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Show LIBRARY MAR CTAT 2 8 1983 H!i TOPICAL SOCIETY tF Dugway, ulaK in tlie Interest of the personnel of Dugway Proving vISC0NSIIiiEujJimled IMI frs Hail and farewell get together planned There will be a Hail and Farewell on Thursday, Mar. 17 in the Oasis Club. Cost is $6 per person and everyone is in vited to attend. We are offering an exercise program tailored just for you. This program is oh Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 0900-103Baby sitting is provided at the low fee of $2.00monthchild as a drop-i- n fee. The morning program consists of a work-ou- t in the Weight Room, Jazzercise and 0. other forms of exercise. For more informationabout this program, please call Terry at 2269. The evening exercise program has changed lpcations. All exercise classes (Monday and Wednesday Aerobics and Tuesday Jane Fonda) will be held at the Teen Club and will start at 8 p.m. For more information, please call Vera at 2278. . Red Cross blood drive Mar. 24 The next Red Cross Blood drive will be Thursday, Mar. 24, from noon - 5 p.m. in the Teen Club (old Recreation Center). Communications has won the organizational award for the last 3 drives, so come out and give them some competition. If you would like to help with the Blood drive, please call Nettye at 2419. Two teen groups are meeting have teen groups meeting every Tuesday and Wednesday evening from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the CommunWe. ity Services Office (West Wing, Health Clinic). The youpg-e- r teens (7th grade and older) meet on Tuesday and the older teens on Wednesday (you decide which group you want to attend). For more information .on these groups, call 2278. Lawn-Bo- y has requested that its lawn mower, model 8240, be removed from exchange shelves until modifications can be made on the mower's blade brake dutch, the company found one mower on which the blade did not stop turning within three seconds after the blade brake was engaged. A stop, is required under the new. lawn mower safety regulations.'As a result, Lawn-Bo- y has initiat-- : ed a repair program to correct potential defects. The Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) has removed the mower from sale. In addition, AAFES urges to take it to a patrons who own the model 8240 Lawn-Bo- y Lawn-BoService local Center for modification of the clutch system. An AAFES spokesman says that patrons also have to their the option of returning the model 8240 Lawn-Bo- y local exchange for full refund. (AAFES) Lawn-Bo- y 4 21-in- . ch self-propell- ed three-secon- d y Toastmasters to hold speech contests Mar. 1 6 Months of hard work and preparation for members of Dugways Pony Express Toastmasters Club No. 2108 will culminate at the Oasis Wed. night Mar. 16 as the club presents its annual Serious Speech and Table Topics contests at 7 p.m. aunie ui your xnenas, neignDors or win precu-worri- ers minute prepared speeches on a topic of their choosing, and still others will be challenged by the sponTable Topics session where they taneity of the will use smooth talk and quick wits to present their views on a topic they probably have never dreamed about. If you have never witnessed Toastmasters in action, this is an excellent opportunity to see how Toastmasters can help you get ahead through improved listening, thinking and speaking. Everyone is invited to attend, but reservations are a must. For more information contact Tony Witkowski, John or Connie Rupp or Georgia Stewart. sent 5-- 7 PTA meeting called for March 22 Dugway Elementary PTA meeting coming up March 22. Election of officers, by-larevision, discussion of four-da- y school week, viewing of Science Fair projects. Place: TBD. Time: 6:30 p.m. ws Volleyball team rosters requested Any men's, women's or co-e- d groups wishing to join the intramural league should submit team rosters to Vicki no later than this Saturday, March 12. Individuals wishing to play volleyball, but are not part of a group, can call Vicky to be placed on a team. For more information, please call 2318. Bank check cashing policy set There will be no service charge for cashing checks if you have an account with First Security Bank or if the check you are cashing is drawn against First Security Bank. There will be no service charge on treasury checks or travelers cheques. The charge for cashing all other checks will be one percent or $2.00, whichever is greater. w Sampler-weekl- y The Summer Hire Program applications dates this; year will be from March 31 through April 14. Rosters will again be. established using the ran- Exercise programs offered Sales halted on Mod8240 Summer hire dates announced bulletin rson miss your house? Call Wayne B lair At id our delivery boy or weekly bulletin. receive a 1 Sampler, if you failed to to bring one over to