Weekly News Briefs Published April 15, 2010 81st Training Wing Public Affiars KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Protestant congregation plans special unity service Keesler's Protestant parish plans a unity service, 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Triangle Chapel. All other Protestant services this Sunday are cancelled to make way for the unity service. Musical selections from the traditional, contemporary and gospel traditions are planned. A message about Christian leadership and thankfulness will be delivered. All other Protestant worship services that day will be cancelled. For more information, call Chaplain (Capt.) Charles Seligman, 377-4859. Reserve band brings jazz to Biloxi The Air Force Reserve Band's Full Spectrum jazz ensemble performs a free concert, 7 p.m. April 29 at the Saenger Theater in Biloxi. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. The concert is open to the public, and tickets aren't required. The 14 full-time professional Air Force musicians from Warner Robins Air Force Base, Ga., plan a program of big band music. The group has performed throughout the United States and overseas, including Puerto Rico, Russia, Italy, Turkey, Germany, Spain, Macedonia, Panama, Japan and Korea, as well as a variety of major jazz festivals in Florida and Georgia. Mail on the move A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new base postal center is 9:30 a.m. Monday. The $3.3 million structure, Building 5750, is located at 201 Meadows Drive and will house the base post office, base information transfer system official mail center and Postal Service Center No. 1 for temporary duty students. The post office is closed Friday and reopens Monday in the new location. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Air Force Assistance Fund update As of Monday, Keesler has raised nearly half of its goal of $77,528 for this year's Air Force Assistance Fund drive. So far, $37,619.12, or more than 48.5 of the 2010 goal, has been reached. The campaign continues through Friday. Clinics close for warrior training 81st Medical Group Public Affairs Keesler Medical Center clinics are closed for warrior training from noon to 5 p.m. April 22. Family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics and general surgery clinics each have one doctor available for urgent appointments. For urgent situations, call central appointments at 1-800-700-8603 or report to the emergency room. Although pharmacy, radiology and laboratory services are open, they'll have reduced staffing, so patients are asked to delay visits during warrior training. For emergency situations such as shortness of breath, chest or abdominal pain or bleeding with pregnancy, go to the nearest emergency room or call 911 for an ambulance. Sexual Assault Awareness Month Through April, a display of 546 flags in the Triangle represents the 546 Air Force victims that reported being sexually assaulted in fiscal 2009. That figure comes from the Department of Defense report to Congress that was recently released." April 29 at 8-11 a.m. and 1-4 p.m., "target hardening" self-defense classes for permanent-party military and civilian women are planned at the youth center. Training covers certain situations where risk of sexual assault is high and strategies to avoid those situations, along with tools to deal with potential attacks. For more information about any of the events, call Barry Newman, 377-8635 or e-mail barry.newman@us.af.mil. Off-limits establishments Off-limits establishments for military members are Guitars & Cadillacs in D'Iberville; the Blue Note Lounge, Boulevard Nightclub and Henry Beck Park (except during daylight hours or official events) in Biloxi; Bunksmall Apartments and H&H Hideaway in Pascagoula and Toni's Lounge in Moss Point.