The 1st Infantry Division Post Paper

THE 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION POSTFORT RILEY, KAN.

The Fort Riley Tax Center is now open in Building 7034 at the corner of Normandy and Bul-lard Street to prepare 2009, 2010 and 2011 federal tax returns. The tax center will also prepare state tax returns as a courtesy when completing your federal return.

Hours of operation are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. Walk-ins appointments are welcome, but appointments are encouraged. You can make an ap-pointment either in person or by calling 785-239-1040. Appoint-ments will be available Monday through Friday only. Saturdays are strictly walk-in days.

A warrant officer recruit-ing team from the U.S. Army Recruiting Command will be at Fort Riley Feb. 7 to 8 to conduct briefings. Briefings will be at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in Building 8388 on Armistead Street. For more information, call Chief Warrant Officer 3 Michael A. Grinter at 502-626-0458 or [email protected]. More information also can be found at www.usarec.army.mil/hq/warrant.

Effective Feb. 7, the Quarter-master Laundry Service located in Building 229 will no longer clean organizational clothing and individual equipment, or OCIE, for individual Soldiers. All OCIE turn-ins to the central issue facil-ity, or CIF, will be clean and all repairs made in accordance to TM10-8400-201-23, General Repair Procedures for Clothing. No dirty OCIE will be accepted under any circumstances and prior to DX all OCIE items will be clean.

Fort Riley residents and per-sonnel are reminded to call 911 in the event of an emergency. The Military Police number, 785-239-MPMP (6767), should only be used in non-emergency situations.

The Fort Riley Police De-partment would like to remind Fort Riley residents and visitors that vehicles parked adjacent to the side of a roadway must be facing the same direction as travel on the roadway. Parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant is prohibited, as well as in other areas designated by “no parking” signs. Parking regulations can be referenced in Kansas Statues and Fort Riley Regulation 190-5.

The Flint Hills Area Trans-portation Agency offers rides to and from Manhattan to the Fort Riley and Junction City areas. The cost is $2 one-way within a three-mile radius of Manhattan, Fort Riley and Junction City. Rides beyond the three-mile radius are $4 each way. For more information or to schedule a ride call 877-551-6345.

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1DivPost.com FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012 Vol. 4, No. 3

SAFETY HOLIDAY

As of Thursday, Jan. 26,

days have passed since the last vehicular fatality on Fort Riley. With 74 more and the post will celebrate with a safety holiday to take place at each unit’s discretion.

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By Sgt. Gene A. Arnold4TH IBCT PUBLIC AFFAIRS

“In essence, (the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif.) is a giant word problem given to a unit to figure out how to move thousands of Soldiers, hundreds of pieces of equipment by truck or train, and establishing the training you’re going to do for the month-long training in the desert of Cali-fornia,” said Capt. Ross Daly, NTC planning officer, 4th Infantry Bri-gade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division.

For the entire month of Febru-ary, the 4th IBCT will conduct its training rotation at the NTC. This

will allow the “Dragon” Brigade to put into use the training learned during the past 18 months in a combat-induced environment.

Six months ago, the 4th IBCT began the preparation phase to move more than 2,000 Soldiers, about 700 pieces of equipment and the strategic scenarios necessary for a deployment to Afghanistan.

“NTC gives us a venue to train in different terrain and utilize dif-ferent resources, which is going to test what we’ve done for the past 18 months,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Wylie Hutchison, senior noncom-missioned officer in charge, 4th IBCT.

In the past year and a half, be-

sides numerous training exercises from the squad to the brigade level, military occupational specialty individual and team level quali-fications have been conducted to ensure readiness for NTC and the deployment.

“The 13F (fire support special-ists) have conducted brigade-level certifications and have been in-tegrated back into companies to incorporate fire support with the commanders scheme of maneuver,” said Sgt. 1st Class Jason Gill, senior fire support specialist, 4th IBCT. “We’re learning how to combine fire support with the infantry, cav-alry and field artillery to work as

‘Dragon’ Brigade prepares to head to NTC

Sgt. Gene A. Arnold | 4TH IBCT

Sgt. Dennis Bergstrom, Troop B, 1st Sqdn., 4th Cav. Regt., gives the command to slow down to the driver moving into position on the rail line Jan. 17 at Camp Funston. The 4th IBCT is scheduled to complete a rotation to the NTC, Fort Irwin, Calif., in February.

By Parker Rome1ST INF. DIV. POST

The garrison command sergeant major is working to ensure units run only on approved routes during physi-cal training.

In the past several months, there have been incidents of units running

on non-approved routes that nearly re-sulted in traffic accidents.

“It’s a safety issue to have Soldiers out there running with all the traf-fic coming on post,” said Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Colvin Bennett Sr. “Now, we’re almost a full nest. We have more traffic, and that creates a potential for accidents. We just can’t

afford to have those types of accidents on this installation. It’s a safety issue for the Soldiers and the people who are coming in and driving on the instal-lation.”

Most major roads and highly traf-ficked areas are off limits for PT.

“I don’t think it’s anything new,” Bennett said. “The biggest problem

we have right now is just enforcing what’s out there. We’re in the process of educating the units on what routes you can run on and what routes you can’t. We must make sure we get the standard down to the lowest level of command.”

Running proper PT routes is ‘safety issue’

1ST INF. DIV. PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta announced Jan. 23 the president nomi-nated Brig. Gen. Paul E. Funk II for ap-pointment to the rank of major general.

Funk is the 1st Infantry Division’s deputy command-er for maneuver.

The deputy commander has served in numer-ous assignments at a variety of loca-tions throughout his career begin-ning with an as-signment as an armored cavalry platoon Leader in the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hood, Texas. Most recently, he served as the deputy commanding general of the Combined Arms Center for Training at Fort Leavenworth.

Funk’s awards and decorations in-clude three awards of the Legion of Merit, three awards of the Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, three awards of the Meritori-ous Service Medal, five awards of the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal, the Defense of Sau-di Arabia Medal and the Meritorious Unit Citation.

Funk has a Bachelor’s degree in Speech Communications from Mon-tana State University.

Funk assumed his current position with the “Big Red One” July 5, 2011.

Funk receives nomination for 2nd star

Ready to train

Brig. Gen.Funk

By Mollie Miller 1ST INF. DIV. PUBLIC AFFAIRS

With a five-year, 50,000-Soldier drawdown looming, officers must be ready to act as their own career manag-ers if they hope to succeed in an increas-ingly competitive Army, a Human Re-sources Command officer said Jan. 19.

Lt. Col. James Kaine, field artillery branch manager, Human Resources Command, told more than 130 1st Infantry Division artillery officers that up-to-date personnel files and open lines of communication with the HRC team are going to be very important as the promotion selection process be-comes much more critical in the com-ing years.

“I think the message is clear, the Army needs quality officers,” Kaine said during an artillery officer briefing Jan. 19 at Fort Riley. “Retaining the qual-ity in the force is going to be the focus during the next few years, and what we are going to do (at HRC) is make sure our officers are set up for success on the promotion boards.”

Kaine, who was joined by artillery majors’ assignment manager Maj. Steve Padilla, discussed a variety of topics related to officer professional develop-ment, including schooling, key devel-opment time and command time. Ac-knowledging professional timelines are slightly off because of backlogs at places like the Intermediate Level Education

Branch chief tells FA officers to take control of careers

Mollie Miller | 1ST INF. DIV.

First Inf. Div. Staff Officer Maj. Rodric McClain, right, discusses career options with Maj. Steve Padilla, left, following a field artil-lery branch brief Jan. 19 at Fort Riley. Padilla, field artillery officer assignments manager, HRC, and field artillery branch manager Lt. Col. James Kaine visited Fort Riley Jan. 18 to 19 to provide 1st Inf. Div. field artillery officers a “state of the branch” update.

Pamela Redford | POSTSignifying the official opening of the Fort Riley Tax Center, Brig. Gen. Donald MacWillie, 1st Infantry Division deputy commanding general for support, right, cuts the ribbon Jan. 19 at Building 7034 with the help of, from left to right, Spc. Benjamin Baker, 601st Aviation Support Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Inf. Div.; Lt. Col. John Hamner, deputy staff judge advocate, Legal Assistance Office, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate; and Elizabeth Thur-ston, installation tax attorney, Legal Assistance Office, OSJA. To schedule an appointment at the tax center, call 785-239-1040.

TAX CENTER OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Jacqueline M. HamesANS

WASHINGTON – Among the many freedoms Soldiers fight to de-fend, the right to vote may be one of the most fundamental, and officials at the Human Resources Command want to help the entire Army Family exercise that privilege.

The HRC, in partnership with the Federal Voting Assistance Pro-

gram, is working to make the voting process easy and accessible to Sol-diers, their Families and Department of the Army civilians.

Lt. Col. Stewart Stephenson, chief of the Soldier Programs Branch with the HRC emphasized the im-portance of registering, updating in-formation and voting

“Our mission, our charge, is in-

Army officials encourage exercising right to vote

See PT, page 8

See NTC, page 7

See VOTING, page 7

See CAREER, page 7

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2 | JANUARY 27, 2012 HOME OF THE BIG RED ONE

This is the third in a series of articles highlighting Fort Riley services available to assist Sol-diers, Families, civilians and re-tirees in meeting their 2012 New Year’s resolutions.

By Pamela Redford1ST INF. DIV. POST

January can be a tough time of the year, financially, for many Families. The holi-days are over, the gifts are un-wrapped and the relatives have all gone home, but the bills are just beginning to arrive.

A New Year’s resolution concerning finances might seem overwhelming right now, but the Fort Riley Research and Extension Office and the Financial Readiness Program through Army Community Services offer free classes and counseling to those who want

to do things differently in 2012.

Laura Weiss-Cook, Fort Ri-ley extension agent, and Stacy Johnston, Financial Readiness Program, ACS, offer the fol-lowing tips to get back on track this year:

• Assess the situation. “Money tends to spend itself if you’re not paying attention,” Weiss-Cook said. She sug-gests taking the time to assess spending habits before making any decisions about the future. Look at where the money is go-ing.

Tracking to see where the money has frittered itself away is a must-do. Many Fami-lies at Fort Riley are making an adjustment to going back to regular pay after a deploy-ment, Johnston said, adding the change in income could be a good reason to take a look

at finances and re-evaluate the game plan.

Johnston suggested www.mint.com as a good money management tool, and said it can be especially good for cou-ples because it allows multiple accounts to be inputted and as-sessed with financial reports ac-cording to customized budgets. Mint.com also offers a free application for smart phones Johnston said she personally really likes and uses often.

• Ask the hard questions. Consider long-term goals and values and compare them to current spending habits, Weiss-Cook suggests. Is spending $400 a month eating out at restaurants reflective of what matters most? If not, it may be time to direct that money else-where – perhaps to a college fund or a credit card balance.

• Set SMART goals.

S= Specific M = MeasurableA = Achievable R = Relevant T = Time-bound Whether the goal is debt

reduction, saving or investing, setting a specific, defined goal with a structured time frame is a good way to keep motivated and measure progress, Weiss-Cook said.

“Know that each action you take is getting you closer to achieving your goal,” Johnston said. “Once you have that debt paid off, the money for the payment is yours. Debt-free is so much more fun.”

• Consider automation/auto-pay. It’s the pre-emptive strike, Weiss-Cook said. Use automated banking services to pay a bill, loan or put money into savings or an investment as soon as the paycheck comes

in. Weiss-Cook said it makes life much easier to take the money off the top before it’s ever seen. What’s left at the end of the month is truly what’s left – if all the bills are already paid.

Johnston also pointed out it’s just simpler to pay online because there’s less clutter and paperwork. In addition, she said, paying online allows for quick action; the bill is never stuck in the mail.

• Take advantage of the re-sources at Fort Riley. Fort Riley offers the following free classes to anyone with a government ID card, including: Small steps to health and wealth; Basic budgeting; Raising money smart kids; Start investing with $1 - $1,000; Women and money; Money management 101; Personal financial man-agement; Quarterly classes; and Financial Peace University,

a 13-week course. Counseling also is avail-

able through the FRP to help those who want one-on-one help assessing their situation. Financial counselors are trailed to point out trends and make suggestions for little changes that will have a long-term ef-fect, Johnston said.

Additionally, the Army Emergency Relief program through ACS is available to Soldiers and Families who need emergency financial assistance in the form of no-interest loans.

To learn more about the resources and class available through K-State Research and Extension, visit www.fortri-ley.ksu.edu/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=23.

For a financial counseling appointment, call the ACS front desk at 785-239-9435.

New Year’s resolutions: Focus on financial readiness

TRAFFIC REPORT

CLOSURES

Estes Access Control Point is closed for about 12 to 18 months for major construction. Traffic will be re-routed to Four Corners on Vinton School Road. Rifle Range Access Control Point is open from 5 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and from 3:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through

Friday, to facilitate Estes ACP closure.

ACP HOURS OF OPERATION

The Directorate of Emergency Services would like to bring attention to the available access control points for normal and federal holiday hours.

Four Corners/Ogden/Trooper/Henry: 24/7Rifle Range: 5 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 to 8 p.m., Monday to Friday, closed on federal holidaysEstes: Closed12th Street: 5 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday to FridayGrant: 5 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays,

closed Sundays and on federal holidays.

Each week, the 1st Inf. Div. Post will publish a detailed map with traffic information from the week prior. Readers are encouraged to use this information to select the best route to enter the post. The first such map is below.

Mr. Curtis Wooten, Directorate of Human Resources, is honored as the Garrison Employee of the Month ceremony Jan. 19 for month of December 2011.Wooten received a Garrison Certificate of Appreciation and a $500 Special Act Award from Garrison Commander Col. William J. Clark, center left, and Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Colvin D. Bennett Sr., left and Deputy Garrison Commander Linda S. Hoeffner, right. Wooten received two favorable Interactive Customer Evaluation, or ICE, comments for his assistance as a memorial affairs coordi-nator. The positive ICE comments recently received from Families are indicative of his noteworthy achievements. The gratitude expressed speaks volumes of the quality service, concern, and assistance provided to Family members during their dire time of need. Wooten’s individual acts of kindness and understanding pro-vided grieving Family members with a great sense of relief.Other nominees for the month of December were Teresa Griffin, Directorate of Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation; Brendon Clark, Directorate of Emergency Services; and Josh Kegley, Direc-torate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security.

Pamela Redford | POST

EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH

On Jan. 6, 2012, Spc. Walter Clemmons, 165th Movement Control Team, Special Troops Battalion, 1st Sustainment Brigade, was tried at a General Court-Martial and found guilty of unlawfully carrying a concealed and loaded Glock 23 pistol, and using that weapon to assault another Soldier by unlawfully pointing it at him. Clemmons again assaulted the above Soldier by pointing another weapon at him, a loaded Springfield XC pistol. For these offenses, the military judge sentenced Clemmons to be

reduced to the grade of E1, to perform hard labor without confinement for 30 days and to be discharged from the service with a Bad-Conduct Discharge.

On Jan. 6, 2012, Spc. Anthony Hill, HHC, 2nd HBCT, was tried at a Special Court-Martial and was found guilty of being absent without leave and using marijuana. The military judge sentenced Hill to be reduced to the grade of E1 and to be confined for six months.

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By Gary SheftickARMY NEWS SERVICE

FORT KNOX, Ky. – All Soldiers planning to separate from the Army are now re-quired to begin their transition process at least a year before leaving, according to a Depart-ment of the Army execution or-der signed Dec. 29.

The order is part of an effort by the Army to beef up transi-tion assistance, and it places responsibility for the program squarely on the shoulders of commanders, said retired Col. Walter Herd, director, Army Transition Office, Human Re-sources Command.

“It really changed Army transition from a staff respon-sibility to a commander’s re-sponsibility,” Herd said about the order.

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Ray-mond Chandler III said during this period of transitioning to a smaller Army, that it’s essential to have better transition assis-tance.

“We have a great program, but we can do better,” he said.

“I believe that Soldiers need to take some time and take a lit-tle responsibility for themselves and to understand that they are going to be transitioning out of the service,” Chandler said, adding they need to look at their resume, their education and their skill sets. “Then they need to speak with their com-mander, and their commander has a responsibility to speak with them.”

