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BEQ Advisory Board Wed 18 July 01 at the base listings of attendees to the Supply Dept via e-mail at: m u y Community Center from 0900- ______Board_ Theei be a ul Advsor25Q 12_00. The Acquiline system will n41l11 usnbgtmo.navy.mil CommunitCent oard MheEkietn o nn g Julye2,0 enable commands to input their theme Q itcenin a rea, supply Open Purchase Tobacco Cessation FleaM tyeFleaMaret t he metig wll bginat 530 requisitions on line. The Supply Tobacco Cessation Class-You 7 July from 7am to Noon. Tables Dept will monitor them are free (but must be reserved). To reviewing or proper compliance! CAN quit s ei ns oJ reserve a table, call Joann King at The Supply Department will be requirements to Navy 2774 and leave a message. conducting AcquilineTraining on Regulations. Submit e-mail (Continued on page 9) GTMO Time to Slow Down

Construction along Sherman Avenue near the Ordnance Triangle and the pier access, is not the place to be running up the RPMs and testing the roll characteristicsof your GTMO special. The detour takes you right past the fire station and supply where firefighters, firetrucks andSupply personnel are regularlycrossing the street or performing theirjobs on foot or in slow moving vehicles. Several close calls have been reported by fire dept. personnelrecently. The constructiondetour is going to be therefor a while as the new water line goes in along Sherman Ave., so do everyone afavor and obey the 15 mph speed limit in the detour zone. The Buzz is Building '74' s in town call Submitted by NMCB 74 dance partner Nicole Branch. Nation was to once again of BU2 Simmons. The Marine We enc courage everyone to upon the men of "the Fearless Galley rehab project in the hands That's right GTMO, " as we do our best 74" Battalion. of BU2 Johnson is beginning in onboard just over a month, these say "hello, e into the close knit Recommissioned December earnest with the arrival of much Seabees replaced Navy Mobile to integrat o Bay Community. th 1966, Naval Mobile needed materials. Construction Battalion Seven. Guantanam 6 Construction Battalion Seventy Leeward, the road crew You've seen these new Home orted out of On Four supported United States with newly promoted EOl faces at the exchange, you've Gulfport MMississippi, only 45 New policies in Vietnam. From there Clarke in charge, is busy heard them during morning minutes away from Gulf Coast with until today the need to succeed ensuring that Perimeter Road P.T., and if you've been to the Orleans the has been strong with the you may even it's abunda nce of seafood and stays in one piece. Windjammer Fearless. have seen our very own casino row EOI Cape looks forward to tablished April 'h NMCB 74 has been selected the day when the mineral plant Swinging Sammy Sibert First es 2 8 campaigns in the "Best of Type" seven times in it's and quarry are in full production. cutting a rug with his favorite 1943 for Pacific Theater during World history. Most recently back to The CM shop can always be War Two, the Battalion, later back in 1999 and 2000. counted on to make us all look good remember ed as the Fearless, So it's no boast that the men as they struggle every day with old Guantanamo Bay began buil ding it's reputation and women you see here in equipment, a common issue by working g closely with the support of Guantanamo Bay are everyone here in Guantanamo Bay GAZETTE U.S. Mari ne Corps to reclaim among the best the Naval knows all too well. U.S. Naval Base many of the enemy held Construction Force has to offer. In closing, we would just like islands throughout the Each brings with them pride to express our appreciation to all Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Pacific. in a job well done and those that have made us feel The Battalion received the professional expertise in his or welcome. Commander, Naval Base her field. Work at the base pistol to a CAPT Robert A. Buehn Navy Un it Commendation We look forward Citation before being range has already been productive deployment and the Chief Staff Officer deactivate d on Okinawa in completed thanks to BU3 Miller making of many new friends. CDR Michael Fair October of 1945. and his crew, and Pier Victor is Command Master Chief Two sho decades later, the Nrtin full swing under the direction CMDMC(AW/SW) Ellen M. Mustain r Public Affairs Officer JOC Richard Evans Cover photo: Water Conservation Editorial Assistant ABHAN Lindsay R. Clay Katelyn Evans gets patriotic during her This newspaper is an authorized For the week of June 25 - July 1 publication for members of the first GTMO 4th of military service stationed Weekly use: 5,078,822.0 overseas. Its contents do not July Celebration. necessarily reflect the official Flags, hats, and tons Daily average: 725,546.0 views of the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense or the U.S. of excitement were Daily Goal: 700,000.0 Navy and do not imply endorse- free for all who ment thereof. (all amounts are in gallons) attended MWR's Voice: 4502, 4819 Fax: 5279 We spent $3,397.62 E-mail: [email protected] Bayview Celebration. GAZETTE On-line: over our goal last week. www.nsgtmo.navy.mil Photo by Marilln Evans

Page 2 -- Friday June 29, 2001 * Gazette GTMO I Worship More To Go Services

Roman Catholic Mass (Main Chapel) Saturday Reconciliation 163 0 Eucharist/Mass 173 0 Sunday Eucharist/Mass 0900

