The White Falcon - 21.03.1980, Síða 1

Wagoner, Air Forces Iceland Commander, donating by allotment; (left) 1st
Lt. Sam Slep and (right) Maj. George Bauer III, The Unit Project Officer
for Headquarters Air Forces Iceland, are witnessing the opening ceremonies
of The Air Force Assistance Fund Campaign, How do you give to the Fund?
You can give three ways. Giving to the Fund's Air Force Aid Society means
loans or grants for other Blue Suiters to meet urgent family emergencies.
Giving to the Fund's Air Force Enlisted Widows Home and the Fund's Air
Force Village means affordable quarters for qualified surviving spouses,
dependents and retirees. When giving, pick one or more of the Fund affil-
iates from the three listed above. Gifts accepted in cash, checks or al-
lotments.
Checkley, NBS winners in contest
Local briefs
Father Baily leads
service Thursday
Father Baily from RAF Lossie-
mouth, Scotland will be on the
NATO base March 27-29. He will
conduct an Episcopal Church Ser-
vice in the base chapel at 6:30
p.m. on Thursday. All interested
personnel are invited to attend.
Advisory board meeting
There will be a joint Navy Ex-
change/Commissary Advisory Board
meeting on Thursday at 3:30 p.m.
in the Naval Station Conference
Room.
Showcase band to perform
The Tactical Air Command (TAC)
Showcase Band will entertain the
NATO base personnel this week.
Their performance schedule is:
Wednesday 8 p.m., a floor show and
dance combo at Rockville Consoli-
dated Mess; On Thursday, a floor
show, at Hofn; On Friday, 8 p.m.,
a floor show and dance combo at
The Top of the Rock; On Saturday,
noon to 1 p.m., a floor show at
The Youth Center; On Saturday, 8
p.m., a floor show and dance com-
bo at The Windbreaker Club; And on
Tuesday, April 1, 7:30 p.m., a
floor show at Andrews Theater.
Upcoming Tour Office trips
On Saturday, March 29, for one
week to Austria; On Sunday, March
30, for three weeks to the Canary
Islands; On Monday, March 31, for
one week to New York.
On Wednesday, April 2, for 16
days to Mallorca; On Thursday, A-
pril 3, to Copenhagen until April
8; On Saturday, April 12, for one
week to London; On Friday, April
18, for three weeks to Mallorca;
On Saturday, April 19, for one
week to London; On Saturday, April
19, for three weeks to Miami; On
Sunday, April 20, for three weeks
to the Canary Islands; On Thurs-
day, April 24, for one week to New
York; On Friday, April 25, to Lon-
don until April 28; On Saturday,
April 26, for one week to London.
For more information about
these trips, call the Tour Office
at 4420 or 4200.
The winners of the 1979 Thomas
Jefferson awards contest for armed
forces newspapers, radio and tele-
vision stations were announced re-
cently by the Department of Defense.
The following winners in the tel-
evision technical production, light-
ing, set design, editing, and tech-
nical effects category were:
First Place---was "Col. Espinoza"
program by Master Sgt. Dennis Mc-
Kell, USAF, U.S. Air Forces in
Europe, 7122D Broadcasting Squadron,
Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany.
Second Place----was "The Nightly
News" program by Journalist Second
Class John Checkley, USN, Navy
Broadcasting Service, Detachment
Eight, Keflavdk, Iceland.
The annual contesc is conducted
by the Defense Information School,
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, for
the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Public Affairs, and it is spon-
sored to stimulate and reward excel-
lence and professionalism in mili-
tary print and broadcast Journalism.
A Thomas Jefferson bust statuette
and plaque are presented to the
first and second place winners who
contributed the most toward the win-
ning entry either as producer, writ-
er, or director in the broadcast
catagories. A statuette is present-
ed also to the parent organization
of the first place winner.
Because Navy Broadcasting Ser-
vice, Detachment Eight, Keflavik,
Iceland, came in first place in
broadcast media category of the 1979
Chief of Information Merit Award
contest, they automatically became
one of the Navy nominees to the Tho-
mas Jefferson Awards contest. ____
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