The effort to make transi-tion assistance more robust also includes the opening this week of a new toll-free call center for transition assistance. Soldiers can call 1-800-325-4715 for transition advice, 24/7. And a new website or virtual ACAP Center will soon be available,

Herd said. The added emphasis on

transition is partly because of a study undertaken by West Point about two years ago. The U.S. Military Academy Transi-tion Study sent about two doz-en scholars, NCOs and officers all over the Army to talk with transition counselors and Sol-diers preparing to separate.

“They came back with a couple of truisms. Number one is: the more time a Soldier has to prepare, the more likely they are to succeed. And that’s pretty simple. If you begin the transition process a week before getting out of the Army, your chances of failure are extremely high,” Herd said. “Two is the more your commanders are in-volved, and the more they sup-

port it, again the more likely you are to succeed. In a nut-shell, that’s the gist of this (ex-ecutive order) that was signed Dec. 29.”

What this executive order does is tell commanders to get their Soldiers into the Army Career Alumni Program 12 months prior to their planned separation, Herd said. This allows synchronization of re-quirements with the unit mis-sion, with exercises and opera-tions.

The most common com-ment from Soldiers participat-ing in the West Point Transi-tion Study was, “ACAP is a great program, but I don’t have enough time to attend,” Herd explained.

So no later than 12 months

out, Soldiers now need to sched-ule a pre-separation counseling at their installation ACAP Cen-ter. Counseling could actually be scheduled as early as 18 or 24 months out, if Soldiers are able, Herb said.

At that first counseling, Sol-diers begin to draft their indi-vidual transition plan, he said. They will set their goals and decide if they want to go back to school, go home to work the Family farm or business or join the job market. Then, they will determine what ACAP services and programs are necessary to reach that goal.

“You may want to eat every-thing on the menu,” Herd said of the list of available ACAP services, or just sample a couple of items.

Programs include a new De-partment of Labor employment workshop. Additionally, re-sume-writing assistance is avail-able; a Veterans Affairs Benefits workshop can be attended; and assistance also can be obtained about sending job applications out.

“There are several Army initiatives to make that con-nection between industry and the Soldier,” Herd said, adding transition offices work closely with the Employee Partnership for the Armed Forces, or EPAF, a group of companies and agen-cies that have made a commit-ment to hire veterans.

“Industry is dying to hire our Soldiers because we are bet-ter than the average American – smarter, healthier, cleaner, more disciplined, better trained,” Herd said.

About 135,000 Soldiers per year leave the Army and don ci-vilian clothes, Herd said.

Army civilian employees who are leaving because of Base Realignment and Closure, or just moving on, also are eligible to use ACAP separation ser-vices, he said. National Guard and Reserve Soldiers are eligible as well.

In fact, Herd said mobilized reserve-component Soldiers are now required to begin the transition process one year out, which means they should begin it at their mobilization station before deploying.

“What this tells you is … the Army leaders have really said that taking care of Soldiers and preparing them to become civilians is a (mission-essential) task,” Herd said. “And we’re going to dedicate the leader-ship emphasis, we’re going to dedicate the time, and we’re going to dedicate all the re-sources to set Soldiers up for success.

New order strengthens transition programAsking for help when you need it is a sign of strength. Listening to a friend in need and getting them the help they need is a sign of strength. Suicide affects us all and preven-tion is an all-hands effort all the time. If you or someone you know needs help, call 1-800-273-TALK.

Reach out. Talk. Listen. Help prevent suicide.

The Irwin Army Community Hospital appointment line recently introduced a new set of choices when making an appointment. Patients will be prompted to select the Primary Care Medical Home Clinic they are as-signed to – such as IACH, Farrelly Health Clinic or Custer Hill Health Clinic. The appointment line will then directly connect patients to their clinics. Pa-tients need to know what medical home clinic they are assigned to in order to make a selection.

Clinic assignments by brigade:

IACH- MEDDAC, DENTAC, Active Duty and Reserve Soldiers and dependents and

retirees.Farrelly Health Clinic-

4th IBCT active-duty Soldiers and their Fam-ily members, retirees and their Family members; 1st HBCT active-duty Soldiers and their Family members, retirees and their Family members; DHHB, 84th EOD, 1st Eng. Bn., 41st Eng., 72nd Eng., Sap-per Co. 3rd Eng., 97th MP Bn. and their Family members; CAB Family members, retirees and their Family members.

Custer Hill Health Clinic- CAB Family members and retirees and their Family members; 2nd HBCT active-duty Soldiers, 1st Sust. Bde. active-duty Soldiers.

Applications for the Defense Commissary Agency 2012 Scholar-ships for Military Chil-dren program are now available at commissaries worldwide as well as online at www.commissaries.com and www.militaryscholar.org.

The program awards at least one $1,500 scholar-ship to a student at each commissary. Scholarships are funded by donations from commissary vendors, manufacturers, brokers, suppliers and the general public. To be eligible for a scholarship, the stu-dent must have a current military ID card and be an unmarried child, no older than 21 or 23 – if enrolled as a full-time student at a college or university – of an active-duty service member, reservist, guards-man, retiree or survivor of a military member who died while on active duty or survivor of a retiree.

Applicants must submit an essay on a topic that is posted at www.mili-taryscholar.org. Applica-tions must be turned in to a commissary by close of business Feb. 24.

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Irwin Army Community Hospital’s goals are to provide health care for warriors, military Families and retirees; support the deployment of medically ready forces; and remain agile to meet diverse requirements. One IACH employee who assists in accomplishing that mission is spotlighted each week.

PATRICK ZASTROWMEDICAL COMPANY CLERKHometown: Long Beach, Calif.Start date at IACH: Jan. 10, 2010Years in area of specialty: Two years, with an additional three years active duty.What do you like most about working for IACH? The military has been my life for 20-plus years. I like being around Soldiers and the camaraderie that brings.What should patients know about you? Because I do not directly work with patients, I ensure the providers at all levels can concentrate on their patients by ensuring all of their administrative paperwork is completed in a timely manner, and they receive all of their military training. This allows the providers to center on the patient.How are you dedicated to wellness and inspiring trust? I am dedicated to the Soldiers of IACH. I am mission-oriented and will do whatever it takes to complete the mission, whether that mission is getting documents properly routed and updated through to the proper channels, helping with ranges or planning a Soldier readiness processing. They can trust it will get done in a professional manner.

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IRWINFORMATIONQ: “I heard that Tricare

has a website for behavior-al health questions. Where can I find it?”

A: Tricare has a behavior-al health portal on its www.triwest.com website on the main page. The portal offers resources focused on emo-tional health, deployments, substance abuse and also topics to support children and adolescent well-being. If you want to speak with a behavioral health special-

ist, you can initiate an on-line chat or video chat with them in the comfort of your own home at no cost to you. There also is a resource cen-ter with information on be-havioral health and Tricare coverage, as well as an inter-active map to help you lo-cate support organizations.

If you have a question for IrwINformation, send it to [email protected] or call 785-239-8414.

If you have a question for IrwINformation, send it to [email protected] or call 785-239-8414.

By Katherine RosarioIACH PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Irwin Army Community Hospital’s Employee of the Year said she gets up every day excited to serve Soldiers and their Family members.

Susie Mosier, head nurse of the obstetrician and genecolo-gy clinic, IACH, was presented with the Employee of the Year award during IACH’s winter ball in December. “This award is not about me,” she said. “There are so many deserving employees at this hospital, but this is really about those who have led and mentored me. It’s also about the nurses and

the staff that I work with and learn from ev-ery day.”

Mosier said she is appre-ciative for all of the support the OB/GYN clinic receives from other ar-

eas of the hospital, which helps her team take care of their pa-tients.

Mosier said she encourages supervisors to acknowledge their staff for a job well done and identify a system within their area to recognize employ-ees.

“I hope it encourages ev-ery staff member to nominate a person for employee of the month if they go above and beyond their normal duties,” she said.

Turning in positive Inter-active Customer Evaluation comments on the care patients receive helps supervisors praise their employees and even sub-mit them for employee of the month, she said.

Mosier said she appreciates that the hospital has a system in place, and they are consis-tent in recognizing people who go above and beyond in the or-ganization.

“It is a positive reinforce-

ment, and even returning Army Provider Level Satis-faction surveys electronically or through the mail helps us know which employees to rec-ognize based on patient satis-faction,” she said.

In addition to her recent award, Mosier previously was named Civilian Employee of the Year in the late 1980s, when she worked at Fort Gor-don, Ga.

“I love the opportunity to care for and work with our military and their Families,” she said. “It’s not about me, it’s about the people who I get up every day to serve, and it’s an honor to be there for them.”

IACH names top employee for 2011

ConnieDugan

By Nikia SimonIACH

A Trust Sustainment and En-hancement Task Force traveled from the Office of the Surgeon General, Joint Base Lewis Mc-Chord, Wash., to Irwin Army Community Hospital Jan. 9 to 13 to introduce a set of patient care and service excellence stan-dards.

The OTSG’s active focus is to make overall enhancement to patient experience, overcome obstacles to provide great ser-vice, identify barriers and seek opportunities, according to Lucretia Robertson, Trust En-hancement and Sustainment Task Force organizational devel-opment specialist.

“Culture of trust is part of what you do to make a deliber-ate and overt effort to enhance services excellence,” Robertson said.

The Customer Service Training team visited IACH in September 2011 to identify strengths and weaknesses to out-line training to address process deficiencies and improvement opportunities.

“The Trust Enhancement Team wants to leave IACH’s

Culture of Trust team with a different way of thinking as an approach to care,” Robertson said. “We view problems as an opportunity to obtain service excellence.”

“Begin with the Basics” inte-grates the behaviors of Culture of Trust actions in a collabora-tive effort to enhance the quality of the care IACH provides, while optimizing overall experiences, Robertson said. IACH is a pilot site for the Begin with the Basics customer-focused workshops that will be taught worldwide throughout the Army Medical Department.

BASICS guidelines will assist

in facilitating an environment where participants can learn and practice the following actions:

• Break barriers• Anticipate and accommo-

date• Seek solutions• Initiate and interact• Communicate“Begin with the Basics (pres-

ents) steps for functioning op-timally,” said Fredrick Larson, OTSG special assistant. “(Begin with the Basics and Culture of Trust) is a collaborative effort to enhance service excellence audaciously … transform(ing) the seemingly impossible into reality.”

Individuals were direct-ed to identify and personify the importance of service as it relates to the quality of patient care.

“Use your own story; use your own voice with account-ability, congruency, transpar-ency, integrity and engagement as an empowering, validating experience,” Larson said.

AMEDD is reshaping its direction and paths traveled to standardize care and solutions.

“We are in the solution busi-ness,” Larson said.

The desired outcome of Be-gin with Basics is to acknowl-

IACH staff receives BASICS training

By Katherine RosarioIACH PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Anesthesiologists at Irwin Army Community Hospital help patients remain calm be-fore surgeries and send them into a relaxed, dream-like state while doctors work to fix their ailments.

This week nurses are cel-ebrating the 13th annual Na-tional Nurse Anesthetists Week campaign, “Dream a little Dream with Us,” Jan. 22 to 28.

Established by the American Association of Nurse Anesthe-

IACH celebrate National Nurse Anesthetists Week

Fredrick Larson, Office of the Surgeon Gener-al special assistant, speaks to more than 1,000 IACH staff members about cus-tomer service during a hospital training day Jan. 13 at a hotel in Manhattan. The train-ing day also included infection control pro-cedures, fire safety, risk reduction and a legal brief.

Spc. Alena BrownIACH

See BASICS, page 8

Dr. (Capt.) Brian Elliot adminis-ters general anesthesia to an IACH patient Jan. 20 in the operating room.

IACH

See WEEK, page 8

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HOME OF THE BIG RED ONE JANUARY 27, 2012

Why do you think we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day?

“Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve really loved Martin Luther King (Jr.). I love American history. I think he is

the reason people stand up for differ-ent people. I love how he was able to lead marches, protests and have a lot of different people protest with him … It doesn’t matter how old, young, small or tall, everyone can make a

difference.”

THATCHER SUNDAY | LINCOLN, NEB.Fifth-grader, Fort Riley Elementary School

“Just because of how he helped so many people who thought people

weren’t being treated fairly. He was amazing. I wish I was there to wit-

ness it. In the presence of something like that, I would be in awe. It was amazing how good he is and how he helped so many people. He did

something. He didn’t sit in his house. Someone like him deserved to be

noticed.”

ASHLYN CASEY | CALIFORNIAFifth-grader, Fort Riley Elementary School

“I think we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day because he was a very important person that brought two

people, who thought they could never be friends, together. He made a differ-

ence. He proved a point that people should stand united, no matter what.

He said skin color doesn’t make a difference. That was really important. Rosa Parks stood by his side, and she

stood up for what she believed.”

BRITTANY STEWART | HAMPTON, VA.Fifth-grader, Fort Riley Elementary School

“What it means to me is it helps me realize black and white, we’re all the same. If one does something bad, that doesn’t reflect on the others. Everyone is different from the oth-ers. He made me realize how many

honorable men fell for our country, no matter how we mistreated them. No

one should be enslaved. We can all be friends. It is also a great day to relax.”

DOUGLAS QUENTIN BUCKLEYINDIANA

Fifth-grader, Fort Riley Elementary School

“I think we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day because that’s the day he died, and he wanted everyone to be friends – Native American, black, white, all people … he put his hard

time and effort into it.”

BROOKLYN WHITMORE LITTLE ROCK, ARK.

Fifth-grader, Fort Riley Elementary School

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By Col. Patrick D. FrankCOMMANDER3RD BCT, 10TH MOUNTAIN DIV.

For the Soldiers, leaders and Families of the 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor

Regiment and the 4th Squad-ron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, and the communities around Fort Riley.

As members of the “Big Red One” division, you have played a vital role in continuing the storied legacy set by your brothers-in-arms for nearly a century. The victories you won, and the territory you secured in Afghanistan, in places like Pa’in Kelay, Siah Choy, DeMaiwand and Mullayan, are among the many “firsts” 1st Infantry Division Soldiers have accom-plished.

During World War II for example, Soldiers with the 1st Inf. Div. were the first to reach England, the first to battle the enemy in northern Africa and Sicily, the first on the beaches

of Normandy on D-Day, and the first to seize a major Ger-man city.

Now, during the battle for the Zharay and Maiwand districts of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan – the birthplace of the Taliban - you were mem-bers of the first unit to advance south and push the enemy to the Arghandab River. Never before in southern Afghanistan has this much ground been taken by a unit in such a short period of time.

“Pale Rider” Soldiers arrived in March 2011 to a restless and volatile area in the heart of Zharay District. The region was the most kinetic in Afghani-stan. Through your actions, the Taliban was silenced in areas like Pashmul, Kolk, Pankila and Burmohammad. Progressing south near the village of Haji Ramuddin, on the banks of the river, you sealed shut pockets of insurgent activity by establish-ing Combat Outpost Siah Choy. Your relentless pursuit of the enemy ultimately led to the Afghan people gaining

confidence in local security and going back to “Afghan normalcy.”

Soldiers with the “Dread-naught” Battalion, a combined arms battalion, deployed to the western flank of Task Force Spartan’s battle space in April 2011 and immediately began operations along Highway-1. The highway is the main thor-oughfare in southern Afghani-stan, serving as the gateway to Kandahar for thousands of motorists who use it every day.

Insurgents who used Highway-1 to traffic weapons, drugs and enemy fighters were quickly interdicted and de-tained by Dreadnaught Soldiers and their Afghan partners. Op-erating from Hutal and Sarkari Karez, you found the enemy continued to move about near the Registan Desert and north into the Ghorak mountain range. The continuous air assaults you conducted near the Band-e-Timor region and into the Ghorak Mountains significantly disrupted Taliban operations.

Pale Rider and Dreadnaught Soldiers will soon return home to Fort Riley and the 1st HBCT, proud of their achieve-ments.

You each had a tremendous impact on the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and on the 82nd Air-borne Division. Your achieve-ments positively affected our capability to defeat the enemy and secure the Afghan people.

As you transfer battle space responsibility to Fort Drum, N.Y., and Fort Lewis, Wash.-based units, know the Zharay and Maiwand districts are more secure than ever before, and the foundations you helped to lay will be carried forward.

We thank you for the hard work you’ve done for the “Spar-tan” Brigade Combat Team and wish your squadron and bat-talion a great reunion with your Families, the “Devil Brigade” and the Fort Riley community. You are a part of history. Your victories in Afghanistan will be recorded.

