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Active-duty, military retirees from all branches and their Family members who have sim-ple personal income tax returns are eligible for tax assistance service. Returns may be filed electronically whether you are getting a refund or you owe taxes. Only taxes prepared by a Fort Wainwright Tax Assistance Center staff member can be electronically filed at the Tax As-sistance Center. The Tax Assistance Center is located in building 1051-9 near the law center on the north side of Fort Wainwright. Walk-in customers are welcome beginning Jan. 27. The hours of operation will be: Monday to Wednesday 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m., Thursday noon to 7 p.m., and Friday 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. For more information, call 353-2613.

U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Misheff flies the American flag from the back of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter over the southern Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Aug, 24, 2014. Misheff is a crew chief assigned to the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Bryan Lewis) See more photos on pages 4 and 5.

2014: Looking back through the lens

staff sgt. Mylinda durousseau1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Arctic Wolves

Kristen Patterson said her husband Sgt. Ryan Patterson, aviation operations sergeant, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Arctic Wolves, is the “biggest Peyton Manning fan.” She knew if she could arrange for the two to meet, “It would make me to coolest wife ever, of all time.”

Kristen Patterson wrote Manning a letter in September requesting a chance for her husband to meet the legendary National Football League, Den-ver Broncos quarterback. She said she had forgotten about the letter when she received a call from the Alaska State Troopers saying the Bronco’s public re-lations contacted them asking for her phone number.

“I was completely shocked. Who takes the time to call someone’s electric company and get their phone number?” said Patterson.

In her letter she wrote they would be attending the Cincinnati Bengals - Broncos game Dec. 22, 2014 while home for the holidays. By the time Manning read the letter the Pattersons had already left their home in North Pole and Kristen had not included a phone number. Manning used the return address on the letter and enlisted the help of the utility company, and the Alaska State Troopers in an effort to contact Kristen Patterson to arrange the meeting with her husband.

Fort Wainwright Soldier meets Peyton Manning

Kristen, daughter Olivia and husband, Sgt. Ryan Patter-son, aviation operations sergeant, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Arctic Wolves, had an opportunity to meet with Denver Bronco quarterback Peyton Manning, while visiting family in Cincinnati, Ohio, during the hol-idays. Kristen Patterson wrote a letter to Manning in September to request the meeting. (Courtesy photo)

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North Pole, Alaska is fa-mous for several things such as candy cane light poles, Christmas spirit year-round and Santa Claus, but now it’s home to what judges at the recent 2014 Man Up Texas BBQ’s 5th Annual Gettin’ Sauced competition in Aus-tin, TX., consider the best barbecue sauce in the land.

Gettin’ Sauced is an an-nual barbecue sauce contest and part of music festival presented by TexasFood.com. Judges narrow a wide field into five separate categories, with the winner in each cat-egory going head-to-head to determine the overall champ.

After it was all said and done, Dan Gilson, garrison antiterrorism officer, Fort Wainwright and pit master for the Three Dogs competi-tive BBQ team, received the top honors for his Lead Dog Savory BBQ Sauce. Gilson is also an Army veteran who was a member of the Military Police Corps from 1982 to 2003.

He said his barbecue jour-ney started after watching a show called BBQ America with Rick Brown on Louisi-ana Public Television while stationed at Fort Polk. “That particular episode demon-strated the cooking of a brisket, which looked pretty straightforward.”

“I picked up a small bris-ket flat from the commis-sary, rubbed it with a poorly thought out rub which includ-ed way to much cayenne pep-per and fired up my Brink-mann Smoke n’ Grill,” he said, “I paid very little attention to the temperature as all I could remember from the show was that the brisket would have to cook for a long time.”

Gilson remembers taking the meat out of the smoker after several hours and let it rest half an hour before trying to cut into it. “Notice I said trying to cut into it. I had way overcooked the bris-ket and it was inedible,” he said.

After that he upgraded his equipment and began hon-ing his skills. “I competed at the first Alaska State BBQ

Championship with my two smokers against five other teams who had much more experience cooking BBQ than me,” Gilson said, “Only one other team was competing solo. I learned a lot at that contest. In the end, my team took Reserve Grand Champi-on and finished second to Big

Daddy’s BBQ, the only team with competition expe-rience. I was hooked.”

