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Show - rriHBrnfi llYf ' 'isl r',' ' 2JOcp, Kids design 2000 Swing shift bus may be eliminated trash monsters The Utah Transit Authority is considering eliminating a swing shift bus route from North Ogden to Hill AFB. A public hearing will be held May 18 on the bus trip that leaves from 2550 N. Highway 89 in North Ogden at 2:03 p.m. Comments from affected riders, transportation providers and locally elected officials will be heard during the trip. A translator for the hearing impaired will be provided by contacting Michelle Cox, accessibility Ext. 3536, at least five coordinator, at before the hearing. working days Written comments may also be made and sent to Karla Rigby, Service Department Planner, Utah Transit Authority, P.O. Box 30810, Salt Lake City 84130-081to krigbyuta.cog.ut.us or by or www.rideuta.com. Telephone comments may be made by calling Ext. UTA Service Development at 2356. Ext. or 2356, comments must be Written, telephone and received by May 25 to be part of the public hearing record. The route elimination is being considered due to low ridership and excessive costs. by Mary Galbraith Hilltop Times staff Hill kids recently spent time making ugly trash mon- sters that helped beautify the base in conjunction with Earth Day and the Month of the Military Child. The bags were used to collect trash between the Family Support Center and Centennial Park. Kids spent a little over an hour on a slightly damp Saturday. Chloe Murphy associDuring the pick-u- p ated the trash pick-u- p with an Easter Egg hunt and asked what time organizers got up to hide the trash. Carole Beasley, event organizer, said the trash pick-u- p helped young children understand the importance of Earth Day and living in a clean environment It was a dirty little job but we had fun and I hope the kids think twice now before they throw a gum wrapper on the ground on their way home from school, said six-year-o- Photos by Mary Galbraith and Justine Tyner Laura Henderson and Martin Murphy, both 10, above, work on trash monsters in conjunction with Earth Day and the Month of the Military Child. ld Beasley. While the base was fairly trash free, the kids collected several handfuls of cigarette butts. She said some of the older children competed for trash, racing to fill up their bags. Beasley added that making the trash bags ahead of time helped the kids get excited about the activity and the clean-u-p helped children under-stan- d the consequences of littering and benefits of recycling and properly disposing of waste. Other Family Support Center staffers involved were Carol Wheeler and Bonnie Parker. Wheeler said encouraging the kids to make their own trash bags got them more involved in the process. Parker 627-350- 0, The bags were used to collect trash on base between the Family Support Center and Centennial Park. 627-350- e-m-ail Beasley said the event, sponsored by EMAssist, finished with kids, parents and organizers meeting at a Centennial Park for cookout with hamburgers and hot dogs. Thursday night craft activities were held throughout April at the Family Support Center, Bldg. 308N. The center hosts free kid craft nights and activities the second Thursday of each month. The next activity, creating teacher appreciation gifts, is May 11 at 5 p.m. For details, Hearing tests Saturday at Occupational Health Military beneficiaries can obtain a hearing screening at the Hill AFB Occupational Health Clinic, Bldg. 249, on Saturday as part of the National Day of Hearing Testing. Maj. Iinda Ruckriegel, base audiologist, will provide the hearing screenings in Room 167 from 8 a.m.--2 p.m. Military ID cards are required. Vouchers good for May and information about hearing loss will also be avail- call Ext. Challenge tests wartime skills Team score at 960 Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency Public Affairs Readiness Challenge TYNDALL AFB, Fla. (AFPN) Civil Air Force is back. The biennial Engineer, Services and Chaplain Service combat and contingency skills competition began Saturday and concludes Friday. The event was cancelled just 10 days before it was scheduled to begin last year, as it became apparent the Allied air war against Serbian forces would require additional combat support including chaplains, civil engineers and Services members. Lt Col. Wayland Patterson, project officer for the competition said Readiness Challenge is a great way to assess the ability of teams to set up and maintain support operwartime field conditions, includations under bare-bascamp with ing setting up components of a living quarters, work areas, water and food service. Events cover abroad spectrum of wartime skills from force beddown to base recovery. Chaplain competitors are tested on their ability to serve the spiritual and counseling needs of military members in a contingency environment The competition features 12 U.S. teams representing each of the Air Forces major commands, two direct reporting units and the Air National Guard. They will