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Show "Published In the interest off : News Briefs Promo point hike for subcourse completion the personnel of Du gw ay Proving Ground ' Dugway Proving Ground, Utah Friday, January 11,1980 Johu to be honored at Hail & Fare Well J an. 1 7 0, D) Bank. Newcomers to the Proving Ground to be honored include Maj. Gen. John Koehler who will attend the Headquarters U.S. Army Test and Evalua- tion Command, Capt. Richard E. Gilmore, incoming PTFD director, .and Command Sergeant Major David Bullington. Theme for the nights festivities will be Ski Utah and will feature a cocktail hour recept ion line in honor of Maj. Gen. Koehler beginning at 6 p.m. Dinner will begin at 7 with the activities beginning at 8:30, Dancing from approximately 9 p.m.d to ??? Reservations must lie made by Jan. 5 at the Officers Club.s Cost will be $4.75 per person and will feature a &? roast beef dinner. Coat and tie are required dress for military and civilian men. Thartiks Dugway from USMCL The Utah West Detachment Marine Corps League wishes to thank all those on Dugway that gave toys for our tos for tots program and we wish you all a happy new year. Richard A. Scheese Commandant Utah West Detachment Boy Scout newspaper drive schedule announced Dr. Kings birthday remembrance planned There will be a luncheon in hpnor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his memory on the anniyersaiy ofhis birth, 15 January. The commemorative luncheon will be held at 1 1:30 in the Deseret Room of the Officers Club. A portion of a speech by Dr. King will be played. Speaker for this occasion will be Colonel Charles H. Bay. The entire, community is invited and encouraged to participate. Survey on commissary hours of operation The survey is being extended thru January 31, 1980 to enable holiday returnee DPG Commissary patrons an opportunity to indicate their preference. Forms pertinent to this survey are located on the check Writing desk In the Commissary Store for your convenience. Please note that only authorized persons may participate and responses a r limited to one per family: To ensure your preference is counted place form in box provided, give to a member of the Commissary Staff or mail to the Commissary Officer, P. O. Box . 505, Dugway, Utah 84022. j Aliens must report in January p Aliens in the Armed Forces and Service members f with alien relatives living in the United States are reminded that the Immigration and Nationality Act requires all aliens in the United States and its possessions, with few exceptions, to report their addresses to the Attorney General during the month of January. . ' Aliens temporarily absent from the United States during the month of January should not report their yaddresses but do so within d0 days after their return tothis country. Cards formaking this report are available at any U.S. Post Office during the month of January and at offices of the Immigration and Naturalization Service after 31 Jan. 80. When the alien has filled in all 'items, they should sign the card, place a stamp on the reverse side and drop it in any mail box. Attention family housing Bert and Lynn Johns. What is Dugway, what makes it tick? These are questions weve all pon- dered at one time or another and questions .whose answers arent easy k to find. This is the first in a series of articles which will examine the various directorates and activities at DPG so that each of us who lives and works here may have a better understanding of who and what exactly makes this place operate. - FIRST OF ALL, everyone 'asks when they arrive at Dugway why this place is so far (43 miles) from the nearest town. When Dugway was conceived in 1942, thr military had a need for an area where strange new weapons could be tested in the open air. Major John R. Bums found this place and proclaimed it ideally suited for that purpose. History has proven the soundness of Bums' decision time and time again. A. myriad of toxic chemical weapons and other weapons vious waste of electricity. The cost of utilities and fuel is going higher almost daily and this sort of neglect is costly to the government and may eventually have to be passed on to you. Turn off outside lights. The Veterans Administration said today that military personnel planning to use VA benefits within 60 days should obtain carbon copies pf discharges or release certificates at the time they are separated from active duty. The agency said presentation of Copy number four of the discharge or Eric Yeary, five year old son of SSG Dim Yeary who works at the Military personnel and his wife, is now the proud owner of a new wheelchair that he picked up last Friday at the Tooele Transcript Bulletin offices. i mission. release certificate will assure prompt processing of benefit applications. ' The new discharge or release certificate, which went into use Oct. 1, 1979, does not indicate