GIVING THANKS

Commander thanks community for support

By Alex BenderGARRISON SAFETY OFFICE

Employees may be ex-posed to blood and other potentially infectious

material while at work, and such exposure can present a serious health risk.

In order to minimize the risk, OSHA has adopted the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Stan-dard, requiring employers to take affirmative steps to protect workers. Included among the steps employers must take to minimize exposure risk are: the establishment of an exposure control plan and the institu-tion of effective housekeeping procedures; the use of engineer-ing and work practice controls; the use of personal protective equipment; employee train-

ing; the use of warning labels and signs; and other necessary actions.

Bloodborne pathogens are microorganisms pres-ent in the blood of infected persons, exposure to blood or OPIM could pass on diseases, including Hepatitis B infec-tion, Hepatitis C infection and Human Immunodeficiency Virus to name a few. Blood-borne pathogens can enter the body through open cuts, skin abrasions, nicks, mucous membranes in your mouth, nose and eyes and accidental punctures.

Bloodborne pathogens can be transmitted through blood-to-blood, semen or OPIM contact, and not by casual contact, like hugging, shaking hands or sneezing. To protect yourself, treat all

human blood as though it may contain these viruses, and wash your hands regularly, espe-cially before you eat and after contact with blood and body fluids, since this is the single most important technique for preventing the spread of infectious diseases. Some of the symptoms of exposure include weakness, fever, sore throat, nausea, headaches, diarrhea or flu like symptoms.

Some people who are infect-ed show no symptoms after the initial exposure for many years. If you accidentally contaminate yourself with suspect blood or fluids, or if you get a needle stick, immediately wash the af-fected area with soap and water, report the incident to your supervisor and seek immediate medical treatment.

Each employer who has an

employee(s) with occupational exposure to blood or OPIM is required to document an expo-sure determination to identify which employee job classifica-tion must be placed in the BBP program, develop a written exposure control plan, provide personal protective equipment, training, and engineering controls, offer the Hepatitis B vaccine to exposed employees and provide medical consulta-tion if an exposure occurs. This consultation is done by the Occupational Health Branch at Irwin Army Community Hospital for Employees of Fort Riley. The OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1030 can be found at http://osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=10051.

SAFETY NOTES

Use caution if, when working around blood

FES

Each year in America, more than 150 people die from acciden-

tal non-fire related carbon monoxide poisoning associ-ated with consumer products. These products include faulty, improperly-used or incorrect-ly-vented fuel-burning appli-ances, like furnaces, stoves, water heaters and fireplaces, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Several simple steps can be taken to protect Families from deadly carbon monoxide fumes, according to the U.S. Fire Administration.

What is carbon monoxide?

CO is an odorless, colorless and toxic gas. Because it is im-possible to see, taste or smell the toxic fumes, CO can kill people before they are aware it is in their home. At lower levels of exposure, CO causes mild effects that are often mistaken for the flu. These symptoms include headaches, dizziness, disorientation, nausea and fatigue. The effects

of CO exposure can vary greatly from person-to-person depending on age, overall health and the concentration and length of exposure.

Where does carbon monoxide come from?CO gas can come from

several sources, including gas-fired appliances, charcoal grills, wood-burning fur-naces or fireplaces and motor vehicles.

Who is at risk?Everyone is at risk for CO

poisoning. Medical experts believe unborn babies, infants, children, senior citizens and people with heart or lung problems are at even greater risk for CO poisoning.

What needs to be done if a carbon monoxide alarm goes off depends on whether anyone is feeling ill or not.

If no one is feeling ill: • Silence the alarm.• Turn off all appliances

and sources of combustion, like furnaces and fireplaces.

• Ventilate the house with fresh air by opening doors and

windows.• Call a qualified profes-

sional to investigate the source of the possible CO buildup.

If illness is a factor:• Evacuate all occupants

immediately.• Determine how many oc-

cupants are ill, and determine their symptoms.

• Call the local emergency number, and when relaying information to the dispatcher, include the number of people feeling ill.

• Do not re-enter the home without the approval of a fire department representative.

• Call a qualified profes-sional to repair the source of the CO.

Protect yourself and your Family from CO poisoning

• Install at least one carbon monoxide alarm with an audible warning signal near the sleeping areas and outside individual bedrooms. Make sure the alarm has been evalu-ated by a nationally recognized laboratory, such as Under-writers Laboratories. CO alarms measure levels of CO over time and are designed

to sound an alarm before an average, healthy adult would experience symptoms. It is very possible that you may not be experiencing symptoms when you hear the alarm. This does not mean that CO is not present.

• Have a qualified profes-sional check all fuel burning appliances, furnaces, venting and chimney systems at least once a year.

• Never use a range or oven to help heat a home, and never use a charcoal grill or hibachi in a home or garage.

• Never keep a car running in a garage. Even if the garage doors are open, normal circu-lation will not provide enough fresh air to reliably prevent a dangerous buildup of CO.

• When purchasing an existing home, have a qualified technician evaluate the integ-rity of the heating and cooking systems, as well as the sealed spaces between the garage and house. The presence of a CO alarm in a home can save lives in the event of CO buildup.

FIRE SAFETY

Taking simple steps can prevent CO poisoning

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Amanda Kim Stairrett | POSTRepresentatives with the 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs Office meet with Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team’s Female Engagement Team Jan. 19 to conduct mock print and video interviews. The training was designed to prepare the Soldiers for interviews with reporters they may encounter during an expected mission to Afghani-stan. The mission of the FET members is to provide unit support by inter-acting with Afghan women, a demographic that would be otherwise unap-proachable by male service members and their Afghan National Army counterparts. With Afghanistan being an Islamic republic, it is against religious and local customs for men and women who are not relatives to interact with one another.

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STAFF REPORT

The following Soldiers and civilians will be honored for their service during a retire-ment ceremony at 9 a.m. Jan. 25 at Riley’s Conference Cen-ter. The community is invited to attend.

Sgt. Maj. William J. Sutton, Operations Company, Division Headquarters and Headquar-ters Battalion

1st Sgt. Dewayne D. Gar-ner, 407th Army Field Support Battalion Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas

Master Sgt. Russell C. Riv-iere, Operations Co., DHHB

Sgt. 1st Class Robert S. Caldwell, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team

Sgt. 1st Class Marcus J. Carter, HHC, Special Troops

Battalion, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team

Sgt. 1st Class Kevin L. Hess, HHC, STB, 1st HBCT

Sgt. 1st Class Randolph E. Hanlon, HHC, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team

Sgt. 1st Class Garcia A. Jem-mott, HHC, STB, 1st Sustain-ment Brigade

Sgt. 1st Class Gary Howard, Company B, 554th Engineer Battalion, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

Sgt. 1st Class Jack A. Stender, Intelligence and Sus-tainment Company, DHHB

Staff Sgt. Sheldrick L. Mur-phy, Co. E, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 2nd HBCT

Staff Sgt. Duane R. Davis, HHC, 701st Brigade Support Battalion, 4th IBCT

Staff Sgt. Corey G. Cantrell, Headquarters and Headquar-ters Detachment, 97th Military

Police BattalionStaff Sgt. Dale E. Hudnell,

Operations Co., DHHBSgt. Guadalupe R. Ramos

Jr., Headquarters and Head-quarters Troop, 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd HBCT

Sgt. Tommie E. Williams, Headquarters Support Com-pany, 601st Aviation Support Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade

Sgt. Michael C. Cosentino, Co. D, 299th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd HBCT

May F. Garlick, Information Management Division, MED-DAC

Adelina B. Morales, Educa-tion Services, Directorate of Human Resources

Michael J. Keating, Fort Ri-ley Fire Department, Director-ate of Emergency Services

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forming Soldiers on their right to vote,” Stephenson said. “Our goal is to (get) everybody that wants to vote – whether it’s a Family member, a DA ci-vilian, a Soldier – (to get them to) understand they can vote, they know how to vote, they are afforded the opportunity to do that, and that they know where to go to get assistance.”

There are more than 5,500 voting assistance officers, from company level to installation level, to help with the voting process, Stephenson said. “Ev-ery Army installation has a vot-ing assistance officer now,” he added.

Voting assistance officers are there to help Soldiers reg-ister to vote and cast their vote by providing things like voter registration forms and inform-ing them how best to return the ballots, but the responsi-bility to vote ultimately falls on the individual, Stephenson explained.

“You have to register, and you have to register early, up-date your address when you move and vote. You actually have to cast that vote,” he said. “The voting assistance officers have been trained. They can go through and help you based on

your specific location.”Soldiers can also visit the

FVAP website at www.fvap.gov to register and get information on submitting ballots for each state.

Soldiers who are deployed or have moved recently should update their information so of-ficials can send them an absen-tee ballot. However, sometimes they have to take matters into their own hands.

“If you hit 45 days before the general election and you haven’t gotten anything from your local election official, don’t wait for them. There’s a federal absentee write-in ballot. Fill that out, send it in – they may pass in the mail, but you still got your vote in,” Stephen-son said.

Absentee ballots can be found on the FVAP website as well as voting assistance offices at the unit level.

“We encourage people to vote. I would argue that it is not just a right, but an obliga-tion,” Stephenson said, noting that voting is a freedom Sol-diers defend.

During election season, the

best bet for a Soldier or some-one representing the Army with doubts about proper of-fice etiquette and election behavior is to talk with the chain of command, Stephen-son said. Generally speaking, don’t do anything in uniform that might give the impression that you are speaking for the Army, or that the Army specifi-cally endorses a political party,

he said. “What we’re trying to do

this presidential election year is establish an irreversible mo-mentum and make the voting process so embedded in the force that we don’t slack off be-tween (elections),” he said.

For more information on voting assistance policies, visit www.hrc.army.mil.

one consolidated team.”Working together as a team

while training has been benefi-cial, according to Hutchison.

“This is going to help the brigade refine what we’ve al-ready learned,” he said. “This is going to show us that yes, we’re ready.”

This will be the Dragon’s first training experience to NTC for a future deployment to Afghanistan. The brigade has deployed to Iraq for Op-eration Iraqi Freedom, from 2007 to 2008 and from 2009 to 2010.

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Photo illustration by David Vergum | ANS

A screenshot of the FVAP website’s landing page is pictured above. Officials at HRC want to ensure that the entire Army Family understands the importance of voting and wants to make it as easy as possible. FVAP is one tool to help accomplish that goal.


The 4th IBCT is staged for movement for its rotation to the NTC at Fort Irwin, Calif., scheduled for February.

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course at Fort Leavenworth, the branch manager said work was being done to figure out ways to implement distance learning opportunities and an ILE selec-tion processes.

Although reluctant to com-ment on how low the officer promotion percentage rates will dip in the coming years, Kaine did say the changes that will soon be implemented through-out the Army’s personnel man-agement system will be “very healthy for the Army.”

“This is about getting back to normal,” he said. “This gets us back to a best-qualified board that selects only the best-quali-fied officers.”

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno, in a Dec. 20 message to all colonels, urged the senior leaders to be thought-ful and specific in their evalua-tions of subordinates and ensure they are properly prepared for the increasingly critical selec-tion boards.

“Our selection boards will continue to select our very best officers; those who display the greatest potential to lead our

Army,” Odierno wrote. “Our Army will be in transition over the next several years and reduce in size. We must retain our very best.”

Padilla, who discussed career progression with several of the division’s artillery majors during one-on-one interviews, said he and Kaine elected to visit Fort Riley now to take advantage of the fact that nearly all 1st Inf. Div. Soldiers are currently “home.”

“This doesn’t happen very often, so we knew we had to come out here quick,” he said.

Kaine said he welcomed the opportunity to talk to the “Big Red One” Soldiers and “demys-tify” the process of career man-agement and assignments.

“I think it is important that we are not just a bunch of bu-reaucrats sitting at desks at Fort Knox, Ky.,” he said. “Maintain-ing face-to-face contact with the officers we assign is impor-tant that that’s why we wanted to take advantage of this sweet spot in time to talk to everyone about what we do at HRC.”

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FORT MEADE, Md. – The past 10 years of war assured many Soldiers an as-signment or promotion with a high degree of certainty, said an official with the De-partment of the Army Pro-motions Branch. That’s no longer necessarily the case.

“It has always been in the Soldier’s best interest to en-sure his or her personnel file is up-to-date. But as history tends to repeat itself and the Army scales back its force structure, having an accurate, updated and complete service record is now more important than ever,” said Gerald May-er, chief of DA Promotions Branch.

Soldiers need to know how to present themselves to the board in the most posi-tive and professional manner, Mayer said.

All Soldiers need to be on top of their personnel file at any given time because not only is the file looked at for promotion boards, but it’s also looked at for assignments as well, he said.

“If it’s not kept current to where you feel that you’re be-ing best represented, then you might fall short somewhere,” Mayer said.

The U.S. Army Human Resources Command, De-partment of the Army Sec-retariat convenes about 80 selection boards each year for promotions, command assignments, professional de-velopment and schools for officers, warrant officers and senior noncommissioned of-ficers.

But if a Soldier doesn’t do his or her due diligence, “the assignment that you want could go to someone else, or you could not get promoted,” Mayer said.

The Army will continue

to promote its most quali-fied and experienced officers and NCOs based on potential and performance, he said, but added this also means boards will only select the best quali-fied out of the field of fully qualified Soldiers.

“The Army recommends that every Soldier, at a mini-mum, should maintain con-tact with their branch man-ager; check their DA photo, with emphasis on the proper wear and placement of the awards and to ensure that the data matches their officer re-cords brief or enlisted records brief, and what’s filed in their Official Personnel Manage-ment File, or OPMF, which is their electronic record deposi-tory,” said Randy Gillespie, chief, Officer Promotions Branch.

Gillespie added everyone should:

• Ensure their assignment data on the officer record brief or enlisted record brief is accurate

• Ensure all awards and badges are properly annotated on their ORB/ERB and filed in the OMPF

• Confirm all evaluations are properly posted in their OMPF and SSN, height/weight data and duty title/description are correct

• Review and certify their “My Board File” promotion information is correct, “So don’t fall short and think that if you don’t put any emphasis on your personnel file, which is kind of your resume and kind of your handshake to whomever is looking at your file – because if it’s not up to date, this could send the mes-sage that you’re not diligent enough, or that you don’t care what’s happening to you in your career. After all, this is a profession of arms, and it doesn’t speak highly of an individual if he or she pres-ents themselves in a way that

is unprofessional or fails to show due diligence,” Gillespie said.

Prior to a promotion board, DA Promotions Branch publishes a military personnel or MILPER mes-sage that gives Soldiers guide-lines on what they should do to ensure they are portraying themselves in the most favor-able light.

“If a Soldier takes the time to read the correspondence sent to them, they are told exactly what to do and how to do it, and who may help them. There’s no guess work in this process,” Mayer said.

Every Soldier, said Gil-lespie, should have the habit of updating their records as they change.

This makes sure they go down the right path to get the right evaluation to ultimately show how they rate against their peers.

“It’s not how you stack up against the Army standards, it’s how you rate against your peers because most boards have a maximum selection objective that restricts the number to be recommended for promotion based upon the needs of the Army.

“If there’s 100 people on that board and the Army can only promote 80, even though they may all be top-notch Soldiers ... it’s how they rank among themselves pro-vided that they are all fully qualified,” Gillespie said.

The Army, Mayer said, is an organization that truly cares about its people, but it also knows that not all Sol-diers can be promoted … there’s not that much room at the top.

“So we don’t want anyone to fall short and think some-thing is happening or there’s an expectation when there’s not. Promotion is not a right or an entitlement; it must be earned,” he said.

A Soldier, he said, may say he did all that’s required.

“OK, you did all that’s required, but how well did you do it? Therein lies your efficiency report that talks to a Soldier’s potential for ad-vancement to the next higher rank.”

“So we’re just trying to alert Soldiers that (their) re-cord could be looked at for just about anything, so just keep it up to date and make sure there’s a validating docu-ment to support whatever entry is in (the) file,” Mayer said.

Furthermore, command-ers and supervisors can assist by monitoring preparation efforts and reviewing ORB/ERB, OMPFs and DA pho-tos prior to the board-con-vening date.

The boards will require complete record evaluations as outlined in their respective MILPER Messages.

