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  • Bowling center’s reopening party Tuesday offers treats, giveaways

    During Tuesday's grand reopening of Gaude Lanes Bowling Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., there'll be free bowling, beverages, sample food items and giveaways. To sign up for the free strike contest at 11 a.m., call 377-2817. Prizes are awarded for first, second and third place.The center renovation

  • Keesler medic among inductees for Rust College's Sports Hall of Fame

    Barbara Knox-Seymour, 81st Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron pharmacy flight, and other members of the 1984 Rust College "Lady Bearcats" basketball team were honored recently as they and their coach were the first athletes to be inducted into the school's Sports Hall of Fame.The event was held

  • Keesler shows generosity in annual drive

    Christmas was a lot happier for Mississippi Gulf Coast children who received gifts from the annual Toys for Tots campaign sponsored by the Marine Corps Reserve.Keesler collected 2,060 toys and $613 for the 2009 drive, according to base sponsor Cheryl Moore, 81st Communications Squadron."This was my

  • 2nd Air Force team comes to aid of needy family

    Thanks to the 602nd Training Group (Provisional) and 2nd Air Force headquarters, a local family enjoyed Christmas in the truest sense.As the duty day wound to a close on Christmas Eve, air expeditionary force Airmen deployed to Keesler with the 602nd TRG(P) learned of a 14-year old boy who called a

  • Keesler medics earn 22 command awards

    The 81st Medical Group earned 22 individual and team honors in the 2009 Air Education and Training Command Air Force Medical Service awards competition. Winners are: Surgical excellence -- Maj. (Dr.) Kerry Latham, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron. Nursing service -- nurse practitioner, Maj. Michael

  • Hurricane Hunters fly winters collection data for weather service

    On Dec. 18, the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters took up the task asked by the National Weather Service to fly their first winter storm of the season on the East Coast.The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters" assigned to Keesler's 403rd Wing are perhaps best known for their