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April 13, 2004 The Kwajalein Hourglass

www.smdc.army.mil/KWAJ/Hourglass/hourglass.html (Photo by Jim Bennett)

Inside:

Community reflects on

Robyn Clark — page 3

Earth Day plans set to bloom

April 22 — page 6

Marshallese sports teams

meet with command on

issues— page 4

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Buckminster and Friends by Sabrina Mumma

The hardest question is ‘Why’

I wanted to extend a big Komol Tata to the Kwajalein Community for donating all the books, magazines, and movies for the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Another Komol to Nathalie and Cornel-lia Notarianni for the flag they made, I know some soldier or unit will cherish it. I would especially like to thank Benjamin Ouderkirk and Joshua Kendrick from Boy Scout Troop #314 who helped me organize and box everything as it came in. I continued to get books and movies after the drive and the final total going across two oceans and two continents is over 300 books and magazines, and over 30 movies.

Komol Tata,SGT Chris Hansen

USAKA Personnel Sergeant

Community helps support drive for overseas soldiers

Letters to the Editor

A few years back my oldest son, John, came home in tears. A friend of his died in a head-on car accident.

He asked “Mom, we played basketball yesterday. How could this happen?”

I didn’t have any answers then, and I didn’t have any when my youngest son, David, asked “How can you have a head-ache one day and be gone the next?”

Last week, David lost a friend; one of his movie group friends.

Every Saturday night, they would gather at someone’s house and watch movies until they couldn’t watch movies anymore.

They went to Winter Ball together, and laughed when they all piled into the van.

So this is probably the hardest thing he has ever had to face in his life.

But it reaches deeper than that.The next day, he said “Everyone at

school is just like zombies.”I think he was talking about himself. He

shuffles around the house and clings to what is left of the movie group, and they cling to him. Huddled together in a small room, they cry and laugh and remember.

Red-eyed, they hold their heads up, but behind the eyes they question “Why?”

I wish I could take the pain they feel and carry it, the same way I wanted to take John’s pain when he asked “Why?”

It is never easy when a child dies, but what is even harder is the friends and fam-ily they leave behind all with the question in their eye, “Why?”

David called and asked if he could have

the pictures I took of the movie group at Winter Ball. They were putting together a scrap book of their memories. The only thing they had left to hang on to, memories.

At the memorial service, zombies shuffled around trying to make sense of what they were feeling over what had hap-pened. Hanging on the wall was a paper covered with traced hand-prints reaching out to the one they lost, and inside the traced hand-prints, messages of love, grief, remembrance and loss.

As I went through the motions of comfort-ing and hugging, a huge sadness swept over me, sadness for all that was lost that day — a daughter, friend, student, sister and everything she would never become.

How do you say things will be better tomorrow? Things won’t hurt as much. I found out they hurt just as much today as they did those many years ago.

The pain is still there, and so is the ques-tion “Why?”

One thing did shine bright; the memo-ries of this remarkable young lady will burn bright for years to come. She made a tremendous mark on the lives of all those she touched.


By Jan WaddellReporter

Members of the Kwajalein commu-nity filled the multi-purpose room at the high school Friday to show love for one whose life was cut short.

Robyn Clark, 15, died Thursday at Kwajalein Hospital of a “pneu-mococcal meningitis,” according to Dr. Eric Lindborg, chief medical officer.

“This type of meningitis is not associated with person-to-person trans-mission, and it is not associ-ated with clus-ters of cases or epidemics,” Lindborg said.

Friday, the out-pouring of support and love from the Kwaj community was seen in the red-dened eyes and the MP room filled to standing room only.

Born May 1, 1988, Clark moved to Kwajalein with her family mid-way through the seventh grade.

At first, she wanted to hate Kwaj, but as time passed, she came to love living here, according to family friend Dave Hamill.

Hamill started the memorial say-ing, “This is a remembrance of a girl we all loved.”

Christian Clark, Robyn’s brother, solemnly walked to the podium and gave a brief prayer.

Hamill gave a brief description of Robyn saying she started walk-ing and running at nine months old and never stopped. He said Robyn had learned to love Kwaj weather, culture and her friends.

Next, art teacher Jane Christy reflected on her relationship with Robyn.

