Guantanamo Gazette Vol. 43 - No. 241 -- U.S. Navy's only shore-based daily newspaper -- Thursday, December 17, 1987 N Base sailors receive awards at ceremonies held today wE EBay News Navy Achievement Medal EN3 K. Collise MS1 Enriqueta Casanueva ET2 Mark Szabados PC3 Robin Cooper ABH2 Glenn Baez Letter of Commendation MS3 Michael Dias MS2 Emilio Espiet (Signed by Adm. O'Connor) RM3 Sharon Edwards AME2 Randall Lamke MAC flights BMC Kenneth Belcher J03 John Gaona ABH2 Quintin Miller BM1 Edward Cornelius GMG3 David Gartner A02 Scott Murphy On Dec. 18 and 29 and Jan. 5, Letter of Commendation RM3 Lisa Goldberg AC2 William Wells Jr. the MAC flight to Norfolk Va. (Signed by Capt. Condon) BM3 Mona Halford ABE2 Keith Wright will be landing at the Norfolk EMC Kim Bailey YN3 Deborah ASM2 Christine Hagen International Airport Hopper EM1 Renald Grandpierre BM3 Mark Huetson ASM2 Karin Jackson (Continental Airlines) vice the BM1 Kevin Llewellyn RM3 Tekoya Lewis ASE2 James McMahon Naval Station, Norfolk. EN2 Michael Foster AC3 James Marinitti ASM3 Michelle Smith EN3 Patrick Noaeill RM3 Terry McSherry ABF3 Sandra Briggs Flight schedule SA Lance Bleifus RM3 Kristine Morrow ABH3 Tina Burcham SA Jeffrey Cook EN3 Patrick Noaeill AC3 Monica Edwards There are two additional FA Steffoncio Pettiford GMG3 Bradley Peterson ABH3 Joseph Jones flights scheduled for this week. FA Lisa Schatz PC3 Jennifer Poublon ABH3 Jacquelyn Ross On Friday, Dec. 18 at 2:05 p.m. SA Zachery Ware RM3 Mansford Robinson ABE3 Domingo Sustaita Jr. there are 65 seats open to Opa- SA Leon Whaley EN3 Melissa Space AC3 Tegwen White Certificate locka, Fla. and 45 seats to Nor- of Appointment PC3 Edward Staples ABH3 Kristen Williams folk, Va. CTO3 Christine Ruzzo EN3 Stacey Tiszai PR3 Mamerto Campos Sunday, Dec. 20 at 12:40 p.m. Frocked RM3 Carl Walton AZ3 Marilyn Kline there is a flight to Roosevelt EN1 Timothy Atkinson GMG3 Charles Watkins AE3 Frank Ramos Roads, P.R. with 58 seats, which MS1 Walter Cline MS3 Charles Yanes AT3 David Wyatt continues on to Jacksonville, MS1 Thomas Goldberg The following personnel were AE3 Harold Flight Fla. with 55 seats. MS1 Gudmund Rasmussen frocked to the following rates AT3 Daniel LaFleur MS1 Cindy Roth during a ceremonies held today. AC3 Lorie Hamann Pound master note BM1 Waddie Salmon VC-10 AC3 Harold Shaffer BM1 Kenneth Tripp PR2 Brian Wolf AC3 Laura West The pound master will no longer CTO1 Anthony Williams PR2 Franklin Marrs ABH3 Leslie Martin be accepting reservations for the OS2 Darrell Bush boarding of pets during the AD2 Stefan Sigurdson RM3 Andrea Carter EN2 Angela Clark AZ2 Gregory Thomas RM3 Heidi Stanford holiday season. EN2 Michael Foster The pound has reached full A03 Brian Power NOCD BM2 Latrenda Funches AMH3 Kristine Duquette AG1 Gerald Doolittle capacity and regrets any BT2 Bryan Girdner inconvenience. Naval Air Station AG3 Paul Raffel OS2 Avey Goodly AT1 James Ricey AZ3 Daniel Wojdyla GMG2 Robert Howard AO1 Robert Page Power outage HT2 James McElhaney AE1 Curtiss Sears Jr. FTG RM2 Cordelia Morrow AT1 Richard Taylor RM2 Shawn Tharp A power outage is scheduled BM2 Donna Overbeck Monday, Dec. 21 from 8 to 10 a.m. BM1 Charles Faucett ET2 Donald Reed AO1 Randy Miller PSD to affect New Villamar housing. RM2 Palmyra Walton ABH1 Kenneth Mitchell PN3 Lisa Albrecht GMG2 Franklin Weatherspoon MM1 James Nelson PN3 Walter Stovall Christmas light usage EN3 Marie Allegro PR1 Gregory Quillen DK2 Pedro Pastor For the purpose of creating a YN3 Madison Coatney ET1 John Riley YN3 Henry Cook more festive spirit in the EN3 David Collise AZ1 Kimberly Boyer PN3 Eric Nash neighborhoods of Guantanamo Bay, residents are authorized to decorate with Christmas exterior Navy Broadcasting Service plans Christmas specials lights. Their use should be snow-capped mountains limited due of scenic industry, celebrates the spirit of to energy consumption By JO1 Audrey (Si) Michaels Montreaux, considerations. Switzerland provide the Christmas. The concert features Phil backdrop as the biggest names in pop performing Christmas favorites in a Dates authorized for lighted During the week of Dec. 21-25, music today perform their biggest modern, up-tempo, rock concert displays are Dec. 13 to Jan. 2. TV-8 will be bringing you program- hits in concert. Scheduled to appear setting. Displays may be lighted from 6 to ming that is guaranteed to bring a in this year's international line-up Other entertainment 10 p.m. sparkle to your eyes and put you during the in are Whitney Houston, Genesis, The week includes the the Christmas spirit. Mark Russell Pretenders, Duran Duran, Go West, Comedy Special, Pageant: A Christman R and R Monday through Thursday, TV-8 Level 42, Smokey Robinson, Terrence trip cancellation (cable Spectacular, The Bob Hope Christmas channel 2) will feature Trent D'Arby, The Communards, Wang Due to