European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 letters to the editor wednesday december 28,1994 the european edition col. Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Deborah Abner. News editor Bill Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George mane City editor to write us unit 29480 Apoate 09211  1437 64278 Darr Tistadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 a us 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. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg. Germany Effie Bathon. Room 117, Rome str. 104, 69115 Heidelberg Telephone Dan 370 7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-10554. Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty and Doyla Tillman. 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Children s Bingo of in response to a recent letter regarding Bingo not being suitable for children i believe the writer has tried to do a great disservice to the enlisted spouse club est on Raf Alconbury. This membership worked very hard All year round to raise Money through bazaars Craft fairs bake sales Thrift shop sales etc., so that they can turn that Money around and give it to the needy organizations on and off the base including putting on events such As the free children s Bingo. To relate the Bingo to Beavis and butt head can Only be fee science on his part. I wonder if the writer has Ever volunteered his time in any Way the est does upon hearing of this Bingo did he Call the  ple in charge with his concerns has he done or read any studies on How playing Bingo one Day a year will Lead to a life of gambling has he Ever talked to the est about his alternative suggestions it is one thing to stand on a Soapbox it is quite another to get off of it and become productive a a a i believe his beef Here is not with the est but with parents in general. It is up to them where their children spend the Day whether it is at the est Bingo in front of the to or wandering the streets because of the Lack of things to do or parental involvement. I take my hat Oft to the est for providing a fun Day out for children including my children. As this base continues the draw Down i Hope there will always be alternative events such As this for families and children to enjoy. Something else to remember the Only payment the est got and would Ever want for their time and Energy was the children s smiles that said thank you i had fun today Cindy Bowker Raf Alconbury England cartoon for grown  arc the people at american forces network watching the shows they air i m referring to an animated program the Ren and skimpy show which airs at 8 05 saturday mornings in the Middle of the children s programming just because it s animated does t mean it s appropriate or intended for children. Quite the contrary in the United states the Ren and skimpy show airs on mtg Andi have read that it is quite popular with College age audiences. Unlike Many of the problems we encounter while living overseas this problem is easy to fix. All it takes is removing the show from the children s line up and finding a late night or Early am time for it. Linda c. Shirk shape Belgium cafes a monopoly for months years i have read the com ments and complaints about army and air Force Exchange service in your let ters column and while i could under stand the Chagrin of those writing i did rather feel that Given the captive nature of cafes overseas clientele nothing would Ever change for the better because it does t have to. People will still be. Charged for car repairs sold second rate Gold and gems at first rate prices and be forced to buy top priced things they Don t want because the store will not Stock in expensive alternatives. My feelings have not changed but now i am angry enough to try to do something about it. When my husband and 1 were sent to Europe in 1985, the army ship Ped our car for us a 1983 Toyota Tercel. We opted to take two itt cots inter theater Transfer consecutive overseas Tours. In so doing we saved the depart ment of defense thousands of dollars in moving expenses Over the years moving much of our things ourselves. In 1992 looking at the fact that our Toyota Tercel had Over 150,000 virtually trouble free Miles we decided to buy another one. Cafes does not sell Toyota. We found a Toyota through the Canadian pm sys tem for a reasonable Price and because we had no real inkling of the extent of the draw Down s effect on my husband s military occupational specially explosive ordnance disposal we did not opt for the free shipping that costs $400. Be sides my husband had shipped a Toyota Over Here in 1985 it seemed Only logical that after eight years in Europe they would be amenable to shipping one Back. Well How wrong i was. It turns out that the tentacles of the cafes monster reach put to choke another family they Are Here to  it turns out that the a Iris will ship no foreign car that was purchased in Europe under arty circumstances. No reasonable exception to policy Zupkus they will ship for tree any car that you Purchase through cafes. But if you Don t buy it from the company store you Are responsible for shipping it Home. A couple of ugly words came to mind when i heard about this policy the first was collusion and my question is How much does cafes get in kickbacks each year to sell Only american the second is /  if we Don t have what you want sooner or later you will buy what we have. This makes me feel sorry for the Young soldiers who have no Choice Over Here except to play it the cafes Way because i know that cafes overpriced Many basics in their product lines clothes especially children s clothes Arete example that comes to mind. I personally choose not to take it any More from this Point on the army and air Force Exchange service will get the absolute minimum amount of my discretionary income that i can manage. No More will i choose to make impulse Pur chases at any cafes outlet of any kind. My husband and i have easily dropped $50 a month on books and another on videos. It will not happen there Are Cata logs. With Christmas coming for Sake of ease we might have spent another significant figure at the Exchange or their concessionaires cafes gets a Cut of every thing from concessionaires i think it is 30%. Not now not from me. The second thing i am going to do is write to the congressmen and senators from my Hus Banov and my Home of re Cord and ask for a congressional investigation of cafes with regard to its status As a monopoly and its abuse of that privilege. Monopolies Are supposed to be illegal on american soil which european military bases arguably Are. Any other dissatisfied customer can do that too. The stars and stripes periodically pub Lishes the Washington addresses of our reps and the Library has local addresses. We in the overseas military Are Only As helpless As we choose to be. Cynthia Neil Kaiserslautern Germany get message writer the world owes a debt of gratitude to the writer of get message Clinton . 13 for his Learned  his ability to specifically Point to the real Root cause of social breakdown and crime in  scholars for decades have been debating the causes of our social ills but have vet been Able to agree on any one item. Now along comes this writer and Points us All in the right direction divorce on demand. Now that we All know the cause it must follow that the cure is to eliminate divorce and All our social problems will evaporate. Crime will Stop. Poverty will be eradicated. Racism sexism and All other negative isms even ditto ism will disappear. America will once again be come the land of milk and Honey. But wait. There s a Down Side to All this of course. Well have to ban Tammy Wynett from Ever singing a i to re e again Don t want people to get the wrong idea. They might be tempted to grab a gun and hold up a liquor store. Never mind in the land of milk and Honey there won t be any liquor stores we won t need them since everyone will be so Happy and Content. At last Toto and Dorothy Are Back in Kansas. And by the Way i m still trying to find the passage in my Bible that says and god said let there be prayer in school perhaps the Bible will give me some guidance on How to make my jew ish Muslim Buddhist and hindu friends see the Christian Light. I would like to also nominate our Learned scholar to show us which is pornography and which is Art i get so con fused. " ".-. V Robert m. Cox ii Heidelberg Germany Church state separate the writer of get message Clinton nov. 13 scares me. Has he Ever heard the term separation of Church an state if not he May need to visit Iran Iraq it Al. In the near future. Yes i am a Liberal but that does make my Way of life constitutionally wrong or morally deficient. 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