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Source: www.mlive.com --- 27 days ago
Press Photo/Paul L. Newby IIThe Young Marines of Grand Rapids take part in the Grand Rapids Jaycees Patriot Day Parade and a Memorial service at Veterans Memorial Park on a rainy Saturday. Courtesy PhotoGrand marshal: Four-year-old Kailey Kozminski and her... ... Source: kcearthnotes.kansascity.com --- 40 days ago
KANSAS CITY LABOR Day Parade, MONDAY 11 A.M., LIBERTY Memorial. [ Greater Kansas City Jobs With Justice . ] No, we haven’t reached a post-industrial society or a post-labor society, regardless of whatever silly cliché is being tossed out. But what we’re going to need is a new, dynamic labor movement that represents a 21st century world and welcomes change. In addition to Sammy Slick, everyone’s favorite hedge-fund manager, we are going to need some smart, creative, and politically astute workers to build the new energy infrastructure and work as partners with business and government. read more ...
Source: www.wickedlocal.com --- 30 days ago
At this year’s Yankee Doodle Parade, Billerica’s Police Honor Guard is going to have some company. Looking to add something new to the annual event, Patrolman Don Boulette made some calls to the surrounding departments, seeing if their honor guards would join Billerica’s. It wasn’t long before 40 other departments, from as far away as New Jersey, Delaware and New York, cleared their schedules to march in the Parade. “We started with the surrounding communities,” Boulette said. “As people expressed interest we reached out further.” Between 250 and 300 officers will be marching in the Parade, which will take place on Saturday, Sept. 13 at 10 a.m. Typically the police honor guard marches with members of the fire department, sometimes accompanied by the local branch of the National Guard and other services. Boulette said the idea to expand the groups in the Parade came after the Memorial Day Parade, when onlookers noticed how small the participation was. Each honor guard will be bringing a police cruiser, some of which will be restored classic models. There will also be special operations vehicles and motorcycles on display. “I was making some calls and it went from there,” Boulette said. “I’m surprised at how far this went.” The Yankee Doodle Homecoming will begin on Friday, Sept. 12 and run the entire weekend. This is the 17 th year the event has been held. Some of the more notable honor guards taking part in the Parade is the group f ...
Source: yubanet.com --- 37 days ago
NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman will offer two public presentations as part of his visit to Nevada County and participation in the Sept. 14 Nevada City Constitution Day Parade. Astronaut Reisman will be the special guest at two free public programs at the Grass Valley Veterans Memorial Building, which seats up to 900 people. He is scheduled to appear Friday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m., and Saturday,Sept. 13, at 9 a.m. ... Source: www.norwichbulletin.com --- 5 days ago
Something was missing amid the usual crowd hanging out Thursday on Chelsea Parade opposite Norwich Free Academy. Underage smokers learned last week that lighting up in public could net them a $50 fine. Reception among the high school smokers was consistent. “It’s not like it’s really going to stop us,” said Eric Smith, 17, who kept an eye on the Norwich police officer directing traffic nearby. “Why should the law be able to decide if we can’t?” State Rep. Jack Malone, D-Norwich, who co-sponsored the bill, said it’s simply a matter of public health. “We’re trying to make it as difficult as possible to smoke. As it relates to kids, sorry about that, but it’s incumbent on everybody in society to change habits,” he said. Malone said treatment for the health problems smoking creates is costing everyone. He said it is an expansion of the law that makes it illegal for anyone younger than 18 to purchase tobacco products. NFA, a longtime smoke-free campus, is using the law to extend its disciplinary arm to the green outside the school with the Memorial to Christopher Columbus. Smokers there will face a penalty: a two-Day in-school suspension for the first offense, said John Iovino, NFA director of student affairs. Warnings at first Norwich police said, like most new laws, there will be a grace period to help educate the public. Anyone caught with tobacco in the next few weeks likely will get a warning, Capt. Timothy Menard said. After th ...
