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Show Crews G(LP.DpD!DrDoiniaDa keep CHlnDD peim by Frances Kosakowsky Hilltop Times staff Snowfall this year nearly 90 inches for the winter to date and 45 inches for January alone has broken all historical records. And when the mission of a base is to keep airplanes flying and people working, the priority on snow removal changes from business as usual to darn near the only game in town. The 111 people on the snow removal team are responsible for: ' S'no joke Snow removal equipment at Hill pushes, blows and hauls snow. The truck at right is powerful to cast snow enough 20-3- 0 feet at 50 mph. The diesel cat with its blade (lower 23-fo- B 150 miles of roads. D 3 miles of runway. D 80 miles of sidewalks ot left) clears broad swaths quickly. A dump truck carries enough salt and sand - '"! v! " II Imparking lots: ' D 5 million square yards of ramp area. t,;'- "' r:'- 'r .: "::'"V V'. i: f i:::.?-- i to cover 15 miles of roadway. : , v$y,. ' ' ' Sp pSSag A Message From B More than 2,000 igloos in the missile assembly and maintenance area. ' ' '" On top of that, all of the roofs have to be checked out and cleared when necessary. "For the amount of snow we've had to handle this year and working with 30 percent less manpower, we've been a little slower than in the past, but we're getting it done," said Bill Cahoon, general foreman, 649th Civil Engineering's snow removal unit. "We clear snow on a priority basis," he said. "We do the runway, ramp and main roads on base first, ' and then we go after the second priority stuff." So far this winter, nearly 3,000 tons of salt and sand have been used on Hill roads and 11,000 gallons of runway deicer fluid. This amount usually lasts the entire winter when snowfall is closer to normal. The sand and salt mixture used is 80 percent salt and 20 percent sand. "We've been doing fine so far," said Cahoon. "Our equipment availability has been good nearly 85 percent." ! Humana Hospital Davis North. . . .A PREFERRED PROVIDER OF MAILHANBLER'S INSURANCE Hill Air Force Base employees covered by Mailhandler's Insurance can choose from over 40 physicians in the local area in a number of specialties. These physicians participate in the Mailhandler's PPO through Private Health Care Systems and are as near as your telephone. If you have Mailhandler's Insurance there are 45 Davis County Physicians FAMILY PRACTICE Astle, Nelson Berwald, Charles Eeus, Michael Bosworth, Wayne Ericksen, Corey Hansen, Harold Julien, Craig Kirkham, Mark Neville, Bruce Neville, Roark Rees, James Taylor, John Taylor, Paul Wallin, Richard Yates, Jay Hemm, Robert Mark Taylor, Robert GASTROENTEROLOGY Kiyomura, Robert OBGYN GENERAL SURGERY Christensen, Chris Flanders, Dean Jacobsen, Robert INTERNAL MEDICINECARDIOLOGY Bitner, Robert Burtenshaw, Bruce Bitner, Mark Durbin, Teresa Hughes, William Hurst, Craig Johnson, Steven Joseph, Charles Meek, Steven OPHTHALMOLOGY Treft, Robert Washburn, Michael to take care of you... ORTHOPEDICS Bean, Charles Bos, Norman III Jee, Kenneth PODIATRY Gold, Glenn Jex, Rodney Walker, Kevin OTOLARYNGOLOGY (Ear, Nose and Throat) Cox, Jack Mellor, Robert UROLOGY Henderson, David Kofoed, Kenneth PEDIATRICS Fruin, Claudia Jorgenson, Bruce Kramer, Frank umana Hospital Davis North West 1600 Antelope Drive, Layton, Utah 84041 gfflflRggBftgg- (801) 825-956- 1 - THE GREAT AMERICAN INVESTMENT |