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MISSILE
Published in the Interest of Personnel at White Sands Missile Range
VOLUME 42 -
FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1989
NUMBER 14
"88 WSMRites receive degrees during ceremonies
Last Friday was recognition
day for 88 graduates of the
Education Center's degree pro~ gram. The ceremony, attended
by family and friends of the
"'graduates, took place in the
post theater.
Maj. Gen. Gerald Childress,
superintendent, New Mexico
Military lnstitutue, gave the
"commencement address.
.. On hand to confer the honors
were Dr. Frank Conary, resident director, Florida Institute
of Technology; Dr. Virginia
Higbie, dean, College of
·Human and Community Ser._yice, New Mexico State University; Marky Campbell, center
.. director,
Embry-Riddle
.\eronautical University; and C.
Wayne Williams, executive
director, Regents College
egrees and Examinations.
mes Higby, WSMR Educaon Services Officer, opened
ceremonies and Reginald
aville, Education Services
tpecialist, represented the col'""'"S which did not have per,al representatives.
In his commencement adress, Childress quoted oneme soldier and statesman
eorge C. Marshall. When
arshall was asked what he
onsidered to be the most imortant values of a public serant, Marshall said, "courage,
~ isdom, tolerance and an
1
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f
Maj. Gen. Gerald Childress
understanding
·of
the
democratic process." Childress
went on to say, "Whatever your
branch nf the military service,
or civil service, you are all
public servants."
An ensemble from the 62nd
Army Band, Fort Bliss, Texas,
provided the music.
Activities concluded with a
reception cohosted by the
Countdown Recreation Center
and the Army Education
Center.
A list of the graduates, their
schools and degrees follows:
New Mexico State University
Associate Undesignated
Michael Bloom, Daniel
Flores, Johnny Garcia, Ruth
Harwell, Teresa Jackson,
Frederick Mayfield, James.
Nicholson, Olga Skinner, Curtis
Slininger, Drew Spray, Tirnithie
Stuck, Johnie Walton, Mark
Williams, Gary Wolf
Associate of Arts
Duwayne Bennett, Francisco
Caro, Bonnie Sharky, Ronald
Smith
Associate in Pre-Business
Frances DeArmond, Kimberly Slininger
Associate in Nursing
Roswitha Frerichs
Bachelor of Music
Bill Ortiz
Bachelor of Arts-Anthropology
Paul Johnston
Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University
Paul Cumberland, Antonio
Estrada, Barbara Galloni, Enrique Garcia, Jr., Andrew
Hollway, Earl Kolb, Joseph
Latham, Maria Molina, Mary'
Rountree, Francisco Sanchez,
Jon Schafer, Bradley Schild,
Cathryn Stuck, Melinda Sturtevant, Eugene Telles, Roger
Williams, Michael Zeigler
Assoc.of Science-Professional
Aeronautics
John Parker
Golden Gate University
Regents College Degrees
Associate of Science
Larry Allen, Scott Stargardt
Bachelor of Science in General
Business
Carroll Crawford
Bachelor of Science
in Liberal Studies
Douglas Burrow, Terry
Bloom, Milton Bryant, Carlos
Carmona, Richard Coleman,
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.t' Master Sgt. Joseph R. Jojola
as honored ~t the White Sands
issile Range retirement and
wards review on March 29.
Jojola retired from active duon March 31 after more than
0 years service.
. Jojola was awarded a ceriificate or retirement and the
Meritorious Service medal by
'1eputy Range Commander
~ol. Guy Heath. The master
sergeant earned the medal for
his work at WSMR since July
1985 as a nuclear effects test
conductor.
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fc
career in Los Angeles in 1968.
He attended basic training at
Fort Ord, Calif. and advanced
individual training at Redstone
Arsenal, Ala. ht> completed
three tours orduty.: ~t Germany
and also has been (tationed at
Fort Sill, Okla. apd Pueblo
Depot Activity, Colo. His
military awards inelude the Army Commendation Medal, first
oak leaf cluster; the Army
Achievement Medal, the German Army Military Efficiency
Award in bronze, the German
Army Marksmanship Award in
silver and bronze and the Per-
Jojola's wife, Joan, was
awarded a certificate of appreciation. After retirement, the
J.Q.iolas will continue to live at
WSMR with their children AnnMarie, Susan, Joy, Jennifer and
Raymond.
Heath presented 10 more
awards during the ceremony.
The third oak leaf cluster to
the Meritorious Service Medal
was awarded to Lt. Col. Terry
W. Johnson of the Officer
Training Corps, Detachment
505, for his service as commander and a professor of
aerospace studies at the Univer-
July 1984 .
SSgt. Warren D. Barber was
awarded the Army Commendation Medal for his work since
February 1988 with the Supply
and Service Division of
WSMR's Support Troop Battalion (ST).
The first oak leaf cluster to
the Army Commendation
Medal was awarded to both Sgt.
Henry Jenkins and Sgt. Leoncio
L. Lagadon Jr. for their service
while assigned as a shift leaders
at the WSMR's Consolidated
Dining Facility since January
City Colleges of Chicago
Associate of Arts, Liberal Arts
Harold Frey
El Paso Community College
Associate of Arts, Liberal Arts
Charles Grover, Thomas
Turner
Master of Science, Human
Resources Management
Michael Casmey, Gerald
Phifer
Hagerstown Junior College
Associate of Arts, Data Processing
Thomas Gielow
University of Maryland
Associate of Arts
Mark Pellegrin
More Alamo
riders needed
The results of an ongoing
Alamogordo/WSMR bus
ridership test are as follows:
April 3: Alamogordo to
WSMR - 4 riders
WSMR to Alamogordo
- 9 riders
April 4: Alamogordo to
WSMR - 10 riders
WSMR to Alamogordo
- 9 riders
The bus needs a
minimum of 35 riders to
break even. There are 11
weeks remaining in the test.
Continued on page 6
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What to do when 160showup after inviting 40?
by Jim Eckles
In my 12 years here I have
been lucky enough to participate in a number of challenging and high visibility events.
In all cases the missile range
workers around me tirelessly
responded to the demands and
accomplished the mission at
hand. In fact it usually turned
out better than anyone anticipated.
Last Saturday's Trinity Site
open house was another example of just how good White
Sands soldiers and civilians can
be-how they can work
together to accomplish the
seemingly impossible.
I think a good analogy for the
open house might be for you to
imagine inviting 40 guests to
your house for a party and having 160 show up. What do you
do with them all?
We used to open Trinity Site
to the public just once a year.
As the crowds grew we went to
the twice a year schedule to try
to spread them out over two
days. We have conducted open
houses twice a year since 1985.
The average attendance runs
800 to 900 folks each time.
All of our planning is based
on these numbers because they
have remained very steady with
only small fluctuations. The
system we have created has
always handled the small deviations from the average.
Last Saturday was a complete
shock and caught us unprepared. Our first clue to the
magnitude of the crowd came
when the military police
reported the Alamogordo
caravan left town with 308 cars.
Usually it has 100 to 120
vehicles.
Then we received word cars
were backed up at the Stallion
gate, over the hill and out of
sight. They were waiting for the
gate to open at 9 a.m. In the
past we sometimes have had 15
or 20 cars waiting.
At 9:30 the first cars started
arriving on site from the
Stallion Gate and they just kept
coming. It didn't stop until
sometime after 2 p.m. when the
dust storm started. I have worked Trinity Site since 1977 and
have never seen anything like it.
In the end more than 810 cars
entered through the Stallion
gate to join the 308 from
Alamogordo and we calculate
there were 3,400 visitors on
Saturday.
Our two major problems
were parking and the bus shuttle
which runs to the McDonald
ranch house. We literally ran
out of room to park cars.
The military police resorted
to parking cars along the road
and filling empty spaces one at a
time as early arrivers left. It was
a slow process and some visitors
in the caravan spent about four
hours in their cars before getting parked.
There was physically nothing
the MPs could do to help the
situation but to cope and be as
helpful as possible. They worked non-stop getting people
parked in chaotic conditions
and did it without any accidents
or injuries.
Once they were parked our
visitors were greeted with
another line if they wished to
see the McDonald ranch house.
From 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. there
was a line for those wanting to
board on.e of our three buses for
the trip. Many spent an hour
waiting.
The bus driver took on 44
passengers each time and drove
them the two miles to the ranch,
unloaded and loaded 44 for the
return trip. They never stopped.
The extra drivers pitched in
and organized the waiting lines,
counting off the line to make
loading quicker, and helped in
any way they could.
Public Affairs people were
swamped with visitor questions,
especially since we ran out of informational handouts. None of
us actually got down to ground
zero during the day and Lisa
Blevins, Radiological Health,
ended up not only manning her
Trinitite and radiation display
but answered what questions
she could.
From the parking lot to
ground zero it is a walk of 200
yards or so. Many of our
visitors are elderly or handicapped and have difficulty with the
walk.
Sgt. Noel Swaby and Sgt.
Mark Taylor, B Company,
manned two vehicles to provide
a shuttle service for those having problems. They too, worked
non-stop in the crowds and
dust.
I suppose this working nonstop for about six hours doesn't
sound like much to many of
you. I can tell you it makes a big
difference when you are dealing
with crowds of people the whole
time. In the information booth
it seemed like there was someone different in my face
every 10 seconds and when I left
the booth I tended to get surrounded with people firing
questions.
These range people not only
did their jobs of directing traffic, driving buses and vans,
manning displays and the information booth, they did it with a
helpful, courteous and totally
professional manner.
The proof for what I am saying is in the attitudes of our
visitors. We could have had
people verbally beating us about
the head and shoulders because
of the delays and inconvenience. We didn't. In fact, when
we apologized to people they all
said it wasn't our fault and they
felt we were doing a wonderful
job under the circumstances.
Our people made the difference. They took a potential
disaster and made it into a
reasonably successful day
because of how they did the job.
Some people can work six hours
in a pressure cooker situation
but it takes special people to do
it with calm and congeniality.
As the Trinity Site coordinator, I certainly appreciated
that quality in our people Saturday. Even more, White Sands
Missile Range should thank
those who worked so hard
Saturday. They made everyone•
here look good.
•
These are the people who
worked at the site. They deserve
a pat on the back from
everyone.
Military Police-lLt Donald
Houk, SSgt Joe Porchia, Spec.
Mark Strandberg, Spec. Lann
Wagner, Spec. Algie Watts,
Spec. George Borton, Spec.
Thomas Rayl, Spec. Howard
Florence, Pfc. Bruce Dawsey,
Pfc. Steven Ederer, Pfc. Bryant
Lee, Pfc. William Curtis, Pfc.
Marc Hansen, Pfc. Larry Den~
son, Pfc. Loren Marion III,
Pvt.2 Brian Liddle, Pvt.2 Andre
Burton, Pvt.2 James Mitchell
DEHL-Robert
Rico,
Silvestre Ballesteros, Thomas
Chacon, Salvador Martinez,.
Manuel Trejo, Richard Hernandez, Fred Hollis
AAOD-Sgt. Noel Swaby,
Sgt. Mark Taylor
Radiolo.gical Health-Lisa
Blevins
McAfee
Clinic-Pfc:-·
Christopher Tate, Spec. Alfonso Alvarez
Public Affairs-Debbie
Bingham, Bill Gross, Monte
Marlin, Don Montoya, Spe
Bob Vane
SERCO-Charles Stump,
Loretta Valenzuela, Richardo
Gutierrez, Jimmie James, Chris
Romero, Emily Romero,
Georgia Saiz
Letter to the Editor
Writer takes issue with blaming the thief
Dear Editor:
I have a beef about a comment made in your March 31
Provost Marshal Corner. The
comment printed was, and I
quote, "The responsibility isn't
restricted to those who stole 0r
their parents. The victims are
partl}'. responsible for failing to
properly secure their property."
Baloney!
If someone swipes something
from my vehicle or storage area
that isn't theirs, then 100 percent of the blame is with the
thief. This society needs to wake
up to that.
The fault is not with inadequate police, unlocked cars,
broken families. low income,
drugs, Washington, D.C., etc.
The thief grabbing something
that isn't his is the problem. C
off his hand, jail him, force him
to make restitution. These are
all good measures. Just don't
rationalize for the thug!
Mark D. Sevachko
VAi
Law Enforcement, Security' Director responds
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Dear Editor:
I understand your frustration
with thieves and the excuses
some people give for their illegal
actions.
However, a major part of our
mission at OLES is to deter
crime. Most property crimes are
"crimes of opportunity." That
is why we encourage WSMRites
to lock their cars, homes and offices, not to leave valuable items
in plain view in their cars and to
report suspicious activity to the
police.
All of our recent thefts were
from unlocked cars, houses and
storage sheds. Nothing was
broken into. This pattern of
thefts from unlocked locations
is consistent with our past experience here at WSMR.
We all know that if a thief
really wants to break into your
hous~ or car, he can. We also
know that breaking into a house
or car increases chances of being caught. Thieves know this
and would rather steal from
unlocked locations. Why make
the job easier?
Jim K.lemski
LTC,MP
Director, Law
Enforcement & Security
"There is never a convenient place to fight a war when
the other man starts it. "
Adm. Arleigh A. Burke,
former chief of naval operations
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April 7, 1989-Missile Ranger
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military experience.
Guard it.
"
It took you years of study and hard work
to master a military skill. So, why throw that
experience away?
Instead, lend your know-how to your
hometown Army National Guard. Spend one
weekend a month and two weeks a year
protecting your community and country.
And in return, you'll get a good
paycheck, plus many of the military
benefits you've enjoyed as a full-time soldier.
For more information, see your local
in-service recruiter or unit re-enlistment NCO.
And find out how your
military experience will pay
off in your hometown
Army Guard.
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Missile Ranger-April 7, 1989
SECOND FRONT
B. Arrieta is named EEO manager
A former WSMR employee
has returned to head the range's
Office of Equal Opportunity.
Babil Arrieta is the new Equal
Employment Opportunity
Manager for White Sands. Arrieta, who replaces Mary
Moorehouse, has been the new
manager of EEO since
February.
The native El Pasoan is a
graduate of the University of
Texas at El Paso and has a
bachelor of arts in psychology
and Spanish in addition to a
masters in English and education.
Arrieta has taught in the
Ysleta School District and at the
University of Puerto Rico
before entering into civil service.
His past assignments have included being an investigator for
the
EEO
Commission,
Philadelphia, Pa, EEOC,
Denver, Colo.; senior investigator and program
manager, Department of
Labor, Washington, D.C. and
special assistant, Department of
Navy at The Pentagon.
