Herald Union - July 17, 2014

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Soccer Camp

Young athletes have a wide range of sports opportunities this summer.

See page 13.

Vietnam vet

USAREUR honors one of its own as he nears end of career.

See page 6.

Vacation Bible School

Community youths enjoy a spiritual safari.

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Wiesbaden: Your home in Germany

July 17, 2014

Taking the reins Martin takes over garrison from Carstens Story and photos by Karl Weisel

U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Public Affairs Office

Photo by Joshua Leonard

German and American guests enjoy a spectacular fireworks display on the last day of the Friendship Fest.

Closing with a bang Thousands share traditional U.S. holiday The seven-day GermanAmerican Friendship Festival wrapped up July 4 at Hainerberg Housing area with approximately 27,300 people in attendance, the most of any day, for free rides and a 20-minute fireworks show.

Garrison Commander Col. David Carstens and Command Sgt. Maj. Roy Rocco presented the Commander’s Cup to the 529th Military Police Company for winning the most points in intramural sports, as well as a plaque to Festmeister Alexander Schramm.

“We wouldn’t have been

able to place all of those attractions, dexterity games and food and beverage stands without his help,” said Joe Harris, chief of FMWR special events.

The military police and Polizei worked hand-inhand to ensure there were no major incidents despite the increased length of the fest, number of attractions and vendors. The fireworks show also was amplified from the previous year.

“The magic thing we noticed was German and See Closing with a bang on page 3

It was a day to mark the transition of two leaders in U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden with the focus on friendships, support and the vital role of personal and professional relationships.

As German and American guests gathered to witness Kathleen Marin, Installation Management Command-Europe director, pass the garrison’s colors from Col. David Carstens to incoming commander Col. Mary Martin, speakers acknowledged how important genuine friendship and caring are in ensuring outstanding community relations and support.

“People are the strength of our Army,” said Marin during the change of command ceremony July 10 on Clay Kaserne, relating how serving those who

Kathleen Marin, Installation Management Command-Europe director, passes the U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden colors to Col. Mary Martin as outgoing commander, Col. David Carstens, looks on. serve relies on inspirational leadership, dedicated employees and engaged partnerships.

“Dave knows it takes more than buildings and budgets to serve people, which is why his garrison had an over 92 percent customer satisfaction rate,” said Marin about the outgoing commander. “He understands that being a good neighbor means

reaching out to our German friends, opening our doors and fostering trust both on and off Clay Kaserne. … After all, we are more than friends — we are family.”

Shortly before the ceremony, host nation and U.S. service members and civilians gathered to honor the outgoing See Reins on page 7

Welcoming new citizens

Program eases naturalization for Soldiers, families

By Karl Weisel

U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Public Affairs Office

Photo by Karl Weisel

New U.S. citizens pledge during a citizenship ceremony at the American Consulate in Frankfurt.

As Independence Day neared, a group of U.S. military Soldiers and civilians celebrated their newly recognized U.S. citizenship during a ceremony at the American Consulate in Frankfurt July 2.

“Let me be the first to conSee Citizens on page 8

Commentary How do you rate the Feedback: U.S. soccer program?

Luecinda Ambridge U.S. Army Europe

“The team stinks. I am really disappointed in their performance this year. I expected them to do better and play more aggressively than they did in their games. It doesn’t look like they were trying hard enough.”

Maj. Mike Friess U.S. Army Europe “Soccer has become more popular because of the performance of the U.S. team, but since it is the World Cup, there are peaks in the interest only every four years.”

1st. Lt. Keith Odom U.S. Army Europe “I only watched the U.S. team’s game against Germany, but if the team was better and progressed more I probably would have followed it further.”

Ardelia Cappai Andrews Federal Credit Union “Even with the performance of the U.S. team in the World Cup, Americans do not have the heart and soul that European nations have with soccer ... training needs to start at a much younger age.”

Ingo Rhiel Child, Youth and School Services Sports and Fitness “It’s getting a lot better. On a scale of one through five, I’d give it a four. It’s getting better and better.”

Second thoughts ... second thoughts

Military brats build American soccer Although the American soccer team was defeated during the recent 2014 FIFAWorld Cup Games, it is interesting to note the influence “military brats” have made on the U.S. soccer program.

John Brooks, a member of the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team, is the son of an American service member from Chicago. John was born in and raised in Berlin. Fabian Johnson was born in Munich, the son of a service member who had married a local German fraulein. Jermaine Jones grew up in Frankfurt-Bonames and is the son of a U.S. Army Soldier. Timothy Chandler was born at the 97th General

Hospital in Frankfurt, which today is the American Consulate. Chandler is the son of U.S. Soldier who also married a German.

What we as Americans take very much for granted is the fact that during the Cold War, with the stationing of U.S. Forces in Germany, some 8 million Americans experienced European culture. Just as we may have introduced American culture, such as rock ‘n roll music via AFN, blue jeans or hamburgers to the Germans, so too the Germans have left their mark on our culture. From “kindergarten” to “handys” and now soccer, the cultural exchange between

Ask the commander Editor’s note: Have something you’d like to share with the commander? Visit the garrison’s Facebook page (Garrison Wiesbaden), send an ICE comment or contact the Commander’s Hotline (click the Feedback link on the garrison home page).

Also, great job by our Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation staff and volunteers who made sure it was a fun-filled fest for all of our visitors.

ordinate with Nestor Milan (civ 0611-7051490) in the garrison’s Installation Operations Center to receive an Access Pass for the PRT Area. The Access Pass allows handiHandicapped capped employees to Fantastic fireworks Col. Mary access enter through a desMegan N. commented: I C a r m e n R . Martin, U.S. ignated road block must say, this was one of the c o m m e n t e d : I Army Garrison and move directly to most impressive fireworks would like to com- Wiesbaden comtheir handicapped displays I have seen outside ment about the new mander parking space. The of the United States. This was Clay Kaserne physiemployee will be rea spectacular show, and thank cal readiness plan which means quired to drive at five kilomeyou so much for this fantastic that large areas will be blocked ters per hour (walking speed), celebration. off in the morning when people with the four-way hazard lights Response: Thanks Megan, are coming to work. How do flashing using the most direct for the extremely positive feed- handicapped people get to work route to the parking space. back regarding the Fourth of during that time?

July fireworks display in WiesResponse: Thank you for Balcony flower boxes Martin S. asked: I am trying baden’s Hainerberg Housing your comment, Carmen. We to conclude the German-Amer- have included considerations to understand the new policy letican Friendship Festival. We for our handicapped employees ter signed in May. I have read the appreciate everyone who took who must park close to their latest resident handbook which the time to stop by, mingle with work space. Handicapped em- also states the same policy for their German and American ployees with an approved U.S. the Wiesbaden community. neighbors, and to celebrate the Handicap Placard or a German See Ask the United States’ 238th birthday. Behindertenausweiss can cocommander on page 5

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our two countries has been remarkable and exciting.

But what is all the more impressive are the four military brats who grew up in Germany, represented our country so proudly and did such a fine job.

Their experience, education and upbringing made them winners in the backdrop of a military world. As American service members still defending the free world and now stationed in Germany, we should be proud of our children, for they are now leaving their mark. (Commentary from the Berlin Brats Alumni, courtesy of Dr. John Provan, Kaiserslautern High School class of 1974)

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News and features News flash Technology Expo

Everyone is invited to attend the Clay Kaserne Technology Expo Aug. 1 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Wiesbaden Fitness Center.

The event, hosted by 5th Signal Command, will feature more than 50 exhibitors who will demonstrate the latest in systems integration, cyber security, cloud computing, data protection and more.

Refreshments will be served and giveaways offered while supplies last. Visit www. federalevents.com.

Change of command

The Wiesbaden Health Clinic will bid farewell to Lt. Col. Michael S. Hughes and welcome incoming commander Lt. Col. LaShanda C. Cobbs during a change of command ceremony on Clay Kaserne July 18. The ceremony will be held on the chapel lawn at 10 a.m.

Vehicle Reg changes

As of July 1 Wiesbaden’s Vehicle Registration Office has modified operations.

Walk-in and appointment customers are now seen from 7:30-11:30 a.m. and customers with appointments only from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day. Emergency walk-ins are handled on a case-by-case basis. Call civ (0611) 143548-7821 or mil 548-7821 to schedule an appointment.

Legal Education

The Office of the Judge Advocate is now accepting applications for the Army’s Funded Legal Education Program. Selected officers will attend law school at government expense beginning in fall 2015 while remaining on active duty. Applicants must be commissioned officers with two to six years of active federal service when school begins. Review Army Regulation 27-1, Chapter 14 to determine eligibility and application requirements.

Application deadline is Nov. 1. Contact the U.S. Army Europe OJA Lt. Col. Sara Root mil 337-9294 or (0611) 7054700 to set up an interview and for more information.

SMA visit:

Army’s senior enlisted couple discuss professionalism, Soldier and family issues

By Staff Sgt. Paul Roberts U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs Office

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Ray Chandler and his wife Jeanne met with Soldiers, families and senior leaders to discuss key issues throughout the U.S. Army Europe community, during a visit to Germany June 30 to July 3.

They were greeted the first morning by Maj. Gen. Richard Longo, USAREUR deputy commander, and then accompanied to locations around Germany by some of USAREUR’s senior noncommissioned officers, including USAREUR Command Sgt. Maj. David Davenport.

The intent of Chandler’s visit was to reiterate the Army’s priorities, such as adhering to the Army values, the tenets of the Profession of Arms campaign, and ensuring an effective drawdown of the force over the next few years. In addition, he made time to meet with Soldiers to answer their questions and take their concerns back to the Pentagon and the Army’s top leaders.

During engagements with some of the command’s top sergeants major, he discussed the strategic role played by USAREUR, its partner nations and the Army’s commitment to regionally aligned forces.

“If you look at what we’re currently doing in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, you can see the importance of USAREUR and its strategic influence,” Chandler said, noting the international connections, military capabilities, and training resources located here. “I think that it’s extremely important, and will be for as

Photo courtesy of 12th Combat Aviation Brigade Public Affairs

Photo by Karl Weisel

long as we have an Army.”