Source: www.mariondaily.com --- 36 days ago
Saturday the Vietnam Veterans committee and the Marion VFW Post 1301 will host the Fifth Annual Veterans Reunion on the grounds of the post. This event brings hundreds of veterans from Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky together for a Day of activities. The reunion begins at 2 p.m. following the Veterans on Parade. This is a free event that will have live bands, both inside the post and outside, food, drinks and lots of special activities. The reunion was conceived by a group of Vietnam veterans in order to give all veterans the opportunity to visit, meet new friends, and in many cases begin a healing process. The reunion is not just for Vietnam veterans however. Organizers invite veterans from any branch of the service and any time period to come and join the fun. "This is an opportunity for veterans to come together, support each other and share," Co-chairman Mike Gunter said. "Often veterans feel that no one would understand them. This is where everyone understands how you feel." To open the reunion a short ceremony will be held in front of veterans Memorial. The Memorial is made up of dog tags of veterans throughout the country and was built as a special tribute to all veterans. The reunion is not only an opportunity for veterans to gather, but families, and others who honor the veteran to come together for a Day of camaraderie. The ceremony will feature Lt. Col. Pete Hesser of the United States Marine Corps. as special guest spe ... Source: ts10.gazettelive.co.uk --- 39 days ago
MERCHANT seafarers with no known grave but the sea will be remembered in two Redcar ceremonies. To mark tomorrow's National Merchant Navy Day, a small service will be held at the MN anchor Memorial in the town's garden of remembrance - opposite the Cenotaph - at 11am. Chaplain to the Mission of Seafarers, Colin Worswick, will conduct the service, with a blessing to be given by Christ Church Coatham vicar, the Rev Bruce Harrison. And on Sunday, veterans will Parade along the seafront before a small service and wreath-laying ceremony at 11am opposite the Zetland Lifeboat Museum. Redcar Lifeboat will scatter poppies on the water. All associations and veterans are invited to both events, as is the general public. ... Source: roadfooddigest.com --- 16 days ago
The Ripley County courthouse offices, just like state and county offices everywhere, close for a number of holidays: New Year’s Day, 4th of July, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas… you know how it is. Except for one holiday that seems out of place on that list: Pumpkin Show Day! Yes, the Pumpkin Show is taken very seriously in Versailles, Indiana. Thursday night is the annual pie eating contest (we assume that’s pumpkin pie) and Saturday afternoon is the Pumpkin Weigh-In. There will be the annual King & Queen Contest, lots of live music (gospel, bluegrass, 50s & 60s, classic rock), talent contests, a Parade, a cheerleader contest, and carnival rides and games. ... Source: robert.aitchison.org --- 26 days ago
Like many assholes , I'm a volunteer leader in my sons Cub Scout Pack , specifically I'm the Cubmaster . There's a running joke among scout leaders, or scouters that to volunteer takes a commitment of "only an hour a week", the joke of course is that it's a way bigger time commitment than that. This past weekend the pack went on our annual spring campout (one of two campouts a year), today was one of the final den meetings of the scout year. I was putting together a list of our remaining events through then end of the scout year and this is what I came up with: Firday-Sunday, May 19-21 : Spring Campout (last weekend) Saturday, May 27th: Memorial Day Flag Planting Monday, May 29th: March in Canoga Park Memorial Day Parade Friday, June 2nd: Present awards earned at Camporee a few weeks ago Tuesday, June 6th: Last Pack Meeting of the year Sunday, June 11th: Pinewood Derby Monday, June 12th: Annual Bridging Ceremony/Dinner Yeah, I got your hour a week right here :-) ...
Source: holidaygolightly.com --- 40 days ago
Oh the pressure to have fun plans for the Big Labor Day Weekend! "Hey, what are YOU doing? Where are YOU going? Who are YOU doing stuff with?" While the Memorial Day weekend retains a smidgen (or at least an illusion) of somberness - at least during that part of the Parade where you remember the Day is supposed to honor war veterans - Labor Day weekend has no such restrictions. The Central Labor Union of New York City, created Labor Day, in 1882, to give a "Day off for the working citizens". And boy do we working citizens make the most of that Day! There are long weekends at the beach, backyard barbecues, picnics, fireworks, music festivals - WHEW! Or maybe just a spending bonanza at the Labor Day Weekend Sales. Whatever you're planning on doing, make sure you wear all your white shoes one last time, before putting them in storage until next May. But what if you haven't made any specific, crazy-fun-outrageous plans? We think that's okay. Sometimes coming up with specific, crazy-fun-outrageous things to do, just for the sake of doing something on a holiday weekend, is kind of a pain. Since we are all "working citizens", we should be free to spend Labor Day Weekend as we so choose. Coming up with fantastic weekend extravaganzas can often be work in and of itself. Relax and do exactly what you feel like doing. Laundry? Sure! Napping? No problem! Catching up on past episodes of "Gossip Girl"? We won't tell a soul. I mean, not that I'm ... Source: www.reapandsow.com --- 29 days ago
