Archive for July, 2011

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Register now for USO golf tourney The U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart United Service Organizations will host its 20th Annual Golf Tournament on July 23 at the Stuttgart Golf Course in Kornwestheim. The USO will close July 23 for the tournament. To register, contact the USO at 431-3505/civ. 07031-15-3505. Thrift shops […]

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Sports

2011 Surf Cup College Showcase

2011 Surf Cup College Showcase

Kieron Appleby (No. 3) from Baumholder slides into another player during
a match between the U.S. Youth Soccer Europe U18 and the Sporting Club
Santa Clara U18 from California in the 2010 San Diego Surf Cup.

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Sports

Kaiserslautern Pikes win at Freiburg 34-17

by head coach Jason Nowlin
Kaiserslautern Pikes football

The Kaiserslautern Pikes improved to 7-0 with a 34-17 win at Freiburg
June 25.  The win clinched the South Division for Kaiserslautern as well
as a playoff berth to determine promotion to second division at
season

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Sports

Soldier 360 enhances tool kits of NCOs

Soldier 360 enhances tool kits of NCOs

Story and photos by Angelika Lantz
21st TSC Public Affairs

Call it tool time. Soldier 360 is a leader

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Features

LRMC physicians research TBI: Aim to provide better care for servicemembers

by Senior Airman Katherine Holt
86th Airlift Wing public affairs

Starting more than three years ago, physicians from Landstuhl Regional
Medical Center, teamed up with physicians from the Washington University
School of Medicine, St. Louis to research a new way to detect
blast-related traumatic brain injury in U.S. Military personnel. The
study was published in the prestigious New England Medical Journal of
Medicine, June 2, 2011.

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Lifestyle

Your Ski Club Winter Season Options

Your Ski Club Winter Season Options

by Michael Mamer
Kaiserslautern-Westpfalz ski club board member

For many folks, summer is the time to do fun outdoor activities, such as
swimming, hiking, water skiing, and BBQs. The summer months are great,
no doubt about it and it

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Features

Dog owners should know German rules

Dog owners should know German rules

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

American pet owners in the KMC who PCS or get deployed should know  what
to do with their animals. According to German Animal Protection Law if
they are not following local pet care laws, pet owners can get fined.
Pet owners should try to find somebody who want to take over the 
animal, or place an ad and sell or just give away their pet.

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Lifestyle

Fest demonstrates old craftsmanship

Fest demonstrates old craftsmanship

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The Otterberg forestry office and the villages of Hochspeyer,
Frankenstein and Waldleiningen will sponsor, in cooperation with local
associations, the 10th Triftfest, drifting fest, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday at the Biedenbacher Woog (pond) in the Leinbach Valley.

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Features

Graduating senior wins scholarship contest, presented with laptop

Graduating senior wins scholarship contest, presented with laptop

From left, Divonte “SoCal” Brown, Gil “Blitz” Hernandez, Al “Pint” Wells, Marcus “Skully” Maze, Dexter “C-Heightz” Alejandro, Ernest “Sato” Driggers, Kelvin “Stryker” Bell and Ray “Rage” Mitchell, members of the Euro Knightz Motorcycle Club, present Katja Kennedy (middle), graduating senior from Kaiserslautern High School, with a Dell Inspirion laptop for […]

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Lifestyle

Enjoy a moonlight tour of Falkenstein Castle

The view of the Falkenstein castle ruins is a spectacular sight on
approach via the windy roads up the hill. The legendary ruins sit atop
this steep hill and overlook the wild and scenic valley of Falkenstein.

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