By: Megan Way and Su Phelps | Photos by: Su Phelps
Veterans in the local community were invited to a special Veterans Benefits Fair and Affordable Housing Tour on April 27. Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals (VAREP) hosted this event to follow their mission to help veterans maximize their benefits or find a new affordable home. The event took...
By: Janet Snyder
Mickey Durkin, Social Committee, announces upcoming BBQ at the Fisher House. Our members are invited, as we at JWV Post 64 donated the BBQs.
• Members were asked to sign up for the upcoming Potluck Breakfast/Brunch on Sunday, May 19, for either Appetizer, Salad, Main Dish, Dessert, Beverage, or Other.
• On Wednesday, June 12, at 1:00 p.m. we...
By: Megan Way | Photos by Su Phelps and Lawrence Oravetz
Why would teenagers spend 10 days of their summer vacation going through what would be the toughest camp of their lives? Founder and CEO of Youth Leadership Authority (YLA) Marie Tomao, along with her gradated “Eagles” both tell teenagers and their parents why they should be interested in the...
By: Terence Way and Megan Way | Photos by Lawrence Oravetz, Terence Way, Bob Reed, John Diaz and Barry Moore
On a sunny day in April, a Nevada Veteran of the Month recognition ceremony took place at the Grant Sawyer building in Las Vegas. One could tell that this might not have been a typical event with the extra chairs...
By Megan Way | Photos by: Su Phelps
The Las Vegas Celtic Society welcomed over thousands of attendees over April 13th & 14th for their annual Celtic Festival & Highland Games at Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs.
“As the Highland Games grows each year,” says the President of the Las Vegas Celtic Society and Chieftain of the Games Tori Bullock...
Military.com | By Richard Sisk
The White House on Monday backed a 3.1 percent pay raise for the military as part of its overall defense spending proposal of $750 billion for fiscal 2020.
The roughly 5 percent increase for defense, up from a total $716 billion defense budget enacted in fiscal 2019, was included in the record $4.75 trillion budget request for all government spending for...
By: Megan Way | Photos by Jim Lint
At the China Post 1 monthly meeting on April 13th, the post discussed their recent activities and events. Lou Rothenstein shows the post a thank you letter he received from OASIS from helping VA claims. The post also noted Kohl’s military 15% off discount. The Rotary Club of Green Valley USO Las...
By: Megan Way | Photos by Su Phelps and Lawrence Oravetz
Las Vegas U.S. Vets hosted their 15th Las Vegas Stand Down this year with great success after months of planning and recruiting hundreds of volunteers. This year, there were more than 100 booths at the event and as many as thousand people were coming in and out of Big-League...
By: Janet Snyder
On April 13 the William Boone Keith Circle, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, met for their Spring Business Meeting at the Las Vegas Family Search Library. Susan Zink, Patriotic Instructor, gave a great talk with slides about “Daughters of the Regiment”. President Katie Henzel conducted the most productive meeting with LGAR members and Honorary...
By: Janet Snyder
On April 9 Kenneth Hill presented Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps awards to outstanding cadets at Sierra Vista High School, representing Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and along with Tommy Thompson from MOAA Southern Nevada Chapter, plus members of Sons of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution, U.S. Daughters of 1812,...
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