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Show Hilltop Weekly Since 1948 AFB, Utah 84056-5824 IN THE KNOW www.hilltoptimes.com hilltoptimes@standard.net Vol. 71 No. 41, Oct. 13, 2011 Center working to correct OSHA findings BY MAJ. GEN. ANDREW BUSCH AND TROY TINGEY Persons with Disabilities Lunch The Persons with Disabilities committee will be hosting its annual awards luncheon Thursday, Oct. 20 at 11:30 a.m. at Club Hill. The luncheon will host speaker Ken Reid, an independent consultant working with independent living centers, vocational rehabilitation and the VA and a championship wheelchair bowler. The focus of the luncheon will be 'Ability is What Matters." Lunch will be served and is $11 for Club Hill members, $13 for non members. For more information, please contact the Family Support 360 Project at 801-586-4735, the EFMP-FS at 801-5862611, the School Liaison Office at 801-775-5960 or the Disability Committee, Alan Niederhauser at 801-7770118. Commander of the Ogden Air Logistics Center and President of the American Federation of Government Employes Local 1592 A s many of you may be aware, OSHA issued citations to Hill Air Force Base as a result of their inspections January through July 2011. These findings identified several areas where we were falling short — in both our daily operations and the use of engineering solutions to mitigate the hazard- ous environments in which some of you work. While we do have work ahead, we already began making progress toward solutions. • We set up a Workplace Safety and Health Team consisting of representatives from the 309th Maintenance Wing, the Installation Safety Office, Occupational Medicine, Bioenvironmental Engineering and the union to review each individual finding. They are making See OSHA I page 3 BESTOR COMPOSES FOR CF' Drug Take-Back on Oct. 29 at Hill AFB The 75th Medical Support Squadron has organized a Drug Take-Back for Oct. 29, at the Commissary and entrance to the BX from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The last one held in April was a huge success gathering 82 pounds of drugs. This allows for the safe disposal of unused prescription drugs. For anyone who can't take advantage of those disposal times and date, please contact the Department of Environmental Quality Hotline at 1 800 458 0145 to find permanent disposal bins or visit www.useonlyasdirected. org to safely dispose of unwanted medications. - - COOK/U.S. Air Force - Kurt Bestor, Emmy-winning composer and musician spontaneously composes songs at a performance and talk at the CFC Kick-Off event at the Hill Aerospace Museum on Oct. 12. See next week's Hilltop Times for more on the event itself and from campaign leaders. 11111111111r 11111 Meet the 388th Fighter Wing command chief BY ANDREA V. HOUCK Team Hill Public Affairs B eing visible and involved in the needs of enlisted Airmen are just some of the key roles Chief Master Sgt. Mark Batzer says are his job as the command chief of the 388th Fighter Wing. For the past two months, the chief has been busy getting to know his Airmen, working hard Chief Master Sgt. on improving Batzer Total Force Integration and already participating in several base activities, including Hill's annual RoundUp Fundraiser where he was the "sheriff." With more than 26 years of Air Force experience, he said he's committed to the men and women of the 388 FW and strives to foster partnerships with the 75th Air Base Wing and other tenant organizations. Question: What do you think of the 388th Fighter Wing, and how does it compare to when you were See MEET I page 4 Hill Aerospace Museum 'Plane Talk' Hill Aerospace Museum's begins its 19th season this Saturday from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Featured speaker this Saturday, Oct. 15 will be Ben Fowler, WWII Veteran. Every year, Hill Aerospace Museum provides the community with an hour of aviation history. Seating is located in the museum's theater (total occupancy is 60) across from the reception desk. There is a lot of history in the museum 4 not only in the planes, but in the people as well. Some of the speakers' experiences range from military to commercial airlines to those who have worked on an aircraft in some form or another. Wherever they have come from there's a story to tell and lots to learn from them. Southgate Avenue lanes reduced A steam vault installation project will affect Southgate Avenue near Building 237. This will also affect the parking area south of America First Credit Union. The project installs new concrete vaults and new steam and condensate piping. Oct. 14 through Oct. 22, Southgate Avenue will be reduced to two lanes. Excavation will begin on the east side lanes and then switch over to the west side. As soon as roadwork is completed excavation will resume to the west which will affect the parking area south of America First Credit Union which will be closed Oct. 14-28. For more information, please contact Randy Johns, at 801-7777196 or 801-430-5775. Flu vaccine clinic at fitness center Oct. 18 A seasonal flu vaccine clinic will be available for civilians, active duty, military dependent, military retirees or member of the National Guard or Reserves on Oct. 18, 2 p.m. to 4 pm. in the Warrior Fitness Center Health and Wellness Center classrom. Please bring CAC card or proper identification. Earlier detection lowers breast cancer mortality rates BY MARY Lou GORNY Hilltop Times editor "It is the second leading cause of cancer death in women in the US." 0 ne out of eight American women will get breast cancer in her lifetime, according to the National Cancer Institute. That means if you look around at your female friends, coworkers and family, you are likely to know someone who will face this challenge over the course of your lifetime. "It is the second leading cause of cancer death in women in the U.S.," said Lori Maness, Huntsman Cancer Institute Outreach Hill coordinator on Oct. 5 at Club for a Breast Cancer Prevention Luncheon. In Utah it is the leading cause of cancer death in women due to the lower incidence of lung cancer. The good news is that the death rate for breast cancer has steadily declined since 1990 because of earlier detection and improved LORI MANESS, Huntsman Cancer Institute Outreach coordinator What Is Cancer . treatment. The number of new cases has declined with menopausal hormone replacement therapy since a study in the 2002 Women's Health Initiative found this to raise a woman's risk of breast and ovarian cancer. See CANCER I page 9 Right, Lori Maness, Outreach Program coordinator with the Huntsman Cancer Institute, speaks Oct. 5 at the Breast Cancer Prevention Luncheon at Club Hill. Look inside this week's Hilltop Times for " " " What's your design concept that illustrats Team Hill spirit? WWII missing Air Corps man identified Season for spooky Services held in Utah after mystery solved through the use of DNA Check out all the haunts on base and nearby See page 7 See page 5 See page 7 Made of the best |