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Show Dugway, Utah Published in tiie interest of tlie personnel of Dugway Proving Ground Thursday, Aug. 9, 1984 Wear Ye! Wear Ye! NAGE picnic campout TOWN MEETING scheduled On August 10, 11 and 12 the Dugway local of National Association of Government 'Employees Union (NAGE will hold its annual picniccampout at Clover Creek. As usual the picnic is free for active or retired members and their families. The picnic will be at 1:00 p.m. and will feature games and races for the kids. There is also a prize drawing for camping gear and tickets will be available at R-14-- Monday, August 20 4:30 p.m. 9) the picnic. Post Theater Elementary school registration Registration for all new. students will be held August 22nd and 23rd from 9:00 to 3:00. We will need school records andor report card and current immunization records. Children entering kindergarten must be five years old on or before September 1, 1984. They must have an official examination, and all immunizations brought up to date. The lunchroom manager will be at the school during registration to sign up students wishing to be on the lunch pledge for the coming year. Free and reduced meal programs will be available again this year. Classwork begins September 4, 1984 for all students. This is your chance to contribute to a community exchange of ideas designed to make life better at Dugway. This meeting will be an open forum for you and your neighbors to get to know Col. Nydam. cans Paper-aluminu- m . . ALL employees and Family members needed for troop support that he has set aside some space in HHC for bundled newspapers and aluminum cans that the company will collect. The money derived from recycling the paper and aluminum will be used to pay for renovations to the troop din- 22 years of service to DPG ing facility and day room. Anyone who would like to donate these items should drop them off at HHC (Ware Barracks). For more information contact Sp4 Pedro Lugo at 3535 Craft ..Director .. m or4201. by SFC Phil Hale New Child Development Michael G. (Mike) The following new rates for child care in the Child Development Center will be effective 4 September 1984: Hourly rate for 1st child - $1.00 (meals extra) Hourly rate for 2nd child - $ .80 (meals extra) Daily rate for 1st child - $10.00 (meals included) Daily rate for 2nd child - $7.50 (meals included) Weekly rate for 1st child - $40.00 (meals included) Weekly rate for 2nd child - $30.00 (meals included) Breakfast $.65 Lunch - $85 To obtain daily rate, child must be in the Center nine hours or more. Shopping for a child safety seat? Safety office has information on rental sites, use and care, anchoring and tethering (installation) and how to choose the best type for your car. Call 5317 or stop by the Safety Office. on his career. "I tried to quit about eight to years later; again to returndeCalifornia. When the real cision time came, I stayed." What does Mike remember among Ids major accomplishments? He and a couple of soldiers started the auto craft shop. "It used to be the post beer hall, Mike explained. "Then it was a motor pool for . . Club. This month: Buffet, Installation of v. V ' i , the smoke generator unit. Today you can do almost anything with your car, we have the latest engine, analyzer. - f WJasoian retires . friends, and that's what I'll miss ipost," Mike stated. "A couple of years ago, I asked Tommy, my son, if he wouldnt like to move into Mike's. How does he size them up? "General Anderson's not as Then it daWned on me this was the only school he ever haven't all been in the skill development center. He and his wife, Marie, have been active members of the Protestant congregation since they arrived. Marie has been the Salt Lake. He said no, hed rather finish school here. lfnpw,w "Well be in Salt Lake," he continued. "I'll get a part time job and we have a home there. Tommy's in the University and wont be .far away. "Another thing Ill miss is the compactness of every- thing. Here I could pop over to the gym for a game or drop by the bowling alley for a snack, and Ill miss that," Mike continues. Mike is noted for his handball prow- rac-quetballa- nd ' electronic wheel balancer, and tire changer penumatic two lifts." "One of the things that has kept us here is the people . . we've made a lot of I ess, frequently challenging and beating opponents one third his 66 year age. "Capti Garza and I used to play ever chance we got. Our wives thought we had something going for awhile, we played so often." In the past couple of years, the TECOM Commanders have been opponents of Koehler was," Mike stated, "but he's still better good-a- s than I am! Mike's contributions administrator for the chaplain, and Mike has been the scoutmaster