Arrieta was an EEO program
manager at the range back in
1984. His most recent assignment before coming back to
WSMR was as an investigator
for the EEOC in El Paso.
As the head of WSMR's EEO
office Arrieta plans to continue
and perhaps improve the EEO
programs already in place. Arrieta says he wants to see that
WSMR employees are given an
equal opportunity to succeed on
their own merits in the
workplace. And he hopes to get
the cooperation of supervisors,
directors and the command to
achieve this end result.
Arrieta and his wife Corina
Babil Arrieta
have three children, Denise V.,
Christopher A. and Gabriel 0.
His hobbies include golf and
handball.
War College alumni to sponsor conference
The National War College
Alumni Association will sponsor an all-day conference on national security issues at Randolph Air Force Base near San
Antonio, Texas on Thursday,
April 27.
Authoritative experts will
speak on several timely topics.
In the recent past, similar conferences in other localities have
covered such subjects as Central
America, the Middle East,
Pacific Basin Arms Control,
Terrorism, Our Allies, Space
Challenges and Soviet Policy.
This conference has been arranged to respond to interest expressed by alumni of the senior
service colleges (The National
War College, Industrial College
of the Armed Forces, Army
War College, Naval War College, Air War College, Senior
and Executive Seminars of the
Foreign Service Institute and
comparable foreign colleges).
Other interested active and
retired officers and government
officials are also invited.
For further information and
registration forms, contact the
Secretary-Treasurer, National
War College Alumni Association, The National War College, Fort L.J. McNair,
Washington, DC 20319. Commercial phones: (202)475-1844;
Autovon: 335-1844.
Easter Bash "a gigantic success of unit cohesiveness"
On March 25, Battery A
celebrated its first annual Easter
Bash.
It was a grand festivity,
carered to the kid in us all.
Starting out the day was the
Easter egg hunt that included
ages 1 to 100. Prizes were ·
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SGT. RAMONA RAMIREZ plays Easter Bunny and passes out candy to children attending Battery A's first Easter Bash. The event promises to be an annual outing. More than 500 hamburgers were consumed by soldiers and their families.
awarded to all the winning participents. The Easter Bunny was
invited and gave out tons of
candy.
Food was served immediately
following the egg hunt to some
300 hungry people. Some 500
humburgers crossed the open
fire to the mouths of waiting
soldiers and families. Along
with that, covered dishes were
provided by the senior NCO
and officer wives. Plenty of
cold drinks were available to
quench the thirst for everyone's
personal taste.
A platoon competition of
volleyball and horseshoes took
up most of the afternoon. For
the young kids, there were
three-legged races and waterballoon tossing.
There also was a variety
disco, provided by SSgt. Robert
Hartshorn from NUC-EFF that
brought out the boogie in young
and old. After six hours all were
trying to find our "Wild
Thing."
All in all, it was a gigantic
success of unit cohesiveness
and "Esprit d_e.<.;2r.Rs."
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Halligan /TEA speaker
Dr. James E. Halligan, president of New Mexico State
University, will be the featured
speaker at the quarterly luncheon meeting of the White
Sands Chapter of the International Test and Evaluation
Association.
The luncheon will be April 26
at 11 :30 a.m. at the White
Sands Missile Range Officers
club.
Theme of Dr. Halligan's address will be ''New Mexico State
University and White Sands
Missile Range - Growing
Together.''
All current WSMR chapter
members and friends of ITEA
are invited.
Dr. Halligan assumed his
duties at NMSU in July 1984
after serving as Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs at the
University of Arkansas. He
also has served on the faculty of
the University of MissouriRolla and Texas Tech University.
As president of NMSU, Dr.
Halligan oversees academic programs for the largest land grant
university in the nation; one
which stretches over four campuses state-wide. The university
also provides research and extension services throughout
New Mexico and has personnel
serving in over 30 foreign locations.
The International Test and
Evaluation
Association was
founded in 1980 as a nonprofit
international society dedicated
to advancing the development
and exchange of technical infor-
James E. Halligan
mation in the field of test and
evaluation, with a goal of providing a forum for the existing
methods, encourage a higher
level of testing in the development of new products and encourage test standards for national and international acceptance.
.
Both corporate and individual ITEA membership applications and information on
the goals and objectives of the
association will be available at
the April 26 luncheon.
Luncheon tickets costing
$5 .25 can be reserved by contacting any of the following
WSMR personnel: Doris Davis,
678-2201; Annie Lopez,
678-1537; or Susan Wood,
678-1107. Deadline for reservations is noon on April 25. Fees
will be collected at the door.
~
Week to focus on young
ing up the playground on .,,:
Deacon Street.
Tuesday the children will enjoy a movie at the Recreation
Center. Also scheduled is a
parent education class at CDS
from 12-1 p.m. The topic for •
this week's class is 'Aggression
in Young Children.'
Wednesday is music day.
Children will be making musical
instruments. During the day
children will visit their parent's
workplace.
Thursday the children will be
taking a field trip to El Paso
Science Center.
Today will be fitness day. The
focus is on non-competitive
games and physical fitness.
FCC will be having a picnic at
the park along with their games.
Parents are encouraged to attend any activities throughout
the month.
This week, in the Month of
the Military Child, the focus
will be on young children and
the military.
On Monday the children
throughout CDS will "adopt" a
company. Each age group of
children and a specific company
will combine efforts in a community clean-up project.
After the clean-up the adults
and children will share cookies
that the children have made.
The 3-year-old class is adopting HHC. HHC soldiers and
the 3 year olds will be cleaning
up volunteer park.
The 4-year-old class will be
adopting A Btry. A Btry.
soldiers and the 4 year olds will
be cleaning up the soccer fields
by the Youth Center.
The kindergarten class at
school age/latch key is adopting
the Desert Navy. Sailors and the
kindergarten class will be clean,.
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Child abuse prevention films scheduled for Channel 3
April has been designated as
"Child Abuse Prevention
Month."
The ACS Army Family Advocacy Program is available to
prevent, identify, treat, and
report suspected child abuse.
During April, the Family.Ad,. vocacy Program will be showing
child abuse prevention films on
Channel 3. The films will be
scheduled directly after "White
Sands Week" on Monday,
Thursday and Friday.
The approximate showing
• time for the films follows: Mon-
day and Friday, noon and 2:30
p.m.; Thursday, 2:30 p.m.
The first two films to be
shown are titled "It Shouldn't
Hurt To Be A Kid," narrated
by actors Ricky Schroder and
John Houseman. This film
defines child abuse and teaches
how to recognize it. In addition,
it explains the mandatory reporting laws, and what will happen
after the report is made.
The second film is titled
"Touch" and is hosted by actress Lindsay Wagner. The film
is based on a highly acclaimed
play created in 1977 by the Illusion Theater Company and
prevention specialists.
This play provided a unique
way of helping children deal
with the topic of sexual abuse.
"Touch" doesn't use scare tactics to impart its message. it uses
good humor, common sense
and honesty.
The films will last approximately 30 minutes. We encourage you to view the films
and participate in the activities
promoting children during
April.
for more information on how
you can help, call Family Ad-
vocacy at 678-3933, or come by
215 Loki.
Contract, procurement symposium set
The White Sands Chapter of
the National Contract Management Association will sponsor
its 13th Annual Contract and
Procurement Symposium on
April 13 and 14 at the Holiday
Inn de Las Cruces. The theme
for this year's symposium will
be "Subcontracting-Goals,
Issues and Answers."
Registration fees (including
banquet) for the symposium are
$75 for NCMA members and
$85 for non-members. For information about the symposium, contact Barbara
Prichard, Chairperson, at
522-9224 or for registration,
contact
Tim
Timmons
678-3166.
i''I miss my big brother''
A FREE SEMINAR
SUICIDE: AWARENESS, PREVENTION
AND INTERVENTION
EL PASO
ALAMOGORDO
Date: Monday,April 17th
Place: New Mexico School
for the Visually
Handicapped,
Ditzmer Auditorium,
1900 N. White
Sands Blvd.
Speakers:
William Bowens, M.D.
Chief of Mental Health
Clinic, Holloman Air
Force Base
Richard Stauffacher,Ph.D .
Clinical Psychologist,
Charter Counseling
Cen{er of Alamogordo
Dave Kruzich, Ph.D.
Consu·ltant, Chemical
Dependency Program,
Charter Hospital of
Santa Teresa
Mark Whitehead, Ph.D.
Clinical psychologist and
director, Charter
Counseling Center
of Las Cruces
.
For information and
reservations, call 434-1663
Suicide is a devasting tragedy. Its effects can be
-profound on both family and friends. Fortunately, many
suicides can be prevented if you know the warning
signs. We can help you recognize the signals and show
you what to do about them ... so you can stop a tragedy
before it happens.
Date: Tuesday, April 18th
Place: Ysleta Independent
School District
Cultural Arts Center,
9600 Sims Dr.
Speakers:
Mark Whitehead, Ph.D.
Clinical psychologist and
director, Charter
Counseling Center
of Las Cruces
Dave Kruzich, Ph.D.
Consultant, Chemical
Dependency Program,
Charter Hospital of
Santa Teresa
Mary McRee
Victim Assistance
Coordinator
For information and
reservations, call 593-4044
8:30 am, registration
9am - noon, morning session
noon - 1:30pm, lunch at your leisure
1:30pm - 3:30pm, afternoon session
Seating is limited.
(((CHARTER
) ))COUNSELING CENTER
An extension of services, Charter Hospital of Santa Teresa
LAS CRUCES
Date: Monday, April24th
Place: Las Cruces Hilton
Speakers:
Mark Whitehead, Ph.D.
Clinical psychologist and
director, Charter
Counseling Center
of Las Cruces
Dave Kruzich, Ph.D.
Consultant, Chemical
Dependency Program,
Charter Hospital of
Santa Teresa
Richard Stauffacher,Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist,
Charter Counseling
Center of Alamogordo
Mary McRee
Victim Assistance
Coordinator
For information and
reservatipns, call 523-8581
Missile Ranger-April 7, 1989
Page6
Civilian Corner
Fed retirees gain exemption from state taxes ·
1
by Irv Rubenstein
Editor's Note: This column offers news of interest to federal
employees. Information is furnished courtesy of the WSMR
Chapter of the Federal
Managers' Association (FMA).
Federal Retirees Win One
A recent Supreme Court decision in the case of Davis versus
the State of Michigan was in
favor of Davis and is cause for
· some cheers in the federal
retiree arena.
Davis had challenged the
State of Michigan for state taxing his federal retirement
benefits, while granting persons
drawing state or local
retirements an exemption from
state income tax. Davis contended that the taxation was
discriminatory and should be
stopped.
The Supreme Court held that
states had to grant federal
retirees the same exemption
from state income taxes that
were offered similar workers at
the state and local level.
This decision could be the
basis for filing amended returns
with the state and asking for
refunds. Suggest you check with
the local tax office for the proper procedure.
It's nice once in a while to
report a plus for us.
the taxpayer to share in all savVolcker Commission Reports
ings accomplished from getting
Paul Volcker who headed the
more productivity.
commission on improving the
As more items are revealed,
federal workplace has reported
this column will report on them.
some of his findings to the
Early Out Programs
president. Among the many
For some years, we have been
items that were included, the
reading of the Roth bills and
following are highlighted for
other bills that have been intheir importance:
troduced in the Congress both
• Volcker recommends that
in the House and Senate to
we move our present pay tables
allow early retirements so that
to a locality schedule, using the
agencies could save on their
present base as the starting
employee costs.
point.
However, a recent General
•Raise the pay of top,
Accounting study has revealed
government officials, judges,
that the outlays required from
and Congress 25 percent. Last
the Civil Service Retirement
week I reported that Rep. ConFund will cause the overall
nie Morella (R-Md) had recomfederal budget to experience net
mended a 20 percent raise, and
costs, that will in fact add to the
Rep. Mary Rose Oakar recombudget deficit.
mended a 30 percent raise and
Facilities that were studied innow Volcker talks about 25 percluded facilities that were
cent. The only important difgranted early outs for special
ference in the Volcker suggesprograms and, in most cases,
tion is that he includes members
the vacancies ended up being all
of Congress, where the others
or partly filled.
specifically excluded members
The GAO study focused on
of Congress.
Army Materiel Command,
• Decentralized the Office of
Aviation Systems Command,
Personnel Management. Give
Troop Support Command, and
the various agencies more
the Air Force Logistics Center
responsibility in the hiring, firat Oklahoma City, Okla.
ing, and pay setting of their
A study of 288 early
workers.
retirements at Avaiation
• Make an experimental
Systems Command, and Troop
use of the "Gain-sharing" proposal now in use at McClellan · Support Command was conducted using the following forAFB, Calif. Simplistically exmulaplained, the program calls for
• RIF would cover 5 percent
the agencies, employees, and
of the workforce.
•Employees selected for
reduction in pay or separation
met the requirement of 25 years
service at any age; or age 50
with 20 years of service.
The numbers applied by
GAO raised some eyebrows:
•The 288 early retirements
saved 6.6 million or $23,076 per
retiree. The $6.6 million included salary and contributions
toward benefits.
However, when budget
outlays from the civil service
retirement fund were considered
a "net cost" to the federal
budget of about $2.6 million, or
$9,148 per employee, surfaced,
GAO said that because there
was a "net cost," the budget
deficit increased.
•GAO then looked at the fill
rate for the vacancies created by
the "early out." Both the activities reviewed were AMC installations, so GAO decided to
see how the entire command
looked after the early-outs were
applied.
AMC's end strength was projected at 105,638 at the end of
FY 88. The total AMC early out
numbers from all sources were
2 1877. AM C's net strength
should have been 102,761. Actual year-end AMC strength
was 103,692. Upon which GAO
concluded that 931 of the earlyout slots were filled by AMC
during the year.
On an individuai activity
basis GAO, using the same for-
Continued from page 1
1987 and October 1986 respectively.
Sgt. Gregory R. Gagon
received the Army Commendation Medal for his work with the
259th Military Police Company
since January 1987.
Spec. Scott T. Leretsis earned
the Army Commendation
Medal for his work as a Hawk
missile system information
coordination central mechanic
since April 1986.
Spec. Michelle Ingram earned
the Army Commendation
Medal for her contributions as a
p_e_r-so_n_n-el administration clerk
for ST since August 1987.
Cpl. J.C. Scott was awarded
the Army Achievement Medal
for his work as a senior vehicle
driver and a squad leader for
Recovery Team 1 since March
1987.
