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The Team Hill Junior Force Council (TH-JFC) has gathered feedback from the work-force and will present an opportunity to improve employee communication with an informative hour as Ogden Air Logistics Center Executive Director Michael Gill ends the 2011 Fall Speaker Series. The 2011 Speaker Series is sponsored by the TH-JFC.

The final installment of the series for this year is planned for Oct. 26, at the Base Theater, Building 441, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The program was led by Bestor, musician and composer, as he presented: "Everything I Learned I Learned on the Piano Bench." He went on to explain how his mother's approach to getting him to play had taken him from someone who hated to practice to someone who willingly spent his free time composing music.

Bestor asked the audience for three or four patriotic songs and once warmed up, his fingers moving up and down the keyboard melodically, he then composed a presentation from those tunes.

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Davis County School District taking comments on 2012-2013 calendar

The Davis School District is proposing three calendar options for the 2012-13 school year.

Each option includes winter recess beginning Dec. 22 and returning to school on Jan. 2. The differences are as follows:

The Warrior Fitness Center is holding its third Zumba-thon featuring the new fitness training offering, Hot Hula. The two hour class on Saturday, Oct. 22, 9 a.m.-11 a.m., will offer Zumba dance, Reggaeton, salsa and any type of Latin dance or international dance in addition to the Hot Hula, all taught by certified fitness instructors. The free event is available to anyone with base access.

Devin Gongora, group fitness coordinator and trainer at the center, is excited about the new fitness opportunities the center has introduced.

WASHINGTON -- Changes are coming to the Air Force and officials are working with the Department of Defense to prioritize current and future resources as part of a national priority to reduce spending.

In the spring of 2010 the Defense Department began a comprehensive effort to increase efficiencies, reduce overhead costs and eliminate redundant functions in order to improve the effectiveness of the DoD enterprise.

This effort focused on reprioritizing how DoD can use resources to more effectively support and sustain the total force and most importantly the war-fighter.

WEST HAVEN -- Other than bringing doughnuts for his classmates, Jett Longmore started the celebration of his 11th birthday Tuesday, Oct. 11 pretty routinely.

He never suspected that a birthday surprise waited for him at school.

After library time at Kanesville Elementary School, Jett's teacher sent the fifth-grader to the office to deliver papers. He returned to find the overhead projector on and ready to broadcast a message from the other side of the world.

One of the best lessons in leadership I've learned was from watching Harrison Ford. Not him specifically, but if you'll recall, one of the "Indiana Jones" movies was centered on the Crusades.

After watching that particular movie, I started to read a lot about medieval history and, in particular, the Crusades. The following is not a religious article. It is simply a historical account of a particularly effective motivational approach.

Visit the office in Building 460 until Oct. 19, when ITT is scheduled to move to Outdoor Recreation, for the following tickets at reduced prices:

Lagoon Frightmares tickets: $37 from ITT (Gate $43.95 plus tax). Frightmares open every weekend in October.

Black Island Farms, Corn Maize ($3 savings if purchased at ITT), Adult $12, Child $7. Corn Maize tickets include admission to the courtyard and all of the attractions: the kiddie corral, the cornfield maize, and a hayride to the pumpkin patch where you can pick your own pumpkin.

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