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Show 'Published in the Interest of the personnel of Dugway Proving Ground Dugway, Utah iSSsS Thursday, July 14, 1883 declares war oirDPGI by SFC Phil Hale Annual rodeo to be held We were spared the floods that have plagued On Saturday, July 16 the. annual Red Kirk Rodeo will be held at the Red Kirk Arena. This annual event should be as exciting as ever, full of tough stock and rough cowboys. The highlight of the night is a close toss-u- p between the hot juicy hamburgers and the bareback riding. But all the performers give a top notch show for the local crowds. The cost of the rodeo is only three dollars for adults and one dollar for kids 12 and under. That cost covers both the kids rodeo at 3 p.m. and the main event that starts at 5 p.m. After the rodeo there will be a dance held at the old school and "KSOP Saddle Boogie will provide the music. the Wasatch Front, but Mother Nature decided to give us a dose of her fury this past week with scorching temper-- 7 atures, extremely high winds and fires. As if to continue a mammoth Fourth of July celebra- tion, Tuesday, ' winds reaching 45southerly mph and temperatures in the 90s combined to create called a Virga Defensive Driving Course offered situation over Dugway. In this situation, thunderheads form, lightning and thunder are there, yet no water hits the ground. It was this situation that started fires along the Cedar Mountains, two north of Dugway in Skull Valley and one at Camp Tumbleweed west of Fries Parkon post. The extremely wet spring caused the Sheep Grass and other desert foliage to be in ' The National Safety Councils Defensive Driving Course will be presented July 19 and 20 in the Command Conference Room, Post Headquarters from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. All drivers are invited to participate and must attend both sessions. volunteers needed for emergencies On-ca- ll ACS volunteers and other "minutemen and women' served punch, made and served sandwiches and generally wind. In all about 3,000 acres was : Through the combined finally contained by firefighters from Dugway and volunteers from HHC. in Tuesday 'and Wednesday forts of all involved, the . SA and CSA message for American Red Cross emergency appeal General Wickham and I support the American Red Cross Emergency Disaster Relief Fund Drive. This emergency appeal is now underway to raise 12 million dollars needed to replenish the over 33 million dollars of Red. Cross emergency relief Funds have been spent on food, clothing, shelter and medical care for victims of the natural disasters that have swept across our nation during the past ten months. (ARNEWS.) . . . Hispanic American heritage volunteers sought Volunteers for a National Hispanic American Heritage Week committee are being sought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Office. Several activities are planned for Reaction Force (IRF) alert was called to assist the Dugway Fire Department, augmented by decontamination pumpers from Materiel Test Divisions Support. In addition to these units, members; of the 6501st Range . Squad- rori, the Dugway Health' Clinic, and Tech Escort Dev tachment, and ALS Met Team also chipped in. Wednesday's fires brought the first casualties and property damage. PFC Roger "Sonny Swenson was caught under; the wheel of one of the decon- tamination pumpers and was evacuated to University Hospital in Salt Lake City where he remains in stable . this years observance of this event, and volunteers are needed in several different areas. Hispanic Employment Program Manager, Joseph L. Buel-nstated, "We are planning programs for all segments of the Dugway community, and anyone who is interested in art work, publicity, writing and especially telephoning is very welcome to join us." Some of the activities scheduled include pinanta parties at the elementary schol, a noon film festival in both English Village and the Ditto area, and an essay contest for high school students. Persons interested in working with the Hispanic Employ-- , ment Program Manager may call the EEO Office at 21 IS or ' Joseph L. Buelna at 3565. It is emphasized that volunteers need not be Hispanic in order to work on this committee. condition. a, . . The other casualty that night occurred to PFC Connie Henry who fractured her wrist as she was bracing for a halt in the back of one of the . IRFs M-880- s. The Tooele County .Board of Education at its regular meeting on July 7 has voted to end the school week experiment at the two Dugway schools, and revert back to the week. The test period during the final six weeks of the term that ended in May of this year was to determine the practicability of holding school four scheddays to meet the ule of most of the work force at Dugway, and to determine if there would be any savings of costs to the school. The recommendation to the Board to discontinue the week was made by Superintendent Walden