be joined by teams from Canada, the United Kingdom, Norway and Japan. e, self-sufficie- nt U.S. teams Major Commands 366th Wing, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho Air Combat Command 3 14th Airlift Wing, Little Rock Air Education and T raining Command AFB, Ark. Air Force Materiel Command Utah . Hill AFB 5-d- ay 81 Q High 49Q Low Partly cloudy m. 90th Space Wing, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo. Air Force Space Command 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, Calif. Air Mobility Command Pacific Air Forces 3rd Wing, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Laken-heatUnited States Air Forces in Europe United Kingdom 16th Special Operations Wing, Air Force Special Operations Command . Hurlburt Field, Fla. 927th Air Refueling Wing, Selfridge Air Air Force Reserve Command National Guard Base, Mich. (The team includes members from the 910th Airlift Wing, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, and the 934th Airlift Paul Air Reserve Station, Minn.) Wing, Minneapolis-Sa h. Direct reporting units 11th Wing, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, District of Columbia D.C. 10th Air Base Wing, USAF Acad- United States Air Force Academy emy, Colo. , , Air National Guard 134th Air Refueling Wing, McGhee Tyson ANG Base, Tenn. 14 Airfield Engineering Squadron, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia Canada United Kingdom 48 Field Squadron (Air Support) , Waterbeach, Cam- Japan Norway Kouku-Shisetsut- ai (Air Civil Engineering), Tokyo Base Defense Group, Camp Kolsas venient for travelers who dont want to worry about writing checks and it gives them assurance their bills have been paid. Air Force members who do not have the government travel card should contact their area program coordinator or base comptroller office for an application. Weber stressed applications need to bp filled out com weather outlook 71- - High 47Q Partly cloudy vjvA7.airfield-ops.hiil.af.milosivAveatii- pletely and signed by the area program coordinator to avoid slowing down bank processing and delaying receipt of a card. More information on the government Visa travel card and Air Force policy on its use are available online at the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Financial Management and Comptroller Web site. er Low 75Q High 50Q Low 78Q High 509 Low Partly cloudy Partly cloudy ng non-prof- it International teams bridge The National Day of Hearing Testing is sponsored by SHIIH Self Help for Hard of Hearing People aspart of Better Speech and Hearing Month and as away to eradicate the stigma of admitting a hearing problem. People with hearing loss wait an average of seven years before seeking help and 75 percent of people who could benefit from hearing aids arent using them. By age 65, one out of three people has a hearing loss and 33 newborns go home everyday with a hearing loss. ,, Retired Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, M.D., is the spokesman for the National Day of HearingTesting. Collaborators include AARP; Academy of Dispensing Audiologists; American Academy of Audiology; American and Neck Surgery, Academy of Otolaryngology-Hea- d Association; American Inc.; EMM Creative; and the Deafness Research Foundation; National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health. Event sponsors are Hearing Industries Association; Phonak; Starkey Laboratories Inc., Oticon and Motorola. More than 2,000 Hearing Health Providers have joined with SHHH to donate their services and in some cases their offices to conduct free hearing screenings. Locations offering hearing screenings on Saturday are listed on the SHHH web page, www.shhh.org. national orgaFounded in 1979, SHHH is a the nization dedicated to enhance quality of life for people who are hard of hearing. Located in Bethesda, Md., it is the largest international consumer association of its kind. For more details, contact Ruckriegel at Ext Speech-Language-Heari- L 75th Air Base Wing, Hill AFB, See Card, page 1 dollar amount on their travel voucher, for finance to send directly to Bank of America to pay their credit card balance. Using split disbursement lets finance send the bank what you owe them and have the rest of your travel pay deposited directly into your designated bank account, Weber said. I think thats con able. As of Tuesday night, the AFMC team, from Hill AFBs 75th Air Base Wing, had scored 960 points in nine competition areas. The team had 12 areas remaining. The Air National Guard team from the 134th Air Refueling Wing, McGhee Tyson ANG Base, Tenn., had the , highest score 1,246 in 10 areas. Results are posted on the Readiness Challenge web site, www.afcesa.af.milReadinessChallenge SCORE-BOARD.ht- 0, 262-562- 6, said the event so much fun, they plan to make the cleanup an annual activity. Parker noted that children intently listened as adults talked about the many benefits of recycling, including using it as an energy source. by Tech. Sgt. Michael A. Ward e-m- ail 0; 75Q High 46Q Low Sunny |