WSMR's March Soldier of
the Month, Spec. Eric N.
Anderson, received an Army
Certificate of Achievment.
The honor streamer for the
best marching unit in last
month's review was awarded to
Company C. The company is
commanded by 1st Lt. Craig
Davis.
Special Services
for the Military ...
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mula, concluded that Aviation
Systems Command filled all 169
vacancies created by early
retirement, and Troop Support
Command filled 93 of the 119
vacancies they had created.
In its review of the Air Force
Logistics Center, GAO found
found that the RIF action of
634 workers was caused by a
lack of available funding, under
any circumstances, to pay the
entire workforce.
After the RIF, the Air Force
filled 170 of the 634 vacancies,
but when FY 89 funds became
available, the Air Force
Logistics Center hired 1,282
new employees, more than twice
the number that had been given
early retirement during FY88.
I know that the data and
numbers are somewhat staggering, but please remember, most
of this data is conclusion on the
part of GAO and doesn't
answer all the questions of personnel needs, critical career
fields, etc.
If anyone has any item of information to be brought to the
attention of the civilian
workforce, contact Chapter
132, Federal Map.agers'
Association, P.O. Box 250,
WSMR, N.M. 88002.
Questions
concerning
membership in FMA should be
referred to Laurel Saunders by
calling 678-1317. For more information on today's column
contact me at 678-5863.
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Page7
MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD
Child abuse tragedies bring out varied reactions
by Anne H. Cohn,
DPH, Executive Director
National Committee For
Prevention of Child Abuse
The public has rightly been
outraged by the repeated stories
in the news of children dying at
.. the hands of their own parents.
A mother drowns her child in
~he bath tub and later disposes
of the body, in a nearby river.
A couple report their young
daughter missing; later she
turns up in a marsh strangled to
~ death. The evidence ties the
murder back to her parents. A
father brutally beats his wife
and daughter-the daughter's
injuries are so severe she does
not survive.
While these are extreme
cases, the accounts paint
gruesome, horrifying pictures
of families immersed in the
destructive patterns of child
abuse, spouse abuse and
substance abuse.
Reactions to these tragedies
have taken several turns. Some
have chosen to focus on the
character of the perpetrator,
calling for increased criminal
prosecution of any parent
or adult who willfully mistreats
a child.
Others have targeted their
anger at the child protective
services system, chastising it for
failing to offer children the
protection they need from
abusive and dangerous situations. They call for expanded
• reporting and stricter criminal
penalties for failing to report.
Still others call for a narrowing of the definition of child
abuse in reporting laws, so that
only the most severe cases will
be brought to the attention
of officials.
These advocates believe that
such _changes will reduce the
current unreasonable workload
for child protective services
workers, allowing them to
provide better and more comprehensive services to their
clients.
. To be sure, the current child
protective services system has
its difficulties. Despite record
numbers of reports of children
suspected of being abused,
more than 2.2 million in 1987,
protective service agencies have
received bare-bones increases
for their investigative units
and service programs (less than
3 percent over the last 5 years).
Caseworkers in these systems
are responsible for 50 percent
more families than five years
ago-as many as 50 or 60, any
one of which may experience
a violent outburst at a given
moment.
Only a fraction of all reports
are properly investigated within
the 24- to 72-hour time frame
mandated by most state laws;
far less than a third of
the children confirmed as
victims receive any type of
therapeutic services.
Unfortunately, absent from
all of this concern is the need
to stop family violence in the
first place. Prevention is not
going to emerge from broader
or narrower reporting laws.
Increasing criminal penalties
for abusive acts is not, as far
as we know, going to reduce the
number of children who are
abused. And no child welfare
system, regardless of its funding
level, is set up to stop parents
from becoming child abusers.
These systems are set up to
intervene after the fact.
Preventing child abuse
requires much more than laws
and a response system; it
requires a commitment on the
part of all of us. We cannot abdicate our responsibilities by
expecting the state to ''take care
of those families."
Parenting can be the toughest
job any of us ever has. The daily
pressures of child care combined with a lack of knowledge
about child· development and
compounded by a sense of
isolation can lead to child
abuse.
Helping parents, particularly
new parents, cope with the
challenges of parenting can go
a long way in preventing abuse.
Research continues to
confirm that hospital or
community-based programs
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which provide new parents with
education .and support particularly by a home health
visitor or parent aide around the
time their babies are born, can
go a long way in reducing the
risk factors associated with
abuse.
Such programs are particularly effective if they are available
to first time parents around
the time of birth and if they
continue through the challenging months after birth.
New parents are not the only
ones who experience the stress
of parenting. Children of all
ages can and do pose great
challenges.
The availability through
various community agencies
of crisis services for all parents
under stress-hotlines, helplines,
drop-in-centers-as well as
support groups such as Parents
Anonymous can be most helpful, especially when parents
have been educated that "it's
OK to reach out for help."
Abuse can happen because
children do not know how to
protect themselves; not all
children know that they have
a right to be safe from harm.
Although research findings
are not yet conclusive,
experience suggests that offering school-age children quality
education about child abuse and
what to do if it should begin to
happen can minimally help
children who are victimized
reach out for help. Such
education might help children
actually deflect the abuse in the
first place.
It's clear our local schools,
hospitals, youth groups and
community agencies have a
critical role to play in
supporting children and
families. And yet, we cannot
expect these community agencies to fully shoulder the
responsibility of preventing
child abuse.
What has been so hard to
discuss, so difficult to
acknowledge, is that we each
have a role to play. Unlike so
many diseases and other social
problems, we can get rid of
child abuse just by getting
involved.
Every one of us needs to
become involved when we
notice a child or family
in distress. Just as in the Lisa
Steinberg case, in almost every
serious case of child abuse,
neighbors, friends or relatives
know there is a problem.
What can we as individuals
do? Certainly we can report any
case in which we consider a
child to be at serious risk
of harm due to maltreatment.
And we can repeatedly report if
we think the initial response is
inadequate.
However, we need to feel
equally comfortable, perhaps
even obligated, to offer
personal assistance to families
in stress-friends, neighbors or
relatives.
This might involve being
available to listen to the
parent's problems over a cup of
coffee, offering to take the child
for an hour or two while the
parent resolves an immediate
crisis, suggesting a self-help or
parent support group.
In short, we can help break
down the fierce isolation some
parents experience, help them
feel that they are not alone, help
them with the stresses of parenting and help to link them up
with resources in the community.
We also need to be aware of
our own parenting inadequacies
and be willing to reach out for
help for ourselves.
Raising children is a difficult
and demanding task. Few are
able to accomplish it without
support from others. Rather
than limiting our energies
to reforming child welfare
systems, perhaps we all need to
give thought to reformulating
our own personal committment
to preventing child abuse.
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. For more information on how you can help, call
ACS Family Advocacy at
678-3933, or come by 215 Loki.
Sherburn starts Month observance
The Month of the Military
Child was begun by Col. John
H. Sherburn.
One hundred balloons were
released by the children at the
Child Development Services
(CDS).
CDS would like to thank
Maj. Orrin White and Spec.
John Diel from McAfee for the
ambulance; James Clemmons
from Security Directorate or
providing an MP vehicle and
McGruff; and Chief Aaron
DeLaO, Robert Morales, Clyde
Armes and Jose Arajon for the
ladder truck escort.
A special thank you for the
Boy Scout Color Guard of
Troop 74, and to the White
Sands Credit Union for
donating the balloons for the
balloon release.
Parents' support during this
activity was appreciated.
We would like to recognize
the following parents for their
help during the parade: Capt.
Sam McNully, Rebecca Lujan,
Patricia Cereceres, Irene
Chambers, Lori Chittock,
Luella Day and Terri Downum.
CDS has many child and
parent oriented activities planned throughout the month of
April.
For a calendar of events, stop
by CDS at Bldg. 501.
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Domenici speaker at ADP A chapter lunch
Chapel Services
Catholic
Sierra Chapel (Bldg T145)
678-2740
Mass: Weekdays 11 :30 a.m.
-Sierra Chapel; Saturdays 6
p.m. - Sierra Chapel; Sundays
9:30 a.m. - Sierra Chapel
Ladies Guild: First Friday of
every month at 9 a.m. at the
Main Post Chapel
CCD: Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
for pre-school through 6th
grade at the Main Post Chapel.
Begins in the fall.
Protestant
Main Post Chapel (Bldg 265)
678-2615/2725
Morning Worship: 9 a.m.
Sunday
Sunday School: Every Sunday 10:15 a.m. at the Main Post
Chapel
Soup & Scripture: Every
Wednesday 11 :30 a.m. to noon
in the Fellowship Hall at the
Main Post Chapel
Baptist Fellowship Mid-Week
Service: Every Wednesday eveing 7 p.m. at the Main Post
Chapel
Protestant Women of the
Chapel: Call Lee Kern, PWOC
President, 678-4566 or the
Chapel for details
Interdemoninational
Gospel Hour
Rev. Joseph Trammel 678-3973
Rev. Clarence Davis 678-5865/
678-1977
Worship: Sundays 2 p.m. at
the Main Post Chapel
Latter Day Saints
Worship: Sundays 12:30 p.m.
at the Main Post Chapel
Jewish
Rabbi Howard Laibson
524-3380
Temple Beth El
702 W. Parker Rd.
Las Cruces, N .M.
Lay Leader: Irving Rubenstein 678-5863
Senator Pete Domenici
United States Sen. Pete
Domenici (R-N.M.) will be
the featured speaker for the
American
Defense
practicing attorney until being
elected to the United States
Senate on Jan. 3, 1972.
During this time, Domenici
also served as an Albuquerque
city commissioner and chairman and ex-officio mayor and
on the National League of
Cities Revenue and Finance
Steering Committees as well as
the State Republican Finance
and Central Committees.
From 1967 to 1968, Domenici
served on the governor's Policy
Board for Law Enforcement,
and in 1967, was named
Outstanding Young Man by the
Albuquerque Jaycees.
For tickets call 6782785/2669 or 1297 or 4375359 (Alamogordo) before
noon April 20.
Wives Club invites community to art show and auction
p.m. with the auction starting at
7 p.m.
The White Sands Officers'
Wives Club invites the community to attend an Art Exhibition and Auction to be held at
the Officer's Open Mess, White
Sands Missile Range, tonight.
The exhibition begins at 6:30
There will be a donation of
$1.50 per person.
The Exhibition/ Auction has
been arranged by the Perry
Berns Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
A Steamship Round Buffett
will be available beginning at 5
p.m. for a cost of $7 .95 per person. Reservations can be made
by calling 678-2057.
----Listings for current NAF vacancies----
Eastern Orthodox Christian
Mission of St. Germain of
Alaska
Worship: Saturdays
Vespers; Sunday - Typica; Las
Cruces 523-4095
The following listings include announcements for c~rrent NAF (non~appropriated fund) vac~ncies,
open continuous announcements which are used to ftll future vacancies, and current vacancies for
NAF positions located overseas or in other areas of the U.S.
.
Information and applications on current local vacancies as w~ll as open-continuous announcements
may be obtained in room 2I8, Building I24, on Tuesdays and Fndays from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on
Wednesdays, from 7:45 a.m. to I I :45 a.m.
.
Information on overseas or U.S. vacancies can be found on the bulletin board at the west entrance
of Building I24.
Workers with dual jobs should check
for excess Social Security withdrawal
Workers who had two or
more employers during 1988
and received wages totaling
more than $45 ,000 shonld check
to see if they are entitled to a
credit for excess Social Security
tax withheld.
Social Security tax withheld
in excess of $3,379.50 can be applied as a credit against income
tax only if the individual had
more than more employer.
IRS notes that those who file
joint returns may not add the
Preparedness Association (ADP A) Rio Grande Chapter's luncheon to be held on Monday,
April 24, beginning at 11 :30
a.m., in the White Sands Missile
Range (WSMR) Officers' Club
Ballroom.
Domenici is currently the
Ranking Minority Member on
the Senate Budget Committee.
He is also on the Senate Appropriations and Energy and
Natural Resources Committees
and the Special Committee on
Aging.
Born in Albuquerque,
Domenici received his Bachelor
of Science degree from the
University of New Mexico and
Bachelor of Law degree from
Denver University.
In 1958 he was admitted to
the New Mexico Bar and was a
OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
GRADE SALARY
TITLE OF POSmON
Social Security tax withheld
from one spouses' income to the
amount the withheld f.rom the
other spouse's to determine the
credit. The credit must be
figured separately for each
spouse.
Those who had only one
employer and had more than
$3,379.50 withheld may not
claim the excess as a credit
against their income tax. The
employer should adjust his
over-collection.
LOCATION
TOUR OF DUTY
IOC
Child Caregiver (I-89 OC)
PS-2
Child Care
$4.11 ph
I-Sch
NA-3
Clubs
Bartender (2-89 OC)
$4.23 ph
Bowling Cent
Food Serv Wkr (3-89 OC)
IOC
$4.23 ph
NA-3
Cust Wkr (Trne-4-89 OC)
I-Sch
Billeting
$3.58 ph
NA-I
Mixed
Various
Recreation Aide (36-880C)
PS-3&4 $4.42/4.77 ph
IOC
$3.58 ph
Clubs
Wait/Fd Serv Wkr
NA-I
(Trne-40-880C)
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OVERSEAS OR U.S. VACANCIES
Dist.& Sales Mgr
UA-I I
$28,852pa
Tokyo,Japan
None
Marketing Spec
NF-IV
$23,846pa
Heidelberg, Ger
Apr 10
Supv Sports Spec
UA-7
$I9,493pa
Chunchon, Kor
Apr ~ 2
These jobs may be enticing to csc retirees; a NA~ ~ppointment has no effect on CSC retirement.
All applicants for overseas positions must be U.S. citizens.
CURRENT WSMR VACANCIES
Recreation Asst.
$5.14
PS-5
Golf Course
Ff/12 Apr
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U.S. technology role will diminish by 2010
Editor's note: The following is Part II in a series offour articles dealing
with the future of the Army Materiel Command (AMC) into the next century.
This is the vision of Gen. Louis C. Warner, Commanding General of AMC.
As AMC plans for the future it is possible to detect numerous trend
1lines. Their outcomes are difficult to predict, but we must anticipate and plan, or
these trends may lead to reactive behavior, misguided effort and wasted
resources. Therefore, we must focus out strategies on those efforts offering
the greatest return.
Changing trends in technology, space, the environment, demographics and
economics are of such magnitude as to require close attention. By concentrating our
efforts, we chart a pragmatic path that will bring AMC to 20IO, ready to do
the job.
