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Show Hilltop TIMES Weekly Since 1948 Hill AFB, Utah 84056-5824 www.hilltoptimes.com hilltoptimes@standard.net Vol. 69 No. 25, August 6, 2009 Yellow Ribbon reintegration and adapting IN THE KNOW Iroquois Lane to close for utility work Iroquois Lane just south of Building 1261 will be closed to traffic from Wednesday, Aug. 12 through Aug. 14. The 75th Civil Engineer Squadron will be relocating utilities and will be excavating across a part of the road. Recommended alternate route is Browning Avenue to reach Iroquois Street on the northeast side of Building 1627. Buildings 1621 through 1627 can be accessed via this route. For more information, contact project manager Tim Lundin at (801) 777-8128 or (801) 940-2947. Wardleigh Road to close on weekends Wardleigh Road will close near the Main Street intersection through Aug. 17 on weekends. The closure will be each Friday at 4:30 p.m. through Monday at 5 a.m. Large trucks are encouraged to use the perimeter road around the east side of the base during the closures. BY STAFF SGT. HEATHER SKINKLE 419th Fighter Wing Public Affairs T ALEX R. LLOYD/U.S. Air Force In this file photo a serivce member greets family members after returning May 28 to Hill Air Force Base after deployment to Iraq. he 419th Fighter Wing launched the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program to combat the stresses of the deployment process by providing information, support and outreach services to reservists and their families. The mandatory commander-directed program's base team will consist of the chaplain, personnel, family readiness, finance, health, legal, military personnel flight and other base support services. This new program places an emphasis on reconnecting deployers with their family and helping families cope with new issues as well as past problems, said Lt. Col. Barbara Godsey, process manager and family liaison officer for the 419th FW. A 2007 congressional directive established the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program to assist reservists and their families through all three deployment See PROGRAM I page 3 Bod Pod tests for fat ratio BY CATHERINE CORNETT Road work to restrict Southgate Drive There will be a partial road closure along Southgate Drive for the southernmost outbound lane adjacent to Buildings 240 and 245 for a length of about 150 yards to install a curb, gutter and storm drain tie-in. Two lanes will be kept open for morning inbound traffic and two lanes will be kept open for afternoon traffic outbound. The southernmost lane will be kept closed during construction. The lane will be closed until Aug. 21. The purpose of the closure is to meet construction contractual requirements for the new Aircraft Power Systems Building MILCON on the site of the old Building 244. Highway 89 work starts, ramp closes Hill Air Force Base employees using U.S. Highway 89 to get to and from work are advised that the southbound ramp from U.S. 89 in Layton to State Road 193 will close for three weeks. Utah Department of Transportation officials tried to avoid the closure but found it necessary to complete work on a portion of U.S. 89. Motorists who would normally access the north Layton area and Hill AFB via the southbound S.R. 193 ramp are advised to use Hobbs Creek Drive (the frontage road adjacent to southbound U.S. 89) to access S.R. 193. The entrance to Hobbs Creek Drive is located 5/8 of a mile south of the S.R. 193 interchange with U.S. 89. All other traffic at the interchange will be unaffected by this closure. Other delays could affect U.S. 89 from 200 North in Kaysville to South Weber Drive. UDOT says drivers should expect lane restrictions and night and weekend work. The work is expected to take at least eight weeks. For more information or to sign up for weekly e-mail updates, contact the UDOT public information team at (888) 556-0232 or US89repave@orangeconeinfo. com. Hilltop Times correspondent W aking up early to exercise isn't a strange concept for Col. Patrick Higby, commander of the 75th Air Base Wing. So it was no big stretch for him to make an appointment early in the morning so he could head over to the Health and Wellness Center and hop into the Bod Pod. Though it slightly resembles a futuristic space shuttle with its curved egg shape and round window, the Bod Pod is actually a reliable and easy way to measure the amount of fat present in the body. See BOD POD I page 6 SENIOR AIRMAN BROK McCARTHY/U.S. Air Force Col. Patrick Higby, 75th Air Base Wing commander, takes a body composition test in the Bod Pod at the Health and Wellness Center as Ryan Burns, 75th Aerospace Medicine Squadron exercise physiologist, records the results. The Bod Pod body composition test is available to anyone with base access but must be scheduled through the HAWC. Participation is limited to once every six months and is free through the base service. Appointments are available 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, and would normally cost approximately $30 elsewhere. 'SO HOW DID YOU DO?' MARY LOU GORNY/Hilltop Times (Left to right) Joseph DiGiorgio, 388th Maintenance Operations Squadron, Nate Tippitts, 309th Missile Maintenance Squadron, Rick Walter and Staff Sgt Kevin Dilley, 75th Air Base Wing chaplain's office, consume hot dogs and survey other participants' success in the Club Hill hot dog eating contest held July 31 for Hot Dog Eating Month. For more photos and winner see page 9. \W Base Theater Free Movies Friday, 7 p.m. - "Adventureland" (R) Saturday, noon - "Hannah Montana: The Movie11 (G) Saturday, 7 p.m.-"Punisher: War Zone" (R) Sunday, 1 p.m. - "Monsters vs. Aliens" (PG) For review see page 10 Look inside this week's Hilltop Times for... Click here for photos Catching morale Web site makes AF week Squadron fishing derby photos available to anyone builds camaraderie See page 5 See page 8 Team Hill See who re-enlisted, got promoted or' received an award See page 9 ^ |