One of those capabilities is the Gen. John Shalikashvili Mission Command Center, where he visited the Current Operations Integration Cell floor and observed the monitoring of current theater operations across the theater.

There, and at each other location, Chandler took time to ask Soldiers about their concerns, and asked their leaders how recent Army-wide challenges have affected the readiness and quality of life of Soldiers and their families.

At each of these venues, including Vilseck, Clay Kaserne, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and others, all in Germany, his message focused on the three tenets of the Army profession: competence, character and commitment.

During a town hall meeting with more than 600 Soldiers at Katterbach Kaserne, Germany, he explained the importance of each of them.

“Being an Army professional is more than just doing your job well,” he said. “You can’t be a professional if you are not willing to also be a person of character and commitment.

Competence is important, but it is only as important as character and commitment.”

He said suicide and sexual harassment are two of the Army’s current challenges that can be addressed through commitment to fellow Soldiers.

“If each of you looks out for your battle buddy — whether they are exhibiting some changes in their behavior or if they are in a situation that puts them at risk for sexual assault — and if they do the same for you, we can significantly reduce both of these incidents in the Army,” Chandler said. “It only takes commitment to each other.”

By maintaining a focus on all three components of the profession, Chandler said there would likely also be a place for Soldiers, even as the Army

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler talks to Soldiers and families in Katterbach. Photo left: Chandler speaks with USAREUR Command Sgt. Maj. David Davenport during a visit to Wiesbaden. continues its drawdown.

“If you continue to do your best and continue to better yourself — and continue to show your leaders that your know how to accomplish the mission and look out for your fellow Soldiers — there will be a place for you in the Army.

However, the Army might ask you to do something different than what you are doing now,” he said, adding that improving your General Technical score on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery increases Soldiers’ options.

Chandler ended his visit by wishing Soldiers, families and civilian employees a great Independence Day weekend, and reminding them that for 239 years Soldiers, like those currently serving in USAREUR, have served at home and around the world to keep the nation strong.

Closing with a bang . . . . .

Photo by Shayna Brouker

Continued from page 1 American families truly enjoying the fest until 8 or 9 at night,” said Joe Harris, FMWR Special Events director. “The number of kids having fun — that’s what it’s all about.”

Nearly 100,000 people attended the fest over the seven days, and despite the imminent closing-off of the currently open-post Hainerberg Housing area there are already plans to bring it back next year.

(Photo left: Garrison leaders present the 529th Military Police Company with the Commander’s Cup on July 4 at the fest.)

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News and features From the blotter

Compiled by the U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Directorate of Emergency Services

June 26 Driving suspension: An officer received a 30-day on-post driving suspension for three or more parking violations in a one-year period.

June 27 Drunken driving: A noncommissioned officer is charged with drunken operation of a vehicle.

June 30 Failure to obey: A civilian employee is charged with failure to obey regulation driving with expired USAREUR registration.

July 1 Failure to obey: A Soldier is charged with failure to obey regulation driving, with expired USAREUR registration.

Larceny: A Soldier is charged with loss of government property through neglect.

July 2 Failure to obey: An NCO is charged with failure to obey regulation for an impounded vehicle.

July 3 Failure to obey: A civilian employee is charged with failure to obey regulation for an impounded vehicle and civilian misconduct.

July 4 Larceny: A family member is charged with larceny of Army and Air Force Exchange Service property and civilian misconduct.

July 5 Traffic accident: A civilian employee is charged with a traffic accident due to inattentive driving, causing property damage.

July 6 Drunken driving: A Soldier is charged with drunken driving.

July 8 Tax evasion: A civilian employee is charged with tax evasion and civilian misconduct.

Tax evasion: A civilian employee is charged with tax evasion and civilian misconduct.

Assault: An NCO is charged with assault consummated by a battery, damage to government property and domestic violence.

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Corps of Engineers celebrates 40 years in Europe

By Jennifer Aldridge

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District, Public Affairs Office

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reached a milestone in Europe this month, marking its fourth decade on the continent.

The organization’s history here extends back to the end of World War II. After the war, a number of military construction agencies emerged to meet the challenges facing U.S. forces rebuilding Western Europe and combating the growing threat from the Soviet Union. The U.S. Army Construction Agency was established in Germany in 1956, followed by U.S. Army Engineer Element in 1964 and U.S. Army Engineer Command Europe in 1966.

Military spending was on the decline after the Vietnam War and U.S. Army Europe faced pressure to reduce the size of its headquarters and budget. This led to the birth of USACE in Europe.

On July 1, 1974, USAREUR transferred engineering responsibilities in theater to the Corps of Engineers, creating the U.S. Army Engineer Division Europe in Frankfurt. It was the first time the chief of engineers, rather than the theater commander, controlled contract construction for U.S. forces on the continent.

Ash Batavia, a retired annuitant managing the district’s Directorate of Public Works Job Order Contracting program for 38 years and counting, remembers the organization in its infancy. There was greater cohesiveness, he said.

“In our division days, somehow everyone knew each other,” Batavia said.

“There was a lot of interface. It had to do with how our building was laid out. The Phillips Building was a three-story building with big rooms and a central staircase.

Back at that time, all the smokers would smoke around the stairs. Smoking was allowed in public areas then. Everyone would congregate at the staircase.

“We also had a great German canteen.

They had good food for 3 Deutsch Marks.

The place fit 50 people, but 150 people would line up to eat lunch there. It was a very social environment.”

Batavia also recalls the openness of the Phillips Building from a security perspective. Force-protection measures were practically nonexistent, he said.

“We had no fences, no guards, no ID cards and the building was completely open,” Batavia said. “There was no real security.”

At that time, security was not the concern it is today, said Phil Cohen, the newly retired district Planning Section chief, who arrived in Germany nearly 30 years ago.

“My wife and I got here in April 1985,” he said. “The climate was much more dangerous. There were terrorist gangs in Germany and Italy. And yet the bases did not have fencing.”

Cohen said he joined the division because he was intrigued by the mission.

“There was a lot of work to be done,” Cohen said. “The conditions of the U.S. installations were appalling. Our The I.G. Farben Building was the centerpiece of the c o m m i t m e n t Abrams Complex where U.S. Army Engineer Division here was one Europe was established on July 1, 1974, in Frankfurt. year at a time.

So the buildings then-commander, asked Cohen to find a hadn’t been painted in years; it looked like new home for the district and orchestrate there hadn’t been any maintenance done the office move. to the facilities.

Cohen called the task “one of the “The ‘70s and ‘80s were boom years. highlights of my career.”

We were here supporting a huge buildup “Ironically, Wiesbaden had been an— showing our resolve.” nounced for closure in the early 1990s.

The Force Modernization Program But around 1992, we were invited by kept the division busy with 60 projects the then-DPW — [Gates] was trying to amounting to $300 million over an eight- go against the military grain and justify year stretch in the 1980s. The program keeping Wiesbaden open — to visit the helped expand the Vilseck military com- Amelia Earhart Hotel. As it turns out, munity from 3,000 to 10,000 people. The Wiesbaden stayed open. The DPW was division continued to grow its workforce very shrewd, he started to draw tenants to keep up with the volume of military and one of the tenants was USACE. construction in West Germany and Turkey.

When the team first toured the build“Our presence here was huge — $500 ing, the parking lot was too small and the million in military construction each elevators were too slow, Cohen said. But year,” Cohen said. “There were 350,000 when the district determined it could gut troops and 1,300 installations. We had the entire interior, the old hotel became V Corps in the north and VII Corps in the best option. the south.”

Finally, Cohen and the moving comFor 17 years as a division, USACE mittee settled on the vacant Amelia designed and built facilities totaling $5 Earhart Hotel as the new location for billion in support of Soldiers, Airmen, the district. civilians and their families. The organiIn June 1995, after more than 20 zation supported U.S. forces conducting years in the Phillips Building, the district critical missions to protect NATO allies relocated to the fully renovated Amelia and U.S. national security.

Earhart Center in Wiesbaden. Cohen But as soon as the Berlin Wall fell in says his career with the organization 1989, a moratorium was placed on new has brought him great fulfillment, both military construction, and Europe Divipersonally and professionally. sion’s workload declined dramatically, Now, Europe District’s footprint spans Cohen said.

103 countries on three continents. It’s also “The Wall fell and that changed evthe only USACE district to support two erything,” he said. “It all ended with a combatant commands — U.S. European series of very painful reductions in force.”

The first reduction in force was so and Africa Commands. The workforce drastic it required the approval of top-level is composed of roughly 25 percent local national employees, a few of whom have Army leadership, Batavia said.

“Almost 1,000 people lost their jobs.,” been providing continuity since the start he said. “People were not able to com- of USACE in Europe.

Batavia, one of the few longest-tenured prehend what happened.”

In 1991, with the construction mission employees, has watched the organization in Europe transformed, Europe Divi- evolve over time, he said.

“The current EUD is very different sion was replaced by Europe District, a smaller, installation-support-focused than what it was 40 years ago,” he said.

“We have gone through turbulent times. organization.

As consolidation across Germany Every time we went through a turbulent became a priority, many military com- time, it made us stronger, better and more munities, including Frankfurt, were on efficient. I think the turbulent times were the closure list. In 1993, Col. Jack Gates, necessary.”

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Helping Soldiers transition to civilian life

By Chrystal Smith

U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Public Affairs Office

As news of the reduction in force reaches thousands of Soldiers, it’s important to know that the Soldier for Life: Transition Assistance Program, formerly known as Army Career and Alumni Program, is still a key resource in place to help with the transition to civilian life.

Transition and accredited financial counselors are standing by ready to assist Soldiers, as early as 18 months before exiting the military.

“If there’s any chance you may get that call, even if you think getting out is possible, start,” said Angela Roelofs, Soldier for Life: Transition Assistance counselor, who explained that it is mandatory for active duty and reserve Soldiers with more than 180 days of continuous active duty who are leaving the military to use the transition program.

