Pacific briefs: Vaccinations offered  at school registration

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa and 18th Medical Group will offer immunization clinics at two middle schools during spring registration Tuesday through Thursday, according to a hospital release.

The clinics at Lester Middle School and Kadena Middle School will run from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. all three days, according to the release.

The tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis booster, meningococcal vaccine and hepatitis A vaccine will be available.

Parents need their ID card and their child’s personal shot record, if they have one, for their child to receive the immunizations.

For more information, call DSN 643-7441 or DSN.

Camp Foster gate  to reopen this month

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Renovations to the Commissary Gate, which has been closed since Aug. 1, are to be completed by the end of April.

The gate, off Highway 58, initially was to reopen in January but ran into construction delays, said Marine spokesman 1st Lt. Judd Wilson.

“This was the first major gate renovation of this scope, and delays are a normal part of the construction process,” Wilson said.

Once the gate reopens, the Spot Gate off Highway 130 will close as part of a plan to renovate all Camp Foster gates, he said.

The Spot Gate should reopen around the end of October, he said. After that, overhauls of the Globe and Anchor Gate off Highway 130 and the Legion Gate off Highway 330 will begin sequentially.

Wilson estimated that all gate renovations should be completed by spring of 2009.

Home center on Guam opens after renovation

Navy Exchange was to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday to officially mark completion of renovations at the NEX Home Center on U.S. Naval Base Guam.

The $1.5 million project features a state-of-the-art security system; new counters, shelves, display lighting, and other fixtures; new sprinkler and fire alarm emergency system; and an expanded pet department.