“It is art that makes life,” Christy said. “Robyn Clark’s masterpiece was her life.

“She inspired my life in so many ways,” she added. “She was larger than life.”

Christy told of some of her memo-ries about Robyn when she would visit Christy during class and leave her messages on the computer.

Looking around the MP room would have made Robyn happy, Christy said. It was filled with abstract art and vibrant colors, something Robyn loved. Christy then shared a painting of Robyn done by another art stu-dent and titled “Fire Robyn.” This was Robyn, a fiery, vibrant young woman filled with life, Christy said.

Through tears, Robyn’s friend Allison Peacock said, “She left this world so fast, I couldn’t even say good-bye.”

She told of her memories of Robyn, who wanted to become an attorney, and of Robyn’s drive to succeed at all she did.

Then Barry Childers, another school friend, talked of group movie night and how Robyn loved the movie “Casablanca” and her infatu-ation with Humphrey Bogart.

Robyn also was in the high school play “12 Angry Jurors.” Childers brought laughter when he retold Robyn’s humorous antics while learning her lines for the play.

“You don’t realize how much you love someone until they are gone,” Childers said.

Student, Leah Simpson said she only met Robyn last year.

“She helped me so much,” Simpson said.

Simpson told of Robyn’s love for the National Honor Society and her zeal for life.

“She always had a smile,”

Simpson said.Robyn’s NHS advisor and teacher

AnnElise Peterson said, “We must mourn her death, but celebrate her life.”

Peterson said Robyn played a large part in the preparation for the upcoming NHS Coffee Shop and how, just before she left for Hono-

lulu recently, she made sure she had a list of all the items needed for Coffee Shop.

Later, Peterson said a song dedi-cated to Robyn’s memory will be

sung at Coffee Shop, to be held April 18 (see related story on page 6).

“Life is a cycle,” Peterson said.

She went on to read letters writ-

ten to Robyn from her teachers and presented a scrap book filled with photos and memories to Robyn’s parents.

Others spoke about Robyn’s crush on Prince William and her willingness to volunteer.

Mary Beth Clark, Robyn’s mother, said, “Robyn was a special girl. She was my best friend.”

Mary Beth talked about how Robyn loved the fact she worked in the school library and some of the special moments they had together.

She asked the students to visit her in the library and check out a book even if they never read it; just come and visit.

“Kwaj was her home,” Mary Beth said. “Think of Robyn. Remember Robyn.”

“Bloom where you are planted,” said Robyn’s father Robert Clark. “She bloomed here on this island.”

Through his tears, Robert assured everyone, “Everything that could be done was done.”

He spoke of his love for his “tropi-cal flower,” and as he choked back the tears, his sadness at the loss.

He thanked all those who were there to support and comfort the family in their time of grief.

The memorial ended with a con-dolence line for the community to give support to the family and a book of memories for anyone who wanted to write a parting message to Robyn.

Students clung to each other, tears staining their faces, and com-munity members reached out to comfort the grieving family.

On the outside of the high school hangs a sign with a huge heart drawn in the middle and the words, “We love you Robyn.”

Community mourns loss in memorial service

Robyn Clark

“You don’t realize how much you love someone until they

are gone.”— Barry Childers

“Bloom where you are planted. She bloomed here on

this island.”— Robert Clark


Marshallese teams end boycott after meetingBy Jim BennettEditor

At least five Marshallese basket-ball teams have ended a boycott of the spring season, following a Saturday night meeting with com-mand officials. But the boycott had taken on a meaning for those involved that reached beyond the court.

“I regret that you felt you had no recourse but to do this boycott,” said Maj. David Coffey, director of the USAKA Host Nation Office. “What is important to me is that you don’t believe the command is sponsoring or supporting preju-dice.”

The boycott followed a series of grievances filed by Marshallese players against the Kwajalein Po-lice Department and Lt. Col. Mark Harmon, USAKA provost marshal, after the spring softball season.

The grievances charge that KPD officers harassed players by writ-ing unwarranted citations and that Harmon verbally abused Marshal-lese players. To emphasize the grievances, all Marshallese teams, except for the Job Corps Naviga-tors, boycotted the basketball season.

