Pinal County Veterans Memorial News
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DECEMBER NEWS
Pinal County Veteran’s Memorial Foundation
On Saturday, November 9th, Casa Grande had their Seventh Annual Veterans Day Parade. This year after the parade, the Pinal County Veterans Memorial Foundation (PCVMF) had their First Annual Veterans Celebration. There were hot dogs, hamburgers, entertainment and an award ceremony by Palmer Miller. The PCVMF was given a Certificate of Recognition and Appreciation.
We want to thank Christine Deaton in handling the entertainment, all the sponsors as well as the PCVMF Event Committee, Debby Martin, Nancy Fassbender, Donna Stadum, Deb Nordby in planning this Celebration as well as all the volunteers who came out to make this a successful event.
We are planning next year’s Celebration.
Looking for Something Special for Christmas?
The PCVMF has been given a donation of a 2003 Harley-Davidson XL1200S Sportster Annviersary Edition by Charlie Weaver. The tickets for this drawing is $25 each or 6 for $100. We will only be selling 500 tickets for this drawing! The drawing will be on December 17th at the Rusty Strings Bluegrass Christmas Show. Those who are interested in purchasing the tickets, please contact Matt Bagnall at (520)-705-7070.
Nancy Fassbender has donated this brand new Liberty FatBoy Junior Gun Safe. The bidding has already been started and will close on December 5th. Those who are interested in bidding on this is encouraged to send their bid to either Tom Bagnall at thomas.bagnall@titlesecurity.com or Nancy Fassbender at nfass@earthlink.net The highest bid will win. In the event that we have a duplicate high bids, those making the duplicate bids will then be the subject of a blind draw to determine the successful bidder for the safe. This safe is valued at $1400! Remember, there is only a few more days left to act on this terrific gift!
Events which are coming up:
On Tuesday, December 17th, the Rusty Strings Band will be performing at the Historic Paramount Theatre for the Bluegrass Christmas Show. The drawing for the 2003 Harley-Davidson XL 1200S Anniversary Edition will be done at the closing of this performance. Please come out and have an evening of fun, raffle drawings of great prizes and see who has won this fantastic motorcycle! Doors will be opening at 6pm and the band will play from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Tickets are $15 per person.
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On February 6, 2014; Pinal County Veterans Memorial Foundation will be putting on a Sweetheart Dinner and Dance. The entertainment will be provided by Howard Schneider 10pc Big Band Orchestra. Howard Schneider has been the director of the Jan Garber Orchestra for 19 years and is also an entertainer with the Arizona Opry in Apache Junction. This orchestra has many talented musicians. We thank them for donating their talent for this event. Tickets will go on sale for $30 per person. Doors will open at 6:00pm. Dinner will be at 6:30pm with the dance following 7 to 9pm.
These two great events is just the tip of events that PCVMF has planned. You may purchase tickets for the entertainment events online at www.paramountfoundation.org or please contact Debby Martin at (520) 836-4200 or contact Nancy Fassbender at (520) 723-4844
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An Interesting Article:
Pinal Ways Magazine has been putting out some great articles about the Pinal County Veterans Memorial Foundation. The 2013 Winter Edition which comes out the 1st week of December will have our own Historian/Research person. Her name is Nancy Fassbender. During her research of finding over 250 fallen soldiers who were from Pinal County, she found that there were stories out there to tell about the individual soldiers. So she is compiling stories into a book and some of her writings will be publish in this edition. Watch the newsstand for an interesting article.
Casa Grande Electric Light Parade
Pinal County Veterans Memorial Foundation will be having their first float in this parade. The parade will be December 7th starting at 6pm. Please come and enjoy the parade in Casa Grande and cheer on our float.
I think since this is the 72nd Anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, what a great tribute to have our float in the parade!
