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Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Veteran families share support, love Behind each of the 2,400 veterans’ pavers in the Anthem Vet erans Memorial Circle of Hono r is a story of patriotism, courage and honor. Inherent to each paver is the untold story others who serve this nation and sacrifice in wa ys not often recognized, vetera n family members. BY ELIZABETH TURNER Foothills Focus Contributing Writer
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BC graduate studies music in Vienna
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Caurus Academy focuses on the whole student
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girlfriend’s prayers From Dec. 7, 1941, to May 9, 1945, over 16.5 million American men and women served in the armed forces, 291,557 died in battle and 670,846 were wounded. In March 1943, as his buddies had already
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Lt. Col. Ray and Dale Norris at friend’s officer promotion ceremony, Springfield, Illinois, 2002. (Dale Norris/Submitted)
Troop 531 believes in community service BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor
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oy Scout Troop 531 understands the importance of community service. They signed a two-year agreement with the city of Phoenix Adopt-a-Street Program to handle a 1-mile stretch on Carefree Highway from I-17 to the end of Tramonto.
“We clean both sides of the road,” said Jess Rankin, the scout leader. “We do that every calendar quarter. We have vests for the guys and grabbers.” Picking up trash goes toward the young men’s service hours/projects, and lessons in scouting. To accomplish their task, the boys were given high-visibility vests and grabbers.
“We develop a good citizen mentality for the boys,” he said. “We’ve seen interesting things — parts of a couch, a sectional couch, random tiles and wheels. The wildest thing we ever found was an ankle bracelet for a jail in Colorado. “We’re pretty convinced that the wind brings
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