Technology. If current trends continue, the U.S. will finds its leadership
role diminished. The pace of technology will continue to increase dramatically
-futher outpacing the acquisition process. The pace will also challenge the skill level
of our workforce.
Quantum leaps in computational and data transmission capabilities, robotics,
artificial intelligence and expert systems will occur. Industry, both here and
abroad. will develop more defense-related technology than the Army can
. afford to buy. These projections require substantial planning and investment in
· technology and training.
Space. The proliferation of technological advances stemming from spacebased research and development will significantly contribute to improvements
•on the battlefield. More rapid, detailed, and reliable information available
to field. commanders will alter the pace of combat.
The challenge for logisticians will be to plan for, keep up with, and
resupply the maneuver elements on a very dynamic battlefield. Satellite
technology will be used for surveillance and imagery, data distribution
(logistics, movement control, troop disposition), and command and control.
-. Prototypes of space-based weapon systems will be a reality by 2010. Space-related
research and development will continue to generate new materials, avoinics,
food substitutes, and metallurgical advances for military applications.
Demographics. The labor pools will shrink and its composition change,
becoming more representative of the total population. Women, minorities
and older workers will constitute a greater share of the workforce.
The private sector will continue to be a direct competitor. Employees will
be more geographically and organizationally mobile. We must motivate
them to remain with the Federal service.
Unless current patterns change, the cost of higher education coupled with
the quality of public education may mean many will enter the workforce lacking sufficient knowledge and skills.
Although the Army may shrink in size, the importance of the acquisition and sustainment mission will dictate that the AMC military/civilian mix remains
constant.
At the same time, public pressure to restrict growth of the Federal workforce will
increase the number and types of activities performed by contractors.
&onomics. Funding levels will continue to ebb and flow. Periods of
constraint will lead to slowdowns in modernization efforts. Much of the
same equipment that is in the inventory today will be on hand in the
year 20IO, and it will need to be supported.
Reduced budgets will yield more joint and combined programs. Redundancy
of research in industry, academia and the government will be avoided. C:::oproduction will expand aas an alternative to independent efforts.
Winning requires a strategy based on leveraging. We must capture the
best efforts of both foreeign and domestic industry and academia.
The Environment. Clean air, clean water-a "cleaner world"-will continue
to be public issues. The ever increasing public laws regulating what can and
cannot be done in the environment will effect all our operations.
A tremendous amount of money will continue to be spent on cleaning up
past problems. The public at large will become increasingly strident and
demand and receive world governments' attention.
To be continued next week
Anne Frank exhibit in El Paso
From April 9 to May 6, El
Pasoans and others will have a
special opportunity to view the
horrors of war and the eternal
hope of a young girl through the
eyes of Anne Frank, in a special
exhibition titled Anne Frank In
The World: 1929-1945. El Paso
is the only city in the southwest
which will feature this exhibit,
and school children from as far
away as Albuquerque will be
bussed to El Paso for this
special event. The exhibition
will be housed at the El Paso
Performing Arts Center, and
was created by the Anne Frank
Center in Amsterdam.
ASK MR. FOSTER Rio Grande Travel's recent Southwest promotion giving away four free roundtrip tickets attracted many participants. The winner of the raffle was Pat Alvarez of Range Commanders Council whose name was drawn by Col. John Sherburn,
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Alvarez and Linda Cooper, Manager of Ask Mr. Foster/Rio Grande
Travel. The promotion provided WSMR personnel with an opportunity to visit their new travel office which opened on Sept. 6.
Ann Frank In The World:
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picture
of
historical
developments during the Nazi
era and then focuses in great
detail on daily life in both Nazi
Germany and occupied
Holland. Anne Frank's personal
family
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This internationally acclaimed eductional exhibition includes photographs from Dutch
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Briefly-------------------Sharpen up
at craft shop?
Arts and Crafts is adding
equipment sharpening as an additional service at the shop. If
started, the shop would have the
capability to sharpen saws,
knives, scissors, shears, axes,
hedge trimmers, mower blades,
snips, chisels, drill, planerjointer knives, and paper
knives. Work would be done for
a service charge.
If you are interested in having
such a service available, call
678-5321 or 678-1256 and let us
know if you would use the service, what items you would need
sharpened, and what frequency
you would use the service.
For more information, call
678-1256.
. Free stress class
ACS Family Advocacy Program invites you to attend free
stress management classes,
April 25, at 215 Loki. For your
convenience, the classes will be
offered at two d1tlerent times,
at 9:30 a.m. or 4:30 p.m. Learn
how to manage stress rather
than have stress control your
life.
For reservations or more information, call 678-3933.
Update DA form
Employees
currently
registered in any career program
who have been reassigned or
promoted to their current job
since their last submission, must
update their DA Form 2302-R,
Civilian Career Program
Qualification Record (dated
April 84).
It is also recommended that
each registrant review their DA
Form 4338-R, Civilian Career
Program Availablility Statement (dated Aug. 86) to assure
referral desires are current and
correct.
The forms may be obtained
from and submitted to Nancy
Leach in Bldg. 124, Room 219.
New shoppette
opens Monday
The WSMR community is
invited to attend the ribbon
cutting for the official grand
opening of the new shoppette
at the AAFES service station.
The ceremony will be on Monday at 10 a.m.
There will be giveaways and
specials throughout the shoppette.
Live art for kids
Learning how Tu draw, sing
and play "make believe" are
only a few ways to introduce
children to the arts. Another
way is to let them experience the
live performing arts.
The City of El Paso Arts
Resources Department's
Children with the Arts series attempts to do just that. By programming events specifically
designed for children, ARD
hopes to introduce the excitement of the art world to
youngsters.
The series begins April 15 and
continues every Saturday
through May 6. All shows are at
1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., in the
Chamizal National Memorial
Theater, 801 South San Marcial. Tickets are $1, available at
the door only.
Tickets will be sold one hour
before show time. Children's
events have sold out quickly in
the past, so people are encouraged to arrive at the
Chamizal early.
For more information call
541-4481.
Big A will play
BIG A VARIETY Disco performs tonight for your listening
and dancing pleasure. The
entertainment begins at 8:30
p.m. and lasts until 1:30 a.m.
Come on down.
The featured meal on
Wednesday nights for the
month of March is "Steak by
the Ounce." You decide on the
thickness of rib-eye or New
York steak and it is cut at your
table. The price includes Salad
Bar, Baked Potato or French
Fries, Texas toast and beverage.
The NCO/ENL Club began
selling breakfast burritos on
April 3. They are available from
7 to 9 a.m. and feature your
choice of sausage and egg,
chorizo and egg or bacon and
egg burritos for $1.
Cholesterol
check at gym
Community Recreation
Division and Bell Gym will be
offering cholesterol checks on
April 25 from 10:30 a.m. to
noon. The cost is $2.50 and
pre-registration is required.
For further information,
contact Mardy Clark or Rick
Vinyard at 678-3374.
Zumwalt to retire
There will be a retirement
cake and coffee for Glyn E.
Zumwalt, Chief, Up-Range
Construction Section, DEHL,
April 13, 9 a.m. Bldg. 1764. All
are welcome.
Open house at
Tech Library
The Technical Library will
hold an Open House in honor
of National Library Week on
April 12, from 1:30 - 3 p.m. It
will be held in the library,
Building 1504, Room 130 and
the Vault. Free mission related
reference searches will be
available from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
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CDS to be at fair.
Child Development Services ,
will represent WSMR by participating in the Child Fair,
Mesilla Valley mall, tomorrow,.
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
CDS will offer thre'e
developmental activities for
young children to experience
"hands on." Bring a friend and
enjoy sponge painting, dinosaur
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Science meet
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The Rio Grande Chapter
the New Mexico Network for
Women in Science and
Engineering will have a gathering on April 14, from 4:30 - 7 ~
p.m. at the Officer's Club.
The Network is buying the
snacks and a no-host bar will be
available .
All members and friends are
invited, but you must make ~
reservations with Leti Sanchez
or Vickie Reynolds (678-4331)~ I
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by April 12.
Hail ,farewell set
The Command Hail and
Farewell will be held on the lastFriday of each month.
The next Hail and Farewell
will be held on Friday, April 28,
4:30 p.m. at the Officers Club.
The purpose of the Com1
mand Hail and Farewell is to
welcome all officers and civilian
employees who have arrived at
this installation since March 31
and bid farewell to those who
will depart before May 26.
For further information, contact the Protocol Office ,.
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Worry about bills
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I Owe, I Owe, It's Off to
Work I Go.
The only way this little saying
is cute, is if it's on someone
else's bumper.
Have you ever laid in bed at
night worrying about a bill that
is due or past due? This robs
you of the best thing in life:
peace of mind. A lack of peace
within your family unit causes
unnecessary anxiety and fear.
The list goes on and on.
By setting up a budget and
following it, you can alleviate
unnecessary stress in your life.
Being financially free has so
many rewards.
The Financial Planning and
Assistance Office located at 213
Loki, is available to do just this
very thing. Our services are
available for all military,
civilians and their dependents
attached to the White Sands
Missile Range.
If you would like more information or would like to come in
and have a freindly cup of coffee and chat about your money
matters, call 678-2539.
Coupons save $$$
Commissary shoppers can
find cents off coupons in the
March/ April issue of OFF
DUTY I America.
The cents off coupons offer
additional savings to the consumer. The major manufacturers involved will make cash
donations
to
Child
Developmental Services upon
receipt of the. coupons. Increased sales equal increased funds
for CDS.
These funds will be used to
expand
and
enhance
developmental services for
WSMR children.
Additional copies of the
coupon insert may be obtained
at the post commissary.
To commend
volunteers
Youth babysitting classes slated
Youth Services in conjunction with the American Red
Cross will offer a baby-sitting
class for youth between the ages
of 10-15 years.
This class will be held at
Youth Services on April 22 and
23. The time of the class 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. The cost of this informative course will be $4.
Graduates of this course will
receive certification from the
Red Cross, which will greatly
increase job possibilities for
youth who are seeking babysitting jobs.
Topics for this class include:
•Planning for a baby-sitting
job, knowing what to expect of
children, selecting toys and
games.
•Supervising children,
preventing accidents, giving
first aid.
•Caring for infants and
children, feeding, diapering,
etc.
The course will be taught by
Lynette Summer, who is a
registered nurse and an experienced instructor.
The course is one of a series
of such classes that will come
from the Red Cross through
Youth Services, geared at giving
youth special opportunities to
learn rewarding skills. Upcoming classes will include: "Clowning" (self awareness) and
"The Name of the Game is Caring."
These classes are part of the
Youth Services effort to concentrate on giving our youth special
opportunities and skills.
If interested for this or future
Red Cross courses, call the Y.S.
at 678-4140.
CHAMPUS program will differ at each new location
The Annual Volunteer
Recognition Ceremony will be
Tuesday, April 11, at 3 p.m. at
the White Sands Missile Range
Officer's Club.
Certificates of appreciation
will be awarded by Maj. Gen.
Thomas J.P. Jones, commanding general of White Sands
Missile Range. The ceremony
will be followed by a reception
for the volunteers.
All White Sands Missile
Range volunteers are invited
to attend. For more information contact Army Community Service at 678-5156.
The CHAMPUS program
you knew about where you used
to live may not be quite the
same as the one you encounter
at your new location.
In order to find the simplest,
most efficient, least costly ways
to deliver high-quality health
care to service families, CHAMPUS has a number of test, or
"demonstration" projects
under way in various parts of
the country.
Generally, they give you an
alternative to the regular
CHAMPUS program for
families. You can usually keep
using standard CHAMPUS, or
choose to take part in the
benefits of the test program
(and possibly gain additional
medical benefits or pay lower
costs) that might be offered in
your area.
For example, in California
and Hawaii, the CHAMPUS
Reform Initiative has given
birth to options called
"CHAMPUS Prime" and
CHAMPUS Extra."
In
the
Fort
DrumWatertown, N.Y., area another
project is testing a plan for nocost civilian outpatient care for
nearly 30;000 eligible persons at
that remote Army post where
there's no large Army hospital
that's able to provide care on
such a scale.
In Florida and Georgia,
CHAMPUS-eligible service
families can get discounts on
costs and avoid paperwork if
they seek treatment from special
networks of professional health
care providers called "preferred
provider organizations."
There are other test programs
in operation-some nationwide
in scope, some restricted to one
particular metropolitan area.
When you move to another
state or region, check with the
Health Benefits Advisor at the
nearest military activity to find
out if any special rules or programs are in effect for
CHAMPUS-eligible families.
(APG NEWS)
El Paso concert will f eatu re Rodgers and Hammerstein
No fine for overdue library books
From April 10 through April
15, during National Library
Week, the Thomas Branigan
Memorial Library in Las Cruces
will not charge fines for overdue
library books. Instead of a fine,
an item of nonperishable food
will be accepted by the library
for distribution to the needy by
the Casa de Peregrinos.
The monthly used book sale
sponsored by the Friends of the
Thomas Branigan Memorial
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Library will be held on Friday,
April 14, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
and on Saturday, April 15,
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The sale
is held at 250 Las Cruces
Avenue.
On Friday night, the sale is
limited to members of the
Friends but memberships are
available at the door. A variety
of religious books will be
featured at half price.
The El Paso Community College Singers and the El Paso
Civic Chamber Orchestra will
pay tribute to American composer Richard Rodgers and
lyricist Oscar Hammerstein during their Spring Concert set for
8 p.m., Friday, April 28 and
Saturday, April 29 in the Lecture Forum at the Transmountain Campus.
The program is a potpourri of
classical and Broadway selections under the direction of Dr.
Lucy Scarbrough, EPCC Music
Discipline coordinator.
The College Singers and the
Orchestra will perform some of
Rodgers and Hammerstein's
greatest hits including "You'll
Never Walk Alone." The
Chamber Choir's selections
range from Mozart's greatest
music to Rodgers' and Hammerstein's "Climb Every
Mountain." The program will
also include soloist perfor-
mances and short instrumental
chamber numbers.
The entire orchestra will° perform such classical favorites as
"Navarraise" from the "Ballet
El Cid" by Massanet and "Procession of the Nobles" by
Rimsky-Korsakoff.
The program will conclude
with a surprise finale. The concert is free and open to the
public. For information call
594-2126.
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TAX INFORMATION
Get ready for the seven-day tax prep madness
1989, you can still make a 1988
IRA contribution.
Ignoring Your Paycheck Stub
If you haven't already filed
your 1988 tax return, get ready
for the seven-day madness.
