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Show Friendly Falcon Maj. Gen. Charles McCausland, commander, Ogden Air Logistics Center, greets Tess, a prairie falcon, and her trainer. Cadet First Class Lawrence Cooper, during a recent recruiting and football game promotion trip here. The prairie falcon is the Air Force Academy's mascot and the academy is permitted to propagate captive prairie falcons under special permits issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Colorado Division of Wildlife. v I J I , V -- t f s? ftF' $ (U.S. Air Force Photo by Gregg Wixom) ,v - "". ' " ornes SPECIAL collectow: Vol. 39 No. 46 OGDEN, UTAH liredl nispDil,il setting commission By Capt. Charles Wolak for hospitals. Ac- creditation by this organization Base Hospital means The base hospital recently received accredita-tion.by.lh- e notification of a three-yea- r Joint Commission on Ac- that the hospital has met the highest standards of patient care and assures the public that quality care is available. The JCAH is somewhat similar to the Health Services Management Inspection. Team from Norton AFB, Calif., the Air Force Health Care Inspector General which inspects Air Force health care facilities. The hospital here passed an inspection by this team last February. Unlike the Health Services Management Inspection Team, the JCAH is made up of civilian medical professionals. Accreditation by the JCAH is voluntary, especially for Air Force facilities under 40 beds. However, by meeting the standards set by the JCAH the hospital has demonstrated its commitment to excellence. Patients are assured they are receiving creditation for Hospitals. , In a letter to the hospital administrator, Lt. Col. Charles Hardy, Donald Avent, senior director for the Department of Surveys stated that the "JCAH Board of Commissioners was pleased to award accreditation to the facility." A group of four surveyors composed of two physicians, a nurse, and an administrator spent an entire day inspecting various programs and reviewing the quality of patient care. The commission is an independent, corporation orvoluntary, ganized in the 1950s to ensure tinuing quality of care in U.S. hospitals. It is the national standards non-prof- it Friday, November 22, 1985 tion is the icing on the cake. It shows our facility is on a par with any civilian hospital in the country. I'm tion achieved. Col. Stanley Betts, hospital comproud of the entire staff for their con--, i of reiterated the significance mander, tinuing efforts toward patient sensi-the JCAH accreditation, "Accredita" tivity and quaiity care." medical care of the highest level when the standards are met and accredita- t t, s Monthly snow amount d ro p ped during on e sto rm snow in 24 hours as generally expect for the entire month. ed ' V . Ogden ALC Public Affairs Office MSgt. Wes Johnson, station chief of The snow and cold which socked the 17th Weather Squadron, said northern Utah this week were tough Monday that seven inches had fallen but not extreme enough to knock at Hill AFB since Sunday. Again, the down any records, according to 17th amount was above normal but not foreWeather Squadron, Det. 6, enough to break the standing record of 15 inches which fell during one casters. said Goodman Richard previous storm. TSgt. fell of snow "Close but no cigar in breaking Thursday that 22 inches at Hill AFB during November, bringrecords," Sergeant Johnson said accumulaseason winter the 1985 Monday. ing Snowfall did stop all but a few trantion to 23.7. The record for this month fell when of it sient aircraft from taking off Monday is 27.1 inches. No date until the runways were cleared. was available. below while Much of the snow can be blamed on normal, Temperatures, 6 the the lake effect. This happens when a did not shatter degrees NovemFahrenheit set during a past cold front travels in, picks up ber at Hill AFB. Average temperamoisture from the warm Great Salt 40 around tures hover degrees Lake, and then drops all the accumFahrenheit during November, withlt ulation once it reaches the colder land the lows closer to 30. Seventy degrees masses. For December, history calls for . is the record high. came Heaviest accumulations average daily temperatures in the early mid-30- s and a monthly snowfall of 16 in the week when Mother Nature dumped almost the same amount of inches. By Chris Moenich : - . -- . The Hill Top Times is an unofficial newspaper published every Friday under exclusive written agreement with the Hill AFB commander in the interest of personnel of Hill AFB of Air Force Logistics Command. It is published by MorMedia Sales, a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Air Force. Opinions expressed by the publisher and writers Deep snows from the sea- son's first major blast blanketed trees and roads Monday morning. More snow can be expected over this weekend, say forecasters, although not the heavy stuff dumped last week. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Brent T. Aguirre) are their own and are not to be considered an official expression of the Department of the Air Force. The appearance of advertisements, including supplements and inserts, in this publication does not constitute an endorsement by the Department of the Air Force of products or services advertised..... |