Since then he has devel-oped the Lead Dog line of rubs and sauces, as well as supplying natural lump char-coal and custom wood chips throughout the State.

He previously was award-ed the Silver Medal from the National BBQ Association Awards of Excellence for his Lead Dog Trail Dust All Purpose Rub and Lead Dog Sweet BBQ Sauce, and has racked up a number of BBQ accolades for his products since going commercial in 2009.

For more information on the Getting’ Sauced competi-tion, visit www.gettinsauced.com or www.manuptexasbbq.com.

Lead Dog claims rightful spot ahead of the pack

Dan Gilson, garrison anti-terrorism offi-cer, Fort Wain-wright and pit master for the Three Dogs c o m p e t i t i v e BBQ team, received the top honors for his Lead Dog Savory BBQ Sauce during the 2014 Man Up Texas BBQ’s 5th An-nual Gettin’ Sauced com-petition in Aus-tin, TX. (Cour-tesy photo)

Capt. Cookie Crunch (above), National Aeronautics and Space Administration prepares for takeoff from Ladd Army Airfield July 18. The ER-2 jet (right) was part of the NASA’s multi-week scientific mission based out of Fort Wainwright, to gather data through simulated instrumentation for use in a satellite set to be launched in 2017. (Photo by Brian Schlumbohm, Fort Wainwright PAO)

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Medical Department Activity-Alaska PAO

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On Nov. 4, Alaskans vot-ed 53 to 47 percent to end decades of marijuana laws and replace it with a system in which marijuana is taxed and regulated like alcohol.

The initiative allows adults 21 years of age and older to possess up to one ounce of marijuana and grow limited amounts in private. Marijuana will be cultivated, tested, and sold by licensed, taxpaying businesses that require proof of age, instead of criminal enterprises in the underground market. The new law is scheduled to take effect on Feb. 24. Passage of this initiative made Alaska the fourth state to regulate marijuana like al-cohol (along with Colorado, Washington, and Oregon), but it will provide much needed clarity to the state’s current marijuana laws.

“As states sort out legal use and commerce between individuals versus ‘recre-ational sales outlets’ and

‘medical dispensaries’ we may observe a significant in-crease in black market under the counter sales in attempts to beat regulation or com-mercialization,” said Ron Huffman, manager, Army Substance Abuse Program, Fort Wainwright.

“‘Special-interest, Big Tobacco’- like groups and businesses have ensured that marijuana is widely promoted, advertised and commercialized in Colorado. As a result, calls to poison centers have skyrocketed, incidents involving kids go-ing to school with marijua-na candy and vaporizers seem more common, and explosions involving butane hash oil extraction have ris-en. Employers are reporting more workplace incidents

involving marijuana use, and deaths have been attributed to ingesting marijuana cook-ies and food items.” (Excerpt from “Colorado’s troubles with pot” by Kevin A. Sabet, CNN 31 OCT 14)

Washington State is less experienced than Colorado with the problems associated with legalization of marijua-na but has followed Colorado in dictating that the legal definition of Driving under the Influence to be 5 nano-grams (ng) of THC in the blood. Huffman said, “Driv-ing under the influence of marijuana is more likely to result in a DUI conviction than driving under the influ-ence of alcohol.”

He said, “Additionally, the high THC content of much of the cultured marijuana in Alaska, (Matanuska Tundra, Alaska Thunder (blank), AK-47, blueberry AK) average between 20 to 27 percent THC - extremely high poten-cy, which creates significant-ly elevated concentrations of THC that are more per-sistent.”

This push before commer-cialization may threaten lo-cal Fairbanks institutions, recreational areas and late night hangouts with cheap and available Alaska grown products, Huffman said. “As in both the Colorado and Washington military base/post experience, a medical marijuana prescription falls under the same category as black market or commercial sales, which is a violation of UCMJ.”

“The threat to our families may reflect the experience of Colorado with poisonings; students caught with THC-laced products at school or an increase in accidents in the workplace.” As we move for-ward in Fairbanks with the potential issues experienced by other states and mari-juana legalization, “We need to continue to emphasize to Soldiers, Department of the Army Civilians and our Fam-ily members,” said Huffman, “It is important to recognize that these state marijuana laws do not change the fact that using marijuana contin-

ues to be an offense under Federal law.”

