The White Falcon - 25.04.1980, Blaðsíða 3

April 25, 1980
The White Falcon
PSKG
A friend in a high place
Tour office notes
Tours to Dublin
May 11th and 21st
The Tour Office is offering two
tours to Dublin, Ireland. The first
one departs Sunday May 11 and re-
turns Wednesday May 21. A second
tour departs Wednesday May 21 and
returns Monday May 26.
The price includes accommodations
with Irish breakfast, airfare, and a
transfer from airport to hotel and
return. For more information come
by the Tour Office or call 4200
or 4420.
Nurses dinner Tuesday
The Nurse Corps Officers will be
sponsoring an Icelandic — American
Nurses Dinner meeting Tuesday, May
6, 6 p.m. at the Officer's Club. A
program entitled "Nursing Care of
the Obstetrical Patient" will be
presented. Registered nurses are
invited. For more information a-
bout the dinner cost and in making
reservations call 3299 prior to
Thursday May 1.
By Col. Steven B. Hinderliter,
Assistant Director of Public Af-
fairs, Office of The Secretary of
the Air Force.
We've all heard the expression:
"I've got friends in high places,"
and perhaps have thought, "Ho, not
me." But it's true, whether you re-
alize it or not.
That friend in Washington, D. C.,
is a very effective non-profit or-
ganization named the Air Force Asso-
ciation. This professional airpower
society is the only such group to
speak for the entire spectrum of the
Air Force community. Airmen, NCOs,
officers, civilian employees, re-
tirees, reservists, guardsmen, stu-
dent affiliates, and family members
are all represented by AFA..
The association is led by an im-
pressive group of volunteers who
serve as national officers and board
members. And these leaders continu-
ally speak out on our behalf—often
saying things that we as military
members cannot. But the AFA is much
more than just an independent, non-
profit organization in Washington.
It also is a strong, dynamic
group of Air Force supporters in
your local community. With hundreds
of chapters around the country, AFA.
is the Air Force. It is also people
—150,000 of them. They represent
you and me because they are made up
of you and me.
Local chapters may feature guest
speakers and fellowship with active
discussions or aerospsce issues,
historical presentations, picnics,
banquets, and much much more. Na-
tionally, AFA means someone, to speak
out on our behalf. It also means
the national convention to recognize
A.ir Force's Outstanding Airmen of
the Year, and similar programs to
recognize junior officers, and Air
Force Reserve Officers Training
Corps cadets.
And it means a subscription to
Air Force Magazine.
Interested individuals may ob-
tain applications for membership
from Captain John C, Thompson of the
57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron by
calling 4671.
01980 Radiothon to begin Monday
Every year since 1904, a large
number of Navy commands, whether a-
float or ashore, conduct a fund
drive to support the Navy Relief So-
ciety. This year's drive is slated
for Monday, A.pril 28, to May 15.
Navy Relief helps many Navy and
Marine personnel with financial as-
sistance, counseling and educational
loans in time of need.
This year marks the 76th anniver-
sary of the establishment of Navy
Relief, although it will only be the
second in which an office has been
established at Naval Station Kefla-
vik.
Last year, the fund drive netted
$9,056.10 through individual ccntriL
butions and a 100 hour radiothon
conducted by NBS. P.adiothons have
helped contribute to a $21,377.51
three year total.
From 1 p.m. Monday to 5 p.m. Fri-
day, May 2, NBS will once again put
on a 100 hour radiothon to benefit
Navy Relief and the Air Force Assis-
tance Fund (AFAF).
Although the main fund drive for
AFAF is already completed, the radi-
otbon allows Air Force members to
participate^and donate to AFAF. The
lonly provision is that Air Force
pledges must be collected and mailed
to AFAF prior to July 1.
The following are Radiothon "80"
rules: 1. Songs less than four
minutes are a $1 donation. Tunes
longer than four minutes are $1 per
minute. Hourly blocks of a certain
type of music are not being sold.
2. If you pledge $1 to hear a song
and it turns out to be over four
minutes, the DJ will change the
pledge sheet to reflect the appro-
priate amount. 3. To pre-empt a
song, you must match the pledge plus
$5. 4. Challenges to other people
or organizations will not be an-
nounced until accepted. If reject-
ed, the challenger will be notified.
5. Recurring requests start at $100.
To replace that song, you need
to match the amount and add 50 per-
cent, which then becomes the new
pledge. The number of recurring re-
quests being played in an hour will
be controlled by the Radiothon Man-
ager.
6. Multiple requests for the same
song (the same person wanting to
hear a particular selection more
than once), rule 1 applies for the
first play and double the amount for
each additional airing up to five.
After that, rule 5 applies. 7. Each
pledge will be announced by the DJ.
If a song is pre-empted while it is
playing, the pledge is considered
good.
Fxciusive Radiothon telephone
numbers are 4900 and 4°01. If one
line is bus'' keen on trvinp as tlse
•>hones are not on a rotatin'' cir-
cuit, and are the on I v lines al.loted
tor radiothon use.
When you do get through, give
your name, social security number,
command, phone number, request and
pledge. After this information has
been recorded, the caller will be
-■.von a control numner. Flease
specify your pledge for either Navy
Relief or AFAF. If you don't, the
pledge will result m a 50/50 dona-
tion.
Refer to your control number when
paying the pledge. You can pay in
cash or by check. If paying by
check, make checks payable to Navy
Relief Fund, Keflavik, Iceland. Air
Force members may make checks pay-
able to AFAF. All donations will be
collected at the Navy Broadcasting
Station, Building T-44.
Parents are asked to inform their
children not to call the radio sta-
tion and request a song unless they
make a pledge. Regular radio pro-
gramming and request shows will be
resumed after the radiothon ends.
1485 Radio is looking for NATO
Base organizations and groups to as-
sist with phones and administrative
work during Radiothon "80." If in-
terested, call 4613.