The season began two weeks ago without the normally 15 Marshal-lese teams that help round out the league, particularly in the Men’s D League, where 12- and 13-year-old boys now must play grown men’s teams rather than the young, Mar-shallese school teams from Ebeye.

Meanwhile, the command con-tinues to investigate the griev-ances, the results of which, Coffey couldn’t speculate, but added that they were finding reasons for griev-ances, as well as support for many of the violations cited.

Coffey said the process could take a week or two more, at which time, Community Activities would no longer be able to rework the basketball schedule to allow teams

to play.“We’re willing to take significant

steps to resolve this,” Coffey said.So, for the short-term, Coffey

said first, the Host Nation Office would sponsor all basketball teams that wished to participate this sea-son, to expedite the process.

More importantly, the command and KPD will now require all of-ficers, current and incoming, to undergo Marshallese sensitivity training, which will include, among other things, a trip to Ebeye to give them a sense of how the host na-tion population lives.

“KPD has more contact with your community than anyone,” Coffey said. “I believe these guys can be part of the solution.”

In the future, the command will re-look sponsorship issues, most notably allowing C-Badge, or Marshallese workers, to sponsor teams, and times before and after games when players may be on-is-land.

Harmon too addressed the gath-ering of around 25 Marshallese athletes and a handful of Kwajalein sponsors.

First he introduced Lee Chewey, KPD site manager, and new chief of police, Dennis Johnson.

“We enforce the regulations they give us for the safety and well-be-ing of the community. We don’t de-cide what they are,” Chewey said. “We will deal with Marshallese and Americans with respect, with fair-ness and with consistency.”

Harmon apologized for any sense of harassment and prejudice.

“If that perception is out there, I apologize,” Harmon said.

He explained that part of the problem this past softball season stemmed from his observation of “an abnormal amount of drinking” by both Americans and Marshal-lese around the softball field. He asked KPD to better patrol that. Regulations allow the consumption of alcohol at the softball fields, but not drunk and disorderly behavior.

Unfortunately, he said, he gave KPD no patrol plan, and in enforc-ing the regulations, officers pass-ing by the fields, “not just one, but two or three officers,” might visit the area in a short amount of time, giving patrons the sense of harass-ment.

“What is important to me is that you don’t

believe the command is sponsoring or supporting

prejudice.”— Maj. David Coffey

USAKA Host Nation Office“We will deal with Marshallese and

Americans with respect, with fairness and with

consistency.”— Lee Chewey

KPD site manager

Harmon continued to explain that two years ago, sponsors were not escorting their teams or ensur-ing the teams followed regulations and returned to the Dock Secu-rity Checkpoint at the right time. Since then, he has given briefings to sponsors during the manager’s meeting before every season. He did not do that this past season, for which he accepted the blame.

“It’s my responsibilities the spon-sors know what their responsibili-ties are,” he said.

For his own part, Harmon said he recognized his own approach to playing, coaching and officiating sports.

“I’m a very intense individual, and very intense about my sports … but I have never been prejudiced towards Marshallese,” he said. “That type of coaching and inten-sity doesn’t translate well to Kwaja-

lein, and that is something I’ve had to learn.”

With that, he resigned from any future coaching or officiating.

Following his address, Harmon, Chewey and Johnson departed, allowing the Marshallese to discuss what they’d heard with Coffey.

Labtak Langrus, who has worked and played sports for more than 20 years on Kwajalein, said athletic events have always been fun.

“It’s very different, today,” he said.

The group talked back and forth, raising issues and asking ques-tions of Coffey.

In response to one question, Cof-fey said citations would impact the individual and the sponsor, but not the team.

Patrick Bing, chairman of the Ebeye Sports and Recreation Commission, recommended teams rejoin the league and by the night’s end, five teams had come forward, seemingly reaching a consensus of caution but optimism that future issues might be worked out.