“At the federal level, mar-ijuana remains classified as a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Sub-stances Act, where Schedule I substances are considered to have a high potential for dependency and no accepted medical use, making distri-bution of marijuana a federal offense.”

Additionally, USARAK CG Policy Letter #21 states:

“The actual or attempt-ed possession, use, sale, dis-tribution, manufacture, or introduction onto any US-ARAK or joint military reser-vation in Alaska of any items or paraphernalia intended to facilitate the use, man-ufacture, or refinement of any substance prohibited by Article 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), paragraph 2a-d above or of paragraph 4-2p of Army Reg-ulation 600-85 is prohibit-ed.”

For more information, call ASAP at 353-1377.

Marijuana legalization impact reviewed: It continues to be a Federal offense

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preparation goes a long way. Plan your meals for the week and shop with a grocery list.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance

MEDDAC-AK will be hosting a Martin Luther King, Jr. Obser-vance at the Physical Fitness Center Jan. 15 at 1 p.m.

New Year, New You New Year resolutions to get healthy and eat right can be difficult. The Army Wellness Center staff is ready to help you with an indi-vidualized, total health plan. Contact them to-day at 361-2234.

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Mother Nature is the Airman who completes this team - from the first day the Tanana River is frozen enough to walk on, Airmen from the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron range main-tenance shop drill holes, pump water and let it freeze, layer after layer. It’s a constant game of hop scotch across sand bars, islands, sloughs, creeks and Goliath spans of the main river

to build an ice bridge connecting civilization to the Blair Lakes Bomb Range 33 miles away through the wilderness. “We don’t always know what we have for ice, so it’s a little sketchy going across at first,” said Shawn Kelly, the 354th CES range maintenance foreman. “Our first day out we had about 14 inches of ice all the way across. Our goal is to end up with five feet of ice, but after two weeks we were running between 24 and 30 inches.”

Kelly said the chal-lenges really come when the mercury dips to negative 50 de-grees, but the advan-tages make up for it. “Ice is easy to make when it’s that cold, but keeping pumps and oth-er equipment running or started is extremely tough,” he said. “The opposite challenge is when it’s seven degrees like it has been and we have a flurry, the water doesn’t freeze well and the snow in-sulates its warmth.” To overcome the over-

whelming cold on the engines and machinery, they are started prior to leaving Eielson, more than 30 miles away, and run the entire day. After being in the damp envi-ronment, air filters are cleaned daily and every-thing is lubricated us-ing high-grade grease. Second to the fluctu-ating freezing tem-peratures, few hours of daylight are often accompanied by ice fog, which can make visibility next to noth-ing. There are no land-marks on the open ice

to keep track of the trail or each other, so reflec-tive “refrigerator suits” keep these Airmen warm and offer visibil-ity, but a simple trick can guide them home. “Flags. Simple orange flag where we drill holes mark the path,” said the long time Iceman engi-neer. “It can be clear as day or pitch dark with a great view of the North-ern Lights one min-ute then pea soup the next. Getting lost out here could mean not making it home at all.” The mixed unit of civil-

ians and enlisted Air-men is one of the only teams able to build an ice bridge. Seasoned re-tired enlisted members who have stayed in Alas-ka offer knowledge to the newer service mem-bers who often endure the process for the first time. At most, enlist-ed members will build three bridges in their Interior Alaska tour. “There are so many tricks, tips and pro-cesses to get this job done safely - these guys

Into the wild: Ice Bridge closes gap to range complex

DoD News

Most Soldiers will receive a one-percent increase in basic pay in January along with a 2.9-percent increase in their basic allow-ance for subsistence. The new rates for ba-sic pay, basic allow-ance for housing, basic allowance for subsis-tence, and the cost of living allowance rates for the contiguous United States were announced Dec. 23 by the Department of De-fense and will took ef-fect on New Year’s Day. Basic pay for Service members will increase one percent, except for general and flag offi-cers who will not see an increase in 2015. For example, a specialist or corporal with three years of service will see an increase in basic pay of $22.20 per month, while an Army captain with six years of ser-vice will receive a basic pay increase of $54.30