you. will be glad Published by the Transcript-Bulleti- n Publishing Company, a private Him in no way connected with the Department of the Army. Opinions ex dom number method based on Social Security numbers. As of press time, 124 positions will be available, how;' Gpol3lI11xhur8day it if r - i ' Cs - i-- ' :i L-" aS. V - .f Nt. - ; , ' . . , V ; Y'rV" I ' v -- . Marcji 10, 1983 ' ; SL. V V ", ; . I ' - ; . r 1. v vi , j 4 i ! ; . J V . ' f i ' ever more are expectedi Last year 149 folks were employed under the program in both Wage Grade and General Service positions. Two employment sessions are planned again this year, the first running from June 6 thru July 14 and the second from July 18 thru August 25. To apply for a clerical (GS) position, an applicant must be at least 18 years old or be a high school graduate, for laborer (WG) positions, the low end of the age limit is 16 years with parental consent. The summer hire program is not confined to students or student aged employees however, anyone may apply for these positions. The work is rewarding, and the wages are excellent. If you are interested in ap- - v.' Sv? - of trying out a possibility four-daweek for students at y both the elementary and high schools at Dugway. The final decision comes at a meeting of the board to be held on March" 15'. The trial, if approved, will go into effect on March 28, the beginning of the final quarter of the year. The Board President, Mrs. Kitsy Keetch, said they will consider the response of the community when making the decision. Two major factors have prompted the consideration of the trial. They are to bring the school week in line with the present four-da- y' work week on the Post, and, equally important, schools k in fundare facing a ing and all avenues of cutting costs must be looked at. In a letter to the Board of Education, Mr. Robert Kroff, the high school principal, cited a number of favorable cut-bac- reasons for the four-da- y week, he also noted a number of concerns he had. Among .t VMS One of our smaller neighbors. This little 5330. rents a hole outside of . . Maybe youve seen him on Building ground squirrel his way to and from the parking lot. A. Warren Stone) (Photo by If you are unable to obtain 461 S. 400 E. in Salt Lake plying but do not have a So- cial Security Number, one may be obtained by taking . your original birth certificate and one other form of identification to the Social Security Office located at Bugwajf schools The Tooele County Board of Education is looking at the ; ; between 8:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. If an applicant for a SSAN is under 18, a parent may apply for them. mmay tld assuming that teachers would take less time off, mainte- nance could be accomplished more conveniently on Friweek is bedays; the four-daing looked at nationally and y students attending special activities on Fridays would miss less school time. On the negative side Mr. Kroff noted there is a fear students, especially those in the elementary school, may become fatigued during the longer, day, some teachers would not care to work until 5:00 p.taL, students participating in special activities not on Friday would miss more class time. Those teachers attending special events on Friday would have to work the longer hours, as well as Friday. A decision would have to made concerning time off. go ffour - dlay week would each day off be charged as one day plus two hours, or just one day, would substitute teachers be paid for, an additional two hours, and would bus students find the extra time too tiring. If the trial should be given the favorable items he cited that students would miss less school, air conditioners and' furnaces would be turned off on Fridays, buses would not have to make runs bn Friday, family life would be enhanced, substitute teachers. not be used as much a Social Security Number prior to the drawing, your date of birth will be used. More about summer hire application procedures will be announced at a later date. City Monday thru Friday -- cent felt that student achieve- ment 'was better, and none felt the additional length of the school day affected the student's attention span. All of them wanted to continue the program. Parents were also ques- approval vby: the Board of Education the. present plan tioned: Responses .'were equally positive. Both parents and students noted improved quality of family life. 80 percent of the students expressed complete satisfaction, a large majority, 96 percent of the parents expressed would call for school to begin at 8 a.m. and close at 4 p.m., with 7 one hour classes. Several school districts presently using the four-da- y system including Sheridan, Wyoming and Cimarron, New Mexico are being studied. In the case of Cimarron week was initiatthe four-daed during the 1973-7- 4 year when the cost of propane