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Show Published in the interest of the personnel of Dugway Proving ; Gro January 27, 1983 , Dugway, Utah Sec Detf ejipOaoiras DOO pay policy Flea market to be held tomorrow t The next flea market will be held tomorrow, January 28, at the Post Gym from 2 to 6 p.m. There will be a $1 registration fee for each table. If you have any questions, please call Dorothy or Vera at ext. 2278. , Reagan increasing military pay by 14.3 percent carried out that promise. For the first time in a decade, military pay was again competitive. Since then, the combination of greatly reduced in- , , : ; - , . Home computer enthusiasts are invited to the Desefet Room upstairs in the Community Club on Wednesday, February 2 at 7 p.m. A meeting will be held to determine if there is enough interest among Dugway residents to form a home computer association. You need not own a home computer to attend. All who are interested are welcome. At least one home computer will be on display. Communication workshop offered Do you have trouble communicating with your teenager? Have you ever had problems expressing your, ideas? Pony Express Toastmasters will be conducting a communication workshop for the Dugway community beginning Feb. 18. Classes will be held at the Community Club from 9:30 -11:00 Friday mornings. The workshop, called Speechcraft, lasts for eight weeks and the cost is $ib. Anyone wno is interested in improving communication skills is welcome to attend. Club President Connie Rupp said, "Workshop participants will have the opportunity to improve their communication skills in thinking, listening and speaking. This class can help anyone interested in because our ability to communicate relates to all aspects of our lives from career advancement to personal satisfaction." Class size will be limited so anyone interested must preself-improvem- -- ' fense, but all beneficiaries of the federal programs, including Social Security recipients, to give up some or all of the planned pay increases for next year. This is necessary to help reduce the deficit in an effort to restore our nation's economy to longr term real growth. Difficult decisions had to be made to achieve an $11 billion tion in the defense budget without severe adverse impacts on our programs to restore the combat strength of U.S. military forces.. This decision was made very reluctantly by the president, and we all share his disappointment because this administration came into office committed to making military pay competitive with private sector pay. The Uniformed Services Pay Act of 1981 signed by President flation rates, the FY 1983 pay raise, and income tax re-- ductions have halted erosion vtQ the value of military pay. FY 1984. The deficits have made it necessary not only for all government employees, including everyone in the Department of De- Computer enthusiasts invited to meeting . Recently, you may have read about the overwhelming budget deficits facing the government this year and next, and the president's decision that there will be no annual cost of living pay raise for all military and fed- eral civilian employees in The president and 1 have that the ex-press- ed particular regret e government-wid- pay cap for next year had to apply. to the military too. The president and I are well aware and deeply apprecia- ' - tive of your dedication and commitment to the defense of our nation. The overwhelming soviet threat does not permit us to slow the momentum in our efforts to provide you the . necessary modern, equip- ment, training and sustainability to be a viable, deterrent military force, no matter how many others may in- sist that the "defense budget must be cut regardless of the results." Our goal is to do everything we can to ensure that no American must make the ultimate sacrifice in the defense of our nation. In my two years as Secretary of Defense, I have continuously admired the outstanding efforts you are making in the interest of national security. Your professionalism and dedication are exemplary. You are essential to the protection of this na- lion's freedoms and the security of the free world. You can. be assured that I will continue to press for priate financial and moral recognition of your efforts, and that I will strongly urge that the 1985 budget provide for the full recovery of the pay cap in 1984. Signed: Casper W. Weinberger register. For information about the Speechcraft program, contact Connie Rupp at or the Speechcraft Coordinator Georgia Stewart at 2897. Housing rates now final, leases ready Ch 2 airs Dugway segment Feb. 16 by SSG Phil Hale 884-691- 4 PM Magazine, seen locally at 6:30 p.m. on Channel 2 will air a segment filmed here and at South Willow Canyon featuring a group of youngsters learning rappelling from their parents at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 16. Past and present Dugwayites to whoop it up . 0 The "Dugway Survivors, an organization of former Dugway and Deseret Test Center employees and servicemen, are planning their annual dinnerdance at the Officer's Club at Fort Douglas. According to word received from the organization's president Jerry Corwin, the event is scheduled for February 19. The dinner, roast baron of beef, will be served at 8, a business meeting at 7 and there will be dancing starting about 9. Tickets are $8.50 each. Corwin says everyone is invited, including persons presently stationed or employed at Dugway. Auto Crafts Shop levies new fees Effective January 24, all vehicles and recreational equipment left inside the Auto Crafts Shop overnight, work being done on it, will be charged a fee of $5 per day. After two days of charged fees, the vehicle will be removed from the bay. All vehicles and recreational equipment left in the fenced area of Bldg. No. 5802 will be charged a fee of $1 per day.. Maximum number of days a vehicle may remain in the fenced area is thirty days. While engines left in the engine bay, not worked on each day, will be charge a fee of $ per day. For more information, call Mike at 2654. Housing Rales occupants is significantly less than that first published in the letter to housing occu- .. v .d&. pants.!. The large chart shows a ' breakdown of how the housing money paid by civilian quarters occupants is figured. As can be seen by the chart, utility charges assessed are significantly lower than would be charged a comparable unit in town. Where air conditioning is indicated, this figure has units that have it, not to been applied only to those everyone. Because of work backlog in several areas, the new lease forms were delayed but they are now read for your signature. Hie deadline for signing the new leases extended from Feb. 10 to close of business Feb. 13. Note that rates are not broken e of the difficulty in prorating the costs, however, the rates do reflect the same $45 transportation allowance as is afforded fa- has-bee- n non-house-keepi- ng down-becaus- mily housing occupants. Misc. Utilities include: Water, Sewer, Garbage, Garage, Carport andor outside storage Soldier of the quarter New Exercise programs being conducted There are several exercise programs currently being conducted at Dugway, and these programs are free and open to anyone interested. The morning program is for women and is held on Tuesdays and THursdays from 9 to 10:30 a.m.; baby sitting is provided for a minimal fee. , The evening progfam is held every Mondy and Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Building 5140. For more information about the morning program, call Terry at 2269 and for information concerning the evening program, call Vera at 2278 or Kathy Mew Family the last Sampler, the final rate increase for civilian quarters As predicted in Non-Housekeep- ing Rates at 3487. CBers note, base stations there to help t Several base stations in Tooele County are available for a casual chat, or, in case of emergency, regularly monitor their respective channels. In Terra, try calling Cowboy Base on Channel 22 or Willow Springs try Leatherneck Base (3 gueses who that is) on Channel 19. In Tooele, Tumbleweed Base will give you a hand, he operantenates in the evenings on Channel 19 and usually has hisGrants-viUe can from pick you up na pointed at the interstate and to 21st South. The Sampler would be glad to publicize any CB base station handles and channels, give us a call (landline) at 2116. Publishing Company, a private Published by the Transcript-Bulleti- n firm In no way connected with the Department of the Army. Opinions ex i . pressed by the writers herein are their own and are not to be considered an official expression by the Department of the Army. The appearance of SP4 RICHARD MC DANIEL was selected as the Dugway Proving Ground Soldier of the Quarter for the first quarter of 1983. The first time selectee is from Minneapolis, Minn, and is a member of the Met Team. A certificate of Achievement was given on 19 Jan. 1983 by CoL Carruth. We offer our congratulations to Sp4 McDaniel. advertisements Inserts In this publication does not constitute endorsement by the Department of the Army. .. - |