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Show HILL TOP TIMES Friday, April 29, 1983 Family Focus r ' Page 19 1 1 imms immmiiiM iwhuiiiwiiii '' 'iihiiiiiiiwip in iwnijuillimipiHii luiiiiMimmnii uwii' iwnnMiiii 'iiinpiiiiiniin iihwiii mi iihhiiiiwiiim iwiwwiiiinitmiiiiHWiPiiiwii 'Mead Start' program ffoir By Ann M. Benson bused to and from their homes and receive a free hot school lunch. Classes are made up of 18 children, one teacher, a teacher's aide and two volunteer parents assisting each day. The child and his family also have access to a speech therapist, an education specialist and a social worker. Head Start Social Worker The Davis County School District, Farmington, is now accepting applications from Hill AFB military families to enroll their children in the Head Start Program. The program is a free, federally-funde- d program designed to provide children from and economically socially disadvantaged families with a "head start" on formal education. Its primary goal is to be achieved through a child development program which provides for the physical, social and intellectual growth of children. One of the Head Start centers is located in the Hill Field Elementary School near the South Gate of Hill AFB. The Head Start children will be pre-scho- r v ' VA Y i Applications are approved on the ol basis of need and federal income guidelines as follows: pre-scho- ol Siz of family limit 1 -- $ 4.860 2 3 4 5 6 , 7 8 6,540 8,220 9.900 11.580 13.260 14,940 16,620 For more information call the Davis County School District Office, Farm6 and an application ington, 451-110- iBBmiwiiiinnnnflfiriiTWM (U.S. Air Force Photo) Chris Moe and Pat Metzler, Officers' Wives' Club members, look at items of brass ware that will be displayed at the club's gift sale Monday and Tuesday. The sale is sponsored by the club and items displayed will be from a brassware jeweler. Proceeds will go to the OWC scholarship fund. The sale will be in the Red Lounge of the Officers' Club, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. will be mailed. Commissary patrons save Two shompoos reccalled 26 percent, survey shows Exchange label ' Two shampoos which have been shampoo produced since that time is sold under the Army-Ai- r Force Ex- free of the problem. label Service are Production codes involved in the change being recalled and should be returned to the Hill recall of the Pennex baby shampoo are AFB Exchange. F14E, F16E, H18E, H19E, H24E, the and The J12E, J20E1, J21E, K22E, L6E and baby shampoo manufacL6E1. golden shampoo, Codes for the recalled golden shamtured by Pennis Products Co., Inc. have possible bacterial contamination. poo are G9E, G27E, H9E, M12E, The problem arose when Pennex H13E, H20E, I28E, I28E1, I29E, changed from a formaldehyde preser- A31F, A31F1 and B1F. Customers will find the production vative after the Food and Drug Administration advised against its use code stamped on the back of the botabout a year ago. The new preser- tle's label, along with shampooing invatives did not prove strong enough structions and ingredients. Customers who return any AAFES at the levels used in the shampoos to label a over period baby or golden shampoo bearing prevent bacterial growth of time. The items are therefore being one of the codes listed to the Hill AFB voluntarily recalled on the remote Exchange will be given a full refund. possibility that the bacteria could Affected stocks of both products have been removed from the shelves and cause infection. In February, Pennex changed its the supplier's warehouse. (AAFES News) manufacturing procedure and any 16-oun- ce 32-oun- ce t New postal weights, sizes set of is the "waist" New uniform weight and size limits are in effect for parcels mailed via U.S. Postal Service. Parcels mailed under parcel post, express mail, priority mail and mail, special fourth-clas- s 70 exceed cannot rates library postal in 108 and inches in weight pounds size. '. . Size is computed by adding the length of one side of the parcel to the measurement of the girth. The girth measurement the parcel. Keep these limits in mind if planning to mail such items as stereo speakers, boxes of china or other items purchased on deployment or ' professional books to your next duty station. Remember, 70 pounds and 108 inches is the maximum. (AFNS) News Service) (Courtesy Navy Editor Patrons save more than 26 percent by shopping at Air Force com- missaries instead of at civilian supermarkets, said officials of the Air Force Commissary Service at Kelly AFB, Texas. The more than average savings was shown by the latest market-baske- t survey conducted by AFCOMS. teams at eight stateside commissaries. A commissary manager and at least one commissary shopper from each of the eight bases visited two civilian supermarkets in the area. They compared prices at the two stores and the commissary, using a list of 161 of the most commonly purchased items. Brands and sizes of the compared items were identical. The base commissaries and their savings are: 26-perce- nt exrpOGonmis KJs JJ NATIONAL FAMILY WEEK MAY 1 -- 7 Vandenberg AFB, Calif., 24.17 percent. Since December 1976, when the first semiannual market-basksurvey was conducted, the average savings at Air Force commissaries has remained at more than 25 percent, officials said. et (AFNS) BX p ir i d ira g "If the base exchange is such a good deal, how come I can buy things cheaper downtown?" If you have asked that question, Army and Air Force Exchange Service Commander Maj. Gen. Richard D. Murray has your answer. In his AAFES newsletter, which goes to Army and Air Force base commanders, General Murray said merchants somebecause they sell some items below cost to attract customers. "This 'loss leader' program is used routinely in the civilian marketplace. where a few items It's a 'come-oare priced below cost to bring shoppers into a store. Statistics show, customers purchase not only the few highly advertised 'loss leader' items but also large amounts of regularly priced merchandise," the general said. AAFES, he said, generally does not sell below cost because money lost has to be made up elsewhere. When there is a special promotion, with items priced at or below cost, it is planned carefully and the prices are the same in every exchange. This ensures customers have an equal opportunity to save. n' JJ and r times undersell the exchange JJ Carswell AFB, Texas, 26.55 , percent. Columbus AFB, Miss., 25.55 percent. Grissom AFB, Ind., 26.09 percent. Hurlburt Field, Fla., 27.84 percent. Malmstrom AFB, Mont., 30.7 percent. Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, 30.15 percent. Pease AFB, N.H., 17.94 percent, General Murray said AAFE S can live with loss-leade- r competition, but "the rub comes when our customers believe downtown prices are lower than AAFES prices across the board. This just isn't so. "On the average we save our customers at least 20 percent," the general said. The last A.C. Nielsen survey conducted April 1982, showed that the Army and Air Force Exchange Service beat downtown prices on 89.6 percent of the items compared. Prices were equal on .6 percent, and AAFES was undersold on 9.8 percent. "The smart shopper will take advantage of this by comparison shopping," General Murray wrote. He pointed out that AAFES returns every penny it earns to the military community via sales and service, better shopping facilities, and contributions to morale, welfare and recreation programs. "No civilian retailer can make that statement!' he said. A 1983 Nielsen survey is current ly being conducted with results ex pected to be released in June. (AFNS) |