Protestant Service (Main Chapel) Sunday Worship Service 1100 Photo by ABHAN Lindsay Clay Lay Led Services Naval Station Port Services Officer BMCS(SW) David L. McVaney, repeats the oath of enlistment administeredby Naval Station Commanding Office; Capt. Robert A. Buehn Monday morning on board a station tug. Supporting the Senior Chiefs re-enlistment are his wife Lynn, and daughter Hannah. Jesus Christ of Church of of dedicatedservice to the navy. Latter Day Saints This re-enlistment will take the Senior Chief to 24 years (Sanctuary A) Sunday By NCCS(SW) John Drenning Sacrament 0900 Survivor Benefit Phi. Nay Sta Command Career Counselor Filipino Bible Fellowship (Sanctuary A) The Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) is a voluntary SBP premiums Sunday program in which a military retiree may elect to receive and survivor Worship Service 1800 a reduced amount of retired/retainer pay in order to annuities are provide an annuity to an eligible survivor or survivors. adjusted annually. Inglesia Ni Cristo The reduction is referred to as a "premium". Survivors This is a significant B) (Sanctuary of SBP participants may receive annuities ofup to 55 advantage of SBP Sunday that is generally not Worship Service 2000 percent of the participant's retired pay. Retirement eligible members serving on active duty offered by Pentecostal Gospel are covered by the SBP at the maximum level as long alternative Temple as they remain on active duty. In other words, the programs. Since (Sanctuary C) program covers all personnel with more than 20 years SBP premiums are Sunday of total active service still serving on active duty. paid in the form of 0800 & 1700 Worship Upon retirement, enrollment in the SBP at the reductions in the participant's retired Seventh Day Adventist maximum level is automatic for all members unless income. The (Sanctuary B) the member elects to participate with a reduced "base pay, they are NOT counted as taxable Saturday amount" prior to the date on which the member is tax break is especially important when comparing Service 0930 & 1630 entitled to retired pay. Written concurrence from the SBP to other life insurance alternatives. member's spouse is required to decline participation SBP annuities are considered taxable income United Gospel or to elect a reduced level of coverage. for federal income tax purposes. Many states, (Main Chapel) A member's base amount is an amount selected however; exempt SBP annuities in whole or in part Sunday at the time of enrollment on which from state tax liability. Service 1245 by a participant the member's monthly premium and the survivor's Under the Supplemental Survivor Benefit Plan United Jamacian monthly annuity will be computed. A base amount (SSBP), retirees who are participating in SBP at Fellowship may be any amount between $300 and the member's the maximum level may purchase additional (Morin Ctr Complex - BLDG. 1036) full gross retired pay. coverage to increase their survivor's post-age 62 (Next to the Cable Company) There are six categories of beneficiaries that may benefits from 35 percent of retired pay to 40, 45, Sunday be elected to receive survivor protection under the 50, or 55 percent of retired pay. Each of these Worship 1100 SBP. The category elected detennines the amount of five-percent increments is referred to as an SBP receive the same cost-of- * Please ask the Faith Group a member's premium and the survivor's annuity. "unit". SSBP benefits Representative about Education These categories are: living adjustments as SBP benefits and are paid Programs, Bible Stud', Praver 1. Spouse only regardless of the annuitant's entitlement to Social Groups, Choirs, etc. or F1 call the 2. Spouse and Child(ren) Security survivor's benefits. Chaplain s Oflce at 2323 * 3. Child(ren) only For more information on the SBP program, or 4. Former Spouse to make an appointment to discuss your options For more information about worship the Command Career services call the Base Chapel at 2323 5. Former Spouse and Child(ren) under this plan, contact 6. Persons with an Insurable Interest Counselor at extension 4488. Page 3 -- Friday July 6, 2001 * Gazette GTMO History II Navy Kids cherish memories of "Life at Gitmo"

