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2017, Page 11 The Saratoga Sun November 8, 2017, Page 11 The Saratoga Sun’s Salute to our Veterans 2017 Page 12, November 8, 2017 The Saratoga Sun Veterans Day events and activities By Keith McLendon Medicine Bow Encampment K-12 Schools and organizations Lions Club School around the area are planning The Medicine Bow Lions Encampment School will to observe Veterans Day in Club will be holding a Turkey be holding their Veterans various ways. Here are the Shoot from 11 a.m. until the Day assembly at 3 p.m. on observances we found: turkeys are gone on Satur- Thursday, Nov. 9. Local Thank You day, Nov. 11 at the Medicine VFW members also plan to American Legion Post Bow Community Hall. attend the assembly. for serving our country and No. 54 Entrants can win a frozen protecting our freedom The Saratoga American turkey supplied by Valley Hanna, Elk Mountain, Legion will be holding a Foods in Saratoga in one of Medicine Bow High Veterans Day dinner on three ways. School James Campbell Saturday, Nov. 11 at their The first way is to be the Hanna Elementary Bus. (307) 326-5737 403 Bridge Avenue location. top shooter in the target Medicine Bow Cell. 307-321-8729 A social hour with a cash shooting event using a sup- Elementary bar will kick off the event plied rifle and ammunition. Elk Mountain and run from 5 to 6 p.m. The second path to a turkey Elementary Toward the end of the social is to have a high roll in a dice HEM will be serving a hour, the flag will be posted roll-off. Veterans Day breakfast and the pledge of allegiance The third turkey will be from 8 to 9:30 a.m. on will be performed. To begin given to the low roller in the Thursday, Nov. 9 in the the dinner at 6 p.m., master dice roll-off. school’s multipurpose room. of ceremonies Steve Wil- Cost is $2 per ticket. The HEM Band will be per- coxson will make a small forming during the event. Veterans Day speech. Din- Saratoga Middle/High After the breakfast, the ner, from 6 to 8 p.m., will School school will be holding an feature sirloin roast, baked SM/HS will be holding a assembly which will fea- potatoes, green beans, sal- Veterans Day assembly at ture students work from ad, rolls and more. 3 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. nearby elementary schools. Everyone is invited to come 8. The school is planning Students from Hanna El- pay respect to veterans and on having veterans and ac- ementary, Elk Mountain join in the dinner. Cost for the tive duty military personnel Elementary and Medicine dinner is $15 for individuals speak at the assembly. The Bow Elementary will be or $25 per couple. school band will also be per- coming to the high school in The post would appreciate forming patriotic songs and Hanna to find out the win- an RSVP which you can the library will present a ners of several projects the make by calling 326-9600. video highlighting our armed elementary students have forces. been involved with. Encampment VFW Kindergarten through Members of Platte Valley Saratoga Elementary second graders were tasked VFW 6125 will be selling School with a veteran themed poppies around Veterans Day SES is planning a Veter- coloring project, third and and this year is no exception. ans Day assembly at 9 a.m. fourth graders created pa- Thank you to all who have Proceeds from poppy sales Thursday, Nov. 9. Carbon triotic posters while fifth are used to aid Platte Valley County Sheriff Jerry Colson and sixth graders were served or are serving in veterans in need. will be attending to speak. assigned patriotic essays. our military for keeping our country free. Come in and check out our great deals UNITED STATES mArINES on skis, snowboards, ski and snowboard boots, winter clothing and snowshoes. Also large selection of winter boots. The recruiter, family and Trading Post friends watch as O’Toole Riverside, WY • Open 7 days does the pullups required 307-327-5720 to join the Marines. Photos by Keith McLendon Sergeant Boone visits From left, Shawn Thornton O’Toole, marine recruiter with Shawn’s father as the Sergeant Carlos Boone, and Shawn Patrick O’Toole. prospective recruit signs. Veterans: We appreciate O’Toole follows tradition By Keith McLendon the younger O’Toole had Ma- for basic training until after all you do and Shawn Thornton O’Toole rine recruiter Sergeant Carlos he graduates from Saratoga has decided to follow in family Boone to his father’s house in Middle/High School this com- tradition by joining the United Saratoga Oct 24 to sign papers. ing May—and even then