12 Dec 2020

Manson American Legion aids Heritage Heights

The Manson American Legion, Post 108 continues its support of our community with a $700 donation to Heritage Heights, the only senior living facility in the Valley. Norm Manly, Post 108’s Service Officer and Craig Pittson, Post 108 member and Santa for the day, presented the check to Heritage Heights board member, Timi Starkweather. Heritage Heights was built in 1996 as a senior living facility and has 32 rooms. Since the pandemic struck earlier this year, the number of residences ...

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02 Dec 2020

Holiday Donation Drive for Veterans

Screaming Octopus, a multi-modal massage clinic serving the Wenatchee Valley, has teamed up with new veteran-focused nonprofit Tour of Duty Foundation, to host a holiday donation drive benefiting area veterans. Chantz and Cherise are accepting donations of non-perishable food items, grocery store gift cards, new socks and gloves, and gently used items like coats and boots. There is a tote outside the East Wenatchee location (101 Eastmont Ave, Suite B) doors to accept donations, which will then be sanitized and ...

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19 Nov 2020

Civil Air Patrol updates – Nov 2020

All of our meetings have gone completely virtual thanks to the hard work of Capt Audra Keyanna, Dept Commander for Cadets. NEW MEMBERS Welcome to Cadets Audrey Skupic and Alexandrea Toledo-Blanchfield, both from East Wenatchee. This brings our squadron up to 19 total members. TRAINING 2nd Lt Douglas Gardner has completed Character Development Specialty track, Communications track, and several Emergency Services Training schools for Ground Team Member 3 level. PROMOTIONS Austin Jeffris to c/Tech Sergeant and “A” Flight Element Leader ...

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15 Nov 2020

Manson Legion Celebrates Veterans Day

In an effort to make sure their community properly recognizes, honors, and remembers its veterans, American Legion Post 108 in Manson was involved in a number of events for Veterans Day 2020. “On Sunday – November 8th the Manson American Legion, Post 108 and the Chelan VFW, Post 6853 held a pre-Veterans Day celebration at North Shore Bible Church. At the start of Sunday service Norm Manly talked about why it is important that we honor our veterans who have ...

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08 Nov 2020

Site upgrades launched!

Can you believe this website started 4 years ago?! Neither can I! It’s certainly come a long way from the humble beginnings. Not only did I not have a lot of connections with the many regional resources yet, but I was also still somewhat new to developing websites with WordPress. Through the years working on this site as well as numerous sites for other clients, I’ve learned a lot about usability, features, administration, and sustainability. I’ve tried out a lot ...

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29 Oct 2020

Free Access to National Parks expands to all Veterans and Gold Star Families

“Starting next month, veterans and Gold Star families will be able to visit national parks and other public lands for free, under a new initiative from the Department of the Interior announced on Wednesday. “Active-duty service members and their families are already granted free access to those sites under existing department rules. The new announcement broadens that benefit to more than 20 million more individuals in recognition of their service and sacrifice on behalf of the country. “In a statement, ...

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28 Oct 2020

Less-Than-Honorable Discharge? Request an upgrade

“Veterans kicked out of the military due to negative behavior related to post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and sexual trauma have been upgrading their discharges after a 2017 law change, but there are potentially thousands of others left without access to care or benefits because of less-than-honorable discharges. “The landmark Fairness for Veterans Act, included in the 2017 military funding bill, aimed to help veterans upgrade their discharges. It requires a review from military officials to consider medical evidence ...

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23 Oct 2020

Twisp American Legion Food Drive

On Sept. 17, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., American Legion Post 143 set up no-contact drop-off locations at both the post and at Hank’s Harvest Foods in Twisp. In addition to collecting toilet paper, laundry detergent, non-perishable boxed items and dozens of canned goods totaling several hundred pounds for The Cove food bank in Twisp, Post 143 also was able to collect nearly $700 in donations. “We took the money and we split it between the food bank and disaster relief ...

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19 Oct 2020

Mann-Grandstaff Gets New VA Medical Records System

Spokane is on the front lines of rolling out a new electronic medical records system for veterans’ health care. Last month, officials from the Veterans’ Administration were on site at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center to provide training on the new and improved system. This new electronic records system will allow the many different branches of the VA Medical System to share information, such as patient records and medical history, without the need to issue print copies of those records ...

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12 Oct 2020

Register Now for Farm Planning course

Interested in starting and running a small, sustainable farm? Then this new course presented by WSU might be just the ticket. “Cultivating Success™: Whole Farm Planning is a 9-week, step-by-step course, to help you prepare a well thought out plan for your land, life, and farm business. Learn how to use a whole systems lens to create a living plan for your small farm future. Classes will meet weekly through Zoom, in an online classroom environment. You will be able ...

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01 Oct 2020

Postvention – Support After Suicide Loss

As we transition out of Suicide Prevention Month (September), this seemed like a timely article worth sharing. “Veterans have a significantly higher suicide rate than other adults in the U.S. This means Veterans are also more likely to have known someone who took their own life. Uniting for Suicide Postvention (USPV) helps make sense of a suicide loss. The program connects survivors with resources to help them work through powerful and unique emotions specific to this type of grief.” “Suicide ...

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29 Sep 2020

Tour of Duty Foundation

A community came together for an unaccompanied veteran who passed away, and in that process, another veteran discovered their new mission.   Tour of Duty is a new non-profit that will serve active duty, veterans, and unaccompanied service members. I spoke with Cortlin Martin about this adventure and what he hopes will come of it.   Can you tell us more about how this all started? “I found out the hard way back in March of 2020 that there are ...

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