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  • Kids get new spin on basketball

    What happens when a basketball is crossed with four wheels?Students at Lakenheath Elementary School saw the answer Oct. 25 when the Bury Bombers, a wheelchair basketball team based in Bury St. Edmunds, paid a visit.Sponsored by the Parent Teacher Student Organization, the school has hosted the

  • Community relations score touchdown

    Roaring crowds of fans cheered and boasted their hopeful wins as pyrotechnics boomed and players ascended through the smoke onto Wembley Stadium's field, London, Oct. 23.Fans on both sides of the Atlantic watched as the Chicago Bears versus Tampa Bay Buccaneers kickoff was minutes away, and the

  • Motorcycle Rodeo gives Airmen crash course on safety

    A motorcycle rodeo Incirlik Oct. 21 highlighted the importance of motorcycle safety. The rodeo offered riders across the base a chance to take a ride around the local area and ride on a safety course to practice various safety procedures."What we're doing is a motorcycle rodeo, starting off with a

  • Little red house lands at Aviano

    Like a scene from the Wizard of Oz, a bright, red house just landed at Aviano. Fortunately for personnel here, there is no wicked witch to scare poor Dorothy. The single room, zero-emission house, will be on display adjacent to the exchange and the post office through Oct. 26. The house was designed

  • Seeing Red

    A huge dose of drug awareness, laced heavily with a 'Say No to Drugs' message will be widespread during Red Ribbon Week.Red Ribbon week is the nation's oldest and largest drug prevention program and runs from Oct. 21 to 28. Each year it reaches millions of Americans and is hosted the last week of

  • Healthy Competition during Fire Prevention Week

    Amidst fire hoses spraying, and people cheering, one could feel the true sense of camaraderie during a fire muster competition, Oct. 14, one of 20 events during Lajes' Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 9-15.The competition had seven stations, where participants worked in teams to display their firefighting

  • Spangdahlem participates in Clothesline Project 2011

    October is designated as Domestic Violence Prevention Month. Domestic violence affects not only families and communities, but also mission readiness.To commemorate this month and help prevent domestic violence, Spangdahlem AB is in participating Clothesline Project 2011. The clothesline project is a

  • USO Salutes 12 Oustanding Service Members

    The 19th Annual United Services Orginanization Europe Service Salute was held Friday, Oct. 14 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Held yearly to honor the best of the best, the USO Europe Service Salute recognized 12 outstanding junior enlisted members, representing the U.S. and German armed forces, for