At a minimum, these se-nior leaders should ensure that their officers have an of-ficial DA photo on file, along with completed evaluations that are processed by the es-tablished cut-off dates with emphasis on clear, concise, quantified narrative com-ments that leave no doubts as to where these Soldiers stand against their respective peers, Mayers said.

Finally, he said all Soldiers should view the detailed De-partment of the Army Sec-retariat video on the actual promotion board process to maximize success at DA boards and for their own pro-fessional development. This video is available at https://www.hrc.army.mil/promo-tions.

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The closure of Estes Access Control Point has made traffic worse in certain areas, reinforc-ing the need to only run on al-lows routes, Bennett added.

“Once we open Estes Gate again, it will relieve some of the issues we have with near misses because a lot of traffic is com-ing through Vinton School Road,” he said.

Maps of approved and non-approved routes are included in the Fort Riley Pam 350-1.

“Everyone is coming back now, so we need to re-engage and re-familiarize with the routes that are out there, and once that happens, I believe it will be much safer,” said Ron-ald Clasberry, garrison safety specialist, Garrison Safety Of-fice.

Clasberry also said it’s im-portant for Soldiers to carry flashlights and properly wear reflective belts to be visible by traffic.

“If you’re not seen, the po-tential is there for a person to be hit,” he said.

Key points in accordance with the Fort Riley Pam 350-1 are:

• Runs – During PT hours, from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m., units will conduct PT runs on the right side of the road, as far to the right as possible. Forma-tions may make full use of the road on protected routes. Unit formations must be supported by internal road guards. Com-pany and larger units varying from protected routes must co-ordinate with the Provost Mar-shal Office and the Division Safety Office for guidance and additional requirements.

• Safety precautions for night marches – Ensure that adequate safety precautions are taken during night marches and while conducting PT dur-ing hours of darkness to warn approaching traffic of the pres-ence of troops. As minimum acceptable precautions, one road guard will march or run 100 feet in front of and behind

the column. The reflective PT strap will be worn around the rucksack or Individual Body Armor, or IBA, so it is visible from the sides and rear. These guards and other Soldiers per-forming similar duties during hours of darkness and periods of poor visibility will carry flashlights and wear luminous belts or vests. The guards will slow, or, if necessary, stop traf-fic to warn drivers of the pres-ence of the formation.

• Reflective Belt – The re-flective belt will be worn with both the summer/warm weath-er and the winter/cold weather IPFU. When wearing the sum-mer/warm weather IPFU, the reflective belt will be worn around the waist. When wear-ing the winter/cold weather IPFU, the reflective belt will be worn diagonally from the top right to the bottom left, out-side the gray and black jacket. Soldiers susceptible to or with a previous cold weather injury will have a band of blue tape on the reflective strap. Soldiers susceptible to heat injury will have a band of red tape on the reflective strap.

• Straggler Control System – All units will establish a strag-gler control system for those individuals falling out of for-mation. A noncommissioned officer will be placed in charge of the stragglers. Personnel that fall out of the formation – stragglers – will clear the road-way immediately upon leav-ing the formation. Straggler control personnel will police up these individuals, placing them in formation to continue the run at a reduced pace. The requirements for road guards, with reflective vests and flash-lights, as stated above, also ap-ply to the straggler control for-mation. Stragglers will run on the left side of the road facing traffic. All personnel conduct-ing PT individually will wear proper reflective gear, regard-less of the time of day.

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edge AMEDD realities and to emphasize the importance of service recovery – identify approaches for handling and diffusing problems with vary-ing levels of severity, he said.

“We are not going to change everything today. Our expectation is for you to re-turn to your respective work areas and replicate what you learned in efforts to find solu-tions,” Larson said. “Concen-trate on changing one thing today to make things better for tomorrow. Begin living the basics today.”

At the conclusion of the weeklong training, Larson encouraged the entire IACH staff to embrace change.

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By Chanel S. WeaverUSAPHC PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Nearly one-third of active-duty service members smoke, and

that figure increases among troops in a combat zone, according to the 2008 Depart-ment of Defense Survey of Health-Related Behaviors.

Most Soldiers know smok-ing cigarettes can eventually cause lung cancer and emphy-sema, but one does not have to wait 20 or 30 years to experi-ence the adverse effects.

Multiple studies by U.S. Army Public Health Com-mand scientists show smoking has immediate health effects, including increased injury risk and diminished physical performance.

“Past studies of Army basic trainees show the risk of injuries

among Soldiers who smoke was as much as 90 percent higher than nonsmokers,” said Mi-chelle Chervak, senior epidemi-ologist, USAPHC. “From past data, as well as analysis of recent data collected on operational units, we can definitely say that smokers have a greater risk of any injury, and more specifical-ly, overuse injuries – damage to musculoskeletal tissue that accu-mulates with repetitive activities such as running. Higher injury risk is likely due to factors that impair the body’s healing and repair processes.”

USAPHC studies also have demonstrated smoking negatively impacts muscle endurance, especially as Soldiers get older.

“Our data show that smok-ers perform fewer push-ups and sit-ups on the Army Physical Fitness Test,” Chervak said.

Smoking also can affect mis-sion readiness, she said.

USAPHC studies have shown Soldiers who use tobacco have reduced night vision and mental sharpness and increased risk of heat and cold injuries. Nicotine decreases oxygen-ated blood flow, resulting in a 30-percent reduction in night vision for normal eyes and 50-percent reduction in those wearing corrective lenses. Likewise, smoking also causes reduced blood flow to the extremities, which leads to more heat and cold injuries as the body is unable to cool and warm them, especially fingers and toes.

Not only does smoking have a negative effect on a Soldier’s performance, it also has poor health consequences for the smoker and those in his/her environment.

President Barack Obama’s National Prevention Strategy re-port states that cigarette smok-ing causes about 443,000 U.S. deaths each year. These deaths occur as a result of lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, strokes, heart attacks, emphysema and other conditions.

Second-hand smoke also can be damaging to others’ health, especially children.

“If Soldiers knew the effect that smoking has on their children, I think more would be encouraged to quit,” said Col. Heidi Warrington, chief nurse executive, USAPHC.

Children who are exposed to second-hand smoke are at increased risk of suffering from chronic ear infections, asthma and learning disorders, War-rington said.

The financial cost of smok-ing also is significant. A recent

Army Times article stated tobacco use costs the Pentagon $846 million a year in medi-cal care and lost productivity. Not to mention the cost to the smoker, with cigarettes cur-rently ranging from $5 to $12 a pack.

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Sessions of the 2012 Resilient Spouse Academy, a weeklong training seminar for military spouses that teaches suicide inter-vention, responding to reports of abuse or neglect, Master Resilience Training and financial resilience, will be:

-Jan. 30 to Feb. 3-March 5 to 9-June 4 to 8-Sept. 10 to 14For more information or to

register, call 785-239-9435.

Upcoming USO Fort Riley No Dough Dinners in 2012 will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Building 7856 on Drum Street on Custer Hill. Some dinner loca-tions may change. For informa-tion, call 785-240-5326 or email [email protected]. USO Fort Riley also is on Facebook at www.facebook.com/usofortriley. Click on “Events” to see the most up to date information for No Dough Dinners. Dates for dinners are:

Jan. 31Feb. 13 and 29March 14 and 29April 12 and 30May 14 and 31June 14 and 28July 12 and 31Aug. 14 and 30Sept. 13 and 28Oct. 12 and 30Nov. 14Dec. 13

Interested vendors are encouraged to submit a reg-istration form for Fort Riley’s Great Escapes Expo March 31. For more information on Great Escapes and vendor registration, visit www.rileymwr.com or call 785-239-8990.

Flick-N-Float, a movie view-ing at Eyster Pool, will be at 7 p.m. Jan. 28. Cost of attendance is $10 per Family or $5 per person. Hot dogs, chips, juice and cookies will be served during the movie. Families are welcome to bring their own food. For more information, call 785-239-9441.

Picerne Military Housing will host a Family Game Night from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 3 at the Forsyth Neighborhood Center. All on-post Family housing residents are invited to attend. The event will include board games and activities for children of all ages, snacks and prizes. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, contact your neighborhood office.

AIB International School of Baking, Manhattan, has a full tuition scholarship for a person to attend AIB’s 16-week baking science and technology course Feb. 2 to May 24. The scholarship is for a military veteran, active-duty service member or spouse of an active-duty service member and is offered by representatives of the commercial baking industry to educate and encourage persons for positions of responsibility in the baking industry. For more information, contact Ken Embers at 785-539-2819

Riley’s Conference Center will host a beer tasting event from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 4. A limited number of $10 tickets are available. Participants must be 21 to participate. Tickets are available at Riley’s Conference Center and at Army Air and Force Exchange Services locations.

Riley’s Conference Center will host a Sweetheart Dinner and Dance from 6 to 10 p.m. Feb. 10 and 11. Celebrate Valentine’s Day with your loved one at this event that will include a cocktail hour and hors d’ oeuveres, a four-course gourmet meal, and live music and dancing. For more information, call 785-784-1000.

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By Melony Gabbert1ST INF. DIV. POST

When the Wing Zone at the Fort Riley Mini-Mall opened at 11 a.m. Jan. 17, a line had already formed.

“We’re real big on flavor. We have marketed ‘flavor-holics’ to de-scribe ourselves,” said C. J. Lawson, franchise trainer, Wing Zone.

Part of the slogan comes from the 15 sauces to choose from for a variety of meats, including buffalo wings, chicken tenders, hamburg-ers and shrimp. Sauces also can be used as salad toppings.

Sauces range from tame and garlic parm to hot shot and nuclear

habanero. With nearly 100 locations, the

franchise now has three restaurants in Army and Air Force Exchange Service facilities, according to Dan Wade, Central Regional food pro-gram specialist, AAFES. The first facility was established at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., in Sep-tember 2011; the second at Fort Hood, Texas; and the third at Fort Riley. Joint Base Lewis-McChord will receive a second restaurant in April.

Contracts are awarded based on consumer demand, Ward said.

What began as two fraternity boys selling wings out of the frater-nity kitchen has ended up a global

enterprise, with a stake at Fort Ri-ley, Lawson said.

In 1991, Matt Friedman and Adam Scott grew tired of pizza while studying at the University of Florida. They perfected sauces in their fraternity’s kitchen and began selling wings, Lawson said. That operation was discovered and stopped, but the two young men then borrowed $5,000 from their parents and opened their first res-taurant in 1993.

Lawson was on post through-out the week training employees, as he did for the week prior to the opening. Afterward, he will travel to Saudi Arabia to open another restaurant.

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Melony Gabbert | POSTCustomers decide what to order at the grand opening of the Wing Zone Jan. 17 in the Mini-Mall on Custer Hill. Fort Riley’s Wing Zone is the third to be opened on an Army installation.

Tasteful venture

By Sarah ChadwickPICERNE MILITARY HOUSING

With the hustle and bustle of work and after-school activi-ties, scheduling time together as a Family can be a challenge, not to mention planning an activity and deciding on something everyone can agree upon. Picerne Military Housing is taking the challenge out for Families by inviting Picerne residents to its Family Game Night from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 3 at the For-syth Neighborhood Center.

“Family Game Night will fea-ture jumbo-sized games, such as Tic-Tac-Toe, Jenga and checkers, as well as Family favorites, like Would You Rather, Candy Land, Yahtzee, Hungry, Hungry Hippos and oth-ers,” said Jasmine Nelson, event co-chair. “There will be games and activities for all ages.”

Snacks will be provided and prizes will be given away through-out the night. The grand prize will be a one-night stay at the Great Wolf Lodge, Kansas City, Kan.

“iPads, game consoles, televi-sions and other electronic devices tend to take the place of Family time these days,” said JC Calder, deputy community management director, Picerne Military Housing. “We wanted to provide a fun night where Families can spend time to-gether and enjoy each other’s com-pany without other distractions.”

The Forsyth Neighborhood Center is located at 22900 Hitch-ing Post Road. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, residents may call their neighborhood office.

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Many audience members remarked on the inspirational nature of Com-mand Sgt. Maj. Junior Riley’s presen-tation following the conclusion of the Martin Luther King Jr. Observance Jan. 18 at Riley’s Conference Center.

Riley, command sergeant major, Irwin Army Community Hospi-tal, Medical Activity, was the guest speaker at the observance, which was sponsored by the 1st Infantry Division Equal Opportunity Office.

Riley built upon King’s, “I Have a Dream,” speech.

“What is a dream?” Riley asked the audience. “Dreams act as a compass and tell us what direction in which to travel. It is important that you and I have a dream to get us to a destina-tion. Don’t let anyone take that dream away from you. A person with a dream knows what they are willing to give up to get up.”

Riley encouraged listeners to get away from people holding them down, measure actions by whether or not they contribute to reaching the

dream, build a support network of Family and friends and to keep push-ing.

He asked audience members to fill in the blank of what their dream is and answer what they are willing to do to commit to it.

He also told the audience to dream and to dream big.

“Your dream is not out of reach,” he said.

Strength, courage, a good support network, energy, enthusiasm and de-termination will help dreams be real-ized, he said.

He reminded the audience that King’s “selflessness brought about a change that many thought was not possible.”

King’s success and passion were put forth as examples by Riley before he made personal dreams the focus of his speech.

“Dr. King is everywhere … he showed the world that the principle of non-violence can be successful,” Riley said.

King is not just celebrated in our country, but all over the world, Riley said, adding that in Japan, an annual

banquet is conducted by the mayor in his honor. King also is celebrated in Toronto, Riley said, and a forest in Israel is named after him, as well as a school in Cameroon and streets and boulevards in Italy, India, Brussels, Brazil and Senegal, a country in West Africa.

He inspired a national movement toward equal rights, Riley said.

“His ‘I Have a Dream’ speech was something special born of that mo-ment, during that event,” Riley said, explaining that King had not written the speech out ahead of time, but was prompted by Mahalia Jackson from the crowd while giving his speech.

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A limited number of $10 tickets are available for the upcoming second annual beer-tasting event from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at Riley’s Conference Center.

Tickets are available at the confer-ence center, Army and Air Force Ex-change Service sites and at the Leisure Travel Center, 6918 Trooper Drive on Custer Hill. Tickets will be available until the day before the event, if they are not sold out.

About 50 beers will be served, many of which are craft or microbrews, but a

few will be imports, according to Chris Downs, manager, Riley’s Conference Center.

Beers will be served in bottles or cans. No draft beer will be served.

Three local vendors will be avail-able to hand out information to par-ticipants, and one local brewery will be represented. Tables with various beers will be set up, and participants may choose from the beers.

“This is a great opportunity to taste and sample,” Downs said.

Participants also will be treated to light hors d’ oeuvres and take home a pilsner glass with paid admission.

Annual beer-tasting event set for Feb. 4 at Riley’s

Maj. Gen. William Mayville, 1st Inf. Div. and Fort Riley command-ing general, left, presents MED-DAC Command Sgt. Major Junior Riley, right, with a certificate of appreciation fol-lowing the Mar-tin Luther King Jr. Observation Jan. 18 at Riley’s Con-ference Center.

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COURTESY PHOTOThe Fort Riley Middle school Band has announced the Eighth Grade Band students chosen to perform in the Kan-sas Music Educator’s Association North Central District Honor Band. Students are, from left to right, Alexandria Larsen, clarinet; Joseph Kyser, clarinet; and Sarah Hughes, flute. These and other area students rehearsed and per-formed a concert Jan. 14 at the Junction City Middle School.

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By Col. William ClarkGARRISON COMMANDER

The month of Febru-ary is often associated with Valentine’s Day

– a day associated with love and relationships. Fort Riley will celebrate relationships in a different way in February with the Celebrating Couples campaign. This year’s theme for the campaign is, “Com-munication Plus Commitment Equals Happy Couples.”

The campaign aims to help strengthen relationships among military couples, and the staff at Army Community Service’s Family Advocacy Program will host several fun classes and activities to help

accomplish this goal.

Patricia Love, an expert in the field of marital relationships will be on post Feb. 7 at Riley’s Confer-ence Center to provide two sessions of marital training.

Love, an author and speak-er, will present “Now That You Are Back, Let’s get Us Back: Using Gender Science to Help Couples Deepen Their Connection,” from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and “How to Get Your Groove Back: Restoring Passion and Intimacy in your

Relationship,” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Later in the same week, four marriage seminars presented by Kansas State Uni-versity professors and K-State Research and Extension staff will take place. These seminars are designed to improve com-munication skills and celebrate relationships.

