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Eastridge Christmas lights:
The residents of the Eastside
subdivision of Eastridge participate each year in an elaborate
holiday lights display. Lights
usually run through the holiday
season. The subdivision is off
McRae Blvd.; turn west on Eastridge Drive.
‘Annie: The Musical’: KidsN-Co. presents the beloved
musical based on Little Orphan
Annie by Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin and Thomas Meehan Friday through Sunday
at 1301 Texas Ave. Directed
by Mia Carreon, with musical
direction by Selina Nevarez.
Show times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2:30 p.m.
Sunday. Cost: $5-$7. 3511455
Photos by Wendy Brown / Fort Bliss Bugle Editor
Capt. Isah Kushma, right, assigned to the Brigade Modernization Command, helps Marie Johnson, left, to her vehicle during the Operation Homefront Holiday
Meals for Military giveaway at the Family Resilience Center here Thursday. The bags were heavy, and a lot of people with small children needed help.
Operation Homefront gives away 500 meals
By Wendy Brown
Fort Bliss Bugle Editor
With a week-old baby, preparing
for Christmas hasn’t been foremost
on the mind of Whitney Garcia, an
Army veteran and spouse who was
among 500 people who picked up a
free holiday meal from Operation
Homefront here Thursday.
“I don’t feel like I’m in need,”
Garcia said. “I feel like my military
family is helping me out.”
Sunny Noble, Fort Bliss Operation Homefront community liaison, said the organization planned
to give away 500 meals and a $20
Walmart gift certificate to Soldiers
at the event with the rank of private
through staff sergeant.
The meal included everything
needed for a holiday dinner, including gravy, cranberry sauce, stuffing,
vegetables and more, Noble said.
As a line stretched through the
parking lot and around the corner,
more than 50 volunteers helped
people pick up bags containing all
they’d need to make the meal. The
day before, more than 70 honor students from Eldorado High School,
as well as other volunteers, helped
assemble bags, Noble said.
Capt. Isah Kushma, assigned to
the Brigade Modernization Command, said she always tries to
volunteer at Operation Homefront
events because they take special
care of military members and their
families.
“I do like Operation Homefront
and the fact they’re always giving to
Soldiers,” she said, noting the organization gives away school supplies
at the beginning of the school year,
and also provides toys at Christmas.
In addition, Col. Mike Hester,
Fort Bliss Garrison commander,
and Command Sgt. Maj. Bobby
Breeden, were on hand to learn
about the organization and help.
Hester, who met with volunteers
and spoke with Soldiers while they
waited in line, said the event is a
great way to help service members.
“This is uniquely military … Plus,
it’s perfect timing,” he said.
Breeden, meanwhile, worked
with Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers volunteers to help the
event run smoothly.
“It’s a great thing any time you
can give to troops,” Breeden said.
“It shows the support everyone has
for the military. I love it.”
Walmart was one of the event’s
main sponsors, and Luis Ramirez,
manager of the Walmart store at
5631 Dyer St., said about 25 volunteers from the store assisted Soldiers and their family members. In
addition, Ashley Quinlan and Rodney Plascencia, hood technicians
at the store’s Tire Lube Express,
dressed up as an elf and Santa Claus
to pose for photos with children.
“Most of our workers are military spouses, so it’s an honor for
us to participate in this and partner
up with Operation Homefront,”
Ramirez said.
Noble said the Holiday Meals for
Military program began Thanksgiving of 2009 due to a chance encounter in a supermarket in Utica, New
York, near Fort Drum. A Soldier,
his wife and infant had a handful of
grocery items they could not afford,
so a Jim Beam employee picked up
the $12 cost for the groceries.
A pilot program provided 500
meals the first year and has grown
to the point where organizers
planned to give away 8,500 meals
at 26 locations this year, Noble said.
In addition to Walmart and
Beam-Suntory, major sponsors for
the program include CDW Business Technology, Thirty-One Gifts,
Navy Federal Credit Union and
Ocean Spray, Noble said.
Learn more about Operation
Homefront, headquartered in Lawton, Oklahoma, at www.operationhomefront.net.
Ashley Quinlan, left, and Rodney Plascencia, second from right, hood technicians at the Walmart Tire Lube Express at 5631 Dyer St., hold Carter
Sitze, 5 months, left, and Cadence Sitze, 3, during the Operation Homefront
Holiday Meals for Military giveaway at the Family Resilience Center here
Thursday.
