European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 letters to the editor saturday september 17,1994 these Wyndi european edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor. News and editorial Deborah Absher news editor. Bill Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor Gorge Manet City editor. To write us unit 29480 apoae09211 11 1437 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 061155-601 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, 400. Education Jimi Jones ext 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Effie Bathen room 117, Flomo str. 104, 69126 Heidelberg Telephone Dan 370 7010 or civilian 06221-23421. Kalser stauter Germany Kevin Dougherty Joh Bohmer and Doyle Tillman. 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Protect the pets How Nice. The Navy supplies the base the air Force the planes and the army the veterinarian All to evacuate first 15 and then 345 More dogs and cats from Guantanamo 360 pets that Are consid ered members of their human family. With Over 1,100 pets registered at the base one wonders what exactly happened to the rest. Are an Odd 740 animals abandoned to join the legions of creatures left behind by their military owners whenever there is a change of assignment if the services can cooperate so nicely to get this Mere handful of pets out of Cuba Why can they not get together to come up with a solution to end the Dis Mal practice of pet dumping which is so popular with the military maybe things would improve rather quickly if the armed forces could be made to foot the Bill for the no longer wanted pets. Right now shelter care food vaccinations and yes even euthanasia Are paid by the Host nation s humane organizations and caring private citizens. In countries where there Are no facilities and Little care for animals these unfortunate creatures will quickly die of starvation disease or injuries inflicted by cruel people anybody who has Ever looked into the sad bewildered eyes of an abandoned dog or fed a sick half starved cat will agree that changes must be made to protect animals from people who get them on a moment s whim and dispose of the just As thoughtlessly. Nina Burtz Mort Ngun Germany editor s note we encourage our readers especially those who have never submitted a letter to write to us. Letters expressing readers View Points or opinions Are published Dally on this Page. Am 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 06155-601 463, Dan 348-8463. My commended reluctant though i am to admit to yet another traffic violation do these things happen in threes realize that if 1 can take the time to criticize i should be equally willing to commend when the occasion warrants it. To my Chagrin the Opportunity presented itself recently when i was stopped for disobeying a traffic sign this Peculiar ongoing affair with traffic signs has been decidedly one Wayand pfc. White 536th my co quite rightly issued me a citation. There the incident would have remained had it not been for a previous disagreeable experience resulting from my having allegedly disregarded another of those ubiquitous signs. In Stark contrast to those involved inthe Mother of All parking tickets Epi Sode pfc. White handled both himself and the unpleasant task at hand with Calm professionalism. With a refreshing absence of posturing and condescension he informed me of my transgression pointed out the Likely consequences of any future vehicular Misbehaviour on my part admonished Meto drive safely and bid me a Good Day. Pfc. White evidently did t feel the need to have to prove something either to him self or me and As a result Lent a quiet dig nity loan already admirable profession. Now about those Baker Grafe Wohr Germany pass the Macaroni i would like to express my Heartfelt thanks to the stars and stripes for its re cent advertising supplement. The expense saved on restaurant meals concerts trips to exotic places an Quality furnishings will allow Many serv ice members to experience More of what Europe has to offer. The rest of us not fortunate enough to live in Germany will have to be Conten with using coupons for Elbow Macaroni. Maybe you should consider changing your name to Das Sterne und Streifer or Das Sterne Banner either would More accurately represent your target readers. Thank you again for considering and including the service members stationed in the outlying countries around Europe in your decision to supplement the newspaper. Marke d. Mccracken. Rota Spain population worries there is an Issue that concerns me deeply and should concern everyone our world population. I believe it s the Root to All our world issues of crime pollution unemployment Etc. But i feel As if it concerns no one. If people Don t Start being concerned i m afraid that there will be no turning Back. As a woman under these circumstances i Don t think i will Ever have a child. Everywhere i go i see Newborn infant Sand expecting mothers and it concerns me greatly that our world s population is nothing to consider when having Chil Dren. y. Should t we All be concerned about this. Jessica Spitzer. Span Dahlem a Germany commentary the baseball mess give us a break by the los Angeles times the baseball season has been cancelled. The owners have borrowed a line from the Gershwin and said in effect let s Call the whole thing off. Some How americans will fill their calendars in september and october traditionally the autumnal provinces of Pennant races playoffs and the world series. What if the games had resumed and nobody came or cared it s a delicious thought of vengeance for the Only authentically aggrieved party in the 1994 baseball strike the american Public. Somebody asked baseball s act ing commissioner Bud Selig during his news conference wednesday to explain just what would be in it for the fans once this Messy dispute was resolved. Well one might have expected his response to present a rousing portrait of the National pastime a conjuring of wonderful games just on the other Side of labor troubles. Instead the response was like some thing out of a graduate labor relations seminar a rambling speech on How difficult it is to understand the complexity of modern economics. Give us a the owners nor the players get it. America turns to baseball precisely because it is not like everything else but Ever Loyal in our expectations we fans will in All probability be there baseball s warring factions seem to take this As a Given. In past work stoppages we have obliged them Ever so willingly. Why else would they put us through the disingenuous posturing of recent weeks the owners have wrecked a. Sea son by holding fast to a salary Cap proposal that from the beginning was received by players As warmly As a Brush Back pitch. In this anything but new taxes climate for business the players proposed that the owners put a Levy on themselves to address financial inequities. Would that we had the resolve to make both sides sweat to recapture our. Enthusiasm. This year As never before the participants have treated us shabbily indeed going out of their Way to overwhelm our sentiments with the knowledge that for them this dispute is merely a matter of dollars. Baseball fans know All about strategy. But mostly they know that baseball should be fun. They prefer not to have the business Side flaunted. During this spectacle there were at least some rumblings of a fan revolt. Even Congress with its own wobbly approval ratings could Start to look Good by comparison it now wants to have an overdue look at baseball s anti Trust exemption. Good. Go to it. While baseball s economic mess gets sorted out the owners should hire and empower a new commissioner. The players might use this time to fully real ize that few people will Ever get paid so much for having so much fun. Jav so How Pip the Kips first go very Well sir. Davenport along. Itmap5 fora event. Unfortunate things got a Little out of can tool Warp the Eup. epo Vera &5,oqonew5 camera. 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