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Show Friday, December 3, 1982 f 1 11 filial . 1 - 1 " - v II " W WPWPWIIHIWWi M 1 r Is I Si f I X VST i ? Open season extended for health benefits M I x 1 i tI -- ' ' Page 3 I ' I , HILL TOP TIMES o- - i ' ?!. ! ; V-- xt fF Employees desiring to change plans should go to the upstairs conference room in Bldg. 265 in the East Area. Those wishing to talk to the insurance representatives must do so before Dec. 10 because only a few will remain available beyond that time. Open season for the Federal Employees Health Benefits program has been extended an additional 13 calendar days. Originally scheduled to 3 run from Nov. 22 through Dec. 10, it is now extended to Dec. 23. The open season provides federal employees an opportunity to change their present health benefits coverage or to select a new benefits program. For more information call Margaret Woods, Ext. 76142. Santa's workshop needs toys , , (U.S. Air Force Photo by SMSgt. George McPeak) Maj. Gen. Leo Marquez, commander, Ogden Air Logistics Center, slices the Thanksgiving ham preparing to serve Hill's enlisted force on the holiday. General Marquez; Brig. Gen. Stanton R. Musser, vice commander, Ogden ALC; Col. Peter T. Kempf, commander, 388th Tactical Fighter Wing; Col. Charles C. Helton, vice commander of the wing; and Col. John J. Wolfe, deputy Hill AFB commander, served more than 300 enlisted men and women -who came through the line between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. that day. Needy military families remembered on Thanksgiving The last of the leftovers have been disposed of by now and Thanksgiving Day 1982 is just a good memory. But part of these good memories are due Vouchers were given to ly for amounts up to $50, redeemable at the base commissary. v each fami- : ; : . Acting Installation Staff Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Glenn A. Koch. squadron members decorate community tree Hill Anyone driving on Main Street in Clearfield must notice the huge, decorated Christmas tree occupying one; of the center islands. A star, lights, plastic chains and other baubles adorn the evergreen and make it an appropriate welcome for the holi- - day season. However, the thing that no one knows, except for a few people, is that the tree was decorated by 23 members Head- from the 2849th Maintenance ' quarters Squadron here. For the second year in a row, of-ficials in the Clearfield Chamber of Commerce called the squadron and asked if they would again decorate treir community tree. Armed with ladders, tape, wire Thrift Shop, Bldg. 1238 Base chapel, Bldg. 1219 Credit Union, Bldg. 1294 Base exchange, Bldg. 1235 Commissary, Bldg. 243 Thornton Recreation Center Base Restaurant, Bldg. 402 Field Training Detachment, Bldg. 125 Customer Service, Bldg. 180 In addition to these locations, members of the squadron will also do personal pickups. For more information call SSgt. Brooks Curtis at Santa's Workshop, d Ext. 76489 or 77709 or Carroll at the chapel, Ext. 62106 or Mar-chan- 62107. , to the people of Hill AFB. "The spirit of the day, the spirit of Hill family, Thanksgiving was in the hearts of all Every segment of the military and civilian, joined in making who made it possible for someone else the Thanksgiving Basket Program a to enjoy the holiday. The hearts were success. Through their generosity, to receive and others were they made it possible to distribute thankful more than $2,000 to 67 needy military just thankful to be able to give,'' said families to aid them in having a bounteous Thanksgiving dinner. NCO Club, Bldg. 120 Officers' Club, Bldg. 225 Hospital, Bldg. 100 Bowling alley, Bldg. 849 Bank, Bldg. 1243 The 2952nd Combat Logistics Support Squadron elves have decorated large cardboard boxes to be used as containers for collecting used or unwanted toys for this year's Santa's Toyshop. The boxes have been delivered to many buildings on base and hopefully, will become filled to capacity two or three times before Christmas. Members of the 2952nd will make periodic collections from the boxes, take the toys to their; shop in the north end of Bldg. 1258, and do the necessary painting or. repairs. Toys are being accepted from now through Dec. 14 and sponsors of needy families will be able to make their selections Dec. 15, 16 and 17. Boxes are located in the following -places: site and within an hour, the. tree was decorated and lighted for all to see. Squadron members who donated their time in the spirit of the season were: MSgt. William Hendra, SSgt. Terrance Arthurs, A1C Gregory Wires, SMSgt. Terry Alexander, SSgt. Terry Marple, TSgt. Ivan Smith, TSgt. Stephen Stroud, SSgt. Gary Olsen, Sgt. Brian Thomas, SSgt. David Farley, MSgt. Don Santoro, SSgt. Joseph Fabian, A1C Terry Savage, A1C Michael Stinson, A 1C Bernie Roybal, A1C Paul Griffin, Jeannette Tolbert, A1C Harold Gorgoretti, SrA. Michael Gapinski, ' 2nd Lt.' Duane Jones, ?Sgt. Cheryl Henry, LeAnn Casterline and A1C Frank Johnson. Church services to celebrate 'Civil Air Patrol Sunday' By Chaplain (Capt.) -Everett K. Thompson Civil Air Patrol The 41st anniversary of the Civil Air Patrol will be observed Sunday with ceremonies in chapels on Hill AFB and the United Church of Christ " 'in Ogden. In addition, many other churches will see members wearing the blue, Air Force-typ- e uniform symbolic of their relationship with the CAP. ' At the services on base, a cadet color guard will post and retrieve the colors and CAP Utah Wing Chaplain (Capt.) Everett K. Thompson will - ,. . tacked and the next day, CAP started its workfclef ending the country. During WWII, more than 500,000 hours of missions were flown by CAP members supporting the war effort. They also were credited with sinking at least two submarines and saved, countless numbers of aircraft crash survivors and survivors of sea disasters by guiding rescue forces to them. The cost was high, however, because more than 60 members lose their lives. Today, CAP service is still continuing and lives are still being lost during air search and rescue missions. participate. The CAP has also expanded from Members of the CAP Rocky Mountain Region will post and retrieve the their original charter. It has two adcolors at the United Church of Christ ditional missions. One is the cadet and Chaplain (Lt. Col.) P. Joos will program open to all young people, officiate. ages 13 to 18, and the other is the ' ; The CAP was formed Dec. 1, 1941. aerospace education programs in A few days later, Pearl Harbor was at junior and senior high schools. Santa Glaus comes to Hill AFB tomorrow (See pago 14) |