LLeadead bbutcherutcher MMalachialachi IIoneone ppreparesrepares mmeateat ddishesishes fforor thethe EEasteraster mmealeal CaféCafé PPacifiacifi c wwillill bbee sservingerving oonn SSunday.unday. FForor mmoreore oonn wwhathat ggoesoes iintonto mmakingaking a sspecialpecial mmeal,eal, sseeee PPageage 44.. Saturday, April 7, 2007 ((PhotoPhoto bbyy NNellell DDrumheller)rumheller) The Kwajalein Hourglass www.smdc.army.mil/KWAJ/Hourglass/hourglass.html Editorial Commander updates Marshallese on transition Ij kile ke emotlok 45 ran jen ao kar bar Lojkar bwe en karon ri-jerbal ro im ri-tel jeje ijin, ak bolen kin an lap ao monono ro an Kwajalein kin oktak kain rej walok. emokaj an ien itor. Ikonan bok ien in im Ij plan in koman kwelok ippen ri-jerbal uwake jot ian kajitok kain rej walok jen ro aolep quarter bwe ren maron jela mol community in jen ien nan ien. eo kin oktak kain. Imelele ke inebata ko Q – Ta alikar in Army eo, im anA ir ami kin oktak kain rej walok. Inaj kwalok Force Exchange Service itok nan ta ko ij komani bwe komin melele aolep Kwajalein? ien. USAKA/RTS ej jerbal ippami. A – Na in staff eo ao, kim ar etal nan Q- Et ke elap an aurok Fiber Optic Guam in lale ta men ko AAFES emaron eon an Kwajalein? komani nan Kwajalein im Roi – Namur. kio katok kilen kejbarok im tiljok ilo A- Men in ar walontok ilo kwelok Rej ban an na ke facilities kain remon an operate bwe en maron bed wot ilo eo elap ikotaan US PACom, RMI nan program ko ne renaj approve. Iar wonmanlok ko im operation ko an Army. im US Embassy. Fiber Optic in eo lale elmakwot ko aer im lo ke remaron Bolen emoj am ron kin rumor in lay off. enaj kalonlok ad maron jerbal ip- legally koman, im men eo eaurok nan Elap an etolok mol eo. Mol eo in ke jej pen ro jej aikujin jerbal ipper ilo US na, ej wonen an mweuik ko, nan kom. jino lomnake enedret an USAKA/RTS mainland. Kwajalein Cable System in Week eo lok iar kwalok plan kain nan operate iliju im joklaj nan an maron enaj kolap lok an RMI im FSM maron jet ro rar itok, im rar erra ilo lomnak in. lonlok customer im lonlok kain jerbal kejerbal technology ko rekaal nan Inaj lelok plan kain nan lawyer ro ao ko rekar. Ij kalimur ke ijanin komelim medical im education. Enaj laplok bwe ren lale plan bwe en ejelok idabitok plan ko. Ij jela ke ij aikuijin kojellaki kom boardband(mokaj lok computer ko) ion ippen kien ko. Mojin inaj kwalok plan in bwe komin maron kobojak nan iliju im ene in, bwe jerbal ko ilo Kwajalein in ilo April ak May, nan general eo ej boss joklaj eo ami, ak mokta ij akuijin kwalok renaj koman einwot jerbal ko ilo US. nan na. Alikar in kwelok eo ippen gen- plan kain nan SMDC ak ijanin. Plan Bareinwot kokmanmanlok service eo eral in inaj kwalok ilo town hall meeting nan kwalok elmakwot in ej ilo May; im ad nan customer ro im bwe en lon lok eo ao ilo May. contract eo an fi ber optic enaj sign ilo customer. Contract in an fi ber optic enaj Q – Ta alikar in oktak ko renaj walok August ak October. Kwalok plan in ilo sign ilo August im 18 alon elikin enaj im en ke bojrak am jerbal? Kwajalein in Roi-Namur ej ilo naj March- jino jernal. Ilo ao kojemalok ien in, ij A- Jen kio nan 2013 budget eo ao April 2008. Eniwot am lo ke plan in eto ej driklok aolep ien. USAKA ej aikuij an naj dredrelok. Iar kajitok ippen Noda See UPDATE, Page 7 COMMENTARY What a chestnut tree meant to young Anne I ran across a little news blurb the other day about a comforted her for chestnut tree that is slowly dying in the city of Amsterdam those two years. in Holland. Although she So, what’s the big deal about that? could only see Well, you see, it’s not just any chestnut tree. the top of it, that Many people know her story, but for those young and chestnut tree was not-so-young who don’t, Anne Frank was a Jewish teen- her connection ager in Holland during World War II. When the Nazis in- with the out- vaded and occupied Amsterdam, the Frank family and four side world—the other Jews hid from the Germans in secret rooms in her world she had father’s offi ce building for more than two years. During the known before the time she was in hiding, young Anne kept a diary in which, war—the world she would never know again. among other things, she described a chestnut tree that She wrote about the tree, ‘as long as this exists, she could see from a tiny window in her hiding place. It See TREE, Page 7 TThehe KKwajaleinwajalein HHourglassourglass The Kwajalein Hourglass is named for the or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, Department