The following story is Part 2 of a three-part wave, and race it sternward fast enough to create The noon boat trip back in No. 4 to Corinaso account of living in GTMO Bay, from a resident the illusion that the water was standing still and Point was always the most welcome after each of the base in the 1920s. Living here with his only the boat moving beneath the fiercely peddled brief exposure to the Navy Base school system. family, the author vividly desribes the trike wheels. My family lived in Guantanamo for almost impressions of a young boy with the Pearl of The route ofKittery was purposely close to Cape sixteen months. As a child ofjust seven years it the Antilles as his doorstep.Enjoy the Hatteras when sailing to and from NOB. The was a wonderful adventure and an enduring descriptions and try to compare them with those memory. climate of the cape area never permitted easy same locations today. -Editor My mother had given birth to my youngest passage. It was so, of course on the Boatswain's brother in a house on 27th Street in the all-navy family return voyage to the states. By Harry J. DeVoto, Jr town of Norfolk, Va just a few months prior to On the clearest and sunniest of days during that our embarking on the USS Kittery. My father The interior of our quarters was a marvelous voyage, the Kittery in her frequent jousts with preceded our sea voyage on the Kittery by at least example of what could be accomplished via Hatteras, provided the passengers with a wild roller- a year to begin his tour of duty. During that period "midnight requisitions." coaster ride. Often lifting her bow free of an on- of separation he constructed the stairway and the Their construction consisted of yards of canvas fishing pier that became our principal recreation. stretched across upright wood grids outlining and The materials were largely obtained by whatever defining the several rooms. The makeshift walls means a resourceful boatswains mate might stiffened by many coats of glossy battleship grey. scrounge to suit his purpose. The residence occupied the high ground Among the many varied pursuits that we between the Lighthouse Pier and the "Receiving enjoyed during that priceless period was the Ship" barracks. Whether or not this site was set lobster catch. The Langusta were plentiful in aside for such habitation by ranking non-coms such the reaches of Guantanamo Bay and particularly off the end of our Dad-built pier. as Chief Boatswains Mate, Harry DeVoto is matter Mother would prepare a big pot of boiling for some research. water with a touch of vinegar and white wine The head of the family made Chief Boatswains added and the "men" of the family, minus the Mate when Captain C. M. Tozer, Commandant, infant son, would repair to the end of the pier US Naval Station, Guantanamo, signed the Oath armed with strips of flannel, some sardine oil, of Office appointing DeVoto a Chief Boatswain. an 8-ft frog gig, ordinary fish line wound on It was dated 10 December 1924. bobbins and a few lead sinkers. Because this The Chief's family: his wife Lillian and three sport was always conducted at night, a flashlight sons, Harry Jr, Daniel and infant John; the following was required for the coup de' grace in the capture year departed the States from NOB, Norfolk on a of the clawless lobster. WWI reparations-won German transport, renamed Fixing the sinkers and a flannel strip soake' the U.S.S. Kittery. in sardine oil to the end of the line, it would be The Kittery was later to be the last remaining tossed overboard and allowed to settle to the coal-burning ship in the Navy and always wore a bottom. Resting on the sandy bottom the sardine big "E" on the forward stack since she was alone in oil was sure to lure a victim almost immediately. DeVoto family photo the field for efficient handling of that fuel! This The expectant line tender would gently tug on Daniel, John (Jack), and HarryJr. lived an almost navy transport navigated Gitmo's supply route on the line, moving it as little as possible and if the surreallife in GunatanamoBay in the mid 1920e, a routine basis, leaving NOB and going directly to drag appeared to be heavier then it was sure to with adventures almost rivaling those of "Huck Guantanamo to off-load dependants, new personnel have a spiny lobster in tow. Finn and Tom Sawyer " and supplies. Then it was on to Cape Haitian and The line tender signaled the flashlight crewman Port o Prince. The latter ports were more like a to ready the flashlight. Retrieving the line, gentler coming giant swell only to pound her bottom onto cruise ship route on the retum to NOB where, while still until it was almost perpendicular to the bottom, the next wave's trough with a clanging, shuddering anchored in these ports, native kids paddled out to the flashlight was turned on and aimed down the the ship in all sorts of skiffs and home-built craft to thud. On that watch, not a single adult traveler line to reveal the creature nibbling on the flannel. stand off the ship and eagerly dive for coins tossed showed in the dining salon. Only the children found Without hesitation, my Dad would jab the gig from railside. the desire to eat even though the ship reeked of the into the lobsters fore-end and matter-of-factly bring In these ports, on the family's retum to the States, sharply sickening smell of cabin-bound barffing. the thing to hand to be disengaged. One of us the two boys tried to deceive the divers by wrapping Because Chief Boatswain's DeVoto's duty would hurry it up the stairway to Mother and the buttons in foil salvaged from cigarette packages and was the charge of the Receiving Barracks, he had waiting pot. tossing them overboard. It never worked and most the use of the No. 4 Launch, coxswained by a In that manner, four or five lobsters would later such attempts were met with fists angrily directed young sailor named, "Conway". No 4 Launch grace a table covered with paper and we would at the two young culprits. was the "school bus" for the two DeVoto boys. feast on lobster that was the equal of any good- Dependant kids were allowed some recreation It was necessary for them to cross Corinaso Cove sized Maine product. while at sea. A small collection of trikes, tossing to somewhere near Paola Point where the lone rings and the like were available during the few days school of the base was located in the more Part three appears next week and describes the journey. One sport. invented by trike riders, was to developed part of Gitmo's Navy complex. One unique aspect of getting to and living in take a position as for forward on the main deck, room housed all of the school's Few elementary Guantanamo Bay, especially those memorable fce the stem and choose a particularly discreet bow grades. adventures of the young DeVoto boys.

