The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 6, 1975 Page: 1 of 20
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NEW SHOPPING COMPLEX Midway through construction
the new shopping facility is beginning to take on a finished look.
By Barbara Sorensen
The fifth largest shopping center complex within the
Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) is mid-
way through construction in the Clear Creek area of Ft.
Hood and is scheduled to be completed in the spring of
1976.
The new complex will be located adjacent to the Com-
missary. The main entrance facing the parking lot will
lead the customer into a shopping mall with a large snack
bar to the left and concession activities to the right.
The one level $3.2 million complex is 75000 square feet of
which 38000 will be the sales area. This is an additional
10000 square feet of sales area compared to the current
exchange.
A 14000 square foot warehouse area in the new store
will insure a larger stock of merchandise on hand accord-
ing to Gilbert Strauss general manager of the Ft. Hood
and Central Texas Area Exchange.
The concession center will contain an optical watch re-
pair and floral shop an eight-chair barber shop a 10-
station beauty shop and a dry cleaners.
The snack bar area has an inside seating capacity of 146
customers with additional seating outside under um-
brellas.
The new shopping center together with the Com-
missary will have a parking capacity for more than 1200
Hie Stray Dog Problem As I See It
By The Armadillo
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The building will contain a snack bar concession shops and a one-
level exchange store. (Photo by Ivan Foster)
vehicles. The new complex parking lot will be landscaped
with tree planters. The sidewalk and one entrance have
been designed for wheel chair patrons.
The new shopping center complex will offer the same
merchandise currently in the main store. The addition of
new items will be based largely on how much can be dis-
played in the new store said Mr. Strauss. “We simply can-
not carry the breadth and depth of merchandise that a de-
partment store chain does with 200000 square feet of
space” explained Mr. Strauss.
The new complex is expected to produce a 25 per cent in-
crease in exchange sales at Ft. Hood. The main-exchange
has a $1 million-a-month sales business. The larger com-
plex is expected to create 100 additional exchange job
openings raising the total to 800 employees.
The top level of the current exchange will become the
new location for Alice’s pad. Hi-fashion and mod clothes
for men and women will be featured. Psychedelic lights
unusual fixtures and ceiling mobiles will highlight the top
level.
The lower level of the current exchange will accom-
modate the Four Seasons store which carries toys and
yard supplies. The present Four Seasons building will be
the new site for the Picnic Palace. The site of the present
Picnic Palace is scheduled to be demolished for new road
TINEL I have had a lot of phone calls from distraught in-
habitants of Ft. Hood’s housing areas describing various
incidents involving man’s best friend. Dogs have been cit-
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Am adillo antics
The Armadillo is back again
despite his hallo ween antics.
Follow the adventures of the
armored creature on page
5A.
FT. HOOD SENTINEL
“PUBLISHED IIS THE IN E E S O THE E S O SE O O O
FT. HOOD TEXAS THURSDAY NOVEMBER 6 1975
New PX to ease shopping crunch on post
‘Armadillo9
views problems of ‘man 9s best friend9
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Tankers triumph
The Ft. Hood Tankers start-
ed this basketball season
with arousing victory over
Temple Junior College. Also
featured is racquetball ski
trip and other items of in-
terest. Read about it on
pages IB 2B and 3B.
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61%X84*4. .Measurements for the siding of the main entrance
must be exact. This construction worker is busy measuring and
widening construction at 37th St. and Tank Destroyer
Blvd.
The lower level will also contain all of the concessions
now housed in the temporary wooden buildings. According
to Mr. Strauss the temporary buildings with the exception
of the sewing center are slated to be tom down.
All of the consolidations planned for the present ex-
change building are expected to be completed within a
year of the opening of the new shopping center Strauss
stated.
Because of the limitations in space and the regulations
of the Department of Defense concerning merchandise
and price regulations the doubling of the concession shops
and the addition of the new exchange complex still will
not meet all customer requests according to Mr. Strauss.
“The AAFES tries to maintain a 20 per cent across-the-
board price reduction for customers which is almost an
impossibility. We are not here to undersell the com-
mercial market but to provide reasonable prices while
making our contribution to the welfare program” ex-
plained Mr. Strauss.
