April 6, 2011 Edwards Tax Center helps Airmen as April 18 tax deadline looms The April 18 deadline to file federal tax returns is approaching and the Edwards Tax Center is filing away.The Tax Center has experienced a busy season so far, refunding over $1.3 million in federal and state returns since opening its doors Jan. 30."We have surpassed last year's numbers with a lot
April 6, 2011 Branch Elementary blasts off with month-long read-a-thon Imagine accumulating nearly a year's worth of reading in just under a month. Perhaps an impossible feat for just an individual, a group of many little readers can make logging hundreds of thousands of reading minutes look easy.Students from Branch Elementary School spent the month of March focused
April 6, 2011 Branch Pond receives facelift to improve fish habitat, fishing access Branch Memorial Park Pond will undergo clean-up this spring as workers remove excess vegetation and soil from the 40-year old pond to improve both fish habitat and access for fishermen.The water level is being allowed to drop and work is expected to begin in late May or early June. Once excavation
March 30, 2011 Bowling center rolls strikes with state-of-art scoring, future party room From the outside High Desert Lanes looks like an ordinary bowling center, but manager Jim Williams considers it a strike or two above the rest.It seems like he would though, because in talking to him one gets the feeling the bowling center at Edwards is his baby."We have 20 lanes of bowling with AMF
March 23, 2011 Airman hits hole-in-one - no ifs ands or putts Senior Airman Trevor Taylor, 31st Test Evaluation Squadron, putts in a ball on the Eighth Hole at Edwards' Muroc Lake Golf Course. Airman Taylor hit a hole-in-one at the same hole March 12 during a morning golf game. "It was on Hole Eight, playing 162 yards and the pin location was back left corner.
March 23, 2011 SYS 281 course registration now open A two-day course providing an overview of the acquisition lifecycle will be offered through the Air Force Institute of Technology at Edwards April 5-6.The course, SYS 281 Air Force Acquisition and Sustainment, provides a general snapshot of the latest in acquisition policy, processes, management
March 16, 2011 Civilian Wellness program offers variety of health services The Civilian Wellness program has been serving the Edwards Department of Defense civilian workforce for more than two years offering free clinics that screen people for common health ailments."We currently provide six separate services and set up screening clinics for detecting skin cancer,
March 16, 2011 Ordinary Heroes: Staff Sgt Jesse Mathieu, Explosive Ordnance Disposal It was a nasty looking rig as pressure plates go. The dark and heavy coiled springs cornering and connecting the wooden planks together belied the deadliness of the gadget, giving thoughts more to a pair of 1950s spring shoes from Wham-O. The camouflaged anti-personnel buttons protruding from the
March 16, 2011 General Nolan praises base workers at Commander's Call - 'I cannot thank you enough' In front of a packed house at his first Commander's Call on March 11 at the Base Theater, Brig. Gen. Robert C. Nolan II, Air Force Flight Test Center commander, praised base workers for their hard work and dedication in support of the Air Force mission.The general addressed base military personnel,
March 9, 2011 Three-on-three hoops tourney asks players to step up and aid a worthy cause The "Hoops in the Sun 2011" three-on-three basketball tournament asks participants to step up their game and at the same time aid a worthy cause.The tournament, which begins March 19 at the Community Park Court, is open to anyone on base who would like to participate - enlisted members, officers,