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popu

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at 1

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e ha

d a

real

ly g

reat

turn

out i

n Ja

nuar

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vo

lunt

eers

who

spen

t the

mor

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cle

arin

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g iri

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he m

ain

pond

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s in

vasi

ve p

lant

lov

es t

o ta

ke ro

ot a

t the

site

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this

is a

regu

lar a

ctiv

ity fo

r th

e gro

up. I

t’s o

ne o

f the

mor

e soc

iabl

e tas

ks as

wel

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caus

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rela

tivel

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fe a

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e ca

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ork

near

to

each

oth

er a

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ave

a ch

at a

s we

go a

long

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volu

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rs w

ere

met

by

hero

ns a

nd p

lent

y of

spo

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new

ts t

his

time.

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me

of o

ur b

rave

r sou

ls e

ven

gent

ly h

andl

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e ne

wts

to s

tart

lear

ning

to id

entif

y th

e va

rious

spe

cies

. Als

o, th

e po

nd is

fi na

lly fi

lling

up,

sin

ce th

e la

st ti

me

we

had

a w

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roup

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e lo

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is m

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com

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ank

you

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r you

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year

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few

peo

ple a

sk ab

out t

he si

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in T

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f thi

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a g

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the

trees

take

s yo

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wn

into

the

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a. If

you

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we

aren

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ere,

we’

re li

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to b

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tool

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com

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spac

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peo

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are i

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com

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very

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rsda

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to m

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ere

is o

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a sm

all c

harg

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£3.

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ssio

n.

Ev

ery

Tues

day

1.30

to

3pm

we

have

a p

ract

ice

sing

ing

sess

ions

for

our

sin

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gr

oup

calle

d th

e C

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horu

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ho th

roug

hout

the

year

go

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car

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ill b

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wel

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fi rs

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then

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have

re

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seve

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repo

rts a

bout

the

non

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lect

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of w

aste

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th

recy

clin

g an

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nera

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te.

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cont

ract

with

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lia fo

r th

e w

aste

col

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ion

was

du

e to

ex

pire

an

d th

e ad

min

istra

tion

at

Basi

ngst

oke

Boro

ugh

Cou

ncil,

joi

ntly

with

Har

t D

istri

ct C

ounc

il, a

gree

d a

cont

ract

with

a n

ew

com

pany

Ser

co,

whi

ch c

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into

for

ce o

n 1s

t O

ctob

er.

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lst

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ting

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ay h

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a

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mbe

r of

in

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‘te

ethi

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prob

lem

s fo

llow

ing

the

hand

over

of

the

cont

ract

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ncer

ned

to s

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at s

ome

four

mon

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late

r the

pr

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cont

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ders

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aff e

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pley

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t but

oth

er a

reas

of

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Boro

ugh.

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have

rais

ed th

ese

conc

erns

with

se

nior

offi

cers

at t

he C

ounc

il an

d w

ill co

ntin

ue to

do

so

until

this

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solv

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tatio

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side

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wor

ks o

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me

for t

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resp

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men

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pla

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thre

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light

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l the

ir s

uppo

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light

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ite a

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aren

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Dog

Fou

ling

O

ne o

f th

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caus

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f irr

itatio

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eve

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incl

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an h

avin

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con

stan

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r dog

poo

to p

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ou o

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r chi

ldre

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eppi

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en fa

lling

into

it.

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bvio

usly

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is t

he d

og t

hat

does

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poo

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it

is u

nfai

r to

bla

me

them

; it

is t

he

resp

onsi

bilit

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the

dog

owne

r to

ensu

re th

at th

e do

g's m

ess i

s cle

aned

up.

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ough

ther

e ar

e a

grea

t num

ber o

f ow

ners

that

do

clea

r it u

p, th

ere

are

still

som

e pe

ople

who

don

’t. It

is a

real

he

alth

haz

ard

to le

ave

it w

here

it li

es -

on p

avem

ents

, in

park

s and

pla

ygro

unds

- an

d it

is a

lso

agai

nst t

he la

w.

The

Con

trol o

f Dog

s O

rdin

ance

(199

2) a

pplie

s to

all

publ

ic p

lace

s an

d st

ates

that

an

off e

nce

is c

omm

itted

if a

per

son

in c

harg

e of

a d

og fa

ils to

cle

an u

p hi

s fae

ces.

It is

no

defe

nce

to c

laim

igno

ranc

e of

the

dog’

s act

ions

, the

law,

or n

ot to

hav

e a

devi

ce a

vaila

ble

to re

mov

e th

e fa

eces

. Thi

s cou

ld re

sult

in a

pro

secu

tion

and

fi ne.

A

ll fa

eces

con

tain

s ba

cter

ia th

at c

an c

ause

sto

mac

h up

sets

if in

gest

ed. H

owev

er, t

he

grea

test

risk

to p

ublic

hea

lth fr

om d

og fa

eces

is to

xoca

riasi

s.