Those who know they will separate from service must start no later than 12 months (and up to 18 months, and retiring Soldiers 24 months) before the expiration term of service date.

And even if one is not sure, Soldiers are advised to begin using the resource just to be sure.

“Start it anyway just in case; it’s not like you have to get out,” said Stephanie Talcott,

Photo by Chrystal Smith

Stephanie Talcott, accredited financial counselor (who was standing in with Sean Cannon, Veterans Affairs Service representative), addresses Soldiers’ and families’ questions during the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Guarantee Seminar July 11 at the Wiesbaden Education Center. accredited financial counselor with the program, dismissing the myth that if a Soldier begins to use the transition assistance program’s resources that he or she must separate from the military. “This way they can see all the options in front of them and make an informed decision.

And if they find they don’t have to get out or are not getting out, and then they can simply stop using the resource.”

“Many underestimate the difficulty of navigating the job market,” said Roelofs. “If you come to (Soldier for Life: Transition Assistance Program), you

are better prepared.”

The transition assistance process starts with an initial counseling to introduce one to the transition program. Then Soldiers sit with a counselor to develop an individual transition plan. Once the process is initiated, the career counselor will assist the service member with writing and reviewing resumes, cover letters, job searching and interviewing techniques.

Throughout the transition process a number of workshops and briefings are offered to inform service members of their benefits and entitlements through

Veterans Affairs. The mandatory workshops and seminars include: s Transition Overview and Military Occupational Specialty Crosswalk Workshop; s Financial Planning Workshop; s Department of Labor Employment Workshop; s VA Benefits Briefing; s Individual Transition Plan Review; s Career Track Course.

Advanced resume assistance, federal job application assistance and Veterans Affairs seminars are offered as additional options through the program. Career track courses — education, entrepreneurship and technical training — address the different paths available after leaving the military and offers specific guidance relative to each pathway.

Confidential financial counseling is offered through the resource to give military members and their families guidance on topics such as insurance, taxes, adjusted income and comparison of income minus allowances for clothing, housing or subsistence.

“I counsel you on what you need,” said Talcott, explaining the necessity of performing a cost and benefits analysis with military members, and helping some realize how much income will be needed to maintain a similar quality of life after separating, as well as evaluating personal credit reports. “We try to get that fixed before they leave, so they can enjoy what they work for.”

Program managers said they have the flexibility to offer information and services for what Soldiers want to know.

“Helping people be situated before they leave the service is a huge deal,” said Talcott.

“It matters because you owe it to yourself,” said Kathy Palmer, Soldier for Life: Transition Assistance Program counselor. “You’ve given so much to the Army, and they are giving you time to think about and take care of yourself.”

The Soldier for Life: Transition Assistance Program center is located in Clay Kaserne Building 1023E. Stop by the center or call mil 337-5709 or civ (0611) 7055709 for more information.

Ask the commander . . . . . . . .

Continued from page 2 However, this is not the policy in U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart and the AE Supplemental to AR 420-1 dated Nov. 20, 2008, paragraph 3-44 f. which simply states, “[the] self-help store may also provide window and balcony flowerboxes with suitable materials and instructions for proper installation.” The proper installation of flower boxes designed for use here in Europe is to hang to the outside of a balcony. The purpose of a flowerbox is to beautify the otherwise drab exterior of the large square buildings we live in, and by requiring them to hang on the inside defeats the purpose and does little for the exterior of the building.

All of this seems contradictory to the tenants of beautifying our community, improving the areas we live in and embracing our local culture. While I fully understand that local policy simply adds to the regulatory guidance, I would like to petition you to consider opening a community dialogue on this issue or perhaps rescinding this particular section of your policy letter and having housing amend the latest resident’s handbook to allow flower pots to be hung on the outside and visible

portion of the balconies. Thank you in advance for your time in considering this quality of life issue.

Response: First and foremost, thank you for bringing your concerns to my attention. The original intent of the referred policy letter was to prevent improper installation of flowerboxes that could fall off the balcony and potentially injure pedestrians passing by. However, in recent years there has been an increase in the production of flowerboxes that require little to no installation and there is a small amount of risk that they would fall off the balcony. I agree that this restriction should be revoked as it may increase our curb appeal in the housing areas and give residents an opportunity to show their green thumbs. Therefore, the policy and handbook will be amended to allow residents to place flowerboxes outside of the balconies. The residents will be responsible for ensuring that the flowerboxes are correctly secured to prevent any injuries to passing residents. It is through engaged and involved community members such as yourself that we all make Wiesbaden: Your home in Germany.

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News and features USAREUR retires one of last Vietnam service vets

the packet came back with red ink and I would have to re-type all the paperU.S. Army Europe Public Affairs Office work,” she said.

In 1987 Van Zanten was accepted into A foreign view out the window as a the warrant officer program. He finished a Pan Am flight touches down. Richard year later. The following year he entered Nixon’s voice crackling from a radio. the Active Guard and Reserve program, Olive drab uniforms. War corresponand served at several duty stations before dents on TV in black and white. The being selected for active duty in the pungent odors of jet fuel and jungle Regular Army in 1996. penetrate through the dense humid air.

Since then Van Zanten has deployed A blue bus waiting on hot tarmac, its twice more to combat zones — to Operawindows caged to keep grenades out of tion Iraqi Freedom in 2003 and 2004. passengers’ laps.

Connie said those times were hard, but Jack Van Zanten remembers these they have been lucky and grateful. things and more. When Chief Warrant “Separation is very stressful … and Officer 5 Van Zanten retires from the I thank God that Jack has always come Army in November, he will be one of home in one piece,” she said.

“There the last Soldiers to leave the active ranks are too many families that have suffered who served in Vietnam. either great injury to their loved ones, or In April officials at the Army’s Huworse, lost their loved ones.” man Resources Command said there are Nearing retirement, Van Zanten says dozens of Soldiers still on active duty he’s proud to be where he is today. As whose service dates are earlier than May U.S Army Europe senior food adviser, 7, 1975 — the recognized end date of the he is responsible for 19 dining facilities Vietnam conflict — but only Van Zanten across the USAREUR footprint. and four others have been recognized as It’s plain that Connie is proud of him, having served there. too. She’s quick to brag about his achieveVan Zanten, a native of Chester, Va., ments: promotion to chief warrant officer was 19 when he joined the military in 5, being named Army food adviser, and 1971. He was assigned to the Army Seearning his master’s degree 36 years to curity Agency and trained for 35 weeks the day after his high school graduation. to be a teletype repairman — a 31J in “Jack never gives up,” Connie said.

Army nomenclature. From school it was “He is an inspiration to so many younger straight to Southeast Asia.

Soldiers and civilians…and he tells them “In 1972 the war in Vietnam was to never give up, that it is never too late.” winding down, and most everyone was “He is my hero,” she said. getting orders for Korea, Thailand or Germany,” he said. “There were 10 of “Van Zanten is a legend in the food us in my graduating class from Advanced service community,” said 1st Sgt. Irving E. Individual Training, and we all came Cockrell, the first sergeant of Headquarters Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jack Van Zanten, U.S. Army Europe senior food ad- and Headquarter Battalion Operations down on orders for Vietnam.”

Late that year Van Zanten found viser and a native of Chester, Va., holds a photo of himself taken 40 years Company, USAREUR. “I read about him himself in a small camp outside Saigon, ago when he served in Vietnam. According to Army records, Van Zanten is many years ago and when I realized that we the South Vietnamese capital, with the one of the last active duty Vietnam veterans in USAREUR, and they have would be working together, I was honored. found only three on active duty in the military.

509th Radio Research Field Station.

“I look up to Van Zanten as an Army father,” said Cockrell. “He motivates me Van Zanten still recalls most of the assignments he tackled during his several tracer rounds as they engaged targets.” together more than 40 years, preparing to by doing everything that the Army asks of months in country.

It was during this time that Van Zanten celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary him, and he emulates the Army’s values which has inspired me in my duties as a “Our first mission was to go to Da Nang started corresponding with Connie, a girl this September.

Shortly after New Year’s 1973, Van first sergeant.” and help build a communication center for he’d met on a double date to a high school As Van Zanten prepares for retirement the Vietnamese army,” he said, recalling dance. His date was Connie’s friend; hers Zanten was sent back to Saigon. When the flight there, his first in an Air Force was the friend’s brother. Later, when Jack he got there he heard he had orders for after more than 40 years of service, he says C-130; his team chief, a seasoned sergeant went to Vietnam, she said the friend’s Augsburg, but because he couldn’t be he knows that whatever the future holds located the orders were cancelled. In- for him, he is a better person because of first class from Iowa then on his fifth tour mother asked her to write to him. in Vietnam; the winter monsoons that “Back then, all we had was ‘snail stead he went to Vint Hill Farms Station his long stint in the Army. brought cool weather and more rainy days mail,’ and you would get no let- in Virginia.

“It’s a different Army today than it than he’d seen in ters for days or In 1975 he was discharged from active was in 1972,” he said. “From the haircuts ur first mission was his entire life. weeks, and then duty, but he returned — this time with the to the uniforms, it has all changed. But I to go to Da Nang and you’d get three Army Reserve — in 1978. He trained as would not have missed it for the world.”

And, of course, the war. help build a communication to eight letters a food service specialist and climbed the (Editor’s note: The Library of Congress’s at a time. We ranks to sergeant first class before he began Veterans History Project has a collection “At night center for the Vietnamese started writing to think about becoming a warrant officer. on Van Zanten’s Vietnam experience there would army.” the dates on the be occasional Connie says that when Jack shared the that includes a recorded oral history rocket attacks from outside the perim- back of the envelopes so we would know idea, she volunteered to put together his interview, photographs and documents. eter,” he said. “There were some AC-119 in what order to read them,” she recalled. application, tackling the mass of paper- Information on that collection can be Fairchild based in Da Nang that would Correspondence led to marriage, work with a typewriter and carbon paper. found at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ fly patrols at night, and you could see the and today the Van Zantens have been “I cannot tell you how many times vhp/bib/62027.)

