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Show The full scale fun of RC aircraft flight BY MARY LOU CORNY Hilltop Times editor F alcon Radio Controlled Model Airplane Club members will display models Saturday, May 19, at the Base Exchange, and since it's always much easier to demonstrate why they enjoy their sport than it is to explain it, an open house will be held at the base RC Flying Field, Sunday, May 20, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. The field, located just east and a bit north of the new parking area by the Building 1200 series, will feature flying, the chance to fly a plane via a dual control set-up, and free hot dogs and sodas. More importantly, you'll be able to see some of the skills of current members and enjoy the real thrill of what new entrants into the hobby may eventually attain. The hobby has expanded from balsa wood to foam planes making it easier than ever to try the sport without shelling out big bucks. Foam models with the remote control transmitter radios can be relatively inexpensive, and are a little more forgiving when it comes to crashes. These days gliders are inexpensive and easy to fly as one club member, Chanx Nguyen demonstrated at an event last year. His model was so light it could travel up thermals without power if necessary. "(The foam models) can be easier to fix because if they break you put in some epoxy and some toothpicks to put them back together," said Chief Master See CLUB I IME From page 7 Festivities also feature a car show hosted by J.C. Hackett, musical entertainment, a drawing for an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, and booths with demonstrations, games, food and BY KATINA VENTURA A s summer approaches military families really feel the heat. As kids bust through the doors when the last school bell rings they will head for home, where their parents will be communing, albeit face to face, by phone or online, "What in the heck are we going to do about child care?" Military families are more likely than civilian families to have only one parent at home due to deployment and add to this one in three military families will get orders to relocate between May 15 and Sept. 30. Relocating usually means uprooting from friends and family to a new post where you don't know anyone; much less anyone you might entrust with your most personal possession, your children. To help families navigate the challenges of military life, the Department of Defense has paid for memberships to Sittercity for Air Force, Army, Marines and Navy families, including active duty, Reserve and Guard. Sittercity, founded in 2001, is the nation's largest and most trusted website for connecting families with high quality care providers Standard-Examiner movie critic w ith every "inspired by true events" Hollywood production, comes the inevitable reality of what ACTUALLY happened out there, in the middle of nowhere, so many years ago. With time and distance comes creative license, but in the case of "Big Miracle," the essence of this dramatic rescue attempt in 1988 of three California gray whales, stuck in ice off the coast of Alaska, did occur. In Hollywood's version, a TV news reporter, Adam (John Krasinski), spots the three grays, which he affectionately calls Fred, Wilma and Bam-Bam (not true), while shooting an unrelated feature story. A Greenpeace worker and Adam's former love interest, Rachel (Drew Barrymore), arrives on the scene to yell at the local Inupiat tribal leaders, the Alaskan governor and the oil executives to get them to help the unfortunate whales (partly true). drinks. The event is free to the public with donations being accepted at the Layton Commons Park by NWAOR in support of the local military housing assistance fund. All proceeds, including booth fees and donations, will be given to the fund. The event is also supported and sponsored by Airforce.com L. Hilltop Times staff BY STEVE SALLES See MIRACLE I page 11 and Rock-n-Roll Radio Car Show and Cruise Nights. For information about the "Sounds of Freedom" Appreciation Day visit www.utahsoundsoffreedom. com and call L.T. Weese at (801) 645-1919 for event and booth information. The Layton Commons Park, is located at 457 N. Wasatch Drive. From page 4 Rhodes said. "The new computers are powerful enough to do the actual algorithms. Our team encoded it into the program and the results are closer to reality than the approximations." The 16-member team is currently undertaking projects that will greatly improve the SEON software. In 2010, they incorporated solutions for 13 deficiency reports that improved effectiveness and accuracy of forecasts. They also submitted 60 document changes to software and hardware requirements to ensure the equipment is up-to-date and the best available. The team is now placing all the SEON sites onto a network to create a central data hub at the Air Force Weather Agency. Having centralized access to information will improve the process and management for solar phenomena