would have done for us! States Marines. Boone guided the 17-year- have a month or two before Shawn’s father, Shawn Pat- old O’Toole through the stack reporting for duty. We offer a full line of groceries rick O’Toole, achieved the of paperwork needed to get When paperwork was fin- rank of Petty Officer 2nd class into the service and chatted ished, Boone ran O’Toole Fresh produce before leaving the service. with both the younger and old- through the minimum physical Top quality meats Shawn’s grandfather and er O’Toole during the process. requirements for joining, ask- grandmother were both Ma- During the paper signing, ing the signer to do 45 crunch- OPEN EVERY DAY! rines. Shawn’s great uncles Sgt. Boone related that though es in a two minute timeframe 1702 South Hwy 130 Bobby and Thomas were in O’Toole would need to go to the and an untimed 6 pull-ups. the Corps and his Uncle Tim is (307) 326-5336 Military Entrance Processing The prospective Marine said currently a Lieutenant Colonel Station in Denver within the he plans to specialize in weld- in the service. next few weeks, the new sign- ing while following in his fam- So it was no surprise when ee would not have to show up ily’s footsteps. The Saratoga Sun November 8, 2017, Page 13 Proud to have served UNITED STATES ArmY our country. Proud to serve our community. A Sherr thing VFW Post #6125 Former green beret concerned with lack of vet Encampment participation in advocacy, groups By Mike Armstrong Thank you for Michael Sherr was the American Legion District 6 our freedom! Commander for the state of Wyoming, until very recent- ly, retiring in 2017. District 6 goes oversees all posts in southeast Wyoming from Rawlins to Pine Bluffs, which includes the towns and cities in between. “Rawlins to the Nebraska border,” Sherr said. “It is a big territory to cover.” Thanks to all our veterans Sherr is still Commander and all who are serving now for Hittner Engstrom-Dun- can Post No. 122 in Rawlins. As the Commander of Post No. 122, his duties include supervising post operations, member recruitment, fund raising, military funeral hon- Full Service Family Salon — 326-8066 ors, and other jobs that crop up not necessarily in the job description. Sherr said a major problem with American Legion (Le- Saratoga Auto Parts gion) and Veteran of Foreign Wars (VFW) posts in Carbon County is that new member- ship is falling off to a critical Thanks you point. Photo by Mike Armstrong “A big problem for Rawlins, American Legion Post No. 122 Commander, Mike Sherr. for your is we can get nine or ten new members in a year, but quite This had positive benefits by watch Trucking and did that service. a lot of them are oil kids and making Sherr knowledgeable until 2010. within six months or so, they in many facets of the Army, In August 2010, Sherr was get transferred out,” Sherr but it meant constant touring made co-commander of the said. “We have over 1700 with no leave time. Rawlins American Legion The Sun online: saratogasun.com veterans in Carbon County, This was all stateside. post. In Oct. of the same but between, Encampment, Then he was assigned to the year. Sherr lost a leg. Even- Saratoga, Hanna, Medicine Gabriel attachment. tually, the other leg had to Bow and Rawlins we only “This is a unit that travels be amputated also. have 307 vets registered in around to church and civic “The doctor saw thousands the VFW and Legion. That groups where you tell what of hairline fractures in my leaves over 1400 not affiliat- the Green Berets do,” said feet from the jumping I had ed with either.” Sherr. “We went around to a done over the years,” Sherr We appreciate Sherr said he has 76 mem- lot of towns and be spit and said. “They told me they your service to bers at his post that pay polish. It was a compliment could do three or four sur- our country! dues, but only about a dozen to be chosen, but I would geries but eventually I would that are core players in help- have rather spent a hundred end up in a wheelchair, so I ing him run the operational days out in the field.” said no and had it removed.” duties of the post. After the Gabriel attach- In Dec. of 2010, Sherr be- “It is sometimes like pull- ment, Sherr went to Thai- came the solo commander of ing teeth when contacting land for a tour. He went the Rawlins Legion. some members about help- there to train the Thai border In 2011 he was offered ing, but then there are the police in helping stop drug the position of District 6 core I can give a days notice flow.
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