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.