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Show Hilltop HILLTOP TIMES TIMES July 10, 2014 9 Temporary early retirement offered Majors non-selected twice for promotion may be eligible for TERA Air Force News Service JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas — Majors not selected for promotion for a second time during the current year 2014A lieutenant colonel line of the Air Force J central selection board, including those who declined continuation, may be eligible for the temporary early retirement authority program, Air Force Personnel Center officials said July 3. Officers who were not offered continuation must separate by Dec. 31. Those who apply and are approved for TERA may request a retirement effective date of Jan. 1, 2015 or earlier. To be eligible for TERA, affected officers must have at least 15, but fewer than 20 years of total active federal military service time, and at least eight years of active federal commissioned time as of their requested retirement date. TERA applications, including commander coordination, are due to AFPC no later than Sept. 30. Officers can apply via the Virtual Military Personnel Flight online retirement application process. All Airmen who separate un- der a voluntary or involuntary force management program are authorized permissive TDY and mandatory transition assistance program, or TAP, support. For more information about force management, including complete TERA eligibility and application details and TAP information, visit the myPers website, select the force management link in the left column and go to the officer force management programs section. SKATING FOR THE TROOPS * JUNCTION CITY ROLLER DOLL'S ANNUAL * A P PRECIATION S • •• S Hilltop Times staff Roller Dolls to hold military appreciation game GDEN — The Junction City Roller Dolls annual military appreciation game begins at 6 p.m. on July 19 at the Golden Spike Events Center, 1000 N. 1200 West in Ogden. Doors open at 5 p.m. All military members and veterans can purchase buy-one, get-one-free tickets with valid military identification. The evening begins with Junction City's Trainwrecks playing the Durango Derailers. At half time, there will be a special tribute our nation's men and women in uniform, past and present. This game will be immediately followed by a second game featuring of the Junction City LOCO-Motives and Portneuf Valley Bruisers. Tickets are $10 in advance from Junction City skaters, Sock Monkey'N Around Antiques on 25th Street in Ogden, online at www.jcrdolls.com . www.brownpapertickets.com Otherwise, tickets are $12 for adults at the door, military with ID tickets are $10 and kids 12 and younger are free. The Junction City Roller Dolls are a skater-owned league and a member or of the international Women's Flat Track Derby Association. The league is focused on developing independent, strong, female athletes by promoting sisterhood, teamwork and family. Each member is encouraged to express her athleticism, showmanship, and dynamic personalities in a fun and exciting atmosphere. In addition, Junction City Roller Dolls encourages active involvement by teaming up with affiliations that better the community as a whole. For more information, contact Deanna Bojanower at 801-698-4546 or email deannaboj@gmail.com . Inspiring 'heaven is for real' avoids heavy-handedness *** .11 11 THE FILM: "Heaven is for Real" STARRING: Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Thomas Haden Church, Connor Corum and Margo Martindale BEHIND THE SCENES: Directed by Randall Wallace ("Secretariat:' 'We Were Soldiers"); filmed in Manitoba, Canada PLAYING: 3 p.m. Runs 100 minutes. MPAA RATING: (PG) for thematic material, including some medical situations By Steve Salles Hilltop Times movie critic A couple of weeks ago, I expressed some serious disappointment over a Christian-themed film, "God's Not Dead." I thought it was a heavy-handed mess that stood on the shoulders of mean and nasty atheists in hopes of elevating its cause. It felt very negative. Well, I'm happy to report that I have had just the opposite feeling about "Heaven is for Real." It's an inspiring, well-acted, well-written story of a Nebraska family dealing with an extraordinary event surrounding a 4-year-old son, Colton (Connor Corum). In the midst of emergency surgery, Colton has an out-ofbody experience where he sees himself on the operating table, but can also see his worried Contributed photo (Left to right) Kelly Reilly, Greg Kinnear and Connor Corum in TriStar Pictures' "Heaven Is For Real." mother Sonja (Kelly Reilly) talking on her cell phone in the waiting room, while his father Todd (Greg Kinnear) is having heated words with God in the hospital chapel. On top of that, Colton insists he saw Heaven, met a man he believes is Jesus and is introduced to other relatives who had passed on, before he could have met them in life. Todd, who is both a pastor at the local Wesleyan church and a volunteer fireman, is amazed and perplexed by his son's matter-offact declarations. He knows that if word gets out, his young son will get a ton of attention, both negative and positive. Could his boy have simply made it up, maybe was reflecting on what he saw in books and photo albums, or was indeed telling the truth as he saw it? Some of the townspeople are worried their little congregation will turn into a three-ring circus including Todd's best friend, member of the church board and local banker Jay Olson (Thomas Haden Church) along with another board member and Gold Star mother Nancy Rawling (Margo See REVIEW I Page 10 |