Education main theme of town hall meeting TCOE trophy presented Q Officials describe programs Leonard Wood. Next, Stewart described the programs offered at the Steinweg described the material offered at the new Truman Education Center. She also emphasised a couple Maj. Gen. Joe N. Ballard will present the Health Promotion Center recently opened at General of high points the center reached during fiscal year 1994. installation with the Training and Doctrine Com- available to soldiers, families Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital. The HPC Among the center's accomplishments: the highest mand Community of Excellence award for best By Stacy Wamble offers over 300 videos and 500 books available for use by number of degrees awarded in its history during fiscal large installation Wednesday in Lincoln Hall Au- ESSAYONS Staff the community. '94 and the largest number of people -- 3017 -- receiving ditorium at 11 a.m. "These tapes are oriented toward customers rather tuition assistance, according to Stewart. The nine Fort Leonard Wood organizations "A mind is a terrible thing to waste," was the theme than health care providers. It's a place you can get The number of enrollments for military family named best in TRADOC also will receive their of the quarterly town hall meeting held Oct. 20 at the (information) without any kind of permission required," members has also increased, according to Stewart. awards during the ceremony. The event will also Lincoln Hall auditorium. said Steinweg. "We are not just here for the military. We're here for premier the Communities of Excellence video, Col. Kenneth Steinweg, commander of the Medical The HPC offers a four-hour medication course that the entire military family," said Stewart. which has been viewed only by the TCOE team Activity Command, Lou Stewart, director at the Truman allows participants, upon completion, to get over-the- Morriss described to the audience the programs which visited earlier this month. Education Center and Ervin Morriss, superintendent of counter medication from the hospital pharmacy without The event is open to the entire Fort Leonard Waynesville schools each discussed education at Fort having to go through a clinic or to the emergency room. See EDUCATION, page 7A Wood Community. TRADOC commander retires Gen. Frederick M. Franks Jr., commander of Drawdown details the Training and Doctrine Command, will retire in November with more than 35 years of service. "It has not been an easy life, but it's been the subject of befin cause we've been privileged to serve, and especially the great people we've been privileged to serve Q Army estimates cuts 95 percent with," he said. Gen. William W. Hartzog will assume com- accomplished by end of FY 95 mand of TRADOC ceremonies today at Fort Monroe, Va. He was the deputy commander in By Jay Rivera chief and chief of staff of the U.S. Atlantic Com- ESSAYONS Staff mand, Norfolk, Va. Franks took command of TRADOC in August The latest changes in the Army's drawdown was the 1991, after leading a corps of United Stated and focus of a series of conferences held by the Directorate of British forces in Operation Desert Storm, the last Military Personnel here recently. large conflict involving American forces. Since Although the drawdown was initially projected to then, he has been key to setting the Army on a end in fiscal year 1995 with an end-strength of 520,000, course to adapt to a post-Cold War world. recent budget cuts have required the Army to extend the drawdown into FY 1996, with a reduced target end ,1st Family flu shots strength of 495,000. In FY 96, it is estimated that 15,000 soldiers, or General Leonard Wood Army Community approximately three percent of the active-duty force, will Hospital will administer mum.>3 fluvaccine to family mem- be cut from active duty. By the end ofFY '95, Army bers and retirees Nov. 3-10 in the third floor officials estimate the drawdown will be 95 percent com- education division classroom. Patrons should bring pleted, with an end strength of 510,000 soldiers. PA ump~nCA w j-w-ftllnur33 ho i 3,+ ri ;t medical records. The Army now has approximately 540,000 soldiers on After Nov. 10, shots will be given in the active duty. immunization clinic on the fifth floor. Another variable affecting the drawdown was the Patients 15 years and younger normally do not opening to women of 32,699 traditionally male military need the shots unless they have chronic medical occupational specialties Oct 1. As a result, 91 percent of problems that Joshua Griffith and Aranta Alornar Tree and Berry Farm near require them to get the vaccine. Army career fields and 67 percent of all Army positions trip to the Meyer These Dixon lets kids choose their own future patients must have their records annotated will be open to women. proudly display trophies picked during a by visit to a local pumpkin patch. The Parent jack-o'-lanterns. For the story and more their physician to get the shots. However, current rules prohibit