‘The Nutcracker Ballet’:
The Las Cruces Chamber Ballet’s 32nd annual production of
Tchaikovsky’s Christmas classic
is Friday through Sunday at
New Mexico State University’s
Atkinson Music Recital Hall,
N. Horseshoe and Espina, Las
Cruces, N.M. Performances
are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. All
seats reserved. Cost: $20 (Ticketmaster).
Santa at the Tramway: The
Wyler Aerial Tramway State
Park, 1700 McKinley Ave., will
host afternoon visits with Santa
noon–3 p.m. Saturday and 10
a.m.–noon Sunday. Visit Santa
Claus and have a photo taken
with him on top of Ranger
Peak. Tramway tickets: $8 for
adults and $4 for children 12
years and under. Tickets sales
stop one hour before closing.
562-9899
Navidad de La Fe Luminarias: The Christmas spirits
of hope and giving will come
alive from 6-10 p.m. Saturday when 4,000 luminarias
(sand-filled paper bags with
a candle) will be lit aglow at
nightfall along El Paso’s Scenic
Drive during the 24th Annual
Navidad de La Fe Luminarias.
Free and open to the public.
Vehicles enter Scenic Drive at
Richmond Ave. 545-7190
Birding
Photography
101: Franklin Mountains State
Park welcomes back Professor
Wayne Pope to lead another
birding photography workshop. The workshop is from
1-4 p.m. Saturday at the Nature Walk Trail at the Tom Mays
Unit. Bring: Binoculars, bird
identification book, cell phone
or mobile device birding apps,
camera, your camera’s manual, warm layers, water and
lunch. Cost: $5 entrance fee.
566-6441
Col. Mike Hester, left, Fort Bliss Garrison commander, speaks with Sunny
Noble, right, Fort Bliss community liaison for Operation Homefront, during
the Operation Homefront Holiday Meals for Military giveaway at the Family
Resilience Center here Thursday. Next to them is Asif Chaudary, President
Fort Bliss Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers.
Arts and crafts market:
The Tigua Indian Cultural Center will host a winter arts and
crafts market and native runway from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday at 305 Yaya Lane. The
event will include social dances, storytelling, free activities
for children and refreshments.
859-7700
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CNTP sets nurses ahead
By Marcy Sanchez
WBAMC Public Affairs
Marcy Sanchez / WBAMC Public Affairs
William Beaumont Army Medical Center held a ceremony for Brig. Gen. Anna Mae Hays Clinical Nurse
Transition Program graduates. From left, 2nd Lts. Lizamara C. Bedolla, Megan S. Meier and Jessica S.
Webster, medical-surgical nurses, at the hospital pose for a group photo Dec. 8. The program is designed
to standardize clinical skills for all new Army Nurse Corps officers while focusing on developing nurses to
function within any environment, at home or while deployed.
William Beaumont Army Medical
Center hosted a graduating ceremony for
Class 15-152 of the Brig. Gen. Anna Mae
Hays Clinical Nurses Transition Program
Dec. 8.
The six-month-long program allows
new nurses to gain experience as a surgical-medical nurse while working alongside experienced nurses, who mentor the
new nurses in hands-on procedures.
“The CNTP is a program for new
nurses who have already graduated from
a nursing program to get a good foundation before working on their own,” said
2nd Lt. Lizamara C. Bedolla, a graduate
of CNTP. “It’s like a residency program
for doctors.”
Throughout the program, nurses
learned advanced nursing topics such
as pain management, ethical decisions,
physiology-type techniques and criticalthinking skills.
“It advances their professional development and helps them understand ‘I need
to keep educating myself if I want to stay
current in practice,’” said Dr. Thomas H.
Miller, CNTP director. “They’re all brand
new 2nd lieutenants that have finished
nursing school.”
The program provides opportunities for
new nurses to gain hands-on experience
and repetitive practice, Miller said.
Other projects include an evidencebased practice project which helps nurses
examine research and analyze whether
new practices should be implemented at
WBAMC.
“We just don’t do things the old-fashioned way. We need to keep looking at
the future because there are always new
ideas,” Miller said.
The nurses received the opportunity to
work as head nurses with preceptors (experienced nurses), said 2nd Lt. Jessica S.
Webster, a CNTP graduate. The program
educated students on matters unfamiliar
and guided them so they could work independently.
Although the nurses will continue to
be mentored throughout their careers, the
goal of the program is to add experience
to the knowledge the nurses already possess from school so they can work with
confidence and independence once they
get started.