Gurney, based on attitudes of the community, faculty and students brought out in a survey of those grups. Gurney,, on leave from his office, was not available for comment. The vote among the Board members was three to one, with Mrs. Keetdi absent. That survey, broken down into four groups, the parents, faculty,, secondaxy pupils and elementary pupils, was a product of the School District and the State Board of Education. It showed that most par- Both r8&Sia in either of these two wstorewhosSllwTiambdel CMX1000 Mr. in the recall diould discontinue Cofffeedife involved full refund. use and return it to an exchange for a ;ree its offered baby-sittin- g ACS (Army Community Services) provides child care several while you do volunteer work for ACS. There are still Cross Red and posi"chair" openings plus numerous helper tions available. ' Call Vera Zaccardi at 2278 for more information. ! Publishing Company, a private Published by the Transcript-Bulleti- n firm in no way connected with the Department of the Anny. Opinions ex part-wer- e . 4-d- ay Han-zelk- sandwiches from food donat- ed by the Commissary and Dining Facility. SSG Rod Swift's Dining Facility personnel chipped in to ensure none of the fire- . fighters went hungry or thirsty. Thanks also go to Vera Zaccardi for her help and all of the folks behind the able-bodie- non-scho- activities, scenes who helped. Still in the grips of the brutal southerly winds, the fire continued to march north in .. majority elementary teachers felt their effective-- , ness had increased while only, 13 percent of the secondary .teachers held the same view. Grade schpol teachers felt student achievement had increased while secondary , was stressful on students, and ,4V more time to study in class. The results of the student had . attitude toward teaching had improved,, while only 23 per- cent of the second teachers pressed by the uniters herein are their aim and are not to be considered -v ah official expression by the Department of the Army. The appearance of questionnaire paralleled the teacher's opinion. The younger students were more positive about the four-da- y week than their older counterparts. A large majority of the elementary students favored the four days, while secondary students did not. Elementary students felt the hours were just right, secondary students felt the day was too long. The majority of the younger students held tiie opinion that their teachers were doing a better job, while only 17 per-- . cent of the high school students agreed. 83 percent of-the elementary students felt they had learned more only 35. percent of the secondary students agreed. In the overall judgments of achievement, absenteeism and various costs including the students and community those relating to staffing, enmembers, the survey concluded the sentiment was not ergy, and transportation should be carefully to continue the four-da- y week in either school. .advertisements inserts lnthia publication dnei not conatitut an . in- the opposite .Over half of, the elementary teachers indicated their m - 4-d- ay dicated it individualized work, and spent more time reviewing. On the secondary side, the only substantial, difference was they allowed students The survey concluded that the results should be viewed as very tentative since they are based on the perceptions of the students, community members and faculty after only about two months experience. It was also noted that many of the negative re-- ; have "come sponses could from the short-terdisrup-tio- n to the family, and that these might not have held true with longer experience. "In general," the survey continued, "the results of the study of the limited implementation of the four-da- y school week in the Dugway schools are not conclusive. Some limited benefits were perceived by all groups participating in the study, but they were balanced by at least an number of negatives. ' equal Probably a valid test of the four-da- y week in the Dugway schools must entail a longer period of implementation. A frill school year would allow sufficient time to gauge factors in addition to attitudes. Should a longer trial be , implemented, the impact of week on student the four-da- y . were asked about positive attitudes. Elementary week teachers felt the attitudes promoted positive effect. Large percentages of the elementary group reported they gave more time in class to study, used more time in class discussion, gave more . teachers felt achievement while secondary teachers week 5-d- ay ' had decreased. The same differences appeared when they , ents felt the extended day they were too tired to work effectively the latter part of of. . ol ' (Continued on page 3) held the same observation. s The result of the teacher survey showed great differences among secondary and ; elementary teachers. A large . visiting 4th Ligh Anti Aircraft Missile (LAAM) Battalion armed, mostly with borrowed shovels and jerry cans full of water charged