... Source: leyhane2.blogspot.com --- 94 days ago
Original post on page one . This is Parade Grand Marshal Raymond Gurga. According to the Norwood Park Chamber of Commerce & Industry website , Mr. Gurga served as a photographer for Allied bombing missions over German industrial targets. The Chamber site says he was stationed in Great Britain from 1942 to 1945. It specifically mentions Mr. Gurga's service in the 493d Bombardment Group . Here's State Representative Michael P. McAuliffe (R-20). Forty-first Ward Alderman Doherty was at the Parade also, working his way back along the route from Taft back toward Onahan School, where the Parade stepped off. Doherty had a van with his banner on it at nearly the very end of the Parade. The only other politician who participated this year was Water Reclamation District Commissioner Frank Avila. And here are some other marchers.... ... Find more results for Memorial Day Parade on RSSMicro.com |
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Drivers may have noticed something different on Route 139 Sept. 11, as the telephone poles from Veterans Memorial Park to Library Plaza were decked with large flags. The flags, brackets and poles were donated by Disabled American Veterans Post 35 on Dyke Road. The purpose of the flags was to enhance the Memorial Day and Veterans Day Parade route from the park to the plaza, said Doug Brown, a veteran who coordinated the effort, but the flags will also be displayed on special days like 9/11, the Fourth of July, Flag Day and town anniversaries. Last Thursday was the first Day they were put on display. “Anytime the selectmen ask me to put them up, I’d be happy to do it,” said Brown. “It took us a half an hour to put them up.” The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8345 on Route 3A will store the flags and put them up and take them down. “We built some really nice racks for them, and I think they’re going to work out really well,” Brown said. Veterans Agent Dick Martin said that previously on Parade days, flags were displayed on poles stuck into holes in the sidewalk. He said the highway department would come along and blow out the holes before the poles could be fit in, since the holes would fill up with sand and salt over time. “Apparently that’s not going to have to happen anymore,” he said. Brown said it was “such a pain in the neck” to have the holes in the sidewalk blown out. “I thought, ‘We’ve got 50 nice telephone poles between the ...
Charlotte Culbert, sister of Dr. Norman Borlaug, will represent her family at the first annual Norman Borlaug Harvest Fest this weekend. Culbert will serve as grand marshal for the three-Day Cresco festival, which will begin with live music Friday night and end with the annual CROP Hunger Walk Sunday afternoon. “I’m honored to be able to represent the Borlaug name,” Culbert said. “I felt really honored when they asked me to be grand marshal.” Culbert will lead the Harvest Fest Parade at 4:30 p.m. this Saturday. A lifelong Howard County resident, Culbert was born in the small town of Saude and currently lives at Evans Memorial Home’s Assisted Living. She grew up with her brother, Norman Borlaug, and her sister, the late Palma Borlaug, on the family farm, which is now referred to as the Norman Borlaug Boyhood Farm and maintained by the Norman Borlaug Heritage Foundation. “Norm was always disappointed that he didn’t have another brother to practice sports with so Palma and I would have to play football,” Culbert joked. Culbert graduated from Cresco High School in 1938, then went on to be a rural school teacher at New Oregon #8. She soon married her high school sweetheart, Leonard “Cubby” Culbert, and they operated a farm. “I enjoyed working in the field and out on the farm,” she said. Culbert also worked as the director of Peter Pan Nursery School for about nine years. Cresco Chamber of Com ...
Not a Day goes by that Fowler Goodowens doesn't wonder why he survived the many battles he fought in Vietnam. "Many, many, many times since then I've wondered why I was able to come back and so many of my good friends were not," said the 69-year-old retired Army colonel. One of the many things that stands out in his memory is the Cobra helicopter he piloted during his second tour. If you go - What: Village of Mark Homecoming - When: Events begin at 11 a.m. Saturday - Other: A Parade and rededication of the village's demilitarized Cobra helicopter, which serves as part of its war Memorial, begins at 4 p.m. The guest of honor will be retired Army Col. Fowler L. Goodowens of Adams, Tenn., the original pilot of the helicopter, and his main co-pilot and gunner, retired Army Lt. Col. Gary Joyner of Geneseo. "I spent a lot of time in that ship and got shot down three times and survived all three times," he said. "It means a lot to me." That same Cobra helicopter now sits in the middle of Mark, a village of fewer than 500 people in Putnam County. The demilitarized war craft, which was given to the village about two years ago for use as part of its war Memorial, was one of the first ever used in Vietnam. Goodowens, of Adams, Tenn., was the original pilot of the Cobra. Those in the village who were responsible for obtaining the helicopter two years ago recently tracked down the pilot and his main co-pilot and gunner, Gary Joyner of Geneseo, ...
