European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 stars and strip p e s july 2007 name Todd 39 title president of Kaiserslautern military Community a local ice hockey team Day Job contractor at Ramstein air and air Force reservist Poynter got his son involved with a German ice hockey pro Gram in we Brucken about five years a few years Poynter now plays with the Kmic eagles and serves As the team whats your background in hockey my dad played minor league and some professional coached in and was an office official in the National hockey Howd your son get involved playing hockey Over Here my sons soccer coached mentioned it so we got involved about six years we would carpool twice a week to we Brucken to watch our Howd you get involved playing Here i found out through one of the other dads that there was an american hockey team that played pickup two years i bought All the i was i never really played on a team the american team was just Howd you end up taking the reins As president last the team president was deploying and that left a i was afraid it was going to fold or just go Back to pickup to get More people we did a lot of Advertis we had 50 Guys on the the team actually has two teams an a team that plays in a German league and a b team that plays in Friendly my wife going to we bought her the and Shes out there practise my daughters killing me to get out on the she wants to be How was the 0607 season we had a great we fielded two teams at the air forces in Europe t Garmisch our a team played agair1 a ithe Luxembourg National who the team composed of we have air you name theres a huge mix of the satisfaction that comes out of it is that youre creating memories for these we have Guys who played in College or Tri ple a who thought that once they got Over Here that would be the end of their hockey it gets Guys out of the dorms so there not sitting around trying to find something to do with Ive got to give a big thanks to the supervisors and commanders who work with our players and their so Are the games during the on the weekends we have games on the weekdays and the Well meet up around 7 drive to the games and sometimes were not coming Back to the Kmic until around where All do you play Strasbourg sometimes Only the Gas knows where the rink its very there Are a lot of basketball and soccer teams in the but Only one hockey its very much a one of things Well say when were com ing Back from a game late at night is out of the americans in the 16 played a game of interviewed by Steve if you Are interested in learning More about the Kmic visit know someone whose Volunteer awards or Good deeds qualify them for 15 minutes of Fame How about someone whose claim to glory is a bit out of the Ordinary dare we oddball Send the persons name and Contact information to Maurice a belgian Soldier who was attached to George patrons 3rd was one of three belgians who received the outstanding civilian service medal last he is one of the founders of the annual Bastogne perimeter now in its 30th army Dean the army Garrison Benelux presented the Kevin Dougherty stars and stripes three a Wikiera feted by the army lans by Kevin Dougherty stars and stripes recipient served in the belgian in another took part in the Battle of the a third honoree has been the driving Force behind four monuments and a museum to forces in world War during this terrible As Maurice Spe Andieu referred to he and Many other belgians supported their american libera tors in ways Large and and that support continued Well after the final shot was in tribute to speran Dieu and two other belgian men Marcel Dhaese and Paul Dela Haye army Garrison Benelux presented the three with the senders highest award for civilians not employed by the Mili the outstanding civilian ser vice medal is roughly the equivalent of the legion of said Marielise spokeswoman for usag medals of this sort Are the not the Ive worked Here for 20 Banetown and its the first time Ive seen these med als awarded to external Spe Andieu is Best known for the annual walk in Bel that commemorates the Battle of the the largest land Battle in army each hundreds of Partick from american boy scouts to regional walk a Dif Ferent Section of the old perimeter line that was held by the army during the siege of Bas last about took part in the which speran Dieu helped Start 30 years i appreciate it very Spe Andieu said of the award and but i dont think i did anything who turned 81 on has a colourful War having served in the Bel Gian underground and later with a belgian unit attached to George patrons 3rd Dhaese saw combat with Al lied he attend the recent ceremony due to but Dhaese fought in the Battle of the bulge and later linked up with russian forces in after the he became president of a veterans association and has Long been a fixture at commemorative overseeing More than 75 ceremonies through the Delahaye was just a boy during the though he vividly remembers his family heaping their be longings atop a Wagon and joining the ranks of the a veterinarian later in Delahaye has left his Mark by establishing several world War ii memorials and a museum to the including who if the americans had not Delahaye said in an inter View with stars and stripes last we would be talking Ger Man email Kevin Dougherty at show your love j giant stuffed animals up to 8feet tall fast worldwide shipping web email f service phone 18002389481 4 made in Brooklyn say i love you in a big Way styles of giant stuffed animals
