The White Falcon - 22.10.1976, Blaðsíða 2

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White Falcon
the
Consumer bulletin
Navy Exchange
Clothing Store and Shoe Shop
This month you will notice in-
creased emphasis on inclement weather
gear at the Clothing Store and the
Shoe Shop. New boots are now avail-
able to fit each member of the fami-
ly. New jackets, many of them hood-
ed, are arriving on a daily basis.
This concentration on windproof and
rain-resistant clothing will assist
you in protecting your family from
the weather elements.
Navy Exchange training
In a continuous effort to provide
better services to customers, all
exchange department employees are re-
ceiving both classroom and on-the-job
training.
Several Navy Exchange managers
attended various seminars last month
to increase management knowledge and
will be passing on their newly ac-
quired skills to other exchange em-
ployees. The Navy Exchange is always
interested in new ideas that will
help improve its services.
Know your Navy Exchange manager
Retail Store Manager Trausti
Bjornsson has been with the Keflavik
Base Exchange since it first opened
25 years ago. His energetic manage-
ment of the store provides the many
items now available at the exchange.
Mr. Bjornsson, along with his family,
lives in Keflavik.
Beauty Fair
During the week of Nov. 16-20, one
of the nationally known cosmetic com-
panies will be holding a Beauty Fair
at the exchange. The event will be
located in the cosmetics and toilet-
ries section of the main exchange and
will feature consultations, demon-
strations, special purchases and val-
uable give-a-ways.
This is an event the ladies will
not want to miss.
Layaway plan
Authorized customers can select
any item of merchandise to be held on
the exchange's layaway plan. Payment
for the merchandise can be spread
over a 60-day period, provided that a
deposit of one-third of the total
amount is made when placing the items
in layaway.
A special layaway plan has been
developed for Christmas toys to help
spread out the cost of these items.
For your convenience, the Christmas
toy layaway is located at Toyland and
the Customer Services layaway clerk
is there to assist you.
Viking building
The Viking building is a recrea-
tional complex designed for all mili-
tary personnel and their dependents.
Many dollars and much effort are be-
ing spent to rehabilitate this heavi-
ly used facility.
The Navy Exchange encourages per-
sonnel utilizing the facility to take
greater pride in keeping it clean.
Use trash receptacles. The improved
cleanliness of the building and the
surrounding grounds will be to every-
one's benefit and enjoyment. Clean-
liness is everyone's responsibility.
Beverage Store
The Beverage Lot will have new
hours of operation beginning Monday.
It will be open from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. and 2:30 to 6 p.m. Monday
through Friday. On Saturday, it will
be open from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and
2 to 4 p.m. The exchange hopes that
the new hours will be convenient to
the patrons.
Service Station 201st customer
The 201st customer walked through
the door of the Service Station at
10:45 a.m., Oct. 14.
CT02 Michael D. Walters was the
winner of a free tank of gas and com-
plete winterization of his vehicle
which includes oil change, lube, etc.
Service Station Manager Kris Asgeirs-
son congratulated Mr. Walters for
being the 201st customer.
Merchandise
Mothers—while the children are at
school during the day, why not take
advantage of the little extra time on
your hands and turn to sewing.
At the exchange Sewing Center (lo-
cated in .Toyland) you will find a
selection of fabrics including knits,
cotton blends, jerseys and synthetic
blends in the most fashionable col-
ors.
Enjoy the challenge of making
clothes for the entire family and
save money in the process. Take a
look at some' of the fashionable pat-
terns available and pick up some of
the sewing accessories you'll need
such as needles, cutting shears and
thread.
Halloween and PT0 Carnival
Two really big treats for the
youngsters are Halloween on Oct. 30
and the PTO Carnival on Nov. 6. A
large selection of trick or treat fa-
vorites and costumes are now being
featured at the exchange. Be sure to
have film and flash bulbs on hand to
record your youngsters!activities.
Holiday schedule for Monday
In observance of Veterans' Day,
the Navy Exchange offices, Crew's
Barber Shop and the Beverage Lot will
be closed.
