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Show HILLTOP TIMES ITT has discount tickets for Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo admission D iscount general admission tickets for the Ogden Pioneer Days Rode are available through the Information, Tickets and Tours Office. They include the following: • July 20, Standard Examiner Family Night, adults $7 (gate price $8) • July 20, Standard Examiner Family Night, children $4 (gate price $5) • July 21, Military/Veterans Appreciation Night, adults $8 (gate price $12) • July 21, Military/Veterans Appreciation Night, children $5 (gate price $6) • July 22 or 23, adults $11 (gate price $12) • July 22 or 23, children $5 (gate price $6) • July 24, Pioneer Day, adults $14 (gate price, $15) • July 24, Pioneer Day, children $9 (gate price $10) ' For more information, call the ITT office at (801) 777-3525. 7b volunteer at the rodeo or other related events, e-mailjay.hammond@hill.af.mil Must be at least.15 years old to volunteer. Families are welcome to volunteer together as long as V all members meet the age requirement. f I 1 his year's Employer Apprecia1 tion Day has been rescheduled -L for Sept. 11. Reservists may invite their civilian , employers to experience an F-16 refu, eling mission aboard a KC-135 aircraft, meet wing leadership and tour work areas. Employers can also look forward to learning more about the F-16 during an up-close and interactive hangar tour. The local employer support of the Guard and Reserve organization will provide briefings aimed at educating attendees on the support they provide and laws that protect both employers and reservists. Lunch will be provided. I How to register Due to space limitations, employers who have attended past EADs are not eligible. This year, the event will be open to Hill Air Force Base or Department of Defense supervisors, space permitting. ave you ever been interested in becoming an Air Force Recruiter, Military Training Instructor (MTI), Military Training Leader (MTL), or Professional Military Education (PME) instructor? If so, the Aerospace and Education Training Command Special Duty Team is offering the opportunity you have been seeking and will host a Special Duty briefing on Aug. 3, 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Building 385 (ALS), in the auditorium. There are few jobs in the Air Force more challenging, satisfying, and rewarding than that of an Air Force Special Duty. If you're an Airman first class with at least 24 months time in service (TIS) through the rank of technical sergeant with less than 16 years Total Active Federal Military Service (TAFMS), the AETC Special ; Duty Team invites you to attend their briefing and learn more about these challenging careers. Spouses of potential applicants are also invited. Members from each of the previously listed special duties will conduct the briefing. , For further information on the AETC Special Duty Team contact your Wing Career Assistance Advisor, Master Sgt. Julie McQueen at (801) 777-7829. Jackson Hole white water rafting trips available through Outdoor Rec T here are still slots available for the July 23-25 or Aug. 20-22 trips to Jackson Hole to do some white water rafting. Call Outdoor Recreation and sign up today. If you haven't been to Jackson Hole for a glimpse of the Grand Tetons you are really missing a fantastic opportunity, and the rafting on the Snake River is some of the most scenic in the world. According to historians, early in the nineteenth century a group of trapper explorers were the first to investigate the stretch of the Snake River below Jackson Hole. Deciding at the time that it was far too treacherous to boat, Reservists may register themselves and their employers for the EAD by sending an email to 419f w.pa@hill. af.mil by Aug. 20 with the following: • EMPLOYER Rank: Unit: Day/work phone: Alt. phone (home/cell): Full Name: Work email: Position/Title: Home email: Company: Military email: Complete work address: Day/work phone: Alt. phone (home/cell): Work email: Home email: RESERVIST Full Name: Upon receipt, a member of the public affairs staff will send a confirmation e-mail to the reservists and their employers. Both can then expect an e-mail in early September that contains an EAD agenda, directions to Hill Air Force Base and other helpful information. For additional information, call the wing public affairs office at (801) 777-2713. * SAFETY From page 9 passengers as well. In a car crash, occupants who are not wearing seatbelts can literally become projectiles and risk being thrown from the car. They threaten not only themselves but the lives of the other occupants in the car, even if those other occupants are wearing seatbelts. One common misconception is that if a car is equipped with air bags, a seatbelt is not necessary. However, most air bag-related casualties could have been prevented if seatbelts were used in conjunction with air bags. Of course, just wearing your seatbelt and having an air bag in the car doesn't