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Marin presented Carstens with the Legion of Merit, saying people were inspired by his leadership during his tenure at the helm of the garrison. “I couldn’t have been prouder to serve with Col. Dave Carstens,” Marin said.

Carstens thanked his workforce, staff and the many host nation leaders and citizens who helped support him in his effort to make “Wiesbaden: Your home in Germany” for the service members, civilians and families living and working in Wiesbaden.

“You’ve been wonderful ambassadors and friends with the city of Wiesbaden,” said German Brig. Gen. Eckart Klink, commander of the Bundeswehr’s Hessen Landeskommando, after presenting Carstens with the German military’s Ehrenkreuz in Silver.

“You’ve been the heart and the personal face of the American forces here.”

Kathleen Marin, IMCOMEurope director, presents Col. David Carstens with the Legion of Merit as his wife, Aida, looks on.

The outgoing commander, who moves on to serve as the inspector general for U.S. Army Europe in Wiesbaden, said he was proud to have had the chance to continue in the tradition set by his father who was born in Germany and served in the U.S. military during World War II helping liberate Europe.

“I can think of no place I’d rather serve and raise my fam-

ily,” he said. “Thanks to all who make this city and this garrison my home.”

IMCOM-Europe’s regional director talked about the Berlin Airlift, its roots in Wiesbaden and the “firm commitment to German-American cooperation” throughout the Cold War and “enormous change in both the United States and Germany — and indeed in Europe.”

With the move of U.S. Army Europe Headquarters from Heidelberg, “Wiesbaden continues to play a crucial role in ensuring our democracies are not only prepared for the missions of the present, but the requirements of the future.”

Marin also pointed out that many Americans, “including myself, can trace our roots back

to Germany, and many of our German friends have distant relatives who made their way to the United States.” Citing a Bloomberg Business Week study, she said 49.8 million Americans claim GermanAmerican heritage.

“As we write a new chapter” in the story of IMCOM-Europe, Marin said, “I know that you all share in my enthusiasm as we welcome the new USAG Wiesbaden garrison commander, Col. Mary Martin.”

The first woman to assume a brigade-level command in IMCOM-Europe, Martin formerly served as the Army’s G1 deputy director for Technology and Business Architecture Integration in Washington, D.C. She is no stranger to Germany,

having served as the deputy G1 strength manager for the 1st Armored Division in Wiesbaden and Iraq from 2006-2009.

“As a leader with broad international experience and particular experience in Germany, I know that you will build bridges of cooperation with our German hosts,” said Marin. “It is truly a privilege of ours to live and serve alongside our friends, and I know you will continue a tradition of being a good neighbor in the region.”

“I am looking forward very much to getting to know you better and to continue the great cooperation and relationship that exists between the garrison of Wiesbaden and our German friends, partners and neighbors,” said Martin.

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Col. Mary Martin introduces herself to her 800-strong workforce following the change of command July 10.

Col. Mary Martin, U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden’s new commander, took time after the change of command ceremony July 10 to introduce herself to the 800-strong garrison workforce at an all-hands assembly.

“It’s truly a blessing to be promoted to colonel, to take brigade command and be back in Wiesbaden,” said Martin, who was stationed in Wiesbaden from 2006 to 2009.

She took note of the diverse workforce, pointing out the large portion of local nationals. She highlighted her adjutant general background for which she spent a majority of her career “taking care of people.”

“I know here in garrison that’s mostly what we’re going to be doing,” she said. “Taking care of people comes with a lot of emotions, good and bad, and what do you makes a difference.”

Martin is a self-professed healthy eater — mostly fish and poultry, which she admits will be a challenge in a country that loves pork and beef — but admitted she has a weakness for sweets, particularly oatmeal raisin cookies.

Martin is single with no children. She said she has a close relationship with her parents and 17-year-old nephew, who she hopes to bring for a visit to Germany.

Legal advice: Summer weddings mean tax changes

Taxes may not be high on your summer wedding plan checklist. But you should be aware of the tax issues that come along with marriage. Here are some basic tips that can help keep those issues to a minimum: F Name change. The names and Social Security numbers on your tax return must match your Social Security Administration records. If you change your name, report it to the SSA. To do that, file Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Card. You can get the form on SSA.gov, by calling 800-772-1213 or from your local SSA office.

F Change tax withholding. A change in your marital status means you must give your employer a new Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate. If you and your spouse both work, your combined incomes may move you into a higher tax bracket. Use the IRS Withholding Calculator tool at IRS.gov to help you complete a new Form W-4. See Publication 505, Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax, for more information.

F Changes in circumstances. If you receive advance payment of the premium tax credit in 2014, it is important that you report changes in circumstances, such as changes in your income or family size, to your Health Insurance Marketplace. You should also notify the Marketplace when you move out of the area covered by your current Marketplace plan. Advance payments of the premium tax credit provide financial assistance to help you pay for the insurance you buy through the Health Insurance Marketplace. Reporting changes will help you get the proper type and amount of financial assistance so you can avoid getting too much or too little in advance.

F Address change. Let the IRS know if your address changes. To do that, file Form 8822, Change of Address, with the IRS. You should also notify the U.S. Postal Service. You can ask them online at USPS. com to forward your mail. You may also report the change at your local post office.

F Change in filing status. If you’re married as of

Dec. 31, that’s your marital status for the entire year for tax purposes. You and your spouse can choose to file your federal income tax return jointly or separately each year. You may want to figure the tax both ways to find out which status results in the lowest tax.

Note for same-sex married couples: If you are legally married in a state or country that recognizes same-sex marriage, you generally must file as married on your federal tax return. This is true even if you and your spouse later live in a state or country that does not recognize same-sex marriage. See IRS.gov for more information on this topic.

For more information visit IRS.gov. You can also get IRS forms and publications on IRS.gov or by calling 800-TAX-FORM (800-829-3676).

For local assistance with your questions visit the Wiesbaden Legal Assistance Office in Building 1023W on Clay Kaserne or call mil 337-4725 or civ (0611) 705-4725. (Courtesy of the Internal Revenue Service)

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Continued from page 1 gratulate you and to welcome you to your new American family,” said Karen Fitzgerald, field office director of the consulate’s U.S. Citizens and Immigration Service.

“We’re thrilled to be part of this. We love naturalization ceremonies — it’s the best part of our job,” Fitzgerald said, explaining that last year some 250 U.S. military service and family members were naturalized in Germany and more than a million new U.S. citizens were welcomed overall.

“Because of their military service, we expedite the naturalization service — because of the commitment they’ve already made by serving,” she said, pointing out that Section 329 of the Immigration and Naturalization Act has a provision that expedites the citizen-

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and two children ship process for U.S. military members and their families. who have both German and American “As America’s new citizens, citizenship as a fully all of you share the same rights, fledged U.S. citizen. privileges and responsibilities “I was always as your fellow citizens,” said Randall Budden, the consulate’s drawn to the States,” said Fabiana, who acting deputy principal officer. was born in FrankSaying that every citizen has furt, played with a voice — “through the ballot American children box,” Budden praised the “hard while growing up work and determination” that and worked as a leads people to achieve U.S. nanny in Texas. “I citizenship. feel at home in both “I think it’s really wondercountries — I get the ful that we have seven military best of both worlds. spouses here today,” said Now I’ll feel like Fitzgerald, underscoring the Photo by Karl Weisel a full American — services and sacrifices that all members of the military family Members of the U.S. Consulate staff especially when I’m make while supporting the U.S. congratulate Wiesbaden’s Fabiana in America. I’ll have Francis and fellow new U.S. citizens. the full rights and military. responsibilities.”

“I feel that the family is com- 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation “I’m just so proud of her,” plete now,” said Wiesbaden’s Regiment, explaining that by Fabiana Francis, wife of Chief gaining U.S. citizenship, she said Craig, who will celebrate Warrant Officer 4 Craig Francis, joins her American husband his 10th wedding anniversary

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with Fabiana in August.

During the ceremony, consular officials welcomed new U.S. citizens from Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Germany, the Philippines, Bolivia and Thailand.

“I feel different. Even though people say it’s just a ceremony, I feel like a new person,” said Pvt. Leopoldo Rabatte, a U.S. Army fueler stationed in Vilseck. “It feels good.

“People say you don’t know what you have until you lose it, but I think some people take all of the opportunities of a being an American citizen for granted,” Rabatte added, saying he was inspired by his father “who was naturalized about five years ago.

“It means a lot to me personally to become a part of this country,” Rabatte said. “There are so many opportunities — it’s just wonderful.”

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USAG Wiesbaden — Wackernheim, Wiesbaden D-Day vet helps restore C-47, receives honor at Normandy Noble had been a college student in his native Kansas when he joined the military in September 1942 at age 20. He says he Like many of his comrades, Gene wanted to be a pilot, and his flight training Noble got the celebrity treatment upon was expedited after the war broke out.

“On D-Day, it was about 1:45 in the returning to France earlier this month for the 70th anniversary of D-Day along the morning when we crossed the beach.

Everything was dark and you couldn’t Normandy coast.

The 92-year-old veteran pilot received see it,” he recalled. “Within just a matter the French Legion of Honour medal at a of minutes, I saw tracer bullets and flak, June 7 ceremony in Merville-Franceville, clear from the other side of the peninsula. not far from Sword Beach, where British And the thought occurred to me, ‘I might troops came onshore as part of the mas- be killed here today.’”

Noble said he quickly refocused and sive invasion that gave Allied troops a strategic foothold on the Continent and waited for the lights to come on and led to Europe’s liberation from Nazi rule signal his drop. He never saw anyone during World War II. In the predawn jump out of the airplane.

“You could hear it getting hit with bulhours of June 6, 1944, Noble dropped paratroopers behind enemy lines near lets through the thin aluminum,” he said.

Up to 156,000 American, British and Utah Beach while flying a mission for the 440th Troop Carrier Group’s 95th Canadian troops landed in and around Normandy on D-Day, according to Squadron.

Within the past decade, he played a historical accounts. Combined Allied pivotal role in the recovery and restora- casualties have been estimated at 10,000, tion of a C-47 that served as lead plane in with more than 4,400 confirmed deaths, his formation that day. Noble piloted the including nearly 2,500 Americans.

