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District 6 News
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6th District Oratorical
Champion
The 6th District Oratorical
Championship was held on February 19th at
Olentangy Liberty High School and Grace
Pyo was declared the winner. Pictured from
left are District Chairman Bill Balser,
Grace Pyo and Grace's teacher Audrey
Ervin. Grace went on to win the Department
contest and competed in Indianapolis for
the national championship.
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District 6 Legionnaire of the
Year
Jack Walsh, member of Johnstown
American Legion Post 254, was chosen as
"Legionnaire of the Year" in District 6 of
the Ohio American Legion. District 6
includes Licking County and six other
counties in central Ohio. Mary Oliver,
current Commander of District 6, presented
the commemorative plaque. Looking on is
2011 District 6 Commander-elect David
Cook.
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Sixty-year recipients at Post
254
Post 254 recognizes WWII veterans for
60 years of continuous American Legion
membership. Pictured above (l-r) are Don
Jakeway, John Wittman, Jack Walsh, and Jim
Foster, all of whom are WWII veterans.
Jakeway and Foster made the presentations
of 60-year certificates to Wittman and
Walsh. Two other 60-year members, Smith
Clark and Eldon Garrabrant, were not in
attendance.
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6th District Honors local
Dentists
Moundbuilders General Dentistry in
Newark, Ohio, received a certificate of
Appreciation from The American Legion 6th
District. The entire office collected over
30 boxes of candy for our U.S. Troops
overseas. Children brought in their
Halloween candy and received $1.00 per
pound. Picture left to right are: Jim
Welsh, 6th District Finance Officer, Mary
Oliver, 6th District Commander, Dr.
Richard Main, DDS Dr. Ben Jump, DDS.
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Delaware Post 115 unveils Memorial
Garden
The Council for Older Adults and Senior
Citizens Inc. have an ongoing relationship
with American Legion Post 115 in Delaware
and asked the Post to finance moving their
flagpole from the back of the building to
the front at a cost of $3,100. The Post
readily agreed to fund the project and it
was done last spring. As the flagpole was
being relocated, Commander John Smith and
First Vice Commander Bill Sheehy looked on
and Bill noted that the new location would
make an excellent location for a Veterans
Memorial Garden. They met with a landscape
architect and a Post member with
experience and monument expert and
developed a design, which again the Post
members approved overwhelmingly. The
Memorial Garden is for all veterans, past,
present and future and not just Legion
members. The marble monument weighs two
tons and is four feet by four feet. The
memorial garden was dedicated on Veterans
Day 2009 in front of an audience of 200
people where the Post received three
proclamations from the Mayor of Delaware,
the County Commissioners, and U.S.
Congressman Pat Tiberi. The Post is
selling 1,200 paver bricks at $80 each and
all the proceeds will go to support future
projects at the Senior Center. The
Delaware County Fair Board also presented
the Post a Certificate of Appreciation for
their service in selling Race Programs the
Past 62 years. Post 115 is celebrating
their 90th Anniversary. Pictured are Bill
Sheehy, left, and John Smith at the new
Memorial.
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Spring Pancake Day
fundraiser
Pictured (left to right) are Joe
Urdock, Paul Wilkes, and Jim Foster. These
are only three of the many volunteers from
Johnstown's American Legion Post 254 whose
work contributes to the success of Post
254's annual "Spring Pancake Day" fund
raising event. In addition to the pancakes
& sausage, there was also an auction
of donated items, and a 50-50 drawing.
Approximately 250 people had breakfast,
and about $1,000 was raised. American
Legion Post 254 contributes $10-12,000
annually to various projects for the
benefit of Johnstown and the surrounding
area. Post 254 members also donate
countless hours towards both raising funds
and the successful execution of those
various projects.
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