Page 4 -- Friday July 6, 2001 * Gazette Guantanamo Bay Ferry/Utility Boat Schedule MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY LEAVES LEAVES LEAVES LEAVES WINDWARD 6:30 FERRY WINDWARD 6:30 FERRY WINDWARD 6:30 FERRY WINDWARD 6:30 FERRY LEEWARD 7:00 FERRY LEEWARD 7:00 FERRY LEEWARD 7:00 FERRY LEEWARD 7:00 FERRY WINDWARD 7:30 FERRY WINDWARD 7:30 FERRY WINDWARD 7:30 FERRY WINDWARD 7:30 FERRY LEEWARD 8:00 FERRY LEEWARD 8:00 FERRY LEEWARD 8:00 FERRY LEEWARD 8:00 FERRY WINDWARD 9:30 FERRY WINDWARD 9:30 FERRY WINDWARD 8:30 FERRY WINDWARD 9:30 FERRY LEEWARD 10:00 FERRY LEEWARD 10:00 FERRY LEEWARD 9:00 FERRY LEEWARD 10:00 FERRY WINDWARD 11:30 FERRY WINDWARD 11:30 FERRY WINDWARD 9:30 FERRY WINDWARD 11:30 FERRY LEEWARD 12:00 FERRY LEEWARD 12:0u FERRY LEEWARD 10:00 FERRY LEEWARD 12:00 FERRY WINDWARD 13:30 FERRY WINDWARD 13:30 FERRY WINDWARD 11:30 FERRY WINDWARD 13:30 FEBRY LEEWARD 14:00 FERRY LEEWARD 14:00 FERRY LEEWARD 12:00 FERRY LEEWARD 14:00 FERRY WINDWARD 15:30 FERRY WINDWARD 14:30 U-BOAT WINDWARD 13:30 FERRY WINDWARD 15:30 FERRY LEEWARD 16:00 FERRY LEEWARD 15:00 U-BOAT LEEWARD 14:00 FERRY LEEWARD 16:00 FERRY WINDWARD 17:30 U-BOAT WINDWARD 15:30 FERRY WINDWARD 14:30 U-BOAT WINDWARD 17:30 U-BOAT LEEWARD 18:00 U-BOAT LEEWARD 16:00 FERRY LEEWARD 15:00 U-BOAT LEEWARD 18:00 U-BOAT WINDWARD 18:30 U-BOAT WINDWARD 17:30 U-BOAT WINDWARD 15:30 FERRY WINDWARD 18:30 U-BOAT LEEWARD 19:00 U-BOAT LEEWARD 18:00 U-BOAT LEEWARD 16:00 FERRY LEEWARD 19:00 U-BOAT WINDWARD 20:00 U-BOAT WINDWARD 18:30 U-BOAT WINDWARD 17:30 U-BOAT WINDWARD 20:00 U-BOAT LEEWARD 20:30 U-BOAT LEEWARD 19:00 U-BOAT LEEWARD 18:00 U-BOAT LEEWARD 20:30 U-BOAT WINDWARD 20:00 U-BOAT WINDWARD 18:30 U-BOAT WINDWARD 21:00 U-BOAT LEEWARD 20:30 U-BOAT LEEWARD 19:00 U-BOAT LEEWARD 21:30 U-BOAT WINDWARD 20:00 U-BOAT LEEWARD 20:30 U-BOAT FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY HOLIDAYS LEAVES LEAVES LEAVES LEAVES WINDWARD 6:30 FERRY WINDWARD 7:30 FERRY WINDWARD 7:30 U-BOAT WINDWARD 7:30 FERRY LEEWARD 7:00 FERRY LEEWARD 8:30 FERRY LEEWARD 8:30 U-BOAT LEEWARD 8:30 FERRY WINDWARD 7:30 FERRY WINDWARD 11:30 FERRY WINDWARD 11:30 U-BOAT WINDWARD 11:30 FERRY LEEWARD 8:00 FERRY LEEWARD 12:00 FERRY LEEWARD 12:00 U-BOAT LEEWARD 12:00 FERRY WINDWARD 9:30 FERRY WINDWARD 13:30 FERRY WINDWARD 13:30 U-BOAT WINDWARD 13:30 FERRY LEEWARD 10:00 FERRY LEEWARD 14:00 FERRY LEEWARD 14:00 U-BOAT LEEWARD 14:00 FERRY 16:00 U-BOAT WINDWARD 10:30 FERRY WINDWARD 16:00 U-BOAT WINDWARD 15:30 U-BOAT WINDWARD WINWARD 10:0 FERRY LEEWARD 16:30 U-BOAT LEEWARD 16:00 U-BOAT LEEWARD 16:30 U-BOAT LEEWARD 11:00 FERRY WINDWARD 17:30 U-BOAT WINDWARD 17:30 U-BOAT WINDWARD 17:30 U-BOAT WINDWARD 12:30 FERRY LEEWARD 18:00 U-BOAT LEEWARD 18:00 U-BOAT LEEWARD 18:00 U-BOAT LEEWARD 13:00 FERRY WINDWARD 18:30 U-BOAT WINDWARD 18:30 U-BOAT WINDWARD 18:30 U-BOAT WINDWARD 13:30 FERRY LEEWARD 19:00 U-BOAT LEEWARD 19:00 U-BOAT LEEWARD 19:00 U-BOAT LEEWARD 14:00 FERRY WINDWARD 20:00 U-BOAT WINDWARD 21:00 U-BOAT WINDWARD 20:00 U-BOAT WINDWARD 15:30 FERRY LEEWARD 20:30 U-BOAT LEEWARD 21:30 U-BOAT LEEWARD 20:30 U-BOAT LEEWARD 16:00 FERRY WINDWARD 17:30 U-BOAT Monday's and Friday's: Tropical Departs @ 0730 Recommend 0630 Ferry to insure availability Tuesday: LEEWARD 18:00 U-BOAT 727 from JAX/Norfolk arrives approx. 1330. Departs for Roosey Roads approx. 1530. Wednesday: 727 WINDWARD 18:30 U-BOAT Departs for JAX/Norfolk approx. 1145. Show time is 0900. Thursday: Tropical arrives from Ft. Lauderdale LEEWARD 19:00 U-BOAT approx. 1715. Friday: C-130 Arrives from JAX/Norfolk approx. 0930. Lynx arrives: 1230. Departs 1430. WINDWARD 20:00 U-BOAT Saturday: C-130 Departs approx. 1000 for JAX/Norfolk. Show time is 0800. Sunday: Tropical arrives from Ft. LEEWARD 20:30 U-BOAT Lauderdale approx. 1715. Lynx arrives: 1230. Departs 1430. IRS to Notify Taxpayers of Advance Payments