“When you walk into a room you immediately know what to go to and what
the patient needs first because you get so
well skilled,” Miller said.
“I think it’s a really good program,”
Bedolla said. “(CNTP) allows you that
time you need to get a foundation to build
on the skills you learned at nursing school
and to work alongside somebody to give
you that confidence to work on your own.”
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Sunday, Dec. 20
“Handbells for Christmas Concert”, 9:30 a.m. Sage Hall (Bldg 311)
Christmas Worship Service & Children’s Program 5:30-6:30 p.m.
1AD Chapel (Bldg 11272)
Christmas Eve Services
Thursday, Dec. 24
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, 4 p.m. Center Chapel (Bldg 315)
Children’s Christmas Mass, 5 p.m. Chapel Two (Bldg 1542)
Christmas Eve Night Mass, 10 p.m. Chapel Two (Bldg 1542)
Christmas Eve Service Samoan Christian Chapel, 5 p.m.; Hope
Chapel (Bldg 2498)
Christmas Eve Mass, 5 p.m. WBAMC
New Year’s Eve Services
Thursday, Dec. 31
Gospel Watch Night Service, 10 p.m. 1AD Chapel (Bldg 11272)
Watch Night Service, 11 p.m. Samoan Christian Service, Hope
Chapel (Bldg 2498)
New Year’s Eve Mass, 4 p.m. WBAMC
New Year’s Day Service
Wednesday, Jan. 1
New Year’s Day Mass, 11:35 a.m. Chapel Two (Bldg 1542)
New Year’s Day, 12:05 p.m. & 4 p.m. WBAMC
Christmas Day Services
Friday, Dec. 25
Christmas Day Mass, 8 a.m. Chapel Two (Bldg 1542)
Christmas Day Mass, 11:15 a.m. 1AD Chapel (Bldg 11272)
Christmas Day Mass, 8:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. WBAMC
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FORT BLISS BUGLE • December 17, 2015 • 5B
Fort Bliss Chapel Handbell Choir rings ‘friendship bound’
By David Crozier
USASMA Command Communications
In 1798, German poet Johann Christoph
Friedrich von Schiller penned the poem
“Song of the Bell.” In that poem he wrote,
“Around, around, Companions all, take your
ground, And name the bell with joy profound! Concordia is the world we’ve found
Most meet to express the harmonious sound,
That calls to those in friendship bound.”
While his poem talked about the construction of a large bell more than likely used in
a church steeple or clock tower, he very well
could have been talking about the Fort Bliss
Chapel Handbell Choir, which has been calling in the “friendship bound” for more than
30 years.
“I started this group in 1985,” said Barbara Cotton, choir director. “I had worked
with bell choirs for about 10 years prior to
coming to Fort Bliss, and when I came here
the chaplain’s office gave us the opportunity
to purchase bells.”
At the time there was a lot of interest in
starting the choir and she had few problems
finding people to join, Cotton said.
“We had many people who were interested in being part of the bell choir. In fact,
at that time we had two bell choirs. We had
one from Center Chapel One and we had one
from Biggs Chapel,” she said. “That continued for quite a number of years until finally I
had to merge the two together. So this group
now is the Fort Bliss Chapel Handbell Choir,
since the members come from the different
chapels on Fort Bliss.”
The bells the choir uses are known as
English handbells, although as Cotton explained, the Schulmerich Carillon Company
made them in Pennsylvania. For more than
50 years, Schulmerich has produced more
than a million hand bells that provide up to
seven complete octaves – 85 notes, ranging
from C2 to C9.
“The design originated in England. So that
is why they are called English handbells,”
she said. “There are two things that make
an English handbell unique. When I hold
David Crozier / USASMA Command Communications
The Fort Bliss Chapel Handbell Choir performs during the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy
Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony here Dec. 3. The 11-person choir, under the direction of the founder Barbara Cotton, has performed at the academy’s holiday program since 1987.
the bell up there is a space between the clapper and the edge of the bell. I have to apply
force to make the clapper hit against the edge
of the bell to make it ring. Then the clapper
bounces away from the bell right away. It is
on a spring, so that the bell can resonate, otherwise it would just go ‘thunk.’”
The bells themselves are specially made
from bell metal, 25 percent tin and 75 percent copper, and are handled with the utmost care. Cotton said the group must wear
gloves when handling and performing with
the bells.
“If we get fingerprints on the bells and
they are not wiped off right away, the metal
is so fragile that the oil from the fingerprints
can etch into the bell and that would harm
the tone,” she said.