a required reduction in "Letters Special, The Chipmunks Christmas, to Santa" and the jolly old Chung, Simply Red, Living in a Box, flying hours, the following man and T'was The Night Before Christ- will be reading many of the UB40, Crowded House, Depeche Mode, December R and R trip mas. has been letters he has received from the David and David, cancelled: Kim Wilde and Old Saint Nick will be in our children of Guantanamo Bay. Also Junior, Club Noveau, and many more. Dec. 21-23 La Romana during the week, command greetings studios on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. Also for will be aired from all the on the Christmas line-up is a special edition of "Openline". another new special entitled departments on base who chose to "Phil So join us won't you, for our Spot a water leak? Driscoll The Spirit send their best wishes to you this - of Christmas." celebration of the Christmas spirit. Phill Driscoll, evangelist, vir- Catch it! If you happen to spot what season. tuoso trumpet player, singer- Watch the Gazette for the times appears to be a water main break Specials throughout the week composer, producer, and a moving and dates for these specials. And or leaking pipes, or even much include: "The 1987 Christmas in force in the rapidly growing from all of us here at Navy Broad- more water in a place where it Montreaux Rock Special." The contemporary Christian music casting. Happy Holidays! shouldn't be, call the Public Works Department. If you don't see people from PWD working Alcohol kills around it, assume no one knows 297 military members during first half of '87 about it. By Evelyn Harris accidents, according to a U.S. to insult their friend. They didn't The number to call is 4424. Public AFIS Correspondent Health Service report. want to look cheap, so they This number is manned 24 hours a Les Moore, suggested another round on them. day. head of the Motor During the first six months of Vehicles Safety Division at the When it came time to go home, they fiscal 1987, 297 soldiers, sailors, Naval Safety Center, Norfolk, Va., weren't in the greatest condition, Reenlistment airmen and Marines died in motor ve- said that a driver can be impaired but they had to get themselves and hicle accidents. Fifty-three fata- without being drunk. "The thing we their car home, so they took a risk. ET1 William Stafford reenlisted lities were riding motorcycles and want to stress is that you don't They were lucky, they made it. this morning at AAWC for four mopeds, and 244 victims were in have to be legally drunk to get into But many people aren't. About years. Ensign Morton, OE Division four-wheel vehicles. In fiscal 1986, trouble, even a couple of drinks can 25,000 people a year die in alcohol Officer, officiated the ceremony. 653 military people lost their lives affect your ability to read traffic related accidents, about half of the on the road. properly," he said. total motor vehicle accidents. While In short, as Moore pointed out, 16- to 24-year-olds account for only Speed limit reminder The official figures for confirmed the problem with drinking drivers is 20 percent of the total U.S. popula- alcohol involvement in the military not limited to alcoholics. tion, they make up 35 percent of the vehicle accidents for the first half Motorists are reminded the There is no denying that the alcohol-involved traffic fatalities. official of fiscal 1987 are 24.5 percent of speed limit for vehicles alcoholic is a problem behind the If you're planning to drink, even the two-wheel and 18.8 percent of is 25 miles per hour, unless wheel. But the problem doesn't end moderately, don't drive home. Use otherwise the four-wheel accidents. Last year, posted. there. the designated-driver system, your close to the reverse was true, 17.6 All those who drink may on a rare friend drinks only non-alcoholic percent and 24.3 percent, respec- occasion be problem drinkers. They beverages and drives home. Next Daily safety tip tively. But safety experts caution may have had an extended "happy time, it's your turn. that confirmed alcohol-involvement Expect the unexpected, drive hour," the companionship was And watch out for others who have figures are extremely conservative. defensively. pleasant and someone paid for an been drinking. After all, you can be Police are reluctant to judge extra round. They didn't want an- hurt just as badly by someone who is alcohol involvement, even in fatal other drink, but they did not want "just a little" under the influence. Military spouse employment notice The Naval Base Civilian Military Spousal Preference Personnel Office has received and so indicate on their further information from the application, that they are a the Office of Civilian Manpower military spouse, and either de- Scoop Management regarding Military accept the position of Spousal Preference.