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  • 80-year-old volunteer honored with Live Oak

    Although the overcast November sky kept the golden shovels from sparking, the 45-degree weather didn't keep an 80-year-old woman's smile from radiating warmth as a live oak tree was planted outside the Keesler Thrift Shop in her honor. When Cathy Varble turned 80 Oct. 20 she thought that if she

  • Christmas lights show dazzles by land, by sea

    As some artists might work in acrylics or clay, Lt. Col. Scott Solomon, 81st Training Group deputy commander, works in Christmas lights. He is a master artisan of exterior illumination, a virtuoso of synchronized holiday fanfare. His medium of choice has traditionally been houses, a stationary

  • HAM-ing it up

    There are many stories of why amateur radio is called "HAM" radio -- from the noble idea that HAM stands for "Help All Mankind" to the more pragmatic possibility that it stood for the first three radio scientists, Hertz, Armstrong and Marconi. No one knows for sure. What is known is that amateur

  • Mental health flight offers ways to de-stress

    Everybody already knows there are bad witches. But from The Wizard of Oz, we learn that there are good witches too. When Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, shows up on the scene in her big bubble, she brings the party to Munchkinland. Why? Because Dorothy's house has just landed on the Wicked

  • Navy instructor receives by giving

    While turning 35 is an event that some people may dread, one Keesler instructor spent that birthday beginning a life journey - Day One of Navy boot camp. Petty Officer 1st Class Cynthia Burton, Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit instructor, said that when she decided to enlist in

  • Instructor by day, fighter by night

    Maintaining peak physical fitness is an ingrained aspect of Air Force life. It's not just because of "the test" that leers over every Airman's head once or twice a year like a military training instructor demanding more pushups, but because physical fitness keeps Airmen ready and able to achieve

  • Passion essential for mortuary affairs officers

    The saying "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" doesn't end upon death. For James Taylor, Keesler mortuary affairs officer, death is where that principle begins."It's one of those jobs you have to be passionate about," said Taylor. "For families or individuals who have lost loved

  • World War II veteran bowls a mean game

    A young person might imagine that an 89-year-old would spend his birthday sitting in a rocking chair, wearing a paper hat secured to his head with elastic and gumming a piece of chocolate cake. Bernard Moyer, however, spent his 89th birthday at Gaudé Lanes hurling a 12-pound bowling ball and

  • Models needed for fashion show

    Calling all aspiring models -- women, men and children.It's fall fashion show time at the main exchange and volunteers are being recruited to strut their stuff on the runway.The program is planned for 1 p.m. Oct. 15."We're hosting the show to highlight some of our newest arrivals," said Bill Buell,

  • Battling sexual assaults is this office's mission

    Keesler's sexual assault prevention and response office is responsible for ensuring the integration and coordination of sexual assault victim care services, collaboration with community agencies and prevention education.The new program manager, Sandra Browne, is a licensed professional counselor