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Show -- Ts-'ins --- -- -- "S rrairilriTrt'lrTr MU - - Hilltop,: September 28, 2000 r. award winners, discuss future military con- tioning areas that wiil be graded, as well as the struction projects on base, provide an update on preparations and expectations for the base. Attendance is mandatory for all military offithe Depot Maintenance Workload Contract and 1 mention the upcoming Combined Federal Cam- cers, military and civilian supervisors, and Four sessions of Commanders Call will be held Oct. 5 in the Base Theater, Bldg. 441. Maj. Gen. Scott Bergren, Ogden ALC commander, will address the sessions at 7 a.m., 9 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. A sign language interpreter will be pro- GS-1- and above civilian supervisors (or the equivalent). All base employees and tenant organizations paign. Bergren will also stress the importance of the Oct. 8 Operational Readiness Exercise, men vided during the 9 a.m. session. In his remarks, Bergren will recognize recent are also invited to attend. 10-1- Award honors EEO counselor by Gary Boyle Hilltop Times To some talk is cheap, to Equal Employment Opportunity counselor James Shelton communication is golden. As this years Air Force Distinguished EEO Complaint System Counselor award winner, Shelton has provided assistance to countless Hill AFB employees and managers in resolving unpleasant situations. Many times people come into this office, even without an EEO issue, and all they want is to be heard. They are flustered and we try to be that empathetic ear, Shelton said. And a lot of times that is all they want and they leave this office satisfied. Shelton personally processed over 125 complaints last year and is a major part of Hill EEOs astounding 90 percent plus resolution rate. A key way of resolving these sticky issues is through mediation, of which Shelton is something of an overachiever, serving in 80 such interactions last year, the most of any counselor in the Air Force. Its a great way to resolve disputes, Shelton said of mediation. It saves a lot of turmoil in the work place, because sometimes when EEO complaints are going on people tend to choose sides and there can be a lot of turmoil in the work place while the complaint is active. Mediation most certainly resolves cases faster and the sooner a complaint is resolved the better off everybody is. The process of mediation brings the complainant Photo by Gary Boyle Arthur Lofton presents Ed Hawkins a check for $2,500 to help build the Utah Aviation Hall of Fame on behalf of Northrop Grumman. Donations help Hill Aerospace Museum projects by Gary Boyle Hilltop Times staff The Hill Aerospace Museum took a financial step forward Thursday to adding its Utah Aviation Hall of Fame with a donation of $2,500 from Northrop Grumman. The company joins Boeing and Tlokol as sup- porters of the museums effort. As members of the base and community, we feel it is our responsibility to be an active part of the community and what is going on here, said Arthur Lofton site manager of Hill AFB Operations Air Combat Systems for Northrop Grumman. I personally feel you cant just come in do the job and leave. You have to support the community because thats what it is all about. Designs for the hall of fame have been completed since Governor Mike Leavitt named the Order of the Daedalians the official sponsor. Only money has slowed the orders efforts to build the shrine to Utahs aviation elite, which currently has 13 members. If we could find a few more generous companies like Northrop Grumman, Thiokol and Boeing we might be able to have the Aviation Hall of Fame open by next year, said Ed Hawkins who represented the Daedalians at the ceremony. Hawkins could easily find himself one of the inductees. A retired USAF Col. Hawkins helped bomb the Nazi menace into obliteration during World War II, completing over 30 missions as a 7 Flying Fortress pilot. He also took part in the Berlin Airlift, bringing needed food and supplies when the communists tried to cut the city off in the from the free world and went on to fly Vietnam conflict. B-1- C-4- 7s . . staff ? Family, from page 1 directly to yofamwpafb.af.mil. I promise you that each and every piece of feedback that we receive will be answered in a timely fashionI hope the leaders at each AFMC base will follow suit and develop their own YOFAM Websites with a similar feedback issues. loop to handle My YOFAM team and I have already started to explore a variety of initiatives focused on improving the AFMC familys quality of life. Some of them: Form focus groups composed of married and single military personnel, family members and civilian employees designed to identify quality of life concerns and potential improvements. celebrations in conjuncAssist with base-wid- e tion with Military Family Week in November and Spouse Appreciation Day in May. Develop an orientation course to help new spouses of military members learn about the lifestyle, culture and customs of the armed services. base-specif- ic Band, from page 1 know any musicians here, Mendoza said. We play a big variety of music, top 40, oldies but goodies, country and western; and Latin music. If they dont know how to play Latin music, well teach them. We mix it up and try to please everybody. We play too, Martinez said. What we need now is an accordion player. The guys dont know what the future holds for their band but they are willing to play the tune the future Bar-Mitzva- hs holds. We hope to keep the band together and play some James Shelton and management to an open discussion on how to resolve the issue at hand the mediator acts as a neutral third party, doing nothing more than insuring positive communication flow while providing no input or judgement on either party. If an agreement is reached it is then put on to paper and processed by the legal office then signed by all the parties involved and thus becomes a legal binding document. A member of the Hill AFB team since 1966, Shelton moved up to EEO Specialist in 1988. Sheltons selfless efforts and administrative efficiency often go unnoticed by the 8,000 civilian workers on base, but thanks to Sheltons creativity and objectivity he has made the EEO office an effective instrument for the Ogden Air Logistics Center. I like the variety the job offers. Its very rewarding helping people resolve their disputes, Shelton said. Implement a Squadron Commanders Spouses Course starting in December to help the spouses of new squadron commanders understand their spouses new responsibilities. Establish teen forums and youth focus groups to help us address the quality of life concerns of our younger family members. Distribute information about TRI CARE and other helping agencies through development of pocket-guide- s. Explore adding reserved parking spots for expectant mothers at such base facilities as the commissary, base exchange and hospital. This is just our starting lineup. Your feedback will help us select the next wave of initiatives; their scope is limited only by your imagination. I am sincerely dedicated to improving the AFMC Familys quality of life, but I need your help to make this happen. Your feedback and input are absolutely critical. Together, we can make a difference. other base functions, Herrera said, who like many others in the band have a few decades before retirement from the civil service, insuring musical members on Hill for years to come. As the fiesta crowd mingled and mixed food with fancy foot work on the dance floor Martinez had only one complaint. We wish we had more time to play. Look at all these people, Martinez lamented. Three hours is too short we need three days. To contact the band for a hip gig, call toe-tappi- Mendoza at ng 779-395- 5. 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