When his 90-plane formation flew aircraft himself later in the war. It now back to its base in England, Noble and sits in the town’s air memorial.

The former U.S. Army Air Corps the other pilots were debriefed before second lieutenant is the father of Jim hitting the chow hall. He said their Noble, chief of U.S. Army Corps of commander, overcome by jubilation Engineers, Europe District, Engineering and relief the group had survived the Branch. He and several family members operation, walked in and shot a clock accompanied the elder Noble to France off the wall with his .45-caliber pistol.

During the Normandy landings, for the Normandy commemorations.

“It was quite a deal,” Jim said. “They Noble flew just off the left wing of Lt. treated my dad like a rock star. It was James Harper, who piloted the lead C-47, nicknamed the SNAFU Special. pretty cool.”

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Library in a Box

Anna Closs finds some new books to read in the Library in a Box at the Newman Village Bus Stop July 11. Girl Scout Troop 464 and Boy Scout Troop 107 built and posted six Libraries in a Box around the community — Commissary Bus Stop, Wiesbaden Entertainment Center, Crestview Playground, Aukamm Ballet Building, Newman Village and Clay Youth Center — to offer youths a convenient book exchange program. The Library in a Box works on the honor system and encourages users to either swap one book for another or to return books after using.

Photo by Vince Little

Gene Noble, an Army Air Corps pilot in World War II, chats with Brig. Gen. James Scanlan, commander of the 440th Airlift Wing at Pope Field, N.C., during festivities June 7 marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day in Merville-Franceville, France.

That aircraft was discovered in Bosnia decades after the war.

“A French air force officer actually found the plane,” Jim Noble said. “He happened to be at the airport in Sarajevo as part of the NATO peacekeeping forces after the Balkan War. … Being a pilot himself, he recognized this old aircraft sitting off to the side there and was intrigued by it. At the time, the Italian folks there with the military had converted it into a cafe and bar.”

The officer knew about the Merville group that had been seeking a D-Day aircraft to display in the town’s war museum and memorial. The city arranged for a donation from the Bosnian government to France.

“These volunteers from the village took the wings off bolt by bolt, broke it down to the fuselage and loaded it all up on a flatbed,” Jim said. “Then, they trucked it back from Bosnia to Normandy.”

In the fall of 2007, the city’s deputy mayor tracked down Noble after the French matched up historical records showing he’d flown the C-47 in World War II. “My father had old photographs of the aircraft that showed this particular plane as it was painted during the war,” Jim added. “They used his photos as a model for what the plane was supposed to look like and how it should be painted as they put it all back together.”

Since then, Gene Noble has been frequently involved with the group in providing resources for finding parts.

He connected with a flight club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he now resides.

It was able to help replace the cockpit’s instrument panel. He also found some original C-47 benches, which seated paratroopers on both sides of the fuselage, in California and shipped those over to France.

Noble also took part in a French documentary about the project. Filmmaker Serge Marie chronicled the entire effort from start to finish, even traveling to Tulsa to interview the veteran aviator.

“It’s really been a thrill for us to watch my dad get so involved with this. It’s really kept him active and engaged,” Jim said.

In June 2008, Noble and the family attended a dedication ceremony for the refurbished troop carrier in Merville.

They also attended last year’s D-Day anniversary tribute there.

“It’s quite an honor, and it was a big surprise,” Jim Noble said about the French Legion of Honor induction. “This ceremony was incredible for us all.”

As the Allies pushed into Western Europe following D-Day, Noble and his unit flew reconnaissance missions over Germany and transported supplies and troops to the front lines from a base in Orleans, France. On at least one occasion toward the end of the war, he helped fly Holocaust survivors to hospitals after Nazi concentration camps were liberated, according to his son.

Noble got out of the Army Air Corps after the war, earned a civil engineering degree from the University of Colorado and went on to a long career with Phillips Petroleum. His job carried the family from the Texas Panhandle and New Mexico to Mexico and Venezuela before he retired to Tulsa.

The SNAFU Special was officially designated a French national monument at the June 7 ceremony in Merville. Noble, meanwhile, says he’s overwhelmed by the individual medal presentation.

“I couldn’t believe it,” he said. “I’m greatly honored, and it really left me speechless. I know this is directly connected to the plane project and it being dedicated. But the French people have always spoken of the Allies as heroes.”

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Community notes ... Community notes chaplain. Stop by the Clay Chapel Counseling Center Fridays from 1-3 p.m. for a completely confidential session. Call civ (0611) 705-5823 for details.

ACS birthday

Army Community Service celebrates its 49th birthday with a make-your-own ice cream sundae July 25 from noon to 2 p.m.

Playground play

Warrant officers cruise

The U.S. Army Warrant Officers’ Association Rhein Neckar Silver Chapter offers food, fun, prizes and more at its annual cruise on the Rhein River Aug.16. Email usawoa. rnsc@gmail.com for details.

Thrift Shop donations

The Wiesbaden Community Spouses Club’s Thrift Shop accepts donations during operating hours only. Items should never be left outside the shop when it is closed. The Thrift Shop hours through the end of Photo by Karl Weisel summer are Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers members Sgt. Carlos Soto (from left), Spc. Sher(July 26, Aug. 9 and 23) from man Cottingham and Spc. D’Lexis Cooley hand out information about the designated driver program to community members as they leave Clay Kaserne before the start of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. the Independence Day weekend July 3. BOSS and Army Substance Abuse Prevention Culture College members reminded drivers that there are plenty of alternatives to stay safe, such as using New to the Wiesbaden public transportation, taking a taxi or using a designated driver, if consuming alcohol. area? Join the monthly Culture College to learn all about Wies- portunities for Single Solders Red Cross holds a newcomers Attend in person or follow it baden: Your home in Germany. hosts paintball and a barbecue orientation July 17 from 10 live on the Garrison Wiesbaden Call Army Community Service at the Rheinblick Recreation a.m. to noon, a CPR/AED/first Facebook page. at civ (0611) 143-548-9201 for Complex July 19. Cost is $25 aid class July 18 from 9-11:30 Community flea to cover transportation, field a.m. and a Warrior Transition market details.

A Community-wide flea Scream-free seminars fees and equipment rental. Unit community bike ride July BOSS joins the USO to offer 24 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Call market will be held July 26 from A Scream-free Parenting a barbecue at the Warrior Zone civ (0611) 705-1760 for more 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Wiesbaden seminar will be held Aug. 26 July 28 from 6-9 p.m. Call civ information.

Entertainment Center. Cost is from 10-11:30 a.m., Launch$20 per table/space. Stop by (0611) 143-548-9815. ing Hope seminar (for parents Next CIB July 29 the WEC for details. with teens) Aug. 27 from 6:30-8 Youth of the Chapel Get the latest news and inforYouth of the Chapel meet mation at the next Community Counseling available p.m. and Scream-free Marriage Are you a member of the seminar Aug. 28 from 6:30-8 July 23 in Building 7750 in Information Briefing July 29 at 66th Military Intelligence Brip.m. Limited child care will be Hainerberg Housing from 9:30 a.m. at the Community Acgade Family and need to talk to a available for participants who 3-4:30 p.m. for middle school tivity Center on Clay Kaserne. pre-register. Call civ (0611) students and 5:30-8 p.m. for 143-548-9201 for information. high school students (dinner provided).

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The New Parent Support Program holds Play in the Playground days with fun activities for toddlers/preschoolers July 25 in Hainerberg Housing (behind Building 7741), Aug. 8 in Crestview Housing (Pluto Weg playground), June 27 and Aug. 22 in Aukamm Housing (ballfield gazebo), Sept. 12 on Clay Kaserne (Aumann Str. Fairy Tale playground). Call civ (0611) 143-548-9218.

Children’s items market

A children’s items flea market will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 20 at the Wiesbaden Entertainment Center. Call civ (0611) 143-548-9406 for details.

American Girl socials

American Girl Doll socials will be held Sept. 20, Oct. 18, Nov. 15 and Dec. 20 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Wiesbaden Library.

Extended center hours

The Recycle/Re-Use Center located on Clay Kaserne now has extended hours. In addition to the center being open Monday to Friday from noon to 3:30 p.m. and Thursday noon to 6 p.m., the center is now open every second Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information call the center at civ (0611) 705-9999.

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Schools page — Partners in education Summer Hire program helps teens save, gain job skills Story and photos by Joshua Fischer Special to the Herald Union

Building a resume is seemingly an easy task when there are jobs around, but in Germany where the jobs for young adults and teenagers are scarce, the task can feel impossible.

The Summer Hire program is one of the few opportunities for young adults to get their feet in the door.

It’s a six-week summer job that, this year, pays $5.50 an hour. While that amount of money may not seem like much to some, for others it happens to be a rare opportunity for students overseas to gain experience and to save up for future endeavors.

First-year hires don’t normally understand what they’re getting into when they first apply, but after they experience summer hire first-hand, many reapply.

Some do it because they’re not busy and others do it because it provides a unique setting in which to work.

“I enjoy returning because it’s a temporary job over the summer that provides you with great work experience. Most places won’t hire you for two to three months out of the year,” said veteran summer hire Abigail Beville.

During this program, some students benefit socially.

When a Summer Hire feels included in the job rather than just being “that intern,” they tend to enjoy it more.

“I feel important because this project I’m doing is full of my ideas and input. I may not be doing the bulk of the work, but I definitely have a say,” said second-year hire Phylecia Faublas.

Some even wish to have the same job as the preceding year.

“I’d love to go back to my job junior year because my boss included me in projects and asked for my voice. I never enjoyed work when I was just given a long list of tasks to do,” said Beville.

This year, only students over the age of 18 were chosen for summer hire.

“The 18 and older rule doesn’t affect me obviously, but my sister [17] was unable to work this summer.

She won’t have nearly as much job experience to write down on college resumes as I did,” said Beville.

A problem that seems to arise from this system

is that some college-bound students may leave the program early to start their next year at a university.

So students under 18 who could have filled the term out entirely don’t get a chance.