When it comes to birthdays, Hudson knows how to celebrate in style. The city held the Bean Creek Heritage Festival this weekend to celebrate its 175th birthday. The three-Day event held a variety of celebrations including a Parade, a carnival, a car show, historical home tours, and fireworks among other activities. Longtime Hillsdale resident Mary Enerson remembered the city’s 100th birthday celebration back in 1933. “I was six in 1933, and I rode in a convertible in the Parade with my two brothers and my mother driving,” she said. “I was dressed as the Statue of Liberty, one of my brothers was Uncle Sam and the other was an Indian.” Now, in 2008, Enerson is just as proud of her city and particularly moved by its dedication of the new American Patriot’s Monument in downtown Hudson. “I think it’s especially important right now that we recognize all these people who made it so we can stand here and do this,” she said. In a ceremony officially dedicating the Memorial, Ed Engle emceed, honoring Hudson veterans and patriots, and defined them as those who “love, defend and support their country and their community.” The patriotic ceremony included flag raising by Boy Scout Troop 602, the singing of the Star Spangled Banner and America the Beautiful, led by Samantha Flores, a prayer by Pastor Tom Burke, the American Legion Firing Squad, and the unveiling of the Memorial by honored patriots Bruce Coleman and James Findlay. The monument s ...
The Fourth Annual Veterans On Parade marched into history at 11 a.m. Saturday starting at Marion Junior High School, progressing through Tower Square and terminating at Washington Elementary school. Fair weather greeted the crowds on Main Street and flag waving was the order of the Day. A short Memorial service was held in Tower Square to honor Southern Illinois’s fallen heroes. Following the Parade a meal was provided at the Marion Elks Lodge 800 for Parade participants. The fifth annual Veterans Reunion was held at 2 p.m. at the Marion VFW Post 1301. ...
If you’ve driven along Main Street this summer, you may have seen Barbara Walker watering flowers on Main Street. If you’ve been there for the Fourth of July Parade, you may have seen her playing the bagpipes. If you’re a member of the First Presbyterian Church, you may have seen her dropping off the church bulletins she’s formatted and printed. She’s also been secretary-treasurer for the local chamber of commerce. Volunteer activities such as these have earned Walker the national Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Community Service Award, with which she will be formally honored Oct. 16 at Moonwinks Restaurant in Cuba. “My first reaction was, ‘What on earth for?’” Walker said, recalling the Day Meredith Chilson of the Catherine Schuyler Chapter of the DAR for Allegany County told her about the award. “Andover is a very active community and there are many deserving people in Andover. I was just overwhelmed.” Chilson said Walker has organized fund raising events, dinners and reunions as well. One such event was the Memorial dinner for Marco Conde, former Andover Central School librarian, who passed away in October 2007 at age 101. “In order to get the award you have to be recommended by your peers or community members. You can’t win the award for doing something you’re paid to do,” Chilson said. “They need at least three letters, plus recommendation from the local DAR chapter.” In Chilson’s recommendation letter, she wrote, “Bar ...
Onlookers take in the annual Parade kicking off Jackson Day 2008 last Sunday at John F. Johnson Jr. Memorial Park, with the Jackson Mills Fire Company joining the township's fire, police and first aid response units to celebrate community spirit. ...
Cliff Lee's magical season continued tonight in the final All-Star game at Yankee Stadium. Th e Tribe's new ace mowed down the best the N.L. had to offer as if they were, oh, let's say, the Seattle Mariners. Cliff struck out three and allowed just one rather sickly single to Chipper Jones in his two-inning starting stint. It's all I really needed to see at tonight's game, though I'm sure to stick around to see what will likely be Grady's one AB. Speaking of Grady, here's a note from today's All-Star Parade. The Parade went past the office where my son is interning this summer. He took a lunch break and went down to watch. Instead of trying to outdo the other guys in terms of having the hottest lady sitting next to him in his Parade car, Grady invited his brothers to join him along the route instead. Pretty cool! One other Parade note: After the "ovation" he got from Yankee fans last night, Red Sox slugger David Ortiz tried a little bribery to soften up the locals. Much like civic groups who toss out bubble gum to the kids at the Memorial Day Parade in your town (wherever you live), Ortiz was tossing out stogies to the crowd on his way up 6th Ave. Judging by the reception he got during tonight's player introductions - it didn't work. Have to say Ben Sheets looked pretty good tonight too. Whattaya say we take most of that money we were going to give CC after the season and give it to Sheets? One final note: A blog called Epic Carnival i ...