and scout committee chairman for Troop(s) 517, a stalwart tenor and bass in the choir, and many other programs. Mike's musical talents will be sorely missed. He plays the baritone horn or euphonium and was instrumental in starting and keeping alive the community band here. "Im in the Hill Air Force Base Community Band and the Shrine Band in Salt Lake City, Mike states. "I'll stay active in both. Salt Lakes gain is definitely our loss. We'll miss all the things Mike has helped us achieve over the years, and we wish him the best of luck in all of his future endeavors. chanciss back to USAMC Department of the Army announced the redesignation of its Materiel Development and Readiness Command, with headquarters in Alexandria, Va., to the U.S. Army It was established August 1, 1962, as the Army Materiel Comniand and was redesignated in 1976 the U.S. Army Materiel Development and The command will continue the same mission, which is to research, develop, procure and support weapons and equipment at 64 installations in the United States and overseas. The command has about 120,000 military and civilian personnel. Published by the Transcript-Bulleti- n Publishing Company, a private firm In no way connected with the Department of the Army. Opinions SVJike DARCORI Materiel Command, effective August 1. . Retired Enlisted Assoc, to meet officers, special guests and slide presentation of 1984 TREA Convention.held in Las Vegas in July. .. "I've been in the same job ever since." "Back in those days I used to know most of the troops in the barracks, but not anymore, they have other interests," he continues, reflecting Safety seat info available 1984-8- 5 A list "We were on our way to California when we spotted tiie article. By the time we got to Dugway, we were tired and we liked what we saw so we stayed," Mike said. -- The Retired Enlisted Association monthly meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on August 14 at the TEAD Community Maso-ia- n, director of Dugways Skill Development Center for the past 22 years, retired Aug. 3. Mike came to Dugway in June 1962 after reading an announcement in the Salt Lake paper that Dugway needed a recreation specia- Center rates Soldiers will receive a personal 'message from the Army Chief of Staff in August urging that they exercise their right to vote. Through the message, the Army hopes to encourage the early registration so soldiers will qualify to vote in office and finance The election. accounting presidential will deliver the message with August leave and earnings statements. The message is: The right to vote is one of our most cherished civil liberties. On November 6 we and our families, by exercising this right, will help elect the next President of the United States. We will also help elect over 500,000 public officials at the federal, state and local level. The Secretary of the Army and I strongly encourage you to vote. By voting we fulfill our obligation as .citizens of this great nation and express our opinions on the issues and the. ranriirifltpg in a meaningful way. For assistance, see your voting officer. (ARNEWS) authorized). (JiJmin HHC Commander Mansel A. Nelson announced today Gen. Wickham urges soldiers to exercise their right to vote are welcome to attend. Readiness Command (DAR-COM- ). A distinction was made, at that, time, between the development mission and logistics support as the Army prepared for a massive materiel modernization following the Vietnam era. - The redesignation is the culmination of five years of examination and organizational change to strengthen the Armys management of expressed by the writers herein are their own and are not to be con- sidered an official expression by the Department of the Army. The ap- - materiel. The redesignation will remove a perceived boundary between development and logistics support implied in the DARCOM name, features brevity and simplicity, and will be better understood by allies and the general public. In addition, the headquarters will undergo some organ- izational adjustments designed to better structurally describe it as a military organization, and reinforce unity of command. U.S. Army Materiel Command, commanded by Gener al Richard H. Thompson, will continue to be a major com- mand of the U.S. Army. These command changes will cause no reduction in employment." I The return to USAMC is in keeping with the combining of the separate readiness and development commands into total life cycle commodity accommands which have crued through the "AMARC revisited" studies. USAMC is another means to enhance the cohesion and interdependence within our command." pearance of advertisements Inserts In this publication does not constltute an endorsement by the Department of the Army. . |
