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March 25, 1977
the Consumer bulletin
Navy Exchange
by Nadia Slusar
American Express Bank
There is an increase in service
charges on checks returned for in-
sufficient funds to $8 for checks
written on American Express locally
and $11 for checks written on a
stateside bank. These charges are
effective immediately.
Service Station
The most important action of your
car is the braking action. How are
your brakes? Do they need servicing?
Don't take any chances with something
as important as the stopping power of
your car. The Service Station is now
offering brake drum resurfacing ser-
vice. Have yours checked out and
possibly prevent an accident.
Beauty Shop
Need a new look? Sassy, sophis-
ticated, carefree...Try our Beauty
Shop. Dale is having a Permanent
Special on Mondays only. Included in
her special will be a free Redkin
conditioner treatment with a $25
or more permanent. Enjoy hospitality
and new appliances..but, mainly, start
the week off right with a pretty new
hairdo for a pretty new you.
Viking Cafeteria
Have you noticed the change in
the Viking Cafeteria menu lately? If
you haven't, you don't realize how
much you've missed. The Viking fea-
tures such daily breakfast specials
as waffles, steaks and home fries.
The luncheon menu includes two en-
trees, soup, a special sandwich and
various salads. Drop in and try the
noon menu specials.
Viking hours
Effective Wednesday, March 23 the
Viking will open 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and
5 p.m. until 12:30 a.m.
Driftwood Cafeteria
The hours of operation have been
adjusted slightly to better serve
you. The cafeteria will open Tuesday
through Saturday at 8 a.m. and will
offer all your favorite breakfast spe-
cials. It will close at 3 p.m. Tues-
day through Friday, and will close at
2:30 p.m. Saturday
By the way, don't forget the menu
items offered daily by the Driftwood
and Lucy's sandwiches, either to go
or to eat in the cafeteria. Stop in
today.
Arctic Bowl snack bar
This facility will close Thurs-
day until the bowling alley reopens.
Spring Sale
Don't forget about Super Spring
Sale Tuesday through April 2. The
outstanding values will render 15 to
55 per cent savings for you and your
family.
With Easter just around the cor-
ner, take advantage of the sale to
pick up the children's Easter out-
fits. There are shirts and slacks
for the men of the house, jewelry for
the ladies, including tops, blouses
and pantsuits. The exchange even has
some pet items on sale so as not to
leave out any member of the family.
If you are thinking about spring
cleaning, the exchange has soaps,
bleaches, waxes, scouring pads, trash
bags, brooms, rug and upholstery clea-
ners plus many more household items
to make this timely chore less un-
pleasant. You may put off the chores,
but don't put off the sale, it won't
last that long. Save dollars by
buying all your supplies on sale now.
Uniform Center
The Navy Exchange will reopen the
Clothing and Small Stores in the Vi-
king Building Tuesday. The Uniform
Center's hours of operation will be:
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to
5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays.
Not too long ago, an article deal-
ing with abuses of the exchange shop-
ping privilege in the United States
appeared in a widely distributed
newspaper. In it, the writer inferred
that unauthorized purchases at mili-
tary exchanges may be widespread and
also, on more than a few occasions,
blatantly conducted.
The article generated controversy.
Some thought it cited examples which
were too isolated to support such
broad conclusions. Others saw vary-
ing degrees of credibility in the
article.
Author makes point
We feel, however, that the author
made one irrefutable point and that
is that the military exchange shop-
ping privilege is one heck of a
valuable benefit. If you agree with
us, then you'll also agree with us
that it's well worth protecting.
And shopping for unauthorized per-
sons is not the way to go about it.
Unauthorized persons defined
Unauthorized persons are those
people who are not entitled to shop
in the exchange. Specifically,
they do not qualify for the exchange
benefit and it is illegal for them
to obtain Navy Exchange merchandise,
except to receive it as bonafide
gift from an authorized patron.
The person who buys for an un-
authorized shopper is guilty of
breaking the law, and risks losing
the exchange privilege, plus any
other penalties that may be imposed.
Entitlement outlined
The fact that an individual is on
a Navy base does not automatically
entitle that person to exchange
privileges. Some persons also have
ID cards which limit the exchange
privileges.
If you are approached to make a
purchase at the exchange, it would
be wise to avoid jeopardizing your
own rights by politely refusing.
Illegal purchases--a threat
In addition to being illegal,
making purchases for unauthorized
purposes can cause other problems as
well. It can result in merchandise
shortages which deprive rightful pa-
trons of needed items. It can also
alter the merchandise reordering
requirements because of the false
buying information it creates.
And, of utmost importance, it can
threaten the continued existence of
the exchange system that we have come
to depend on.
Patrons pose prevention
All of us play an active role in
preventing these things from happen-
ing. We can make sure that our pur-
chases are legitimate. We can tact-
fully "advise" those Navy personnel
whose unthinking actions "rock the
boat."
And we can discreetly report those
who knowingly demonstrate their dis-
regard for the well-being of the rest
of us by buying for unauthorized per-
sons .