WASHINGTON-Underanew thepaymentamountandtheweek onthe taxpayer's social security credit on the 2001 return tax law signed by President Bush taxpayers can expect the checkto number. The first checks should Taxpayers should make on June 7, the Treasury is sending arrive in their mailbox, appear in the mail during the last sure they file the letter from checks to most taxpayers this year The IRS will also mail letters week of July. the IRS with their other tax as an advance payment of a recently of explanation to taxpayers who Taxpayers willfigurethecredit records for 2001. passed 2001 tax credit. are not eligible for the advance on their 2001 tax return. Detailed information about The IRS computes the amount payment. Those letters should be Those who did not get all the advance payment is for each taxpayer based on the showing up in early July with the their credit as an advance available on the IRS web site at 2000 tax return received by the checks scheduled to arrive payment should claim the http://www.irs.gov/indinfo! IRS, and sends a letter describing according to a schedule based difference as a nonrefundable apinfo/index.html.

saei5 -- Friday July 6, 20wt * Gazete COMMUNITY JmCOMMUNITY

July Brings Summer fun and Holiday Sizzle

(Above) Hitting the water for the first race.

(Right) And they re off Nolan andColette Butler out-ran the field in taking first place in their division and rubbed it in by backingacross iathe finishline.

Youth Division Single Hull: Ist Place - Nolan and Colette Butler 2nd Place - Justin Helms, Justin Robichaux 3rd Place - Eric and Kris Kanash

Multi-Hill: Ist Place - Nick Baoett, Chris Setzer 2nd Place - Tim Ogle. Michael Burton

Open Division Single Hull: 1st Place - Clayton Jester Tom Anderson 2nd Place - Maureen Butler, Ruth Goldberg 3rd Place - Darrell Calhoun, Leon Calhoun

Multi-Hull: Ist Place - 103.1 the Blitz (only entry)

Special Catagories Best Theme: Darrell Calhoun. Leon Calhoun "REVENGE" Pirate Ship Best Sinking: Chistopher Grewe, Joe Ruskin Caribbean Barge" Best Name: Katie and Nick Basel, Jamie Smith, Nico Luttrell "Meet Me at the Bottom" Best Looking: Clayton Jester, Tom Anderson "MMP PWD Kayak" A Summer Fun Bonus Week

Hold your breath til you're out of the spray!

"Cool beans!" or is it bumps and splashes? At the Seabee Water Slide Saturday and Sunday, it was an exciting combination ofspeed, bumps, spray and splash as kids rocketed down the hill at Iguana Terrace to benefit the Seabee Ball fund raising effort. Slide!. 51en Venido 6eorgio!

Giorgio, the baby goat being cared fur b the Vet ' Office, was a star attraction at the Chapel Ice Cream Social July 4th, along with good friendci, great ' iee" ice crcam and a pleasant atmospher in the Chapel Courtrard

