The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1982 Page: 4 of 32
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THE FT. HOOD SENTINEL rsd a April 1 1 9 8 2
Luncheon planned
The Christian Women’s Club is having a luncheon at
11:45 a.m. Tuesday April 13 at the Holiday Inn FM 440
Killeen.
A presentation on creative quilting by Sandy Toms
will be given. Music will be presented by Vicki Julien
and special guest speaker will be Mrs. Judy Rawls.
A free nursery will be provided at the First Baptist
Church Killeen. Reservations are necessary and cancel-
lations are essential. To make reservations call Mrs.
Alice Mingo 698-6642 or Mrs. Faye Rawls 532-5677.
DYA clean-up set
Comanche II is holding a DYA clean-up at 10 a.m.
April 8-9 and is looking for adult male volunteers to help.
Mrs. Paula Flint Comanche II mayor said she will
need names and units so arrangements can be made for
release from work for both days.
For more information call 532-4699.
Flea market set
Comanche II will have a flea market at the DYA April
3-4.
Tables for the flea market will be available for a $1.50
fee.
For more information call Karen Robb recreation
coordinator for Comanche II 532-6383.
Misses vie for title
Registration for the Miss Pershing Park Pageant will
be April 3 and 10 at- the ice cream parlor in Pershing
Park 4-5 p.m.
The pageant is for girls who live in Pershing Park and
will consist of five different categories starting with the
3-4 age group through the 12th grade.
Tax aid available
Time is getting short.
But if you still need help with your income tax return
you can find it at the Casey Library Bldg. 18000 every
Tuesday and Thursday 6-9 p.m.
Egg hunt slated
Come celebrate Easter with Mrs. Easter Bunny and an
Easter egg hunt at the Academic Drive Recreation Cen-
ter at 2 p.m. April 11.
The Easter egg hunt will be open to children ages 2-12.
Prenatal classes set
The Reynolds House is having prenatal exercise clas-
ses every Monday Wednesday and Friday 9-10 a.m.
For more information call 685-5081.
Club donates tree
A tree donated by the Copperas Cove Garden Club will
be planted at the Reynolds’ House kicking off the Wal-
ker Village Easter Celebration April 10.
The celebration will run 1-4 p.m. Events include an
Easter egg hunt races and a visit from the Easter Bunny.
Exercisers meet
Sue Landers will be teaching exercise classes in Mon-
tague Village starting April 6.
The classes will be every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in the
Montague Village Community Center. There is a small
charge for the classes.
For more information call the mayor at 332-3598.
Com I plans parade
An Easter parade through Comanche I yillage is sche-
duled for 1 p.m. April 3 according to village mayor Pat
Gross.
Parade entries include Shriners several scouting
troops lots of horses the 1st Cav. Div. Band and Color
Guard and the First Team’s Horse Platoon.
Entries for the parade are being accepted up to March
30 Gross said.
Those desiring to enter shoyld contact Mayor Gross
532-5268 or SGM Ricardo Resendez 685-2631 by March
30.
Entries will assemble at the entrance to Clear Creek
Golf Course Kiowa and Battalion at noon April 4 Gross
said.
Senior tea planned
Mrs. Gaye Orlov Officers’ Wives Club president
announced plans for a senior citizens tea at the Mini
Dome April 12.
Volunteers are needed as hostesses for the approxi-
mately 200 invited citizens.
CG’s wife greeted
The Fort Hood Officers Wives Club recently welcomed
Mrs. Walter Ulmer OWC honorary president at a lun-
cheon in the Mini Dome.
A special program of interior design as well as an
oriental rug display was presented during the luncheon.
Mrs. Jan Bartlett nominating com ittee chair-
woman presented the OWC slate of candidates for 1982-
83. Nominees for the office of president are Mrs. Molly
Sperandio and Mrs. Nikki Seger. Vice presidential
nominees are Mrs. Carol Perkins Mrs. Barbara Metzger
and Mrs. S sie Tate. For the office of secretary
nom inees are Mrs. Sandy Cooley and Mrs. Jeanne
Crown. And for the office of treasurer nominees are Mrs.
Ann Cardell and Mrs. Cindy Trevino.
Election of officers will be April 20 at the Mini Dome.
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By CRAIG BEASON
Little Perry Oncegood was cutting
through the backyards of his neigh-
borhood on the way back from a
night of playing video games at the
recreation center.
