Sons of the American Revolution to honor patriots
    The Caesar Rodney Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution will conduct a ceremony to honor Delaware’s founding patriots at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 4, at the Christ Episcopal Church, State and Water streets, Dover.

    The event will last approximately one hour.

    The speaker will be Ginger Trader, Delaware state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

    Other societies will participate in the event, as will the color guard of the American Legion Walter L. Fox Post No. 2, Dover.

DART releases Fourth of July schedule
    The Delaware Area Rapid Transit system has released its schedule for the upcoming Independence Day holiday.

    All DART services will operate regular Thursday service on July 2, with the exception of Route 305, Beach Connection, which will operate on a Friday evening schedule.

    DART services, including SEPTA R2 trains operate on a Saturday schedule for Friday, July 3.

    No services operate Saturday, July 4, with the exception of Resort Transit, which operates seven days a week through Sept. 20, its related paratransit services and Route 305, operating on a holiday schedule. SEPTA R2 operates on its regular Saturday schedule.

    DART will operate its regular Sunday service on July 5.

Study shows DAFB to gain jobs in 2010
    The fiscal year 2010 Force Structure Study, released last week by the Department of Defense, shows the 436th Airlift Wing at Dover Air Force Base will gain 72 active duty military and 11 civilian positions, primarily due to the need for more aircraft maintenance personnel.

    The U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 512th Airlift Wing will gain 67 drill positions and one air reserve technician, also because of changing manning for aircraft maintenance personnel, but will lose 21 drill positions because of C-17 aircraft crew reductions. In all, the wing will gain 46 drill positions.

    In addition, the base will gain a C-5M aircraft once that airframe is upgraded from its C-5B configuration. A C-5M has improved avionics and new engines, which is expected to extend the life of the aircraft by at least two decades.

    The Force Structure Study also notes the base will temporarily gain a C-17 Globemaster III, pending assignment of that airplane to a permanent base.