Performing more than 20 times a year, the
choir takes special pride in holiday performances. One such performance is the an-
nual U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy
Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony.
“This is very special to see the faces of
people, children, military who have never
seen or heard handbells before,” said Delores Tina Stewart, a charter member of the
choir who plays four handbells – C, C sharp,
B and B flat. “… It is just so amazing what
can be created out of music that really touches the heart as well as words of singing.”
“Oh they are loud and enthusiastic and
they have so much appreciation for the
bells,” Cotton said of the academy crowd.
“We have been playing here since the new
academy opened up in 1987. It is something
that we just enjoy and look forward to.”
The 11-member choir brings with them
61 handbells that are tuned according to the
keys on a piano and are played similarly,
Cotton explained. The smallest bell is the C8
and the largest, weighing in at 13 pounds, is
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the C3. Keeping the choir intact can be challenging, Cotton said.
“It is difficult because of the transitory
nature of the military. We have people come
and go,” she said. “So we are constantly recruiting and teaching and training and saying
goodbye; and recruiting and teaching and
training and saying goodbye. It is a constant
process.”
Helping to meet that goal is the newest
member of the choir, Tonya Winston, who
joined in January 2014.
“I was in a bell choir at Fort Wainwright,
Alaska,” said Winston, who played the clarinet in high school and missed music. “The
chapel we went to had a bell choir, and my
friend said, ‘Oh I am going to join. Come
join with me.’ So I joined with her and just
kind of loved it. When we moved I couldn’t
play anymore and then I moved here, found
out through the chapel that there was a bell
choir, so I contacted Barbara and she said
they had an opening.”
As for her performing with such a seasoned group, Winston said she gets nervous,
but is just happy the audience enjoys the music.
“This is very special. It just brings the
spirit of Christmas up and what it really
means,” she said.
“It is just such a joyous sound with the
bells ringing together, and it is also a wonderful opportunity for people to enjoy music and not necessarily have a good singing
voice,” Cotton said. “To be unable to sing
but to have a musical background and to be
able to use that in other ways in a chapel
setting and to praise the Lord that way (is
wonderful).”
And so the bells of the choir toll for friendship bound and ring in the holiday cheer,
while in a distant time von Schiller bellows,
“Be a joy to this town. May the first tolling
denote peace.”
You can follow the Fort Bliss Handbell Choir on Facebook at https://www.
facebook.com/Fort-Bliss-HandbellChoir-82065314028/.
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The 3 Ps to lifting morale
By Chaplain (Capt.) Young H. Kim
1st Bn., 36th Infantry Regt., 1st BCT, 1st AD
There are three qualities essential to building an effective and cohesive combat unit:
leadership, motivation and morale. Good
leadership, combined with highly motivated
Soldiers with strong morale, can defeat a
superior force despite the odds. Obviously,
there isn’t a school formula for building a
cohesive combat unit.
However, no one
would disagree
if
someone
were
to
state these
three qualities should
be present
while building
combat
readiness.
Of
the three, the quality of morale comes
to my mind. Focusing on this
quality characteristic,
there are
three Ps to
lifting the
morale of
Soldiers. An
effective leadership team that
focuses on these three
Ps will significantly improve the morale of a unit, ultimately enhancing combat
readiness.
First is purpose. It is essential to know
why we do what we do. When the purpose is
clearly communicated to everyone in a way
that is fully understood, everyone is on board
the same boat and can move forward in the
right direction. Like building a house and
laying a strong foundation, clearly defining
and communicating purpose is the first foundational block to building a strong organization. Many of us have said or thought this
phrase at one time or another, “You will do
it because I said so!” We’ve often given such
orders to our children, but despite their strict
obedience it may not have produced the best
or most desired results. A leader who takes
time to effectively communicate a purpose
with clearly understood tasks will find a
sense of trust and positive compliance with
subordinates. In the end, it will produce far
better results compared to blind obedience
built on fear. The leader who simply barks
demands can easily be misconstrued as dis-
playing toxic leadership, which has no place
in today’s Army.
Second is predictability. The second
building block is providing predictability for
our Soldiers. In a typical high performing
organization, the majority of Soldiers don’t
mind working long hours or even working
some weekends. However, an organization
with good leadership will provide them with
a level of predictability
that allows balance between
the personal
life and the
professional life.