Topics of discussion include “Blended Families,” which will be taught by David Thompson from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 9; “Fidelity and Marriage,” which will be taught by Jared Anderson from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 9; “Finances and Marriage,” which will be taught by Laura Weiss-Cook from 9 a.m. to

noon Feb. 10; and “Trauma and Marriage,” which will be taught by Briana Goff from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 10.

A final opportunity during “Celebrating Couples” month is the Premarital Relation-ship Enrichment Program, or PREP, which will be taught by Jerry Mulryan, FAP specialist, from 1 to 2 p.m. Feb. 16 and 23. The program, which is similar to the Army’s “Strong Bonds” program, is a two-class series focusing on improving communication skills.

For more information on any of the Celebrating Couples events, contact ACS at 785-239-9435 or email [email protected].

I encourage all of our cou-

ples on post to take advantage of these opportunities. Even if your relationship is on solid ground, it never hurts to get new tools to keep it that way. If you’re having issues, make the commitment to work on your relationship.

Our Army keeps our Sol-diers moving, and our Families have the important job of supporting them at home. Building a strong base for your relationship will help couples build resiliency and weather the ups and downs of marriage and the added challenges that being married in the Army throws our way.

And, if you are looking for more traditional Valentine’s Day events, here are just a few

events happening around post:• Sweetheart Dinner and

Dance – 6 to 10 p.m., Feb. 10 and 11, Riley’s Conference Center

• Couples Zumba – 9 to 10 a.m., Feb. 11, King Field House

• Fort Riley Library Valen-tine’s Day Party – 1 to 3 p.m., Feb. 11

• Valentine’s Day Family Bowling and Wacky Tourna-ment – 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Feb. 13, Custer Hill Bowling Center.

To comment on this article or suggest a topic for the Com-munity Corner, send an email to [email protected].

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Volunteers – both 1st HBCT Soldiers and Family members – were recognized at the brigade’s quarterly volun-teer recognition ceremony Jan. 19 at Riley’s Conference Center. The volunteers were recognized and pre-sented awards for their time spent working with their units and the surrounding communities in the Central Flint Hills Region.

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The 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team had its quarterly volunteer recognition ceremo-ny Jan. 19 at Riley’s Conference Center.

The ceremony was a com-bination of recipients for both third and fourth quarter hon-ors, which made for a long list of volunteers. A total of 26 individuals were honored for their work in their respective units and communities.

Each volunteer had to meet minimum requirements in or-der to be nominated for Vol-unteer of the Quarter. They must have completed at least 25 hours of service; volunteered work did not have to be within Fort Riley; and the volunteer could perform work in any of the surrounding communities,

as long as they reported the hours to their unit.

Col. Michael Pappal, 1st HBCT commander, started the ceremony with the simple words of “thank you” that set the tone throughout the eve-ning. He expressed the impor-tance of showing appreciation toward those who take time out to help others.

The volunteers ranged from civilians to a whole battalion being recognized for its efforts.

Spc. Joseph Pope, Troop B, 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, was one of the rep-resentatives for his unit. The battalion, also known as the “Pale Riders,” recently received the Helping Hand award.

Pope, along with four other Pale Riders, also won the De-partment of the Army’s Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal. To earn the medal, each

Soldier had to volunteer 100 or more hours in a quarter.

Pope volunteered his time with the Adopt-a-School pro-gram, which partners his unit with Council Grove, Kan. Pope lent his combat medic skills for high school athletic games and served food to the students. He said he felt honored to be recognized for something he enjoys doing.

“It’s very gratifying to be able to be recognized for some-thing that helps out kids and the community,” he said. “It is a humbling experience to go out and serve the community, other than just what we do as Soldiers. Being able to branch out to the community and serve our country in different ways are the true Army values.”

For spouse Kelly Ratai, a mother of four children who volunteers with Troop C, 4th

Sqdn., 4th Cav. Regt., volun-teering became therapeutic while her husband was away on a deployment, she said, add-ing she found volunteering as a positive way to spend her time during the absence of her Sol-dier.

“It keeps you from sitting at home and listening to the clock tick. It gets you out of your-self and makes you realize that you’re not in this alone, and there are a lot of people going through the same thing, at the same time,” Ratai said. “By the time you start to feel sorry for yourself, get out and give back to others.”

Volunteers who received brigade recognition also will be considered for the 1st Infantry Division’s Quarterly Volunteer Recognition Ceremony Feb. 7.

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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. – The De-partment of Defense launched a new website Jan. 18 for chil-dren experiencing the challeng-es of military deployments.

The interactive website, www.MilitaryKidsConnect.org, was created by psycholo-gists at DoD’s National Center for Telehealth and Technology. It helps children of deployed parents cope with the stress, changing responsibilities and concern for the safety of their parents, officials said.

The center, known as T2, developed the website with in-formational videos, educational tools and games and activities for three age groups: 6 to 8, 9 to 12 and 13 to 17. The site fea-tures monitored online social network forums for the groups to safely share their experiences with deployments.

MilitaryKidsConnect.org is the first DoD website to con-nect children in the widely separated active, Reserve and National Guard military com-munities, officials said.

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“While military children are very adaptable, given the con-stant changes and stressful na-ture of military life, deployment puts a unique stress on Family relationships at home, which can also affect the deployed ser-vice member,” she said. “The DoD now has a website to help the youngest members of the military community.”

The National Center for Telehealth and Technology serves as the primary DoD of-fice for cutting-edge approaches in applying technology to psy-chological health.

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MANHATTAN – Redis-tricting has begun in Kansas with the opening of the state’s 2012 legislative session. The decennial process has often proven contentious, and it re-sulted in the longest legislative session in Kansas history in 2002. A variety of outcomes could come from the latest ef-forts at redistricting, especially with significant population ad-justments statewide.

A Kansas State Univer-sity professor of political sci-ence with expertise in Kansas politics can answer questions about the redistricting process and how the state’s congressio-nal and legislative districts are likely to be affected.

Joseph Aistrup is frequently cited by media sources for his expertise in Kansas politics. He is one of five editorial writers for “Insight Kansas,” a syndicate that analyzes Kansas politics and government. In 2010, Aistrup and colleague H. Edward Flentje published “Kansas Politics and Govern-ment: The Clash of Political Cultures” by the University of Nebraska Press. His work has been published in a number of political science journals, including Social Science Quar-terly, American Review of Poli-tics and Kansas Government Journal.

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JUNCTION CITY – James McEachin, an 82-year-old with more than 150 film and television credits, gave a performance lasting about two hours and received a standing ovation Jan. 20 at the C.L. Hoover Opera House.

“Above the Call, Beyond the Duty,” a one-man play written by McEachin, has received rave reviews for several years, and his performance attended by many “Big Red One” Soldiers was no different.

“He really touched me. I was recently wounded, (medically evacuated) June

6. (McEachin’s performance) was awesome,” said Staff Sgt. Jimmy Sanders, 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Heavy Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division.

Pfc. Chinao Fletcher, Headquarters and Headquar-ters Detachment, 97th Mili-tary Police Battalion, called the performance “very, very inspi-rational.”

The show follows the for-mat of an old Soldier, recently deceased, making his way to the presence of God. The ma-terial for the show comes from McEachin’s life experiences.

Although McEachin said he makes changes to the show consistently, courage, fear, rac-

ism, integration, suicide, reli-gion, military history, killing and peace are all addressed.

The manner in which the show came to be is a tale of its own, he said.

McEachin signed up to fight in the Korean War with a “Let me at ‘em attitude,” he said, and couldn’t wait to get to the front line. But, while serv-ing in the war, McEachin was near fatally wounded and left for dead, only to be carried to safety by an unknown blonde Soldier. McEachin had been shot and had shrapnel in his stomach and leg, but he was one of two Soldiers to survive

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In our celebrity culture, it was a surprise for me to meet a celebrity, James

McEachin, who finds the elevated status of celebrities “nonsensical.”

What I found endear-ing was the actor, who has co-written a screenplay with Steven Spielberg, turned down the male lead role in, “The Color Purple”; has been asked to join more than one cast by John Wayne; spoken lines in “Play Misty for Me”; written six books; and also is a man who is friends with musician and record producer Quincy Jones, actor James Garner and Lt. Gen. Vincent Brooks, Third Army commander, and former 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley commanding general, never mentioned he holds more than 150 film and television credits.

It became clear the man known to be the first Afri-can American to portray the lead in a television drama, “Tenafly,” expresses that celeb-rities are non-deserving of the reverence paid to them, and Soldiers are deserving of more

reverence.It made

sense that McEachin volunteered to become a Soldier, but accidentally became an actor. He became an actor after being approached as he walked down Melrose Boulevard. When asked if he was an actor, he said, “No.” When asked if he wanted to be an actor, he said, “No.”

Moreover, McEachin said he is humbled when asked to call generals and chiefs of staff by their first names, and he is especially humbled in the presence of Medal of Honor winners.

McEachin not only gives patriotic performances with, “Above the Call, Beyond the Duty,” a clearly patriotic one-man play he wrote, but he also wrote a book about the lon-gest American court martial in history titled, “Farewell to the Mockingbirds.”

Additionally, he speaks to Congress and attends national political conventions. He performs not only these

larger acts out of gratitude to veterans, but he performs unheralded acts as well.

Arnie Swift, a Vietnam veteran living in Kansas City, wrote McEachin after seeing him in “Revelry” and asked him if he ever granted speak-ing engagements. McEachin took it upon himself, at his own expense, to visit Swift’s church to speak. Swift gave McEachin a vest from his church, which ministers to veterans. McEachin, in return, has worn the vest in highly visible venues.

McEachin also, unbe-knownst to those in at-tendance, funded a catered buffet reception – in which he invited the entire audience – following his Jan. 20 perfor-mance at C.L. Hoover Opera House, Junction City. It is evident that McEachin puts his money where his heart is.

McEachin is returning to Los Angeles to record audiobooks for the six books he has written. Negotiations are in the works for McEachin’s books, “Tell Me a Tale” and “Farewell to the Mockingbirds.”

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Martin. Tell them about the dream,” Riley said Jackson told King.

It seems, Riley said, that King had mentioned his dream at various smaller events only to receive a luke-warm response. This time was different.

Riley told the audience the crowd became pumped up and roared every time he repeated the now famous phrase, which was originally supposed to be four minutes long.

In a time when the na-tion was deeply divided, when the other speakers spoke with tough, harsh words, King spoke with leadership and courage, Riley said.

Riley said he was honored and flattered when asked to speak at the Fort Riley obser-vance for King.

“But I was taught to speak when asked; doing so might touch at least one person,” he added.

A lot of speeches about King focus on the challenges

he faced, and rightfully so, Ri-ley said.

“But, in 2012, we should also look at and transform our own lives,” he said. “Ask, ‘Am I holding myself back?’ That was one of the important things to convey.”

An audience member lis-tening to King said she was impressed with his presenta-tion.

“I thought his presentation was awesome,” said Trina Av-ery, retired military and cur-rent Department of Defense civilian. “I only wish more young Soldiers on this post could have heard him.”

Avery said not only would the younger Soldiers learn some history, but they also would be encouraged and in-spired.

“That was awesome,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Frank Jordan, 299th Brigade Sup-port Battalion, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st In-fantry Division, about Riley’s presentation.

Luke “Jahbee” Bartley, human resources supervisor, Warrior Transition Battalion, agreed.

“Outstanding; really good international flavor; very edu-cational,” Bartley said.

Sgt. 1st Class Vincent Smith, 1st Inf. Div. EO ad-viser, said Riley had the crowd very involved, and Sgt. 1st Class Willie Watson, 1st Inf. Div. EO adviser, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div., ranked Riley’s pre-sentation as one of the best he has heard.

Following Riley’s presenta-tion, Maj. Gen. William May-ville, 1st Inf. Div. and Fort Riley commanding general, presented Riley with a plaque of appreciation.

“We have lived where ethnic divide rules the day,” Mayville said. “We come back to realize the strength of our country is our diversity. I am especially proud to be on your team … you did Dr. King right.”

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the battle in which he was wounded.

The Korean War veteran, who received a Purple Heart and a Silver Star, said he got as far away from the Army as he could after his six years of service.

McEachin said he then felt guilty, especially after visit-ing naval hospitals for his war wounds and seeing veterans, even through memories of the war, revisit him.

After becoming an actor, McEachin was asked to speak at the 50th anniversary cer-emony for the Korean War in 2000. He was given a speech by the Department of Defense to deliver, but he didn’t like it, he said, so he decided to write his own, adding the speech “really went over well.”

From that speech, the seed for “The Old Soldier” charac-ter of his one-man show was born, he said.

McEachin asked for and received advice from friend, Hal Holbrook, known for por-traying Mark Twain in a one-man show. The advice helped a lot, he said.

McEachin debuted the show at the Kennedy Center and has since performed the play in major cities, on Wall Street and on posts nation-wide. He also developed pieces from it as stand alone’s and has

used those for events like the christening of the USS Green Bay and the USS Michael Murphy. The latter was named after a Medal of Honor win-ner.

Additionally, McEachin has been requested to perform a selection for the launching of the USS Michael Murphy. President Barack Obama, ac-tor Gary Sinise and others will be in attendance. McEachin said it was a huge honor to be requested by Murphy’s father.

McEachin was so touched, he said, he worked Murphy into his play, detailing similar-ities between the ship’s name-sake and his own lieutenant in Korea.

McEachin continues to perform the show because he believes in it, he said, adding “the country could use some-thing to pay tribute to veter-ans.”

The feeling McEachin said he wants audience members to take away from the perfor-mance is “the importance of the people who have served this country.”

“The country has messed up in a lot of ways, but it is still the greatest country,” he said. “The spirit, the hope (and) the dreams of America are pure and honest. There is a magnificence of the United States of America.”

Before presenting Mc-Eachin with a plaque of appre-ciation, Fort Riley Garrison Commander Col. William Clark commended McEachin for understanding what it is like to be a service member and for serving his country.

“You are one of us … you understand duty … we know and understand what you are telling us,” Clark said. “Thank you for serving our country.”

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Melony Gabbert | POSTJames McEachin read-ies himself in his dress-ing room prior to his one-man performance, “Above the Call, Beyond the Duty,” Jan. 20 at the C.L. Hoover Opera House, Junction City.

Melony Gabbert | POSTFrom left to right, Dick Young, president, Fort Riley Retiree Council and a retired command sergeant major; Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Colvin Bennett Sr; Maj. Barry Stewart, lead, FREE Program; and actor James McEachin have a discussion at a reception following McEachin’s performance of his one-man play, “Above the Call, Beyond the Duty” Jan. 20 at the C.L. Hoover Opera House, Junction City. McEachin funded the catered reception in which the audience was invited.


MANHATTAN – A Kan-sas State University professor is turning to nutrition to tackle prostate cancer.

Brian Lindshield, assistant professor of human nutri-tion, is helping men make more informed diet decisions by studying foods and dietary supplements that may reduce the risk of prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is one of the most common forms of can-cer among men in the United States.

“I’m interested in research-ing ways to prevent prostate cancer rather than how to treat it after a person has been diag-nosed with cancer,” Lindshield said.

The goal of Lindshield’s research is twofold: He is per-forming basic studies that ex-amine specific drugs as well as dietary supplements. His research has been supported by grants from the Johnson Can-cer Research Center and the National Institute of Health Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, or COBRE, for epithelial function in health and disease.

One project focuses specifi-cally on two drugs – finaste-ride and dutasteride – that are used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH, which is an enlargement of the prostate. Both drugs inhibit enzymes

that convert the male hormone testosterone to a more potent form, called dihydrotestos-terone, or DHT. Finasteride inhibits one of these enzymes, while dutasteride inhibits both of these enzymes.

Because these drugs inhibit DHT production, they may also prevent the development of prostate cancer. Several clin-ical trials have shown that both drugs decrease prostate cancer incidence, but at a cost.

“Among the men who took these drugs and still got pros-tate cancer, more of them had a high-grade or more aggressive prostate cancer,” Lindshield said. “It’s kind of a double-edged sword. These drugs can lower the risk of developing prostate cancer, but they also might lead to worse outcomes for men who do develop the disease.”