Page 8 -- Friday July 6. 2001 * Gazette I BRIEFS I (Continued from page 1) how to dispose of leaking bottles and get a 11 and will meet weekly for 5 weeks. For more refund. For more information, call Flood Co. recalling about 1,300 metal and plastic tea light information, please call 7-2110. toll-free at (800) 321-3444 between 8 a.m. and lamps. The plastic shade that covers the tea light 7 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, between 9 candle can melt, posing a fire hazard. CCC Term 1 Schedule a.m. and 4 p.m. ET Saturday and between 8 a.m. Hallmark has received three reports of the and 3 p.m. ET Sunday. Consumers also can visit lampshade melting. No The term 1/2001-2002 schedule for City the firm's web site at www.FloodCo.com. injuries have been reported. Colleges of Chicago is now available. Consumers should not return recalled cleaner The lamp has a clear Registration is July 30 thru August 3. Term 1 to the store where purchased, but should call plastic lampshade that begins August 6 and ends Sptember 29. All the hotline for instructions. covers a base for holding tuition assistance paperwork must be completed candles. A dark brown before registration. FMI call the college office Recall of Preschool Toys curved S-shaped support at 3999. WASHINGTON, D.C.- In cooperation with the wire that is decorated with Aerobic Classes Cancelled U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission leaves supports the (CPSC), Chicco USA Inc., of Bound Brook, lampshade. The recalled The 8am Aerobics Classes for July 9, 11, 18, N.J., is voluntarily recalling about 6,000 Build- lamp is about 12-inches tall and 20 have been cancelled. Please call 2193 A-Ball preschool toys. The Build-A-Ball toy and 4-inches in diameter. for information on new class dates. consists of five multi-colored and various-sized The labels on the bottom of plastic balls that can be taken apart to be stacked the base read "Creations" Recall of Wood Strippers and on top of each other or placed inside each other. and "MADE IN TAIWAN." Cleaners Some of the larger-sized ball halves can become Hallmark Creations stores stuck on a young child's face, covering the nose nationwide sold these lamps WASHINGTON, D.C.- In cooperation with the from January 2001 through May 2001 for about U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and mouth, and causing suffocation. $12. (CPSC), The Flood Co., of Hudson, Ohio, is CPSC received a report of a 2-year-old boy Consumers should stop using the lamps voluntarily recalling about 18,000 bottles of who had a ball-half stuck on his face, covering immediately and eturn them to a Hallmark Flood StainStrip and FloodPro Stripper/Cleaner his nose and mouth. A nearby adult was able to D Creations store for a refund. For more sold in gallon bottles. Some of these bottles can information, call Hallmark toll-free at (800) 425- leak at the cap, allowing the contents to come pull the toy from his face. No injury to the child was 5627 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday into contact with consumers. These strippers and through Friday. cleaners can cause burns to the skin and eyes. reported. The Flood Co. has received two reports of The five balls in the toy set range in size from To report a dangerous product or a product- bottles leaking that were shipped to retailers, but related injury, call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638- no injuries have been reported. about 2-inches to 4-inches 2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638- Only gallon bottles of in diameter. One-half of the balls are white, green, 8270, or visit CPSC's web site at http:// Flood StainStrip and www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. Stripper/Cleaner are blue, red or part of this recall. Both yellow, and the other half bottles show the Flood is clear. "chicco" is This Week in Naval logo in the shape of a written inside the balls. paint brush.Writing on The balls are packaged in a box labeled "chicco," History: the StrainStrip Exterior "Build-a-Ball," "Cod. 66167," and "Made in Stain Stripper label China." The packaging also indicated the toy is reads, " Removes all for children ages 1-3 years or 1-4 years. The - July 9, 1944: Organized Japanese resistance finishes," and "Danger! text on the packaging is written in 11 languages. ceases on the island ofSaipan. The battle would be Causes eye, skin and Amazon.com, Army & Air Force Exchanges over by July 12. mucous membrane and other toy stores nationwide sold these toys Possession of Saipan places the home islands of Japan within range of land-based B-29 bombers. burns." The Stripper/ from January 1999 through April 2001 for about $6. - July 10, 1934: USS Houston (CA 30) takes Cleaner label reads, "4 President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the first visit oducts In One!" Parents and caregivers should take these balls of a U.S. president to South America. 'aint and hardware away from young children immediately and - July 11, 1798: President John Adams approves )res nationwide sold return the toys to the store where purchased for an act of Congress that authorizes the Marine ese Flood products a refund. For more information, consumers should call Chicco USA Inc., toll-free at (866) Corps. A day later, Adams appointed lawyer H om March 2001 William 242-0643 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. ET Ward Burrows as major commandant. rough June 2001 for -July 12,1916: Thebattleship USSNorth Carolina StiiuSt Monday through Friday, or visit the company's tween $15 and $20. becomes the first ship in the Navy to operate web site www.chiccousa.com. consumers should aircraft. An AB-3 flying boat was catapulted from )p using the recalled the vessel while underway in Pensacola Bay, off -aners immediately Recall of Tea Light Lamps the coast of Florida. The test calibrated the first Ice the bottles can WASHINGTON, D.C.-In cooperation with the catapult designed for shipboard use. ik, and call the Flood U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission :. hotline. The (CPSC), Hallmark Specialty Retail Marketing Visit the Naval Historical Center web hotline will help consumers determine if their Group Inc., of Kansas City, Mo., operating under site at http://www.history.navy.mil for bottle is leaking, and provide instructions on the name Hallmark Creations, is voluntarily more information about naval history.

Page 9 -- Friday July 6, 2001 * Gazette Creature Feature I II

Endangered Sea Turtle "Creature Features" are submitted by Patricia Loop and The Guantanamo Bay Makes Tracks to GTMO Environmental Office The term sea turtle seems J to be self explanatory-but 7~. - don't be misled. While it is true that sea turtles are basically turtles adapted to life in the sea, these creatures are much more complex than you may think. These water dwelling reptiles are living fossils that have changed very little over millions of years. Life at sea requires a streamlined shape, powerful flippers and lungs adapted to deep ocean dives. In fact, the blood of sea turtles must be able to deliver oxygen to cells and tissues even at extreme depths. Sea turtles are also able to rest or sleep underwater for hours at a time. Once prolific throughout all but the coldest oceans, sea turtles have suffered significant population declines in recent years due to habitat loss, human predation, commercial exploitation, overfishing, and natural processes. Common threats to species survival include pollution and ocean debris (primarily plastics), incidental deaths associated with their drowning in fishing gear intended for other Photo contributedby the Guantanamo Bay Environmental office species, disturbance of On GuantanamoBay beaches where the turtles can access the beach without having to overcome too coastal feeding areas, and many rocky obstacles, you will occasionally see proof that turtles still nest on our shoreline. disturbance of nesting beaches. avoids rocky or coral fringed shores where their nesting and feeding needs. Never One of the most interesting aspects of the abrasions to unprotected skin may occur. approach a turtle feeding or resting in local sea turtle is that the female leaves the safety Once nesting is complete, the "crawl", or track waters, as unwanted interaction can disrupt of the sea to lay her eggs on land. The time of marks left in the sand following nesting feeding, resting and reproductive behavior. year and preferred beach type varies from activity, can oftentimes lead to identification Most importantly, NEVER disturb nesting species to species, but most females usually of the nesting species. turtles or their eggs. Turtles are particularly lay several nests during one season and may Sea turtles expected to visit sensitive to light and even slight disturbances nest at a frequency of every two to three years. NAVSATGTMO beaches for nesting activity can cause a female to abort egg laying activity. Some species prefer open, flat sandy beaches include the hawksbill, green and leatherback Should you observe nesting turtles or with a deep water approach, while others turtle. Each is unique in its body shape, food evidence of nests, please call the Natural prefer secluded coves and steep sloped preference, and nesting behavior. In order to Resources Manager at 4662 or Harbor Patrol shorelines. For example, the leatherback promote the continued survival of these at 7086 or 4 105. Remember that conservation turtle, which lacks a hard shell, typically increasingly rare creatures, we must respect begins with you.

