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Show T Mews THE SAMPLER IFesa itmures o .Friday, May 21, 1982 O of the Army to visit ugway ACS gets new social services assistant pS3(WSv V-i- , - . ,'V by SP5 David Pinnick In addition to it's new quarters in the Clinic building. Army Community Services, ACS, has taken a new Social Services Assistant who will assist ACS in two primary areas. His name is Robert P. Gagne and his pri- diSlVV?D also hndHrCOhrtJ thArai8LAd--- t day-car- e He providers who take care of children who for one reason or another may be legally taken from their parents custody. In those cases where he is called in as an investigator for a child abuse or neglect situation, Gagne evaluates the particular case be- fore makin8 his recommendation to MPI, ACS Qr the governing authority. Gagne comes to Dugway after two years as Director of the Eastern Utah Alcohol Treatment Center in Price, Utah and hes pretty excited about it. While I was working in Price, I had an apartment in Helper. My family lives in Provo and with the other program, I was sometimes working 7 days a week, so I didnt get to see them a lot. Now, with the Dugway work week, I see them every weekend almost, and as soon as we can get a house on post,' theyll be coming out to join me. co-ordina- tes on-boa- rd . Sergeant Major of the Army William Arthur vo- Connelly will visit the Dugway Proving Ground cacy Program. this Sunday and Monday. As D&A therapist, he works with counselThe sergeant major is expected to arrive here ing and education efforts, along with Ron Sunday afternoon. Lundsford, the Chief of Alcohol and Drug. Sunday evening the sergeant major will talk Right now, Gagne explained, I'm handto the NCOs at the Community (Oasisj Club. All the. bulk of the counseling, while Ron is ling NCOs must attend this meeting and be there at 6 more of the educational work. As time doing p.m. in Army dress greens. Before his speech, be on. Ill goes picking up more of that, though cocktails will be available followed by a dinner. Ron will still be helping with some of the Monday morning the sergeant major will talk case load, in addition to his admin- counseling to the junior enlisted soldiers at the Headistrative duties. quarter's Conference Room. All junior enlisted Gagne will be offering counseling for sub- soldiers must be present in their duty uniforms stance abusers, whether it is for the whole fa- of the day. Gagne has a wife, Joan and four or In abusers, friends, mily, couples spouses. daughters, Elizabeth, age 17, Yvette, 15, Mar-thi- s Sergeant Major Connelly has served in the said he that work will, counseling, Gagne tha, 12 , and Alicia, 8. Both he and his wife United States Army for over 30 years, first as a clin- - are also consultants to lames Hale. as well as other the with closely agencies National Guardsman in Americus, Georgia, and Sanity Ad-i- c and the social worker. for 4th ministrator Utah. District Court, since 1954, on active duty in positions from tank In some cases of substance abuse, there Ive been on Dugway about 8 weeks now, crewman, and tank commander through plais also the or other I around, abuse, and spouse way really like it, he said, "and Im looking toon sergeant, first sergeant and command serone the Clinic in under and roof now, forward to continuing my work here, working Being geant major. ACS can combine resources with medical and with ACS. is married to the Sergeant social worker personnel to deal with the prob- former Bennie Newton of Monticello, Georgia lems that arise, he explained. Their daughter, Carol, is their only child. is very well educated in his field, Gagne The sergeant major is expected to depart Dug- - Sergeant Major of the Army, William A. Connelly, is expected to arrive because he not only had the scholastic backway sometime the afternoon on Monday. here Sunday afternoon for a two-da- y visit; ground, but street education as well. Im a recovered alcoholic and substance abuser, he said. Ive been there and back again though I've had my act together ever since I went straight in 1975 after a particularly bad overdose. ... Gagne had fought an battle with narcotics and booze, since age 12. But in late 1975, he started 3 years of therapy v v, JL. SOrt v. that ended up changing his life, more than he expected. I went back to college, even while I was still on therapy, and I. decided to become a therapist myself. . . In addition to practical experience, Gagne also has a Bachelors in Behavioral. Science from Westminster College. He also has addiIt' tional schooling from Assumption College, Worcester, MA., along with Graduate credits from the University of Utah in Drug and Services. Gagne is also accredited with national and state associations of Alcohol and Drug counselors. Hes also had extensive work in counseling from other institutions. But D&A isnt all hes responsible for, hes also ACS adVisorinvestigator for the Child ACS 8 New SociakServices Assistant, ReAdvocacy Program, which handles cases in- bertP. Gagne reviews one of the cases that he volving child abuse or neglect. deals with as Drug and AlcdhoiChild. Advocacy Program person. . 4-d- ay . Major-Connell- -- . on-agai- n, off-aga- in : - . .,, Alco-holHeal- th . State Art Contest prize winners H7i zHiCC czfCiue.. Michell Doughtery, daughter of Air Force' Cruise Missile Officer Capt. Tom Doughtery and Philip B. Hale III, son of Army SSG Phil . . at Woftlh oxcLon zHoCCovul! 'Hale, display their original, transportation drawings which won them a visit with Utah Governor Scott Matheson last Friday. The drawings were entered in the first Utah Childrens Museum art contest with a theme of transportation, yesterday, 'today and tomorrow by the Utah Automobile Association. They were two of twelve winners out of cf-xe-. 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