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Schriever Sentinel Seeking Volunteers for Jan COLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPER GROUP SCCHRIEVERHRIEVER SEENTINELNTINEL Th ursday January 10, 2008 www.csmng.com Vol. 2 No. 2 Base Briefs ‘Extra steps’ help reach recycling mandates DASH volunteers wanted By Lorna Gutierrez Drive A Service Member Home is Schriever Sentinel seeking volunteers for Jan. 11-12. Volunteers will be on-call from 10 Sometimes it’s only a few extra steps to a p.m. to 3 a.m. A weekend dispatcher recycling container instead of a trash can. and 14 drivers, 8 male and 6 female, Despite that fact, it’s still the trash can that are needed. many at Schriever use, resulting in a recycling For more information, contact Staff rate of less than 10 percent of solid goods, Sgt. Adrian Fernandez of the 1st Space down three percent from its 2006 recycling Operations Squadron at 567-2747. rate and a slim fraction of the Air Force mandate. “It’s very important to recycle,” said Bill College math class available Rose, an environmental protection specialist at Schriever with the 50th Civil Engineer Squadron here. Colorado Christian University will “We’re not even meeting Air Force goals. Th e be off ering Math 110, Mathematical Air Force is looking for a 50 percent reduc- Concepts from Jan. 15 to Feb. 12 at the tion of solid waste.” First Term Airman’s Center Room in Th ere may be many reasons that people the DeKok Building. don’t recycle, but they’re not good reasons. Th e course will take place every “Some say they don’t recycle because Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. for fi ve they’re too tired to put it somewhere else. I Photo Lorna Gutierrez weeks. Th is course fulfi lls CCAF re- have to rely on peoples’ integrity to do what quirements for math with 100% tuition they should do.” assistance. Th e book for the course will What they should do is drop recyclable need to be purchased. materials in the many recycle bins located To register for this course, contact on base. If those bins are too far away, people A trash bag inside a dumpster on base shows many items that could have been reclycled — including plastic, Tom Boven of CCU at 596-9235. can request a container from Mr. Rose by paper and cardboard — were instead thrown away. Recycling these materials instead will help Schriever meet For more information, contact Master calling 567-4242. the Air Force goal of recycling 50 percent of its solid waste. Sgt. Richard Longacre of the 50th Mission A good reason to recycle is that it saves Support Squadron at 567-5927. energy. It also saves money. the cartridges back for recycling. Th e mail Mr. Rose is currently working with Recycle “It costs a lot of money to manufacture rooms will accept toner boxes with mailing America to co-mingle all the recyclables Housing offi ce closed aluminum,” said Mr. Rose. “If you recycle labels. into one recycle dumpster, instead of hav- aluminum, it costs a lot less to use it for other “If a person cannot fi nd a mailing label, ing people place recyclables in segregated Th e Peterson Air Force Base housing purposes.” they can come to me. I’ll try to fi nd out if dumpsters. offi ce will be closed Jan. 17-18 for an offi - Aluminum, plastic, paper and cardboard the mailing label can be duplicated and sent “Instead of throwing recyclables in the cial function. Normal offi ce hours from can all be recycled on base. Schriever is also back,” Mr. Rose said. trash can under your desk, take a few extra 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. will resume Jan. 22. It addition to the ethics of recycling, an steps to the recycling bin and be a little more For more information, contact initiating a program where used radio batter- executive order signed by President George conscientious about recycling,” Mr. Rose said. Johnna Phillips of the housing offi ce ies and smaller lithium and nickel cadmium W. Bush requires the federal government “Th en maybe we can see an improvement at 556-4332. batteries or cell phone batteries can be sent back to the manufacturing company via a to set the example for recycling and energy toward our goal of 50-percent diversion of prepaid UPS mailing label. consumption. solid wastes.” Blood donors needed Mr. Rose also encourages people to take a “Schriever is not setting a good example Th e 50th CES can help you with your recy- A blood drive will be taking place peek at the folded instructions inside toner right now,” Mr. Rose said. “In my dumpster- cling program through training and provid- from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 30 at cartridge boxes, where a prepaid UPS mailing diving episodes, I fi nd more recycling mate- ing containers to make recycling easier. Just the Building 300 auditorium. label is oft en located, and can be used to send rial in the trash than there should be.” give them a call at 567-4242 or 567-4030. For more information, contact Master Sgt. Kenneth Hans of the Space Innovation and Development Center at 567-6492. Book highlights last 10 years of Air Force space mission By Master Sgt. Matt Gilreath 2007 Annual Awards Banquet Air Force Space Command Public Affairs taking place Feb. 2 PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Schriever’s 2007 Annual Awards David Spires, University of Colorado Boulder Banquet will take place Feb. 2 at the senior instructor, delivered two signed cop- Peterson AFB consolidate club. ies of his updated book “Beyond Horizons” Social hour starts at 6 p.m. followed to Gen. C. Robert Kehler, Air Force Space by dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $23 Command commander, Jan. 3. for club members and $25 for non- Th e book is a revision of the 1997 origi- members. Reservations must be made nal and covers events from 1997-2007. Th e no later than Jan. 25. revision was requested by Gen. T. Michael For more information and tickets, Moseley, Air Force Chief of Staff , in May contact unit’s fi rst sergeants. 2007 and was completed in record time ac- cording to Skip Bradley, AFSPC historian. Father, daughter dance Th e revision was published in support of scheduled for Feb. 15 the Air Force’s 60th Anniversary Sept. 18, A Military father-daughter dance 2007. will be held from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. “Th e last ten years there have been signifi - Feb. 15 at the Crowne Plaza hotel in cant advances in space,” Dr. Spires said. “Th e Colorado Springs. focus has really changed in ways to support Photo by Duncan Wood Th e dance is open to all active duty, the warfi ghter. I’m very proud to be a part Reserve, guard and retired military of it.” members with a military ID. “I started by writing a classifi ed book on Tickets for E-5 and below are $20, all Air Defense Command,” he said. “Th en I others are $30. Each additional family realized there were no books written on the David Spires, University of Colorado Boulder senior instructor, presents a signed copy of his revised addition member is $10, and children under 3 Air Force space experience so began writing “Beyond Horizons” to Gen. C. Robert Kehler, Air Force Space Command commander, Jan. 3. “This has been years old are free. one. I had a lot of help from the history of- a real labor of love for our history offi ce,” General Kehler said. “I can’t stress enough the importance of tracing For information and tickets, contact fi ce here; they were signifi cant contributors our history and the shaping of our Air Force. When I got the fi rst copy of this book, it sat on my desk and I used the Southeast Armed Services YMCA to the book.” it daily. I look forward to reading the revision.” at 622-9622. General Kehler echoed the doctor’s re- marks to his staff . to reading the revision.” co-equal in supporting the warfi ghter. “Th is has been a real labor of love for our Dr. Spires and General Kehler agreed With the new books delivered and 10 more Inside history offi ce,” General Kehler said. “I can’t on changing the way people view the Air years of space history documented, Dr. Spires Commentary ................................ 3 stress enough the importance of tracing our Force. will continue his teaching in Boulder until Deployed Family Dinner ............. 5 history and the shaping of our Air Force. “Th emes are still with us,” Dr. Spires said. he is called upon again. Street Talk ...................................... 8 When I got the fi rst copy of this book, it sat “We need to be recognized as an air and space (Both print and electronic versions of the on my desk and I used it daily. I look forward force. 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