Page 10 -- Friday July 6, 2001 * Gazette two new tires or just the rims. FMI EMPLOYMENT AUTOS FOR SALE call DWH 4502, or AWH 7307 Autos 1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS Items to Sell, Everything must go: City Colleges ofChicago is looking (white). 2 door, power doors, power Nintendo 64 with 12 games $300, Dining room table with 4 chairs for new instructors. If you have a windows, sliding sun roof, 5 speed JVC Dolby Surround Sound and $50, 12xl5 light rust colored carpet bachelor's degree and desire to manual. Brand new (4 months) five Speakers $100, Kenwood CD $100, 3 Huffy adult bicycles $30 teach, contact CCC at 3999. custom tires and rims(17") Custom Player $20, Cot with Mattress each. FMI call DWH 4738 orAWH Stereo/CD player. Has to GO! Blue 2089. City Colleges ofChicago is looking book is $10,100 asking $9,800 (hardly ever used)$50, pink carpet for a new Area Coordinator. (15xl2)$50, blue carpet Applications and resumes are being OBO. FMIcallDWH4502orAWH Washing machine- large capacity, 7307 (12x12)$30, green carpet(6x4)$8, all cycles $100. FMI call 7725 accepted through July 12. A cream carpet (6x4)$8, green runners bachelor's degree is required. FMI call 3999. 1990 Hyundai Excel, 4 speed, cd x2 $8, microwave oven $30, girl's Carpets- (10x12) champaign beige player, new paint, tires 2 yrs old, bicycle with Helmet $40, Fisher $100, (1Oxl0 1/2) forrest green new belts, and a recent major tune- The Navy Exchange currently has Price Kitchen (includes food and $100, (9x12) blue $50, two oval the following openings: Laundry/ up. Runs well $1,100. FMI call braided blue and beige $50 each. DWH 2279 or AWH 5611. accessories) $25, Fisher Price Dolls Dry clean clerk: Flex, weekdays House (includes people and FMI call Patsy AWH 7720. and weekends. Hair stylist: FT, 1984 Chevy Coupe-4x4 pickup, furniture) $25, Fisher Price Camper weekdays and weekends. Sales Baby crib w/bedding $40, Evenflo disel engine with 40,000 miles, Van (includes people and furniture) Clerk- jewlery: FT, weekdays and highchair/ Toddler table with chair equipped with a Kenwood CD/ $10, FMI call 7502, after 6pm weekends. Store worker: FT, $35, stereo and speakers. $3,000 Firm. split rail fence $65 OBO, weekdays and weekends. Sales FMI callDWH 4738 orAWH 5574. children's playset-(train, deck, Clerk- uniform shop:FT, weekdays Must sell, Whirlpool washer and fencing, fort, slide, sandbox, and weekends. Warehouse Worker dryer, 5 years old, excellent 1988 Dodge Van 3/4 ton lots of swings, and more) $500 OBO. FMI Foreman: FT, weekdays and seating, runs well $1200, available condition, $150.00. FMI DWH call 5609 weekends. FMI visit the Navy on July 6th, pick up at Ferry 3500 or AWH 5673 Exchange Personnel Office (2nd Landing. FMI call 7625. Trampoline $70, carpets(4 room floor) or call 4348. Sega Saturn System W/2 controllers size pieces)could use a good 1988 Dodge Van 1/2 ton, runs well cleaning but good condition $25 Management Assistant (OA), closes & 14 games, $400 invested, 7/17; Translating Assistant, closes when warm but very cold blooded, $125.00 FIRM, Trampoline, each, sofa-looks good but frame/ needs manual choke. $500 legs on one side damaged during 9/30. Open Continuous Vacancies: $70.00. FMI call 5870 Available now. FMI call 7625. shipment FREE-with a $30 Office Automation Clerk/Assistant, closes: 8/24; Patient Account Clerk/ donation to Navy/Marine Corp Technician, closes: 11/2; Account 1984 Chevrolet Blazer, Full Size, Metal Day Bed w/frame and Relief Society, Lawnmower Technician, closes: 12/31. For more 4x4, military version, 6.2 liter diesel matress, $80.00. FMI call 3113 "GTMO Special" Runs and cuts information, contact the Human v-8, automatic, new tires, batteries, grass $10. FMI call 7625. Resources Office: x4822/4430 brakes. Metallic green paint. Good 25x12 beige/ivory rug. Good condition, looks great, runs well. condition, needs cleaning $75. FMI New clothing, T-shirts, beach Lots of spare parts including call 5611. cover-ups, shorts suits, dresses, Gazette transmission and original Gov. hats, personal jewlery items service manuals. Asking $5500 (necklaces, bracelets, earrings) Classified Ads OBO. FMI Call DWH 4148 (ext. Tires: P225/75R15 Like new tread microwave, patio furniture, carpets, 211), Or 7755 AWH. $25, P215/75R15 about half tread sewing machine, wall unit, book life left (forever in GTMO) $10 Classified ads may be submitted in case, small desk, a/c's, and a person atthe COMNAVBASE Public L235/R85R16 Not alot oftread but BOATS lawnmower. FMI call 2004. Affairs Office in Rm. 133, Bulkely a great spare for your ex govt Hall, or via e-mail at 22 FT Cuddy Cabin sleeps 3, I/O [email protected], or via fax vehicle. Girls daybed (like new WANTED at 5279. 