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Show HILLTOP TIMES TIMES May 28, 2009 :*•'•••*/ Natural bodybuilding and figure competition on Saturday, May 30 Forces Squadron, who brings natural sports competitions to the Utah area. Hilltop Times staff Purtell hosted last month's Utah Bodyhe 2009 National Gym Associa- building and Figure Championships tion Mountain States Bodybuild- with 71 competitors and more than 1100 spectators in attendance from ing and Figure Championship will be held this Saturday at Clearfield Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Colorado, which represented the largHigh School in Clearfield. The preest turnout for both groups, he said. judge portion of the competition will All three contests Purtell hosts probegin at 10 a.m. and the evening show mote natural, drug-free bodybuilding. will begin at 7 p.m. "These athletes have taken a drug test The contest is part of three Natuto determine that they have not taken ral Bodybuilding and Figure Champiperformance-enhancing drugs in the onships hosted by contest promoter past seven years," says Purtell. "The James Purtell of the 75th Security BY LEE ANNE HENSLEY T athletes you see on stage are free from any illegal or performance enhancing drugs. Their physiques have been built naturally." The participants at Saturday's contest are competing for professional certification in the bodybuilding and figure business which will allow them to compete in professional shows across the country. "This show is different (from last month's competition) as it is a regional contest and a Pro Qualifier. That is, the overall winners in the men's and women's categories receives a pro card," Purtell said. Purtell noted that some competitors at the May 30 show are members of Hill Air Force Base and says that the base has produced many military com-" petitor winners. Purtell holds the titles of Mr. Utah 1995 and 2008 Mountain States Masters. Pro winner, Tech. Sgt. Shane Stewart, 388th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, took the Mr. Utah 2006 title and several other Airmen have taken second and third placing over the past few years. For tickets or more information, contact James or Bianca Purtell at (801) 529-0114 or (801) 499-3633. , Retiring a Classic for Display and Education « MATTHEW HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner Above, a KC-135E Stratotanker lands at Hill Air Force Base for its last flight May 21. The aerial refueling aircraft is being and will be placed in the Hill g retired p Aerospace Museum, Belovy, Hainan yigby, daughter of Patrick Higby, window of the KC-135E Stratotanker after the airplane landed. „ .._>..- > «to-ft KC-135E Stratotanker takes its last flight before becoming static display base museum. It first came to Utah on Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau mishaw@standard.net Aug. 21, 1978, when it was assigned to the 151st ARW he last KC-135E aerial and has been with the Guard ever since. refueling tanker to "This is an airframe that ever grace the skies has a 30 year history in was officially sent to the boneyard May 21 at Hill Air Utah," said Scott Wirz, director of the Hill Aerospace Force Base. Museum. "I think that it is The plane, aircraft tail only fitting that it come here number 57-1510, belonged for exhibit." to the 151st Air Refueling Wing at the Utah Air NationPaul Pulse and Jim al Guard and was flown to Pauling, lieutenant colonels Hill from Salt Lake City. from Scott Air Force Base near St. Louis, flew the plane The plane will remain on the base flight line and serve from Salt Lake City to Hill. Both pilots said they were as a static display during Hill's upcoming Open House sad to see the plane retired. and Air Show. It will then "It's not the best feeling be disassembled and put on in the world," Pauling said permanent display at the after he landed the plane. BY MITCH SHAW T "We kind of hold these planes near and dear to our hearts, so to know this model will never fly again is kind of sad." Lt. Col. Jim Badali, director of operations of the UANG's 191st Air Refueling Squadron, has flown differ- ent models of the KC-135 for 21 years. He said the newer model of the aircraft, the KC-135R, burns almost 2,000 fewer gallons of fuel per hour than its predecessor. "It makes existing platforms more productive so we need fewer resources to get the job done," Badali said. The KC-135E is among the oldest planes in the Air Force and has been in service since 1957. "It's old, so sometimes you have interesting things happen to you up'there," Badali said. "It's sad to see it park, because people miss it at air shows. With the newer ones, people always ask, Where's the smoke? Where's all the noise?1" Roy resident Edward Hoerman flew a KC-135E during the Vietnam conflict. He got a chance to climb back into the cockpit on that Thursday in May — something he hadn't done in more than 30 years. "It was a long way going across the Pacific," Hoerman said. "This was a very good little airplane." 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