That’s where Lindshield’s research fits in: He is compar-ing finasteride and dutasteride to see if one is better than the other.

“Our hypothesis is that dutasteride is a better option because it inhibits both en-zymes while finasteride only inhibits one,” Lindshield said.

For a second project, Lind-shield is studying different dietary supplements that af-fect prostate cancer risk. He is focusing on extract from saw palmetto, a type of shrub that

looks similar to a palm tree. Many men take saw palmetto extract because it is believed to benefit prostatic health and in-hibit the same enzymes as fin-asteride and dutasteride. But a lack of regulation and research surrounding saw palmetto has not provided clear insight into whether taking the extract is beneficial.

“The supplement market is kind of the wild world of what-ever goes,” Lindshield said. “It is not regulated in the United States, so many different kinds of saw palmetto extracts exist.”

Lindshield wants to deter-mine the composition of dif-ferent saw palmetto extracts and determine which ones may be most effective. So far the researchers have collected various saw palmetto extracts -- from small liquids to capsules. They are beginning to measure the active components of each of the extracts and then will look at different extracts to see if they are effective in decreas-ing prostate cancer.

“We want to look at how they affect growth of prostate cancer cells and inhibit the enzymes that produce DHT,” Lindshield said.

While both projects are in the early stages, Lindshield hopes that they can provide insight into ways that men can reduce their risk of prostate cancer.

Researcher studies food, dietary aids that may reduce cancer


MANHATTAN – A geog-rapher who turns to the past to determine what is happen-ing in the present has earned a top spot in Kansas scientific history.

Kendra McLauchlan, as-sistant professor of geography at Kansas State University and director of the university’s Pa-leoenvironmental Laboratory, was named by the Ad Astra Kansas Initiative as one of the top 150 scientists ever to work in Kansas throughout its 150 years of statehood.

For her research McLauch-lan reconstructs ecosystems of the past and their functions in order to provide context for the modern changes to Earth’s environments. Additionally, she also looks at human-envi-ronment interactions.

One of her largest studies looks at the nitrogen availabil-

ity in forest and grassland eco-systems from 10,000 years ago. By reconstructing and evaluat-ing past changes in nitrogen cycles, McLauchlan can see how vegetation, climate and other disturbances affect bio-chemical changes over time. Doing so can also formalize techniques for scientists to de-termine whether humans are increasing or decreasing nitro-gen availability.

In 2010, McLauchlan re-ceived a National Science Foundation CAREER Award. It is one of the nation’s most prestigious awards, and recog-nizes young faculty who have high potential of becoming fu-ture leaders in their field.

“This question about changes to nutrient cycling seems simple, but it has been surprisingly hard to answer,” McLauchlan said. “It is excit-ing to know that we now have the tools to answer it. Pieces of

the puzzle are already coming together.”

Throughout 2011, Ad As-tra spotlighted 150 Kansas re-searchers, scientists, inventors and engineers from the past to the present who have advanced the scientific field in Kansas’ 150 years of statehood. The initiative’s project, “Science in Kansas: 150 Years and Count-ing,” celebrates the state’s ses-quicentennial and emphasizes the importance of science and the career possibilities in re-search and innovation to K-12 students.

McLauchlan is the one of the 21 active faculty researchers at K-State to be named among Kansas’ top 150 scientists. She joins other historically noted state researchers on the list like George Washington Carver, Charles H. Sternberg, Clyde Cessna and Hall Livingstone Hibbard.

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Fun Fitness for Toddlers and pre-kindergarteners is a free program to help develop gross motor skills, hand-to-eye coordi-nate and promote general health. Classes for 2- and 3-year-olds begin Jan. 4 from 11 to 11:45 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. Classes for 4 and 5 year olds begin Jan. 3 from 11 to 11:45 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Each month offers two sessions of sports introduction as noted below. For more informa-tion, call 785-239-9885.

January Week 1 – Start Smart basket-

ballWeek 2 – Omnikin BallWeek 3 – Bucket/Cup StackingWeek 4 – Healthy Habits/Up

for the Challenge activitiesFebruary Week 1 – Start Smart SoccerWeek 2 – Animal ActionsWeek 3 – Juggling Scarves/BallsWeek 4 – Healthy Habits/Up

for the Challenge activitiesMarch Week 1 – Start Smart baseballWeek 2 – ParachuteWeek 3 – Tennis Ball AgilityWeek 4 – Healthy Habits/Up

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A “Weekend of Bond” will be Jan. 27 to 29 at Warrior Zone. The event will include martinis, Bond girls and Bond trivia as all the Bond films are played in the theater. For more information, call 785-240-2782.

A dodge ball tournament will be at 10 a.m. Feb. 4 at King Field House. Registration is due by Jan. 27. The cost to participate is $50 per team or free for active-duty teams. The tournament is open to those 18 years old and above, and teams may have a maximum of 10 players. For more information, call 785-239-2148.

Doors will open at 11 a.m. Feb. 5 for a Warrior Zone Super Bowl party. Tailgating starts at 3 p.m. Games will be played and prizes will be awarded throughout the day. For more information, call 785-240-6618.

Couple’s Zumba will be at 9 a.m. Feb. 11 at King Field House. For more information, call 785-239-2148.

Custer Hill Bowling Center will host the Valentine’s Day Family Bowl and Wacky Tourna-ment from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 13. For $30 per lane, bowlers will receive two hours of “glow” bowl-ing, with shoes, one large pizza and a pitcher of soda. For more information, call 785-239-4366.

Custer Hill Golf Course will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Presidents’ Day Feb. 20.

SKIES is looking for instruc-tors for its School of Fine Arts, Recreation and Leisure; School of Sports, Fitness and Health; School of Academic Skills, Mentoring and Intervention; and School of Life Skills, Citizenship and Leadership. Flexible afternoon and evening hours are available. For more information, call 785-240-5821.

Fort Riley Sports is look-ing for fitness instructors and personal trainers. Qualified ap-plicants must have current CPR/AED, liability insurance and fit-ness certification. Fitness instruc-tor contracting jobs are needed for step aerobics, yoga, kick boxing, Zumba and spinning. For more information, call 785-239-2813.

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By Sgt. Gene A. Arnold4TH IBCT PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Each year, people make New Year’s resolutions they never keep. The 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, has made the resolution to reduce the number of injured Soldiers by getting them the help necessary to get them better and back in the fight faster.

On Jan. 20, medics and physician assistants at the battalion level con-ducted their first session of physical training with athletic trainer students from Kansas State University’s ath-letic department. Students and medi-cal personnel will meet twice a week to conduct physical training based on strength, endurance and cardio exer-cises.

“Today is actually our first day meeting our (K-State) student as-sistant instructors, watching the in-

terview process and physical train-ing portion of the course,” said Sgt. Christopher Murray, treatment squad leader, Headquarters and Headquar-ters Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th IBCT. “So far, it seems as if it’s going to benefit the Soldiers because it’s focusing on rehabilitating their injuries, as well as maintain-ing strength in their uninjured body parts.”

Last year, the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th IBCT, with the help of the K-State athletics de-partment, was able to start the Special Population’s Physical Fitness program to help rehabilitate Soldiers with or-thopedic injuries, without causing further injury and while maintaining current physical fitness standards.

Morgan Campbell, K-State ath-letic trainer and the original trainer in the program, handpicked three senior

‘Dragons’ 1st to use K-State trainers to reduce injuries


Morgan Campbell, athletic trainer, K-State, introduces the Profile Physical Fitness program Jan. 20 to several 4th IBCT battalion medics, as well as the three handpicked K-State senior program students who will be working with them. Exercises will be con-ducted based on orthopedic injuries sustained by Soldiers. This is the first program of its kind in the 1st Inf. Div. See TRAINERS, page 14


Fort Riley’s Youth Bowling Club kicked off Jan. 22 at Custer Hill Bowling Center, with 30 chil-dren and their Families attending the event.

The eight-week session for chil-dren ages 5 to 12 is sponsored by the Directorate of Family and Mo-rale, Welfare and Recreation.

Fort Riley Elementary School fourth-grader Dante Morales said he’s liked the sport since he was lit-tle and was glad his parents signed him up for the club.

“It doesn’t really matter if I win, it’s just about having fun,” Morales said with a smile.

Eryka Steele, a first-grader at Fort Riley Elementary School, said she likes bowling because the floor looks like a stage.

“It’s kind of fun. The bowling balls look like coconuts,” she said.

The coach, Pvt. Kenny Eatinger, Company A, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 2nd Heavy Combat Brigade team, 1st Infantry Division, is new to Fort Riley, but he has been bowling on a weekly basis for years, he said.

“It went really well,” Eatinger said. “Lots of kids were willing to learn. They took what I taught and used it.”

Eatinger and certified coach Matt Bailey will be teaching release techniques and delivery styles to the children every week.

The cost, $5 per week, includes shoe rental, two games and a sur-prise at the end of the eight-week session.

For more information call 785-239-4366 or visit www.rileymwr.com/bowling.

Youth Bowling Club ‘rolls off’ to good start in 2012

Pamela Redford | POSTBryce Haverstick, a third-grader at Amanda Arnold Elementary, rolls his bowling ball down the lane during the first meeting of the Youth Bowling Club Jan. 22 at the Custer Hill Bowling Center.

Let’s roll!

Pvt. Kenny Eatinger, 1st Bn., 63rd Armor Regt., helps Eisen-hower Ele-mentary School sec-ond-grader Haleigh Dick-inson Jan. 22 at the Custer Hill Bowling Center. Eatinger and Matt Bailey will coach the eight-week Youth Bowling Club for children ages 5 to 12.

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The competition was so fierce at Fort Riley’s first racquetball tourna-ment in four years that only half of the championship rounds were played Jan. 21 at King Field House, according to one of its coordinators.

Beginning at 10 a.m. and continu-ing until 6 p.m., 22 players took to the courts, according to Renee Satterlee, intramural coordinator, Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Rec-reation.

“Everyone really enjoyed them-selves and asked if we could hold a tournament every quarter … It was fun,” Satterlee said.

The winners were:Advanced Division, 18 to 39 years1st place: 2nd Lt. Eric Atchison,

10th Air Support Operations Squad-

ron 2nd place: Spc. Chris Pursell, Head-

quarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Heavy Combat Brigade Team, 1st Infantry Division

Intermediate Division, 18 to 39 years

1st place: Sgt. 1st Class Louis Gon-zalez, Medical Activity

2nd place: Lt. Col. Kevin Lambert, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regi-ment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div.

The two remaining divisions, Ad-vanced Division, 40-plus, and the Doubles Division, will resume tourna-ment play at 10 a.m. Jan. 28.

The tournament was part of a schedule of sports and fitness activities DFMWR has scheduled for January. For more information about upcoming events, visit www.rileymwr.com or call 785-239-2813.

Competition gets fierce at racquetball tourneySecond Lt. Eric Atchison, 10th

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tournament in four years.

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program students that would be supervised by medics and physician assistants to bring Soldiers back to standard. Each student will be in charge of conducting physical train-ing sessions with two to three battalions each week. After each session, the students will be critiqued by the medic or physician assistant on the ar-eas of emphasis each student must complete successfully.

Murray also expressed in-terest in the program from a personal standpoint, as an injured Soldier seeing the pro-gram first-hand.

“They were going to speak about a walk-to-run program for Soldiers who can’t run due to their injuries,” he said. “(They will also show Soldiers a) different alternative exer-cise that we don’t learn in the military because it’s not in the

field manual or training circu-lars.”

Mariana Redden, third-year student, K-State athletic trainer program, expressed interest in working with the military.

“I’m really excited,” she said. “This is one of the big-gest things I came to (K-State) to do.”

Redden was introduced to the military through a Soldier friend, who was later killed in action during a deployment. She said having that interac-tion with him and the other Soldiers she befriended shaped her view of the military.

“That’s how I knew this is what I wanted to do,” she said.

The 4th IBCT is the first brigade at Fort Riley to incor-porate student athletic trainers into the rehabilitation process of injured Soldiers.


Soldiers with the 2nd Bn., 16th Inf. Regt. conduct alter-nate upper body exercises used to strengthen their abdominal muscles without causing further injury to their lower body injuries during profile physical fitness training Jan. 20 at Fort Riley. The Soldiers will be a part of a rehabilitation program supervised by Army medi-cal personnel and conducted by the K-State athletic department’s student athletic trainers.

TRAINERS Continued from page 13

Pamela Redford | POSTCooling down after a match, 2nd Lt. Eric Atchi-son, 10th Air Support Operations Squadron, left, and Spc. Chris Pursell, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, right, pose for a picture after receiving their medals Jan. 21 for first and second place, Advanced Division, 18 to 39 years, during Fort Riley’s 2012 Rac-quetball Tournament at King Field House.

RACQUETBALL CHAMPS

Sgt. Gene A. Arnold | 4TH IBCTSgt. Kristin Roginski completes a transition move from the mount position to an arm bar on team member 2nd Lt. Hannah McCarthy during combatives training Jan. 4 at Fort Riley. The Soldiers are part of the Female Engage-ment Team, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division.

COMBATIVES TRAINING

By Staff Sgt. Kristine SmedleyANS

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. – The 2012 All-Army Boxing Championship concluded Jan. 21 at Barnes Field House, set-ting the team that will go for-ward and represent the Army at the Armed Forces Boxing Championship beginning Jan. 31 at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

The venue was standing-room only during the final night of bouts as members of Fort Huachuca and the sur-rounding community showed up in droves to support the Soldier-athletes.

“This is the biggest crowd I have seen in the last five or six years,” said head coach Staff Sgt. Charles Leverette. “We usually have a good crowd but tonight, tonight was a great crowd.”

The 2012 team is critical to establishing the Army’s near-term future in the sport, as no World Class Athlete Program members returned this year.

Leverette described the group as “young, hungry lions” and based on the non-stop ac-tion in the ring, his assessment is spot on.

Each bout was closely con-tested, and every boxer seemed intent on pressing the action and imposing his or her will on their opponent.

“Nobody backed down,” Leverette said. “A couple of guys got hurt, but they got back up, pulled it together and said, ‘If I’m going to go out, then I am going out on my shield.’”

Leverette said he was pleased with the efforts of all the athletes.

The entire camp and cham-pionship were dedicated to the memory of Staff Sgt. Quadi Hudgins, an All-Army trials participant from 2007 to 2010, who died of injuries sustained

in a combat-related incident, April 2, 2011, in Babil, Iraq. With his widow and daughter in attendance, Barnes Field House observed a moment of silence in his honor.

Sgt. Charles Blackwell, who captured the 201-pound Army Championship for the third year in a row, dedicated his contest to Hudgins.

“I had his name on my lips in the ring. I had his name in my heart. I had his name on my gloves,” Blackwell said after his win.

“He (Hudgins) is the spirit of this team,” Leverette said. “He never won All-Army, but he was one of the most excit-ing boxers to come through here, and it speaks volumes about his character and his hard work. These guys under-stand that [character]. They wanted to box in honor of Staff Sergeant Hudgins and to make the crowd know they are boxing for him and all of their other brothers and sisters in the Army.”

Results of the champion-ship bouts are as follows:

• 123 pounds: Pfc. Charles Williams of Fort Bragg, N.C., defeated Sgt. Guy Jean-Bap-tiste of Fort Stewart, Ga., by decision, 13-6.

• 141 pounds: Pfc. Maximi-no Ramos of Fort Bliss, Texas, defeated Sgt. Diego Moya of Fort Riley, Kan., by decision, 23-7.

• 152 pounds: Spc. Sidney Williams of Fort Knox Ky., defeated Spc. Julian Gerena of Fort Hood, Texas, by decision, 10-9.

• 165 pounds: Pvt. Marquis Moore of the Maryland Army Reserves stopped Sgt. John René of Heidelberg, Germany, at 2:22 in Round 2.

• 178 pounds: Spc. Steven Nelson of Special Forces Group at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., stopped Spc. Tony Young of

Fort Hood, Texas, by RSC at 2:01 in round 2.

• 201 pounds: Sgt. Charles Blackwell of the 925th TC Detachment in Marana, Ariz., stopped Sgt. 1st Class Robert Judge of Redstone Arsenal, Ala., by RSC at 1:15 of Round 2.