Yokosuka mail order catalogs
Here and gone! A limited number
of catalogs arrived and were rapidly
dispersed to customers. More are on
the way and should arrive shortly.
Check with the Special Order Desk in
the main store for these popular cat-
alogs.
Food service news
Do you hate to get up to fix that
Saturday and Sunday morning break-
fast? You probably have worked hard
all week and deserve a break.
Why not treat the family to the
weekend brunch now being offered at
the Viking Cafeteria. Every Saturday
and Sunday, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
your favorite breakfast items are
served at the buffet line. Give
yourself a break and take advantage
of this breakfast special—$1.60 for
adults and 90 cents for children un-
der 12.
Navy Exchange and Commissary board
Commissary Store and Navy Exchange
operations are reviewed by the local
Navy Exchange and Commissary Advisory
Board.
Membership consists of represen-
tatives of the units that make up the
naval installation. The board meets
periodically with the exchange and
Commissary Store management to dis-
cuss recommendations for improved
service. Names and organizations of
the board representatives, dates of
scheduled meetings and minutes of
these meetings are publicized.
Commissary Store
Look for our new item tags. The
Commissary Store has received on the
produce plane a new line of special-
ty breads and natural ice cream.
Pumpkin and Indian com were
scheduled to arrive yesterday and
Thursday. The Commissary Store has
turkeys and geese for Thanksgiving.
Buy now and avoid the rush.
Take advantage of remaining items
left over from the Navy Birthday
Sale.
Dried fruit for fruit cakes is on
the way. They should arrive in time
for Thanksgiving.
The Consumer Bulletin is compiled by Exchange employees and Commissary employ-
ees. The opinions and comments expressed herein do not necessarily reflect
the opinions and policies of the Department of Defense or the White Falcon Ed-
itorial Staff. Mention of specific consumer products in this column is inten-
ded solely for the benefit of authorized patrons, and in no way implies De-
partment of Defense endorsement for these products. Correspondence or com-
ments relating to this column should be addressed to the Navy Exchange Officer
or the Commissary Store Officer.
The Tour Office has a new look. New
shelves have been installed enabling the
office to put out an extensive display
of travel literature. Come in and pick
up some new information on all the fun
things to do and see in Europe.
Travel^problems
Recently, there have been some pro-
blems with flights on foreign airlines.
People who have flown to a foreign city
for a lengthy stay occasionally - found
that, for their return flights, changes
had been made by the airlines in depar-
ture or arrival times. This problem is
seen as the most prevalent when going on
leave# one month, and returning the next
month.
At the beginning of each month, the
Tour Office receives an airline guide
which lists all the foreign flights and
times. Sometimes in the next month’s
guide, there will be changes in specific
flights schedules for which the office
has received no advance warning; and,
therefore, there's no way the office can
let travelers know about them before
they have departed. However, there is
a way you can avoid this possible prob-
lem: Be sure to reconfirm!
The Tour Office always reminds people
to-reconfirm^ but the individual trav-
eler must do it,-vtwc or three days be-
fore his return flight. He should con-
tact the airline: confirm that he will
be traveling on the scheduled date, and
inquire what the departure and arrival
times are. Be aware that flights may
change, and be sure to reconfirm and
check on them, otherwise, the tourist
may end up, stuck in an airport some-
where.
Symphony concert
Individual tickets for the third Ice-
landic Symphony Concert Oct. 29, will be
sold Monday until noon. The concert
will be held Nov. 4, at 8:30 p.m. It
will feature Einar Gretar Sveinbjornsson
and Ingvar Jonasson as soloists anc
Karstan Andersen as the conductor* Th^j^
selections will be Fire by Jorunn Vidar^^B
Symphony Concert K-364 by Mozart, an^^^
Shostakovitch's Ninth Symphony.
Rota rooms
Going to Rota? Don't forget the Tour
Office can help get room accommodations
there, either on or off-base. As soon
as one is reconfirmed on the C-118, con-
tact the office and let them know what
is needed. Travelers, do it immediately,
though, for the Tour Office must have
the list of names of people who want
rooms in Rota Wednesday. For more in-
formation, contact the Tour Office at
4420 or 4200.
