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Talent shines at Apollo Night

by Senior Airman Katherine Holt
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

“MOVE! Get out the way, get out the way, get out the way,” is what contestants at Apollo Night do not want to hear coming from the DJ’s booth. Once they hear that song, their time is up. Though this Apollo Night is a spinoff of the original Amateur Night […]

July 29, 2011 ×

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Schwetzingen Gardens

Schwetzingen Gardens

Story and photos by A.L. Shaff
Contributing writer

The lavish gardens of the Prince Elector

July 22, 2011 ×

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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 ×

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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 ×

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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 ×