turn 9 on april 3, the Day before Juanito should have been born. A premature birth was the last thing the family expected although Sergio was born two weeks Early and Melanie Mendez was born a month ahead of schedule. Early on new years eve Melanie Mendez was preparing to make her first cake from scratch when she began having pains in her Abdomen. She put hers4s Dvo dido Juanito Mendez s hand is dwarfed by his father s. Baking aside about 9  To seek medical attention. Quot it never dawned on me that i was in labor Quot she said. Johnny Mendez was attending a party with some fellow employees of the family support Center at Raf Mil Vennall so Sergio left him a note explaining that he and his Mother had gone to the Hospital. Jonnny Mendez said he rushed to the Hospital thinking Sergio had been injured and was shocked to learn that his second son was about to be bom. Since new years the family a life has entered on spending As much time with Juanito As possible. This has caused Melanie Mendez to spend some nights at Addenbrooke s and Lakenheath hospitals away from the rest of the family. Johnny Mendez has taken up cooking for the family occasionally and Sergio has drawn pictures and inflated scores of balloons to hang around his brother s Hospital crib. Quot i done to think we be come Down yet to Tell you the truth a Melanie Mendez said. Johnny Mendez said that he Wasny to squeamish about the birthing process nor worried about medical Bills but that he was frightened by memories of medical procedures performed on Juanito immediately after his birth. He said the sight caused him to pass out on the floor of the delivery room. The family expects the civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services to help defray costs from Addenbrooke a Hospital but said medical Bills were the farthest thing from their minds. A to a Melanie in Money is no object Here is appropriate a Mendez said