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Family Service Center supports Navy families
By Juliet K. Wenger
Feature Editor
The commanding officer of the
USS Champion, the latest ship to
arrive at Naval Station Ingleside,
called upon the Family Service
Center. He wanted the entire
crew briefed on center programs.
This is the new Navy, Lt. Com-
mander Sharon Spray berry said,
the volunteer Navy where com-
manding officers have learned it
is good business to provide family
support for personnel. Preven-
tion means fewer problems from
home are brought to the job, and
there is less absenteeism.
Sprayberry, the center direc-
tor, said counseling, once eonsi-
dered a stigma by those
stereotyped as rugged military, is
now a quality of life issue. Ther-
apy is not thought of as treatment
of the dysfunctional but as the
intelligent way to prevent de-
teriorating relationships and to
enrich lives whether or not those
involved have compelling prob-
lems.
The commander says this is the
core of family service. The civi-
lian who designs the programs
and services available is Lee
Applegate, chief of service. The
title covers a multitude of respon-
sibilities. She manages all of the
family service staff, is the super-
visor of counselors, and backs up
the counselers personally when
she is needed.
At her suggestion, a team,
counselor Merrilee Matheny and
Sally Hillyer, an education spe-
cialist, conducted a briefing for
family members who were to be
left at home last spring when four
mine counter warfare vessels
were deployed to European wa-
ters for six months.
When time drew near for the
ships to return, the team met with
the families to find what situa-
tions they would encounter upon
their homecoming. Then they
went aboard the ships when they
got to Key West and counseled the
men returning home after such a
long separation.
These are young families,
Applegate explained, and much
can happen during a six-month
separation. The worst that can
happen is a “Dear John...” letter.
But many other things may keep
the romantic reunion the Navy
man or woman is expecting from
coming to pass.
The spouse at home may have
received a post card from Paris
where a husband was having fun
while the wife was struggling to
pay bills and nursing a sick baby,
Applegate says. The wife, who
may have been very dependent
on her husband before he left, has
grown with responsibilities. She
is now self sufficient, indepen-
dent, someone he hardly knows.
The team that went aboard ship at
Key West worked on expecta-
tions.
Applegate has a varied back-
ground that prepares her to plan
and coordinate programs that re-
spond individually to the needs of
the personnel of Naval Station
Ingleside. She has been in private
practice as a psychologist, taught
in public schools and colleges,
and taught the military in Paris,
France.
She has a lot to work with here.
For instance, family advocacy
counts upon the Ombudsman
Program. There are 14 ombuds-
men now, one for each command,
helping families in what ever way
they request, with a child’s
schooling, a doctor’s appoint-
ment, or finding what is available
in communities.
Yesterday was Ombudsman
Appreciation Day, when the four-
teen were honored at a luncheon
and presented letters of apprecia-
tion by Admiral J.D. Pearson,
commander of Mine Warfare
Command.
The ombudsmen are carefully
prepared for their work.
Ombudsman Training Academy
1 has been held, Academy 2 will
be held the end of the month and
Academy 3, 4 and 5 will provide
advanced training.
Sprayberry said the amount of
family support has increased over
the years with recognition of
what can be accomplished. One
of the factors recognized is that in
more families both husband and
wife are working now and don’t
have as much time as they once
did to spend with children.
Group sessions of educational
programs are important in the
prevention concept. They are
facilitated by Matheny and Bon-
nie Shannon, family advocacy
specialist. There will be six of
these courses within the next
three months.
Couples communication helps
Navy personnel and husbands or
wives identify problems, resolve
conflicts and develop intimacy.
In a parenting skills workshop,
they develop appreciation for
their children, learned effective
forms of discipline and promoting
self esteem.
Anger management teaches
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The Navy and Blaschke/Shel-
don Elementary School sixth
graders will combine their efforts
this week to clean up, as well as
learn, about the environment.