He noticed the lights going off up-
ta ir in th a
approaching. As he came closer to
the house he glanced through the
kitchen window where alight had
been left on and saw a om an’s
brown leather handbag on the table
next to the window. A light breeze
ruffled the white curtains the win-
dow was partly open.
Like any other kid who grew up
watching cops-and-robbers shows
Perry’s imagination went to work.
An open window a purse just a short
reach away the family asleep up-
stairs Why not?
Spying a broom on the back porch
he crept up to the window and slid it
open a few inches more. He grabbed
the broom and thrust the handle
carefully into the room hooked it
The First Team Regional Com-
unity A ction ouncil held its
March meeting 1:30 p.m. Friday in
the 1st Cav. Div. Conference Room.
Col. M.G. O’Connell 1st Cav. Div.
chief of staff made the opening re-
marks and called for discussion of
old business.
The DYA Youth Center for Com-
anche I was no longer seen to be a
problem. It was determined that it
would be left in the present location
even though the location is not ideal.
The expense of moving it was not
warranted since other housing areas
are still in need of a building for DYA
activities.
The consensus was that the build-
ing its lf ou ld be dam aged in
another move and that the present
location of the building would suffice
Plans for the upcoming Easter egg
hunt as well as the redesign of the
Redwood exercise stations were dis-
cussed at the recent Pershing Park
Regional Community Actions Com-
mittee.
The meeting was called to order by
Col. Wesley L. Taylor deputy com
mander who was sitting in for Col.
Gary ipp s ie staff 13th
SUPCOM.
The reading of the minutes of the
last RCAC were then approved as
written.
Capt. Leon Bradley regional com-
munity life officer for Pershing Park
then gave the financial report of the
community funds as $504.68 before
opening the meeting for discussion
of old business.
Bradley said “The 62nd Engineers
are presently trying to stretch the
course of the Redwood exercise trail
out across the bridge of South Nolan
Lake. We’re looking at April 9 as the
completion date for the design of the
exercise trail. Construction should
be able to start soon after that” he
Explaining to the ladies present at the mini symposium last
week is SFC Gerald Northrip assistant commissary officer
who tells all about the ins and outs of commissary shopping.
MPs decry carelessness
through the strap on the purse and
tilted the broom until the purse slid
into his other hand.
He let the broom fall to the ground
and hurried across a short expanse of
lawn to a clump of shrubs in the sha-
dows. His heart raced as he pulled
several bills and a handful of change
out of the bag. With this he could
afford to play pinball every night this
week:
Most of the juvenile crimes at Fort
Hood are what the MPs call “crimes
of opportunity” like the episode of
young Oncegood.
“A kid who has never been in trou-
ble before in his life is confronted
with an opportunity to get something
he wants for nothing and he acts
without even thinking” said MSgt.
Rob ld as ro st marsh al’s
Office. “Leaving valuable items uns-
ecured is the surest way to get them
ripped off. That kind of carelessness
is one of the biggest factors contri-
buting to juvenile crime in the hous-
ing areas at Fort Hood.
“People leave window open at
Plans set at Comanche RCAC
until the planned community centers
are completed within the next two
years.
The First Team’s division surgeon
Lt. Col. J.M. Garcia responded to the
question of the status of the stress
study. He explained that Dr. Marlow
chief of the Department of Military
sy ia tr iv isio N euro-
Psychiatry Walter Reed Army Insti-
tute of Research was here and spoke
with mayors and CLP officers.
The intention of Marlow’s group it
was explained is to do some pre-
liminary work within the next couple
of months by talking with mayors
and doing select interviews in order
to develop questions and methods
that they will be using for their study.
“The main portion of the study is to
be conducted in the late summer or
Pershing com ittee meets
concluded.
Bradley then said that trash cans
had been in stalled at th lay-
grounds in Pershing Park. “We’re
asking the engineers for paint and
brushes to paint the trash cans. And I
understand that the earliest date we
can paint is April 24 so I should have
the paint and brushes prior to that
date” Bradley said.
“As discussed at our last RCAC”
Bradley continued “and from what I
found out about the sanding of
Northup Road during inclem en
weather is that there are four priori-
ties for the cleaning up of the roads
during inclem ent weather here on
Fort Hood: Darnall Comanche Vil-
lages I II and III the P.X. the com-
missary and finally the main entr-
anceand exits of Fort Hood. All other
priorities are given to the engineers
by the MPs.
“So what e’ve got to do is call the
MPs when Northup Road is covered
with ice and snow. The MPs will then
set the priorities for road cleaning af-
ter the other four priorities have been
N
Mini symposium
night park 10-speed bicycles unlock-
ed on their front porch leave house
keys under the doormat leave the
front door wide open after chatting
with the next door neighbor. They
just don’t use common sense.
