The White Falcon


The White Falcon - 07.04.1978, Side 1

The White Falcon - 07.04.1978, Side 1
FOR TWO YEARS OF ACCIDENT-FREE AIRCRAFT SAFETY, Captain Jack T. Weir, Commander Naval Forces Iceland/Commanding Officer Naval Station Kefla- vik, presents the citation to key personnel: (left to right) Commander D. E. Blish, Air Operations Department officer; Lieutenant Commander J. B. Wilcox, Aviation Safety officer, and Commander J. A. Mueller, Naval Station Executive Officer. For two years of accident-free air- craft operations, Naval Station, Kefla- vik recently received a citation from Admiral H.E. Greer, Commander Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Flying both the C-117 and the C-118, aircraft on administrative support mis- sions throughout Iceland, Europe and the east coast of the United States, the dedicated and professional attitude and performance of the Naval Station aircrews and maintenance personnel have achieved two years of accident-free operations. More than 5,000 people have been carried during this period of time for more than 6,000,000 pas- senger miles in over 2,300 hours through varying weather conditions. "The commanding officer, officers and men of U.S. Naval Station, Kefla- vik are congratulated for this fine achievement. They can take pride in their contribution to the continued re- duction in losses of personnel and material assets within the Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet and the United States Navy," Admiral Greer stated in a letter. ADM GREER CITES FLYING SAFETY Volume 34 Number 14 KeNovik, Iceland April 7, 1978 PTO to chop f by Marty Gaines The Parent-Teacher Organization of A.T. Mahan School general membership will be voting on allocation of the in- come from last October's PTO Carnival at a general membership meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Upper School multi- purpose room. Requests for miscellaneous supplies and special events, amounting to almost $5,000, have been received from the principals of the A.T. Mahan schools, and recommendations concerning these re- quests from the PTO finance committee will be submitted for consideration. The PTO will also be soliciting vol- unteers to serve on the nominating com- mittee for next year's officers as well as additional volunteers to help select the recipients of this year's scholar- ships. Two scholarships will be given to members of this year's graduating class from the 1977 Carnival proceeds. unds Tuesday Any PTO member or parent of an A.T. Mahan student who is interested in serving on either the nominating or scholarship committee or in running for office will have an opportunity to express these interests. The 1978 PTO Carnival preliminaries will also be discussed in an effort to do as much advance work as possible be- fore the end of this school year. Any- one with ideas for next fall's event is encouraged to share his ideas at this meeting. As has been done in the past, the PTO will award cash prized to the classroom having the largest percentage of parents in attendance. Winners for the last meeting were all from the Lower School with Miss Skebeck's sixth grade class capturing the top prize of $15. Second prize of $10 went to Mrs. Kidder's first grade class while Mr. Kidder's fourth grade won the $5 third prize. FILIPINO-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION members take a break at their booth during last year's Parent-Teacher Organiza- tion Carnival, (photo by MSC Tony Cercena) AT A LUNCHEON held Tuesday, Loyd Morrow, Upper School principal, speaks to Student Council members. Buses: With vandalism a concern, base slated for 9 new In the near future, the Naval Station will be receiving nine new buses. Ac- cording to Ensign R. A. Sefton Jr., Pub- lic Works Transportation Division offi- cer, the buses are the largest means of transportation on the Naval Station. Further, he states, the NATO base is fortunate to receive all these new buses at one time. A main area of concern continues to be vandalism on the base buses, the transportation officer points out. Rising lately at an alarming rate, win- dows have been broken, seats cut and food and have been strewn all over the buses. The Public Works Transportation Di- vision, along with the Naval Station Security Department, will be enforcing bus regulations against vandalism. Smoking, eating or any such vandalism will be dealt with severely. People found guilty of vandalism will be held responsible (or their parents) to pay for any damages. Bus drivers will be instructed to drive directly to the Security Depart- ment when any problem on the buses arises. Drivers will also not allow people to get on the bus and ride around the base for hours at a time; The transportation officer emphasizes that the buses are not a babysitting system. After the bus has completed a round of the base, passengers will be asked by the driver to leave the bus before the next round. With an effort by everyone, the NATO base can have a bus system to be proud of, the transportation officer adds. Any help by base personnel in this matter will be greatly appre- ciated, he comments. Upper School fetes National Student Council Day Tuesday was National Student Govern- ment Day, and the Student Council of A.T. Mahan School celebrated it by host- ing a luncheon for all its members. Joanne Ricketts, school counselor, was a guest speaker. She commented on the importance of individuals functioning in a group-oriented way. She stated that the only way for a group to com plete its tasks was for each person to abandon his/her individual reactions and contribute to the group as a whole. Brad Adams, Student Council president held a routine business meeting to dis- cuss possible upcoming events, including a "people auction" day, the selling of May baskets and a trip for all honor roll students. The school principal, Loyd Morrow, then stressed the significance of a suc- cessful student council to benefit the most important resources of the school- its students.

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