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Show HillAFB weather outlook 5-d- ay www.airfield-ops- . hHI.af.miloswweather Bash promises su niiii er fun activities by Gary Boyle H,;ltcp Times staff The summer heats up with the 10th annual Summer Bah a wet and wild Aug. weeklong celebration of fun in the sun complete with a picnic, a golf tournament, bingo, and glow-in-the-dar- k bowling. What started as a four-da- y event, over the past decade has growninto a full-blow- n week of ilies. for Hill hi-jin- fam- "The summer bash is 90 High 67 Low Partly cloudy designed to provide the base populace with low or no cost activities. It's a chance for all of us, civilians, military, anyone with access to the base, to get together and just After the picnic revelers can enjoy the Cardboard Regatta and be amazed by aquatic engineering of recycled floatations as contestants bring boats made entirely of cardboard to race around the Youth Fishing Pond island. "We had eight boats last year. Everything is made of cardboard, including the pad- dles. Teams can use duct tape and staples to hold the craft together and sealant. What amazed me is no one sank last year," said Parr who took part in the race last time. "Our oars became like limp noodles about half way around and we started tearing part of the boat apart to l' i.r paddle with. One team made kayak and did two laps around the pond before we were half way through our has been organizing this first." If that's not enough water, year's event with marketing specialists Ronda Reynolds there will be free swimming and Edie Messina and sumat the base Pool No. 2 noon mer hire J.C. Coquillard. till 7 p.m. Aug. 9. Earlier An addition to this year's that day will be Chase the bash will be the Chicago Moose Ditch the Dog fun Honey Bear Dancers per- run walk as racers chase forming at the Enlisted Club, services' mascot Bruce D. Bldg. 450, at 7 p.m. Aug. 7. Moose as the Air Force Historically the biggest Materiel Command mascot, event of the week is the Bash Sandy the Dog, chases those Base Wide Picnic, which Parr who walk. Entry fee is $5 said can attract between 800 and participants get a A luau will be held Aug. 10 and 1,500 hungry people. The Aug. 8 afternoon event at the Enlisted Club featurwill feature a menu of baring hula dancing, limbo, tiki becue sandwiches, baked torches, and a feast of roast beans, a salad, and a drink pig, chicken lava, sweet and for $3, plus a drawing for a sour spare ribs, shrimp grand prize trip to Universal supreme, baked halibut, salmon and more tasty treats, Studios in Orlando, Fla. a have a good time," said marketing director Ray Parr who 9 v 90 High 62' Low Partly cloudy T-shi-rt. Child centteir File photos run featuring Sandy the Dog and Bruce the Moose, and a display of classic and restored vehicles will be part of the 10th annual Summer Bash, Aug. A fun 2. for $10. Ext. The bash goes out with a roar at Centennial Park Aug. 12 during the Rod Run classic car show. To enter call For a complete listing of as well as how to enter the all the events and how you run can be found at the sercan participate, call Ext. vices Web site, www.hill.af.mil Rules and supplies servicesindex.htm. expamidlDinig parents' concerns and questions as well as spearhead suggestions for improvement in the child care programs and care for our children. We For the past quarter century, the Child Develwork hard energizing lines of communication opment Center staff has cared for Hill's youngest between the parents and the staff." said PAC residents, by providing them a place to play, Chairman Maj. Mildred Bonilla-Luci"The learn and achieve. bottom line is this is the best day care facility "Every child has a gift and it's our job to find there is in the Hill AFB area. The providers that gift and celebrate it," said CDC Director work very hard to make this a quality program Linda McKenzie. and it shows." The CDC is available to Department of Defense The council also raises money for an annual civilians and military members, with rates based Christmas Party for providers and has orgaon a sliding scale according to total house- nized a "Provider Appreciation" lunch to rechold income. ognize their efforts. There are 235 children enrolled and another "Our Air Force family isn't just the folks in uni125 waiting to get in. The center is undergoing form it's the people at home who support us, renovation to add eight new classrooms, expandcare for us, and wait for our return. The CDC ing occupancy to 300 children. Construction is our way of supporting and caring for them in should be completed as early as this October, return. By providing for our 'heir force' misaccording to McKenzie. sion, those of us in uniform can focus on our Air ratio ensures Force mission without Keeping a low worrying if our loved each child personal encouragement and con- ones are being neglected," said 75th Air Base stant supervision. The center's staff use the Wing commander Col. David Beecroft. "What Mazaron System to help children develop physI like about the CDC is it provides a place where ically, intellectually and spiritually. to children can They don't just "The system focuses on effective, social, watch our kids gothe grow.there nurture them people language, physical, cognitive and creative develand make sure they know they're unique and opment," said McKenzie. "It helps plan an activ- loved. Our caregivers are superb people doing ity to nurture the child and gives advice on what an important job for our nation. We need to the adult should do and what materials should thank them more." be used." The center is accredited with the National Involving parents is also a part of the CDC Association Education of Young People, the , agenda. The Parents Advisory Council is a volnation's largest organization of early childhood unteer organization that works with parents to educators and others dedicated to improving be involved with the staffs and the decision mak- the of quality programs for children from birth ing processes of the CDC, Youth Center and through third grade. Family Child Care. The center is located in Bldg. 460 with an annex "In the PAC we try to actively work with the in Bldg. 470 and is open from 6 a.m.