European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 stars and stripes saturday March 17 2007 Okinawa mayor chides us military Over kids by David Allen stars and stripes Chatan mayor of this town adjacent to several us military bases wants the military to keep better control of its juvenile dependents the comments came in the Wake of an incident a week ago in which a soldiers 19yearold son allegedly shot a 50yearold woman with a metallic Pellet from an air Rifle the boy considered a minor under Japa Nese Law remains in Okinawa police custody while they investigate the incident a police spokesman said the youth admitted shooting at tin cans from the Balcony of his of base Home i was strongly shocked by the fact that people and cars were hit Chatan mayor Masaharu Noguni told stars and stripes on wednesday he said the incident in creased the fears of residents of the towns Yamagawa District a popular shopping and entertainment area local residents have already expressed apprehension that crime in the area might increase As More and More servicemen Bers and their families move into the neigh boyhood he said but the apprehension became a reality with this shooting Inci Dent the incident took place shortly after pm on March 9 the woman was wounded in the Chest and was treated at the nearby us naval Hospital on Camp Lester the neighbourhood where the shooting took place is heavily populated area with a Day care Center childrens Center and other Public facilities Noguni said be cause it is a school zone Many parents have voiced concern of the safety of their children he noted that although the number of crimes by us services members has de creased in recent years crimes by dependents has risen that concerns us he said Japan is not a gun toting society Noguni said he has filed complaints with the Okinawa Liaison office of the ministry of foreign affairs the defense administrations Naha Bureau and the us forces Japan Okinawa area Field office the Usaj office had no comment thurs Day under japanese Law air rifles that shoot metallic projectiles Are strictly controlled said Hidemi Ted Pron chief of the Community safety division of the Okinawa prefectural police station in Okinawa City firearms that fire metallic projectiles or other projectiles that harm human be Ings animals Are subject to punish ment under the firearm control Law he said also even fake guns if they Are Metal and resemble real guns Are prohibit Chiyomi Sumida contributed to this report email David Allen at stuck in the mud above a 5ton carrying capacity truck is stuck in about 3 feet of mud at rooster 8 training area wednesday right pfc Lorenzo Ruelas sgt Randall Kelly and pfc Wesley Soriano of the 4th battalion 2nd aviation regiments Echo company Rig the truck to be towed the regiments 19day training exercise also includes evaluations for its Apache helicopter Crews Erik Slavin stars and stripes special olympics fun run at Kadena planned March 24 stars and stripes Kadena air base Okinawa the eighth annual special olympics fun run will be held March 24 at the Risner fitness Center on Kadena air base registration for the 5kilometer dash starts at 7 am and the race will begin at 8 Charles Steitz senior adviser to the Kadena special olympics said the event will be the first of several fundraising activities leading to the june 24 special olympics at Kadena High school the special olympics delivers an important message no matter where its athletes reside Steitz said the message is that people with disabilities should be afforded the same opportunities to Cele brate their successes and achieve ments special olympics on Okinawa is a unique program which has grown to become the largest out reach program in the Pacific he added prizes will be awarded for the firs place male firs place female and firs place child 12 and each will receive a certificate and a cafes gift card last year 993 special needs athletes and close to 250 Spe Cia needs artists took part in the games and 7000 people attended the event including about 2500 volunteers for More information regard ing the fun run Contact airman 1st class Taquena Davidson at 6341804 people interested in Volunteer ing for the games should Contact 1st it Christine Carr at Dan 6344700 an tells customers decoders need adjusting customers who use american forces networks Power Vul de Coder in Japan and South Korea must make adjustments to their system by april 25 or they will lose an service according to the network the adjustments Are needed As an prepares to provide More local news to service members stationed in the Pacific according to an to provide that extra information an says it must rear Range the satellite that serves its direct Home customers in Japan and South Korea the changes each customer must make Are internal there is no need to for customers to realm their satellite dishes to make the changes Call Dan 3123481339 or commercial 9514132339 the procedures also Are posted 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