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11 SWS Claims Hoops Championship Awards by Scott Prater Take Last Year for Example COLORADO SPRING S MILITARY NEW S PAPER GROUP Thursday, February 11, 2010 www.csmng.com Vol. 4 No. 6 Base Briefs Team Schriever Annual 11 SWS claims hoops championship Awards By Scott Prater Take last year for example. The 11 The Team Schriever Annual Schriever Sentinel SWS team entered the playoffs as the Awards Ceremony will be held Feb. Jerome Wesley, Maurice Gale and top seed after finishing the regular 12 at the Peterson Club. The Medallion the veteran basketball players for 11th season with the league’s best record. Ceremony begins at 5 p.m., social hour Space Warning Squadron finally fin- But, the team didn’t even make it to will begin at 6 p.m. and Dinner will be ished a championship season Feb. 5 the title game after falling in the sec- served at 6:30 p.m. Ticket prices are as at the Fitness Center here. After com- ond round. follows: E-1 to E-4/PB-1: $20, O-1 to ing close to a basketball title in at least Same story the year before that. O-3/E-5 to E-7/PB-2: $23, O-4 to O-6/ two previous seasons, it was 11 SWS “It seems like we’ve always had the E8-E9/PB-3: $30. players who posed with the champion- best record during the regular season, For more information or to purchase ship trophy and slipped on the winner’s but fall short in the playoffs,” Wesley tickets, contact your unit representative commemorative T-shirts. said. “This year we didn’t have the or First Sergeant. Thanks to a second-half scoring best record, but we felt like we had outburst and some stifling defensive the best team, and we knew we had a Schriever emergency play, 11 SWS claimed the Schriever great opportunity to come away with number notification Intramural Basketball title with a 46-37 a championship if we stayed focused and disciplined.” Mobile phone users needing emer- win over playoff-tournament-top-seed Unlike their opponents, 50 OGV’s gency assistance on Schriever should 50th Operations Group Standardization players weren’t accustomed to playing dial 567-3911 for Schriever’s emergency and Evaluation Division. in anything resembling a title game. services. Regular 911 calls are con- “We’ve been in this position before,” “This is my third season with OGV,” nected to Colorado Springs’ emergency said Wesley, the 11 SWS team captain. “But, we’ve never been able to come services rather than Schriever’s. See Champions page 5 It is recommended Schriever person- away with the trophy.” nel program 567-3911 in their mobile phones for Schriever 911 services. Reveille time change Reveille is now played at 6:30 a.m. ev- ery morning. As a reminder, proper pro- cedures are as follows: at the first note of Reveille, military members should face the flag pole, or sound of the music, and come to the position of parade rest while civilian personnel should face the flag pole and remove any headgear. At the first note of To the Colors, military members should come to attention and salute. Civilian personnel should either a) place their right hand over their heart or b) have the option to salute if they are a veteran. At the last note of To the Colors, personnel can proceed on as normal. For more information, contact 50th U.S. Air Force photo/Scott Prater Space Wing Public Affairs at 567-5040. Jacob Burtschi pulled down a rebound during the second half of 11th Space Warning Squadron’s 46-37 win over 50th Operations Group U.S. Air Force photo/Scott Prater Portal construction, ATM Standardization and Evaluation Division in the Schriever Intramural Maurice Gale scored 10 of his 16 points during the first half of 11th Space Warning Squadron’s outage Basketball League Championship game Feb. 5. Burtschi led all scor- 46-37 win over 50th Operations Group Standardization and Evaluation Division in the Schriever ers with 18 points. Intramural Basketball League Championship game Feb. 5. The ATM in the west portals will be offline due to construction during the next month. Personnel are advised to utilize the drive through ATM located at Ent Federal Credit union until con- New 50th SCS commander: Challenges opportunity for success struction is complete. For more information, contact Paul By Staff Sgt. Daniel Lazeroff, 50th Space Wing Plans and Martinez Programs requirements manager, at 50th Space Wing Public Affairs 567-2679. Lt. Col. Fred Taylor took the reins as the new commander of Schriever Clinic hours the 50th Space Communications The Schriever Clinic will be open Feb. Squadron in a change-of-command 25. Any previous statements of closure ceremony held in the main fitness on this date are retracted. The Schriever center Feb. 4. Clinic will be closed all day March 4 Colonel Taylor succeeds Lt. for training purposes. This is to include Col. Donald Fielden, who will 21st MDG at Peterson AFB to include be assigned as the A6 Director of Main and Pete East Pharmacies. For Communications at the U.S. Air all medical emergencies call 911 or go Force Academy. to the nearest emergency room. When “ Th e 5 0 t h S p a c e C om mu n ic at ions requiring after hours acute care con- Squadron has a storied legacy of tact the 556-CARE line and choose the success,” Colonel Taylor said. “The USAFA Acute Care clinic. men and women of the 50th have For more information, contact Master created that legacy and should be Sgt. Donald Boling, Superintendent, proud of those accomplishments, Schriever Clinic. and I’m honored to have the privi- lege to lead this squadron and carry More Briefs page 6 on that legacy.” The new commander engaged the crowd of more than 100 Airmen Inside and civilians on his plans for the future of the 50th SCS. William Wallace vs. the IG ............3 “In the months and years ahead, U.S. Air Force photo/Dennis Rogers Shoppette expands stock .................7 Portals undergo upgrade ..................8 Lt. Col. Fred Taylor, 50th Space Communications Squadron commander, accepts the guidon from Col. 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