Over the next week, taxpayers
across the country will frantically search through desk drawers,
file cabinets, and, in a few
cases, shoe boxes in a mad dash
to the filing deadline.
In the rush, many will
overlook deductions and make
• careless mistakes that they may
regret months from now. If you
want to look back on the 1989
tax season without remorse, the
New Mexico Society of CPAs
suggests you avoid some of the
most common, last-minute tax
mistakes.
Failing To Make An IRA
Contribution
If you toss your paycheck
stubs in the waste basket
without so much as a glance,
you may also be tossing aside
valuable deductions. What can
your paycheck stub tell you?
First of all, if you pay an annual
fee to your company for
medical insurance, the paycheck
stub will usually note the
amount automatically deducted
each month for this purpose.
For example, Mary pays $35
a month as co-payment for her
company's insurance plan. Over
the course of the year, her
payments totaled $420. As long
as mary's other unreimbursed
medical expenses exceed 7 .5
percent of her adjusted gross income, she can deduct the entire
$420 on her 1988 tax return.
Your paycheck stubs may
also note automatic deductions
for IRA accounts or donations
to charities such as the United
Way. Add up the numbers and
you may be surprised at how
much tax money you can save.
In the good old days,
everyone could deduct contributions to Individual Retirement
Accounts (IRAs). Then tax
reform came along. Today,
many consider tax-deductible
IRAs as out-dated as beehive
hairdos. But the IRA may not
be as extinct as you think.
Tom, for example, earns
~ $50,000 a year, but he can still
deduct up to $2,000 in IRA contributions since he does not actively participate in an
employer's retirement plan. In
fact, Tom would be eligible for
the deduction even if he made
$100,000 or more a year.
The only taxpayers who cannot deduct all or part of their
contributions are those who actively participate in an
employer-sponsored retirement
plan and who earn at least
$50,000 if married and at least
$35,000 if single. The easiest
way to find out whether you are
considered an "active participant" in a retirement plan is by
looking at box five on your W-2
form.
·' ~ If you have just slapped the
side of your head with the
realization that you can deduct
an IRA contribution, don't
panic. As long as you open your
account on or before April 17,
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comes to tax law. If you don't
know what a tax credit is, it's
A good number of taxpayers
have the mistaken impression
that state and local income taxes
are no longer deductible. In
states with high tax rates, this
misconception may mean losing
a legitimate deduction worth
thousands. You can find out
how much state and local income tax was withheld from
your 1988 salary by checking
your W-2 form, In addition, see
if you made any payments last
April for the balance of your
1987 state and local tax bill.
Those taxes are also deductible
this year.
Deducting
Revenue Service, here's one taxpayer pitfall to avoid: deducting
reimbursed expenses. For example, Pat's annual medical expenses totaled $3, 700. As he
understood the tax law, these
expenses were deductible to the
extend that they exceeded 7 .5
percent of his adjusted gross income (AGI), which was
$36,000.
Thus, on his tax return, he
deducted $1,000. What Pat failed to take into account,
however, was that his insurance
company had reimbursed
$3,000 of his medical costs. As a
result, Pat could not deduct a
single penny of his unreimbursed medical expenses.
Before you drop your tax
return in the mail box, carefully
review your miscellaneous,
medical, and casualty-loss
deductions to ensure that you
have not accidentally included
any expenses reimbursed by
your employer or an insurance
company.
time to find out. A tax credit is
far better than a deduction,
since it allows you to subtract a
specified amount directly from
the income tax you would otherwise owe.
Credits are available for
qualified dependent-care expenses, for the elderly or permanently and totally disabled,
and for low-income workers
who claim one or more
dependents.
Failing To File
For An Extension
Failing to attach the
necessary documents to your
tax return may well invite an
IRS inquiry. Enclosed with your
return should be a W-2 form,
which lists your annual wages as
well as the amount of taxes paid
during the year.
In addition, you may have to
send out one or more of the new
forms, such as Form 8283 for
deducting noncash charitable
contributions of $500 or more.
If you make a nondeductible
IRA contribution, be sure to
also fill out Form 8606. If you
fail to do so, you become liable
for a $50 fine.
Of all last-minute mistakes,
perhaps the costliest is failing to
file for an extension. If you are
simply unprepared to file a
carefully prepared and
documented tax return, don't
blindly rush ahead. You can request a filing extension by submitting Form 4868 by April 17,
1989.
The one-page form requires
you to estimate your tax liability
for 1988 and pay any tax due.
By submitting the form you
push the filing deadline to
August 15, thus gaining an additional four months to prepare
and file your tax return.
Questions most asked by taxpayers
Editors Note: These are typical
of questions asked by taxpayers
and are presented as a public
service of this publication and
the IRS.
Q. After I retired last year, my
income fell to a much lower
level than when I worked full
time. How can I tell if I still
have to file an income tax
return?
A. The IRS will send you a tax
package if you filed a tax return
last year; however, some older
Americans may not have to file
a tax return at all. For 1988, if
you are a single taxpayer 65 or
older you have to file only if
your income is $5,700 or more.
If you are a 65 year old head of
household, you have to file only
if you have a gross income of
$7,100 or more.- For married
couples who file a joint return,
the amount is $9,500 if only one
of you is 65 or older. If you are
both 65 or older, the amount is
$10,100.
Q. Are there any special tax
publications for older taxpayers?
A. Several. Publication 554,
''Tax Information for Older
Americans," Publication 575,
''Pension and Annuity
Income," Publication 559 "Tax
Information for Survivors, Executors, and Administrators,''
Publication 934, "Supplemental Medicare Premium," and
Publication 524, "Credit for the
Elderly or the Disabled,"
should all be a part of your tax
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never been filed. As a result,
you could be penalized 5 percent of the net tax due for each
month the return is late, with a
miximum penalty of 25 percent.
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1-800-424-3676.
Q. There is so much tax information I have trouble keeping
up with all of it. How can I get
help without having to visit an
IRS office in person?
A. Tax help by phone is
available to you in several ways.
Recorded tax information is
available on about 140 different
tax topics. It's called Tele-Tax
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THE ''0'' CLUB
The Officers Wives Club will
hold its Annual Art Exhibit and
Auction tonight. The exhibition
begins at 6:30 p.m. and the
, Auction starts at 7 p.m.
A steamship round buffet or
' the "can't be beat, all you can
eat" soup and salad bar are the
speci~ls offered tonight.
The buffet comes with a
choice of two vegtables and a
choice of rice or baked potato.
A trip to the soup or salad bar is
included for the special prices of
$7 .95 . The soup and salad bar
alone is $3 .75.
We will not offer the a la
carte dining . tonight. Reservations are recommended.
"Members have the advantage"
of a 10 percent discount at the
community brunch this Sunday.
If you are eligible to be a
member of the Officers Club
call 678-2055 or 2057 for more
information.
As with each Tuesday this
month we will have the "all you
can eat" spaghetti buffet.
Children 6 and under eat free
and children 7 through 11 are
$1.95, adults are $5.95.
Steak and Peppers will be our
Wednesday and Thursday
special this week. We take strips
of prime beef, bell peppers and
onions, stir-fry to perfection
and serve over a bed of rice.
A vegetable and a trip to our
soup and salad bar completes
this dinner for $5.95.
Now is the time to make your
reservations for our Annual Tax
Payers Party. Give us a call and
let us know how many will be
with your party. Don't forget,
parents, this is your night out.
We will "pick up the tab" at the
Child Development Center with
your dinner reservations. Just
call 678-2055 or 2057.
FAA to sign new traffie controllers
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is conducting a "Recruitment Blitz
1989."
This is a two-month accelerated hiring program aimed
, primarily to target minorities
and women into the Air Traffic
· Controller career program.
The accelerated program is to
try to reduce the administrative
routine to get into the system.
Entry into this career requires
successful completion of the Air
Traffic Controller Exam.
The El Paso area FAA is
therefore offering two
workshops and practice exams
to familiarize interested applicants with the terminology
and test procedures.
The workshops will be held
tomorrow and April 29 (Saturdays) at the Region XIX Educational Services Center, 6611
Boeing Drive, El Paso, Texas,
from 8 a.m. - noon.
The Air Traffic Control Exams will be held on May 6 and
20 (Saturdays), at the same ad-
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dress.
Prerequisites: Three years
general work experience or 4
years of college; must be a U.S.
citizen; age restriction for most
positions-maximum of 30
years.
If hired, new hires must sign a
mobility statement. ,
Entry level is GS-07. A full
performance level is from
GS-09 to GS-14, depending on
locations.
The training site is Oklahoma
City, Okla. Training will last 15
weeks. Trainees will receive $40
per diem plus salary.
For more information, contact Salvador Mugica, FAA,
778-6451.
In addition to the above information, two representatives
from the FAA will be available
at the next Federally Employed
Women's meeting, on April 14,
at 11:30 at the Officers Club.
For reservations to attend the
meeting, contact Juanita
Richards at 678-1043 before
COB April 12.
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Wednesday
April12
Breakfast: Chilled Peaches, Special
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Lunch: Steak Fingers w/Gravy,
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April 13
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Friday
April 14
Breakfast: Chilled Plums, Cheerios,
milk
Lunch: Barbecued Pork on Bun, Baked Beans, Coleslaw, Cherry Cobbler,
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Missile Ranger-April 7, 1989
Missile Range School names its honor students
CHAMBLISS-3rd Grade
Jacob Fuaga, Melissa Garcia, Joseph
Trammel
Honor Roll
Erin Eshrich, Danielle Hamilton,
Joshua Swanson
Principal's Honor Roll
GONZALES-3rd Grade
Steven Wilson, Nancy Smith, Jamie
Valley, Joseph Gallerie, Victoria Guzman, Jamie Primeaux
Honor Roll
Sara Summers, Erica Smith, Kimberly Decker, Maria Pangborn, Ben Kibler,
Angela O'Brien, Christina Potter,
Kimberly Wixon, Monica Ortiz
Principal's Honor Roll
SYKES-3rd Grade
Jeremy Christman,(4.0),Matthew
Sherk(4.0),Sara Williams(4.0),Sandy
Martinez
Honor Roll
Gregory Cole, Kila Downum, Jina
Gogol, Seaward Guffin, Vicky Ann
Sablan, Amber Shannon, Jamie
Thomas, Angela White, Wendell
Wilcher
Principal's Honor Roll
ALLEN-4th Grade
Leila Dougan, David Hoffman, Jennifer Kolb
HONOR ROLL
Eric Adames, Gwahshunnah
Cochran, Jennifer Jojola, Craig
Joliceur, Rick Nelson, Autumn Simmons, Shawn Ticho
Principal's Honor Roll
MARRICLE-4th Grade
Amy
Knueppel(4.0),Asheley
Bice(4.0),Melissa Benevidez, Kevin
Hall, Femi Adeogba, Gregory Dalberg,
Joseph Page
Honor Roll
Richard Padilla, Misty Franklin,
Cassie Guerrero
PRINCIPAL'S HONOR ROLL
HOW ARD-5th Grade
Kristy Compton, Kimberly Eaton
(4.0), Selina Farnell, Jason Jackson
(4.0), Lisa Martinez
Honor Roll
Marisol Arvizu, Eric Baxter, Melissa
Bonnett, Carmen Frerichs, Sebastian
Henio, Shaun Klansnic, Amanda Lowe,
April McKellar, Bill Moeller, Valerie
Padilla, Frank Perez, Elizabeth Rouse,
Yvette Sedillo, Stacy Stefan, Vanessa
Swanson, Wendy Swarbrick
PRINCIP AL'S HONOR ROLL
SIMPSON-5th Grade
Terry Arva, Susan Cornwell, Isabel
Escobar, Cindy Martinez, Rachel Price,
Beth Valley, Shontay Wilcher, Rick
Vinson
HONOR ROLL
Misty Bonnet, Tanesha Chever,
Nicole Coffield, Lindi Easton, Chris
Ledford, Ian Martin, Angel McKeller,
Anthony Perez, Jamie Pfost, Dawn
Vermillion, Eddie Vigil, Shaneva
Walton, Kevin Worrick, Justin Seaburg
MS. ALLAN-HONOR ROLL
Terry Carpenter
6th Grade
Paul Baldwin, Tanessa Barnes, Daisy
Fuaga, Jennifer Gibson, Steven Hilgartner, Claudia Leipau, Lisa Melendez,
Erin Page, Sarah Phelps, Michele
Richardson, Shannon Scott, Yvonne
Sedillo, Regina Trujillo, Eric Watterson
PRINCIP AL'S HONOR ROLL
6th Grade
Phillip Bice, Shanna Mattingly,
Joseph Ring, FJi Sanchez, Jeremy
Spencer, Amber Wilson
HONOR ROLL - 7th Grade
Katrina Lee, Amy Stefan, Carolann
Walker
PRINCIPAL'S HONOR ROLL
7th Grade
Jason Diel, Kyle Doody(4.0), Toni
Hogan, Michelle Johnson, Claudia ,
Marshall, Melissa Schild(4.0)
HONOR ROLL-8th Grade
Nelson Adames, Kimberly Crews,
Nicholle Hamilton, Elena Holiday, Tiffany Johnson, Matthew Leipau, Brenna
McDowell, Danielle McKellar, Melissa
Reyes, Christina Sanchez, Lisa Tyler,
Sascha Wellenruther
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8th Grade
Ann Arvizu, James Brady (4.0),
Darlene Dalberg, Jennifer Grace, Jennifer Leggett, Amy Miller, Christie
Scott, Melissa Seaburg
Behavioral problems of dog devastating as medical ones
Dear. Dr. Wise: Cole, our
18-month-old cocker spaniel, is
a sweetheart and we love him
dearly. But he has developed the
frightening habit of barking and
growling at visistors who come
· to the house. He's getting worse
and I'm scared he's going to attack someone. We need help!
Answer; Veterinarians most
often see medical problems in
pets, but we've come to realize
that behavioral problems are
just as devastating to a pet's
family.
Cole's behavior is a serious
problem because you can't
tolerate a pet who treatens to attack people who come to your
door.
From your description,
Cole's aggressive behavior
seems to fall into the category
of fear-induced or territorial aggression.
The signs usually are excessive barking, growling, lung-
ing and snapping at visitors.
One of the first questions is:
have you had Cole neutered? I
strongly recommend neutering
because it reduced the hormone
testosterone which can accentuate aggressive behavior.
Many pet owners use corporal punishment to stop the
behavior, but it will sometimes
make the problem worse. Verbal scolding by itself usually is
ineffective.
