All posts tagged "Veterans Day"
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Students taking major roles in upcoming Holmes Veterans’ Day assembly
After a two year break from the Veterans’ Day assembly, planning has started at Holmes Junior High for the assembly that will be taking place...
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Vet’s Day assembly will return to Holmes
The Veteran’s Day assembly has been a tradition at Holmes Junior High, but it has had to be put on hold due to COVID-19 restrictions....
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Three high school teachers recognized in annual Veterans Day assembly
Math teacher Richard Strike is currently in his 34th year with the Iowa Army (National Guard). He has been a helicopter mechanic, helicopter pilot, Tac...
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Vet’s Day
(Above) Social studies teacher Kevin Stewart introduced USMC Captain Wes Roberts at the Veterans’ Day assembly on Friday, Nov. 10.
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Two vets reconnect at Peet
On Nov. 11, Peet Junior High School held a ceremonial assembly in honor of those lost, those who served and those still fighting today. Josh...
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Veteran’s memories hold lessons
My grandpa Denny Leroy Salmon, Sr. was 20 years old when he was drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in the Vietnam War in...
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Our View: Take time to thank a vet on this Veterans Day
By Brennan Kohl Over 22 million Americans have served in the Armed Forces from just before WWII up to present day. Without these brave men...
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Our View: Be sure to tell our vets we value their service
Our View On Nov. 11 of every year, the words of President Woodrow Wilson could not be more true: “To us in America, the reflections...
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Veteran’s Day holds special meaning for CFHS teacher
Ellen Gustavson/Staff Writer Tomorrow, Cedar Falls High School will be holding its annual Veteran’s Day assembly to recognize veterans that have served or are serving...
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Stewart, Kasal honor veterans at CFHS assembly
By Willa Simmet 2008 On Nov. 13, 2004, during Operation Phantom Fury, considered to be one of the most brutal battles of the Iraqi War,...
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30 students square off in Holmes chess tournament
Thirty Holmes Junior High students recently squared off in a chess tournament in ninth-grade science teacher Maria Hoekstra’s classroom during Tiger Time. The winner was seventh-grader Alexander Fuchtman who...
