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Control your anger
The Stress Management/Anger Control
Workshop is offered from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on
the third Thursday of each month. The next
classes will be Feb. 24 and March 24 in the
conference room of building 38 North.
287-4894.
Write your resume
The Reynolds House is offering a free
resume writing seminar from 1 to 3 p.m.
Feb. 22 instructed by the Central Texas
College Placement Office. Register in ad-
vance. 287-5645.
Cav unit hosts dance
The 1st Bn 5th Cav Regt will host a
Valentine’s Day sweetheart dance starting
at 6 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Main NCO Club.
Members of the battalion and their guests
are invited to attend. For ticket information
contact any battalion first sergeant.
Support group meets
The 1st Bn 8th Cav Regt 1st Cav Div is
having a family support group meeting at
6:30 p.m. Feb. 22 in the main ballroom of
Fiddler’s Green Recreation Center. All sol-
diers and their families are welcome.
Capt. Lawless 287-6598.
Spouse’s seminar set
The III Corps NCO Academy will host a
one-day spouse’s seminar from 8 a.m. to 2
p.m. Feb. 22 in the Army Community Ser-
vices conference room in building 1. This
seminar helps to bring awareness to various
activities information and referral areas
Fort Hood has to offer. Participants receive
lunch free child care and transportation.
287-9190/3391.
Be a volunteer
Heart of Texas Hospice a non-profit orga-
nization providing comprehensive support to
terminally ill patients and their families
needs volunteers. A free 30-hour class will
be held to train volunteers from March 1 to
March 31 and classes will be held from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday
at the Killeen office 1801 Suite A Trim-
mier. Classes are limited to 25 people.
Ann 526-0078.
STEP classes offered
Systematic Training for Effective Parent-
ing is a program focusing on the develop-
ment of effective parenting skills through
appropriate communication and discipline.
Each class is four weeks in length and
meets for two hours once a week. Classes
are held at the Reynolds House Outreach
Center. Limited free child care is available.
Sign up now for March classes. 287-5645.
Choose a career
Choosing a career is one of the most
important decisions a person makes during
their lifetime. Central Texas College offers
free career and vocational counseling
through the Single Parent/Homemaker’s
Support Group department to help explore
today’s job market options. The program
offers guidance networking and resourcing
services in addition to testing and evalua-
tion. Betty Bowling 526-1192.
Learn about sponsorship
The ACS Relocation Assistance Program
has several copies of the Total Army Spon-
sorship Program package available for
checkout. The package includes a video
instructor’s guide and sponsor’s guide. An
education support package includes a discus-
sion guide and participant’s reference. Pack-
ages are available to unit coordinators/liai-
sons after they have received a one-hour
training class. Steve Schroeder 288-2812.
Adult education offered
Adult'Education classes are being offered
from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday
at C.R. Clements Intermediate School on
Avenue E in Copperas Cove. Classes include
GED preparation English as a Second Lan-
guage and Adult Basic Education. Classes
are free and registration runs continuously
throughout the semester. 547-2235/526-
1120.
Volunteers needed
Volunteers are needed for to help with the
spring cleanup of the rodeo arena in March
and April. Those interested can contact Sgt.
Maj. Terry Tucker 287-9588/690-3673.
FCC spots available
Family Child Care has child care spaces
available for children between the ages of 4
weeks and 12 years. All FCC providers offer
a variety of developmentally appropriate
activities in a family atmosphere with indi-
vidual attention. Spaces vary depending on
village preference child’s age hours and
days care is needed. 287-2304/2356/6249.
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By Amy Koehler
III Corps Public A ffairs
Everyday parents tell their chil-
dren “OK now go brush your
teeth.”
Whether the child goes to the
bathroom and actually brushes his
or her teeth or just runs the brush
under the water parents wouldn’t
know unless they watched their
child.
Until now.
By Niki Deifel
III Corps ublic A ffairs
FORT HOOD ~mr
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Lt. Col. Loren Alves chief pediatric dentistry
checks the teeth of a youngster during preventive
A lot of writers spend their whole lives
struggling to get their work published-years
of hoping planning and dreaming.
Not Wilson Walker a retired master ser-
geant who has published three professional
development books for soldiers since his retire-
ment in 1990.
“I never even thought about writing a book”
By Doraine McNutt
13th COSCOM ublic A ffairs
Fort Hood soldiers are often de-
ployed that is the nature of their
job. In turn the work for the
remaining family members be-
comes more difficult.
The 169th Maintenance Bat-
talion 64th Corps Support Group
13th Corps Support Command de-
ployed Dec. 12 1993 to facilitate
the redeployment of troops and
equipment from Somalia by the
President’s March 31 deadline.
While the soldiers are staying
busy with this task the family
support group from 169th Maint
Bn has found creative ways to help
each other keep busy during the
trying times.
They have had many group
meetings and different functions
since the soldiers deployed. The
latest get-together was held Feb.
5.
About 40 family members held a
potluck supper and made Valen-
tine cards and banners for their
loved ones far from home.
“The soldiers really seem to ap-
preciate the things we do for them
like the banner” said Cindy Max-
well wife of Capt. Shawn Max-
well S-l.