Today, Naval Station Ing-
leside's (NAVSTA) environmen-
tal protection specialist Ted Gra-
bowski and public affairs officer
Cmdr. Nettie Johnson, are at
Blaschke/Sheldon Elementary
School presenting programs to
sixth grade science classes.
The programs include discus-
sions on the U.S. navy’s initia-
tives to reduce or eliminate the
discharge of plastics, oils and
other substances into the oceans.
Tomorrow, NAVSTA em-
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ployees will conduct their
quarterly Adopt-A-Highway
Clean Up starting at 12:30 p.m.
The group will clean a two-mile
stretch of FM1069 just outside
the station’s front gate.
Saturday, NAVSTA will pro-
vide transportation to approx-
imately 75 of the sixth graders
and administrators to Mustang Is-
land. The Mustang Island clean
up will begin at 9 a.m. and last
until noon.
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STA for a hot dog cookout spon-
sored by NAVSTA’s Fire Station.
At 1 p.m., half of the students
will tour the USS Devastator,
commanded by Lt. Cmdr. Tom
Strei, and the other half will tour
the USS Pioneer, commanded by
Lt. Cmdr. Jerry Ballance. While
on board the students will learn
more about the Navy’s shipboard
initiatives to help protect the en-
vironment.
Field trip opens club year
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Ingleside Garden Club began
its activities for the club year with
a field trip Thursday, Sept. 9.
The club made a brief stop at
the Indian Point Trail in Portland
and Jones Nature Sanctuary to
view birds at both locations.
A buffet luncheon followed at
Mr. Gatti’s in Porltand. The busi-
ness session was held with presi-
PAUL LOEFFLER, M.D.
Ear, Nose & Throat Specialist
Allergy & Facial Plastics
Dr. Paul Loeffler, ear, nose & throat specialist, is a gra-
duate of Texas A&M Medical School. He completed a six
year residency at Louisiana State University Medical
Center (LSUMC) in Shreveport. He is now board eligible
in this surgical specialty.
LSUMC-Shreveport is a designated trauma center for
Louisiana where Dr. Loeffler received much experience
in treating traumatic injuries. His area of expertise
includes treating diseases of the ear, nose, throat, head
and neck, allergy and facial plastics.
Dr. Loeffler is a member of Texas Medical Association,
Southern Medical Association, the American Academy
of Otolaryngology and Paragon Physician Association
of South Texas, Inc.
Dr. Loeffler enjoys fishing, hunting and woodworking.
He and his wife have made their home in Ingleside.
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Jack Huerta and Mrs. Jeannine
Reed announce the engagement
of their daughter, Rochelle Lynn,
to Donald Lee Bryant, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Timothy Bryant of
Liberty Mississippi. Miss Huerta
is a graduate of Ingleside High
School and attended Del Mar
College. She is employed with
The Hair Cuttery. Bryant is a
graduate of Amite County High
School and attended Southwest
Community College. Formerly
with the U.S. Navy, he is now
with the Navy Reserve. A
November wedding is planned.
dent Linda Salge presiding. New
handbooks were distributed.
The club is planning a garage
sale October 15 at the Ingleside
Garden Center.
Ten members and one guest,
Jacque Gipson of Aransas Pass,
attended the meeting. The next
meeting will be October 14 at the
garden center.
- Births —
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Thomas and Carol Shockley of
Ingleside announce the birth of
their son, Gavin Tyler, at 1:43
p.m. Wednesday, August 18, at
Coastal Bend Hospital. He
weighed six pounds, two and a
half ounces.
Gavin Tyler is welcomed by his
maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Justino Pena of Falfurrias
and his paternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Shockley of Ing-
leside.
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John G. and Shelly E. Worces-
ter of I ngleside are the parents of a
daughter, Brianna Sheri, born at
12:39 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3, at
Coastal Bend Hospital. She
weighed six pounds and five
ounces.
Brianna Sheri is welcomed by
her maternal grandfather, Wil-
liam R. Wood of Rockport, and
her paternal grandparents, J.C.
and Naomi Worcester of Corpus
Christi.
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