Aside from Summer Hire, overseas opportunities to work are few and far between because monocitizenship American cannot work on the German economy. In terms of availability, Army and Air Force Exchange Service and the commissary hire younger people. AAFES hires cashiers and provides fair pay, but they can only hire students over 18. For students under 18, the commissary hires baggers but it’s an oversaturated job field and sometimes it’s pure luck to get any type of consistent cash flow. These jobs are unlikely to support the bulk of the able-bodied students at the school because of these circumstances.

Jordan O’Connor, second-year hire, said, “I’d like to see some opportunities for the younger kids, because it could soften this blow with inexperienced workers going into the job market.”

“I feel like there should be other proJade Mimms (from left), Kierra Carr and Phylecia Faublas grams during the school year,” said Faublas. work on a Resiliency and Readiness project during the With few choices, students look for Summer Hire program at the Wiesbaden Library. Top phoother ways to spend their time. Kierra Carr, to: Jordan O’Connor sorts video games for checkout at the a first-year hire, explained that she used to Wiesbaden Library as part of his Summer Hire job. volunteer in her free time.

Volunteering, although very positive this in any way shape or form, more students who mentally and in terms of community, does not pay have the time could learn helpful skills. for college tuition, she said.

Juggling school and a job is a good way to grow Many teenagers in the States have the option to as an adult. (Editor’s note: Fischer is a Summer work part time during the school year.

Hire working in the Garrison Wiesbaden Public If overseas bases had the ability to accommodate Affairs Office.)

Schoolbits ... Schoolbits ... Schoolbits Youth physical day

The Wiesbaden Health Clinic conducts physical exams on a first-come, first-served basis for youth programs (Scouts, school sports, etc.) Aug. 8 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bring completed paperwork from the respective organizations and any shot records.

Important dates to note

Following are some dates to mark on the calendar in planning for next school year. Wiesbaden High School holds a new student orientation at 1 p.m.

Aug. 21. All other Wiesbaden schools hold their new student orientations on Aug. 22 — Wiesbaden Middle School at 11 a.m., Aukamm and Hainerberg Elementary Schools at 1 p.m. The first day of classes for students is Aug. 25

with kind e rg a r t e n not starting until Sept.

2. Aukamm and Hainerberg Elementary Schools hold open houses at 4 p.m. Sept. 3. Wiesbaden Middle School’s open house is at 4 p.m. Sept. 9 and Wiesbaden High School holds an open house at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 11.

Earn a Ph.D.

The application window for the University of Oklahoma’s Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Leadership has been extended to Aug. 15. Call civ (0611) 705-5937 or email apwiesbaden@ou.edu for details.

You Made the Grade

Military students can turn good grades into rewards with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service’s You Made the Grade program.

First-graders to high school seniors who maintain a B average or higher are eligible for the program that rewards academic excellence with an AAFES coupon booklet containing free offers and discounts. Students, including those who are home-schooled, can receive the You Made the Grade booklet by presenting a valid military ID and proof of an overall B average at their nearest Exchange customer service area. Eligible students can pick up one coupon booklet for each qualifying report card.

(AAFES Public Affairs Release)

Sure Start registration

Hainerberg Elementary School reminds parents with a child who will be age 4 on or before Sept. 1, to consider submitting an application for the Sure Start Program. The program is for children who are identified as being at risk for school failure due to having limited access to opportunities that enhance growth in all developmental domains. Some of those risk factors include: English as a Second Language; multiple siblings in close chronological age; the child or sibling has a significant identified disability; parent or care giver who has been on recent deployment. Applications will be reviewed according to the Priority Bands and notified no later than Sept. 1. Stop by the Registrar’s Office at Hainerberg Elementary School to fill out an application.

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Sports and leisure Go rock climbing

Things to do ... Things to do

Wiesbaden’s Special Events invites people to enjoy on-belay, climbing wall instruction. Learn belaying techniques, knots and climbing commands and become certified to climb the outdoor climbing wall at the Wiesbaden Fitness Center. Cost is $15. Once you’re completed the climbing wall instruction sign up for more outdoor rock instruction.

Call civ (0611) 143-548-9810.

Hawaiian Luau

The USO and Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers invite all single Soldiers to the Warrior Zone on Clay Kaserne for a free Hawaiian Luau barbecue dinner Aug. 12 from 6-9 p.m.

After the meal a Texas Hold’em Tournament will be featured. Call civ (0611) 143-548-9815.

Visitors examine aircraft at Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport.

Berlin Airlift Exhibit

The next time you’re in Berlin, be sure to stop by the “Flughafen BerlinTempelhof — the American Story” exhibit at the Alliierten Museum in BerlinZehlendorf. The special exhibit, which runs through April 19, 2015, captures Newcomers Festival the American takeover of the airport in Frankfurt’s City Hall (Roemer) hosts July 1945 through the handover to the the 14th annual Newcomers Festival — Berlin Airport Corporation in 1993 and an extensive exhibition of services, clubs the departure of U.S. troops from Berlin. and organizations in the area — Sept. 7 from 1-6 p.m. The free event will feature Visit www.alliiertenmuseum.de or call music, refreshments, seminars and more civ (030) 8181 990 for more information. about living and working in the region. Theater Camp Visit www.newcomers-festival.de for Wiesbaden’s Entertainment Branch more information. offers a Theater Camp for Tweens and

Porta patet, cor magis!

The door is open … more so the heart!

Teens July 21 to Aug. 9. Camp days are Monday to Saturday from 1-5 p.m. Cost is $275. Performances will be featured on Aug. 8, 9 and 10. Participants must be ages 12-17, U.S. ID cardholders and have own transportation. Register online at https://webtrac.mwr.army.mil/webtrac/Wiesbadenrectrac.html or call civ (0611) 143-548-9811 for information.

Outreach Kontakt

Idstein Jazz Festival

Frankfurt’s Palmengarten features a host of concerts during the summer months. The Jazz in the Palmengarten series includes Trilok Gurtu’s World of Trumpets July 17, the Tineke Postma Quartet July 31, Max.Bab Aug. 14 and the Axel Schlosser Quartet Aug. 28.

The outdoor concerts start at 7:30 p.m.

Other concerts include Rick Vito and the Matthias Baumgardt Band July 24 at 7:30 p.m., the William Fitzsimmons Band July 29 at 7 p.m., Nenah Cherry Aug. 5 at 7 p.m., Polica Aug. 12 at 7 p.m., Blixa Bargeld, Teho Terdo and String Quartet Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. and Rocko Schamoni and the Orchestra of the Mirage of the Forgotten Aug. 26 at 7 p.m.

Visit http://palmengarten-gesellschaft.de for more Palmengarten highlights.

Mark your calendars for one of the coolest festivals in the area, the Idstein Jazz Festival, July 17-20. Special guests include the Anthony Strong Band July 17 at 7 p.m. and Roger Cicero and Big Band July 18 at 8 p.m. Visit www.idsteinjazzfestival.de or call the Idstein Tourist Office at civ (06126) 78620.

USO highlights

Join the USO for trips to the Luxembourg Blues and Jazz Rally July 19-20, Point Alpha July 19, Wiesbaden Magic History Walking Tour July 19, Heidelberg July 19, Bern (Switzerland) July 26, St. Goar July 26, Riesling Route July 27, Hidden Heidelberg Aug. 2, Freiberg in the Black Forest Aug. 2, Worms Aug. 3, Berlin Aug.

This is a traditional motto used by Cistercian monks. This is exactly what our visitors can expect here at Kloster Eberbach: an ancient abbey with doors wide open for our guests and friends.

Staying at Kloster Eberbach During the Middle Ages travelers found rest, refreshment and meals at the Cistercian Abbey of Eberbach.

The team at Kloster Eberbach’s restaurant continues this tradition and does everything to make visitors and guests staying in the picturesque monastery as pleasant as possible.

The buildings are located within the walls of the monastery complex, quiet and secluded in the heart of the Rheingau, only a short distance from Wiesbaden. Kloster Eberbach’s 40 employees and managing director Mathias Marschollek, welcome all of their guests.

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Make new friends, get involved in community service projects and learn more about the German culture by joining fellow members of Wiesbaden’s Outreach Kontakt Club. Visit www. outreach-wiesbaden.com or call civ (0157) 8191 9929.

Palmengarten concerts

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During the time of Cistercian monks, farmyards and stables provided lodging.

In the late 1990s, careful restorations have transformed the original guest house.

Today the monastery boasts 28 hotel rooms, several meeting and function rooms and a restaurant.

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9 or Cologne Aug. 9. Stop by any area USO or call civ (0611) 4080-106.

Klosterschänke (monastery tavern) Indulge at the Klosterschänke!

From little snacks, à la carte menu, to sophisticated multi-course meals, our kitchen offers diversity not only for monastery visitors, hikers and hotel guests, but also for wedding and birthday guests, family celebrations and corporate events.

With our extensive offer, we aim to please the individual needs of every guest. We place a great emphasis on quality ingredients for our meals, using local produce and offering regular seasonal and regional dishes. Our restaurant, with a historic vaulted ceiling, invites 150 guests to experience Rheingau hospitality with food and drinks at large or small tables.

Regional and good local cuisine made with the finest ingredients are served in the historic Klosterschänke. From hearty snacks to the exquisite menu the Klosterschänke is always worth a visit be it for culinary events, low-key outings or celebrations.

We are happy to plan your customized menu for you. Choose from our wine list from a selection of house wines, open wines, quality wines, Spätlese and Auslese.

For large celebrations, we offer our barn for 60 guests and our guest house with space for 80 to 120 guests at your disposal. We take care of the catering and the complete organization of your event, not only at our premises, but also the entire Rhein-Main area.

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Sports and leisure Sports shorts Hunting course

Wiesbaden’s Outdoor Recreation holds a German hunting course Aug. 12 to Oct. 18.

Cost is $200 per person. Call Outdoor Recreation at civ (0611) 143-548-9801.

All-Stars tryout

Don’t miss the second day of the Installation Management Command-Europe AllStars Basketball Team tryouts July 27 from 2-6 p.m. at the Wiesbaden Fitness Center.