per month, in 2015. Basic allowance for housing, or BAH, rates for Service members in 2015 will increase on average $17 per month, or half a percent. Rates are calculated using median current mar-ket rent and average utilities (including elec-tricity, heat, and water/sewer) for each pay grade, both with and without dependents. Two changes were made to BAH rate com-putations for 2015: renter’s insurance, which contributed an average of one percent to rates, was eliminat-ed, and the Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act re-duced housing rates on average one percent for Service members. However, individual rate protection for Ser-vice members remains an integral part of the BAH program, offi-cials said. This means that even if BAH rates decline — including

through the elimina-tion of renter’s insur-ance and the reduction in the calculated rate — a Service member who maintains uninter-rupted BAH eligibility in a given location will not see a rate decrease. This ensures that Ser-vice members who have made long-term com-mitments in the form of a lease or contract are not penalized if local housing costs decrease. Service members can calculate their BAH payment by using the basic allowance for housing calcula-tor at: http://www.d e f e n s e t r a v e l . d o d .mil/site/bahCalc.cfm. The 2015 basic allow-ance for subsistence rates for military mem-bers will increase by 2.9 percent over last year. The new rates are: • $367.92 per month for enlisted members •$253.38 per month for officers.

Soldiers to get one percent pay raise in New Year

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Tyler Dray, a range maintenance structures journeyman, and Senior Airman Jerry Mitchell, a heavy equipment operator, both assigned to the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron, use an ice auger while constructing an ice bridge in Fairbanks, Nov. 20, 2014. The bridge must be constructed every other year to provide access to the $20 million range complex used to train pilots from around the world during RED FLAG-Alaska exercises. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel, 354th Fighter Wing PAO)

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The World Eskimo-Indian Olympics, July 2014 includes events like the ear pull, where competitors connect their ears in a tug-of-war to determine who can endure the most pain, mimicking the endurance needed to battle frost bite. For more information, visit www.weio.org. (Photo courtesy/Ronn Murray Photography)

While assisting personnel from Eielson Air Force Base salvage parts from ‘The Lady of the Lake’ an antique B-29 aircraft in July, Fort Wainwright Firefighter and diver, Fritz Vockert discovers more than just aircraft parts as he surfaces with a slightly out-of-place relic. Fortunately, no staff vehicles were found near the sign. (Photo by Brian Schlumbohm, Fort Wainwright PAO)

In the early morning rain June 11, 2014 the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division held an esprit de corps, run through Fort Wainwright in a seven-mile trek around Ladd Army Airfield. (Photo by Brian Schlumbohm, Fort Wainwright PAO)

2014: A Year in Review

Tierra Kondus wore a lovely white table setting gown of paper plates, newspa-per top with matching paper flowers and plastic spoon accents during North Haven Communities’ Trashion Show at the Earth Day celebration April 22, 2014. (Photo by Brian Schlumbohm, Fort Wainwright PAO)

Members of the Yukon, Canada and Northwest Ter-ritories, Cana-da snowboard teams enjoyed practice runs after the Sla-lom compe-tition during the 2014 Arctic Winter Games in Fairbanks. The event at Birch Hill Ski and Snow-board Area was part of the snowboarding compet i t ion . (Photo by Al-len Shaw, Fort W a i n w r i g h t PAO)

Col. Cape Zemp, commander, USAG Fort Wainwright gets a ceremonial lift at the beginning of the 2014 Yukon Quest. Mushers started on Second Avenue in Fairbanks Feb. 1, 2014 on their 1,000 mile race across the wilderness to White-horse, Yukon Territory. (Photo by Brian Schlumbohm, Fort Wainwright PAO)


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2014: A Year in ReviewFort Wain-wright’s Arctic Twilight exer-cise started off with a simulat-ed ‘hard land-ing’ of a heli-copter (below right) on Ladd Army Airfield, Aug. 19, as fire-fighters were put to the test in successfully ex-tinguishing an aircraft fire and responding to injured air crew, while Fort Wain-wright Military Police and secu-rity deal with an active shooter scenario which entailed assail-ants on post with firearms and explosives. (Courtesy pho-tos)Continued on Page 7

Left: The S o u t h e r n Lights Chap-el, building 4107 on Fort Wainwright held a rib-bon cutting c e r e m o -ny Oct. 30, 2014. The Chapel had been closed for renova-tions. (Pho-to by Brian Schlumbohm, Fort Wain-wright PAO)

Members of the spirited Youth Sponsorship Program Leaders interacting and having fun during the Youth Center’s Operation Megaphone World-Wide Lock-in April 25. The leaders participated and managed activities during the all-night middle school - teen event. Some of the activities included a dodge ball tournament, karaoke, volleyball, basketball, video gaming and a movie. (Photo by Michael Campbell, DFMWR)

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Friday – 9th

BLUE NOSE LEAGUES SIGN-UPS, Nugget Lanes Bowling Center, building 3702. Call 353-2654.