The Congress of the United States sets certain limita-
tions by item and price as to what merchandise can be
carried in the exchange. All main exchanges within the
continental U.S. carry virtually all of the authorized
items. There are some things that you will not find in the
ed by angry neighbors for incidents ranging from digging
up yards and barking all night to snapping at people and
“taking relief” in a neighbor’s yard. Dogs are animals
they are intelligent but only to a degree. After a certain
point they must take command from owners if the
owners are around.
Apparently there is a problem with dog owners being
within sight or voice range of their pets. There are concise
and definite rules about pet control at Ft. Hood.
Ft. Hood Regulation 210-26 and its supplements and
changes provides the information pertaining to control of
pets.
CONTROLLING YOUR PET
The problem in controlling pets is that you must keep
your eye on them almost constantly. Pets have away of
wandering and unless it is confined inside the family’s
quarters or is extremely obedient Rover or Kitty will
wander off on business that only animals could un-
derstand. However the pet owner is responsible in most
cases for their pets running loose.
There are ways to allow your dog to exercise without
keeping a constant eye on it. Either by tying it to a sta-
tionary object (beware of the tree bark) or putting it on a
leash and hooking the leash to a running line (within your
own yard) your pet can stay outdoors and not be a
nuisance to your neighbors or yourself.
YOUR RIGHTS AS A PET OWNER
As a pet owner entitled to own a pet in your quarters
Standards scrutinized
The Cav. Column this week
looks at lack of standards in
the Army. Read the dis-
cussion about who is to fault
for the way the Army is to-
day on page 4A.
sawing wood to cover the insulation already installed. (Photo by
Ivan Foster)
Ft. Hood exchange such as furs tires television sets and
refrigerators.
With the busy holiday season coming up the PX will
be doing a big business in special orders according to Mr.
Strauss. “They try to maintain catalogs of the major
manufacturers for items that we do not stock on a day-to-
day basis and that merchandise is sold at the same sav-
wings customers would experience if the merchandise were
actually stocked on the shelves” states Strauss.
The exchange also offers the A ARES American Show
Case Catalog. Prices of many items are five to 10 per cent
below regular exchange prices. The catalog offers quality
merchandise and that merchandise is covered by the
same satisfaction guaranteed policy.
The AAFES has a strict policy prohibiting the purchase
and sale of so-called “manufacturer’s seconds.” “Our
quality is excellent” added Mr. Strauss.
“Customers are encouraged to bring their complaints to
me for unless I know what that complaint is I cannot cor-
rect it. In this respect the Ft. Hood Exchange manage-
ment office is located in building 213 on Headquarters
Ave. That office is equipped to handle any type of com-
plaint on exchange activities and customers should by all
means not live with problems that are “bugging” them
but convey those complaints to Ft. Hood Exchange
management” concluded Mr. Strauss.
area you have rights also.
You have the right to have your pet undisturbed by
neighborhood children or other people who might come
around to provoke or mistreat your dog. You can report in-
cidents where another person is provoking or mistreating
your pet. Of course children other than your own who
could come in contact with your dog should be supervised
by their parents or another adult to prevent needless pro-
voking of your pet. It will also help to prevent incidents in-
volving your dog in something like biting or knocking
down passersby. These incidents which involve your pet
should be reported to the Military Police Desk Sergeant.
THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS
Of course your neighbors have rights too and one of
them involves keeping your pet under control and out of
their living area. No one wants their pet to be involved in a
serious incident where someone could get injured or your
pet could cause a health hazard. Owning a pet is a great
reponsibility and you are the person who will have to
answer for your pet’s actions.
Owning a dog or cat is a give and take situation. You
must take the responsibility of keeping your pet under
control seriously. It is not a laughing matter. You must
also give your neighbors their right to an “uncluttered”
yard and some peace and quiet. Making sure that your dog
is registered properly vaccinated and under proper
restraint will insure you of a happy relationship with your
pet and your neighbors.
Gunner takes aim
T. Gunner explores the
possibilities of a completely
woman oriented world.
Read about his female
choices for famous TV
shows on page 4A.
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