European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12letters to the editor saturday november 12,1994 thes european edition. Col Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander Publ thar Bernard a. Zovistoski a editor news and editorial of North Abillar news editor Bill Welker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George manse City editor to write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37 a a 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. 208,400. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Effie Bathen room 117, Rome str. 104, 69115 Heidelberg Telephone Dan 370-7010ofclvllian06221-23421teleax 06221-10554. Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty and oocyte tinman. 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Smooth skating unlike most readers who write letters to the editor i recently received prompt and courteous service from the local army and air Force Exchange service. I lost the Axle screw to one of my inline skates and i was worried that i would have difficulties replacing the missing item. Visions of lengthy delays letters to relatives and bureaucratic runaround were in my head. My fears were unfounded. As i wandered about the in line skate area of the Wurzburg sight amp sound an associate asked me if i needed assistance. Using initiative and common sense she was Able to replace the missing part immediately and at no Cost to me. This experience reinforces the concept that an organization is Only As Good As its1 people and the. Wurzburg Exchange just went up a notch in my eyes. Thank you is. Redd for a pleasant shopping experience. Patrick Longfield Wiir Burg Germany ing Patron of the stars and stripes Bookstore i too expected Little from the transition. I prepared myself almost arrogantly so Tor sparsely stocked shelves of outdated magazines and Cut rate hardbacks. But when i passed through the doors of the Alconbury bookmark i was shocked. My favorite magazines were there in abundance. But that Wasny to the Best part. The month on the covers actually matched the month on the Calendar. And some even were the next months issues a a phenomenon i Asso dated with stateside bookstores. It seems cafes discovered the newfangled technology of air mail. I was so excited to buy a september Magazine in september i nearly kissed the sales clerk As i gleefully handed him my Money. The last few weeks i have a Een subjected to service with a smile magazines i Haven to seen for Donkey years the new yorker to name just one and Best Sellers in quantities of Over a half dozen copies. Furthermore i am delighted i can buy something at the shop Pette after 6 . To read besides a newspaper. For now the honeymoon period is ing Well. But i believe cafes Book example the Exchange does not provide All the wants and needs of americans clothes electronics Etc. The High school students also Lack All the elective classes that they would like to take Auto mechanics and other vocational courses. Is this what the government has ? . Garcia Rota Spain no place like Home to hum. Time for the task Force about racial discrimination to take their annual vacation trip at the expense of the taxpayer. These jokers can find what they Are looking for right in Washington. . Handley Firth Germany to our readers j going Mark enjoying �?~honeymoon9 this morning instead of my usual bowl of Cereal i had a healthy helping of words a Quot i dread it. When the army and air. Force Exchange service takes Over the Bookstore from the stars and i nearly choked on those words. Now a few Short weeks since i made those impudent remarks i am prepared to shout the praises of the cafes bookmark. That is to say the Raf Alconbury bookmark. I admit i had bought into the panic that had found its Way. Into the letters column of the stars and stripes. A lot of valid Points were made. As a Long stand like any retail Market is Only As Good As the people it employs. Raf Alconbury obviously has hit the Mark with a winning team. Donna e. Joy Raf Alconbury England Welcome to Rota the base at Rota should improve the people stationed Here left their Homes their friends and their lifestyles to serve their country and the . Navy. When the come to Rota they feel like strangers like invaders of an unknown territory. Some things should change so the people who come Here will feel More at Home. For let us know what you think we encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints or opinions Are published Dally on this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. Send to letters to the editor the stars end stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Or fax country code 49 06155601-395, Dan 348-8395. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Commentary one who joined Senate by divine right among those leaving office at the end of this Congress is a Man who lived and worked among senators for the past 14 years a but never played the Power he did no to have Many of the Perks of senators. He drove himself to work in an unspectacular older car. His office was smaller than All the others and like the Man who occupied it lacked pretension. And yet according to some who know him Best he has been the most powerful Man in Washington. Richard Christian Halverson a native of North Dakota a former chauffeur who went to Hollywood As a Young Man to become an actor is retiring As chaplain of the . Senate. A rare Man in Washington he has been beloved by democrats and republicans from Ted Kennedy to Jesse Helms. His Job description required nothing More of him than to open the Senate each Day with prayer As the Senate has every session since Benjamin Franklin offered the first prayer at the Dawn of the new nation. Some of Halverson sprayers were so meaningful and relevant that portions of a few of them made the evening network newscasts. A Halverson sprayers were min sermons imploring not Only gods bless a ing on the Senate and its9 members but i imparting words of Wisdom that could facilitate reasoned debate and enlightened legislative decision making. A prayer he delivered on june 23, 1993, was typical a god of our fathers during the presidential i Campaign last year Jesse Jackson reminded us that what is morally wrong cannot be politically right. If we separate morality from politics we imperil our nation and threaten self destruction. Imperial Rome was not Defeated by an enemy from without it was destroyed by moral decay from within. Mighty god Over and Over again you warned your people Israel that righteousness is essential to National a frequent visitor to the Senate press Cal Thomas gallery Halverson prayed this prayer on feb. 26, 1992 a gracious father investigative reporting seems epidemic in an election year a a its primary objective to defame political candidates. Seeking their own reputation they destroy another Sas they search relentlessly microscopically for some ancient Skeleton in a persons life. Eternal god help these self appointed a vacuum cleaner ?ls.ts�?T to discover How unproductive and divisive their efforts like his famous predecessor chaplain Peter Marshall Richard Halverson has been a True servant of god in a place where his influence is sorely needed. Of Peter Marshall the late sen. Arthur Vandenburg wrote his widow Ca-5?Rine on bearing of Marshall a death to me he was the embodiment of Oij Ward Christian soldiers to me he was the personification of purposeful religion. His prayers were eloquent and real. He Uvea his the same could be said of Dick Halverson whose Power came not from the electorate or status or position but from god. The new Senate will fill no office of greater or More profound importance. C los Angeles times a cup to go at Tup plug. Bops the. / zonk. Kejr cd Midas muchappr3-Oatbp. V