FAME GROUP EXER-CISE SESSIONS, 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. and 10:45 to 11:45, Melaven Fit-ness Center, building 3452. Call 353-1994. FAME child care is available from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. to noon, Melaven Fitness Center, build-ing 3452. Call 353-7713.

MOMMY AND ME MONTH, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Nugget Lanes Bowling Center, build-ing 3702. Call 353-2654.

AFTER SCHOOL STO-RY TIME AND CRAFT, 4 to 5 p.m., post library, building 3700. Call 353-2642.

RECREATIONAL SKATING, 5:30 to 7:45 p.m., Physical Fit-ness Center Ice Rink, building 3709. Call 353-7223.

SAC MOVIE NIGHT, for grades three to six, 7 to 9 p.m., School Age Center, building 4166. Call 361-7394.

COSMIC BOWLING, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Nugget Lanes Bowling Center, building 3702. Call 353-2654.

Saturday – 10th


COMPEAU’S TRAIL SNOWMACHINE RUN, Outdoor Recre-ation, building 4050. Call 361-6349.

KARATE ALL AGES SKIESUNLIMITED, Murphy Hall basement, building 1045. Call 353-7713.

ICE CLIMBING, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Outdoor Rec-reation, building 4050. Call 361-6349.

GROUP CYCLING, 10 to 11 a.m., Physical Fit-ness Center, building 3709. Call 353-7223.

ZUMBA, 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Fitness Center, building 3709. Call 353-7223.

RECREATIONAL SKATING, 1:30 to 4 p.m., Physical Fit-ness Center Ice Rink, building 3709. Call 353-7223.

WARRIOR ZONE MONTHLY TEXAS HOLDEM TOURNA-MENT, 7 to 10 p.m., Warrior Zone, building 3205. Call 353-1087.

COSMIC BOWLING, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Nugget Lanes Bowling Center, building 3702. Call 353-2654.

ROCK’N’BOWL, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Nugget Lanes Bowling Center, building 3702. Call 353-2654.

Sunday – 11th


RECREATIONAL SKATING, 1:30 to 4 p.m., Physical Fit-ness Center Ice Rink, building 3709. Call 353-7223.

RECREATIONAL HOCKEY, 4:15 to 6 p.m., Physical Fit-ness Center Ice Rink, building 3709. Call 353-7223.

Monday – 12th



LUNCH TIME REC-REATIONAL SKAT-ING, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Physical Fitness Center Ice Rink, build-ing 3709. Call 353-7223.

GROUP CYCLING, noon, Physical Fitness Center, building 3709. Call 353-7223.

ZUMBA GROUP EXERCISE, 6 to 7 p.m., Physical Fitness Center, building 3709. Call 353-7223.

Tuesday – 13th

GROUP CYCLING, 6:30 to 7:30 a.m., and 9:15 to 10:15 a.m., Physical Fitness Cen-ter, building 3709. Call 353-7223.

ROMP AND STOMP PLAY GROUP, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Last Fron-tier Community Ac-tivity Center, building 1044. Call 353-7755.

LUNCH TIME STICK HOCKEY, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Physical Fit-ness Center Ice Rink, building 3709. Call 353-7223.

HOUR OF POWER: GROUP STRENGTH CLASS, noon, Physical Fitness Center, build-

ing 3709. Call 353-7223.

PARENT’S NIGHT OUT, 5:45 to 8:45 p.m., CDC I, building 4024. Call 361-4190.

NUTRITION~GOOD SNACKS, 6 to 7 p.m., CDC I, building 4024. Call 361-4190.

PARENT ADVISO-RY COUNCIL (PAC) MEETING, 5:45 to 7 p.m., Youth Center, building 4109. Call 361-5437.


