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Mary Cheney’s favorite season is autumn. See more reader feedback on page 2.
Students have new resource at Wiesbaden Middle School. See page 11.
erald Union H Vol. XXII, No. 1
Wiesbaden: Your home in Germany
The power of wellness
Sharing the secrets to a healthy lifestyle, weight loss. See page 14.
Oct. 9, 2014
Survivors share stories, advice at Suicide Stand-Down
found her dead in her bedroom that December morning — will forever haunt him and his wife, Ciarra Rhodes, 13, he said. was smart, happy, talRhodes gripped the ented, caring, and “more audience that filled the than anything, loved.” Wiesbaden Fitness Cen“She did not with- ter with his heartbreakdraw from life,” said her ing story of the beloved father, Dusty Rhodes, an daughter who died by assistant manager at the suicide less than a year Rheinblick Golf Course, ago. His family’s tragedy remembering her musical was one of several told talent and the time she during the Suicide Standconvinced her class to Down Sept. 25. raise €10,000 for a charCol. Mary Martin, ity that touched her heart. U.S. Army Garrison WiHow somebody who esbaden commander, imseemed so happy could plored community memkill herself — and the bers to offer an encouragpiercing scream that reso- ing word or a helping hand nated throughout the to pick up anyone who house when his wife seems to be struggling, reflecting on a friend who took his life in 1992. “To this day I still wonder what did I miss, what could I have done?” she said. “Each one of us has the power and each one of us has this responsibility.” In the U.S. Army Europe Photo by Karl Weisel footprint beBy Shayna Brouker U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Public Affairs Office
Dusty Rhodes talks about his daughter’s suicide during the Suicide Stand-Down Sept. 25
Photo by Karl Weisel
Putting first responders to the test
Capt. Boisvenu-Hoatland, officer in charge of primary care at the Wiesbaden Health Clinic, and fellow host nation first responders assess injuries suffered by “victims” of an attack in the Tony Bass Auditorium Sept. 26. While only a simulation, the annual All Hazards Exercise provided U.S. and host nation participants with an opportunity to test their response readiness. See pages 18 and 19 for more on the All Hazards Exercise.
Pick up your mail Post office gears up for holiday rush By Karl Weisel
U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Public Affairs Office
Army postal officials are asking patrons to be a little more proactive in their mail pickup habits in anticipation of the holiday rush. “It’s coming up on See the Christmas holidays, Survivors and community members on page 3 need to get in the habit
picking up their letters, magazines, catalogs and packages. “We’re not a storage facility,” Small said. “By not picking up your mail you’re taking away space on the shelves from other customers.” Postal patrons Photo by Karl Weisel should also come Michael Garney sorts mail at the Postal Service Center. equipped to transport any items they of checking their mail son Wiesbaden postmasmay have ordered. regularly to free up space ter. “At the end of the day, “They need to be preon the shelves,” said Earl a lot of the shelves are still See Mail on page 5 Small, U.S. Army Garri- full because people aren’t