101 Critical Days of Summer: 10 things automobile drivers should know about motorcycles

1. Usually during the 101 Critical Days of Summer, there are a lot more cars and trucks than motorcycles on the road, and some drivers don't "recognize" a motorcycle; they ignore it (usually unintentionally). Look for motorcycles, especially when checking traffic at an intersection.    2. Because of

Information Technology leader retires

Colonel Bruce Harmon retired from the United States Air Force and the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center's Information Technology Directorate on June 12. The officiating officer and speaker at Col. Harmon's ceremony was Col. Gregory Touhill, commander of the 81st Training Wing at Keesler Air Force

Go hard, fall, get up and hit it again

Go hard, fall, get up, and hit it again. How we fall matters-- how we get back up matters a heck of a lot more.    I coach ice hockey. In practice, I tell players to skate beyond their comfort zone. Falling is not just ok but occasionally expected. The important thing is to get right back up and go

Colonel Tynan recognized for CFC efforts

Col. Tracy Tynan made Tinker proud. As Tinker's Combined Federal Campaign coordinator, Colonel Tynan recently received national recognition for his endeavors to raise awareness and funds for the CFC campaign.    Colonel Tynan received the 2007 CFC Hero Award May 30 at the White House's Eisenhower

Area high school students job shadow at Tinker

Tinker's June 13 job-shadowing event proved successful.    Nearly 40 students and teachers from the Langston University Mathematics and Science Academy summer camp toured areas of Bldg. 3001, seeing the 76th Maintenance Wing quality verification, chemical and metallurgical laboratories and learning

Practice makes perfect: Tinker employees work on better self-aid buddy care

The American Heart Association reports that more than 165,000 adults die from sudden cardiac arrest each year.     According to Capt. Charles G. Kels, Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, the Oklahoma's Good Samaritan Act protects individuals who, in good faith, render or attempt to render emergency care

It's a dog's life

Play golf Tinker! Course open to all ID card holders

Summer is here and it is time to get outside and play some golf. Tinker Golf Course has something for everyone, so let's all play golf Tinker!    Tinker Golf Course has a golf-pro on staff who instructs the Link Up 2 Golf classes and is available for private lessons as well. Link Up 2 Golf is

Tinker Hawks fall to reigning champion Chesapeake

It may be hot out but The Boys of Winter returned to their familiar playground, the Arctic Edge Ice Arena in Edmond, as Division II play in the Oklahoma City Adult Hockey League's summer season began. The Tinker Hawks faced off against the reigning champions, Chesapeake, who came away with a

Marathon registration figures on pace to shatter '07 record

If current figures are an accurate predictor, the 2008 U.S. Air Force Marathon appears well on its way to shattering last year's registration record of more than 6,700 runners and could approach the 10,000 mark.    As of June 13, the total number of runners registered for the 12th annual event stood