European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 letters to the editor monday september 5,1994 the european edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publish or Bernard a. Zov1stoski editor news and editorial Deborah Kabahar news editor Bill Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor Geo Roe Manes City editor to write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211 or Postrach 11 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,&Quot features ext. 230,245, 341. Letters to editor ext. 208,400. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Effie Bathen room 117, Rome str. 104, 69128 Heidelberg Telephone Dan 3707010 or civilian 06221-23421. A a Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty John Bohmer and Doyle Tillman. 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Including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised crime about Chi Emsee what a shame that the armed forces recreation Center at Chi Emsee Germany will close after labor Day. My family and i spent a week at this wonderful resort at the end of july and we All thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Our two Young sons were enrolled in the just for kids program and the child care Center allowing my husband and me to participate in a sailing class and to sightseer. It was a True vacation As i remember them from Long ago. Everyone working at Chi Emsee a from the child care providers sailing instructors chefs and beyond a was outstanding. They were Friendly courteous and professional. We Are stationed with the British army in Northern Germany and they made us feel so at Home in an american resort. I can to help but think that Garmisch and Berchtesgaden in Germany wont duplicate opportunities available at their respective resorts. Having stayed at All three resorts now i really feel that the wrong decision has been made in closing Chi Emsee. 11 was so beautifully renovated not Long ago and is in much better condition when compared with the other two. Giving up such a variety of Lakeside recreating activities seems to be a crime. My hat goes off to All of employees of a Chu arc Chi Emsee. Catherine Mcpeek Rhei Dahlen German award Merit not rank someone needs to explain the . Army Europe policy on awards to me. Are we now Basing everything on the rank Structure or do we still have the same capabilities of Basing the award on Merit or accomplishment of a deed or act in october 1993,1 wrote a posthumous award for the squad Leader recommending the meritorious service medal demand was informed that he would receive nothing More than an army commendation. Medal a com and to resubmit it with that recommendation. A Soldier who had served his unit with nothing less than 110 percent dedication sacrificing time and family to ensure Success of the unit. Things that make you go hmm i have seen the guidelines on the recommendations for who is to receive what As far As a pcs or ets award go. I wish i could say that i was surprised at yet another of what i have been told is a Usa eur policy trying to Correct the army system but in a not. The Bottom line is that it still Only affects the Little Cople who do the labor by favorite example from a 672-5-1, chapter 2, paragraph 17 a the meritorious service medal is awarded to any member of the armed forces of the United states or to any member of the armed forces  Friendly nation who while serving in a noncombat area after 16 Jan 69, has distinguished himself or herself by outstanding meritorious achievement of  pretty simple. So Why does it take an act of Congress to get this award i agree with not giving an army achievement medal to someone with the Best looking vehicle during a command inspection but Why can to a Happy medium be located and a Standard set that will not have to go through another change in another three years and that will apply to everyone unilaterally based on Merit and not on rank there Are More than enough checks in the system with each reviewer having input on what will pass or what will fail but we have lost the balances. Is everyone trying to add on to the regulation i have even caught myself telling my squad leaders that a certain phrasing will not pass the test or will die at battalion or company level allowing myself to be sucked into that prevalent Cycle of change. What makes it bad is that it is not the regulation that is changing. Up i have opened the door to the assailants who wish to bring on the onslaught of every reason under the Sun As to Why this situation remains or is the Way it is. Warning Check yourself before you return fire. Where does the rubber meet the Road who actually a com dishes those missions that make us As readers look Good in the eyes of our leaders when was the last time you actually looked at a 672-5-1? Mission first soldiers always staff sgt. Dean a. Haahr Hillesheim German great cafes reception i like Many others stationed in the . Army Europe i done to like the Way the army and air Force Exchange service does business or the service their employees May sometimes give. But i must give credit where credit is due. Recently i went to Vogel Weh to buy a television. It was a very Busy Day but i still got prompt service. When i asked the salesperson Wendy Ahmad to see the picture she had All kinds of trouble looking the to up. Through the entire situation she was courteous Friendly and highly professional. Ill be sure to shop at Vogel Weh More often. Irvin Oliver Baum older Germany c editors note we encourage our readers a Espe Dally those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. A letters expressing readers viewpoints or opinions Are published Dally on this Page. All letters must be signed and include 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 letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Or fax country code 49 06155-601463, Dan 348-8463. Commentary attack on Parks not just another statistic by Stebbins Jefferson Cox news service another statistic for the american crime files an 81-year-old woman was robbed and beaten in her Home. In a big City like Detroit such incidents typically get minimal news coverage. But this Case got worldwide attention. The reason the victim was Rosa Parks Mother of the Modem civil rights movement. Parks a widow was alone when a Man reeking of alcohol kicked in her Back door. Without resistance she gave him $53. He thanked the Small White haired woman by punching her in the face and Chest. She was treated at a Hospital and released. Based on her description of her assailant a suspect was arrested. _ a spokesman for Detroit mayor Dennis Archer commented a i done to know what to say about anyone who would do something like that to Rosa  no one does. The robber report edly recognized his victim. On a december Day nearly 39 years ago the woman he viciously beat was headed Home from work in Montgomery ala., when a City bus Driver asked her to give up her seat As required by local Jim Crow Laws to a White Man. The exhausted seamstress refused to move. The Driver called police who took her to jail. But her stoicism and quiet dignity in that crisis sparked a 381-Day Boycott of the bus system and other segregated facilities. Her courage ultimately inspired a coalition of americans of All creeds and colors. Through Boycotts and demonstrations they declared government sanctioned segregation to be morally wrong. In november 1956, the . Supreme court ruled that Montgomery a bus segregation was unconstitutional. No longer Able to find employment in Alabama Parks moved to Detroit the next year. Now the world knows Rosa Parks. In the fragmented culture of the inner City her assailant even knew of her existence. Indeed he May have known along with craving some drug to satisfy an addiction. Yes her assailant knew whom he was robbing knew what she has done a and did no to care. Blame it on drugs or broken families or non existent communities or socioeconomic conditions. Whatever the cause we have reached a critical moment in time no less dark than when our ancestors caked in their own excrement Lay tightly packed together in the holds of slave ships. Detroit a 28-year-old Man struck Down a Symbol of our Best potential. Cynics May comment so what nobody was killed. Those of us who know from whence we be come and by what route however understand that an important part of us has died. The attack on Rosa Parks sent out the death notice. A Stebbins Jefferson writes for the Palm Beach fla., Post the who have to take them Frei St/6mat/zep. The  makes them bbl Bap about Thomse Iyub i was wonpbrin6ifmjb could re name them  Quot Coues. Rbmbp/albn3ush, for map amp comb Mush 101. Anpbn6ush1017hbn by Combs 201, to Urban course in ration Youm Akitt sounpu6u/. Sir. The bib Kips arb in paint