Printed circulation: 2,000 insignia of the U.S. Army 7th Infantry Division, of Defense, Department of the Army or USAKA. E-mail: [email protected] which liberated the island from the forces of Im- It is published Wednesdays and Saturdays in ac- Commanding Offi cer......Col. Stevenson Reed perial Japan on Feb. 4, 1944. cordance with Army Regulation 360-1 and using a Public Affairs Offi cer......................Sandy Miller network printer by Kwajalein Range Services edito- The Kwajalein Hourglass is an authorized pub- Editor......................................Nell Drumheller lication for military personnel, federal employees, rial staff. contractor workers and their families assigned P.O. Box 23, APO AP 96555 Graphics Designer..........................Dan Adler to U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll. 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Kemem The Kwajalein Hourglass 2 Saturday, April 7, 2007 RMI declares emergency for northern atolls U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll to provide 55,000 gallons of fresh water to alleviate severe shortage on outer islands By Nell Drumheller islands,” Stan Jazwinski, KRS liq- “If the outer islands, especially the Editor uid systems manager, said. “Since northern atolls, continue to experi- our lens wells and reverse osmosis ence abnormally dry conditions, The U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll is system are in good condition, we then we may be asked to provide helping to alleviate, at least tem- agreed that we can support their additional assistance at which time porarily, drought conditions in the initial request with no impact to we will re-evaluate our situation to Republic of the Marshall Islands. the community.” determine what level of support we On March 13, the RMI National The RMI patrol boat, the Lomor, can provide,” Jazwinski added. Disaster Committee submitted a arrived at Echo Pier on March 24 To ensure that this community request to the RMI government for for the fi rst delivery of the initial has water to spare, Jazwinski rec- emergency status due to a fresh amount requested, “We delivered ommended, “The residents and water shortage and severe drought 7,800 gallons for them to take to visitors of Kwajalein should always conditions for the Northern atolls of Lae Atoll,” Jazwinski said. “We ex- conserve water. Our community is Utrik, Ailuk, Likiep, Wotho, Lae and pect that they will be back before the surrounded by salt water, and it is Namu. The RMI cabinet met and ap- end of the week for another 8,000 expensive to treat the 240,000 gal- proved the emergency measure to gallons and so on until we reach the lons of fresh water that we use on release the disaster funding. initial amount of 55,000 gallons.” Kwajalein each day. Our lens wells “The RMI government has de- Under Title 10 of the U.S. Code and reverse osmosis system should clared a state of emergency and and DoD regulations, the military is be able to provide all of the drinking requested assistance through the prohibited for engaging in humani- water we need until the rainy season U.S. Embassy, Majuro, to the tarian assistance activities without starts in June.” Federal Emergency Management prior approval of and endorsement He outlined steps members of this Agency,” Lt. Col. Jeff Klein, USAKA by the U.S. government’s lead fed- community should take to conserve Host Nation Offi ce said. eral agency, in this case FEMA, water. “Everyone on Kwajalein “FEMA is evaluating the request at according to Klein. “In cases where should treat potable water as a this time. USAKA is selling water to we are alleviating human suffering precious resource: Report any wa- the RMI on a temporary basis until such as this, we can provide lim- ter leak immediately to the Service formal processes are in place,” Klein ited assistance on a reimbursable Desk; never use potable water for continued. basis,” Klein said. watering plants or lawns; postpone “The RMI government asked if “The dry season this year has been use of children’s wading pools until we could sell them 55,000 gallons much dryer than normal, but should the rainy season and take shorter of potable water so they can take not be as severe as the 1997 or the showers and be conservative in all the water to a number of the outer 1982 droughts,” Jazwinski said. areas.” TTallall sshiphip The Indonesian tall ship the KRI Dewaruci motored into Kwajalein’s port Wednesday and will be docked at Echo Pier through Sunday.