In this way, we will help to elim-
inate those instances isolated of a-
buse which serve as the basis for
magnified allegations.
The Navy Exchange is one of your
key "bennies." Let's protect it!
Commissary Store
Don't forget that the produce
flight arrives on Tuesday vice Thurs-
day.
The Commissary Store will be
closed April 5 for its semi-annual
inventory.
The Consumer Bulletin is compiled by Exchange employees and Commissary
employees. The opinions and comments expressed herein do not necessarily
reflect the opinions and policies of the Department of Defense or the White
Falcon Editorial Staff. Mention of specific consumer products in this column
is intended solely for the benefit of authorized patrons, and in no way
implies Department of Defense endorsement for these products. Correspondence
or comments relating to this column should be addressed to the Navy Exchange
Officer or the Commissary Store Officer.
TOURS
by Kristin Gilson
TRAVEL
Military fares defined
If you are active military, you and
your dependents may obtain a military
fare to the states. Children under the
age of two pay 10 per cent of an adult
military fare, providing they do not
occupy a seat, and children two to 12
pay half fare.
If you are making a round trip,
please keep in mind that you must
return within 45 days.
Excursion fares
The period of application for
public excursion fares from Iceland
which was; April 1 to May 15 and Sept.
15 to Oct. 31, has been extended to an
all year application, and the ticket
validity was amended and will be eight
to 21 days vice one to 30 days.
These excursion fares apply to more
than 50 places throughout Europe.
Family fares
These are now available to Denmark,
Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Faeroe
Islands as well as popular Glasgow, Lon-
don and Luxembourg.
These fares are ideal for the family,
since the head of the household is the
only one who needs to pay full fare; the
rest of the family needs only pay half
fare.
Frankfurt--Paris
Starting June 19 to Aug. 28 there will
be direct commercial flights to Frank-
furt every Sunday, and starting July
2 to Aug. 27 there will be direct
flights to Paris every Saturday.
Sunny Spain
If you have a couple of weeks to
spend in sunshine on beautiful beaches,
we can make arrangements for you to go
to the ever popular Canary Islands or
Mallorca. If you enjoy sightseeing as
well, how about Costa del Sol or
Benidorm? And, of course, all these
places offer entertainment at its best.
Greece
Would you believe that now you have
an opportunity to spend 15 or 22 fa-
bulous days in historic Greece. In
just more than five hours you could be
at a beutiful beach area approximately
15 miles from Athens, or on the beau-
tiful island of Crete.
Skiing
Don't forget that we have ski pack-
ages to Akureyri and Husavik available.
You choose the time and length of your
tour.
North Atlantic seasons rules
In the past North Atlantic fares have
been at three levels, i.e. winter,
shoulder and peak. As of April 1, 1977,
this will be changed to two seasons
only and at the same time the peak sea-
son period will be extended by one month.
The following are the basic (low) and
peak (high) season periods:
Basic Westbound —April 1 to June 14,
Oct. 15 to March 31.
Basic Eastbound —April 1 to May 14,
Sept. 15 to March 31.
Peak Westbound —June 15 to Oct. 14.
Peak Eastbound —May 15 to Sept. 14.
Recreation by Sharon Granger
Hvitarbakki
Hvitarbakki will open for business
April 1. Reservations may be made in
advance at the Recreation Main Office
(T-170) starting Monday. For all of
those new on the NATO Base, Hvitarbakki
is an eight bedroom lodge run by the
Recreation Department on the Hvita River.
The lodge, located 110 miles from the
NATO Base not far from the town of
Akranes, is on a working Icelandic farm.
In addition to the eight bedrooms
at the lodge, ample camping space is
also available.
Prices are reasonable and children
are always welcome. For more infor-
mation call 7500.
Softball season
Softball season is right around the
corner. The 1977 Intramural Program will
include slowpitch and intermediate.
There will also be an independently run
ladies' softball program. All inter-
ested team representatives are urged to
get the season publicized and have your
team registered with the athletic di-
rector before the first organizational
meeting April 18.
AC cage slate
All you basketball fans, here is
your chance to cheer the NATO teams
in the Ambassador's Cup Tourney. The
third game of the series will be held
Tuesday.
The ladies will lead off the night
with a game at 8 p.m.; the men will
play at 9:15 p.m. The fourth game will
be Thursday at Reykjavik, and the fifth
game will be played on the base April
2, with the ladies playing at 3 p.m. and
the men at 4:15.
Auto Hobby Shop
Auto Hobby Shop returns to regular
hours, seven days a week. Those hours
are Monday through Friday 1 p.m. to
10 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Sunday or holidays 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Don't forget the Tuesday and Thurs-
day matinees at the Andrews Theater.
They are "R" rated just for you shift
workers and bored housewives.
White
Falcon
Commanding Officer
Capt. Jack T. Weir
Public Affairs Officer
JOC James E. Dewater
Editor
J02 Jerry Foster
Staff
DM2 Mel Baum
YNSN Chris Bates
SN Sheree Hart
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