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Show "Men COWT $Tlf.5TM - COLLECTIONS ThtOUGX IOC STICS It's Friday the 13th alt day end half t the night Vt f. Vol. 45 No. 36 Hi!l AFB, nm- 1 ivnn ni 1 L -- -lf Utah Stpt. 13, 1991 at Hi" AFB, UT 84056-599- Third Class 0 if" 4 - V - " .; . i. 4,,, ' y-,- r J U S Aii forte Pho'us by TSgf Kenneth inron 67th Atrial P,.f Squodr.-.- Basement full of mud Appalling devastation Volunteers from the 67th Aerial Port Squadron help an Ogden resident clear mud and debris from floods caused rainfall last week. More than 8.5 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. by record-breakin- g FWDgtfS'WSi" Aerial Port Squadron members roll up sleeves, shovel out mud by Frances Kosakowsky Hilltop Times staff writer When rains trigmudslides floods and disastrous gered in North Ogden Sunday, the 67th Aerial Port Squadron was there to help. Just before 8 a.m., 34 reservists from the 67th APS were getting organized for a monthly unit training exercise. "We all knew there was flooding and damage caused by the rain," said SMSgt. J.D. Jiron, NCO in charge of the air freight section, "but none of us knew how severely North Ogden and Pleasant View were affected." record-breakin- g According to the Standard Examiner, as many as 1,200 homes in Weber County may have been walls of mud damaged when area. the swept through At least two homes were destroyed and nine sustained major damage from the mudslide, the six-fo- ot de newspaper reported. No personal injuries were reported, but North Ogden, Pleasant View, Harrisville and Farr West all sustained severe flooding. TSgt. Vance Chadez was the one who suggested that the 67th volunteer its help, then the other squadron members agreed. "We took the idea to our commander, Maj. Jerry Park, and he totally approved," Jiron said. "Our tasking for the weekend was nearly finished, so we had time to help without falling Ptf Working in mud up to his armpits. SSgt. Alan Blackner helps a homeowner with the backbreaking job of bailing mud out of his basement. :U(o down on the job." Jiron said before they knew it, they were digging trenches with shovels borrowed from neighbors. "Some of us were up to our armpits in mud, trying to heave buckets of mud out through basement windows," Jiron said. "In the urgency to get there, we didn't want to take the time to change clothes, so we were out there slogging around in our BDUs we shouldn't have been, but we felt an exception could be made under the cir- cumstances. "I was absolutely overwhelmed at the devastation we saw, but I was moved with the way the homeowners were handling the problems," he said. "Those folks are not only tough, but they know how to be cheerful at the same time." Things were going well until about 2 p.m. Then, something happened that caused everyone to stop and pause. O DelSDms "One family's Christmas decorations came floating to the top of the mess in one of the basements," Jiron said. "It was really sad. Those people lost so much." The 67th volunteers worked from 8 a.m. through 5 p.m. The Red Cross came through with some sandwiches and neighbors saw that everyone had enough water to drink. What made the hard work gratifying was the multitude of thank yous from the homeowners. "I watched my people's performance, and they were all outstanding," Jiron said. "Every one of them took their turn in the mud and they all gave their maximum. "I'm totally proud of every man and woman in the unit. The esprit de corps and willingness to help out in an emergency like this makes me feel very humble." For more on the storm, see Page 16. Acute care clinic open to help with sudden illness by Gary Hatch Hilltop Times editor Beginning Monday, people struck by a sudden, illness or injury can seek treatment at Hill AFB's newly created acute care clinic. Recent staffing improvements allow U.S. Air Force Hospital, Hill, to open the clinic, which will enable patients to find relief from rapidly occurring problems without the long wait that often accomvisits to the emergency room. panies non-emergen- cy non-emergen- cy Spit and polish Base cleanup scheduled The clinic is designed specifically to treat acute, problems, said Lt. Col. Gary new hospital commander. For example: A parent, whose child was sent home from school one afternoon with an upset stomach and a slight fever, would have a hard time getting a routine medical appointment at the hospital. And the symptoms don't allow the problem to be classified as an emergency. This is where the acute care clinic can help. Another example: Someone develops a painful Hen-rikse- non-emergen- Corf in Award nominal ion 2849th civil engineers represent AFLC n, backache at 7 p.m. Again, this isn't an emergency, but he or she needs to find relief. "Too often our folks are confronted with these situations," Henriksen said, "and they simply have no recourse but to visit the emergency room, where the wait for problems can be two hours or more. "In the patient's view this represents poor service, and from the medical standpoint it floods the non-emergen- D Please see Hospital, hcadslip issue Update on rsservist activities Page 2. |