An effective reprimanding
technique is the use of a "time
out" room.
This involves removing Cole
from family activities and making him stay in a small room by
himself for a short period of
time.
The time out area can be the
basement or laundry room.
The important point is that it
should not contain any food or
water bowls, toys or windows,
and no people or other pets.
The next time Cole growls at
a visitor, give him a chance to
calm down and behave properly. Tell him wither to sit or lie
down-meaning to stop growling.
If he does not obey, say ''bad
dog" in a loud, stern voice and
immediately remove him to the
time out room.
Three minutes in the room is
usually sufficient. When you go
back to the time out room, if
he's still growling, leave him 30
seconds longer and repeat this
until he stops growling.
When you return him to the
front room, if he growls again
in the presence of the visitor,
repeat the procedure beginning
with the "sit" or "lie down"
command. Once you give the
first verbal reprimand, do not
speak to Cole until the time out
period ends.
When Cole responds with
proper behavior, it is very important for you to reward him
with generous priase. Dogs respond to psitive reinforcement. ,
Questions may be directed to:
New Mexico Veterinary Medical
Association, 3037 San Patricia,
N.W. Albuquerque, N.M.
87107.
State has plans for resurfacing 70 East
The state Highway and
Transportation Department's
recently approved Five Year
Construction Plan targets
$59.111 million for road work
in Dona Ana County, Department
Secretary
Lonsberry said.
Dewey
Projects planned for Dona
Ana County during the five
Fiscal years (FY) include: Interchange construction on Interstate 10, Phase II of the
Berino access modification,
FY90/91 - $5.5 million; overlay
of 5.2 miles of U.S. 70 east of
Interstate 10, FY 90/91 - $5
million; replacement of the U.S.
70 bridge across the Rio
Grande, FY 91/92 - $2.5
million; safety work and pavement rehabilitation of 9.3 miles
of Interstate 25, FY 92/93 $8.068 million and construction
on the Las Cruces relief route,
FY 92/93 - $6 million.
The Five Year Construction ~
Plan is the department's basic
long range planning document,
Lansberry said. The plan is updated each year' with the closest
year becoming the agency's annual program and new work added to the plan's fifth year.
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Special trout waters require single hook tackle
•
Nine special trout waters require barbJess, artificial tackle
with single hooks as of April 1,
anglers were reminded by the
Department of Game and Fish.
The new special trout waters
were designated by the State
... Game Commission for the
1989-90 license year, which runs
through March 31, 1990.
Anglers will also need a new
fishing license, good for 12
months, as of April 1.
Fishing licenses with a trout
validation cost $14 and are
available from department offices and license vendors
statewide. New fishing proclamations that cover a twoyear period have been printed
and are available to the public.
Children under 12 need no
license to fish.
The goal on special trout
waters is to manage smaller
stretches of water for larger
trout and for the opportunity to
fish in a more pristine setting.
For the program to work,
cooperation between fishermen
and the department is essential,
said fisheries chief Thomas
Moody. Signs have been placed
.Golden Knights break jump mark
Members of the U.S. Army
Parachute Team, the "Golden
Knights," recently broke the
military record for most
jumpers linking together during
a freefall.
"' At the conclusion of a fiveweek winter training session in
Yuma, Ariz., 45 parachutists
leaped from a C-130 at 16,000
feet and, 46 seconds later, linked into a huge star formation.
"We broke the record on our
first attempt," said SFC Ben
Currin, the Knights' Gold
Demonstration Team leader.
''The base men made three
practice jumps, then we all went
up for the record attempt."
Currin said the base men held
the key to the record attempt's
success. during the jump, the
Knights linked around an
18-man base that was built on
an eight-way formation. The
jumpers held the formation for
22 seconds.
The old military record, a
40-jumper formation in 1983,
was also set by the Knights.
Alamogordo Volksmarch slated Apr. 29-30
- The Alamogordo Kiwanis IVY Credit included. Late The course is suitable for
Club and the Holloman Sun
Runners will cosponsor a
Volksmarch on April 29 and 30
in Alamogordo. It will be a lOK
March.
Preregistration is $5 on or
before April 19 for the Medal,
registration is $6 after April 19
at the start point.
Participants wishing only
IVY Credit may register at any
time. Participation is free for
those not wishing a Medal or
IVY Credit.
wagons, infant strollers or
wheel chairs. The course is flat
and level, and all in town.
For more information, contact Bob Turner at (505)
437-2840, daytime, or (505)
434-0405, evenings.
at the spc. :al waters.
Anglers' chances of catching
a non-stocked trout will be
higher than average on the
special waters. The daily bag
limit is two trout a day, compared to eight trout on regular
trout waters.
By returning fish under 12 inches to special waters, anglers
should have more fish available
at just below that size. Eventually a good stock of "not
quite keepable" fish is built up.
Hooks, flies and lures can be
purchased barbless; the barb
can also be filed off or crimped
down with a pliers. Double-or
treble-pointed hooks may not
be used.
The special waters are these:
• The Ed Sargent Wildlife
Area in Rio Arriba County.
• The Valle Vidal unit of the
Carson National Forest, in Taos
and Colfax counties.
• Part of the Rio Co~tilla in
Taos County, from the Valle
Vidal boundary about 2.4 miles
downstream to the confluence
of Latir Creek.
• Part of the Rio Cebolla in
Sandoval County, from Forest
Service Road 376 about one
mile downstream.
• Part of the Pecos River in
San Miguel County.
• Part of the Cimarron river
in Colfax County, from Tolby
Campground downstream 1.4
miles to the first N.M. 64r
bridge.
• Part of the Rio Chama in
Rio Arriba County, from the
east boundary of the Rio
Chama Wildlife Area 1.9 miles
downstream to Cottonwood
Campground.
• Part of the Rio Grande in
Taos County, from the Taos
Junction Bridge 1.6 miles
downstream to the gauging station. Minimum keeper size is 12
inches.
• Part of the San Antonio
River in Sandoval County, from
the Baca location boundary
downstream about two miles.
Shor~~------------------some working up to 10 days in a Ribbons will be awarded to the
2s million eggs
row. Walleye nets, set close to first, second and third places in
The Department of Game
and Fish started setting nets
Monday to capture female
walleye at Ute Lake, from
which they hope to take as
many as 25 million eggs. The
eggs will be fertilized with milt
from male walleye, and raised
to fingerling size at Rock Lake
'State hatchery in Santa Rosa.
Each year the department
helps out Mother Nature and
fishermen by stripping eggs
from walleye when they enter
shallow waters to spawn, and
this marks the 19th season. The
operation will continue until
April 14, said Jim Grasmick,
Fisheries biologist. Personnel
will be rotated at the lake, with
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shore, are checked each morning and evening.
This month, walleye should
begin biting at several New
Mexico lakes, especially Conchas and Ute.
SK Fun Run
set Tuesday
There will be a 5K Fun Run
on Tuesday starting at 11: 15
a.m. Entry fees will be as
follows: Early Bird-$5 preregistration and $6 late registration after today. Checks are
payable to IMWRF.
Entry forms are available at
Bell Gym Sports Office.
T-shirts are included with fees.
each age group.
For more information, contact Bell Gym Sports Office at
678-3374.
Attend class
to use trainer
A weekly schedule will be
posted with daily times that the
Nautilus trainer is available to
certify individuals to receive a
card. Those who do not know
how to use the Nautilus equipment are urged to attend a
Nautilus training class.
For more information, or to
make an appointment to receive
a card, call the Bell Gym Sports
Office at 678-3374.
FRIDAY, APRIL 7-SUNDAY, APRIL 9
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CHESS PLAYERS WANTED. Anyone who is a
member of the United States Chess Federation or
anyone interested in becoming a member, please contact Kathy at the Countdown Recreation Center,
67S-4134.
CINCO DE MA YO. Anyone interested in participating in the planning of this activity at the Countdown Center, call Kathy at 67S-4134.
ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE
WEEK. This activity takes place in May and the
Countdown Recreation Center is planning a luau. If
you are interested in the planning of this activity, call
Kathy at 67S-4134.
NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK-BOOK FAIR. The
Countdown Recreation Center will be co-hosting a
Book Fair on April 9 from 1 to 4 p.m. along with the
Library. For more information call 678-4134.
TOURS. Advance sign up required for all Rec Center
tours! Please sign up early as limited space is
available . We need a minimum amount of participants signed up the Wednesday before each tour to
avoid cancellation.
GILA CLIFF DWELLINGS. This trip is cosponsored by the Countdown Recreation Center and
Outdoor Recreation, tomorrow, April 8. The bus
departs from the Recreation Center at 7 a.m. Wear
comfortable walking shoes and bring your camera
and a sack lunch, even a "cooler" if you wish.
ELEPHANT BUTTE STATE PARK. This will be
the first fishing trip of the season. Bus will be departing from :he Countdown Recreation Center at 7 a.m.
and the cost will be SI per person. Bring your fishing
gear, folding chairs and picnic items. Date of trip is
April 22.
WEEKEND ESCAPE TO CARLSBAD, APRIL
29-30. Countdown Recreation Center offers you a
great weekend escape and a chance to see sights you
will long remember and a price you can afford. Visit
the facinating, breathtaking Carlsbad Caverns, called
the Eighth Wonder of the World, and see 1he
fabulous Living Desert Staie Park. At the park you
will see animals native to the area in their natural
habitat.
We will spend the night at the Rodeway Inn in
downtown Carlsbad. Enjoy the indoor pool, jacuzzi
and beautiful lounge! Relax and fun at a great price.
Cost is S3S for adults and $20 for youth wich two paying adults and sharing the same room. DEADLINE
FOR FULL PAYMENT IS APRIL 14.
Tour package includes: transportation, hotel,
Saturday night dinner, Sunday breakfast, and entrance fees tu Carlsbad Caverns and Living Desert
State Park . Civilians are welcome! Sign up now as
space is limited. For more in formation cal l 678-4134
6r stop by the Recreation Center, Bldg. 250.
Regular ActMtlts:
COFFEE CALL. Start your Sunday and holiday
mornings with a fresh doughnut and coffee at the
Cou ntdown Recreation Center at 10 a .m.
W ARGAMERS/ROLE PLAYERS. Meet every Sunday at 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p .m. at the Recreation
Center. We play Advanced Dungeons and Dragons,
Twilight 2000, Paranoia, and other assorted role
playing games. Come join us!
PINOCHLE TOURNAMENT. Pinochle is played
every Sunday at 2:30 p.m. This is an adult program .
Contact the Rec Center if you are interested in
lessons . We need some competition for our regular
players, so come challenge them!
MOVIE DAYS. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays from
2:30-9:30 p.m. pick a movie from our video selection
to view at the Recreation Center. !: .1 .g your friends
and enjoy free movies and popcorn
POOL TOURNAMENT. Come to the Countdown
every Saturday at 6:30 p.m. for the Eight Ball tournament. Prizes are awarded. No fee.
HIGH SCORE PINBALL COMPETITION. Play
the designated pinball machine of the week and
receive your choice of a prize for the high score of the
week.
SEWING REPAIR FOR SINGLE/UNACCOMPANIED MILITARY. This activity will begin again
on April 13 , from 6-9 p.m. Please limit to oneortwo
items per person!
CLASSES. Advance sign up is required for all
classes. Spaces are limited so sign up early. Call the
Recreation Center at 678-4134 to find out what
classes are available.
GUITAR AND PIANO LESSONS. Guitar and piano
lessons are now offered at the Recreation Center at a
cost of $24 per month. Call the Rec Center at
678-4134 for more information. These classes are
ongoing .
CONVERSATIONAL GERMAN CLASSES. Conversation German classes are being held at the Rec
Cenier. If you are going to Germany or just want 10
prepare ahead of time, join this class for Sl5 per person for six weeks. Classes are held on Thursdays from
6-9 p.m. Nex1 class begins April 6.
COU!'/TRY DASCE CLASS. Learn how to do the
two-step, Colton-eyed Joe and other country dance
steps. The next class will begin Sunday, April 9 at
S:30 p.m. Cost is $18 per person for this six-week
class held at the Countdown Rec Center. For more information and to make reserva1ions for a spot in the
class, call 67S-4134.
SQUARE DASCE LESSONS. Beginners class will
start at 7:30 p.m. April 9, at the Countdown Recreation Cenler. The cost for this class is SIS per person
for ten weeks. For more information and reservations
call 67S-4 I 34.
DOG OBEDIENCE CLASS. For those of you who
are interested in training your dog to voice commands, hand signals, and leash control...now is your
chance! The next Dog Obedience Class begins on
April IS at 7 p.m. Cost is S4S per person (dog) for
eigh1 weeks. The second dog with handler in the same
family is on ly half price. Countdown Recreation
Center is taking sign-ups .
FULL FIGURE ENHANCEMENT. This special
. class if for ladies who wear size 14 dress or larger
(teens welcome). Class will be held at the Countdown
Recreation Center on Monday evenings at 6 p.m. The
cost will be SIS per person for eight weeks. Subjects
to be covered will mclude: make-up, hair, body
language, modeling, exercise, diet and color coordination. Make your reservation now by calling
67S-4134.
VIDEOS, VCR'S AND TV RENTALS. Rent two
videos and get one free is a special available Monday
through Thursday at the Countdown Recreation
Center. Friday through Sunday is regular price.
Children's videos under sixty minutes arc only SJ
tilllwers-ENGINE EXCHANGE & PARTS _ _ _ _.
ONE YEAR WARRANTY:
Remember We Do Complete
Engine Installations
each. VCR's rent for S4 per day (and with two videos,
only S7). Specials on VCR's are: two days for $7 .50
and three days for S!O. A 19" color TV can be rented
as follows: one day for $2, two days for S3.SO, three
days for SS and one week for S12. Please note: Video
and VCR prices are for members only.
CAMCORDER FOR RENT. A new camcorder has
been purchased by the Countdown Rec Center. It is
available 10 rent for parties, vacations, weddings and
organizational functions. The cost for one day is S3S,
for two days is $60, a three day special for $90 and a
weekly fee (7 days) for S200.
Civilian employees are eligible to rent and are
welcome. For more information stop by Bldg 2SO or
call the Countdown Recreation Center at 678-4134.
VOLKSMARCH CLUB. Community Recreation
Division is looking for individuals who are interested
in starting a Volksmarch Club. Any individuals who
are interested should contact Outdoor Recreation atr
67S-1713 or stop by Bldg 445 .
TICKETMASTER (Cash Only). Ticketmaster is
located in the CountdOWl"I Recreation Center, Bldg.