Silver Rustman shows no signs of slowing down

Female MastersSharon Greenbaum 0:47:54Jane Cassel 1:00:51

Female OpenKrystal Kubas 0:51:56Angela Hendrichsen 1:07:27

Male MastersJames Brandenburg 0:41:57Brian Berlind 0:51:23Jeffrey Parker 0:51:35Bill Riley 0:57:47Lane Griffin 0:59:48Steve Banducci 1:01:40Randy Erekson 1:02:26

Male OpenBrian Brewster 0:45:36Bill Brower 0:50:48Brent Peterson 0:53:32

Male TeenChris Berlind (9th Grade) 0:50:07

By Jim BennettEditor

Perhaps silver can become golden.The 25th Annual Rustman triath-

lon, set for April 26, promises some close races and changes at the top as athletes gear up for the event.

The event, sponsored by the Kwa-jalein Running Club and held every spring on Kwajalein, features a 1-ki-lometer swim, 42-kilometer bike ride and 10-kilometer run. Participants start on the rocks near Echo Pier and swim along the lagoonside rock berm to Emon Beach. Running up on the sand, individuals add shoes and partners tag off for the bike por-tion that takes riders through the housing area and around the airport runway for six laps before returning to Emon Beach Pavilion. There, indi-viduals drop off bikes and teams tag again for the run segment. Runners make three loops around the housing area, up to the air terminal and back to Emon.

The route hasn’t changed since 1980, except for a few bike altera-tions in the ’80s, due to road work,

according to Bob Sholar, KRC presi-dent. But the look of this year’s field has changed.

Three-time winner Brian Brewster has dropped out of individual com-petition for team competition, join-ing with newcomer, but experienced runner, Mark Daugherty. Brewster will swim and bike the event, while Daugherty will close out the run, Brewster said.

Brewster posted a career best 2:08:00 last year when he claimed first in the men’s overall competition, just shy of the 2:06:21 individual record set by Sholar in 1993.

That makes the Brewster-Daugh-erty team the favorites, since mem-bers of Foggy Green Brow, which won 2001-2003, have PCSed. The Foggs, Ray who swam the event in 2001 and 2002, and son, Ben, on the team in 2003, left island, as did runner Derek Brower, who also won with a different team in 1998.

Brewster’s departure only some-what cleared up an otherwise crowd-ed men’s field, as 2003 runner-up, and fastest non-winner in Rustman history, Nick Perry, began training in November and triathlete Robert Guidi has reportedly trained seri-ously, as well.

“It could be tight,” Perry said. “There’s good competition out there.”

Perry finished second behind Brew-ster with a time of 2:14:09, in his first Rustman last year.

Meanwhile, in the women’s compe-tition, Sharon Greenbaum could po-tentially claim her record-tying fifth Rustman title, but Laurie Mann may have something to say about that. Mann contended with Greenbaum in 1999, finishing less than 7 minutes behind.

Mann PCSed after the 1999 race. She returned shortly before the 2003 competition, and competed in the bicycle portion as part of a team, set-ting the fastest ladies team bike time record at 1:16:54. Now, Mann has had a year to train, but she’ll have her hands full.

Since arriving on Kwajalein before the 1999 Rustman, Greenbaum has claimed four consecutive overall titles, winning both the Ladies Open and Ladies Masters categories, hav-ing turned 40 before the 2003 race.

Only Glee Garlie has won five titles, claiming them in 1985-87, 1989 and 1992.

Greenbaum also holds records for the fastest female finisher at 2:13:43, set in 2001; fastest individual female bike segment at 1:10:13, set in 2003; and fastest individual female run, 46:03, set in 2001.

“She is probably the best athlete out here,” Brewster said.

But much of the competition, and the potential for record-breaking performances, will depend on the weather, Perry said.

“It would be nice if we had a sun-ny day, with calm water and light winds,” Perry said.

In fact, serious Rustman contend-ers have trained in the heavy winds that have blown across the island since New Year’s.

“It makes you stronger,” he said.Perry, Brewster and others have

not only biked in the heavy winds, sometimes three hours or more at a time, they have swam the pier to Emon and back, twice the distance of the race, every Wednesday since January. At this stage, some, includ-ing Perry are swimming from the pier to Emon and back again twice, 2.4 miles or four times the distance of the race.

All of that training will come to play in less than three weeks.

Said Perry, “I think it’s going to be a fun race.”

In what’s largely considered a tune-up for the Rustman, visitor James Brandenburg, with Berry Aviation, won the Driftwood Classic 10K run April 5.