The All-Stars game will be held Sept. 6 at 6 p.m. call the fitness center at civ (0611) 143-548-9830 for details.

Volunteer coach Zachary Denton looks for an opening while playing a game of scrimmage with fellow Soccer Camp participants at the Newman Sports Field July 8.

Soccer Camp hones skills

Youth Sports offers range of summer programs

obvious that most were quickly improving their game considerably.

U.S. Army Garrison “When I stand on Wiesbaden Public the pitch coaching the Affairs Office children, it’s so much A little drizzle fun — better than workdidn’t put a damper ing in the office,” said on the enthusiasm Peuckmann. “It’s what of coaches and parI’ve always wanted ticipants at the Child, to do.”

Youth and School Ser“It’s really fun,” vices’ Soccer Camp said Emily Self, during July 7-11. a break in the action One of two weekJuly 8. “I like doing all long camps for chilof the drills and finishdren ages 8-15, the ing with scrimmages.” camp offered another Emily Self drives the ball downfield during a “It’s good,” added opportunity for com- challenge at Soccer Camp.

Isaiah Stephens, “and it’s can appreciate the competitivemunity youths to hone fun. But I wish I could do their soccer skills and to enjoy ness and joy of the sport, he more complicated things.” sharing some fun health and added.

With several more days of Volunteer coach Ralf Peuck- soccer camp to go, Stephens wellness activities during summann, a former player and trainer was sure to learn a few more mer vacation.

Ingo Rhiel, youth program with SV Wehen Wiesbaden, said valuable tricks and techniques assistant, said the camps teach he sees “a lot of potential” among to add to his growing skill set. basic skills and help young the young American players. “In For more information about people enjoy the sport. the past it was stressed in the the next Soccer Camp Aug. “The intensity is different schools, but many Americans 4-8 and other upcoming youth depending on the skills of the stopped playing afterwards.” summer sports including cheerplayers,” said Rhiel. “You just Peuckmann said now, interest leading, basketball and football, need to teach them the basic continues to grow in the sport call civ (0611) 143-548-9356. skills because that’s what most of soccer.

(Joshua Fischer, a Summer of these kids need.”

As the German trainer and Hire employee with the garOnce the players understand fellow coaches ran through vari- rison’s Public Affairs Office, the basic concepts and rules, they ous drills with the players, it was contributed to this story.)

Story and photos by Karl Weisel

Five-kilometer run

A five-kilometer run will be held July 19 at 9 a.m. at the Wiesbaden Fitness Center.

Register from 7-8:30 a.m. Call civ (0611) 143-548-9833.

U.S. Sports Camp

An American Sports Camp for ages 8-17, sponsored by the American Consulate General, will be held Aug. 4-8 at the SC Frankfurt 1880 sports fields and Kleyerschule (Feldgerischtstr. 29, 60320 Frankfurt) including football, baseball, basketball and lacrosse. Cost is €105 including a camp T-shirt. Email amspcamp@aol.com or call civ (069) 5600 5788.

A volunteer coach or assistant coach is sought to help Summer camps Wiesbaden’s Youth Sports out with the Sports Camp in holds Start Smart Soccer Frankfurt Aug. 4-8. The perJuly 22-24 for 3-7-year-olds son should have some experiand Start Smart Basketball ence working with children or July 29-31 for 3-7-year-olds. adults. Call Ward Carr at civ A Cheer Varsity Weekend (069) 5600 5788. will be held July 18-20 for Krav Maga seminar 13-17-year-olds, a Football A Krav Maga Israeli-style Camp for receivers and self-defense seminar will be quarterbacks July 22-24 held July 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 for 9-15-year-olds and a p.m. at the Wiesbaden Fitness coed football 7-on-7 Passing Center. Cost is $55. Call civ Tournament July 25-26 for (0611) 143-548-9835.

10-18-year-olds. Sports officials clinics for flag football Basketball tourney An intercultural basketball will be held July 22-26. Call tournament for boys and girls civ (0611) 143-548-6356. ages 10-28 will be held July 26 in Softball finals Mainz, hosted by various orgaUnit-level softball finals nizations including the Ministry will be held July 23-25. The for Children, Youth and Families top two teams advance to the and Sportjugend Mainz. For Installation Management Commore information contact okto- mand-Europe championships. pusffm069@gmail.com.

Call civ (0611) 143-548-9833.

Photo by Rebecca Kuhn

The right photo

Congratulations to the Wiesbaden Warriors for claiming second place in the majors division at a Wiesbaden Little League showdown June 20-21. We inadvertantly ran the wrong photo last issue.

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For your health

Post-retirement weight gain — fact or fiction?

By Claudia Drum

U.S. Army Public Health Command

Do Army retirees maintain healthier weights when compared to civilian retirees?

Approximately half of the Army retirees whose height and weight were measured at medical appointments in military treatment facilities last year had a body mass index that classified them as obese. Obesity rates for these retirees are significantly higher than the general population of the same age. In addition, the rate of obesity among these Army retirees is twice as high when compared to active-duty Soldiers.

BMI is a calculation of weight in relationship to height. Although it doesn’t measure body fat directly, it is a fairly reliable indicator of body fatness for most people. A BMI greater than 30 is classified as obese and can lead to serious weight-related health problems such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer and high blood pressure. Obesity can contribute to difficulty sleeping, breathing problems, decreased mobility, joint pain and even depression — all affecting quality of life.

U.S. Army Public Health Command data estimates that Army retirees may experience an average weight gain of four pounds during their first year of retirement. If this trend continues over the years, it may result in significant weight gain.

In addition to BMI, waist circumference may provide a better predictor of disease risk.

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A high waist circumference (greater than 40 inches for males and greater than 35 inches for females) or too much abdominal fat is one of five medical conditions that comprise “metabolic syndrome.” This diagnosis (also known as Syndrome X) affects approximately 34 percent of the U.S. adult population and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, heart failure and diabetes. It is a disorder diagnosed by a co-occurrence of three out of the five following medical conditions: excess abdominal fat, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high triglycerides and low high-density lipid (HDL) levels. The likelihood of developing this syndrome increases with age.

What causes post-retirement weight gain?

“It is most likely attributed to a combination of factors such as a decrease in physical activity or not adjusting caloric intake once you leave the military,” said Lt. Col. Sandra Keelin, a registered dietitian at the U.S. Army Public Health Command.

Could it also be the fact that “Uncle Sam” isn’t keeping tabs on you and testing your weight and physical fitness every six months? Your career progression no longer depends upon your weight or level of fitness. In addition, as you age, your body composition gradually changes as the proportion of muscle tissue decreases and fat tissue increases. This shift

slows down your metabolism, making it easier to gain weight. Combine these two factors — less physical activity and a slower metabolism — with poor eating habits, and you create the perfect storm for promoting post-retirement weight gain.

You can prevent unwanted weight gain by committing to the development and maintenance of healthy lifestyle habits.

A good place to start is the U.S. Army’s Performance Triad, which focuses on three components of health: sleep, activity and nutrition. The Performance Triad is all about getting back to the basics. Getting plenty of rest, adequate exercise and proper nutrition will help you live your life to the fullest. Take steps today to improve your health to get the most out of your retirement years.

• To find out more about the Performance Triad visit http://phc.amedd.army.mil/topics/healthyliving/ Pages/PerformanceTriad.aspx.

• For more information on calculating your BMI, visit the National Institute of Health: www.nhlbi.nih. gov/guidelines/obesity/BMI/bmicalc.htm.

• To measure your waist circumference: Use a tape measure. Start at the top of the hip bone, and then bring it all the way around, level with your navel (belly-button). Make sure it’s not too tight and that it is parallel with the floor. Don’t hold your breath while measuring.

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Bulletin board Movie plots

Those humanity-challenged machines are back for one more go-round, this time starring Mark Wahlberg and John Goodman, in “Transformers: Age of Extinction.”

At the movies July 17-31 Taunus Theater

July 17 — Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (PG-13) 7 p.m.

July 18 — Planes: Fire and Rescue in 3D (PG) 4 p.m. The Purge: Anarchy (R) 7 p.m.

July 19 — Planes: Fire and Rescue in 3D (PG) 4 p.m. The Purge: Anarchy (R) 7 p.m.

July 20 — Planes: Fire and Rescue in 3D (PG) 4 p.m. The Purge: Anarchy (R) 7 p.m.

July 21 — The Purge: Anarchy (R) 7 p.m.

July 22 — Closed July 23 — Transformers: Age of Extinction

(PG-13) 7 p.m.

July 24 — X-Men: Days of Future Past (PG-13) 7 p.m.

July 25 — Hercules in 3D (PG-13) 4 p.m.

Hercules in 3D (PG-13) 7 p.m. Lucy (R) 9:30 p.m.

July 26 — Planes: Fire and Rescue (PG) 4 p.m. Hercules in 3D (PG-13) 7 p.m. Lucy (R) 9:30 p.m.

July 27 — Planes: Fire and Rescue (PG) 4 p.m. Hercules (PG-13) 7 p.m.

July 28 — Hercules (PG-13) 7 p.m.

July 29 — Closed July 30 — Lucy (R) 7 p.m.

July 31 — Hercules (PG-13) 7 p.m.

Scarlett Johansson is transformerd into a ruthless warrior in “Lucy.” Photo right: Dwayne Johnson stars as Hercules who must rediscover his inner hero in order for good to triumph over evil in this updated cinematic retelling of the classic Greek myth — “Hercules.”

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (PG-13) — A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth’s dominant species. Stars Andy Serkis, Gary Oldman and Keri Russell.

The Purge: Anarchy(R) — A young couple works to survive on the streets after their car breaks down right as the annual purge commences. Stars Frank Grillo and Carmen Ejogo.

Planes: Fire and Rescue in 3D (PG) — When world-famous air racer Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he must shift gears and is launched into the world of aerial fire fighting in this animated feature. Dusty joins forces with veteran fire and rescue helicopter Blade Ranger and his team, a bunch of all-terrain vehicles known as The Smoke jumpers. Together, the fearless team battles a massive wild fire, and Dusty learns what it takes to become a true hero. Starring the voices of Ed Harris, Dane Cook and Wes Studi.