Wednesday – 14th




POST NEWCOMERS, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Last Frontier Community Activity Center, build-ing 1044. Call 353-7755.


PRESCHOOL STORY TIME 11 to 11:45 a.m., post library, building 3700. Call 353-2642.

LUNCH TIME REC-REATIONAL SKAT-ING, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Physical Fitness Center Ice Rink, build-ing 3709. Call 353-7223.

SURVIVOR OUT-REACH SERVICES SUPPORT GROUP 6 to 8 p.m., Soldier and Family Assistance Cen-ter, building 3414. Call 353-7322.

SURVIVOR OUT-REACH SERVICES SUPPORT GROUP MEETING 6 to 8 p.m., Soldier and Family Assistance Center, building 3414. Call 353-7322. ZUMBA GROUP EXERCISE, 6 to 7 p.m., Physical Fitness Center, building 3709. Call 353-7223.

Thursday – 15th


GROUP CYCLING, 6:30 to 7:30 a.m., Phys-ical Fitness Center, building 3709. Call 353-7223.

BABY SIGNS: SIGN SING AND PLAY, 9 to 9:30 a.m., Last Fron-tier Community Ac-tivity Center, building 1044. Call 353-7755.

HOMEMADE BABY-FOOD MAKING, 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Last Frontier Community Activity Center, build-ing 1044. Call 353-7755.

ROMP AND STOMP PLAY GROUP, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Last Fron-

tier Community Ac-tivity Center, building 1044. Call 353-7755.


LUNCH TIME STICK HOCKEY, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Physical Fit-ness Center Ice Rink, building 3709. Call 353-7223.

HOUR OF POWER: GROUP STRENGTH CLASS, noon, Physical Fitness Center, build-ing 3709. Call 353-7223.

REGISTRATION DUE FOR SUPER SAT-URDAY CARE, 4 to 10 p.m., CYSS Parent Central Services, build-ing 4391. Call 361-7713. Super Saturday Care is Jan 24th.


Friday – 16th - Training holiday


AFTER SCHOOL STO-RY TIME AND CRAFT, 4 to 5 p.m., post library, building 3700. Call 353-2642.

RECREATIONAL SKATING, 5:30 to 7:45 p.m., Physical Fit-ness Center Ice Rink, building 3709. Call 353-7223.

COSMIC BOWLING, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., Nugget Lanes Bowling Center, building 3702. Call 353-2654.

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CALLING ALL BASKETBALL REFEREES

The Interior Youth Basketball program is looking for adults to of-ficiate games. IYB and the Fairbanks Basket-ball Officials Association will conduct a training session if enough peo-ple sign up. Referees are paid for their ser-vices and may schedule games based upon their

individual availability. For more information call 457-4492.

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. OBSERVANCE

The United States Army Medical Depart-ment Activity Alaska and the Fort Wainwright Equal Opportunity Of-fice will host the 2015 Fort Wainwright Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. observance at the Phys-ical Fitness Center on post Jan. 15 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. For more in-formation, call 353-2233.

COMMUNITY HOLIDAY CELEBRATION

The Fairbanks Mar-tin Luther King Jr. Hol-iday Celebration Com-mittee is sponsoring a three-day event with music and food Jan. 16 through 18. For more information contact Carlene Tillery at 388-4526.

OUTDOOR RECREATION EVENTS

There is a Women in the Wilderness: Intro to Cross Country Ski-

ing, Dec. 20, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Birch Hill Ski and Snowboard Area, for $30; a local half day snowmachine trip, Dec. 20 and 26, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., at Birch Hill Ski and Snowboard Area, for $35 and Birch Lake Ice Fishing, Dec. 27, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Out-door Recreation, for $45. For more informa-tion, call 361-2175.

SEASON PASSES AVAILABLE

Season passes are available at the Fort

Wainwright Outdoor Recreation Center now and will be for sale at Birch Hill after they open.

For more informa-tion call 353-1998.