Soldiers
should
know the
quality
of
their personal
life is important
to the unit’s overall
cohesive
and
combat
readiness. A
sound leader should
understand
giving Soldiers a “day
of no scheduled activity”
here and there for
the countless evenings
and weekends required of them and their
families does little to make up for the time
lost unless they also allow adequate planning to set schedules.
Third is positive feedback. A Soldier who
feels strongly he or she is contributing to the
overall success of the organization will be
motivated. Effective counseling, both developmental and event oriented, with mentoring at all levels can help facilitate this
result. Recognizing what Soldiers are doing
right and appropriately encouraging them to
improve upon their areas of deficiency will
build a higher sense of self-esteem and help
the organization continue to push forward.
Leaders can count on their unit chaplains
to serve as “combat multipliers” in building the three Ps. Unit morale is an area your
chaplain can advise on and provide honest
assessment. Be bold and use them as your
asset to help boost morale and build a more
cohesive and combat-ready force ready to
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Volunteers from Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers, Army Community Service, and Command Sgt.
Maj. Bobby J. Breeden, Fort Bliss Garrison senior enlisted adviser, pose for a group photo during Trees
for Troops at Biggs Park here Friday.
Free trees:
Trees for Troops does it again
By Sgt. Jessica R. Littlejohn
24th Press Camp Headquarters
Vehicles lined up by the dozens as members of Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers and Army Community Service acted as
Santa’s little helpers and distributed Christmas trees to Soldiers and their family members at Biggs Park here Friday.
Trees for Troops and FedEx donated about
350 trees to military families in need.
Fort Bliss has hosted the Trees for Troops
giveaway here since 2005, said Cher
Poehlein, ACS relocation and information
and referral manager. Tree growers from
all over the United States donated the trees,
with each grower providing 20 to 30 trees
per participating post.
Soldiers with a rank of sergeant and below
had first priority, said Spc. Asif Chaudary,
BOSS president. During the afternoon, Soldiers staff sergeant and above could pick up
a free tree.
About 50 volunteers dedicated their time,
with most of the support coming from the
142nd Combat Service Support Battalion,
1st Armored Division Sustainment Brigade,
31st Combat Support Hospital and BOSS
members.
“In all the years I’ve been doing this, this
has been the largest turnout for support,”
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Pfc. Christian Price, 31st CSH BOSS representative, said his sergeant major was very
supportive, and the unit provided 14 Soldier
volunteers. Price has been volunteering with
BOSS for more than a year now, and he said
events like this are a morale booster.
“It brings me happiness to see Soldiers get
free Christmas trees to take home and decorate,” Price said. “Christmas can be tough
for those who can’t afford it, so they can
come here, and we can provide a tree.”
Many of those who picked up a tree donated canned goods and nonperishable items
to the Trading Post on West Fort Bliss.
Chaudary said he was happy BOSS could
be a part of this year’s Trees for Troops event
and hopes to be here for many years to come.
“There is just so much to give,” Chaudary
said. “It’s just great to help those in need.”
Visit www.treesfortroops.org for more information.
Photos by Sgt. Jessica R. Littlejohn / 24th Press Camp Headquarters
Volunteers from BOSS and ACS give out Christmas trees during Trees for Troops at Biggs Park
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(Right) Volunteers from Better Opportunities for
Single Soldiers and Army Community Service
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The William Beaumont Army Medical Center Army Fisher House, Bldg. 7360 Rodriguez St., El Paso.
WBAMC Fisher House
to undergo renovations:
Volunteers needed
By Amabilia Payen
WBAMC Public Affairs
The William Beaumont Army Medical
Center Army Fisher House will close Jan. 4,
2016, to prepare for renovations scheduled
to last eight to 12 weeks.
The house was constructed in 1994, and
since then, the cozy and warm building has
housed more than 2,400 families who have
stayed with a recovering loved one at the
hospital. When an active duty service member, a dependent or veteran is in the hospital,
the house is there to ensure family members
are well taken care of so they can focus on
their loved one’s recovery.
Jennifer Daugherty is the house manager
and her responsibilities include booking
families, ensuring there is plenty of room
and amenities.
“I find a lot of joy and fulfillment in my
job,” Daugherty said. “We try our best to
make what is possibly a difficult time for
them as easy as possible.”
During the closure, families wishing to
stay at the Fisher House will be accommodated through the Hotel for Heroes program
and other resources. Once the doors are
closed, volunteers will be needed to move
furniture into storage. When the renovations
are complete, volunteers will be needed to
move the furniture back.
Volunteers wishing to assist during renovations can contact Daugherty at 203-7473.
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