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Show HILL TOP TIMES Page 14 Friday, November 12, 1982 Family Focus 4 ' .' .. 1 s V - t'1 1 'Early birds' can get bargains ! (U.S. Air Force Photo) Chris Moe, second vice president, Officers' Wives' Club, and Pat Metzler, president, admire brassware from a collection of items from a jewelry company from Bangkok, Thailand. The company will display jewelry and other items for sale during grand opening activities at the Officers' Club. The display will be shown Wednesday from 1 to 8 p.m. and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Officers' Wives'- Club is sponsoring the event. For more information call Mrs. Moe, at base exchange Customers of the main base exchange will have an opportunity to get the jump on holiday shopping tomorrow if they take advantage of the "Early Bird" sale, be taken at the cash from 7:30 to 10 a.m. register. There will be no The sale will be before transactions, rain regular business which checks 10 a.m. start issued, nor will will at During this "Early. this sale apply to any Bird" sale, discounts will items already on sale. lay-awa- y, - 479-447- 4. Housing area news, notes By Robert Waite Housing Management Branch Hill AFB military families will no longer live in Area C and Area F ' housing. In separate ceremonies Tuesday, Area C will be renamed 'Thunderbird Park" at 4 p.m. and at 4:30 p.m., Area F on the north side of Sixth Street will be renamed "Freedom Terrace." Refreshments will follow each ceremony and everyone is invited to attend. Housing Areas D, E and F on the south side of Sixth Street were named "Patriot Hills" some time ago. Every- one is encouraged by base housing officials to use these names when refer- ring to these areas. Renew quarters applications Military families currently on the waiting list for adequate quarters are requested to contact the Base Housing Office, either in person or by telephone, to verify that the application is correct. Currently, there are 432 applica-- , tions on file for this type of housing and the list must be reviewed for currency and accuracy and verification that a valid duty phone number is on 2-B- R two-bedroo- m ent care plky life overty 10-minu- Personnel who have bought rented satisfactorily or for any other reason do not wish to be considered should call and cancel their applications. off-bas- e, example arrangements made by military couples and single-paremembers. A typical counseling session I between a commander and military parents is also shown. To reserve the film or arrange for film explaining Air A new Force policy on dependent care responsibilities to military parents is available at the Hill AFB film library. Called "Dependent Care Responsibilities," the 16mm film explains the need for the policy, terms, and shows te nt showing, call Ext. 77418. Holiday garbage pickup Thanksgiving holiday garbage pickup in Thunderbird Park will be one day early. The normal pickup on Nov. 25 will be made Nov. 24. score higher in college entrance tests Traffic plan will reduce congestion A traffic plan to reduce congestion in Thunderbird Park has been aproved and is anticipated to be complete late High school students in Department of Defense dependents schools scored higher than their stateside counterparts on the Scholastic Ap- next year. The plan will incorporate streets in this area. Vampire Street y will be northbound; Valiant Street will be southbound; y southWillow Street will be bound; and Magnolia Street will be one-wa-y one-wa- one-wa- y one-wa- left two-wa- y. The changes will provide additional diagonal parking and will require some road construction. DOD dependent school students points higher than their stateside counterparts. In mathematics, the average score of 477 was 10 points higher than the . national mean. The composite mean score for dependents school students on the ACT, which; measures the four academic areas of English use was 19.9, compared to the national mean ' of 18.4. The dependents school system has 271 schools in 20 countries with an enrollment of some 134,000 students. - There are 63 high schools in the (AFNS) system. 437, titude Test and the American College Test for the 1981-8school year. Both tests are used for student admission to college and universities. - Dr. Beth Stephens, dependents school director, said this is the seventh straight year DOD dependents school students topped the national average on the SAT, a test that measures verbal and mathematical ability. On the verbal section of the test, dependents school students averaged 2 . Store recreational vehicles Residents of all housing areas should use the motor pool compound as the storage area for recreational vehicles until spring. This law was effective Nov. 1. a full 11 ; ; if Libra celebrate iry t ireon's child week Space available students file. :;-.- All adequate are the high-ris- e :.;'. quarters two-bedroo- m fourplexes. limited. in Paciti schools Enrollment in Pacific-areDepartment of Defense dependent schools may not be possible for Air Force members' children who would attend them as space becomes available. Pacific Air Forces school officials say school space is scarce this year because enrollment has increased. a Where enrollment has reached capaci- ty, space-available- '' ,, non-comman- . v70VGmmGnt I nOUSinCJ rdfirf In I f orffl 1 d- sponsored children probably won't be permitted to enroll, officials say. Some schools have already reported that they could not enroll new space available children. Pacific-are- a DOD schools will not limit enrollment of children who are with a military member under command sponsorship. For more information call the Customer Service Center, Ext. 76975. Government housing in the Seoul and Taegu AB, Korea, areas will not be available until next June. Concurrent travel requests to the area will be disap-proved for members reporting between now and une- - Every effort is being made to eliminate the housing shortage, say Air Force personnel officials. (AFNS) bk The Children's Book Council and the base BOOK WEEKI library staff think National Children's Book Week, Sunday through Nov. 21, is a perfect time for a family trip to the base library. Parents should remind children and then make time for themselves to visit the base library and see some, of the new books available. Story hour for preschoolers Tuesday will feature new children's books, and a video show Nov. 20 and 21 will be held to commemorate the week. Watch - for . flyers advertising times for the video shows. w Ill . ) I Ms 7 v v t. . (U.S. Air Fore Photo) Jessica and Angela Murphy, daughters of SSgt. Dennis and Regina Murphy "Get Lost in a Book" (theme for Children's Book Week) at the base The special week is Monday through Nov. library. 21.-- ' ' V , |