250. Open Monday thru Friday, 2:30 - 5 p.m . Community Recreation Division has a service fee of $.SO
per transaction. Please have the correct change.
EBONY FASHION FAIR. Civic Center Theater, El
Paso, March 29, S p.m.; Sl9.65
BORDER CHORDERS. Magoffin Auditorium,
UTEP, El Paso; April 29, S p.m.; SS.25
WE CAN MAKE YOU LAUGH. Union Dinner
Theatre, UTEP, El Paso, April S, 7:30 p.m.; adults
S4.2S, senio r citizens and children 12 & under S3.2S.
GENERATION 2000. Convention Center Gra nd
Hall, El Paso, April S & 9, IO a.m. ; adults $3.75,
children 2-12 $2.25.
SESAME STREET LIVE. County Coliseum, El
Paso, today, 7:30 p.m., tomorrow, 11 a .m. & 3 p.m.,
Sunday, 5 p.m.; adults SIO, children 2-12 SS.SO, Sunday,1:30 p.m. all seats SS . Checks will be accepted;
payable to: Sesame Street Live.
SUGAR BABIES WITH PHIL FORD & MIMI
HINDS. Performing Arts Center, UTEP, April 9, 3
Rap & Comic night Youth Center feature
• Here is something new and
exciting for today: the first
"Rap and Comic" night for
pre-teens will take place. In simple language, a stage and
microphone will be set up so
that youth can have an opportunity to be creative with
original or lip sine rap tunes or
comic routines. This event is
sponsored by the teen council,
who will run this unique program. A dance will be incorporated with this event.
• The ''Skateboarding safety
demonstration'' has been
changed to April 29. However,
skate board and bike-freestyling movies will be shown all
day .
• Sunday there will be
another fun day of "Open Activities" at Youth Services,
from 1 to 9 p.m. For the many
self-directed activities available,
why don't you bring your family to our million dollar center
for a fun day.
• The first "Smiles of the
Year" contest continues on
Monday, 4 and 7 p.m. At this
time, for one hour, youth
members can be video taped for
a few minutes, giving their very
best smiles. Contestants may be
video-taped only once in this
uplifting competition. Winners
will be announced and a video
presentation shown on April 21
for pre-teens from 7 - 9 p.m.
and on April 22 for teens from
8:30-10:30 p.m.
• The pre-teen ''Monthly Indoor Sports Tournament" will
be held on Tuesday April 11, at
4 p.m. Pool, air hockey and
foozeball are the events.
• On Thursday, April 13, a
computer graphics demonstration will be the fun and interesting event to help celebrate
the "Month of the Military
Child." All the computer action
begins at 4 p.m.
•On April 10 there will be no
cooking class. However, on
April 25 there will be a special
"Lasagna-Making" class for
!
(505) 524-3529
500 Boutz, Las_ Cruces
"Engines are our business, our ONLY business. ,,
youths 6-10 years at a special $2 ..
cost.
• Tae Kwon Do classes are
going great. Classes are held on
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at a cost of $25 per youth a
month. Dance classes are held
on Tuesday at a cost of $15 per '•
monlth a youth. Family plans
are available for most of our
classes.
• There are less than 120
days until the Second Annual
Rotten Sneaker Contest. StarL
wearing out those sneakers
now!
• Softball/T-Ball/baseball
registrations are now underway
at the Youth Services Center until May 6. Following are the age
groups:
Softball, Girls 14 and over.
T-Ball, 6 - 8 years old.
Baseball, 9 - 11; 12 - 14 and
14 - 16 years old.
Fee is $5 per person; $8 per
family.
For more information call the
Sports Director at 678-4697.
Range Youth Center now taking California tour deposits
For the third year in a row,
WSMR Youth Services
members (11-18 yrs.) have been
invited to a fantastic trip to
California with the Holloman
AFB Youth Services, from May
30-June 5. The cost and information has been finalized. A
$50 deposit signs up for the trip
with a balance due by May 1 of
$115.
This cost includes a $30
registration fee, entrance fees to
major amusement attractions, a
cook-out and a $63 food budget
to be distributed daily.
This is a great opportunity to
stay free at other military bases
and offers a chance to have independent, economical fun.
Cannon AFB youth will also be
on this special trip to see the attractions of Southern California.
Youth will stay at the following military installations during
this trip: Davis Monthan AFB,
MWR Naval Air Station,
Miramar, Port Hueneme
(Navy) and Williams AFB.
All itinerary of the entire trip
is available at Youth Services.
Ucclo(
Craft classes
for children
Childrens craft classes will
be held every Friday afternoo
in April from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Classes are for ages 6 to 14 and
there is a $1 fee per session.
For more information, call
678-5321.
PAPA'S
PAWN SHOP
LOOK GOOD SAVE TIME
1025 S. Solano · ·
Call 678-4140 for any questions.
Sign up your youngster because
space is limited to only 10.
Browse,
Borrow some Bucks
or Buy a Bargain
The Halfstyl1st
Monday-Friday
8:ooam-5:30pm
Saturday 8-Noon
p.m.; S33 .75, $29.45, $20.80.
DARK ANGEL, DEATH, TORTURE. The Forum,
3800 Mattox, April 24, S p.m.; $12.30 in advance,
$15.55 at the door.
Olher tickets nail1ble lhrough ITT 11 the Countdown Recreation Center:
Allen Theatres, Las Cruces $3 ea .;General Cinema, •
El Paso $3.25 ea.; Mesilla Valley Raceway $2 off
regular price; Leo's Mexican Restaurant, El Paso
SS.50 fo r a SIO gift cert ificate; Red Lobster S4.25 for
a SS gift certificate.
There is a S.SO charge per transaction, not per
ticket.
Magic Kingdom Club Card for Disneyland entitles
card holder to various discounts - free.
Discount cards for Sea World, Universal Studios,
Knott's Berry Farm, Great American club, Magic
Mountain, Movie Land Wax Museum, San Diego •
Wild Animal Park. All discount cards are available at
no charge.
For more information, come by the Countdown
Recreation Center or call 678-4134.
524-2966
112 Avenida
de Mesilla
525-9238
April 7, 1989-Missile Ranger
Page 17
,Investigation brings guilty pleas from contractor
American Forces
Information Service
• A joint investigation by the
Defense Criminal Investigative
• Service and the Internal
Revenue Service results in guilty
• pleas by a corporation and its
two principals. They knowingly
provided helicopter windows
and missile launching canopies
that did not meet contract
' specification requirements and
... submitted false claims. The
defendants must repay $125,000
and are debarred for life from
doing business with the government.
• A company is sentenced for
submitting "collusive, non.. competitive, and rigged bid"
and for making and submitting
false statements in connection
with a dredging project. The
company is ordered to pay a
r criminal fine of $1 million for
.. conspiring to rig bids and
another $10,000 for making
false statements to the government.
• A defense contractor president provides the Defense Con1 tract Audit Agency with false
- invoices during a contract
review. The information
· covered up false cost data that
caused an overpricing of
$90,000. The president is convicted and receives two concurrent three-year jail terms, must
pay a $20,000 fine and must
perform 400 hours of community service.
These are just some of the
significant investigations detailed in the most recent
Department of Defense Inspector general's semiannual report
to Congress.
During fiscal 1988, says the
report, Inspector General
auditors identified actions that
could result in $2. l billion in
potential monetary benefits,
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.. lead nation in marking
of historical events
At noon on April 30, at the
very site where George
Washington stood 200 years
before, New York City will lead
the nation in marking the
historic anniversary of
Washington's inauguration.
The program will feature an
historic account of the events of
1789 and performances which
will include the United States
Army Band, the United States
Army Herald Trumpets, the
Continental Color Guard and
the Old Guard Fife and Drum
Corps.
The ceremony will conclude
with the raising of the flag over
Federal Hall and the firing of a
50-state salute by the United
States Army from the Battery.
It is anticipated that President Bush will also deliver an
address to the nation from
Federal
Hall
National
Memorial, having just completed his lOOth day in office.
In 1789, representatives of
France, Great Britain, Holland.
Spain and Sweden attended
Washington's inauguration; in
keeping with tradition, the ambassadors to the United States,
the ambassadors to the United
Nations, and the consuls
general in New York representing these same five countries
are being invited.
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Criminal investigators
developed evidence used by the
Department of Justice to obtain
319 indictments that resulted in
299 convictions or pleas.
And more than $297 million
in judgments, fines, forfeitures,
restitution and other monetary
recoveries was obtained.
During tl~e reporting periodthe six-month period ending
Sept. 30, 1988-internal audits
and reviews produced more
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$2.4 billion in potential savings.
The Defense Contract Audit
Agency issued 35,189 reports
questioning the validity of$12.7
billion in costs, mainly those
associated with proposed contracts.
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Classified ads about surplus property nothing but scams
P.T. Barnum once said,
"There's a sucker born every
minute." Maybe that saying
should be changed to "There's
a new scam born every day.''
For example, have you seen
those classified ads in
newspapers and magazines offering information about how
to purchase property confiscated by the government in
drug raids?
The ads talk about late model
yachts, boats, video equipment
and jewelry. Not only can you
buy it cheap, but you can resell
it at incredibly high profits, according to the ads. Other ads
claim thay you can buy a
government confiscated home
·
for one dollar.
Just as in the ads for cruise
ships, government jobs and
unclaimed funds that promise
so much, it costs money to find
out the secrets of cashing in on
these claims. When consumers
call the number at the bottom of
the confiscated or surplus goods
advertisement, they learn they
have to send in $25 for more information.
For $25 you'll receive a book
telling you who to contact in
your region to get on mailing
lists for these government-run
sales. It also gives simplistic information on how to place bids,
how to collect your purchased
merchandise and how to resell
the merchandise by fixing it up
and using the classified ads in
your area.
One consumer reported that
even though he declined to give
his credit card number to
authorize purchase of the
manual, it arrived C.O.D. a
week later.
While it's true that the
government does have confiscated and surplus merchan-
Put this
space to
work for
you!
Outrigger Hotels of Hawaii
will continue to offer military
personnel and government
employees preferred rates in
1989.
Accommodations in a
beachfront hotel are available
at the Outrigger Reef from $75
per night and the Outrigger
Waikiki from $90 per night.
The Outrigger Malia and
Help Wanted
AKC German Shepherds: 23 puppies
from $100; adults from $200. Terms
available! Near Moriarty (Mileage reimbursed). Free dog food with purchase.
By appointment please! 1-832-4727.
(ltp)
AIRLINES NOW HIRING. Flight attendants, travel agents, mechanics,
customer service. Listings. Call
1-805-687-6000, Ext. A-4778.
(6tpl6)
Dealership Log Homes: Your complete
log home manufacturing company has
all of America's finest lines, starting at
$9675. Great earning potential, will not
interfere with present employment. Investment IOOOJo secured by model home.
Call Mr. Lamont, toll free
1-800-321-5647. The Original OldTimer Log Homes and Supply Inc., Rt.
6-346 Logue Rd., Mt. Juliet, TN
(ltp)
37122.
call 526-4851.
·
Notices
A wonderful family experience.
Australian, European, Scandinavian
high school exchange students arriving
in August. Become a host family for
American Intercultural Student Exchange. Call l-800-SIBLING.
(ltp)
Energy Conservation Tip:
Carpool it!
Vanpool, N/S, A/C, McRae E. El
!Paso. - Regular schedule. Call Gloria,
1678-4492 or 678-4844.
Carpool member wanted NS, AC,
7:45/4:30 meeting at Albertson's N.
Main Three Crosses. Don Minton
678-4275 or Howard Grayless 678-2022.
PUT THIS SPACE TO
WORK FOR YOU!!!!!
Call 526-4851
,
Wanted
Room mates wanted: large home, 3 BR,
3 BA, 2 vacants April and May.
Wash/Dry, Micro., cable $165 mo.,
deposit, 1/3 utilities. 2802 Tapley
678-7453 or 524-3449 (Sue).
(ltp)
Wooden rocking chair; maple dresser
and mirror. Also, swing set and patio
furniture in very good condition.
(ltp)
525-8389 after 5:30 weekdays.
Want to buy used Nordictrack exerciser.
Please leave a message at 525-9364, Las
Cruces.
( ltp)
AKC Pekingnese puppy. Only male left,
4 weeks old, $176 with papers. Please
call 646-5554 or (msg) 233-4262 Las
Cruces area.
(ltp)
OVEREATERS WANTED!! To try
revoluntionary new appetite control
product and fat blocker. Lose 29
pounds this month safely. Doctor
recommended, no drugs. Call Bobbie:
303-526-0503.
(ltp)
FOR SALE-Purebred Brittany Spaniel
pups (no papers). Excellent hunters, excellent pets. Call 522-4125 or see at 2060
Corley Dr._Las Cruces.
(2tp14)
Adoption: happily married with lots of
love to give. Diane and Bob wish to
adopt newborn. Please call our attorney
collect at (408) 288-7100 A-192.
(ltp)
Pets
76102, or in Albuquerque at,,.
P.O. Box 1994, Albuquerque,
NM 87103. Their bullentins will
give you information on upcoming sale dates and locations.
For more information, or to
file a consumer complaint, contact the Consumer Protection •
Division of the Attorney
General's Office, P.O. Drawer
1508, Santa Fe, NM 87504.
Hotel in Hawaii is offering preferred rates.
Pets
Business Opportunities
MISSILE RANGER
...
The GSA and the Department
of Defense are the two principal
agencies that sell surplus goods.
Goods are sold through sealed
bids, auctions and on-the-spot
written bids.
If you're interested in getting
on the mailing list for your
region, contact the General Services Administration, 819
Taylor, Forth Worth, Texas
Outrigger Surf at $50; the
Outrigger Hobron at $45; and
the Outrigger Edgewater,
Outrigger Royal Islander,
Outrigger Reef Lanais and
Outrigger Coral Seas at $40.
These special rates are valid
for travelers with a current
military or government I.D. All
rates subject to applicable state
taxes.
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Carpools
dise that citizens can purchase,
this information doesn't cost
you anything.
According to a General Services Administration brochure,
the government sells a variety of
property ranging from cars, to
office equipment, to paper products. Some items are in good
shape while others need expensive repairs.
EARN MONEY Reading books!
$30,000/yr income potential. Details.
(I) 805-687-6000 Ext. Y-4778
(3tpl4)
Immediate openings: Limited openings
for qualified males to age 26 to train for
aviation maintenance jobs. H.S.
