02 Jun 2020

A Different Kind of Memorial Day

Our state has done well as far as battling COVID-19 is concerned – a majority of residents continue to stay home and practice physical distancing in order to slow the spread of the virus. Thank you. During this time, a lot of our usual gatherings, especially for holidays, have to be modified. Some events were postponed, others went virtual. Through it all however, folks around the region made sure Memorial Day, and the Veterans we’ve lost, were not forgotten.   ...

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01 Jun 2020

June is PTSD Awareness Month

Taken from the VA’s PTSD Page: “There are currently about 8 million people in the United States with PTSD. PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) is a mental health problem that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event, like combat, a natural  disaster, a car accident, or sexual assault. Even though PTSD treatments work, most people who have PTSD don’t get the help they need. June is PTSD Awareness Month. Help us spread the word that effective PTSD ...

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09 Apr 2020

Be Prepared with Advance Directives for Health Care

With the current pandemic, it’s important to think about our medical care and preferences should we be in a state that requires immediate intervention. Recently a friend drove himself to the hospital in the middle of the night with respiratory problems. The hospital took him into ICU and gave him a test for COVID-19. They isolated him, without a phone and no visitors, until they could get the test back. That took a week for the results. It turns out ...

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19 Mar 2020

Civil Air Patrol updates – March 2020

C/Lt Col Ethan Larsen presenting a thank you plaque for the American Legion Post 10 providing financial support for Cadet Larsen to attend Leadership School in the midwest region of the Civil Air Patrol. C/Lt Col Larsen is studying for his General Spaatz’s Award, an award advancing him to C/Col. When he completes the General Spaatz’s Award, he will become the first cadet in 52 years to have received this award while a cadet in the Pangborn Composite Squadron. Cadet ...

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25 Feb 2020

VFW Post 24 Presents Essay Awards

Grant County VFW George Washington Post 24 presented essay awards to students at Quincy Valley School on Feb 20th. Pictured is Bridget L. Jones (middle school) accepting 2nd place for the Patriot Pen essay – theme “What Makes America Great,” 400 word limit. First place for Patriot Pen went to Clairese Snyder (home schooled). Elementary youth theme: “How I Would Encourage Respect to the Flag of the United States”, 250 word limit. Grade 3: Emma DeTray, 1st place; Braxton Basset, ...

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19 Feb 2020

Veterans Resource Fair at WVC

The WVC Vet Navigator put on a resource fair on 18 Feb 2020 for the Veteran Students of WVC and for the community.   It was a great turnout with about 10 veteran-specific resources, including SSVF, VFW Post 3617 (who brought coffee and cookies to the event), American Legion Post 10, Worksource, GCU, mental health counselors, (Chelan County Veteran Service Officer) Tony Sandoval, and Spokane VA. There were also multiple College Resources, such as the disability counselor, Trio, and Laura ...

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09 Feb 2020

Honorable Welcome Home

Honorable Welcome Home offers veterans the welcome they should have received when they first returned from service. It is a welcome that lets them know that we are honored to receive them and to offer rejuvenation of spirit to those who carry the hidden burdens of war. With the thoughtful guidance of our friends at the American Legion and VFW, as well as community-wide conversation, we decided to host our first Honorable Welcome Home in March of 2010. Since then, ...

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30 Jan 2020

Civil Air Patrol updates – Jan 2020

Pangborn Composite Squadron was honored to provide the Color Guard for the Wreaths Across America event hosted by VFW 3617 at Evergreen Memorial Park in East Wenatchee on Sat, Dec 14, 2019. We would like to thank all of you who generously sponsored wreaths, “to Remember, Honor and Teach” the meaning of this day. It was an honor for the cadets to lay wreaths on our fallen veteran’s graves. Cadets in the Color Guard: Cadet Chief Master Sergeant Caleb Darlington, ...

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22 Jan 2020

VFW Washington Mid-Winter Conference

January means Mid-Winter Conference for Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Washington. After the business is taken care of, there’s a nice dinner where the Voice of Democracy winners from each District are recognized and a State winner is announced. The Teachers of the Year are also presented with awards.   Representatives from VFW Post 24, Post 3617, & Post 6853 and their Auxiliaries at the VFW Dept of WA midwinter conference in Yakima on 18 Jan 2020     ...

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17 Jan 2020

Post 108 Presents New Flags to Manson Schools

The American Legion was founded in 1919 on four pillars: Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation, National Security, Americanism, and Children and Youth. Each of these pillars encompasses a variety of programs that benefit our nation’s veterans, its service members, their families, the youth of America and ordinary citizens. On January 13 the Manson American Legion, Post 108 made special presentations of two 4×6 foot American flags, one for Manson High and the second Manson Elementary, addressing two of the four pillars. ...

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12 Jan 2020

WVC Veteran Knights attend SVA NatCon 2020

“Attending Student Veterans of America, NATCON 2020, allowed myself and my colleagues the opportunity to learn, enhance, and develop skills necessary to reach our full potential as student veterans. Speakers from vastly different backgrounds and professional fields passed down their knowledge and experiences in re-integration and success after leaving the military, speaking in detail on leadership, dependability, and integrity. In addition to enhancing our own ability to achieve excellence, we have brought the skills and resources back to the Veteran ...

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29 Dec 2019

American Legion Post 143 Helps Santa Deliver Christmas Joy

The officers of the American Legion Post 143 helped Santa on Christmas Eve to deliver holiday cheer to a family in Twisp, Wash. The post chaplain Caroline Groninger, Santa/post sergeant-at-arms William (Skinny) Robinson, and first vice commander Keith Morden, with wife Donna Morden, delivered gifts and holiday cheer to a single mom with two jobs and her two kids, a boy of 4 and a girl of 10. My wife told me about a struggling family who was not going ...

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