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Operation Rising Star

Club Championship

Coke Zero Music

Concert

Sprint Triathlon

Comics on Duty

Comedy Tour

Hispanic Heritage

Month Celebration

Win $5,000 Cash

PARtake in the fun at The Courses of Clear

Creek

Did you know that E-1

through E-6 receive a

discounted rate at The

Courses of Clear Creek?

Four sets of golfer- friendly tees

Huge driving range

Practice greens

Enhanced short-game area.

Club and cart rentals

Clubhouse

Grill

Pro-shop

For more info,

call 254-287-4130

Operation Rising Star Opens at The Phantom Warrior Center The search for talented vocalists has

ended and the competition to be Fort

Hood’s next rising star kicks off

September 2. For four weeks in

September, aspiring singers will

compete for the title of Fort Hood’s

Rising Star and for $500. The local

winner will then move on to the

Army – wide Operation Rising Star

competition for the chance to win

the Ultimate Music Recording

Experience – Record, Mix and

Master a demo CD with studio pro-

fessionals and other prizes.

Operation Rising Star is an

individual singing competition, similar

to popular shows like ―American

Idol‖ and ―Nashville Star‖ –

participants are judged by a panel of

judges and by an audience of their

peers. Singers must be Active-duty,

Reserve, National Guard or military

family members 18-years old and

older. Attendance of the competition

is open to the public; the unit or fam-

ily readiness group that has the larg-

est number of attendees has the

chance to win $300 towards unit

funds. Each round will start at 7 p.m.

at the Phantom Warrior Center. For

additional information, call 254-287-

0270. Phantom Warrior Center, Bldg

194, is located on 37th Street.

Take Home the Prize in Fort Hood’s Premier Golf Tournament Golfers, now is the chance to show

exactly what you have to your golf

game. When you win this tournament

there will be nothing that the other

competitors can do except bow down

and acknowledge your greatness on

the fairways and greens. Come and

enter the premier golf tournament of

the year – The 2010 Club

Championship, September 4-5.

Winners of the 36-hole individual

stroke play tournament receive an

etched glass trophy with their names

engraved on them. Register early or

the day of the event; registration runs

from 7 – 7:45 am. Play begins with a

shotgun start at 8 a.m. $50 per per-

son, plus your greens and cart fees.

Open to the public. For more

information or to sign up, call 254-287

-4130 or stop in at The Courses of

Clear Creek.

Did you know that the Army Family Covenant provided multiple money-saving

travel opportunities to popular domestic destinations through the Leisure Travel

Services Office and online at www.Offdutytravel.com?

ARMY FAMILY COVENANT: KEEPING THE PROMISE

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Need to go grocery shopping early in the morning or hit up

the gym with your friends for a late afternoon workout? No one to watch the kids for just a little

while?

Chaffee Child Development Center (TJ Mills Boulevard, Bldg 198) has slots available!

Monday through Friday from7 am – 6 pm .

The cost is $3.50 per hour but special discounts are available.

For more information, call 254-287-4749 or log on to www.hoodmwr.com.

Legend’s Pub

FREE Pool Tables Darts

Flat Panel TV’s

Open

Wed. 4:30—9:30 pm

Thur. 3—9:30 pm

Fri. 4:30—9:30 pm

24th St. at Tank Destroyer Blvd. 532-9324

Backbone

NCO Lounge No Cover

FREE Pool tables Flat Panel TV’s

Open

Wed. 4:30—8 pm

Thur. 3—8 pm

Fri. 4:30—11 pm

Phantom Warrior Center

Bldg. 194—37th Street

254-532-5073

Patton’s Pub

Enjoy a drink Play some cards

Throw some bones Free pool

Open

Wed. 4:30 — 9:30 pm

Thur. 3 — 9:30 pm

Fri. 4:30— 9:30 pm

Old Ironsides Avenue and 21st Street

Bldg. 9212

254-287-8484

Coke Zero Music Tour Rolling Into Fort Hood Fort Hood, Texas…Are you

ready to rock? Yes, Fort Hood’s

Family and MWR is proudly

bringing to you an event with

three national recording artists

all in a four-hour, heart-

pounding national music tour!

Bring your blankets and lawn

chairs to the Coca-Cola Zero

Music Tour featuring Lisa

Palleschi, Junior and the Jared

Mahone Band, September 10

from 4 - 8 p.m. in the Club

Hood Parking Lot (Corner of

Tank Destroyer Boulevard and

24th Street). There will be fun

activities for the whole Family to

enjoy. This concert is FREE and

open to the public. For more

information, call 254-286-5342.