-- 6 p.m. weekCDC, YC and FCC staffs to act as a liaison for days. For more information, call Ext. Hilltop Times' staff Partly Cloudy a. child-to-provid- er 94 High 62 Low Partly cloudy Partly cloudy 7 I 95 High 65' Low Mostly sunny Air Force announces The annual steam outage for the 519 distribution system will be July 29 from 12:01 a.m.-midnig- There will be no steam for facilities that have steam-generate- d hot water or use steam in an industrial capacity. During the outage, annual repairs and maintenance will be performed. Buildings affected are 245, 249, 308, 332, 345, 349, 350, 351,357,358,361,363, 364, 365,366, 400, 430, 440, 441, 445, 450, 460, 461, 475, 483, 517,518,519, 520, 521,522, 523, 524,525, 534 and 570. For more details, contact Jim McMickell at Ext. or Six contractors have WASHINGTON, D.C. been selected for the Flexible Acquisition and SustainmentTool program, the Air Force has announced. The contract has been awarded to three large and three small businesses. FAST is a seven-yea$7.4 billion program that will provide for the sustainment of Air Force managed weapon systems, support systems, subsystems, and components. This will include services, modifications, and limited, contingency and critical spares and repair services. The six contractors are: Boeing Aerospace Operations, Midwest City, Okla.; Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, Bethesda, Md.; Modern Technologies Corp., MTC, Dayton, Ohio; Science Applications International Corp., SAIC, San Diego, Calif.; Support Systems Associates Inc., SSAI, Melbourne Fla.; and Techr, nical and Management Services Corp.,TAMSCO, Calverton, Md. The contract has a very aggressive small business plan and will be beneficial to the communities where the work will be conducted. As a result of FAST, 136 small businesses will participate as team members with these prime contractors. The make-u- p of the FAST 4 contractor teams demonstrates how small business participation was an integral aspect of the FAST acquisition strategy. No contracts are being awarded at this time. Actual contract awards will be presented pending negotiations of the first delivery task orders on the contracts. Selection of the two small businesses under the small business portion is predicated upon the receipt of no challenge regarding the size status of the selected companies. The FAST selection process was conducted in two phases with the first phase being unrestricted and open for all companies. The four contractors for the unrestricted competition were Boeing, Lockheed Martin, SAIC, all large business, and MTC, a small business. The second phase of the source selection process was the determination of the two small business e winners. The small business contractors are TAMSCO and SSAI. Contractors will perform their efforts at Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, Utah, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker AFB, Okla., Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins AFB, Ga., and various other locations. The contract will be managed at Robins. set-asid- set-asid- set-asi- e that can be used for the regatta Chapel offering marriage workshop The Hill AFB Chapel is sponsoring "A Lasting Promise," a ' marriage enrichment workshop through the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program. Dr. Gary Barnes, a licensed psychologist presents the free workshop in the Chapel Annex, Bldg. 475, Aug. 11 from 9 a.m.-- . 4:30 p.m. Space is limited to the first 50 couples, and reservations are due by July 27. For more details, call trie chapel at Ext. Barnes will also speak Aug. 12 in chapel worship services at 8:30 and 11:15 a.m., and 1p.m. He is the director of Counseling and Testing Services at Dallas Theological Seminary. PREP is a research-base-d approach to teaching couples how to communicate effectively, work as a team to solve difficult problems, manage conflicts without destroying intimacy, as well as preserve and enhance commitment and friendship. This program is based on 20 years of research in the field of marital health and success, with the majority of the research conducted over the past 15 years at the University of Denver. The seminar is a Year of the Family program. Staff sergeant promotion percentage at high all-ti- me RANDOLPH AFB, Texas (AFPN) The Air Force has selected 20,793 of 32,170 eligible senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant for the 01E5 cycle, an overall selection rate. This is the highest promotion rate in the history of the Weighted Airman Promotion System, Air Force Personnel Center officials here said. The selection rate represents a increase from last year's previous record of 50.74 percent. The average selectee this year has 1.95 years time in grade and 4.73 years in service. In June, the technical and master sergeant promotion rates were also at an high. These record-settin- g percentages continue partly because of force stabilization. s "During the drawdown in the early to we just weren't able to promote people because there were limited vacancies," said Chief Master Sgt. Greg Haley, enlisted promotion and military testing branch chief here. "Now that the force has settled and numbers have leveled off, we've got more vacancies." More vacancies have been created by more first-- and second-term airmen than expected choosing not to the past couple of years. When 'retention' is low, it leads to more staff sergeant slots that are then filled through promotions, he said. A Air Force initiative that increases the number of 6 and 7 vacancies has also improved promotion opportunities. Previously, the percentage of "top five" noncommissioned officers was limited to 48.5 percent of the enlisted force, a number that officials here anticipate will continue to rise. "We think these opportunities, with earlier promotions and pay increases, should be a great incentive for airmen to stay in the Air Force," Haley said. People who tested will receive score notices which will let them see how their Promotion Fitness Examination and Spe- - j cialty Knowledge Test scores rank against those they com- peted with for promotion within their Air Force Specialty Code. Those selected will be promoted to staff sergeant beginning in September and continue to August 2002. The Air Force will release the names of those promoted the first duty hour today. The complete list of selectees will be posted on the AFPC home page by Saturday. 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