European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 08, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 letters to the editor tuesday february 8,1994 a. European edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. 2ov1stoski editor news and editorial Deborah aether mows editor Bill Walker european editor Bobbi cow sports editor George Manes City editor to write us unit 29480 Apoate 09211 orpostfach11 14.37 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 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 Jirrie Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen. Room 117, Rome str. 104, 69128 Heidelberg chm 419, Box 1318. Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-23421. Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty. John Bohmer Steve scholar. Building 2899. 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It might give me a Chance at saving $1,000. I would like to know Why i am being punished for owning a foreign made be icle and not authorized to ship it to the United. States at government expense. They paid to ship my foreign made vehicle from the states to Germany. This vehicle was manufactured for importation to the United states not converted later like some foreign made vehicles Are. I am still told that because it was never registered in the states that the government will not pay for shipment. 1 surely would like a better reason than that. Perhaps someone could give me a bet Ter explanation Why this discriminating policy exists. If it is a matter of Money then have everyone pay for the shipping of their privately owned vehicle not just those few who decide to change or Purchase a Dif Ferent vehicle while in Europe. Maybe it is time to update and change old policies. Taking away my entitlements because of the Type of vehicle i wish to own is discriminative and absurd. Paul c. Cleveland Germany " evolutionary theories it is True Fossil records should show at least some transitional forms if it is to support evolution. There Are now over100 million catalogued fossils none of which shows any evidence of transitional forms. Darwin s whole theory depended on the discovery of these fossils As he himself said. So it s Clear the Fossil record does oppose Darwin s theory. This absence of transitional forms brought about the theory of punctuated equilibrium designed by Stephen Jay Gould and Miles Eldredge two prominent evolutionists. Great advances in molecular biology clearly show that the huge mutations required for the be theory to work could not have occurred. Gould has since abandoned the be theory and introduced another theory in which Chance determines change and natural selection plays Little or no part. It s interesting to know that there Are at least 15 modern theories of evolution. Often evolutionists have had to rethink their position because the results of discoveries have contradicted their assumptions. Their Faith in evolution As fact and the Means by which evolution occurred As theory is nothing but inverse logic. The problem Here is that evolutionists main Tain a preconceived conclusion and then search for ideas to support their conclusion. In other words they put the cart be fore the horse. Sgt. Thomas p. Roche Raf upper Scyford England " " medal of Honor Winner i just finished the article on col. George Bud Day or. And his son George or. It was a very Good article with one exception. Col. Day was awarded the nation s highest award the medal of Honor for his bravery while a prisoner of War in North Vietnam. This should be mentioned in every article written about Bud Day. He deserves to be among Billy Mitchell Hap Arnold and Jimmy Doo Little As the leaders who shaped the mod Ern air Force. Tech. Sgt Steve couture Dhahran saudi Arabia. ". Ignorance of Bible my main concern is with a recent writer s ignorance of both the Bible and evolutionary science. First of All i Challenge her to find anything in the Bible that suggests a Flat Earth or that the Sun circles the Earth. Second is she aware that Evo Lution As a theory is an embarrassment for the leading scientists in the Field there is no evidence scientific or otherwise that any evolution has Ever occurred. There Are no legitimate transition fossils. Let her bring Forth her evidence i m interested in hearing it. It has also been recognized for some time that theress actually More scientific data to support creationism As a theory than evolution. If anyone is interested i would be Happy to provide a Complete bibliography of source material. Chaplain Gregg Drew Brussels Belgium seeking his roots in response to creationism Uncer Tain Jan. 19 � the author states that the Bible has contradictory statements. He references the Earth being millions of years old because dinosaurs existed an they could not coexist with mammals be cause god created them on the fourth fifth or sixth Day. Where does the writer get his information probably from what science has told him. Now let me reference a Little scientific information. The ancient Man they found in the mountains of Northern Italy Frozen in time was dated by scientists to the Stone age. However he carried tools with him that scientists claim were from the Bronze age. There is a Large Gap be tween the Stone age and Bronze age that they could not explain. Maybe these scientists do not know As much As we give them credit for. With this uncertainty i would like to know where i came from. Staff sgt. Biff Walters Ghedi a Italy editor s note we encourage our Reader especially those who have never submitted a letter to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints or opinions Are published daily on this Page. All letters must be signed and in clude address and Telephone number. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Send to let ters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Commentary Hopes for children soar without Bounds by Alice Steinbach generally speaking the four things one Hopes for most when stagger ing out of bed to face a new Day Are 1. That you will not be greeted by a raging ice storm. 2. That you will not by faced with Abad hair Day. 3. That your Boss will not decide that today is the Day to do your Job evaluation. 4. That it s Friday. Or better yet sat urday. What one Hopes for in the routine of everyday life i have found usually consists of such mundane wishes As these. After the age of 21 or thereabouts one does not Rise up from bed hoping for the world on a string. Small Hopes i be observed Are a lot like dogs they tend to come when they re called. Big Hopes on the other hand Are More like cats you can Call them All you want but if they Don t want to come for get it. There is however one exception to my Small Hope big Hope philosophy. It has to do with my sons. When it comes to one s children you want them to have big Hopes. Of course you Don t Tell them this. Directly that is. But in Subtle and not so Subtle ways parents Are always telling their children to aim High in life. I passed my Twenty something son says his voice filled with happiness and disbelief at having gotten past a major hurdle in his academic life. It was hard for him to accept that what he had so hoped for had actually happened. Happiness makes up in height Rob Ert Frost wrote for what it lacks in he must have had the Parent child relationship in mind when he wrote that. When it comes to children every Parent knows that happiness has a Short shelf life. The night of the phone Call from my son i wandered into his old room. Such Bright Happy reminders of a child s life. It made me think of some thing a japanese poet wrote More than thousand years ago about her wish to see her infant child grow into adulthood. I wish i could live Long enough to see him soar High above the Clouds she wrote when his cloak of Crane feathers has grown out with the and for a moment i did see him my son soaring. And it did t Sadden me that in a sense he was soaring away from me. Like a string to a Kite i Felt the tug of connection. C the Baltimore Sun Here eat i be got Jopa a i i 6uazm? \