to heat the school increased. There the school day begins at 8:30 and ends at 4:10. Elementary students are given a snack break in the afternoon, all students get a lunch break. At the beginning of the second year teachers were given a list of observations to make during the year. 68 percent felt they were more effective as teachers, 64 per their satisfaction with the concept. A general gain in scores on the Stanford Achievement y 30-minu- Tests was noted, although it was generally agreed that the four-da- y week could not be directly credited. A joint meeting of the elementary and secondary education community council will be held on March 14, the evening prior to the Board of te Education meeting. Any resi- dent wishing to have their opinion aired at that meeting should contact a member of either of these committees. town meeting well attended Dugway than said the project has More 200 Dugway residents attended the latest town meeting, held at the Post Theater on March 1. The Post Commander outlined several areas of question. Included he said that no word had been received on a decision about contracting out. He said the only information he can get is that a decision is imminent, and could come at any time. He praised those in quarters for the early spring appearance of yards. The, announcement was ; made that Dugway Days would be held from May 31 through June 3, and reminded everyone that this was project, asking for input from everyone what they would like to see during that activity. The comment was made concerning difficulties getting people to participate .in various programs sponsored by Morale Support. The commander asked for everyone to ' return the questionnaire sent out by Dave Maxwell. He also reminded those in attendance that the soccer program was getting underway, and asked that parents get their child ( ... ren signed up. The continuous program with energy was discussed. Col. Carruth noted that the post was 26.6 percent over the energy usage last year. He commented that this winter was more severe than many last, but there were areas where energy could be conserved in the housing area. Leaving storm doors open, wasteful use of hot water and leaving outside were lights on during the day some of the suggestions Mr. Bill Woods, Jie Direc- tor of Logistics, outlined rules and regulations concerning rental rates, occu-of pancy, priorities, etc. also requarters on post. Hecontracts viewed a number of that have been let, andarea number of others that proposed for upgrading housing. The Director of Logistics noted that installation of new windows in all units is presently underway, and that the installation of evaporative coolers in all units that don't presently have them, will begin shortly. pressed by the writers herein are their own and are not to be considered an official expression by the Department of the Army. The appearance of He been approved, the contract awarded, however, he said . original plans called for the project to begin in April. That has slipped to May, and completion of the project will probably not b4e until next year. These are roof mounted tions from the audience. He noted that any temporary job that opened after May 12 and closes about October 1, falls Information to occupants who now own evaporative coolers on what to do during each, meaning that 120 people could be hired during the two sessions. He said there is a good chance we will go over that figure because requests under the Summer Hire Appointment. He said they anticipate 60 positions would open this year, and would be. filled. These would be split into two sessions of six weeks coolers. the upcoming summer months will be published shortly by the Housing Of- are still coming in. These positions are essentially clerical, and laborer. There are fice. Another interesting project that is presently being looked at is a convertible mo- bile home area. If it is some requests for aides. . ap- April 14. Then in the future, if addi- tional permanent quarters installed. . ( The Director of the Civilian Personnel Office, Mr. Tony Witkowski explained the summer hire program, and answered several ques . g The announces will open, and applications will be accepted March 31 through proved, pads, sidewalks, roads, and play areas would be built for mobile homes; are needed, the mobile homes would be removed, and permanent quarters would be con- structed on the pads, and all the utilities would already be engineer-in- : In order to be eligible, those who wish to apply must be at least 16 years old, and applicants do not have to be residents of Dugway. He em- phasized that the program is an Office of Personnel Management program, and therefore anyone can apply, and it isnot restricted to youth. Veterans preference requirement will be in effect. 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