Tonganoxie VFW Post 9271 got its start in 1985 in a Mutual Savings basement meeting room.There were 54 charter members there that night.It was the start of a second stint for the VFW in the community, as the late John Cass Lenahan served as commander of the previously established post several ...
Tonganoxie VFW Post 9271 will celebrate its 30th anniversary with festivities Nov. 21.The celebration will run from 2-4 p.m. that day at the post home.It will begin with a social hour. During that time, members will highlight the success of the post, showing projects with which the organization ...
Wichita ? The nation's obesity epidemic is causing significant recruiting problems for the military, with one in three young adults nationwide too fat to enlist, according to report issued Wednesday by a group of retired military leaders.The nonprofit, non-partisan group called Mission: ...
Tonganoxie American Legion Post 41 will place small American flags at the graves of those who served in the military. Legion members will place flags in Tonganoxie cemeteries. The post also will have Memorial Day services at 2 p.m. Monday at Hubbel Hill Cemetery. Retired Col. Gary Sanford will ...
Several Tonganoxie students were recognized for their essays entries in this year’s Veterans of Foreign Wars writing contests.The national contests are known as the Voice of Democracy at the high school level and Patriot’s Pen at the middle school level.This year’s topic for the Voice of ...
Diana Pitts has helped place wreaths at the soldiers’ graves at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery for seven years.Pitts has worked 26 years at Fort Leavenworth, but the annual process is important to Pitts for another reason.Her oldest son, Cpl. David Unger, died Oct. 17, 2006, while serving ...
A Bingo and Brunch Fundraiser in planned this weekend to help a local man with a traumatic brain injury.The Basehor and Tonganoxie VFW posts have planned an event at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Tonganoxie VFW to benefit Ronnie Wishon, a 52-year-old Tonganoxie resident who was injured in a car ...
Tonganoxie American Legion Post 41 will have a benefit gun show and flea market later this month.The local post will have the event from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 27 and 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Leavenworth County Fairgrounds.Admission is a suggested donation of $5. Children younger ...
Tonganoxie American Legion Post 41 will have a benefit gun show and flea market late next month.The local post will have the event from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sept. 27 and 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Leavenworth County Fairgrounds.Admission is a suggested donation of $5. Children younger than 10 ...
Candidates running for office in the upcoming election will be on hand tonight to field voters’ questions.The forum will take place at 7 p.m. today at VFW Post 9271. Candidates in the August primary have been invited to attend the event.First State Bank and Trust and Tonganoxie VFW Post 9271 ...