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Show Page HILL TOP TIMES 6 July 8. 1977 w. I!Teen Helmets WILL be worn By Robert T. Rust labor limits specified Deputy Chief, Security Police This is the motorcycle season, the season when many motorcyclists love the feel of the wind whipping through their hair (the police themselves like the feel of the wind through their hair, too). m It is, however, Air Force position (and documented by valid safety statistics) that driving without a helmet can be injurious, perhaps fatal, to your health. O limitations for young people which includes these main points: Regardless of the laws of the state of Utah, when driving on base, regulations require the wearing of helmets. The question is raised repeatedly. It is not going to change. Young people 14 of 15 can do service jobs like pumping gas, bagging groceries or with these bussing dishes restrictions: work is limited to 3 hours on a school day, 18 hours during a school week, 8 hours on a day and 40 hours during a week. Moreover, work hours must be between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. except from June 1 to Labor Day when evening work is permitted until 9 p.m. We like to think our personnel on this installation are willing to comply with rules which make sense. We think that wearing a helmet fits this category. m A service wife is 'mostly girl' and civilian Military to help their want who parents summer jobs teenagers find will be interested in a recent exLabor Department work-hour planation of the age and - Certainly, as a policeman and having seen the results of accidents in which helmets were not worn, I can fully attest to the damage done to a head when added protection is not non-scho- Remember, the motorcyclist does not have to be at fault in an accident to suffer crippling, if not fatal, injuries. There is nothing to preclude a motorcyclist, when leaving the base, from stopping and removing the offending helmet if such it be. On the other hand, we believe emphatically that e helmets should be worn as well. or work for their parents in a nonfarm family business at any age. At age 16, teenagers are eligible for any job except those the Secretary of Labor declares hazardous. And can be hired for any job at any time, for unlimited hours, whether or not the work is hazardous. ol non-scho- provided. theatrical productions, ol Most workers whose employment is covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act must be paid at least minimum wage and - in most cases- - extra pay for overtime. Exceptions are students and apprentices who may be paid less than the minimum under special certificates issued by the Labor Dept. -- full-tim- Boys and girls can deliver newspapers, act or perform in television, movies, radio, and off-bas- On military bases we KNOW they will be worn! service wife is mostly girl. But there are times, such as when her husband is away and she is Alternative to AA mowing the lawn or fixing a flat tire on a youngster's bike, that she begins to suspect she is also boy. She usually comes in three sizes: petite, plump, and pregnant. During the early years of her marriage, it is often hard to determine which size is Individuals who drink to by alcohol consumption and her normal one. She has babies all over the world and measures excess should be encouraged the individual has shown some root of the ability to control his or her time in terms of places, as other women do in to try to get at the are that problems "driving drinking. years. them to overdrink," and make "It was at Leavenworth that we all had the constructive changes in their "There are three types of lives to eliminate the people who use alcohol: the mumps - in Tokyo, Dan was promoted. . At least one of her babies was born or a transfer problems, says Ariel Winters, user, the abuser, and the addict or alcoholic," Ms. was accomplished while she was alone. This causes founder and director of Inc. Winters says. "We are inher to suspect a secret pact between her husband terested in helping the first and the service, providing for a man to be overseas two. We believe in referring Drinkwatchers (DW), a or on temporary duty at times such as these. chronic alcoholic to nonprofit, the detoxification facilities or A service wife is international. She may be an educational organization Haver-straat treatment programs. Iowa farm girl, a French mademoiselle, Japanese headquartered is one of several Thus, we are not in conflict N.Y., When discussing service doll, or an groups that have sprung up in with existing programs." recent years as an alternative problems, they all speak the same language. She can be a great actress. To heartbroken to Alcoholics Anonymous. DW avoids using labels such as "alcoholic" or "heavy children at transfer time, she gives an Academy offers Drinkwatchers drinker" its to describe people such to is Award performance ("Arizona going be a members choice of with drinking problems and FUN! I hear they have Indian reservations. . . and therapeutic goals - either stresses an individualized tarantulas. . . and rattlesnakes"); but her heart is abstinence or controlled approach. breaking with theirs. She wonders if this is worth drinking when there are no medical complications caused Drinkwatchers endorses sacrifice. An ideal wife has the patience of an angel, the flexibility of putty, the wisdom of a scholar, and the stamina of a horse. If she dislikes money, it helps. She is sentimental, carrying her memories with 'Do it yourself moves pay off One might say she is a her in an old bigamist, sharing her husband with a demanding entity called "duty." When duty calls, she becomes More than 7,000 Air Force members moved themselves No. 2 wife. Until she accepts this fact, her life can during June 1976 through March 1977 and earned an average of e A 'Drinkwatchers' offers new look at alcohol abuse Drink-watcher- s, AA-typ- e w, ex-nurs- e. therapies such as behavior modification and anhedonia therapy. Anhedonia therapy teaches that "the opposite of abusing anything is to treat it with respect and appreciation." a volunteer group leader, who is frequently a professional with an interest in alcohol abuse. Thus, alcohol is viewed as a neutral spirit, becoming good or bad only as a result of how a person uses it. Drinkwatchers. More than 50 DW groups have been organized so far in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Most groups have foot-locke- For more information, write Ariel Winters, Drinkwatchers, Box 179, Haverstraw, N.Y. 10927. The organization also has a West Coast mailing address: Box 22311, San Francisco, Calif. 94122. m PEPUTV CHIEF, TRANSPORTATION, r The DW phisophy is outlined in a recently published book written by Ms. Winters called mm OPERATION 0V.. OPEN ALC, HILL AFB UTAH r. be miserable. She is, above all, a woman who married a serviceman who offered her the permanency of a gypsy, the miseries of loneliness, the frustration of conformity, and the security of love. Sitting among her packing boxes with squabbling children nearby, she is sometimes willing to chuck it all. . . until she hears the firm steps and cheerful voice of that lug who gave her all this. Then she is happy to be. . . his SERVICE WIFE. Author unknown. nearly $200 in incentive pay. Payments to members totaled nearly $1.4 million, but logistics officials say the Air Force still saved more than $770,000 under the "Do It Yourself" move program started last year. Under the program, personnel use government-leasetrucks or trailers to move their own of having the government make the instead possessions The member is paid 75 per cent of what the move shipment. would cost the government through a standard carrier. The cost of the vehicle, equipment and moving materials is deducted from the incentive paid the member. Interested individuals should check their local traffic management office for assistance for "Do It Yourself" moves. . V--f CONCEPT KM. 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