Toxo

caria

sis

is a

n in

fect

ion

of th

e ro

und

wor

m, s

prea

d vi

a un

was

hed

vege

tabl

es a

nd

dog

faec

es. Y

oung

chi

ldre

n in

par

ticul

ar a

re a

t ris

k du

e to

thei

r wea

ker i

mm

une

syst

ems

and

beca

use

they

are

mor

e lik

ely

to e

xpos

e th

emse

lves

by

inge

stin

g th

e eg

gs. A

pup

py c

an p

ass

as m

any

as 1

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of

faec

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nd th

ey a

re a

maj

or s

ourc

e of

env

ironm

enta

l co

ntam

inat

ion.

Th

ere

are

two

type

s of

toxo

caria

sis:

vis

cera

l lar

va m

igra

ns (V

LM) a

nd o

cula

r lar

va

mig

rans

(OLM

).

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LM,

the

larv

ae r

each

the

liv

er,

caus

ing

infl a

mm

atio

n an

d sy

mpt

oms

such

as

abdo

min

al p

ain

and

pyre

xia.

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t peo

ple

reco

ver s

pont

aneo

usly

.

OLM

occ

urs w

hen

a m

igra

ting

larv

a re

ache

s the

eye

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ause

s a g

ranu

lom

a to

form

on

the

retin

a, c

ausi

ng si

gnifi

cant

vis

ual i

mpa

irmen

t and

in se

vere

cas

es e

ven

blin

dnes

s.

Ther

e ar

e ab

out 1

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w c

ases

of O

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ann

ually

in th

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17

Dea

r Frie

nds

In a

n od

d ki

nd o

f way

I ra

ther

like

the

mon

th o

f Feb

ruar

y. Y

es, i

t is t

he sh

orte

st m

onth

of t

he

year

but

mos

tly fo

r me

is b

ecau

se it

mea

ns sp

ring

is o

n th

e ho

rizon

. Alre

ady

ther

e ar

e si

gns o

f sp

ring

appe

arin

g as

the

new

bul

b sh

oots

beg

in to

pus

h th

roug

h th

e gr

ound

and

the

buds

on

the

trees

beg

in to

thic

ken.

Sig

ns o

f new

gro

wth

– in

any

circ

umst

ance

or s

ituat

ion

- alw

ays b

ring

HO

PE! T

he h

ope

of so

met

hing

bet

ter t

o co

me.

In

sprin

g it

is, p

erha

ps, t

he h

ope

of w

arm

er

wea

ther

and

ligh

ter e

veni

ngs.

In re

latio

nshi

ps si

gns o

f new

gro

wth

can

mea

n a

mor

e in

timat

e un

ders

tand

ing

of e

ach

othe

r. E

ven

in th

e ec

onom

y; si

gns o

f new

gro

wth

can

brin

g ho

pe o

f st

abili

ty a

nd p

rosp

erity

and

goo

dnes

s kno

ws w

e ne

ed th

at ri

ght n

ow w

ith a

ll th

e st

uff a

bout

B

rexi

t goi

ng o

n (I

’m w

ritin

g th

is w

hile

the

gove

rnm

ent i

s deb

atin

g th

e PM

’s B

rexi

t dea

l!).

St G

abrie

l’s h

as b

een

grow

ing

stea

dily

ove

r the

pas

t few

yea

rs, i

n nu

mbe

r, in

fello

wsh

ip, i

n fa

mily

, Spi

rit a

nd w

orsh

ip –

and

of c

ours

e in

our

bui

ldin

gs! E

ven

so th

ere

are

man

y m

ore

sign

s of

new

gro

wth

beg

inni

ng to

show

thro

ugh.

I a

m o

ften

surp

rised

at t

he m

any

diff e

rent

way

s in

whi

ch th

at g

row

th c

an b

e se

en.

I kno

w th

e ch

urch

has

an

amaz

ing

repu

tatio

n ac

ross

the

com

mun

ity a

s bei

ng o

pen

and

wel

com

ing

to a

ll an

d of

bei

ng fa

mily

frie

ndly

; but

it is

n’t j

ust

abou

t Sun

day!

The

chur

ch b

uild

ings

with

the

new

com

mun

ity e

xten

sion

s are

ver

y m

uch

a fo

cal p

oint

for

com

mun

ity a

ctiv

ity w

ith g

roup

s usi

ng th

e ha

ll, B

ill In

d R

oom

and

Dav

id C

ocke

rell

Roo

m

alm

ost e

very

tim

e an

d ev

ery

day

of th

e w

eek.

We

are

also

con

tinua

lly lo

okin

g at

way

s to

serv

e ou

r com

mun

ity a

nd so

we

have

our

two

Youn

g Fa

mili

es W

orke

rs, J

o an

d C

ath

both

of w

hom

ar

e re

achi

ng o

ut w

ith n

ew in

itiat

ives

.

