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  • Focus Day bridges professional, personal relations

    The 21st Space Wing held a Building Healthy Relationships Focus Day presentation May 11. The themes for the focus day were commitment and good decision making. "Healthy relationships are key to happiness and to one's overall well-being. If you have a good personal relationship at home, you will

  • Motorcycle safety is responsibility of all on road

    May is motorcycle safety awareness month, and the safety office spends a lot of time, money and effort educating motorcyclists and motorists about motorcycle safety. However, motorcyclist education is only a portion of motorcycle safety. The safety office has the Motorcycle Safety Foundation's

  • Barbecue cookouts – an integral part of summer

    Cooking outdoors - in parks, campgrounds and back yards - is an enjoyable summer pastime. Yet while barbecues provide a fun and casual dining experience, they also provide the ideal conditions for a costly mishap. Barbecue grills appear to be harmless, but misuse and carelessness result in thousands

  • Camping safety

    Summer is a great time to take some much-deserved time off and head to the mountains, the lake or wherever you and your family like to go and get away, relax and spend some time together. One such outing that comes to mind is a family hiking or camping trip. A family camping trip can be an enjoyable

  • Too much sun can be painful

    Too much sun can give you painful sunburn, cause heat exhaustion or lead to heat stroke. Too much sun may also cause long-term skin damage - even skin cancer. You can reduce the risks of too much sun by taking these measures: - Build up your exposure to the sun gradually. - Use a sunscreen product.

  • Off-road vehicle safety

    Recreational use of off-road vehicles has gained widespread popularity during the past several years. According to the Motorcycle Industry Council, an estimated 3.2 million off-road vehicles are in use today. Estimates from the Consumer Products Safety Commission report up to 90,000 ATV-related

  • White supremacy extremist groups increasing recruitment efforts

    Open source intelligence sources indicate unidentified white supremacy extremist groups have stepped-up recruitment efforts within law enforcement and military communities to increase intelligence, access background checks and take advantage of the prestige associated with military and law

  • Peterson's loss prevention, security forces ready to nab shoplifters

    What does an elderly woman well into her 80s and a eight-year-old boy have in common? The answer is crime, as both have been charged with shoplifting from an Army and Air Force Exchange Service facility in the past. These petty criminals represent the gamut of suspects detained for contributing to

  • Peterson's medical labs draw top rating following inspection

    The 21st Medical Group laboratories at Peterson and Schriever were inspected by the College of American Pathologists May 5 and 6. Between the two laboratories, the woman's health care clinic, and the pharmacy, more than 2,600 checklists were scrutinized by the team of inspectors who identified only

  • 'Phase 3' roundabout construction begins on Peterson

    Tierra Vista Communities recently began construction on a roundabout located on Peterson at the intersection of Stewart and Malmstrom Avenues. Once complete the new structure will smooth traffic flow on base. Starting May 18, all traffic is being diverted to the south side of W. Stewart Avenue for