The White Falcon - 18.07.1980, Blaðsíða 3

July 18, 1980
The White Falcon
Page 3
Architect helps to plan park
It is the hope of the planning
committee that as much as possible
of the park may be completed this
fall before the first frost.
At its last meeting, Ann Beckham
agreed to be the chairperson of the
Park Planning Committee. Others who
agreed to be sub-committee chairper-
sons are Pat Hilton, in,charge of
planting; Shirley Fiaro, planting
chairperson for the NATO base youth;
and YN1 John Smith, publicity chair-
person. Ann and Pat are new-comers
to the NATO base, having arrived
less than two weeks ago.
Still needed is a chairperson for
maintenance of the park. Ann Beck-
ham would also like a co-chairperson
for the over-all leadership of the
committee. This job will involve
fund raising.
All base residents are able to
participate in this project on any
level. It is not too late to join
the planning committee. For more
information call 7360 or 7261.
The park will be behind the Mini-
Mart. Watch for action over there,
and come to help with the rock plac-
ing. It is our hope that we will
have a very lovely area to look at
this fall, finished with decorative
rock and grassy areas. The more
people who help, the more area will
be finished. Please support your
park and enjoy this special activi-
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conscious
Co
Draft registration
begins July 21
The President, on July 2, 1980,
signed the proclamation for the
registration with the selective
service system of all U. S. citi-
zen and U. S. legal resident alien
males born after certain dates.
The U. S. Embassy is responsible
for carrying out the order.
The registration dates for
males born in 1961 and 1962 are as
follows: Males born during 1960
will register during the week of
July 21 - 27, 1980. Males born
during 1961 will register during
the week of July 28 - August 3,
1980. A later announcement will
be made for males born in 1963 and
thereafter.
U. S. citizens who are depen-
dents of NATO Base personnel may
register at the base Provost Mar-
shal's office, Bldg. T-170. All
other U. S. citizens residing in
Iceland may register with the U.S.
Embassy in Reykjavik.
Since only U. S. citizens may
register overseas, those men who
are U. S. legal resident alien
males who live outside the U. S.
during the time set for registra
tion must accomplish their regis-
tration in the U. S. within 30
days of return to the U. S.
Failure to register may result
in a $10,000 fine and/or five
years in prison.
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Five members of the Park Planning
Committee met yesterday with the
Icelandic landscape-architect hired
by the public works department to
advise us and help us design our
park. Committee members shared
their ideas and plans with him.
Aside from creating a beautiful
park, wind protection and proper
drainage must be advantageously
worked into the over-all design.
In order to gain maximum wind
protection, it was decided to uti-
lize piles of rock and soil in com-
bination with low areas formed by
digging with earth moving equipment.
Trial holes will be dug next week to
see how deep it will be possible for
the park to be. Safety for
children will be considered at all
times.
Once the landscape-architect fi-
nalizes the plans for the park, sub-
ject to approval by the public works
officer, work will begin on the act-
ual forming of the park.
After the heavy equipment work is
done, all work on the park will be
in the hands of volunteers from our
NATO base community. The Planning
Committee is presently working on
plans for a Rock-Placing Ceremony
which will officially open the work
on the park to all residents. Eve-
ryone will be invited to place a
rock to begin the terracing system
throughout the park. __________
Become safety
boy into and up the side of a set of
quarters. Use of parachutes on the
base for play is forbidden and any
parachutes in custody of children
will be confiscated by Security.
Dempster dumpsters are necessary
for good sanitation on the Base, but
they do pose a hazard as discussed
above or if children play in them.
A child should never get inside a
dumpster. They can cut themselves
on broken glass and there is even
the possibility of their being pick-
ed up and crushed with trash when it
is dumped into the receiving truck.
A few years ago at the Armed
Forces Staff College in Norfolk, two
children were killed playing around
a Dempster dumpster when they were
struck by the wheels of the truck
that came to empty it. The driver
of the truck could not see them and
thought nothing of rolling over what
he considered an empty box.
There are numerous hazards which
develop when sidewalks and roads be-
come coated with ice. We can put
sand on sidewalks and encourage
drivers of automobiles to proceed
with caution, but there is little
any of us can do if a child grabs
onto the rear bumper of a moving ve-
hicle for a slide ride and falls un-
der a wheel, or dashes in front of a
car that has limited braking action
due to weather conditions.
The solution here is to teach
children the danger of ice and in-
sist they practice safety. Winter
is a time wrought with danger. Nor-
mal problems incident to snowfall
are compounded by winter sports.
Sledding down hills, which place
the sled in the path of vehicular
traffic, is the most common hazard
that comes to mind. Towing sleds
behind automobiles is also danger-
ous and is not permitted on the
base.
Playing in snow can be great fun,
but in Iceland, children should not
proceed from one place to another in
a heavy snowfall unless accompanied
by an adult and never in a white-
out. Also, children should never
play in snow banks along road sides.
As you have already noticed, as
we approach winter the hours of day-
light will become significantly
shorter. On the base, children and
adults should have reflective tape
on their overcoats or jackets so
they can be seen easily by vehicle
operators. A child should not play
outside alone in the winter dark-
ness; should something happen which
causes him injury, a buddy could get
help promptly.
The foregoing is not a complete
list of dangers and hazards children
must be aware of, but it is a point
from which parents can start their
own "child-safety" program.
I strongly suggest you take a
position with your child on what he
or she may or may not do and then
insist they abide by the rules.
Your firmness in this regard may be
the difference between a happy,
healthy child and one who :s crip-
pled or killed because of a preven-
table accident.
Capt. Thomas J. Keene
Commanding Officer
Naval Station Keflavik