Author: Sue Mcmillin
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Fans flocked to NORAD’s Santa tracking program
Santa fans apparently also are avid web and social media fans. The North American Aerospace Defense Command reported Tuesday that it got record numbers of calls — 80,456; emails — 7,023; website hits — 15,476,016 unique visitors; Facebook visits — 715,000, and Twitter followers — more than 53,000, for the 2009 NORAD Tracks Santa program.…
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Challenger 25th anniversary events planned
Events are being planned in Colorado Springs to commemorate the 25th anniversary this month of the space shuttle Challenger explosion. The Challenger Learning Center of Colorado is planning a Jan. 27 dinner that will feature NASA astronauts Dick Covey and Fred Gregory, who were in contact with the Challenger crew during the launch. The shuttle…
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Carson unit among 8 to get orders for Afghanistan
Fort Carson’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team was officially notified Friday that it will head to Afghanistan in 2011, according to a Defense Department release. The 3,800-soldier brigade has been training as light infantry in anticipation of deploying in late spring or early summer. The Pentagon’s release named eight units that would head to Afghanistan in…
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AFA Board of Visitors gets two new members
Two new members have been appointed to the Air Force Academy Board of Visitors, which is meeting Friday in Washington, D.C. The new appointees are Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Marcelite Harris and Alfredo Sandoval, a 1982 academy graduate and managing partner of the Private Investment Group. Harris’ military career included a list of “firsts:”…
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Care and Share CEO is out after about 13 months on job
The chief executive of the Care and Share Food Bank was let go Friday, effective immediately, according to a news release. Deborah Tuck had taken the $100,000-a-year job in October 2009, filling a post that had been vacant for several months. Her departure was announced late Friday by Rich Wood, chief governing officer of…
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Traveling Vietnam memorial wall at CSU-Pueblo
A traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and other veterans tributes are on display at Colorado State University Pueblo through Sunday. The American Veterans Traveling Tribute was escorted onto the campus Wednesday and set up on the grass east of Hasan Amphitheatre, according to a CSU news release. An opening ceremony will be…
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Former D-8 superintendent tapped for job in Las Vegas
Colorado Education Commissioner Dwight Jones, former superintendent of Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8, was tapped Wednesday to head the Clark County School District in Las Vegas. The board of the 310,000-student district voted 6-1 to enter into negotiations with Jones for the superintendent’s job. The district has 352 schools. Jones was an administrator in District…
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TRAFFIC ALERT: Project expected to slow traffic at Peterson through October
Traffic lanes at Peterson Air Force Base’s west gate are being diverted while the road base on Stewart Avenue is repaired, according to a base news release. From Saturday through most of October, there will be one inbound lane and one outbound lane on the road at the gate. Drivers are advised to use the…
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4th ID headquarters to case flags for deployment to Iraq
The 4th Infantry Division headquarters will hold a casing ceremony Thursday in preparation for its deployment to Iraq. The traditional ceremony of rolling up the unit flags symbolizes the movement of a unit to a new theater of operations. When all the headquarters troops arrive in Iraq, the colors will be unfurled. About 800 soldiers…
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New off-road playground to open at Fort Carson
A new dirt bike and all-terrain vehicle park for soldiers and their family members is set to open Friday at Fort Carson. A ribbon-cutting is planned for 12:30 p.m. at the Off Highway Vehicle Park, which was developed by the Outdoor Recreation branch of Fort Carson’s Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation. According…