forecasting. "To send the images and data, we've had to mail them on a DVD," Rhodes said. "Now we're going to where the data is deposited through the NIPRNET (non-classified internet protocol) server at the Air Force Weather Agency. The solar radio spectrograph has been completed; they're using it at Sagamore Hill but it hasn't been installed at the other sites. On the optical side, the Solar Optical Observing Network — SOON — control system has gone through development testing and will be installed later this spring." At Hill AFB, the SEON is maintained in a lab, located in a secure area of Building 1515, that is set up to view solar activity and simulates what an analyst sees at the five sites. The set up has two main computers — one with three screens to analyze optical data, the other with four to analyze radio signals. In the background, a world map shows the radio and optical sites and where the sunlight reaches at any hour of the day. and instant access to over 2 million, pre-screened caregivers nationwide. Caregiver profiles include background checks, references, reviews, photos and much more. Sittercity's proprietary matching technology helps families hand-select the perfect caregiver for their family. Families can even find military spouse caregivers through the program. In addition, service members and their families can connect with Military certified careproviders including Child Development Homes (CDH) and Family Child Care (FCC) as well as caregivers who are military subsidized and authorized access to military installations. Eighty-four percent of military families who used this, said Sittercity met their childcare needs that were not met by other military programs. And 93 percent would recommend Sittercity to other military families. "Flexible childcare is essential for military families because of their unique needs," said Melissa Anderson who heads up Sittercity's Government Programs. Military families can activate their Sittercity membership today by visiting www.sittercity. com/dod. Mike's Golden Spike Barber Shop Retirement Open House * SWAP MEET ALL YEAR ROUND * SOLAR 8 Child care connecting website memberships paid for by DoD Review: 'Big Miracle good movie as it goes, but not all true page 11 PICNIC May 10, 201 2 MOTOR VU 53RWRI S22. "Flares can affect the earth as soon as 15 minutes or it could take two or three days. As a flare is detected, the team has two minutes to respond to the Air Force Weather Agency" TODD RHODES, supervisory electronics engineer in the 519th SMXS The team is also working on a major improvement to the optical observatories. "The old system used a rough grid of the sun to identify the spots," Rhodes said. "The new images come from the telescopes at the five sites, and are loaded into the computer as a jpg file. The Improved Solar Optical Observing Network, or ISOON, is a joint effort with the Air Force Research Laboratory." Sequences and images received from the five observatories are used to detect solar flares as they grow. "They can bring up the images and use it as a snapshot in time to see how the brightness changes," Rhodes said. "Flares can affect the earth as soon as 15 minutes or it could take two or three days. As a flare is detected, the team has two minutes to respond to the Air Force Weather Agency." The work by the SEON team was nominated for the 2011 Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation's Stellar Award. The awards recognize team achievements in government, military and industry and are based on accomplishments that hold the greatest promise for furthering future activities in space. Team members nominated from the 309th SMXG were Todd Rhodes, Kevin Bartholomew, Eric Cannon, Kyle Cannon, Scott Haymore, Ron Hubbard, Tim Julian, Robert McKinlay, Clive Rudd, Nathan Sachs, Dennis Vuong, Steve Weir and Jake Zohner. DRIVE-IN & SWAP MEET 394-1768 SATURDAY & SUNDAY 8 AM - 1 PM BUYERS FREE ON SAT.! a. 4 Visit Our Indoor Shops! A Great Place for Those Hard to Find Bargains! 3 m m SELLERS VISIT US AT www.motorvu.com or call 394-1768 oirk, Mike is hanging up his clippers after 42 years. Open House May 18th 9-5 p.m. Hillgate Shopping Center, Layton 801-825-2786 Refreshment 12-4 pm. Help us celebrate and to harass Mike one more time before he packs up. * SWAP SHOPS AVAILABLE FOR RENT * Davis is my hospital. As sheriff, I'd always had a professional relationship with Davis. Recently, it turned personal when I had a heart attack at home. When the paramedics asked me where I wanted to go, I said "Take me to Davis." I've always had great treatment there and this time was no different. Now I'm back to playing golf and all of the other activities I enjoy. I give the personnel at Davis a lot of the credit for saving my life. Make Davis your hospital. r. Davis Hospital AND MEDICAL CENTER ac( Congratulations to the Hyperbaric and Wound Center at Davis Hospital for being a finalist for the Davis Chamber of Commerce annual- award! 866-431-WELL(9355) I davishospital.com 8 |