Indiana Gazette from Indiana, Pennsylvania • 10

PobB Moodoy, DttemWI, 1997tght 3nbiann (gaiettt Army keeps pregnant soldiers in shape It-fiininai ihard sn ihis allows us to get back in shape for (hat. From 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. on Mondays- Wednesdays and Fridays, the women do aerobics in the gym or exercise outside. On Tuesdays and Thursdays they attend classes, such as general infant care, baby mas; sage over-the-counter medication, nutrition and breast-feedine-: "The program ib the best thing I've-seen my 15 years of Army medicine," "he" "Other bases that don't have, such a program should consider Before Uiey return to their units, -the women must pass a fitness test to make sure they're ready to resume normal running drills and the 15-30 pushups and 40-80 situps, depending on their age. The women may set their own pace -when they come Sigouin said.

But they must catch up to everyone else within 90 days. "The main objective is to get. us back to where we were." said Spc-Mary McMurchy of Fori Campbell Ky.i a 24-year-old graduate of the program. "Regular PT (physical 'I hf kits. By LUCAS L.

JOHNSON II Associated Press Writer -Armr Spe. Ebony Brown wipes the sweat from her forehead, clasps her hands around her swollen belly and gulps -several deep Other soldiers in the Fort Campbell gym look on curiously as Brown and 50 other, expectant mothers In gray sweatsuits do energetic Brown says the stares don't -bother her because this strenuous -Army regimen is 'Its just what we need to stay in shape until we get back to our said Brown. a 20-year-old from Orlando. Fla. 'By the time this is over, Ml be About 3.000 women are stationed at Fort Campbell.

Currently. 255 are pregnant and all; are enrolled in a program called STARS Ability, -Readiness -and' mate soldiers who said pregnant-, soldiers -burdened their, units and demoralized other soldiers because-, of special treatment they receive.1.; Capt. Anne Sigouin. a Fort Camp- bell nurse-midwife who helped start STARS in July, said the program would help-commanders change: those attitudes by ensuring women are physically able to continue mill-. tary duties while pregnant and re-.

sume full-time careers after, giving base records; about 160 births a month. an improvement in esteem," she said. 'The program simply; creates a level playing field STARS divides its participants into four groups: first, second and third trimester and postpartum. Up until their 28th week-of preg- nancy; the women are expected to work normal 50- to 60-hour-weeks. That's reduced to 48 hours in the final trimester.

New mothers get a 40-day convalescent leave then re turn for five final weeks of STARS. spirit) mat oegan Jast The Army Times newspaper last month reported complaints from Spc. Afca Hadley, foft, in hor AM monfJt of pregnancy at Fort Campbell, Kyt, if port of the new program, (AP photo) NASA drops plan to release satellite again IL 11IUI ElgWTl 5 MASSAGE- MASSAGE I GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE Vx 520 FOR YOUR SOMEONE'SPECIAU: jhr $3500-We also carry the finest vitamins, herbs, iinhr 'SO00 sports nutrition, incense and essential oils lmmlm at LOW PRICFSI 1 mcwiscwi- By MARCIA DUNN AP AerOipocs WritBf CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. has given up on a plan to set thing Is we're bringing Spartan back -down to Earth.

It will get to, fly another Added astronaut Winston: Scott: "After all. the sun will be there and we don't want to risk losing the really not sure at this Kregel said. When astronaut Kalpana tried to grab tlie satellite with the -shuttle robot arm to bring it back to -Columbia, she accidentally bumped the craft and sent it into a slow spin. -Two astronauts Scott and Takao Doi had to go out three days later and catch the. I satellite with their gloved loose a science satellite that had to be.

hauled back on board space shuttle Columbia by Columbia simply does not have enough fuel to go after the Spartan -satellite a second time, NASA offi- cials decided after a week of analy-. sis. The $10 million craft will remain aboard the shuttle and be 1 observation vi', six shuttle astronauts of NASA decision after they woke up Sunday always little bit disappointed if we don't get the full mission, command- er Kevin. Kregel said a TV interview. -But we did retrieve the satellite and so the important-1 satellite The space agency had hoped to -release Spartan for 18 hours, less -than half the time it supposed to fly -free.

study the.v; sun's outer atmosphere. But mission managers concluded it wasn't feasible to give Spartan-a second chance based on the shuttle fuel supply. If you were deploying-a brand neWj fresh spacecraft, you wouldn't do it under those circumstances," explained mission operations direc- tor Lee Briscoe. ''So here a case where we the Spartan in the bay. We have it.

It's a healthy We can bring It back. If you were to deploy it under these kinds of propellant mar- you could stand a 40 or 50 percent of not bringing it. back" if there were a. he-. said.

NASA has no firm plans yet to send Spartan up on another shuttle mission, Bnscoe said. Spartan turned out to be nothing but trouble for the astronauts, quite--possibly through their own fault, i Unknown to anyone at the time. Spartan failed to receive a crucial computer command before it was set loose on Nov. 21 because of either software problem or crew Somehow tlie command- didn get How that occurred we'jre TILL WE MEET AGAIN The Homer-Center Education Association wishes to reaffirm their goal of-reaching a fair and equitable contract; All along we have been referring to tha distnet's refusal to meet. Their refusal to meet and the repeated cancellation of meetings exemplifies their continued lack of regard for the community and the teachers.

An even more blatant example of the lack of respect is illustrated in the following comment made by a District Team Negotiator during a negotiating session. To quote him, he was "tired. of dealing with the coal miner mentality -riWe take offense to the tone and connotation intended by this comment. For. the coal industry has been a major economic source of income in this community; Coal mining parents paid for thecollege education of many of.our addmonjthis heritage provided us with the strong work ethics of dedication and hard.

work. We are very proud. of this heritage: We have no problem being aligned with the United Mine Workers of America: Homer-Center Education Association DR. E. DARRYL HILL Cerfflied By Tin AnwHcao Board Of Podiatric Swury 22S1 Canterbury OHIccis 422 West.

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