women from being Younger patients being seen in family practice and Children Education Preschool's annual photos, see page 1B. will still receive flu shots in the pediatric clinic. See DRAWDOWN, page 7A Post supports local drug effort Fort Leonard Wood signed a proclamation Latchkey rates with Waynesville and St. Robert in support of Red Fighting youth violence Ribbon Campaign, Oct. 22-31. Col. Kenneth Steinweg, commander of the up, Pence fees takes parental awareness Medical Activity Command, signed the proclama- tion at the county courthouse in Waynesville along unchanged U Visiting speaker addresses with Missouri Rep. Jim Mitchell, Bill Ransdall, mayor of Waynesville; Don Scott, mayor of St. community at Lincoln Hall Robert; Erwinn Morriss, superintendent of Q Overall increase at Waynesville schools and Rebekah Lynch, student DoD care facilities By Stacy Wamble ESSAYONS Staff See BRIEFS, page 7A By Stacy Wamble ESSAYONS Staff Fort Leonard Wood residents learned strate- gies to reduce incidents of youth violence during a While some families had to start class held Tuesday evening at Lincoln Hall Audi- paying higher fees at military child ' tonrium. development centers starting ' Oct. 1, Children play with a care provider at Pence Child Development Increased awareness and involvement of par- Taking Fort Leonard Wood's Pence Child Center. ents in their children's lives is the best deterrent to Development Center rates have not the problem, according to the event's fe:atured the Pledge gone up. M-a speaker. Campaign seeks commit- However, fees for children at- ions of qua ity While the nationwide number of violent inci- ment from community to tending the School Age Latch Key dents is holding steady, youth violence in America end demand for. and Discovery Time programs here J Fort Wo od Latchkey program first in Army has risen 125 percent in the last five years, said Mary See page 2A did go up, according to G.A. Max- Derbyshire, chiefof social work services for Aberdeen well, acting chief of the Directorate accredited by national education organization Proving Ground, Md. of Community and Family Activi- Derbyshire advised a four-pronged approach ties' family support division. The Fort Leo nard Wood School by church, school, community and parents to help The rates for the before and Age Latchkey Program is the first in fiAccreditation helps reduce youth violence. afterschool latchkey program in- the Army to be accredited by the Parents are the most important part of the creased by $2.50 per week. Rates for National Academ y of Early Child- answer the question -- solution, she stressed. They should focus on bond- the summer program increased by an hood Programs. Iitjoins the growing what is a quality before ing and developing an attachment with their average of$10 per week, according to number of befor eand afterschool children at an early age. Parents should also pay Felicia McCord, program manager programs to gain ,such accreditation. and afterschool pro- attention to the way their children talk, dress and for the School Age Latchkey and The academyy recognizes out- gram." behave for signs of gang involvement, said Discovery Time programs. standing early ch ildhood programs Dr. Marilyn Smith Derbyshire. The Discovery language," she said. "f Time programs which meet nati onal standards of National Association for the "Gangs have their own A BRIDGE Too FAR increased $5 per month. quality. Education of Young Children you are going to connect with these kids, you have The Department ofDefense gave The post pr ogram, located at to connect with their language." Field Marshal Montgomery's bold permissionforinstallationcommand- 564 Oak Street he re, serves 70 chil- Gang members come from dysfunctional fami- gamble to hasten Hitler's defeat was a ers to raise child care rates, within dren ages 5 to 122, according to its young children; however, few par- lies, according to Derbyshire. failure, but 50 years later the effort is still new guidelines established last year, director, Felicia 1!McCord. ents know how to assess whether a "Kids who are into gangs and those who celebrated by grateful Europeans. starting Oct. 1. "Accreditatio n helps answer the program meets more than just the committ adolescent violence are not able to interact See page 5A Rates at Pence were raised last qw,:tion, what is a quality before minimum standards requiredby state with people. They do not see you as a person with year under those new guidelines. and afterscbool program," said licensing." feelings. They see you as Births ......................................... 9B Dr. just another object in life," One problem confronting mili- Marilyn Smith, The academy's standards were Chapel notes..............................2B executive director she said, attributing this attitude to a failure to bond tary child care centers is the belief of the National A,ssociation for the developed over a three-year period with parents Happenings ...................................