the character of service or type of separation but this information appears on the fourth carbon copy of the certificate. In gen- eral, eligibility for VA Benefits re- - see how the mutually-supportin- g pieces of the Dugway Team . fit e of some serious thought and consideration as .to its advantages and disadvantages both to Dugway and its workforce. What is Flextime basically it is a program introduced to promote better efficiency and morale in a workforce by allowing a less rigid duty-hoschedule - flexible working time. It was designed to accomodate the unexpected emergencies that arise life thereby permitting us to mainin our tain an productive work day and still keep that appointment. It does not provide for that extra hours sleep in the morning however. Discretion would have to reign high in the employee to make Flextime a successful program. five-year-o- ld day-to-d- That is where we need your help in determining the possibility utilization of a successful workjng program. NAGE has. undertaken the task to poll the Dugway workforce to determine its preferences and needs in the possible implementation of Flextime or a week plan. Heres your opporday, to voice your opinion by adding your comtunity ments. But dont delay, comments must be com pleted and returned to NAGE R14-- 9 by the 15th of January 1980 in order that they can be presented to 'the Command for consideration. Remember this is only a survey. Comment sheets may be picked up from any R14-- 9 officer steward. All employes military and civilian are encouraged to get a questionnaire and get it in. All parts of the community will be affected by this so we need your input. Ask any civilian supervisor who your local R14-- 9 steward officer is. 10-ho- ur 4-d- ay . Mustangs win 14 th straight - --- ft states number one team in 1-- ft ft A competition,, kept their winning ft ft . , .. . Brown fouled out in the third .quarter and Jimmy Van Leeuwen was called on by Coach George Bruce to guard Tintics 65 center. That, quarter ended with the Mustangs leading by 7. Eric Van Liere racked up 17 points as the Mustangs leading scorer in the garnet while Greg Brown got 14, Mike McCurdy 7 and Paul Mohammed 6. Friday, January lkf the Mustang travel to Tabiona. Dugway earlier defeated. them by a score of 88 to 47. The next home game will be Friday, January 18 with a tough Duchesne quintet. The following week, January. 25, the Mustangs will face what could be their toughest opponent of the season when they meet 3rd ranked St. Joe. To add to the difficulty of the assign-- . ment the game will be played on t. Joes home court. . really like, to thank the n, tions system for hearing impaired youngsters to the Oquirrh Hills Tintic scored the first bucket of the game, Dugway tied it up and went ahead, never relinquishing the lead. At the end of the first stanza the Mustangs had. built a 9 point, 21 to 12 lead. In the second quarter Greg Brown, the teams leading scorer was benched in foul trouble, still the half ended with the Mustangs leading 33 toil. . . - ft ft a -- Eric Yeary poses In his new wheelchair by writers herein are their own and are not to be considered an official expression by the Department of the Army. The appearance of advertisements u J : The Mustangs, now rated by both Salt Lake City newspapers as the - the Shriners, and whoever that lady and that group was who gave us the turkey and ham, we still dont know who they were but all of these people sure made this the best of holidays for me and my fami- a pf y Yeary concluded, Those who would like to help the Benefit Fund may do so at any time by contacting the paper in Tooele. This years fund which so far has netted over $14200 and in addition to Erics wheelchair was used to donate a Phonic Ear wireless communica- I. i - The military services routinely Benefit Fund, . School. i 4-d- ay 10-ho- ur send VA another carbon of the certificate, containing the eligibility information, but this copy normally does not reach the local VA offifce within the time many veterans apply for benefits. , would do Someone notified the Bulletin anonymously that Yeary has a need, and the Transcript-Bulleti- n Benefit fund responded. Just before we went on leave. some lady rang the doorbell and hand-ed us a package containing a turkey and a ham which floored us, and after returning, finding out that he was going to get the wheelchair really flabbergasted us. SSG Yeary was stationed at White Sands Missile Range as the Game Warden when Eric was bom. Young Eric was bom two months premature and weighed jusf 4 lbs. at birth. The doctors at Beaumont Medi- - . That leads us to another alternative to flextime'-th- e 10-- 4 plan. Its the new program introduced tin some installations providing a day, week to its employees. There again, this program deserves some serious thought as to the advantages and disadvantages it could present to its employees. We can all see the advantages of the 10-- 4 plan such as a three-da- y weekend every week and the saving of finances in the reduced operational expenses not to mention the saving of leave time both sick and an nual by utilizing that 5 day week. But questions such as what hours would the program entail, working mothers concern for child care, the commuters longer day and remote site pay reduction should be recognized and considered.!