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FMI call name and phone number of the 7625 person submitting the ad. 1988 17.5 Larson Bowrider, 125 Car wanted- if you are leaving and Advertiseris responsiblefornotifying the PAO/Gazette staff of items that HP Force Outboard motor, EZ want to sell your car call Rosa7051. Standard Dell computer keyboard. are sold before the three weeks are loader galvanized trailer, up so that they may be removed from Brand new, excellent condition $15. hummingbird wide-eye fish finder, MISCELLANEOUS your ad, or the ad may be deleted. All ad text may be marine stereo FMI call DWH 4502 orAWH 7307. edited by the system, water skies, Gazette staff to conform to format. sea biscuit, tow ropes, all required NEX Autoport July Specials-Oil The deadline for submitting ads for safety equip. and much more. 16 inch Mitsubishi Alloy tires with and filter change $15.00 Minor each week is the close of business, Asking$45000BO. FMlcall DWH rims. Two of the tires are new! tune-up (4 cyl)-$29.95 Please call Wednesday of the week you want your ad to start. 4148 (ext 211) or AWH 7755. $100 OBO. Or you can just buy the for an appointment 5215 Page II -- Friday July 6, 2001 * Gazette MDV I /vW? jing. Atlantis Friday, July 6 Windjammer Captain's Cup Dart and Pool Tournament is Starring voices of July 7 at 11am. Mugs are awarded for Ist & Michael J. Fox, James 8pm ATLANTIS 2nd place finishers. Call 2193 for more Garner; PG - 96min information. ClaudiaChristian,Jim Red White & Blue golf Tournament Varney, John Mahoney Sign up now for the Red, White & Blue golf 10pm A Knight's Tale Tournament on July 7 th 1st, 2 nd & 3 rd place This animated deep- trophies will be awarded to the winners in sea PG13 - 135min adventure from the men & women divisions. Sign up at the Disney follows * '6 base gym. Call 2193 for more information. explorer Milo James Saturday, July 7 Youth Center Thatch on his mission to locate the Shepherd's Bouncer night July 6, come bounce the night Journal, an ancient book containing information away. For more information call 4658. about the lost continent of Atlantis. 8pm Doctor DoLittle 2 Oasis Teen Center PG - 81min July 06 Kids/Family, Action/Adventure and Dance party night, come dance to the Science Fiction/Fantasy. latest grooves. Rated PG for action violence 10pm Angel Eyes For more information call 2118. R - 104min Kiddie Movie Night Join us at the Bayview every Wednesday evening at 5:30pm for dinner and a family Angel Eyes Sunday, July 8 movie. Stars: Jennifer Lopez, The feature for Wednesday: Jim Caviezel, Terrence 8pm The July 4 - Disney's "The Kid" Howard, Jeremy Sisto July 1I - "The Little Vampire" and Sonia Braga. Mummy Returns Liberty Program PG13 - 130min July 14 Bowling Party come join in the fun Jennifer Lopez stars and games. For more information call as tough Chicago cop Devon at 2010. Sharon Pogue who gives Monday, July 9 Marblehead Bowling Lanes no quarter to the Stop by the Bowling center and check out < . , criminals on her beat. A of our Extreme Bowling every Saturday from product of an abusive 8pm The Tailor 6-11 pm. For more information call 2118. household, she's all too ready to beat up any Panama Specialized Personal Training lowlife who treats her disrespectfully. R - 109min Make your appointment now for I on I total fitness training at the base gym. Kids/Family Comedy Rated PG for Take that first step today. language and crude humor Tuesday, July 10 For more information call "DD" at 2193. Gtmo Oueen Do you feel the need to fish? Well here is 8pm Doctor DoLittle 2 your chance on board the GTMO QUEEN Doctor DoLittle 2 PG - 81min July 20, 2001. The Gtmo Queen departs the Starring: Eddie a bayview dock at 5pm for prime fishing Murphy, Kristen grounds. Never fished before? Not to worry, W3 ilson, Raven Wednesday, July 11 our staff is there to assist in rigging, baiting, Symone, Kevin and landing your fish. We provide a limited Pollak and Kyla 8pm EVOLUTION number of rods and reels, bait and ice, you Pratt. bring you own refreshments and snacks. Murphy returns as PG13 - 105min Cost is only I m 1'fr 4, nn V"6 the doctor who talks fro . Ei a3 ; $5.00 per person. 20-person limit so sign up to the animals. T['his early to guarantee a space. For more Dolittle July 12 time, it's Thursday, information call 2345. versus Darwin in the CDC ultimate man versus nature showdown, in 8pm ATLANTIS Parents Night out the midst of the PG - 96min Saturday July 21 From 6:30 to 12:00pm. animal kingdom's first labor strike. Sign up required by Wednesday July 18 Call 3664 for more information. Romance/Thriller Rated R for language, 10pm Angel Eyes violence and sexuality For more information on any of the events R - 104min listed above, call 5225.