The White Falcon - 21.10.1983, Blaðsíða 1

1983 CFG campaign underway
The 1983 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)
in Iceland will be conducted from October
17 through November 11. The campaign theme
Aw come on, folks!
The deadline for the close of the White
Falcon survey is near and we still need
additional completed surveys in order
to properly evaluate your desires for
YOUR weekly base newspaper. If you have
received a survey in the random samp-
ling of our readers, please endeavor to
complete the simple form as quickly as
possible and return it -- via local
U.S. mail -- to the IDF Public Affairs
Office, Bldg. 936. Final results of
the survey will be published in a Nov-
ember edition of the White Falcon.
this year is "Help Somebody Through..." CFC
is a great way to lend a helping hand to
those less fortunate than ourselves.
CFC benefits organizations here on the
NATO Base as well as organizations at home.
A CFC gift can go to all of the more than
100 participating CFC organizations or, it
can be designated to help a specific organ-
ization selected by you. Giving is easy,
especially through allotments.
Every military activity has keyworkers
assigned to solicit contributions from fel-
low members. These keyworkers deserve
wholehearted support — with that support
they will be able to make this year's cam-
paign the most successful in our history.
With an enthusiastic effort by all, we can
truly "Help Somebody Through..."
The goal of the NATO Base this year is
$60,000. Last year's goal of $55,000 was
far exceeded with a 71-percent participa-
tion level. Please keep in mind that near-
ly everyone will, during the next year, be
touched by one or more of the participating
CFC agencies.
CNO Retention Team
The CNO Retention Team is scheduled to
visit Keflavik next Friday at 9 a.m.
to conduct a presentation at Andrews
Theater. A full-scale description of
the compensation issues before Congress
will be included. The presentation is
designed for both officers and enlisted
personnel. Members of command retention
teams, especially career counselors and
junior officers, should attend. Depen-
dents and Ombudsmen are also most wel-
come and encouraged to attend the pre-
sentation.
MWR wins print awards
Naval Station's Morale, Welfare and Re-
creation (MWR) Department has been present-
ed two media excellence awards -- for post-
ers and flyers and for brochures and news-
letters -- in the FY 1983 Fourth Annual
Recreation Awards Program
MWR director, Val Larusson, was on hand
at a- special awards meeting in Kansas City,
M0 last month and accepted the awards on
behalf of his department and Naval Station
Keflavik. Although many people were res-
ponsible for the winning of the awards,
Hafdis Sveinsdottir, MWR's information
specialist, was responsible for much of the
content and design of the award-winning en-
tries.
The goal of the media excellence awards
program is to recognize the outstanding
quality and professionalism of marketing,
promotion and publicity efforts by field
activities on behalf of Navy recreation. A
further objective is to encourage field ac-
tivities to develop or strengthen their
(See AWARDS, Page 6)
Poster, essay winners picked in fire prevention contests
If you didn't see a fireman last week --
first-hand and in person — then you weren't
paying attention. Members of the Naval Sta-
tion's Fire Prevention Branch of the Fire
Department were everywhere, in the schools,
visiting commands, in the neighborhoods,
putting up signs around the base, in the
exchange, Viking Mall, etc. All of the ef-
fort was part of the extra work that goes
into making the public more fire conscious
during Fire Prevention Week, held this year
during the period October 9-15.
All NATO Base commands received fire
prevention lectures and hands-on training
with fire extinguishers during the week.
There were 126 different lectures; total
attendance was 3,231 individuals. Persons
attending these lectures also received fire
prevention and fire safety leaflets.
There was, as is usual, an extensive
program in the schools. All classes in the
elementary, high school and the U.S. Embassy
School in Reykjavik were visited by fire
inspectors who discussed fire prevention
with students ata level appropriate to each
age group. Topics included Children With
Matches; Stop, Drop and Roll Techniques;
and Procedures for Exit Drill in the Home
(EDITH). Children at the Child Care Center,
elementary school and high school were also
introduced to "The Friendly Monster" — a
firefighter in full fire fighting gear with
breathing apparatus. Children also had an
opportunity to ride in a fire engine and to
tour the fire station.
A contest for the best fire prevention
essay, slogan or poster was sponsored in
both the high school and elementary school.
Winners were awarded a decorative certifi-
cate and the first place winners received a
$10 cash prize. Second place winners re-
ceived 10 tickets redeemable for bowling
games at the Arctic Bowl. Half of the
price of the bowling tickets was donated by
MWR; the other half from a special Fire
Department fund.
Essay contest winners were as follows:
12th grade, Faye Fahland first place and
Janet Keene second place; 11th, Jim Burnett
and Billie Cain; 10th, Nino Arranz and
Michelle Conner; 9th, Jasmine Celebcigil
and Trina 0'Cock (poster); 8th, Brian Hov-
sepian and Harvey Spicer; 7th, Mike Simp-
kins and Nikki Hanna; 6th, Sue Schultz,
Jimmy Young and Chris Owens first place and
Helen Duszynski, Tammy Rippe and Richard
Coffey second place; 5th, Kenny Welch and
Michelle Jencks first place and Larissa
Daniels and Robert Micheaux second place;
and 4th, Jerusha Cosgrove, Suzette Lowell
and Malia Guthrie first place and Denny
Roe, Tracy Koontz and Chippy Stevers second
place.
While all of the essays were excellent,
space does not allow us to publish them
all. However, we found one so entertain-
ing that it is produced in its entirity be-
low: This essay was written by Jimmy Young,
a sixth grader, and was one of the first
place winners in that class:
"Rinky and Dink sat perfectly still. The
(See CONTESTS, Page 3)
Christina Price* a classroom fire warden at the elementary school* receives a certificate
and bad£e from Assistant Fire Chief A. Eriksson. (Photo by PH3 Jeff Wood)