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May 16. 1980
The White Falcon
Page 3
Radiothon
con't from page 1
The big pledges for prime time
music kept rolling in all during the
radiothon with $505 from Patrol
Squadron 46 to dedicate "The Slime"
by Frank Zappa to the Marines.
"Only Women Bleed" went out to the
Navy from the Marines. A little la-
ter, the Marine Corps Hymn was bump-
ed by a pledge to have the same song
played at 78 rpm. With all of this
going on, the requests were steadily
coming in and the music was flowing.
The sum of money pledged for the
first two days was $2,000.
On the third day, a requester
dared to hear, at the tune of $50
the Recreation Department sing "It's
the Real Thing." One of the most
unusual requests and challenges of
the radiothon was that of "Whit#
Christmas" done by Chaplain Murray
and friends.
In conjunction with Radiothon
'80, other events were organized,
such as the NAVFAC Walk-A-Thon, the
USO's pepper and pickle eating con-
test, and the Navy vs. Air Force
bowling contest.
The Air Force took the first game
and had a commanding lead of 70
pins. But the Navy never gave up
the ship and came back in the second
ame. From there on, the Navy was
oiling right along. The final game
elonged to the Navy, but was it
enough to make up a 70 pin lead?
Final score: Air Force - 2637, Navy
- 2642. The Air Force team paid the
Navy Relief pledges as was initially
agreed upon.
Bumping of songs 6eemed to be the
favorite pasttJme of many indivi-
duals during the radiothon. If you
requested a song, and someone didn't
like your music, all that had to be
done was to match your pledge plus
$5, and the song would be bumped.
Of course to bump a song at the top
of the hour or at the quarter hour
would be auite exoensive.
The last pledge was received at 5
p.m. on the second of May with a
total of $14,861.37 pledged to Navy
Relief and Air Force Assistance
Fund. Radiothon '80 had surpassed
the 1979 radiothon total of $11,599
with 28 hours left. When all the
totals were in, Radiothon '80 had
topped last year's mark by
$4,181.37.
Disc jockeys for the Radiothon
were Don Phelps, Kevin Clarke, Steve
Johnson, Marty Prater, Sam Spear,
Wayne Amann, Skip Groce, Rob Belew,
Steve Blalock, Gene Babbel, Russ
Stresing, and Kathy Schoenlein.
The telephones were manned 24
hours a day by NATO Base organiza-
tions and groups. With their help,
the pledges were written down and
forwarded tn the rprnrd Hhrarv.and
then on co the disc jockey to be
played.
Volunteers manning the phones
were from AWACCS Women's Club, Air
Force Sergeants Association, AIMD
Department, Rockville Rockers, 57th
FIS Wives Club, Wlndbreaker Wives
Club, Grindavik Green Machine, Navy
Relief Society, Beta Sigma Phi So-
rority, NAVCOMSTA Women. Fleet Re-
serve Association and the Keflavik's
Women's Bowling Association. Other
volunteers included John Checkley,
Mike Pennick, Mary Reed, Robin Bla-
lock, and Nancy Treatkill.
"Radiottjion '80 was a large suc-
cess due to the spirit of the NATO
Base residents. We would not have
been able to do it by ourselves,"
said Don Phelps, Radio Station Mana-
ger.
AWARD CEREMONY—(left to right) PHI
M. Villalpando, TMC R. Roots and
SKCS S. Robinson were honored in a
ceremony in Capt. T.J. Keene's of-
fice last week. PHI Villalpando was
awarded the Navy Achievement Medal,
TMC Roots received $300 for his ben-
eficial suggestion titled "Dye for
Exercise Head MK-85" and SKCS Robin-
son was awarded the Navy Commenda-
tion Medal. (Photo by Naval Station
Photo Lab)