MAKE THE CALL, ARRIVE ALIVE

Living Army values, making the right deci-sions, looking out for each other, being safe and having a plan is a daily mantra in the military. “There is no excuse for drinking and driving,” said Com-mand Sgt. Major Da-

vid Perkins, command sergeant major, United States Army Garrison, Fort Wainwright, “And with the outstanding work by the Soldiers involved with SADD, there is absolutely no reason a Fort Wain-wright Soldier should ever risk theirs or any-one else’s life by getting behind the wheel of a vehicle after they’ve been drinking.” For more information on the BOSS program call 353-7648. For a safe ride home, call SADD at 353-6610.

IN BRIEF

The annual adjust-ments to basic allow-ance for subsistence, or BAS — a monthly non-taxable cash payment

to military members intended to be used to buy food — are linked to changes in food pric-es as measured by the annual change in the U.S. Department of Ag-riculture Cost of Food at Home Index.

From the begin-ning of October 2013

through the end of September 2014, the index rose by 2.9 per-cent, forming the ba-sis for the increased BAS rates, officials ex-plained.

The Defense Depart-ment also released its 2015 contiguous Unit-ed States cost of living

allowance rates, or CO-NUS COLA.

Roughly 12,000 members will see a de-crease in their CONUS COLA payments, while some 7,000 members will see an increase or no change, and 4,000 members will no lon-ger receive a CONUS

COLA payment.CONUS COLA is

a taxable supplemen-tal allowance designed to help offset higher prices in high-cost lo-cations, and rates vary based on location, pay grade, years of service and dependent status. Rates can increase or

decrease depending on the prices in a specific duty location compared to prices in an aver-age CONUS location. Service members can calculate their CONUS COLA rate at: http://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/conusCalc.cfm.

definitely know what’s going on,” said Senior Airmen Tyler Dray, a 354th CES range main-tenance structures journeyman.

“Even if it’s some-thing they haven’t seen before or we have a suggestion, we all

put our heads togeth-er to get it done and improve processes.” Because building the bridge is so unconven-tional, equipment is sometimes fashioned or improved by hand to overcome the Arctic en-vironment.

This year, sleds to carry pumps and augers across chunk ice that is miles wide, and drags to flatten snow and compact ice when the

weather is too warm, were a chip off the block of what has been devel-oped by range mainte-nance since 1992.

“One of the best parts of this job is be-ing out here, where hardly anyone will ever go, and getting to build something that will have a huge impact,” Dray said. “Two years of fuel alone would cost a fortune to helicopter [supplies and equip-

ment] in to the range. This bridge hardly costs anything and doesn’t affect the environment either.”

Overall, more than 190,000 gallons of fuel, thousands of cubic yards of lumber and other heavy materials will be delivered, which otherwise couldn’t have been moved by helicop-ter.

The bridge has to be constructed every other

year to provide access to the nearly $20 million range complex used to train pilots from around the world during RED FLAG-Alaska exercises. A water use permit is obtained from the state and no foreign materi-als are used during the construction, so as the weather warms long af-ter the New Year, time washes away any trac-tor marks and snow berms used to form the

ice.“When we are on

land we leave a layer of snow so we can reduce impact on soil and fo-liage, but when spring comes and the ice melts, the entire pro-cess is washed down the river,” said Kelly. “Next time we start again the river will be all differ-ent, the island’s trees will be bigger and the weather will bring all new challenges.”

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Mike Perry, president, Fort Wainwright Ama-teur Radio Club searches frequencies at the newly renovated Military Auxiliary Radio Sys-tem station on post this past summer. (Photo by Brian Schlumbohm, Fort Wainwright PAO)

The Pattersons are originally from Indiana, but live in North Pole with their daughter Oliv-ia while Ryan Patterson is stationed at Fort Wain-wright.

“(Manning) said we were difficult people to find,” said Ryan Patter-son. “He thought it was hilarious they had to con-tact the North Pole, Alas-ka utility company to find us.”

Although the meeting was short it definitely made an impression on the Pattersons.

“Everybody we inter-acted with the Broncos or-ganization was really nice and professional,” said Ryan Patterson.

“I definitely have a higher opinion of the Den-ver Broncos; they went above and beyond,” said Kristen Patterson. “I nev-er thought that writing a letter would have such a reaction.”

Ryan Patterson said if the meeting with Peyton had been longer he would have made more small talk but, that he was pret-ty star struck.

“I would still like to see him (Manning) lose (against the Indianapolis Colts), I am still a Colts fan,” Ryan said.

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