Mary Lou Gorny, Hilltop Times Editor
April 11, 2013
David Perry, 75th Public Affairs graphics designer, received the first Spirit Pin for 2014 in Building 1102 on April 5. The Hill Air Force Base Spirit Award allows employees to recognize their peers for their contributions to the team and to their country. Each year, the Awards Committee solicits designs for a Spirit Award Pin...
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Mikayla Beyer, Hilltop Times Editor
April 11, 2013
The Federal Women’s Program has launched a series of “Lunch and Learns” for spring 2013, and Hill AFB kicked it off with a spring gardening session for those interested in filling their yards — and hopefully plates — with fresh vegetables. Hiedi Williams, a Home Depot employee and garden specialist for 30 years, led the lunch and learn with ...
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April 11, 2013
May 2 — “Parenting in Trouble Times,” Denise Elbert. Sack lunches: ham and cheese sandwiches, chips, cookie, juice May 16 — “Cutting your Grocery Bill without Clipping Coupons,” Rachel Turner. Lunch will be a coupon surprise. June 6 — “Women and Leadership,” with Col. Jill Bergovoy. Finger foods provided. The 2013 Friends of the Federal ...
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Mikayla Beyer, Hilltop Times Editor
April 11, 2013
The Army and Air Force Exchange Service demonstrated its high regard for Hill Air Force Base Tuesday when Senior Enlisted Adviser Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Pearson paid a visit to inspect and find out what improvements can be made for people living and working on base. “I’m the senior enlisted adviser to the CEO, and my role is to visit the various locations and...
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Air Force Materiel Command Wellness Support Center
April 4, 2013
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — During April and May, Air Force Materiel Command will be promoting its ‘Be Active: Physical Activity Initiative.’The Be Active initiative is designed to be progressive with frequency of physical activity. If someone has not been active for some time, this initiative allows him or her to start at a comfortable level and add a little more activity as times...
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75th Force Support Squadron
April 4, 2013
The Airman’s Attic is a facility where junior enlisted Airmen (E-5 and below) and their families can visit to get access to free donated goods. A plethora of items ranging from baby supplies to military uniforms can be found at the Attic. Most of these items are gently used, second-hand items.The Hill AFB Food Pantry is also located inside the Airman’s Attic (Building 150, Airman and Family...
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Hilltop Times staff
April 4, 2013
Hill AFB 75th Medical Group representatives, 75th Security Forces Squadron, and several local and state agencies, are partnering for a prescription drug “take-back” event to prevent increased pill abuse, theft and harm to the environment.Collections sites will be available on base at the Base Exchange and the Commissary on April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.According to event organizers, the drug...
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Tech. Sgt. Eric Burks, 2nd Combat Camera Squadron
March 28, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY — With seconds ticking away, the skater zips through and around a sea of defenders, all focused on either slowing her progress or knocking her out of bounds.Approaching a group of blockers holding the inside line, she takes to the air and perfectly executes an “apex jump,” narrowly landing in bounds as she skates past the last defender.The crowd inside the converted warehouse...
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Mikayla Beyer, Hilltop Times Staff
February 21, 2013
Special Olympics has provided a chance for people with intellectual disabilities to show their athletic skills since 1968. Now a group of Utah children ages 2-7 are participating in weekend sessions with the Special Olympics Utah’s Young Athletes program, giving them an outlet for their energy and sense of community.“The Young Athletes Program is a curriculum that’s been developed for Special...
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Mary Lou Gorny, Hilltop Times Editor
February 21, 2013
“We use (this) to detect bad stuff. If it doesn’t go off, then we know nothing is out there or at least what it is we are looking for. It will detect stuff that makes your skin melt off and (make) you have nightmares at night so this is a nightmare detector,” said Staff Sgt. Bond Aulik, 775th Civil Engineer Squadron, to students participating in a Starbase Academy tour as he held up a detector....
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