automatically make your road trip safer. As with any safety device, both seatbelts and air bags must be used properly in order to work as they are intended to. For seatbelts: v > The shoulder belt should be rorn across the middle of your bhest and away from your neck. The lap belt should rest across four hips and below your stomach. > You should never put the July 15, 2010 AETC Special Duty Teams to visit base for recruitment opportunity H 419th Employer Appreciation Day is Sept. 11 By 419th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Staff TIMES shoulder belt behind your back or under your arm. For air bags: • All occupants of the vehicle should be wearing seatbelts and in a proper seating position. • Children younger than the age of 13 should ride in the back seat. • There should be at least 10 inches between your breastbone and the air bag module. • Pregnant women and those of short stature should adjust a tilt steering wheel so that the air bag module faces their breastbone, not their abdomen or head. For children, the guidelines are as follows: • Rear-facing infant seats should be used in the back seat for newborns up to at least one year old and weighing at least 20 pounds. • Forward-facing toddler seats should be used in the back seat for children ages one to age four and* weighing 20 to 40 pounds. • Booster seats should be used in the back seat for children age four and weighing 40 pounds until at least age eight and at least 4 feet 9 inches tall. • Children age eight and older or at least 4 feet 9 inches tall are able to use safety belts but%hould still sit in the back seat until age 13. Tips for keeping car safety fun for kids BY CATHERINE MCNALLY -Hilltop Times staff O f course, buckling a child up in a safety seat or seatbelt can sometimes be easier said than done. Here are eight tips to help keep your children happy and safe at the same time: 1. Start early. 2. Be consistent. Always buckle up your child. 3. Use encouraging words. Be comforting and loving so that the child realizes you are buckling them up because you care. 4. Set an example. Be an example and be consistent so that children aren't confused. 5. Use a travel bag. Have special toys and games that the child can play with in the car. 6. Let them see out. Children will often enjoy riding in a car if they can see out. 7. Be firm. If you have to, stop the car and re-buckle the child if he or she has gotten out. 8. Be comforting. Talk to your child, hum, sing or play games. Make special efforts on trips to ensure that the child is comfortable. they called it "the mad river." "Here Hoback's River was joined by a river of greater magnitude and swifter current and their united waters swept off through the valley in one impetuous stream, which from its rapidity and turbulence had received the name of 'mad river,'" Washington Irving wrote. Chance to assess your health risks BY JENNIFER SEDGWICK Wellness Associate Civilian Health Promotion Services T he Health Risk Appraisal, or r HRA, identifies personal risk factors and provides an action plan to help prevent future conditions or manage current ones. It accomplishes the following: • Reviews one's personal lifestyle practices and reveals health issues that personal choices could impact. • Allows individuals to monitor | their health with repeated HRA par-5 ticipation. j • Delivers follow-up intervention^ for those at risk. $ • Tracks and analyzes populationhealth trends over time. ; • Awareness is the first step to ; making healthy changes that can j reduce risk for disease and improve!} quality of life. 2 Take charge of your health by $ completing an HRA questionnaire by logging onto www.afmcwellness.cora. In just 15 minutes, after answering ^ -few questions about your health and* lifestyle, you'll receive an instant* on-J line personal health report and tips oh how to make good health choices. The HRA report identifies potential healtjh risks and makes recommendations j for health and wellness goals that yo|i can set to reduce your risks. So, for 3 example, if the results show you havfe too much stress, the HRA may rec- 8 ommend walking 30 minutes a day a| one way to reduce stress. By taking j preventative health steps, you couldj save money on long-term healthcare? expenses. You may even find that yoa just feel better. s Print out your certificate and brinfe it to Building 533 (Health and Well- J ness Center/Civilian Health Promo- S stions Services offices) to claim a 3 prize. For more information on how tjo participate in an HRA call (801) 586-q 9584 or e-mail jennifer.sedgwick® hill.af.mil. The HRA is voluntary anc confidential. Classes are held at the HAWC/ CHPS classroom (Building 533). CalS (801) 586-9584 to sign up. 1 • Thursday, July 15,11 a.m.-noon^ Walking • Friday, July 16,11 a.m.-noon: Blood Pressure Clinic/Class • Wednesday, July 21,11 a.m.noon: Nutrition • Thursday, July 22,11 a.m.-noonij Stress Management • We^tesday, July 28, lla.m.-nooj Cholesterol • Wednesday, July 29,11a.m.noon: Injury Prevention, |