Transformers: Age of Extinction (PG-13) — As humanity picks up the pieces, Autobots and Decepticons have all but vanished from the face of the planet.

However, a group of powerful businessmen and scientists attempt to learn from past Transformer incursions and push the boundaries of technology beyond what they can control — all while an ancient Transformer menace sets Earth in his crosshairs. Stars Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci and Mark Wahlberg.

X-Men: Days of Future Past (PG-13) — The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods. The characters from the original “X-Men” film trilogy join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past to save the future. Stars Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender and Hugh Jackman.

Hercules (PG-13) — Hercules is haunted by a sin from his past which leads him on a path of greed and death. Alongside his companions, he travels across Greece to be of service. When asked for help of the ruler of Thrace and his daughter to defeat a savage warlord, Hercules finds that in order for good to triumph over evil, he must become the hero he used to be.

Stars Dwayne Johnson and Irina Shayk.

Lucy (R) — When a woman is caught up in a dark deal that goes wrong, she transforms and seemingly evolves into a merciless warrior that human logic can hardly understand. Stars Scarlett Johansson, Analeigh Tipton and Morgan Freeman.

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Vacation Bi

Story and photos by Melissa Copeland Special to the Herald Union

Weird Animals.

Not the usual Vacation Bible School theme, but this funky program brought more than 185 elementary-aged children together for fun and fellowship June 23-27.

“It is a great message for the kids,” said Michele Puehler, VBS co-director. “The whole theme is wonderful because it is more or less that we are all unique, and God loves us for our uniqueness.”

Puehler and fellow co-director, Patricia Pritschow, have organized VBS events for 15 years — three of which were for U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden.

The weeklong event featured a different daily religious theme that spoke to current challenges faced by young people. Various enrichment activities, songs and games focused on each theme and aimed to promote the idea that no matter what, Jesus loves you.

“Of course, the point is to teach children that Jesus loves them and start building that foundation,” said song and dance leader, Stephanie Smith. “It’s so fun to see how the kids respond to all of the different activities and to watch them do the songs after we learn them.”

This year’s VBS also provided the opportunity to welcome Dr. JoyLinda Strandberg, incoming director of Religious Education.

“USAG Wiesbaden hasn’t had a director of religious education

for three years now, so I am able to reshape the program and start new things,” she said. “The community is wonderful and the chaplains are so supportive.”

Dr. Strandberg’s realm of responsibility encompasses all religious education for the garrison — to include VBS. “Vacation Bible School gets the children out of the house during the summer and they are able to learn about Jesus with their peers, which actually builds their spiritual foundation,” she said.

To help manage an event with multiple moving pieces, more than 65 volunteers assisted to help in various capacities.

“Everywhere you look are youths,” Puehler said. “They are absolutely fantastic that they have given up a week of their summer vacation to come here.”

“I love coming here and seeing the kids learn about God and soak up all of the awesome things,” said Hannah Hamontree, teen volunteer.

Adult volunteer Stephen Springer, also a teacher during the academic school year, said he enjoys seeing the happiness of the children when learning about God. “Vacation Bible School starts the summer off on a good note by doing good Christian things,” Springer said.

For more information about USAG Wiesbaden religious education and services, call the Religious Services Office at mil 548-5174 or civ (0611) 143-548-5174.

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U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Harold Cline (from right), Jocelyn Tro School. Photo left: Children ranging in age from preschool to sixth grade participate in

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ths enjoy spiritual a side order of fun

Children are encouraged to use their imaginations at the “Imagination Station” during this year’s Vacation Bible School.

Photo below: Preschoolers play “red Light, green light” while attending Vacation Bible School.

oy and Paiton Lami cut the Vacation Bible School cake June 17 at the Wiesbaden Middle n game time during the 2014 VBS.

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Even though Cherry Berry on a Cloud tastes great, it does take a little bit of time to make; however, it is definitely worth it.

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Have fun with the locals Children’s festival Sun, Jul 20 Mainz, Mainzer Volkspark Looking for something fun to do with your children, then come to Mainz on July 20 for the Kinderfestival. There will be a fun filled program for the children including dancing and sporting stage performances, games, quizzes, and more from 11a.m. to 6 p.m. No need to worry about an entrance fee, all this fun-filled action is completely free of charge! For more information visit www.kinderfestival-mainz.de

EVENTS Mozart summer Thu, Jul 17 – Sun, Jul 20 Mannheim, city center Enjoy classical music in Mannheim from July 17 – 20. Music by Mozart will be presented by various artists, performances will be held throughout the long weekend at various times.

For more information visit www.mannheimer-mozartsommer.de Jazz summer Thu, Jul 17 – Sun, Aug 10 Wiesbaden, Hof des Hessischen Ministeriums Jazz im Hof (jazz in the courtyard) is part of the summer jazz concerts that has been around for over 25 years. You can enjoy this event now until August 10.

There will be a wide range of great music during the varied program. For more information visit www.jazz-im-hof.de Hilchenfest Fri, Jul 18 – Sun, Jul 20 Lorch am Rhein, Markt- and Museumsplatz The traditional Hilchenfest in Lorch am Rhein will start on July 18 with an opening ceremony by the mayor. A variety of wineries and local organizations will offer drinks and food. On Saturday, the new wine queen and wine princess will be crowned at 6.30 p.m. On all three days musical entertainment will be provided.

For more info see www.lorch-rhein.de

International beer fair Fri, Jul 18 - Sun, Jul 20 Mainz, Kurfürstliches Schloss Dive into the world of beer at the Bier Boerse (beer fair) this weekend from July 18 – 20 in Mainz. You will be able to taste a huge variety of beers from light ales, to dark stouts and everything in between. A live music program and plenty of good food round off your experience.

For more details visit www.bierboerse.com

(wine in the park) festival in Badmünster am Stein-Ebernburg will take place from July 25 – 27 in the beautiful atmosphere of the Kurpark (spa gardens). Taste delicious wines from the Mosel area and enjoy a variety of food, while listening to live bands. On Sunday, a children’s program will be provided for the small visitors and a fireworks display at 10 p.m. will close out the event. For more info see www.wein-im-park.info

Rock´n´Stift - open air festival Sat, Jul 19 Rüdesheim-Aulhausen, St. Vincenzstift Enjoy the open air festival with five newcomer bands on July 19. Every hour there will be all kinds of music played, including punk, pop, alternative and German rock. Tickets cost €7. Children under the age of 12 are free. For more information visit www.st-vincenzstift.de

Summer wine days Fri, Jul 25 – Sun, Jul 27 Flonheim, Weinparadies Meyerhof There’s no better way to enjoy Germany’s summer months than by hitting a summer festival, like the one in Floersheim am Main from July 18 – 20. This event is filled with groovy music on Saturday night, a family program on Saturday afternoon and a lot of fun and entertainment for younger visitors. The festival will take place around the St. Gallus Church and the old town. Enjoy! For more info visit www.weingut-meyerhof.de

Schlangenfest Fri, Jul 18 – Sat, Jul 19 Schlangenbad, Kurpark Join this year’s Schlangenfest in Schlangenbad on July 18 – 20. If you are a sports fanatic then be sure to join in.

There will be a mini Triathlon and lots of great food serving flamm kuchen, grilled food, pizza and much more. For more information visit www.rheingau.de Wine festival Fri, Jul 25 – Sun, Jul 27 Bad Münster am Stein, Kurpark The 10th anniversary of the Wein im Park

SPORTS Formel 1 racing Sun, Jul 20 Hockenheim, Hockenheim Ring If you want to be a part of the Formel 1 race on the 20th of July purchase your ticket now. This will be a race of a lifetime. This event is perfect for car lovers or anybody who likes to race. If you want to get a glimpse of the qualifying race

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come the day before. Both the qualifying race and the actual race start at 2 p.m.

For more info see www.formel1.de City triathlon Sun, Aug 3 Frankfurt, city center Take part in the Frankfurt City Triathlon on August 3. The runners will compete in five categories: an Olympic thriathlon, an Olympic season run, a public run, a public team run, and a public season run. The first three runners, male and female, will receive cash prices and free participation for the following year. For registration and more information see www.frankfurt-city-triathlon.de CONCERTS Elton John Sat, Jul 19 Mainz, Zollhafen Nordmole Elton John will be performing on July 19 in Mainz in the Zollhafen Nordmole.

Ticket prices start at €52.10. For more information visit www.eventim.de Linkin Park Mon, Nov 17 Frankfurt, Festhalle With nearly 50 million albums sold and a record number of sold-out concerts, Linkin Park are flying off the charts. If you are looking to join in on this concert on November 17 get your tickets soon.

Ticket prices start at €72.60. For more information visit www.eventim.de

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Top: Soccer Coach Ralf Peuckmann watches as participants run dribbling drills during Soccer Camp.

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Drew Gottardi (from left), Oscar Vives and Will Heiges mark incoming packages at the Wiesbaden Postal Service Center.

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Caution: Some Classified ads have become a target for scams. Please be cautious if potential buyers offer you payment methods other than cash. `93 Black BMW 318I , It has around 288,000 km. It runs just need some mechanical and body work. It's a good project for a mechanic or hobbyist. Then good for a second car or winter car. The price is negotiable. $500, ss2day@ gmail.com,

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2003 Nissan Almera Tino - Diesel, $5000 Dependable car. Diesel engine and standard transmission. The AC is cold and car comes with new winter tires mounted on rims. 131,000 Kmrims. JG2NER@ aol.com Or 01628 116 559 (Steve or Jean)

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2005 Mini Cooper, €12000, 105,000 KM, Dealer maintained. immaculate condition. must sale, motivated seller. Manual shift.kse online@hotmail.com,

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Mercedes E320, '00, Automatic, 145000 km, parking sensors, leather interior, sunroof, DVDs in headrests, extra-fully loaded, & perfect mechanically!!! Super nice car! $7100 (or 5200 Euros) Wiesbaden, 0176-69342-601. PCS Sale!!

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