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  • Preseason tourney begins intramural volleyball season

    The 2011 intramural volleyball season tipped off this week with a preseason tournament at Blake Fitness Center.The preseason champion is decided at 7 p.m. tonight, according to Sam Miller, intramural sports director. Teams tuning up for the regular season are the 81st Dental Squadron, 81st Aerospace

  • New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon draws contingent of Keesler medics

    At least eight 81st Medical Group Dragon Medics participated in the Rock 'n' Roll Mardi Gras Marathon and Half Marathon in New Orleans Feb. 13.Yekaterina Karpitskaya, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron, ran the full marathon with a time of 3:53. She was 757 out of 3,140 overall,  202 out of 1,437

  • Keesler basketball star selected to Air Force team

    Not long ago, I had the opportunity to interview 1st Lt. Onyenma "Dan" Nwaelele at the Blake Fitness Center and catch up with someone whom I had watched play basketball through our days at the Air Force Academy.Nwaelele has continued to work at his basketball skills and has been selected to be on

  • Dental hygiene promoted to area children during dental health month

    Members of the 81st Dental Squadron have been actively supporting National Children's Dental Health Month this month.At McBride Library and the child development center, members of the dental team talked to children about good dental health, read stories about dental care, used a "Bugsy Malone" and