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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, October 27, 1994

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 27, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 on employees told to spot new trends by Carlos Bongioanni staff writer Heidelberg Germany after having her audience spell out the word future with their no writing hands speaker Silvana Clark explained Gener ally people Are comfortable with the Way things were done before. It s awkward or a Little shaky learning to do things differ  speaking at a morale welfare and recreation conference in Heidelberg of tuesday Clark challenged mar work ers to find new ways to serve their customers. Specifically Clark stressed the importance of identifying lifestyle trends and designing programs geared for those trends. Today there s a resurgence of inter est in the arts said Clark. As an exam ple Many people think arts will replace sports As a primary Leisure  one Man in the audience jokingly explained the reason for the phenomenon they Don t have baseball or football strikes to Deal with that s Why Clark offered another reason. This is the decade of women in leadership she said. More and More women Are getting upper level manage ment positions. They can get men into the theater or into the Artsy Artsy environments because of their  in Light of this revelation audience members discussed How to enhance their existing programs. One mar representative suggested that traditional shopping trips to places such As Prague in the czech Republic should be expanded to include theater performances. Maybe the tour office needs to coordinate with the City More and find out what s going on he said. Jim Mccoy manager of the Auto crafts shop in Schweinfurt Germany testified to the increase in the number of women participating in what has been a predominately male activity. I see More and More women in the Auto shop these Days. Maybe we should Start gearing our program towards them More he said. Another major trend Clark identified was termed the Triumph of the i Dividu  ,. --".-. People Aren t necessarily selfish like in the me generation of the 70s, but they do want to feel special said Clark. Clark suggested catering to customer by offering what she called Small indulgences to keep them coming in. A recreational specialist boasted that his Center provided thick towels for Nau Tilus machines users. I d just like to keep my hot water run Ning joked another. One mar club manager suggested of Fering a free Glass of wine with meals. Another club manager saw it the other Way Why Don t we offer them a free Steak with the Purchase of a Glass of wine or other alcoholic beverage he asked. Pointing out that a Large segment of to Day s population just wants to go Home after work and stay cozy there Clark suggested that mar agencies should con Sider offering More activities on saturdays and sundays to draw people out of their Homes. Nearly 40 mar representatives from bases around Europe and the states at tended Clark s seminar one of Many presented during the mar expo 94is Dave Casoy Hanau sgt. Dwight a. Gray was Happy to move out of his cramped room on the fourth floor of building 2. Hanau solves Barracks problem Hanau Germany is Small group of soldiers who found Hying conditions overcrowded i Hanau s Pioneer Cavern have been Given room to breathe. Six soldiers living on the fourth floor of the Cavern s building 2 have Bee moved to new rooms said a statement from Hanau Community officials. The move of three women soldiers to another floor eliminates the need for a fourth floor bathroom to remain acted facility. Additionally the realignment of room assignments i building 2 will leave five rooms empty. Now we have plenty of space said spec. Peter Ramjit a building 2resident. I m very Happy. I m thrilled. We found out about the move the Day the Story came out in the  afternoon we were moving our he was referring to an article in the stars and stripes that appeared Friday. Hanau officials found they said that there is enough Barracks  the Community to provide soldiers with the most generous space referred to in the . Army Europe s guidance. A Soldier living in building 2 brought the overcrowding problem to Community officials attention at a town Hall meeting oct. 19. Hanau has grown considerably in recent months with a number of. Units relocating there from closing communities elsewhere in Germany. These units according to Community officials account for More than 900 soldiers. The units Are the 709th military police in from Frankfurt with 62 soldiers the 5th in patriot7th air defense arty regt from Pitburg a with 538 soldiers the 522ndmedical det from Frankfurt with 31 soldiers the 38th engr co with 112 soldiers and the 502nd engr co with 172 soldiers. Dex Heirn bedroom Community prepares to expand As bases a use by Jon Connor staff writer Derheim Germany the Small bedroom Community of Derheim now habits first military police station in 37 years Community officials announced tuesday at a town Hall meeting. The addition comes As expectations Rise that More soldiers will move there Asa result of impending base closures else where in the area. Col. Victoria Revilla commander of the 53rd area support group said tues Day that the next round of base closure announcements will affect some installations under her control. The 53rd ask is headquartered sinbad Kreuz Nach which also is Home of the 410th base support in. The support group also includes the communities of Baum older Derheim Idar Uberstein Mainz and Wiesbaden. The . Community at Derheim is based at Anderson Barracks 23 Miles East of bad Kreuz Nach. It consists of about 1,800 soldiers civilians and family members who live or work there. The . Army Europe approved them substation for Derheim in june As part of a qualy of life concern said capt. Bobby Atwell Provost marshal. V4 a military policeman Egan handling administrative work in Dexhei last monday and the my Branch at Derheim will provide 24-hour service by year s end Atwell said. Staff sgt. William d. Conner will be the station commander. He will be assisted by five desk sergeants All of whom will live in Derheim. Since 1957, Derheim has relied on  for police services. In another matter soldiers who live in bad Kreuz Nach Mainz or Wiesbaden but work in Derheim May move there at the army s expense if they have  six months left m Germany Revilla said. Soldiers living outside the Derheim area who want to stay there May do so if their apartments Aren t slated for return to the germans she said. Government rental private and government leased housing will be mad available to accommodate the influx of people to Derheim Revilla said. However some soldiers will be cur tailed1 Back to the United states if they have less than six months left in their overseas assignment she said. The Derheim Community is Here to stay. That you can be assured of Revilla said adding that in the next two to three years this Community is going to expand Revilla added that All of Derheim s facilities Are being looked at to see what it takes to get us into the 21st  Revilla did not say How Many people might be coming to Derheim. In other matters residents were told that biodegradable separation of trash will now be mandatory in Derheim As it is in bad Kreuz Nach. Examples of Bio trash include Small paper food Wasie and Garden greenery it. Col. Gregory Dyson 410th is Community commander assured rest dents that the movie theater will not be shut Down although it is losing  theater will be evaluated to see what improvements Are needed to attract More customers he said  
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