European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 5, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paces s Yah s and stripes july 2007 motorcycle mentorship in works in Naples by Sandra Jontz stars and stripes Italy Call it a sort of babysitting on two in spite of a recent decrease in the number of motorcycle related crashes the Navy logged at its european bases Over the past three traffic safety managers in at Are working through the last details of a new motorcycle mentorship unlicensed motorcyclists who go through the bases three Day safety course to get licensed would have to ride the unruly Naples and surrounding area streets with a Mentor before they could head out on their said Jim the naval support activity Naples traffic safety specialist and Lead motor Cycle planning int so officials dont have details such As How Many mentorship hours might be required or when the program requirement will he the three Day operators done in a controlled environment without real world Haz ardous Doest really provide Drivers with All the skills to keep Safe on the roadways especially Italy roadways in spite of the Low Accident Dickinson our riders pay closer Atten Tion when there out and i think that what has kept the number he we want to see them kept driving conditions in Naples differ drastically from those in the Dickinson citing narrow Cobblestone pot poor to nonexistent water Runoff and the erratic driving of local among the six Navy installations in officials logged three motorcycles crashes in two in May and none in said Bill Region safety manager for Navy Region none was there spread out and so so we cant really Tell if there is a but the numbers have gone Down and turn Bull wed like to think its because of our critical Days of summer Between memorial Day and labor Navy safety officials beef up safety messages because summer tends to be when More people Are out and about longer and participate in More outdoor and sporting Turnbull the number of registered motorcyclists in Navy Region Europe increased this year Over As of the Date for which most recent figures Are the number was up from 726 in fiscal this air Force and Navy tightened helmet Regula Banning the air forces in Europe and Navy Region Europe Are requiring motorcycle Drivers and riders to Wear helmets that meet economic Community of Europe standards instead of american Emall Sandra Jontz at air Force major not taking leave service still investigating woman report of kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan by Nancy Montgomery stars and stripes a news report last month was incorrect in saying Jill Metzger who made head lines when she went missing in Kyrgyzstan for three Days in september and then claimed she had been kidnapped was to take an 18month leave of absence from the air the air Force has now there is no such thing As an 18month leave of said Dewey an air Force just not something people can apply for and he Mitchell said Metzger remained on Active duty at Moody air Force base in Georgia and that a 10month investigation into met Gers mysterious disappearance by the air Force and the Justice department was theres nothing new on and Hast been for some Mitchell a lot of difficult they last on and Mitchell said any change in met Gers Sta Tus would Likely be announced after the change was unless Metzger waived her privacy the a Marathon made worldwide news when she disappeared from a department store in near Manas air just Days before her four month deployment was to end and she was to return to the and a husband she had married shortly before she turned up at a House outside Bishkek and told authorities she had been abducted from the store after someone put an object in her pocket and told her it was a then she said she was taken away by minibus and escaped after striking one of the abductors and running she was flown out of Kyrgyzstan shortly after her first to Bagram air base Hospital in then to land Stu he regional medical Cen and finally to the the associated press last month reported Metzger was taking a leave of absence to be with her husband and decide her quoting met Gers Jean Nette of Hender Jeannette Metzger did not return phone Calls for comment left at her Jill Metzger has declined to speak to report Public affairs officials at Moody air base said this week they also said they were precluded from discussing her capt Gary Moody Public affairs said Metzger currently works in a mis Sion support Squadron doing administrative the Case has attracted a great Deal of Atten Tion but few facts have been kyrgyz police have been quoted saying that met Gers Story about How she left the department store is not corroborated by store which shows her leaving they also said vendors near the store told police Metzger was alone when she bought Metzger Brown hair Dye from and that authorities have not responded to inquiries from kyrgyz there have been no reported arrests in the but a ban on airmen leaving imposed after the Metzger incident for Security apparently has been last month in the base chaplain Minh Vul extolled the bases Many no mortars and free Dom to go we Are not in the direct line of fire we can travel to go shopping and enjoy the local culture and Many other fringe he a web site run by a retired Vietnam Veter has made the Metzger Case one of its main the web site recently reported that its Anonymous sources tipped them to what they said was met Gers upcoming resignation from the air Glenn the Sites Edi said he was told Metzger also is getting a disability Macdonald web site has excoriated the air Force for not releasing information on the the news Media for not publishing More information about the and whom he believes fabricated the Story and is getting preferential if she had been a he or someone without or and done what she that person would have been court mar titled by Macdonald wrote in an open letter to defense Secretary Robert posted on the web email Nancy Montgomery at  wiccan dedicate grave at Arlington by Leo Shane m stars and stripes Selena Fox said wednesday want the first time she visited a wic cans grave site at Arlington a cemetery in it was just the first time one was identified that this is the first time the Chris Tian Cross and wiccan pentacle have both been engraved on a Tombstone and its great news for said the senior min ister of Circle a wis Consin wiccan if s recognition weve fought for for so on wednesday members of her congregation and other pagans held a consecration ceremony at the grave site of Jan Dean a wiccan minister who passed away More than two years her army will Iam passed away nine years earlier and had the Chris Tian Cross engraved on his Tomb but Deanna Side was left because until May the department of veterans affairs had no Symbol to recognize her wiccan groups have been push ing for the pentacle As a recognized religious Symbol for almost a but efforts have been stymied by paperwork and administrative delays by the depart ment of veterans this after new rules from the department and continued unsuccessful lobbying by Pagan Circle Sanctuary and americans United for the separation of Church and state sued the department for the right to put the Symbol on gravestones and in May the department settled the agreeing to include it among the 38 other religious sym Bols permitted for veterans me veterans and military spouses at wednesdays event called it an important first amendment retired army Richard who is working toward be coming a wiccan military Chap said Over the years Pagan ser i remembers have faced discrimination from commanders and other but As people learn More about the religion the Mili tary has become More coming out of the Broom closet can be but we have he army staff Frederick a member of the 63rd Engineer support helped set up a wiccan worship Community in Baghdad during both of his deployments Over to we had Guys from All All different All different he people would took and Hes a major and Hes a wiccan and then they understand that its not just some hidden to Shane and stripes the Barry of United for separation of Church and state and the Selena Fox of Circle Sanctuary in wis Consin bless the grave site of Jan Deanna Orourke on Headstone at Arlington National cemetery and another nearby Are the first to Bear the a Symbol of the wiccan the event was designed not just to celebrate the Legal Victory but also to remember who friends called a kind and Gen Erous the Paula who belonged to the same worship Community in Flori said she worked with local charities every Christmas to help poor families with gifts for their a year before she she spoke often about not tolerating religious Johnson Shes an inspiration to us Deanna Tombstone is one of two in the cemetery bearing the Symbol Abe a world War n Veteran who died in also left instructions to have his Headstone marked once a wic can Symbol was Fox said at least four other veterans have also bad the Symbol etched into memorial plaques since the lawsuit was and in hearing from people that Are requesting and getting it without me being included in a she that makes us very