The Maxwells who have been
married for eight years have
never before experienced a deploy-
ment of this nature.
“We have been through quite a
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Dental care important for children
Children all over Fort Hood
were in for a surprise as they sat
in their classrooms recently. Lieu-
tenant Col. Loren D. Alves chief
pediatric dentistry and Sgt. Jen-
nifer Smith community health
preventive specialist were making
their rounds to perform free dental
screenings.
The screenings in support of
National Childrens’ Dental Health
month were simple examinations
to look for obvious and/or urgent
dental care.
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This left a lot of soldiers studying things
they didn’t really need to know.
“When I got ready to retire I was going to
do another one for my battalion” he said.
That’s where the book came from.
Getting the first book published was the
Support groups send cheer help family at home
few field problems but this is the'
longest we’ve ever been sepa-
rated” she said.
To help her cope with the situa-
tion Maxwell tries to stay busy.
“We have family night every
Wednesday and we usually go out
and eat pizza or play Putt-Putt or
go to the movies and that really
helps to break up the week” she
Retired soldier publishes books for military members
Walker said.
When he was stationed in Germany he
wrote the promotion study guide for his bat-
talion.
“Soldiers coming in from everywhere had
different study guides” he said.
“We’re attending all of the Fort«
Hood schools to look for obvious
dental problems” Alves said.
“After we give the results of the
screening to the parents it’s up to
the parents to follow-up.”
If your child comes home from
school with a slip stating he or she
is in need of care there are many
opportunities available to make
appointments.
To follow-up with either a rou-
tine exam or emergency care
Alves recommends three alterna-
tives.
dental screenings at a Fort Hood school in support
of Children’s Dental Health Month.
Family members of the 169th Maint Bn family support group mem-
bers make Valentines Day cards and banners for their loved ones
who are currently deployed to Somalia.
Amy Koehler/III Corps
said.
She also explained that the fam-
ily support group helps a lot.
“We made a chain-of-concern
and we have five points of contact.
We call up other members of the
family support to pass on informa-
tion.”
She said that this helps keep
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Parents enrolled in the Delta
Dental Plan can make an appoint-
ment in town to receive care.
Family members who are not
enrolled in the plan because they
are in-eligible can make an ap-
pointment at their respective
unit’s clinic.
Family members who are eli-
gible for the plan but who are not
enrolled are not eligible to be seen
at the Fort Hood dental clinics and
will need to attend an outside
source.
“The Delta Dental Plan is in-
tended to be used in town” Alves
said. “If someone is eligible to
receive the plan and we work on
them a dentist in town would
have the right to say we are tak-
ing patients away from their busi-
ness.
“This is not to say that we don’t
examine family members” Alves
said. “Anyone who is not eligible
for the Delta Dental Plan because
their sponsor has less than 24
months active service can come to
the clinic for treatment.”
All active duty Army members
who have served for two years and
have family either a husband or
wife not in the Army or a child
over four years of age should have
been automatically enrolled in the
Delta Dental Plan if they have
more than 24 months left to serve.
If a premium is not being de-
ducted from your Leave and Earn-
wings Statement (LES) and you
meet the criteria contact your
local finance office to enroll.
“Parents need to know that our
exams at the schools were very
brief” Alves said. “Each child was
looked at for only 10 or 15 seconds.
“The screening was not intended
to take the place of a comprehen-
sive examination. Without x-rays
there is no real way to tell if teeth
are coming in straight or if there
are hidden problems.”
“For the kids sake parents need
to haye their children checked
semi-annually” Alves said. “Their
is no reason why a child should
have to be in pain before we get
the chance to see them.”
difficult step Walker said.
“A publisher puts in the money and takes
the risks” Walker explained. “Unless you
have a name like (George) Bush or (retired
Gen. Norman) Schwartzkopf they won’t touch
you.”
Walker published his first book Up or Out:
How to Get Promoted as the Army Draws
Down on his own. That included marketing.
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Doraine McNutt/13th COSCOM
(See Walker B6)
'everyone informed about what’s
going on. The group has also gen-
erated a newsletter for similar rea-
sons. It is mailed to the families
and the soldiers in Somalia.
“Family support means support.
For many women whose husbands
are deployed separation teaches
them independence and we try to
stress that” said Lenora Williams
wife of Lt. Col. Bennie Williams
169th Maint Bn commander.
“If they have a problem we ex-
pect them to try to work through
it before they call us to ask for
help. If they can’t fix it we will
help them” she continued.
She said that about 40 percent
of the battalion is married and has
a family in the Fort Hood area so
independence is a necessity.
While the family support group
stresses independence they also
sponsor activities to keep the fami-
lies talking to each other.
“Next month we are planning to
have a meeting with the chaplain
to talk about the soldiers re-
entering the family unit” Wil-
liams said.
She said this helped the families
to manage the transition back into
a family unit after they have got-
ten used to handling things bjr
themselves.
When the soldiers do retunf
tentatively scheduled for late
March or early April the family
members already have a huge
homecoming party scheduled for
them.
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