Brandenburg beat out Kwaj stalwart Brian Brewster by 31⁄2 minutes.

Sharon Greenbaum claimed the ladies crown.

Tuning up

Three-time Rustman winner Brian Brewster crosses the finish at the April 4 Driftwood Classic 10K run, the tune-up to the triathlon set for April 26.

(Photo courtesy of Bob Sholar)


Honor society sets annual coffee shop SundayBy Jan WaddellReporter

Conversation, entertainment, dessert and a hot cup of java is what is store for Kwajalein residents Sunday from 6:30-10:30 p.m.

The National Honor Society is putting on the annual Coffee Shop in the Multi-purpose room at Kwajalein Jr./Sr. High School.

“A variety of student and adult groups will present the entertainment, including the band SASS, the Sax Quintet, and the Little Spanish Dancers,” said An-nElise Peterson, advisor for National Honor Society /National Junior Honor Society.

There will also be poetry, jokes and a skit, according to Peterson.

“The entire MP room is transformed into one big cof-fee shop where people can enjoy a good cup of coffee and a dessert while relaxing on real furniture and lis-

tening to good music,” Peterson said.There will be a variety of drinks available such as

mocha lattes, frappes, hot chocolate, Orange Ju-lius, hot or cold tea and Starbucks coffee along with cheesecakes, pies, cake and cookies to enjoy.

A Kiddie Korner for the younger set will also be avail-able.

“Each student in NHS and NJHS has a requirement to do an individual service project each year,” Peterson said.

The NHS and NJHS is involved with several commu-nity service events through out the year.

They help with Sunday School, reading on Ebeye, helping at the Public Gardens, coordinate Trick or Treating with elementary students from Ebeye, the Va-riety Show and other group and individual projects.

The Coffee Shop is a fund raising event with proceeds used for the Ebeye Christmas drop.

Island to mark Earth Day in series of events

(File photo)

(Editor’s Note: This is the first part in a series leading up to April 22nd Earth Day celebra-tion.)By Jim BennettEditor

At 34 years of age, Earth Day continues to make its mark, even in the central Pacific, thousands of miles from its urban beginnings.

On Kwajalein, students and grown-ups will recognize April 22 with tree-plantings and gatherings designed to increase awareness of the environment, said Jack Mar-tindale, KRS environmental scien-tist.

Students at George Seitz El-ementary School will join with Col. Jerry Brown, USAKA commander, to kick off the event with a tree-planting ceremony.

Afterwards, each grade level will focus during the day on a specific environmental topic from marine biology to recycling.

For adults, a pair of local ex-perts will offer sessions in the evening beginning at 6 p.m. in the CAC Room 6.

Scott Johnson will talk about local marine biodiversity, drawing his personal experiences diving in the waters around Kwajalein.

Leslie Mead will speak on the en-vironmental history of the islands, such as “who brought what,” Martindale said. The session will answer questions such as how did the native Marshallese culture impact the environment and what changed with the arrival of Ger-

man Japanese, and later, Ameri-can influences?

Earth Day has come a long way since its inception April 22, 1970, when a newly formed organiza-tion, Environmental Teach-In Inc., started by then Sen. Gaylord Nel-son, organized the first event that

featured demonstrations in cities across the country.

From that springboard, Presi-dent Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency in a plan presented to Congress in July 1970 and established five months later in December, 1970.

Students work in the rain, planting a shrub during the 2003 Earth Day celebration.Students, joined by Col. Jerry Brown, USAKA commander, will mark the day this year with a tree-planting and ceremony.


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Friday, April 16


HELP WANTED

KRS has the following on-island job openings. Unless otherwise noted, call Alan Taylor, 55154.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, Food Services. Full time. Collects, compiles and analyzes moderately complex data, composes written descriptions of results. Requires business/technical vocabulary and knowledge of organizational operations and procedure, as well as ability to work independently.

BENEFITS ASSISTANT. Part time. Process new employee benefits information, student verification letters and terminations. Generate COBRA letters, answer general benefits questions, assist Benefits Coordinator with projects, clerical and other duties as assigned.