• 201-plus pounds: Sgt. Marvin Carey of Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, stopped Spc. Richard Fale of Fort Shafter, Hawaii, by RSC at 0:53 in Round 3.

Also receiving gold and moving on to the Armed Forc-es Boxing Championship at Camp Pendleton, Calif., are Spc. Michael Mendez (114 lbs.) of Fort Bragg, N.C., and

Sgt. Toribio Ramirez (132 lbs.) of Fort Stewart, Ga.

WOMEN’S EXHIBITION MATCHES

At 112 pounds, Alex Love of Seattle, Wash., defeated Al-layna Vasquez of Las Cruces, N.M., by decision, 14-10.

Spc. Dianeya Nodarse (141 pounds.) of Fort Hood, Texas, defeated Spc. Felisha Estrada-Gonzalez (132 pounds.) of Fort Carson, Colo., by decision.

In addition to Nodarse and Estrada-Gonzalez, Spc. Falon Farrar of Schofield Bar-racks, Hawaii, unopposed at 165 pounds., moves on to the Armed Forces Championship.

Athletes compete to honor fellow Soldiers

Staff Sgt. Kristine Smedley | ANS

Spc. Dianeya Nodarse of Fort Hood, Texas, prepares to block a punch from Spc. Felisha Estrada-Gonzales of Fort Carson, Colo., at the 2012 All Army Boxing Champi-onship Jan. 21 at Barnes Field House, Fort Huachuca, Ariz. Nodarse went on to defeat Estrada. Both will move on to the all Armed Forces Boxing Championship to defend their 20-year Armed Forces Boxing title Jan. 31 at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

For information about religious services at Fort Riley or to talk to a chaplain, visit www.riley.army.mil and click on

“Fort Riley Services” under the Services link or call 785-239-3359.

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E arlier this summer the

GCHS Museum was the

recipient of artifacts

and photographs relating to

the Kaw Theater, a major

Junction City entertainment

venue for at least half a cen-

tury. This gift was made even

more valuable to us because

the donors, brother and sister

Andrew “Andy” Heyl and

Penny Heyl Moss, took the

time to share family stories

and memories relating to the

objects donated. In addition,

Andy Heyl later provided us

with a wonderful written his-

tory of the movie theater and

the Heyl family that founded

and operated the establish-

ment for almost 40 years.

Given the present economic

woes our city is facing, we

thought this a good time to

share this information as it

gives us some insight into the

challenges faced by business-

men in our town during the

Great Depression. It also pro-

vides a glimpse of our town in

a slower and friendlier era,

while introducing us to one of

Junction City’s most creative

business families.Andy Heyl began his

account by giving us some

family background:“My grandfather, Andrew

William Heyl, was the quint-

essential early 20th century

entrepreneur. He had tremendous confi-

dence in his abili-ties and did not

shy away from risks. After reaching adult-

hood, he always worked by himself. He had a

num-ber of

busi-nesses, including a pool hall, bakery, hotels

and theaters. He also owned

some farms. The Kaw Theatre

in Junction City was his last

business venture. “Andrew, or A.W., as his

friends sometimes used to

call him, was born to a pio-

neer family in Ellis County,

Kan., on Christmas Day 1883.

The seventh of eight children

born to William Heyl and

Anna Barbara Von Hoffman

Heyl. William Heyl was born

in Herman, Pa., on Jan. 9, 1840. He was living there

when he met his future wife, Anna Barbara Von Hoffman. She was born in Gillings-furst, Bavar-ia, Germany, on

May 7, 1847. In 1864, after graduat-

ing from what would be the

equivalent of high school,

Anna and her sister Mame

traveled to the United States

to visit relatives who had set-

tled in Saxony County, Pa.

There she met William Heyl.

They quickly fell in love and

wanted to marry. Both fami-

lies opposed the union since

Anna was a Lutheran and Wil-

liam was a Catholic. This did

not dissuade them and they

married on Nov. 7, 1865, in

Pittsburgh, Pa. Anna never

returned to Germany and con-

verted to Catholicism. They

remained in Pennsylvania,

where five of their eight chil-

dren were born, until they

decided to homestead in Ellis

County in 1878. “When William was born his

last name was spelled Heil,

sometime during his life he

changed it to Heyl. This prob-

ably indicates that his older

children were baptized with

the name of Heil. Although

records indicate that William

once stated that he changed

the spelling of his name to

Heyl because there were too

many William Heils, it could

also have been a reversion to

the spelling of the name when

William’s grandfather came to

America from Germany with

two brothers in 1782. There

are family records which indi-

cate that the family name at

that time was possibly Von

Heyle or Von Heyl. “My grandfather, Andrew

William, was born in Ellis

County in 1883. His father,

William Heyl, was a black-

smith there, and according to

A.W. there were many Eng-

lishmen in western Kansas at

that time that had started

large cattle operations. The

English brought to Kansas

their love of fox hunting,

although they probably

chased more coyotes than

foxes. William shoed many of

their fine horses. None of Wil-

liam’s children followed him

entrepreneur goes against naysayers to open movie theater

Gaylynn Childs

Realizing her dream

hard work, sacrifice help woman become

registered nurse at geary Community hospital

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When I first met Katy

McGuire (Paxton) Noa, she

was working in the kitchen at

Geary Community Hospital in

1988. She was one of 12 chil-

dren from a Junction City fami-

ly and, understandably, the

family didn’t have the resourc-

es to send all the children to

college. She did what she

could to help support her own

young family while she figured

out what she wanted to do

with her life.Jump ahead 22 years to the

next time I met her. I was flat

on my back and she was a reg-

istered nurse in the Geary

Community Hospital Surgery

Center. As I lay there being

readied for surgery, we got

reacquainted. I learned that

this competent, compassionate

and skilled woman had

attained a level of education

and confidence most only

dream of and it was all

because she wasn’t afraid of

hard work and sacrifice. I nee-

dled her story out of her and

decided to tell others about

this remarkable woman.Back to Noa’s story.

She worked in GCH Nutrition

Services as a cook from 1988

to 1995 when she decided she

needed a change. She also

went through a divorce in

these early years, which con-

tributed to her feelings of

being unsettled. She was in

her early 30s when she started

working for Footlocker, but

soon realized it was not the

career she wanted. With a

friend, she explored the idea of

nursing school. Heartland

Works, a job training center in

the area, gave her some pam-

phlets and the academic steps

she needed to enroll in nursing

school. This included taking

pre-requisite classes and

becoming a certified nurse aide

before applying to a licensed

practical nurse program.In 2004, she enrolled at

Cloud County Community Col-

lege at the age of 44 and start-

ed taking night classes. Two

years later, she enrolled in the

licensed practical nursing

(LPN) program at Manhattan

Technical College and followed

that with the registered nurs-

ing (RN) program. Through it

all, she raised three children

(one is still at home) and

learned to study again, never

losing sight of her goal. She

graduated in 2008 and is now

one of the hospital’s best nurs-

es.

“It was really, really hard,”

Noa said, “but I hung in there

with the encouragement of my

family. Four years isn’t that

long to go to school when it

affects the rest of your life.”

Before assuming her current

responsibilities in the surgery

center last May, she was a cir-

culating nurse on the operat-

ing room side of the surgery

center. Today, she is a RN who

admits patients, gets them

ready for surgery and discharg-

es them after they have recov-

ered and are ready to leave.

“I really like the interaction

with the patients,” she said.

“When I was an operating

room nurse, I missed getting to

know the patients.” During my own experience in

the Surgery Center, Noa was

relaxed, gracious and interest-

ing, which helped to calm and

reassure me, while taking my

mind off of the procedure I was

to have. It’s satisfying to know

that others are experiencing

her tender, loving care.Noa is an amazing woman

who struggled, sacrificed and

kept her eye on the prize — a

RN degree — in order to better

her and her family’s future.

She, like other staff with simi-

lar stories, is to be admired

and congratulated.

Left: Registered nurse Katy Noa takes

Emily Jones’ temperature Wednesday

morning at the Surgery Center in

Geary Community Hospital while prep-

ping her for a LAP-BAND surgery.Below: Noa listens to patient Emily

Jones’ heart and lungs Wednesday



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GolfSt. Xavier Golf tournament Sunday

This year’s St. Xavier Golf Tournament

will be held on Sunday at Rolling Mead-

ows Golf Course. The annual four-person

scramble will begin at 9 a.m.The entry fee is $75 per person, which

includes cart, lunch and prizes. Cash

prizes will be awarded in all flights.

All proceeds will go to the local St. fran-

cis Xavier Church. for more information, contact Mike

McKone at (785) 762-4100, or Bob

Henderson at (785) 238-7158. SoCCeRmiddle School traininG SeSSion SundayJunction City soccer coaches are holding

a training session this Sunday evening

from 7 to 8:30 p.m. for girls in the sixth

to eight grades interested in playing

soccer this fall. Additional details will be available at the

session. for further information, email Scott

Clark at [email protected] and daSh Set for Sept. 11The Splash and Dash Triathlon at fort

Riley is scheduled to take place Sept.

11. The entry fee for the “sprint tri” —

500 meters swimming, 14.2 miles bik-

ing and 4.3 miles running — is $25

per individual or $50 per team of three

people.Walk-in registrations will be accepted

until 4 p.m. Sept. 8, while mail-in regis-

trations must be post marked before

Wednesday. Registrations will not be

accepted the day of the event. Check-in for the event will be at 6 a.m.

the morning of the race. The race begins

at 7:30 a.m. at the Custer Hill Pool,

which is also where the awards ceremo-

ny will take place.for more information, contact the fort

Riley Sports office at (785) 239-2172,

or (785) 239-3764. fooTBAllKanSaS 22 to air Jc vS. Salina South live

Cox Communications has selected one

of Junction City’s football games to be

aired live on TV this fall. The Sept. 17

contest at Junction City between the

Blue Jays and Salina South will be

available live for statewide subscribers

of the Cox Cable system via local origi-

nation channel Kansas 22. The Junction City/Salina South matchup

was one of only six games selected to

be aired live. BASKeTBAllc.J. henry tranSferS

from Ku to naia SchoolGuard C.J. Henry has transferred from

Kansas to Southern nazarene University

in the nAiA.The oklahoma City school announced

friday that Henry was one of three play-

ers transferring in from Division i

schools.Henry was the new York Yankees’ first-

round pick in the 2005 draft but

returned to playing basketball after

three years and signed with Memphis.

He redshirted one season there before

transferring to Kansas, where he aver-

aged 3.1 points in limited playing time

alongside brother Xavier Henry.Xavier Henry was the Memphis Grizzlies’

first-round nBA draft pick this year but

has yet to sign.Southern nazarene says C.J. Henry will

have three years of eligibility remaining.

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Junction City senior running back Cody Parmely breaks loose for a 53-yard touchdown Friday during

the Blue/White Scrimmage at Al Simpler Stadium.

ready for more

Blue Jays get taste of competition in scrimmages Friday

By Eric [email protected] was just two plays

into Junction City’s Blue/

White Scrimmage Friday

at Al Simpler Stadium when Blue Jay senior run-

ning back Cody Parmely

busted loose, juked his way around a few defend-

ers and took it to the end

zone for a score. Parmely, a first-team

all-league selection last

year, didn’t let the quick

success on Friday go to

his head, as he was fully

aware that the 53-yard touchdown dash came

against the Blue Jays’ second-team defense, and

scores will likely be tougher to come by once

the Blue Jays start taking

on Centennial League foes

in the upcoming weeks. But turning that corner

“behind big (offensive tackle) Jordon McCallis-

ter,” as Parmely noted, in

front of hometown fans on

a windless evening when

temperatures dipped down

into the very comfortable

upper 70’s couldn’t help

but remind Parmely and

his fellow teammates what’s just around the

corner.

“Oh yes,” said Parmely,

who missed the last cou-

ple games of the 2009 season due to a leg injury.

“I’m looking forward to that nice, cool weather

getting here ... getting some competition going

and getting the season started.” Friday’s scrimmage was

the team’s final action before they reassemble

Monday and begin zeroing

in on Shawnee Heights —

the squad in which Junc-

tion City opened up the

2009 season, dominating

the Thunderbirds by a 49-20 margin, and plays

this Friday at home to kick off the 2010 season.

“With this scrimmage

behind us, the mentality

(of the team) next week is

going to be to stay strong

mentally and prepare physically for Shawnee

Heights,” said Parmely. And the competition

can’t get her soon enough

for the Blue Jays, who are

looking to outdo last year’s 7-2 record.

“I’m kind of speech-less,” senior defensive

back Terrance Allen — a

second-team all-Centenni-

al League pick in 2009 —

By Doug TuckErThe associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mike

Kafka’s 18-yard pass to Riley

Cooper in the closing seconds

boosted the Philadelphia

Eagles past Kansas City 20-17

on Friday night, making Todd

Haley 0-7 in preseason games

as the Chiefs’ head coach.

The Chiefs’ offense got off to

a horrendous start and the man

who’s attempting to replace

Philadelphia quarterback Dono-

van McNabb sputtered most of

his time on the field.Chiefs rookie linebacker

Cameron Sheffield was immobi-

lized and had to be taken away

on a cart after a helmet-to-hel-

met tackle on Mike Bell left

him motionless on the field.

The Chiefs said only that he

had a neck injury and was

being further evaluated.Kafka, a rookie out of North-

western, led the Philadelphia

reserves on an 8-play, 80-yard

drive against the Chiefs’ back-

ups to pull out the win. Cooper,

a rookie receiver out of Florida,

made a nice catch of the per-

fectly thrown pass into the end

zone.But Kevin Kolb, the designat-

ed replacement for six-time Pro

Bowler McNabb, was 11 of 25

for 103 yards. In three pre-

season games Kolb has yet to

be at the controls when the

Eagles scored a touchdown.

Michael Vick came in for Kolb

momentarily when the Eagles

converted a turnover into a

quick touchdown in the first

quarter.The designated replacement

for McNabb, who led Philadel-

phia to eight postseason

appearances, five NFC champi-

onship games and one Super

Bowl, Kolb threw an intercep-

tion that led to a KC score.

The Eagles (2-1) and Chiefs

(0-3) both played most of their

starters well into the third

quarter. The Chiefs will have

one more chance, against

Green Bay next week, to give

Haley a preseason victory

before heading into a regular

seasonLinebackers Demorrio Wil-

liams and Andy Studebaker

Sputtering Eagles score late, beat Chiefs 20-17

Lady Jay sophomore Erika Goodwin

serves to the junior varsity squad dur-

ing Friday’s scrimmage.

BaTTlE of ThE irish

Chapman High School senior Chad Williams is tackled by four members of

the junior varsity team in the first quarter of Friday night’s scrimmage. The

Chapman football, volleyball, cross country and girls tennis squads all took

part in Green/White Scrimmages Friday before the teams assemble next

week to prepare for their first opponents.

The associated PressCLEVELAND — Chris

Gimenez was happy to help

the Cleveland Indians win,

delighted to get a career-

high four RBIs and ecstatic

to put his batting average

over .200The seldom-used backup

catcher had two hits including one of Cleveland’s

trio of three-run homers to

beat the Kansas City Roy-

als 15-4 Friday night.“That’s a good night,”

said Gimenez, who raised

his average 40 points to

.212.“It hate to admit it, but

seeing a ’2’ next to my name does wonders,” he

said. “I’ve been working to

adjust to being able to swing the bat whenever I

get the chance. It’s mostly

mental. It felt real good to

contribute.”Four of Gimenez’s seven

hits in 33 at-bats have been for extra-bases.

Matt LaPorta hit a three-

run homer in Cleveland’s

six-run second inning off

Bryan Bullington (1-3). Gimenez and Jayson Nix,

who tied a career high with

four RBIs, later connected

with two on against reliev-

ers in the Indians’ largest

offensive output since a 15-3 win over Oakland on

July 3, 2009.“The long ball was huge,” Indians manager

Manny Acta said. “LaPorta

set the tone and I’m glad

for Chris. “He’s got some

power, but has to adjust to

his role. It’s tough to get

hits when you’re not going

up to the plate that much.Josh Tomlin (2-3) won

for the first time in five starts since beating the

New York Yankees in his

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St. Xavier Golf tournament Sunday

tournament Sunday

tThis year’s St. Xavier Golf Tournament

will be held on Sunday at Rolling Mead-

ows Golf Course. The annual four-person

scramble will begin at 9 a.m.The entry fee is $75 per person, which

includes cart, lunch and prizes. Cash

prizes will be awarded in all flights.

