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District 14 News
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Firestone Post in step at Kenmore
Parade
The Akron Firestone Memorial Post 449
Color Guard marches in the Kenmore
Parade.
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District 14 Homecoming
Fourteenth District Commander Phyllis
Fitzgerald cuts the cake at her homecoming
celebration.
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Post 19 Booster
Mary Cornelius, a member of Post 19 in
Akron is pictured with her Cleveland
Browns Blanket that she just completed and
donated to Post 19 for a raffle item. Mary
is a nurse veteran of World War II and
though she is homebound she still stays
involved in her community and post with
her donations of handmade afghans,
children's blankets and booties and
blankets.
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At the Kettle
Members of Akron Post 19 American
Legion "Family" manned the Salvation Army
Red Kettle at ACME #1on December 22nd as
part of their annual community service.
The Post, Auxiliary Unit and SAL Squadron
members took their turns at standing with
the kettle for donations. Pictured are
three of the volunteers (from left) Post
members Shirley Herbert and Gene Champe,
and Auxiliary member Pat Champe.
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On target
Frank Bender Post 473 in Copley sponsored
the Ashland Eagles Junior Rifle Precision
Team to shoot in the American Legion
Junior Shooting Sports Program for 2007.
The team competed in Region 7, comprised
of Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois and placed
second with a score of 2276 out of 2400.
In the national team competition, the team
placed 17th out of 63 teams entered. In
the individual matches, there were 252
people competing and Abbey Stanec
qualified as one of the finalists for the
National Championships at the Olympic
Training Center at Colorado Springs,
Colorado. Abbey placed third out of 15
finalists competing with a score of 2354
out of 2400 and was only 6 points behind
the national championship winner. Abbey is
congratulated by Post Commander Dale
Panovich on her tremendous
accomplishment.
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Posts 449, 777 Color Guards on
parade
The Color Guards of Akron Post 449 and
Greensburg Post 777 march past the
reviewing stand at the Barberton
parade.
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