SMALL BOAT MARINA SUPERINTENDENT. Responsible for all facets of organization, supervision and operation of Small Boat Marina. Detailed job skills and requirements are posted on the KRS “K” drive and in the Human Resources Office. For more information, call Simone Smead, 53331, or drop your resumé at KRS Human Resources, by Tuesday, April. 20.

CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INSTRUCTOR. Full time. Requires degree in early childhood, child development or primary teaching certification and ability to obtain childcare security clearance.

SENIOR ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT. Full time. Receives payments, posts accurately in KEAMS, reconciles cash drawer daily, makes deposits, ensures facilities operate according to SPIs, clerical and other duties as assigned.

ACCOUNTING CLERK. Full time. Daily payroll activities, including but not limited to data entry of timecards, sorting and preparing checks and timecards for distribution, clerical and other duties as assigned.

TEACHER, Elementary School. 2004-2005 school year. Current certification, experience and childcare clearance required.

ASSISTANT YOUTH DIRECTOR. Casual. Supervises students at the Youth Center under the direction of the Youth Activities Director. Requires childcare clearance. Approximately 20 hours per week.

SERVICE DESK CLERK. Full time. Ensure work acceptance and categorization, process service

orders and work requests, generate and maintain documentation, assist in records coordination and development of the annual work plan.

ANNUAL WORK PLAN ADMINISTRATOR. Full time. Develop and monitor annual work plan in accordance with real property master plan, maintain all documentation, provide quarterly work schedules and variable workload/updates, create master job folders, ensure accuracy of work, staff work packages, determine availability of resources and provide bill of materials to the work in progress store.

CDC AIDE, part time. Assists in the CDC classrooms, works under the supervision of the lead teacher. Assists with supervision, instruction, playground and snacks. Interacts with parents as needed. Child care clearance required.

REAL PROPERTY ADMINISTRATOR, full time. Perform as the Real Property Administrator for all USAKA facilities. Maintain all records and transactions associated with cost allocation for the construction, alteration and demolition of facilities. Perform physical inventories of facilities and verify square footage, categorization and usage. Proficient in database management and ability to interpret technical requirements of Army regulations.

SECRETARY, Education Services at junior/senior high school. Full time. Duties include attendance records, transcript preparation and guidance support. Requires good working knowledge of Word, Excel and other computer applications. Childcare clearance required.

USAKA/RTS has the following job vacancies. For job information contact Cris Foster, USAKA/RTS Civilian Personnel, 54417. Applications must be completed on line at <http://www.cpol.army.mil/> http://www.cpol.army.mil or USAJOBS at <http://www.usajobs.opm.gov<http://www.usajobs.opm.gov. Army job application kits using the RESUME system are available from Cris Foster, USAKA/RTS Civilian Personnel, 54417. The job application kit is a guide to the application preparation process for government (Department of the Army) General Schedule and Wage Grade positions. This guide contains information to aid in completing a resumé and applying for employment with the U.S. Government.

BUDGET TECHNICIAN (Office Automation), GS-0561-06. Directorate for Resource Management. USAJobs announcement X-JB-04-6228-JB. Closes April 23, 2004. Two year term appointment, can be extended up to four

years. Unaccompanied overseas tour.

SUPERVISORY GENERAL ENGINEER, Director, Command Safety Directorate, GS-0801-14, Reagan Test Site. 24-month overseas tour with transportation and housing agreement. Announcement on USAJOBS X-LW-0406187-LW, closes April 15, 2004.

WANTED

DUNE HOUSE CORRINO to borrow. Call 56130W or 53300H.

LOST

BOLLE sunglasses, at Emon Beach stage area. Call 52083.

FOUND

DIVE MASK, at Emon Beach, after Music Fest. Call 51359.

MAGIC SING microphone in black leather case in street near Surfway. Call 52459.

TWO FISHING poles, tackle box and duffle bag, at Emon Beach. Call Torrey, 53331.

FOR SALE

LARGE ASSORTMENT of flowering and non-flowering plants in a variety of pots, as well as shorter plants. See at Qtrs. 133-F or call 52777.

171⁄2' BOSTON WHALER, new four-stroke 80hp motor, new paint, radio, bimini top, $14,000. Call Dennis, 51850W or 54489H.