Swim, Bike and Run at the Sprint Triathlon How fit are you? We know Soldiers are fit, but here is a chal-

lenge that even the most fit Soldier should find rewarding. Swim,

bike and run to the finish line of the Sprint Triathlon, September

11. The race begins at 8 am at BLORA and will surely challenge

every skill level. Work through the difficulty of a 300-meter

swim, 12-mile bike ride and a 3.1 mile run to achieve that fitness

level you desire. Registration is free and open to the public. Par-

ticipants may stop by any of the Fort Hood physical fitness cen-

ters now through the day of the race or log on to

www.hoodmwr.com to register. The first 150 registrants to

enter receive a free commemorative T-shirt. Trophies will be

awarded for the best overall male and female times. Medals will

also be awarded to 1st – 3rd place finishers, in each age category.

For more information, call 254-285-5459.

Comics on Duty Hit the Stage at the PWC The comedic performance that has been entertaining us since 1992 is stopping

by The Great Place. With a total of over 3,000 shows, Comics On Duty Tour

has performed over 250 shows in 80 sites in Iraq supporting Operations Iraqi

and Enduring Freedom, and has performed 300 shows in Southwest Asia. This

year Comics On Duty features Steve Bills, Tommy Savitt, Dwight Slade, and

Tom Cotter. Come on out to the Comics On Duty Comedy Tour at the

Phantom Warrior Center (37th Street, Bldg. 194) September 11 at 7:30 p.m.

for a laugh to remember. This event is free and open to the public. This per-

formance is intended for adult audiences and may contain material that may be

offensive to some individuals or inappropriate for individuals under 18 years of

age in accordance with AR-215-1. For more information, call 254-286-5342.

Jump start your financial New Year’s resolution with Military SAVES Week! The Army Community Services Financial Readi-ness Branch will hold a series of events to help educate and assist Soldiers and Families in their financial planning. A “Coupon Fon-due and You” class is scheduled for February 23 from 5-7pm in the Rivers Building and an “Investing for Retirement” class is scheduled for February 26 from 1:30-3pm at the Resiliency Cam-pus. Also, look out for information tables at Hood Howdy on Feb-ruary 25 and the Main Food Court, Casey Memorial Library and Clear Creek PX throughout the week. For more financial re-sources see www.militarysaves.org or contact the ACS Financial Readiness Branch at 254-287-8500.

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Capture Some Culture at the Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration

School is back in session and school supplies and new school clothes can be very costly. The

extra cash may be hard to come by. Now is the time that you can gain that extra cash. Register for your chance to win one of two $5,000 cash prizes. Registration is available Now -August 31 on www.hoodmwr.com. You must be 18 years of age or older, unless active duty military. The

contest is open to all. Winners will be contacted shortly after the contest ends on August 31. For more information call 254-532-5481.

Aye muy caliente! Aye, aye, aye! Fort Hood

is heating up and we are not talking about

the temperatures outside. III Corps EO and

Fort Hood’s Directorate of Family and

Morale, Welfare and Recreation are heating

up the Great Place with the Hispanic

Heritage Month Celebration Friday,

September 17 from 6 - 11 p.m. at Abrams

Physical Fitness Center (62nd Street and

Support Avenue, Bldg. 23001). One of the

hottest comediennes on the circuit and

native Puerto Rican, Shayla Rivera, will

serve as the emcee of this evening that will

both entertain and educate about the

Hispanic culture. Joining her in the evening’s

activities are local band Grupo Soncache, a

dynamic five-piece Latin band that fills up

the dance floor with the rhythms of Salsa,

Merengue, Bachata, Reggaeton and Cumbias

and the premier salsa band of the Houston

area, La Orquesta Salmerum. Salmerum is

an 11-piece orchestra with a full Latin

percussion section and four horns. For

your further entertainment, there will be

two performance dance groups, Puerto

Rican Kids Folklore and Dance Group

Ballet Folklorico Alegria. El sorprender!

And that’s not all, there will be food and

alcohol available, as well as Soldier dance

instructors teaching various Latin dances

and a Dominos tournament . This event is

FREE and open to the public. For more

information, call 254-286-5342.

Don’t Miss Your Last Chance to Enter to Win the $5,000 Cash Prize Giveaway