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Show ., --• O ,-. H . H .- H AWARD SUPPLEMENT TO THE HILLTOP TIMES THURSDAY, July 7, 2011 Winners of the AFMC Team Pedometer Challenge BY RYAN LARSEN Hilltop Times Correspondent R ecently the Health and Wellness Center held an award ceremony for the Hill Air Force Base's Team Pedometer Challenge. The Team Pedometer Challenge began on April 11 and ended May 20 and had a total of 230 people participating. The challenge was a basewide initiative designed to promote the increase of physical activity. Two member teams were given a pedometer to count their steps throughout the challenge. They were able to log and keep track of their progress through an Air Force Material Command website as well as view other team's progress, which provided some incentive for competition. Rose The competition was designed as a team challenge to reinforce the AFMC Wingman concept, encouraging teamwork to achieve goals. Director of the Civilian Health Program Services Jennifer Sedgwick helped organize and coordinate the challenge. "We are excited for everyone who participated," Sedgwick said MacKenzie of the challenge. "It was team atmosphere's so each team could support each other and See PEDOMETER I page 8 Duane Blue is reflected in the side panel of his 1961 Chevy Apache pickup as he polishes the tailpipe at the 309th Maintenance Wing Car Show on June 30. The truck won first in its category. Promotions U.S. Air Force 368th Recruiting Squadron: Tech. Sgt. J. Michael Lundell U.S. Air Force 372nd Recruiting Group: Chief Master Sgt. Timothy Monroe 367th Training Support Squadron: Tech. Sgt. Christopher Macklin 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: Tech. Sgt. Paul David Burger Jr., Staff Sgt. Joshua Adams, Staff Sgt. Nicholas Anderson, Staff Sgt. Carl Matthew Falkowsky II, Senior Airman Christopher Wells, Senior Airman Jairo Umana, Senior Airman Michael Severson, Airman 1st Class Joshua Neumann 388th Component Maintenance Squadron: Tech. Sgt. Colin Kelleher, Staff Sgt. Eric Blossom, Senior Airman Curtis Floyd, Senior Airman Anthony Friedt, Senior Airman Eric Tam, Senior Airman Jesse Gelsinger 388th Equipment Maintenance Squadron: Staff Sgt. Steven Wehner, Senior Airman Frankie Smith, Senior Airman Gabriel Anthony Castillo Jr., Airman Jonathan Eder 388th Fighter Wing: Senior Master Sgt. Raelle Webster BILL ORNDORFF U.S. Air Force 388th Maintenance Group: Senior Master Sgt. Doreen McLaughlin 388th Maintenance Operations Squadron: 309th MXW Car Show brings out crowd in sunny weather BY BILL ORNDORFF 309th Maintenance Wing A 2008 Harley-Davidson motorcycle received the Director's Trophy for 'best of show' honors when the 309th Maintenance Wing held its annual Car Show and commander's call June 30. The black Softtail Deluxe motorcycle, owned by Mike Dotson, also won first place in the motorcycle category. The show was held in Centennial Park under warm, sunny skies and drew more than 2,000 onlookers. Activities included prize drawings, a catered barbecue lunch and a pre-holiday safety briefing. Sue Dryden, 309th MXW director, gave her final commander's call, lauding the crowd for their achievements in the past year and highlighting efforts of the Voluntary Protection Program, Junior Force Council and the Wingman Advocacy Program. This was the largest 309th MXW car show in its fiveyear history, with 89 vehicles entered. Entries included a red, white and blue 1969 Volkswagen beetle with a Subaru engine and a black 1951 Kaiser, as well as six Chevy trucks, five Camaros, five Harleys, four Senior Master Sgt. Ivy Whitehouse 388th Operations Support Squadron: Senior Master Sgt. Jody Edwards 416th Supply Chain Management Squadron: 1st Lt. Jason Holzman 573rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: Master Sgt. Jeffrey LaPoint, Tech. Sgt. Ryan Hake 649th Munitions Squadron: See CARS I page 9 Staff Sgt. Stephen Goertzen 729th Air Control Squadron: Diversity of Airman's faiths supported at Base Chapel BY MARY Lou GORNY w Hilltop Times editor 66 e have multiple expressions of faith," said Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Kenneth Crooks, Hill Air Force Base installation chaplain. "We support everyone's constitutional right to worship. "I hope that we are showing the community that we are working together — that despite our differences we can work together to our common goal — supporting the Airmen and supporting everyone's First Amendment rights," he said as he talked about the diverse group of denominations and faiths serving at the chapel. Hill Air Force Base has seven chaplains (including two Reserve chaplains) and four chaplain assistants. These include one Roman Catholic priest and six Protestant chaplains — including one Independent Charismatic, one Christian Missionary Alliance, two Anglican/ Episcopal priests and two LDS. The HILL CHAPEL SCHEDULE Catholic Mass: Sunday, 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. LDS Scripture study: Thursday, noon Protestant service: Sunday, 11 a.m. Wiccan: Saturday, 11 a.m. Vacation Bible School: Aug. 1-5 If you need assistance with your worship needs, call (801) 777-2106. chaplain assistants include a Jewish chaplain assistant, one LDS, one Protestant nondenominational and one Wiccan. Crooks said that during his service in the Air Force at one time he had a chaplain assistant who expressed no religious faith in particular who served solely from the aspect that he believed in caring about people. "I thought how can a person with no (religious) faith do something that involves a manifestation of faith?" Crooks said. He explained that he discovered it is by disassociating emotions in order to serve people that much is accomplished in the service of others in many professional disciplines, sometimes including that of chaplains. He went on to explain what contributes both to that service and the expression of devotion. "Faith and brains are a large part of faith," Crooks said. "People are emotional about their faith and they should be," he added. "We all need faith, and it is important that we all are allowed to express that as we see fit. There is a huge religious diversity in this one chapel." Two chaplain assistants at Hill AFB assist with religious minorities. They are cross trained to be helpful and tolerant of all religious faiths. Staff Sgt. Anthony Gray recently joined the base chapel and serves See WORSHIP I page 10 Master Sgt. Michael Lopez, Tech. Sgt. Matthew Grimsrud, Staff Sgt. Gabrielle Meglio Bush, Staff Sgt. Robert Earl Cope III, Senior Airman Adam Lessel, Senior Airman Kevin Quick 75th Air Base Wing: Airman 1st Class Brian Burton, Airman 1st Class Joseph Pandolfo 75th Force Support Squadron: Senior Airman George Elmer Covington Jr., 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron: Senior Airman Casey Bonillas, Senior Airman Darcy Graf 75th Medical Operations Squadron: Senior Airman Breanne Stadolnik, Senior Airman Julia McCarroll, Airman 1st Class Frank William Taylor III, Airman Emmett Negron 75th Operations Support Squadron: Master Sgt. Aaron Agner 75th Security Forces: Staff Sgt. Darren Elison, Staff Sgt. Candice Rey, Staff Sgt. Kyle Majorana, Staff Sgt. Stewart Reed, Senior Airman Jeffrey Seabolt, Senior Airman Michal Medendorp See PROMOTIONS I page 9 |