- quires discharge or release from service under other than dishonorable will probably defy them again, and t walk. Id ay ur 9. Eric defied the oddsmakers in the hospital mice, and with the continued helpof the Shiinen, people like those in the Oquirrh Hills School, and good people like those who dotted to the Transcript-Bulleti- li together. We hope you will enjoy this series and we welcome, your comments on them. Yeary added. Transcript-Bulleti- n , ur cal Center gave him little chance to live, but Eric hung mi. Today Eric terrorizes the house in that wheel- chair, it doesnt really keep him from doing many of the things a normal vibrant t - streak going with a 50 to 42 win over the Tintic Miners on Wednesday, Jan. Yeary first learned of the donation on Jan. 4. I was really happy to learn I d no longer have to pay the $24 per month it was costing me to rent one. Eric has suffered from Cerebral Palsy since birth. His doctors say with continued treatment Eric has a 50-5-0 chance of walking. . .someday according to Yeary. Published by the Transcript-Bulleti- n Publishing Company, a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Army. Opinions expressed V.1 teamwork chain that enables the proving ground to perform its each directorate and office works as a link in the teamwork chain, we will examine each in detail. The first directorate to be examined in our series will be Material Test (MT). We will break MT down and explain how each division or office contributes toward the common test goal. The first three divisions that will appear are Test Design and Analysis Division, Range Control and Cost Estimate. The Chemical Laboratory and Environmental and Life Sciences will be next in our continuing series. Following issues of the Sampler will look at other directorates. In thisway, everyone will have the opportunity to Weve all heard of Flextime and the four-da- y af week, and its a possiblefour-da-implementation week is worthy y and the Dugwayr-Flextim- NCOs son benefits from donors Transcript-Bulleti- n . W IN ORDER to understand how systems have been tested here over the past 29 years with a remarkable safety record. The testing, now severely limited by environmental concerns, goes on and, thanks to sophisticated technology, remains as effective as ever. Many new projects are worked here each dayto ensure that our chemical warfare deterrent is as effective as ever arid that thJJidnical and biolo-gical defenses we provide our troops are the most effective and reliable that can be obtained. Testing is a oolAanH impersonal term with little hint as to the many people and untold hours that go into each phase of every test. At last count there were some 2,300 residents and employees at Dugway. Each one of these is an invaluable link in the D week Discharge copy for VA bennies w There are far too many occupants who are leaving their outside lights on during the day. This is an four-da- y Bert Johns, retired director of Plans and Programs and his wife Lynn, most recently retired from the Comptroller office, will be among those honored at a Hail and Farewell at the Officers Club Jan. 17. Also to be honored from the military side of the house will be outgoing Director of Personnel, Training and Force Development (PT-FMaj. Vincent Vukelich and his wife. Elizabeth who works at First Security According to a recent TECOM message, the revised promotion point worksheet (DA form 3355) allows soldiers to earn one point for every five credit hours of completed correspondence course work, a 300increase over the last sheet. Soldiers cap enroll in correspondence courses by the Army Corresponselecing from DA Pam 351-2dence Course Catalog and sending a course enrollment application through channels to: Army Institute for Professional Development, US Army Training Support Center, Newport News VA 23628. The next pickup day for recycjeable newspapers and magazines will lie Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1980. Please have. your paper on the curb by 5 p.m. that day. Pickup day from now on will be the first Tuesday of each month. jib ese papers are picked up by the two Boy Scout trobps on post and sold to recycle centers. Your, contribution helps cover operating expenses of the Boy Scout program and also helps conserve timber which is a valuable natural resource." Flextime vs. a woftwow in this publication Lot not constitute an endorsement by the Department of the Army of the products or services advertised. I .Vi, ' - |