One

of t

hese

is th

e H

ope

Caf

é th

at m

eets

on

a Tu

esda

y m

orni

ng fr

om 1

0am

till

12pm

. Th

e C

afé

is th

ere

to h

elp

brea

k do

wn

the

barr

iers

of i

sola

tion

so m

any

youn

g fa

mili

es in

our

co

mm

unity

are

cau

ght i

n. T

he C

afé

also

pro

vide

s a g

reat

cup

of b

aris

ta st

yle

coff e

e –

and

it is

ve

ry a

ff ord

able

. Thi

s is c

ompl

emen

ted

by F

riday

mor

ning

TA

G, a

caf

é st

yle

todd

ler g

roup

with

co

ff ee,

pla

y an

d ch

at a

nd o

nce

a m

onth

Mes

sy C

hurc

h.

I kno

w th

at S

t Gab

riel’s

is a

ver

y ‘h

opef

ul’ p

lace

and

ther

e is

a v

ery

real

sens

e of

ant

icip

atio

n of

wha

t God

may

be

calli

ng u

s to

in th

e ye

ar a

head

and

we

wou

ld lo

ve y

ou to

be

part

of it

. So

may

I in

vite

you

to st

ep in

and

giv

e it

a try

; com

e to

the

Caf

é, to

TA

G, t

o M

essy

Chu

rch

or e

ven

Sund

ay M

orni

ngs a

t 10.

30am

– w

ho k

now

s wha

t may

tran

spire

!

St P

aul w

rote

: “M

ay th

e G

od o

f hop

e fi l

l you

with

all

joy

and

peac

e in

bel

ievi

ng, s

o th

at y

ou

may

abo

und

in h

ope

by th

e po

wer

of t

he H

oly

Spiri

t.” W

hate

ver y

our h

opes

for t

he c

omin

g ye

ar m

ay y

ou b

e ric

hly

bles

sed

and

see

them

com

e to

frui

tion.

With

eve

ry b

less

ing

for

the

mon

th a

head

.R

evd.

Art

hur

St G

abri

el’s

Chu

rch,

Pop

ley.

ww

w.st

gabr

iels

popl

ey.n

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16

Prob

us H

ears

Abo

ut N

ATO

N

ATO

(th

e N

orth

Atla

ntic

Tre

aty

Org

anis

atio

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as f

ound

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n 19

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nd e

nlar

ged

in 1

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to a

tota

l of 1

2 co

untri

es b

orde

ring

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th

Atla

ntic

. The

crit

erio

n of

NAT

O m

embe

rshi

p is

that

any

arm

ed a

ttack

on

any

mem

ber c

ount

ry in

Eur

ope

and

Nor

th A

mer

ica

wou

ld c

onst

itute

an

atta

ck o

n th

em a

ll.

M

embe

r cou

ntrie

s ass

ign

asse

ts in

the f

orm

of m

ilita

ry h

ardw

are a

nd

pers

onne

l to

NAT

O a

nd a

re m

anag

ed in

all

oper

atio

nal r

oles

by

NAT

O st

aff .

Pr

obus

mem

ber a

nd B

asin

gsto

ke b

orou

gh c

ounc

illor

Pau

l Mill

er o

utlin

ed h

is p

erso

nal

invo

lvem

ent i

n th

is in

tern

atio

nal d

efen

ce st

ruct

ure

over

four

dec

ades

. As a

n offi

cer

in th

e R

AF

and

latte

rly as

a ci

vilia

n he

rose

with

in N

ATO

even

tual

ly b

ased

at th

eir h

eadq

uarte

rs in

Bel

gium

.

Toda

y th

e m

embe

rshi

p ha

s gr

own

to 2

9 co

untri

es. M

any

new

er m

embe

rs o

f N

ATO

w

ere

orig

inal

ly e

aste

rn b

loc

coun

tries

that

form

ed th

e ba

sis o

f the

War

saw

Pac

t org

anis

atio

n se

t up

by

Rus

sia.

Th

e Bal

kans

cris

is st

artin

g in

198

9 w

hich

incl

uded

the B

osni

an an

d K

osov

o ca

mpa

igns

w

ere

only

as s

ucce

ssfu

l as t

hey

wer

e du

e to

the

coop

erat

ion

of th

e fo

rmer

com

mun

ist c

ount

ries

of th

e C

zech

Rep

ublic

, Pol

and

and

Hun

gary

who

allo

wed

thei

r airfi

eld

s to

be

used

by

NAT

O

forc

es. I

n re

turn

they

hop

ed th

at it

wou

ld h

elp

with

thei

r sub

sequ

ent a

pplic

atio

ns to

join

the E

C.

N

ATO

air

forc

es n

eede

d to

hav

e su

rvei

llanc

e an

d op

erat

iona

l acc

ess

to th

is a

irspa

ce

desp

ite to

uris

t pla

nes s

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orin

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crui

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to ta

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leaf

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to so

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l rea

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we h

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usin

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petit

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pla

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