All proceeds will go to the local St. franfranf -

cis Xavier Church. for more information, contact Mike

for more information, contact Mike

fMcKone at (785) 762-4100, or Bob

Henderson at (785) 238-7158. SoCCeRmiddle School traininG SeSSion SundayJunction City soccer coaches are holding

a training session this Sunday evening

from 7 to 8:30 p.m. for girls in the sixth

to eight grades interested in playing

soccer this fall. Additional details will be available at the

session. for further information, email Scott

for further information, email Scott

fClark at [email protected] and daSh Set for Sept. 11The Splash and Dash Triathlon at fort fort f

Riley is scheduled to take place Sept.

11. The entry fee for the “sprint tri” —

500 meters swimming, 14.2 miles bik-

ing and 4.3 miles running — is $25

per individual or $50 per team of three Walk-in registrations will be accepted

until 4 p.m. Sept. 8, while mail-in regis-

trations must be post marked before

Wednesday. Registrations will not be

accepted the day of the event. Check-in for the event will be at 6 a.m.

the morning of the race. The race begins

at 7:30 a.m. at the Custer Hill Pool,

which is also where the awards ceremo-

ny will take place.or more information, contact the fort fort fffice at (785) 239-2172, ooTBAllKanSaS 22 to air J

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Junction City senior running back Cody Parmely breaks loose for a 53-yard touchdown Friday during



ready for more

Blue Jays get taste of competition in scrimmages Friday

By Eric [email protected] was just two plays

into Junction City’s Blue/

White Scrimmage Friday

at Al Simpler Stadium when Blue Jay senior run-

ning back Cody Parmely

busted loose, juked his way around a few defend-

ers and took it to the end

zone for a score. Parmely, a first-team

all-league selection last

year, didn’t let the quick

success on Friday go to

his head, as he was fully

aware that the 53-yard touchdown dash came

against the Blue Jays’ second-team defense, and

scores will likely be tougher to come by once

the Blue Jays start taking

“Oh yes,” said Parmely,

who missed the last cou-

ple games of the 2009 season due to a leg injury.

“I’m looking forward to that nice, cool weather

getting here ... getting some competition going

and getting the season started.” Friday’s scrimmage was

the team’s final action before they reassemble

Monday and begin zeroing

in on Shawnee Heights —

the squad in which Junc-

tion City opened up the

2009 season, dominating

the Thunderbirds by a 49-20 margin, and plays

this Friday at home to kick off the 2010 season.

By Doug TuckErThe associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mike

Kafka’s 18-yard pass to Riley

Cooper in the closing seconds

boosted the Philadelphia

Eagles past Kansas City 20-17

on Friday night, making Todd

Haley 0-7 in preseason games

as the Chiefs’ head coach.

The Chiefs’ offense got off to

a horrendous start and the man

who’s attempting to replace

Philadelphia quarterback Dono-

van McNabb sputtered most of

his time on the field.Chiefs rookie linebacker

Cameron Sheffield was immobi-

lized and had to be taken away

on a cart after a helmet-to-hel-

met tackle on Mike Bell left

him motionless on the field.

The Chiefs said only that he

had a neck injury and was

being further evaluated.Kafka, a rookie out of North-

western, led the Philadelphia

reserves on an 8-play, 80-yard

drive against the Chiefs’ back-

ups to pull out the win. Cooper,

a rookie receiver out of Florida,

made a nice catch of the per-

fectly thrown pass into the end

zone.But Kevin Kolb, the designat-

ed replacement for six-time Pro

Bowler McNabb, was 11 of 25

for 103 yards. In three pre-

season games Kolb has yet to

Sputtering Eagles score late, beat Chiefs 20-17

By Megan [email protected]

Everyone has a right to be treated with kind-

ness and respect, which is what members of

the 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment,

and the staff at Milford Elementary School

hoped to get across to students during the

school’s anti-bullying program Friday.

The program was a part of the school’s

monthly rotation of themes that are meant to

educate the students in a different atmosphere

and to have a little well-deserved fun.

“There’s such a big push for testing right now,

and it can be easy to lose sight of everything in

the day-to-day activities,” said assistant princi-

pal Courtney Pfizenmaier. “We want to have

something that is just for fun. We try and do

things like a career fair, Dr. Suess day and

working with art and poetry.”

For the anti-bullying program, students rotat-

ed through four stations, each with an empha-

sis on a different aspect of bullying or being

bullied. Pfizenmaier said the school wants to

let the students know that everyone can have a

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lotterieS:Winning numbers selected Friday:

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Blue/White “game” leaves JCHS football

players eager to meet Shawnee Heights next

week. other teams prepping, too. Page 1BThe Daily UNioN.Topeka perSon in cuStody in teen’S death caSe

attorney General Steve Six announced

today that a person of interest has

been taken into custody in the investi-

gation into the death of 14-year-old

alicia Debolt of Great Bend. adam Joseph Longoria, also known as

“Rocco,” was apprehended about

11:50 a.m. Friday by the kansas High-

way patrol off Interstate 70 at mile

marker 233 west of Salina. Longoria

was driving a 2002 white Ford explor-

er that had been stolen early Friday

morning between 1 and 2 a.m. from

the offices of the Venture Corporation

south of Great Bend. The vehicle was

reported stolen around 8:45 a.m. Fri-

day.Longoria is currently being held in

Barton County on a warrant for the

stolen vehicle.

NeW YoRkambaSSador’S daughter dieS in fallThe 17-year-old daughter of the U.S.

ambassador to Thailand slipped off her

shoes and climbed out onto a window

ledge Friday at a Manhattan apartment

before plummeting more than 20 sto-

ries to her death, police said.Nicole John fell at about 4:15 a.m.

from the top floor of the 25-story Her-

ald Towers, police Commissioner Ray-

mond kelly said. Her body landed on a

third-floor ledge, a camera nearby. It’s

not clear whether she had been trying

to take a photo when she died, and her

death is believed to be accidental.The girl’s father, eric John, was

appointed U.S. ambassador to the

kingdom of Thailand in 2007.CLe eLUM, WaSH.33,000-penny tax payment refuSeda businessman who tried to pay a

property tax bill with 33,000 pennies

got turned down by a county treasurer

in Washington state, who said she

didn’t have the staff to count them.

Ron Spears told the ellensburg Daily

Record he rolled buckets of the coins

into the kittitas County treasurer’s

office Tuesday to protest the fines he

incurred by failing to pay a $34 bill

that was due in april.Spears owns Spears Interiors in Cle

elum and also serves on the city coun-

cil. He says his business is struggling

and he didn’t have the money at the

time.When Treasurer Deanna panattoni

refused to accept the pennies, Spears

agreed to pay in a more conventional

manner.

WaSHINGToNcontractor charged With leaking SecretS

The obama administration is accusing

an analyst who worked at the State

Department of leaking top secret infor-

mation about North korea to a report-

er.It’s the latest move in an aggressive

campaign to crack down on leaks, even

as the administration supports pro-

posed legislation that would shield

reporters from having to identify their

sources.Steven kim, who worked at State as a

federal contractor, is named in a feder-

al indictment unsealed Friday.

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The Weekender

This week’s question: What do you think of the Islamic cultural center

going in near ground zero?everybody deserves the opportunity to be free. To stereotype a group of people

as a whole is wrong, everyone is different and deserves a chance.— Alicia Thomas

By ashley [email protected]

About 25 people have

launched an effort to improve

juvenile programs in the

region, but results may not be

seen for six to 18 months.

Earlier this month, Meredith

Butler, director of the 8th

Judicial District Community

Corrections department,

announced she was looking for

community support in revising

the district’s comprehensive

strategic plan for at-risk

youth.Community members were

invited to share their input at

a community coalition meeting

Thursday morning at the Geary

County Emergency Manage-

ment Building.Butler was very pleased with

the community support the

group has received so far. “i

was really happy to see the

turnout,” she said.About 25 people attended

the meeting, including repre-

sentatives from the Junction

City Police Department,

Grandview Plaza Police

Department, uSD 475, Social

Rehabilitation Services, the

Board of Education and Court

Services. County Commission-

ers Ben Bennett and Florence

Whitebread also attended.

Because it was the first

meeting, much time was spent

explaining the purpose of the

coalition, which is providing

better juvenile programs for

local youth. other participantS SuggeSted for group

once the purpose of the

coalition was explained, Butler

was very happy with the input

from community members. For

instance, attendees had many

ideas on other groups or indi-

viduals who should be included

in the discussion.Because the purpose of the

coalition is to provide better

juvenile programs, attendees

suggested youth representa-

tives be included. Community

members suggested a high

school student, such as a stu-

dent council representative or

youth commissioner, be includ-

ed. To get a better feel for

what the juvenile corrections

system is like, it was also sug-

gested a youth who has gone

through the program should be

included as well.“They suggested a youth who

has gone through the system

who has been able to turn

Coalition plans to address juveniles’ needs Community input being added to revision of plan for at-risk youth

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CurBside seat to watCh all the aCtion

Three little boys watch as the Junction City Fire Department responds to a fire late Friday afternoon

on West 12th Street. According to JCFD Battalion Chief Rick Rook, the fire was in a triplex build-

ing, with the fire contained inside the kitchen of the middle apartment. The building suffered from

heavy smoke damage, but there were no injuries. The incident had several emergency vehicles

responding to the area and blocking traffic at 12th and Jackson streets.

Spc. Cole Merfeld helps Alyssa Scott, a kinder-

garten student at Milford Elementary School,

put her handprint on the school’s anti-bullying

poster during the anti-bullying program.

bully bustingMilford students learn about bullying and prevention

Special to The Daily UnionMore than 1,485 loans

have assisted family farm-

ers during the last 10 years

as part of the State Trea-

surer’s Agricultural Produc-

tion loan Deposit Program.

“As a small business

owner, i know how tight

some years can be due to

many factors outside your

control. Personally, i have

experienced drought and

rapid declines in cattle

prices,” said State Treasur-

er Dennis McKinney. “This program helps Kan-

sas’ ag banks and family

farms continue our tradi-

tion of producing the safest

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years of peace and prosperity, the Eisenhower Administration was an era of great change. Some changes were positive, others negative – but all came at a price. An optimistic realist, Dwight D. Eisenhower was an agent and critic of change. Admission to the museum is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and $1 for children 8 to 15 years; active-duty military is free. For more informa-tion, call 785-263-6700.

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Event: The House at Pooh Corner

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Arts CenterWhether we are very young or

wise to the ways of the world, every so often each of us has to “get back to the ‘House at Pooh Corner’” to spend some tender time with faithful friends. This production is based on the A. A. Milne classic of the same name. Featured stories portray the building of Eeyore’s house, Tigger’s arrival in the Hun-dred Acre Wood, the origin of the game of Pooh Sticks, Rabbit’s plan for reducing Tigger’s bounce, and Christopher Robin’s growing up and leaving for school. Tickets are $5.50 each.

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18Where: Columbian TheatreRevived on Broadway in 2008

in a Tony-winning production, this 1960s French farce adapted for the English-speaking stage features self-styled Parisian lothario Bernard, who has French, German and American fiancées, each beauti-ful airline hostesses with frequent “layovers.” He keeps “one up, one down and one pending” until unexpected schedule changes bring all three to Paris and Bernard’s apartment at the same time. Per-formances will be 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $15 for adult show only, $10 for military and students with valid ID and $5 for children show only; dinner and show tickets are $32 for adults and $15 for children. For more information or tickets, call 785-456-2029 or 800-899-1893 or visit www.columbianthe-atre.com.

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JUNCTION CITY – The Junc-tion City Arts Council is changing the way it does business.

Director Gail Parsons said the reason for the change in membership structure is to try to engage with more people by targeting their individual interests.

Rather than the old format that required members to pay a certain amount to get a certain amount of perks – essentially the more paid, the more perks – the new membership structure gives the same basic perks across the board to everyone, while allowing members to choose one or more series they want to be a part of – performance arts, Family and youth, social arts, visual arts or active arts.

It also means membership is more affordable, Parsons said. The first se-ries is $33 dollars per year, per Family, and additional series are $22, per year, per Family.

“This changes the buy in from helping us to helping them,” Parsons

said. “It’s a lot more one-on-one with people. Membership is now based on what the member wants from us.”

A lot of military Families partici-pate in events and youth programs, Parsons said, but have not been in-terested in becoming members in the past. The new model will allow JCAC to engage Families at Fort Riley and the surrounding communities based on exactly what they’re into, she said, with perks that appeal to their inter-ests, but without the cost of the old echelons of membership.

And no matter which series a per-son or Family joins, the door is always open to them to attend events that are part of the other series, Parsons said.

Once a person or a Family has joined a JCAC series, Parsons will then send targeted information about that area of interest, she said.

“Say it’s a new Family moving to Fort Riley, and they’re interest in ac-tive art, and they join. They don’t have to worry about looking for those events and activities; I will send it to them,” Parsons said, adding part of her job is to stay in the loop with

other creative arts agencies around Kansas. By networking with them, Parsons said she is often able to work out mutually beneficial discounts for members.

“It’s not just about me; that’s where a lot of arts organizations get in trouble. We need to start moving away from that concept,” she said. “We want everybody to support the arts, well it’s kind of like we need to support you in order for you to do the same.”

Admittedly, Parsons said, people are not going to be interested in ev-erything that JCAC has to offer. Luckily, she said, it is a multi-dimen-sional facility.

To name a few activities, JCAC of-fers:

• Youth art programs• Art classes for all ages• Artist opportunities• Murder mysteries and dinner

theater parties• Featured events throughout the

year, like the Art Walk• Junction City Arts Council store• Tuesday night music jams

For those who would prefer a membership based on the former model, they may choose the philan-thropy option and enjoy benefits based on their contribution level, she said.

To learn more about JCAC, visit www.junctioncityac.org or stop by 107 W. 7th St., Junction City.

Arts council changes membership optionsSERIES CORE BENEFITS• All members will receive a

laminated JC Arts Pass that iden-tifies their member benefits. All members in the youth and Family, social, visual, active and perfor-mance arts series will receive:

• Special discounts at select arts events in the region

• 10-percent retail discount at JC Arts

• Invitations to attend Special Preview Days just for members

• Private after-hours access for special classes and members-only workshops

• Discounts for classes

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MANHATTAN – The Little Ap-ple Brigade of Manhattan will honor senior military members of Fort Riley with a formal military ball Feb. 11 at the Manhattan Country Club.

The annual event is intended to encourage friendships among Man-hattan business people and Fort Ri-ley personnel, according to the Little Apple Brigade website.

Brig. Gen. Donald McWillie, 1st Infantry Division deputy command-er for support, will speak during the

event about the importance of the Fort Riley and Manhattan commu-nity partnership.

About 125 to 150 people have been invited to attend the ball, in-cluding division and garrison senior commanders, command sergeants major and spouses, brigade- and battalion-level senior command-ers, command sergeants major and spouses, Little Apple Brigade mem-bers and other community leaders.

Traditionally, the spouses receive an apple-themed memento every year. A social hour at 6 p.m. will pre-cede dinner and dancing.

Little Apple Brigade to host military ball

DANE G. HANSEN MEMORIAL MUSEUM

LOGAN, Kan. – Students from area schools will have their artwork on display Feb. 10 through March 11 in the Hansen Museum Gallery at the Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum during the museum’s 35th annual High School Art Exhibit.

This year’s exhibition will consist of a variety of art forms displayed by category, including watercolor and tempera, ink and scratch board, oil and acrylic, sculptural and 3-D, pencil and drawing, graphic design, jewelry, ceramics, colored pencil, printmaking, pastel, crayon, charcoal and mixed media.

Students strived to create pieces of art representative of themselves as artists, whether by personality, creativ-ity, excellence of quality or even their mood.

Some pieces may be whimsical cre-ations from the artist’s own imagina-tion, while others are reproductions of a given lesson.

Schools invited to participate in this year’s exhibit, include Norton, Palco, Stockton, Smith Center, Logan, Phillipsburg, Hill City, Grainfield, El-lis, Osborne, Plainville and WaKeeney.

For more information about this and other exhibits, contact Shirley at 785-689-4846 or go to www.hansen-museum.org.

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