57th FIS personnel simulate
William Tell "76 exercises
"Sloe-Gin 51, your target is bearing
270 at 75 miles".... These words came
from one* of the six men of the Air
Forces Iceland Aircraft Control and
Warning Squadron control teams for Wil-
liam Tell 76. These men will direct the
F-4C "Phantoms" to the targets which
are changed to destroy.
The control teams were carefully se-
lected from the personnel at the 667th
Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at
Hofn and the 932nd Aircraft Control and
Warning Squadron at Rockville. "We
cared enough to send the very best,"
said Lieutenant Colonel Mel Gibson,
667th AC&W commander.
Captain Jerry Wolf is a weapons con-
troller who, along with Captain Lee
Halvorsen and Lieutenant Terry Palmer,
will direct the 57th pilots and weapon
system operators to the targets. Aiding
the controllers will be Technical
Sergeant Marv Barnes, Sergeant Mike
Fendrick and Sergeant Mark Walters, wea-
pons technicians.
These men will detect the drones- over
the Gulf of Mexico and then, through the
tactic ► of the Aerospace Defense System,
position the Phantoms so that they may
acquire the targets on the aircraft ra-
dar.
After the weapons system operators in
the Phantoms take over the intercepts
and destroy the targets, the work is not
done for the AFI control teams. They
are constantly charged with flying safe-
ty, ensuring that there are no other
aircraft in their path. Also, they
will be responsible for seeing that the
Phantoms and their crews get safely back
to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.
Getting ready for the competition has
involved working seven days a week,
spending many hours in pouring over cur-
rent directives to ensure that every
procedure and radio transmission used is
PO issues Xmas dates
The Naval Station Post Office recom-
mends the following Christmas mailing
periods to assure delivery to the ad-
dressee before Christmas Day:
CLASS OF MAIL MAILING PERIODS
SAM (Parcel Post) today through Nov. 10
PAL Parcels Oct. 30 to Nov. 30
Priority Parcels (Air)Nov. 30 to Dec. 13
First Class today through Nov. 25
(Letters, Cards or Recordings)
These types of mail should be posted
no later than the above dates.
From Dec. 1 to Dec. 26 bulk mailing
of pamphlets, books, forms and other
printed matter will be withheld from the
mails, wherever possible. Such matter
seriously interferes with expeditious
handling of holiday mails, the Post Of-
fice stated.
The Post Office urges, "Please don't
wait until the last minute to mail for
Christmas. Do your mailing early and be
sure addressees get their packages in
time for Christmas Day."
allowable/ according to William Tell
rules. "We have made an agreement with
the techs,T said Capt. Woif* "If the
controllers make a mistake, we pay the
techs a soda, and if we make a mistake,
and they don't catch us, they owe us
one."
The competition rules of William Tell
are so tight that one wrong transmission
will cost the team 25 points. The com-
petition is sometimes won with only a
five-point spread.
Positioning is the vital role of the
control team. "One of the target runs
will be only 60 miles long and, consi-
dering that the target is doing 1.2 Mach
or around 800 miles per hour, tnat
doesn't leave you much time to react,"
stated Lt. Palmer. "In fact, we have to
get two of the interceptors on that leg
and keep 25 miles between them, and that
makes it even tougher," added Capt.
Halvorsen.
This is only one of the four differ-
ent missions in which the men will con-
trol the Phantoms during the 30 days at
Tyndall Air Force Base. The other pro-
files will include attacking low targets
from behind the :aircraft, an identifi-
cation profile and a frontal attack, re-
attacking the target from the stem.
Participants will perform in inte^^
cept positioning, radio transmission and
recovery for a maximum of 23,700 points.
"All in all, the practice looks as if
the control teams, the maintenance team
at the 57th and the aircraft crews have
really found the winning combination to
bring home the trophies," claims Lieu-
tenant Colonel James G. Young, 932nd
commander.
White
Falcon
Commanding Officer
Capt. Jack T. Weir
Public Affairs Officer
JOCS James A. Johnston
Information Chief
JOC James E. Dewater
Acting Editor
J02 Jerry L. Foster
Staff
SN Glen Dodd
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