POW/MIA Recognition Day remembered in Farmington, Jay sunjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sunjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3335 in Jay prepare to distribute Christmas packages in Jay. From left are John Dube, David Lachapelle, Jim Manter and Cmdr. Don Frechette. Gary Desjardin, chairman of Franklin County Special Olympics, assisted in the project.
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Dwindling membership is an issue many veteran organizations are facing statewide and those nestled in Western Maine have not been immune.
Several members of Mundt-Allen American Legion Post 81 in Bethel gathered at the local airport to discuss issues facing the American Legion. A big problem, and one that has plagued organizations nationwide, is building and maintaining membership. Once enjoying more than 100 active members, Post 81 is now at 66. The decline has occurred over 20 years.
Open town meeting planned in Livermore sunjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sunjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Here the winners are shown with VFW Post members. Front row is Ophelia Hughes, Avery Ryder, and Madison Hughes. Back row is Jim Manter, Post Judge Advocate; middle is Dave Lachepelle, Post Quartermaster; right is Post Commander, Don Frechette.
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JAY Local Jay Veterans of Foreign Wars, Frank L. Mitchell Post 3335 announces the 2020 local winners of the “Patriots Pen” Essay Competition. Local students in the Jay/Livermore/Livermore Falls area submitted essays expressing their views on an annual patriotic theme. The 2020 theme was “What is Patriotism to Me?”.
Receiving first place was Ophelia Hughes, second place Madison Cardes, and third place Avery Ryder. Thirteen local students submitted their essays, and were independently judged by the city leaders from Livermore/Jay/Livermore Falls. Judging is based on how well the applicants understand, develop, and present the annual theme in their essay.