Diploma, relocation required. Call
(ltp)
1-800-354-9627, Mon-Fri, 9-3.
To Advertise In The
'Ranger Call 526-4851
Services
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Attorney,
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Personal Bankruptcy
$400
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3 bedroom IV. bath country home, on
.8 of acre. Horse corrals, enclosed
1ga,rage, fencing, circular drive, wood
burning stove optional, appliances and
furniture. Refinance or consider owner
finance. 382-7871.
(4tp16)
1973, 15-ft. Bass Boat, 50 H.P Mercury
motor, boat trailer. $3,000. Phone (duty) 525-6406, (home) 524-1064.
(ltp)
Oak dining room set by Century.
Leaded-glass breakfront, table, 2 arm
chairs, 8 side chairs. Absolutely
gorgeous. (value: $8000). Price: $4000
FIRM. 1-(915) 751-2885 evenings/678-6580.
(ltp)
Phone: 523-2527
Las Cruces
Services
"Call the
experienced experts"
.
For Sale
(ufn)
C)Uss~s
These 1989 rates are effective
from December 19, 1988
through December 18, 1989. All
rates and taxes are subject to
change without notice.
For information and reservations call Outrigger Hotels ton "'
free at 1-800-367-5170 in the
United States and Canada or
0014-800-125-642 in Australia.
Elsewhere call 808-926-0679.
Qualified childcare in my home. Cer'tified with CDS. For more information
•call 678-6867. Two years and over.
(4tpl I)
Attention Las Cruces Residents!
Receive your UPS and Parcel Post items
without a hassle. Rent a private P.O.
Box at:
1906 Espina, Las Cruces
Call 526-3771 for information.
(ufn)
Dino Villani, Attorney
Office visits $15
Divorce $189
DWI$250
Bankruptcy $399
Open Saturdays, Yi down to begin,
Phone inquiries welcome.
(10tp20)
ALLEY & ASSOCIATES
COMPUTER DRAFTING SERVICE
Mechanical, electrical, structural,
architectural, civil, charts, graphics,
etc. AUTOCAD, CADPLUS, H.P.,
E-Size Plotter, Laser, Modem. Call
Ted, 526-3111, Las Cruces.
(ufnb)
Show quality pure Spanish Arabians of
the finest bloodlines. Yearlings, up:
colts, fillies, mares. Some controlled
lease possibilities for foal. These are investment quality individuals. (915)
751-2885 evenings/678-6580.
(ltp)
Oak-edged conference table and 10
. upholstered, swivel captain chairs . Top
quality by Steelecase. Showroom condition. (Value $5,000). Price: $2500
FIRM. (915) 751-2885 even
'ings/678-6580.
(ltp
IOOO WOLFF SUNBEDS Toning
Tables-Facial Toning Save to 5011/o
Prices from $249 Body Wraps-Lamps!Lotions-Treadmills-Bikes. Call Toda
'FREE Color Catalog I-800-228-6292.
(ltp
Buildings 24x40x8 completely erected.
Overhead and entrance doors included.
$4599 Post-frame. $4999 steel-frame.
Many sizes and options. 1-800-326-144
anytime. High Plains Corporatio
#28171.
(ltp
Truckload sale on sofas, loveseats
and sleepers. Super buys on new
and used furniture. Financing
available.
1255 N. Main
Las Cruces
April 7, 1989-Missile Ranger
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retired .military are $3.00 for the first 25 words (or less), .10 cents for
each additional words or fraction thereof. There is no charge for for
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(optional) is an additional $1.00.
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in the Public Affairs Office (Bldg. 122) or mailed to the Missile
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Real Estate
To Advertise In The
Real Estate
5 Acres \\'ith Water &
Electricity For A
Double-Wide
Mobile Home
$25,000 Total
Owner Financed
Call Patty Pereyra
524-7975 or 525-5656
Mesilla Valley Realty
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same as above.
Display advertising rates available upon request.
For Sale
THE PEPPERMINT BARN
NEW & USED
NECESSITIES
We buy & sell clean used
furniture, appliances,
household & baby items.
1012 W. Picacho
523-7331
Las Cruces
(ufnb)
Clean used furniture. We are still
open despite construction. Just
drive North on Alameda past the
detour sign. Bring this ad for big
discounts on office or household
furniture of your choice. Financing available.
2109 N. Alameda Las Cruces
526-5405
Vehicles
Two-ton chain hoist with A-frame,
$450; steel work table, $50; garbage can
cage, $20; plastic tubs, $1 each. Call
525-1972 after 4 p.m.
(3tp15)
1976 Ford Van Econoline 150, I owner,
air, power steering, power brakes, excellent rubber and spare. 2 radios, mag
wheels, 40 channel CB, 351-Windsor
engine, set up for camping. Red velvet
interior and drapes, must see to believe,
low mileage. $5000 or best offer. Call
382-5633.
.
(3tpl5)
Incredible information: Jeeps, cars,
4x4s seized in drug raids for under
$100? Call for facts today! (800)
247-3166 ext 785.
(ltp)
DAVE'S PAPERBACK
BOOK EXCHANGE
Large Selection Of
Paperbacks
75,000 comics in stock
New-Used-Collector's
We also carry
Role Playing Games
1105 N. Main Mon-Sat 10-6
525-0277
Sun 1-5
ATTENTION
For repossessed vehicles and moblle
homes call Mary Sedlllo, White Sands
Federal Credit Union, 524-3663.
100"70 financing on approved credit.
CUSTOM DESIGNED, one-of-akind ladies' clothing by Ruth Clark.
Many sizes and styles to choose from.
See them at the White Sands Thrift
Shop on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m.
(4tpl 5)
Mobile Homes
April blowout special on all used or new
1988 mobile home models. Starting
from $99 down month; doublewides
$199 month, I 1.99"7o financing. Call
Sergio 831-5151.
(ltp)
OFFICE FURNITURE
THE PEPPERMINT BARN
2109 N. Alameda Las Cruces
526-5405
30-136 acres East of the University next
to Talavera Subdivision, restricted,
$3,500/ AC, electric and phone nearby,
well included, owner 525-2322. (4tbl3)
20 acres commercial 1-10 Picacho intersection new Industrial Park, water,
gas, electric, phone $15 ,000/ AC terms,
owner 525-2322.
(4th 13)
Thirty-three acre farm 4 miles south of
Las Cruces, between pecan orchards.
Restricted. $12,000/ AC. Owner
525-2322.
(4tbl3)
Very clean mobile home park with 6
connections and space for nine more.
Two 1500 gal. septic tanks, horse cor' rals and picnic area in Moongate area.
' Call Greg Berry, Century 21 Bankers,
Las Cruces 522-8019 or 522-7397.
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(ufnb)
Used filing cabinets, 4 & 5 DR, legal
size, heavy duty, full ball bearing
suspension, excellent condition. Las
Cruces Safe and Lock Co., 1906 S.
Espina. Ph 526-3771.
(3tp16)
Auction: Major Cattle Company, Buddy Major, Sunday April 9, 10 a.m.Tractors, trucks, antiques, real estate, Indian jewelry. For information and
directions call Tumbleweed Auction,
(ltp)
Stan (505) 835-2321.
The largest selection of good used
office furniture in this area. Hundreds of desks, files, chairs and
credenzas in stock. Best buys.
Financing available.
141bl6t
For Sale
1
BEAUTIFUL
double-wide,
3
bedrooms, 2-bath, w/ family and living
rooms, covered front porch, sun porch,
covered patio, attached ·garage, shop,
landscaped, concrete entry walk, fenced
and walled, V. acre. Off Moongate on
Uranu~. Convenient to NASA and
WSMR. Call owner for appointment
(days), 382-7166.
(2tp14)
Real Estate
Organ Foothill land in Soledad Canyon,
paved road, utilities out University Ave.
Exclusive home restiiciioris, 20-40
acres, $8,500/ AC. Owner 525-2322.
(4tbl3)
'Ranger Call 526-4851
APOLLO HEIGHTS (NE EL PASO)
For sale by owner, Save $$$. No
realtor fees, gorgeous 3 BR brick rancher in quiet Cul-de-Sac. Large kitchen w/Whirlpool appliances, formal
DR, panelled den w/FP, separate
laundry rm., closets galore, new w/w
carpet, in-ground pool w/heated
Jacuzzi. Price $87,500. Call (915)
821-6839.
(3tbl6)
cQJ :lL:J lBJ.d'~TI?~J[_,.~
4 Plex-3 years old-make me an offer.
FHA Assumable IO"lo mortgage; also
2 building sites, (I) Duplex (I)
Residential, 382-9702.
(9tpl6)
Bachelor Pad
New 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath, plus office,
1510 plus sq. ft, $81,000.
Mr. Executive
3 Bedroom, 2 Bath, Brick-Colonial,
gold fixtures, 1823 plus sq. ft.,
$110,000.
·~ SID
Hwy 70 commercial frontage 1200 ft.
5.8 acre tract $75,000, terms. Near proposed south bypass/ Hwy 70 Intersection. Owner 525-2322.
(4tbl3)
UNIV. HILLS AREA OF LAS
CRUCES: nice 3 BR, I% bath home
with large backyard. Great
neighborhood. All floor covering in
home new in 1988. $56,500.
SOUTH OF MESQUITE: Nice horse
property, 5. 9 acres with porta-barn,
pipe and rock stalls, lge. fenced corrals, irrig.rights, lge. dble-wide, 3 BR,
2 bath mobile home with solar hot
water heater. Great buy at $65,000.
GREAT HOME FOR SINGLE PROFESSIONAL: a cream puff 2 BR, I%
bath home with family room, single
garage, quiet neighborhood. $58,000.
LOT OF SP ACE FOR THE MONEY:
3 Br, I bath home with family room,
wood burning stove, country kitchen,
plus unfinished room that could be 4th
Br. Near Las Cruces High. $50,000.
REALLY COMFORTABLE HOME
with spacious rooms. 3 BR, 1 bath,
family room with fireplace, lge. dble.
carport with lots of storage. Hardwood floors with carpeting. $57,000.
LOOKING FOR LAND TO BUILD
A HOME? See Skyview Terrace north
on Elks Club Rd. All utilities except
septic on these Yz acre lots. Priced at
$11,500 and $12,500 per lot.
INVESTMENT PROPERTY: 9-yearold triplex with great rental history.
All 2 Br, I bath units very well maintained. -Good owner-occupant property. $85,000.
MONARCH REAL ESTATE CORP.
522-8222.
After 6 p.m. and weekends Gerry Sells
522-1856 or Ted Larsen 522-7518.
(2tbl4)
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HOM
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526-1397
GORGEOUS
MODELS OPEN!
WED - FRI 3:00 - 5:00
SAT - SUN 2:00 - 5:00
New Homes Marketed By
Desert Hills Builders Group:
Michael Floyd Realtor
526-4733
Paul Curry Realty
522-0853
John R. Curry Real Estate 523-4865
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Desert Hills - East of Telshor By Hospital
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For Rent
Large, light, new and elegant, 2 bdrm, 2
bath townhome in Elks Club. Easy access to Hwy 70. $650.00/month.
Lease/purchase considered. Call Tina, ..
524-0743, owner/agent.
(4tb17)
RENT a 1986 mobile home on \12 acre
close to WSMR, Owner will consider
LEASE PURCHASE. Call J. Henry
Gustafson Realty, 524-8027, Las
Cruces.
(ufnb)
FOR RENT IN ORGAN
Two & 3 bedroom mobile homes for
rent, furnished or unfurnished. $200
to $350 per month plus deposit.
Located near WSMR & NASA. Please
call 382-5423 or 382-5442.
(ufnb)
Discover the
Omni
Difference
One Bedroom Apartments
522-0MNI
522-6664
2049 Tri viz Dr. Las Cruces
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MODEL HOME OPEN
Located at 1294 Triviz
Mon.-Fri. 4-6 p.m.
Sat. & Sun. 2-5 p.m.
rn
REALTOR•
(505)525-8114
(4tp14)
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(4tbl5)
G898 Uc. #026679
IS QUALITY LIVING
AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE!
HO~E FEATURES
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$59,900
•J ,285 Square Feet
•3 Bedrooms
•I'!. Baths
•I 7'x 14' Living Room
•Large Kitchen With Electric Range
And Dishwasher
•Single Car Garage
•9' Ceiling In Living Room, Kitchen,
And Dining Room.
•Open And Well Lit Floor Plan
•Sun Deck Off Master Bedroom
•Landscaping In Front Yard
•Abundant Closet Space
•Modern Color Scheme
(3 color selections to choose from)
•Conveniently Located Near NMSU
And Mesilla Valley Mall
HERRING
Builder I Realtor
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MADRID APARTMENTS
1500 East Madrid
523-7123
All units 2 bedroom, I bath
$300 month
Unfurnished, water paid.
$355 month
Unfurnished, utilities paid.
$345 month
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Allractive & affordable
Large 1, 2 & 3 bedrooms w/ storage
Gas heat paid
ASK ABOUT WSMR DISCOUNT!
2250 East Missouri, Las Cf"\lces :
PHONE: 522-0888
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Social Security makes it easier to check on earnings
It is easier now for people in
the Southern New Mexico area
to find out if their earnings
under Social Security are
recorded correctly, Priscilln
Bowlby, Social Security
manager in Las Cruces said.
People can send for a free
Personal Earnings and Benefit
Estimate Statement (PEBESJ
which shows an annual
breakout of earnings recorded
since 1951 to their Social Security record. Earnings before 1951
are summarized.
When received, PEBES
should be carefully examined. It
should be compared to your
past tax returns and W-2 forms.
If an error is found it should be
corrected while the information
is readily available, Bowlby
said.
The usual rule is that a correction must be made within
three years, three months, and
15 days of the year the error occurred, but there are some exceptions. A person can call the
toll-free number shown on the
PEBES for assistance in correcting the records.
Because the earnings record is
so important for Social Security
benefits, a person should check
his or her Social Security earnings record at least every three
years to make sure that earnings
are properly recorded. This will
help insure a correct benefit
amount in the future.
Checking the earnings record
is particularly important if a
person changes jobs frequently
or works at more than one job,
if he or she works in very small
businesses, or is self-employed,
Bowlby said.
To get a PEBES, a person
should request and complete
Form SSA-7004, Request for
Earnings and Benefit Estimate
Statement, by writing to: Consumer Information Center,
Department 55, Pueblo, Colo.
81009, or by calling Social
Security.
For other information, contact the Las Cruces Social
Security office. The number 1s
523-8202 or 1-800-432-5900 tollfree.
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