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Club Card Rewards: New Look, Same Great Benefits

by Marissa-Ellen Patterson
86th Force Support Squadron marketing assistant

Do you have a club membership card that just sits in your wallet?

July 22, 2011 ×

Lifestyle

Nature is key in Saxon Switzerland

Nature is key in Saxon Switzerland

Story and photos by Uta Mayr-Falkenberg
Contributing writer

Ever since Germany was reunited, the Saxon Switzerland has been a magnet
for tourists. The area east of the Baroque city of Dresden, which since
1990 houses the 93-square-kilometer national park with the bizarre rock
formations of the

July 22, 2011 ×

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Annweiler lures visitors with medieval fest

Annweiler lures visitors with medieval fest

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Annweiler lures many visitors each year when it celebrates a medieval
fest to honor Richard the Lionheart of Brittany. The seventh Richard the
Lionheart Fest will take place today to Sunday.

July 22, 2011 ×

Lifestyle

Summer Vacation Travel Tips

by Jennifer Piver-Renna, Ph.D., Health Promotion
& Wellness Portfolio U.S. Army Public Health Command (Provisional)

Nothing defines the summer season better than the ultimate vacation. In
2009, U.S. residents logged 1.5 billion trips for leisure purposes and
most often traveled to visit relatives, shop, visit friends, sightsee
and visit beaches.

July 15, 2011 ×

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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

July 8, 2011 ×

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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.

July 8, 2011 ×

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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.

July 8, 2011 ×

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Chicken fest in Queidersbach

Chicken fest in Queidersbach

Queidersbach will start its 41st chicken fest with the traditional “Frühschoppen,” or early morning beer, at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Heissenberg festgrounds. Up to 400 chickens at a time will be barbecued on self-made beechwood grills. In the afternoon during coffee and cake time, the band Barbara and Dirk […]

July 8, 2011 ×

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2011 Summer Concert Guide

2011 Summer Concert Guide

Compiled by Nicole Karsch-Meibom

THERE

July 1, 2011 ×

Lifestyle

From Wartime to Spacecraft

From Wartime to Spacecraft

by Nicole Karsch-Meibom
Contributing writer

If you love classic cars, Formula 1, locomotives or aircraft, there is a
perfect day trip for you. Visit the Auto & Technik Museum in
Sinsheim and the Technik Museum in Speyer. Only 44 kilometers away from
each other, both locations are in the vicinity of Mannheim and
Heidelberg, east of Kaiserslautern.

July 1, 2011 ×