Card contest brings out creativity

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  • By Mary Lou Gorny
  • Hilltop Times Editor
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah --  Hill AFB units and squadrons assembled holiday cards and mounted them along the South Gate Avenue just as winter hit the Top of Utah. As winter hit the holiday cards were festooned with snow, and motorists were greeted by holiday cards as they made their way through the icy and snowy slog or as they left the base.

Awarded first place in the contest, and $500 in Force Support Squadron credit, was the 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron.

Staff Sgt. Dominic Giardino and at least eight other volunteers in the 75th LRS came together to revise their entry this year.

"We decided we needed to re-do it, kind of give it a makeover," he said.

They decided to make it three dimensional, almost billboard style, with lots of picture elements.

The tree is decorated with ball ornaments and has the Air Force symbol as the star.

Four presents underneath the tree reflect different parts of the LRS, with other holiday graphic elements including a gingerbread man holding a sign saying "Seasons Greetings" and two crossed candy canes.

The eagle, stars and mountain are all parts of the 75th LRS logo, in the background.
Attached to the top is "75 LRS" cut out of aluminum -- another artistic element used to enhance the card.

As can be seen in the photo, a miniature solar panel helps illuminate it at night.
"The squadron's morale was pretty high already," said Giardino. "We all worked hard (on this), the work was fun and we continue to work every day. We just won't stop."

It's pretty clear, Team LRS is on mission.

Among those who helped were: Kim Goff, Tech. Sgt. Jared Jackson, Staff Sgt. Justin Gentry, Staff Sgt. Cody Shaw, Staff Sgt. Tammy Reflogal, Staff Sgt. Josue Vellos, Staff Sgt. Travis McKelvey, Staff Sgt. Stephen Johnson and Randy Mecham.