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Magazine april 1 included mis information regarding Home schooling Over seas by us military families the first question asked was Are there any special requirements or regulations for Home schooling at overseas installations Dodd Europe Public affairs officer Dennis Bohannon answer was yes it is mandatory that Home school ers Contact their school Liaison officer yet the department of defense education activity policy memorandum dated nov 6 2002 says Dodea encourages Dod sponsors who wish to Home school their de Pendents to communicate their desire to their commanders to determine if there Are any command policies encouraging someone to Contact his commander to ask about possible local policies is not the same As mandating that families Contact the school Liaison officer the second question was Are Homeschooler children eligible to participate in extracurricular activities through Dodds such As band Art or Roth sports Bohannan said schools Are usually very receptive to allowing Homeschool students to use education facilities such As the Library he said participation in extracurricular activities de pends on space and availability and is decided by each school on a Caseb Case basis the policy memorandum states some thing different by statute eligible dependents in overseas areas Are entitled to receive specified auxiliary services from Dodds a Dod dependent who is educated in a Homeschool setting but eligible to enrol in a Dodea school shall be permitted to use or receive auxiliary services of that school without being required either to enrol in or to Register for a mini mum number of courses offered by the school auxiliary services includes use of academic resources Access to the Library of the school after hours use of school facilities and participation in music sports and other extracurricular and interscholastic activities Renee s Gardiner Garmisch Germany More fac checking needed on the March 16 letters Page two let ters caught my Eye one was Coulter out of step with gis which declared that author and commentator Ann Coulter is out of step with gis in truly puzzled where the writer gets his information my experience Back on Active duty with the army for a oneyear tour in Iraq after retiring in 1995 is quite the opposite perhaps the let Ter writer is the one who is having step Ping problems incomplete picture on liberals makes even More ridiculous assertions about re publicans interesting that the letter writer contrasts republicans with liberals does this mean that he believes no republicans Are liberals Jim Jef Fords comes to mind the letter writer seems confused on which political party raises taxes the cur rent president enacted tax reductions that Tell us what you think stars and stripes welcomes your comments on editorials and columns that Are published in the newspaper and values letters on topics of importance in the lives of our readers All letters must be signed and must include the writers address or base and Telephone number please limit All letters to 300 words we Reserve the right to edit i letters for length taste and clarity Send your Fetters to us mail stars and stripes unit 29480 Apo a 09211 International mail stars and stripes Postrach 1330 64345 Griesheim via fax country code49 0 Dan 3498395 email resulted in a rebate yet the Only state ments i recall having heard from politicians of the other party have been Calls for tax increases even a Little research will show that tax reductions help the Economy the letter writer seems to have fallen Hook line and sinker for the Liberal charge of tax Breaks for the Rich considering that the Rich pay the majority of tax reve nue  their break be larger than mine a Little fac checking by both letter writ ers May change their Outlook if they open their minds maj Charles pub Busbey Camp Victory Baghdad Victory for freethinkers i applaud you for your decision to keep Ann Coulters column in stars and stripes column comedy or Calum Nies ombudsman March this was a great Victory for open minded freethinkers i know Why liberals hate her she exposes them for what they Are her detractors never say she is factually incorrect they just do not like what she says so they resort to what liberals do Best attack her and Call names they never debate the issues i disagree with a lot of what Arianna Huffington says but i would never ask that her column be removed liberals want free speech for everyone As Long As it agrees with their viewpoint Coulters Sharp wit is a welcomed breath of fresh air in this stifling politically Correct world the liberals have created maj Douglas Hurst Camp lemonier Djibouti please drop Coulter i like some other readers find Ann Coulters comments absurd uneducated deliberately offensive and devoid of any re deeming value however the Only thing i find More appalling is stars and stripes insistence on publishing newspaper with a distinguished history and a want to be taken seriously granting a pub Lic voice to such a nearsighted Mea Spir doonesbury item ill informed self proclaimed bigot is reprehensible Coulter has espoused such outrageous views As arguing that women  vote eliminating Airport Security if All muslims would Boycott aviation recommending they use flying pro claiming that god says we should rape the Earth of its resources usage of racist sexist and ant Gay slurs even professing that she is not a big fan of the first amendment rights which too Many read ers misinterpret As a right to have your own newspaper she conveys no analysis no i depth commentary no insight there Are Only cheap digs and vile hat filled on liners aimed at eliciting smug smirks from her supporters and howls from her detractors she has become an entertainer at not a political pundit although in Liberal i respect any rational viewpoint conserva Tive or Liberal and enjoy other conserva Tive columnists who voice an intelligent message Coulter does not stars and stripes provides a disservice to military members by polluting them with the poisoned bitter Content of Coulter subverting the cultural under standing and tolerance that the military services have finally started to embrace and teach example the cultural aware Ness class required before enjoying morale welfare and recreation Tours in Kuwait and other Coulters 15 min utes of Fame have run out approximately 14 minutes too late even the top three re publican presidential contenders have distanced themselves from her finding her comments too extremist and insensitive follow the leads of other respectable news organizations and please drop her column it cmdr Stephen Vargo Camp Arifian Kuwait where does Couster belong i agree with your letter writers who say we need to keep columnist Ann Coulter in stars and stripes now comes the difficult part where do you put her if s not fair to serious conservatives to put her on the opinion Page and Shes certainly not funny enough to put with the comics John Considine Izmir air base Turkey memories of Kitzinger As a former member of the 212th Mili tary police company stationed at Harvey Barracks in Kitzinger Germany its with a Little sadness that i read tvs gives historic bases Back to Germany article March about Harvey and Larson bar Racks being returned to the germans i have Many wonderful memories of har vey As i lived and worked there for two years i met my husband also a member of the 212th my company at Harvey and we were married in Kitzinger 29 years ago we have maintained some of the Friend ships developed there and will always re member that time and that part of Germany with great fondness Ann Horton Volin so by Garry Trudeau especially on 6un control that Youb joins Era look i Pont exactly hts i Iliean youve a Frong opponent of Drienka uoh5no you join la5rjulyhaw 5wff about 6ov5k horromm5y right 6ov j