BOOKSHELVES: one 6' x 29" with five shelves, one 6' x 29" with three shelves on top and cupboard with two shelves below, $20 each or $35 for both. Call 53759, after 5 p.m.

PCS SALE. Full-size light blue flower bedding set, $90; Winnie-the-Pooh crib set, $100; Hamilton Beach juice extractor, $20; rain gutters, $30; five-piece Martha Stewart bathroom set, $10; Graco Baby Pack N' play, $70; Whirlpool microwave, $45; plants. Call 54622.

23' TROPHY Number 397, excellent condition, many extras, see at boat lot #83, $30,000 or best offer. Call Roy, 52725, or e-mail at: [email protected].

Special order Waterford Irish crystal at the Retail Office, Building 708, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday,

until April 30.


EPIPHONE solid spruce top acoustic guitar with hard case, beautiful sound, paid $450, will sell for $225. Call 52492.

SWING N’ MEALS, $40; Curity disposable nursing pads; baby carrier/carseat, with base, $30. Call 54530.

MEN’S FOUR-SPEED black Sun bike, four months old, $125. Call 51161.

20-GALLON aquarium with accessories, $60; Toshiba E335 pocket PC, with 128 MB SD card, charger and travel cord, $225. Call Mike, 55987.

SAILBOAT: Catalina 34 with head sail, jib, self-furler, spinnaker, diesel engine, dodger, bimini, 12-volt electrical system, fathometer, hull/wind speed indicators, GPS, autopilot, windlass, VHF and SSB radios, water system, head, galley, refrigerator, stove, inflatable dinghy, 2.5 hp motor, mooring, $35,000. Call 53504.

PANASONIC 2.4 GHz cordless phone, works but needs battery soon, $15; Bell South digital answering machine, $20; Mr. Coffee three-quart ice tea maker, $20; Dr. Scholl’s foot massager, brand new, $20. Call 52589, after 5:30 p.m.

COMMUNITY NOTICES

MEDIEVAL ART SHOW featuring art by elementary school students will be held April 23, 7-8:30 p.m., in the MP room. Great art, food and prizes. Wear a medieval costume and show your spirit.

MULTICULTURAL ART SHOW featuring artwork by junior/senior high school students will be held April 29, 7-8:30 p.m., in the MP room. Great art, food and prizes. Wear a festive multicultural outfit and show your spirit.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR Community Night is tomorrow, 6-8 p.m., in the elementary school music room. Guest readers include Col. and Mrs. Brown and Ike Richardson.

PARALEGAL Francoise Standifer will be on Roi, Saturday, April 17, 7:30-11:30 p.m. For information or to make an appointment, call 53417 or 51431.

MEDITATION group continues to meet for discussion and a period of meditation at Qtrs. 422-B, 5 p.m. People who meditate already and those just thinking about it are all welcome. Questions? Call Randy or Leslie, 52434.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO officers are needed for the 2004/2005 school year. Get involved and have fun. Questions? Call Gretchen, 50157.

CUB SCOUT Raingutter Regatta is April 19, 5 p.m., at Emon Beach. Pack meeting to follow. Ice cream with toppings for dessert. Questions? Call your den leader or Gretchen, 50157.

STOP BY Grace Sherwood Library to register for the book draw now through April 26. You could win “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass” by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by John Tenniel.

FREE LAUNDRY service for military uniforms will stop April 30. Regular laundry service per BDU uniform set will cost $3.25 or $4.25 for next day service.

DCCB will hold a special unsolicited bid sale for furniture Friday, April 16, 8-11:15 a.m. and 1-4 p.m., or until all furniture has been sold. First-come, first-served. On site immediate sales transactions. Bring ID badges for entry and wear closed-toed shoes.

KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN will perform “One Big Happy Family” and the First Grade will sing “Get Hoppin”, Thursday, April 15, 7 p.m., in the MP room.

