Community Notes Published Aug. 6, 2008 CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Speed/safety enforcement in housing areas With school beginning soon, security forces and local police will be conducting increased speed/safety enforcement patrols in base housing areas. The goal is to ensure personnel and children's safety where there are concentrations of people waiting for school buses or walking to bus stops. School and sports physicals School and sports physicals for children of Cannon of military families will be conducted by the 27th Special Operations Group on Aug. 9 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The physicals will be conducted at the Family Practice Clinic. To sign up, call Central Appointments, Monday through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 784-2778. Curry County Fair volunteer opportunities Volunteers are needed for the Curry County Fair Aug. 11-16. Shifts are available from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, or from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday. Food will be served each night from various restaurants. Volunteers can help chaperone teens, work security in the parking lot and park cars. To volunteer, contact Karen Garcia or Patsy Chavez at 763-7725 or e-mail Karen Garcia at kgarcia@currycounty.org. Are you ready for some football? The football field is off limits. It is being prepared for re-seeding for the upcoming flag football season. The track is still available for use. Clinic, pharmacy hours revised The Cannon Air Force Base clinic and pharmacy will close August 4 for a wing training day. Additionally, the clinic will provide limited services beginning at noon on August 8. Limited services will include having a provider and team available to see patients, as well as an appointment clerk on duty to schedule appointments for beneficiaries. Effective immediately, the clinic will not open until 8:30 a.m. on the third Friday of each month. Registration for new Ranchvale students available Newly arrived families to Cannon can now register their children at Ranchvale Elementary. School officials look forward to making the transition a smooth one for the upcoming school year . To ensure the staff is prepared to welcome you, call 985-2277 first. Cannon Appreciation Day volunteers needed Airmen interested in volunteering to help during Cannon Appreciation Days on Aug. 8 should contact their first sergeants. Individuals can volunteer to help with setup, teardown or cleanup or can volunteer to run the "Bouncy Castle" or help with traffic control. Volunteer to work for as little as one hour or longer. Buddhist discussion group A Buddhist discussion group meets Mondays at 7 p.m. at the base chapel in room 11. For more information, contact Tech. Sgt. Chris Porter at 784-2912 or call 784-2507. Book over to bowling Book over to Bowling participants need to turn in their completed bookmarks to be eligible for the free party on Aug. 12 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, call 784-2280, Youth Jamboree bowling An end of summer Youth Jamboree is schedule for Aug. 4. ,10 30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the bowling alley. The jamboree is free to youths 5-17 years old and is limited to the first 96 bowlers who sign up. Call 784-2280 by July 28 to reserve a spot. SOMSS/WSA 4-person scramble The 27th Special Operations Mission Support Squadron and Wing Staff agencies will host a 4-person scramble on Aug. 15 at the Whispering Winds Golf Course. Prizes will be awarded to the top three teams as well as for the longest drive and closest to the pin shot. For more information, call Airman 1st Class Bryan Karason at 784-7556 or the WWGC at 784-2800. Don't leave home without these While operating your vehicle or someone else's, on or off the installation, ensure you have the following items located inside the vehicle: DoD ID card, valid driver's license, insurance card and vehicle registration. The consequences of operating a motor vehicle on Cannon without any of the above documentation could result in a suspension or loss of on-base driving privileges for a maximum of two years. New hours at bowling alley Cannon Lanes is now open Monday through Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. , Thursday and Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, 5 p.m. to midnight and Sunday 1-5 p.m. The bowling alley is closed holidays and goal days. Tobacco cessation Thirty-seven percent of male Airmen 18 to 25 smoke. More than 16 percent of 18- to 24-year-old male Airmen dip. Of male Airmen 18 to 25, 19.2 percent start smoking and 11.1 percent start using smokeless tobacco after joining the service. Once you start using tobacco, it's hard to quit. Very few people quit tobacco the first time they try. On average, it takes eight to 11 attempts to quit successfully. Now there is online help at www.ucanquit2.org for Airmen who want to quit. On the Web site, users can develop a personalized quit plan; get information listen to podcasts; connect to federal, military, state, local, and online cessation programs; and find diversion tactics such as playing games. Additionally, you can communicate privately with a trained cessation counselor via instant messenger, 7 days a week, 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. For Airmen who want to combine local help as well, call Rebecca Lowe of the Health and Wellness Center at 784-1004 and ask about the tobacco cessation program.