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District 5 News
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Wadsworth rewards Boys
Staters
Wadsworth Post 170 held their annual
Buckeye Boys State/Girls State dinner in
October. Post 170 sent 8 boys this year.
Shown above are the boys with their Boys
State Certificates. The Post also gives
each boy a Buckeye Boys State jacket.
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Post 170 celebrates 90th
anniversary
Wadsworth Post 170 recently held its
90th Anniversary Dinner. In attendance at
the front table were the Wadsworth City
Mayor, local VFW Commander, Post 170
Commander Joe Rodgers, Assistant
Department Sergeant at Arms Walt Croswait,
and Department Commander Lou
Dimmerman.
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Post 397 Honor Guard
Members of Vermilion Post 397 are
pictured waiting at Maple Grove Cemetery
in Vermilion to provide military honors
for a deceased veteran.
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Vermilion Veterans Council
On December 7, 2009, the Vermilion
Veterans Council, which is made up of
American Legion Post 397, VFW Post 7576,
and AMVETS Post 22, held Pearl Harbor Day
services at the South Street boat docks.
Pictured is the combined Color Guard of
the council and veterans standing behind
the guard.
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Veteran's Day luncheon
On Nov. 10, 2009, Kristy Edmenson and
her Social Studies class hosted an
Eleventh Annual Veteran's Day luncheon.
Pictured are Vermilion Post 397 members
(from left) Art Murray, Tommy Graham,
Barry Ansell, Don Lerchbacker, George
Schafer, Don Hostetler, and Commander Russ
Mayer.
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Eagle Scout
Vermilion Post 397 Chaplain John Vargo
presents Justin Brown the American Legion
Eagle Scout Certificate. Justin's mother
and father (Scoutmaster) flank him. Justin
is a member of Troop 409.
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Norwalk Post 41 contributes to
Fisher House
Norwalk American Legion Post 41
presented Carol Holden of the Huron County
Veterans Service Office with a check for
$1,000 for the newest Fisher House being
built at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Carol's son, Captain Greg Holden, was
critically wounded on March 23, 2003, and
was in Walter Reed Hospital for months.
She found most families stayed in hotels
and that was very costly. Norwalk Post is
helping to fund the Fisher House so
military families will have a free place
to stay while their loved one is
recuperating in the hospital. Presenting
the check is Post Commander Terry
Fitzgerald.
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Photo By
Bob Quinlan Post 211, Avon Lake
Post 211 Veteran's Day
breakfast
Veteran's Day breakfast, part of the
veteran's who had breakfast at Learwood
School, Avon Lake, Ohio, and also enjoyed
a program put on by the students of
Learwood School. A video that the students
put together with interviews of some local
veterans was also shown along with school
glee club and 8th grade band
presentations.
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Ashland Post 88 at Arlington
Forty-three Veterans and wives from
Ashland Post 88 made a trip to Washington,
D. C., September 11th thru 14th 2009.
Chairman Norm Gault and wife Betty and
co-chairman Jim Dickinson and wife Shirley
arranged the trip. Together they raised
the money to pay for the bus expenses.
Past Chaplain Norm Gault and Past
Commander Jim Dickinson are Life Members
of Post 88. They had the honor of placing
a wreath at Arlington's Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier. Another trip is planned
for 2010. Picture from left to right are
Norm Gault, Betty Gault, Shirley
Dickinson, Jim Dickinson, Guard.
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A Taste of Home from Amherst
Members of Amherst Post 118's "Harms
Way Committee" commemorate the 3,000th
Taste of Home package sent to troops
stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. In
total, the combined effort between the
Post, local churches, VFW Post 1662, and
local schools is valued well over
$150,000.
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