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WeatherCourtesy of RTS Weather

Tonight: Mostly clear with a slight chance of showers.Winds: Northeast to east at 10-18 knots.Tomorrow: Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers.Winds: Northeast to east at 10-18 knots.Temperature: Tonight’s low 80° Tomorrow’s high 88°

April rain total: 1.98”Annual rain total: 10.76”Annual deviation: -4.96”

Call 54700 for updated forecasts.www.rts-wx.com

Sun • Moon • TidesSunrise/set Moonrise/set High Tide Low Tide

Tuesday 0641/1859 0243/1440 1130, 4.0' 0357, 2.5'April 13 1906, 1.8' Wednesday 0640/1859 0331/1533 0129, 3.3' 0651, 2.3'April 14 1317, 4.3' 2005, 1.4'

Thursday 0640/1859 0415/1624 0217, 3.9' 0800, 1.8'April 15 1413, 4.7' 2041, 1.1'

Friday 0639/1859 0456/1711 0250, 4.4' 0843, 1.3'April 16 1453, 5.0' 2111, 0.8'

By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department will try for a third time to get three provisions of the DoD Readiness and Range Preservation Initiative passed by Congress.

DoD officials submitted to con-gressional committees proposed legislation that will clarify the in-tent of the Comprehensive Environ-mental Response, Compensation and Liability Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The department also is asking Congress to extend the allowable time to in-corporate new military activities into Clean Air Act state plans.

Congress passed five other por-tions of the initiative as part of the fiscal 2004 National Defense Autho-rization Act.

“It’s just as important to pass these initiatives today as it was two years ago,” said Ray DuBois, deputy

undersecretary of defense for instal-lations and environment.

DoD’s deputy general counsel for environment and installations, Ben Cohen, said the time that has passed since the proposals were first introduced has helped focus the legislation. He said the propos-als are narrowly aimed at allowing DoD to improve military readiness. He said the proposals are limited to active operational ranges.

This authority is needed to en-sure the United States continues to field the best military in the world, said Paul Mayberry, deputy undersecretary for readiness. “The U.S. military is the best in the world because we train more often, we train to a higher standard and we train in a realistic setting,” May-berry said.

The legislative proposals would clarify what Congress meant when it passed the Comprehensive En-

vironmental Response, Compensa-tion and Liability Act and the Re-source Conservation and Recovery Act. It would preclude people from using the acts to shut down muni-tions training and testing.

The department is not asking for wholesale exemptions from envi-ronmental regulations, but rather is seeking to codify very specific regu-latory policies that have applied to military training activities on opera-tional ranges, Cohen said.

At heart, the changes ensure that military munitions, fired and used correctly in training, are not solid wastes nor “releases” subject to regulation under environmental laws, Cohen said.

Dubois said he won’t try to predict what Congress will do with the pro-posal, but he said the department is willing to work with whatever com-mittee Congress deems appropriate for it.

DoD sends environmental training changes to Congress

By John D. BanusiewiczAmerican Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON — President and Mrs. Bush visited Fort Hood, Texas, today to observe Easter with the families of deployed soldiers.

“It’s our honor to have celebrated this holy day with family members whose loved one is in Iraq,” the presi-dent said in a brief meeting with reporters. “Fort Hood has made a mighty contribution to freedom in Iraq and to security for the country. I value my time with the family members and those who sacrifice on behalf of the country.”

The president acknowledged that the spike in vio-lence over the last week in Iraq has been difficult, but he said a free Iraq will make for a safer world. “It was a tough week last week, and my prayers and thoughts are with those who paid the ultimate price for our se-curity,” the president said. “A free Iraq will make the world more peaceful. A free Iraq is going to change the

world.”Bush said he has spoken with Army Gen. John Abi-

zaid twice in recent days, and that the U.S. Central Command chief knows he can ask for more manpower if he needs it. “He believes, like I believe, that this vio-lence we’ve seen is part of a few people trying to stop progress toward democracy,” Bush said.

The United States is tough, but open-minded in its approach in Iraq, the president said. “Members of the (Iraqi) Governing Council wanted a chance to move into Fallujah and see if they could bring some order to the gangs and violence,” he said. “And as you can tell, our military is giving them a chance to do so.” Coalition forces suspended offensive operations in Fallujah April 9 to allow Iraqi leaders to seek a political solution that would restore legitimate Iraqi authority in the city.

“I know what we’re doing in Iraq is right,” Bush said. “It’s right for long- term peace. It’s right for the security of our country. And it’s hard work.”

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