“The keys to crime prevention are
education awareness and involve-
ment” Kuldas explained. “We go out
and preach about crime prevention
we sponsor programs we advertise
in CALTROP and in the Sentinel.
But people just won’t get involved.”
SSgt. Richard Oberst Crime Pre-
vention NCOIC gave an example of
the degree of apathy about crime pre-
vention on post.
“We were at Duncan Elementary
School recently so that residents of
the three Comanche villages could
have bikes or other valuables items
inscribed and registered with us. The
response was much less than what
we were prepared to handle. In fact
out of the thousands of bicycles we
know are owned by post residents
only 168 are registered.
“If bikes or other items are stolen
early fall” Garcia said.
In order to determine the stresses
that work on the members of the
community the study will determine
the problems of the community and
then try to solve them.
In other matters covered it was de-
cid ed that arrangements ill be
made to get sand hauled to the play-
grounds in the community while a
dump truck company from Fort Polk
is training here during the coming
weeks.
The problem of alleged mail thefts
is being handled on an educational
level according to the provost mar-
shal for the 1st Cav. Div. Lt. Col. P.D.
Hoffman. Letters are being sent to
the residents informing them of the
severity of tampering with the US
Mail. The thrust of the letter is to
cleared.”
The meeting was then opened for
new business.
“Starting the first part of April.
SDO checks of Pershing Park will go
into effect. An NCO will be checking
the areas that were identified during
the last RCAC” Bradley said.
Bradley then turned the meeting
over to Mrs. Frances Marquez Per-
shing Park mayor who said she will
need $150 for the Easter egg hunt
April 10 and for the Miss Pershing
Park Pageant April 17.
“The money is needed” she said to
buy the eggs and prizes for the chil-
dren who find the most eggs in the
different age groups. Also there is a
rental fee for the Easter Bunny suit.
For the Miss Pershing Park Pageant
we are going to buy a wreath of
spring flowers ribbons and trophies.
“The a ea t’’ arquez
tinued “will consist of five different
categories starting with the 3-4 year
molds up to the 9th-12th grades.”
Other item discussed included
plans for a flea market during the last
From left is Ursula Watkins Nina Johnson Belle Smith and
Virginia Thompson.
(Photo by Wayne Corey)
and they aren’t marked or identified
in some way the chances of them
being recovered are slim ” Oberst
said.
The MP Crime Prevention Center
will be happy to send somebody to
your on-post quarters to inscribe a
serial number or your social security
number on just about anything. They
will also send a team of specialists to
assess the security of your home and
show you what needs to be done to
make it more secure. But according
to Oberst not a single family has re-
quested that service.
The MPs are currently trying to
launch a Neighborhood Watch Prog-
ram which would encourage more
com unity involvem ent. Kuldas
said this about such programs: “I
guarantee a 90 percent reduction in
crime in any village on post if I can
get 90 percent of the residents to
cooperate. S ow me su essfu
police department and I will show
you a neighborhood that is actively
involved in crime prevention.”
wards the children. CALTROP and
the Sentinel will also carry informa-
tion concerning this problem.
Mayor Pattie Gross and Mayor
Paulina Flint introduced their re-
spective vice-m ayors elen Wil-
liams and Debbie Conway.
The remainder of the meeting was
a lengthy discussion of the service
that the Comanche residents are re-
ceivin from the new com pany
TECOM Inc. which has the contract
for maintenance and repair of the
housing units.
A representative from TECOM
Dave Perry assistant project mana-
ger explained the problems that a
new contract company encounters in
the beginning stages and went on to
guarantee that service would con-
tinu to get better.
week of May and a street dance in
June.
Mrs. Dauelyn Kaawa Pershing
Park recreation coordinator said
“Right now Pershing Park is in-
volved in a wom en’s volleyball tour-
nament and our team is one of the top
four teams playing. We hope to go on
and represent III Corps against the
teams from 2nd Armd. Div. and 1st
Cav. Div.”
In in a
announced that the contract design”
which caused the delay for the con-
struciton of the new DYA building
was completed Friday March 19 and
had been submitted.
mussel Warren CLP education
officer then announced that the
“Community Life Education prog-
ram is in the process of registering
now for courses that start the first
week in April.
“If you would like more informa-
tion on courses being offered” War-
ren said “please give me a call at 685-.
5160/2814.”
The next RCAC will be May 7.
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