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  • Lifestyles: Kaiserslautern holds May carnival

    Kaiserslautern will hold its traditional "Maikerwe," or May carnival through June 6 on the Messeplatz fairgrounds. More than 140 ride owners and vendors will be available for 11 days to offer their attractions, merchandise and food specialties.The biggest folks fest of the Westpfalz officially will

  • Germans observe Ascenion Day, Father’s Day

    June 2, Germans observe a religious holiday, "Christi Himmelfahrt," or Ascension Day. It is an official holiday throughout Germany, which means stores, public offices and banks are closed. The Bible says Christ's ascent into heaven took place on the 40th day after Easter. That's why it always is on

  • Safety: Sugar Free

    For those of us in military communities, focus on safety is nothing new. Things like safety briefings and catch phrases like "the 101 critical days of summer" are common place. What is new is the kind of briefing that members of Team Ramstein attended this past week at the Hercules Theater. Equipped

  • Airman Develops German NCO's

    A little over a year ago, Master Sgt. Jennifer Blackmarr applied for a new job that would take her completely out of the comfort zone she's been in for the past 14 years as a security forces professional and basic military training instructor. "One day I was at Lackland Air Force Base, trying to

  • From the Ukraine to the U.S. on the same sheet of music

    Tech. Sgt. Igor Poklad is a musician. His grandparents were musicians. His parents were professional musicians. At this rate his children and his children's children will be musicians. Sergeant Poklad was born and raised in Odessa, Ukraine, where he graduated high school and continued his music

  • EFMP offers new family support service

    Most people know they can receive medical help with the Exceptional Family Member Program, but there is another side to EFMP.The newest addition to the program is EFMP-Family Support, which provides information, referrals, support groups and recreational events to families in need."Last year, our

  • A clean crown for cancer

    We can wash it, brush it, braid it, curl it, or straighten it, but nothing raises hair, or funds like the St. Baldrick's Foundation. In the head shaving event St. Baldrick's asks  volunteers to get sponsored to "clean their crowns" in order to raise money and awareness for cancer stricken

  • Landstuhl hosts biker day May 29

    The Westpfalz Biker Group will sponsor its fourth annual Westpfalz Biker Day 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 29 all around Landstuhl's community hall, Stadthalle. Under the auspices of Deputy County Commissioner Gerhad Müller and Landstuhl Deputy Mayer Dr. Peter Degenhardt, the event features motorcycle

  • Biking fun in Sickingen County

    Every two years, the communities of Kaiserslautern-Süd, Landstuhl and Waldfischbach-Burgalben sponsor the event "Biking Fun in Sickingen County." County road L363 between Nanstein Castle in Landstuhl and Waldfischbach-Burgalben will be closed to motorized traffic from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

  • Pull the chocks

    Those who frequent the flightline are probably familiar with the sight of hard working Airmen moving with a sense of purpose. Whether it's sunny, raining or snowing, 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Airmen are busy maintaining aircrafts, or in the words of the AMXS, "pulling a chock."Slogans such