in to attack the west flank of the fire and help extinguish some of the' smoldering, trees on Colonel's Hill, then fire crews from the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service started an attack on the eastern and northern edges of the blaze, r Using fire retardant dropped from huge aerial tankers and backfires they forced the fire back onto the edge of Wednesday night's fire. By about 10 p.m. all that was left to do was watch the glow of ;the smoldering thorne, took charge of directing his folks in their first real test since taking over July 1. Gail McHardy was among those none of the firefighters will forget. She marshalled her ACS Red Cross volunteers Nettye Knoop, Debbie Byington, Sharon Gardner,a Norma King and Karen and made hundreds of V-Gr- id The shack containing $70,000 to $100,000 worth of equipment was completely gutted; the equipment a total loss. Like the Cavalry in an old John Wayne movie, two groups came over the hill to aid hi the charge to defeat the fire. First the Marines of the Zaccardi's folks kept the water, gas, diesel and electricity going during the crisis. Les Locke, chief of Haw- got to it About 50 telephone poles along Stark Road and Tt-wa- 4-d- ay arta 5? does not carry a number Gray and a whole slew of people from Hawthorne Aviation coupled with some of Carmie Granite Peak belonging to 6501st was rescued and pulled clear before the fire north of Granite near were destroyed. Fire, crews for. the most released about' 2 a jn. Thursday. High winds were again the culprit Friday, July 8 as they brought down a live power line near the health clinic touching off a blaze that quickly proceeded up and over Colonel's Hill. A rapid response led by Chief Jack Skinner saved both houses on the hill. In short order in response to MP PA calls, many d men and women from English Village grabbed anything they could get their hands on to attack the fire front, and. keep it from threatening other houses.: Seeing that all fire person , it an effective battle, Dick, the day. They agreed that the four-da- y week allowed families to do things together, saved on transportation costs and time, and would probably cut down on absenteeism. noted that parents did not feel the four day week would have any influence on academic performance, atti- - , tude toward school, personal or emotional problems and r time available for 5-d- ay ed - schools revest to 4-d- ay an-nounc- test equipment in the area while the rekindled Tumbleweed fire jumped the fence where Bureau of Land Management (BLM) forces caught it. One tracking camera near Tumbleweed blaze. A full-scal- e Installation defiance of all efforts. Perhaps the most costly of its victims was the head end of Dugway Cable TV operations. nel had evacuated the English Village Station to fight the fire, 1LT Anthony Nailor assumed duty as SDO and manned the vital communications link along with SP4 Tim Karas.. Other heroes helped make ef- Granite Fire was contained to the area west of Stark Road and away from government nights blazes. Seven hours later, another Virga sitaution sparked fires at Fish Springs, Granite Peak, Grantsville and served to rekindle the Camp done. If you are willing to be on call for emergencies similar to last Fridays fire, please call Lesley Terry 2206 or Nettye Knoop 2419 to put your, name on the list. Your help is and will be appreciated.. recently The Consumer Product Safety Commission Mr. a voluntary recall of the Model CMX1000 The Systems. Coffee by its manufacturer North American fire to due recalled was potential coffeemaker officials Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES)first Army and announcement made is a reissue of a recall say that this were imits affected pulled in June 1982. At that time, the customers notifrom exchange and warehouse shelves and fied to bring in defective coffeemakers. the recalls involve model CMX1000 Mr. Coffees with THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION This view of the blackened landscape leading from the clinic up Colonels Hill vividly shows the destruction caused by the downed power wire last Friday. In the foreground volunteers attempt to put out the still smouldering cedar trees. More photos on pages 2, 6 and 7. (Photo by Monica Moe) greater than normal abundance and thickness adding to the problems of heat and helped contribute to the comfort of those fighting the fire last Friday, while the work of these volunteers was very effective, the fire emphasized the fact that better organization of support volunteers is needed in an emergency. There were several people who wanted to help but didn't know whom to contact. Others ended up doing the "lion's share of the work. To avoid this inequity in future emergencies an "on call for emergencies" list is being made up so that everyone who wants to help can do a fair share of the work to be Model CMX1 000 coffee recall reissued . V I endorsement by the Department of the Army. |