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DOG SITTER SOUGHT!

Post News

Are you looking for some adorable company for a brief period of time? One of our adopted soldiers is returning home in June and needs a pet sitter for two weeks as he and his wife go on a cruise! While they’re gone, they’re looking for a responsible, loving person to take care of Chloe for a little over a week.
Chloe loves to cuddle!She is a small, friendly dog
Chloe is a wonderful little dog but does best with no other pets around. She is a Boston Terrier and weighs 20 pounds. She loves belly rubs and snuggling next to people and to sleep under the covers (and really, who doesn’t?)! But she is a crate trained and can be left alone for up to a normal business day and can sleep in it if she has to. She loves to play ball; she is obsessed with fetching!

This would be a great opportunity for a child that wants to prove they’re up to the task of getting their own pet, or just someone that would like to help out one of our adopted soldier’s families!

This would be for June 12th through the 20th. If you’re interested, please email webmaster@vfwpost7294.org.

Remembering Jay B. Hewes

Obituaries

Post member Jay B. Hewes passed away Wednesday, May 12th. From the Lancaster Newspaper:

Jay B. Hewes, 77, of Lancaster, died Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at Hospice of Lancaster County in Mount Joy. He was born in Lancaster, the son of the late John and Pearl (Longenecker) Hewes. He was married to Suzuko ‘Sue’ Banno Hewes for the past 52 years. He was a retired mechanic for the U.S. Air Force, where he worked for 20 years. He served in the US Air Force during the Korean Conflict and Vietnam Wars having attained the rank of Captain. Jay was a member of the Millersville VFW, Commercial Travelers Club, and was a graduate of the Milton Hershey School. He is survived by his wife Sue, his sons John Banno of Tokyo, Japan, Patrick B. married to Dawn Hewes of Lancaster, and 3 Grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Charles and Thomas Hewes, Sr.

FUNERAL SERVICES will be held Monday May 17, 2010 at 11 AM at Grace Brethren Church of Greater Lancaster, 911 Rohrerstown Road, Lancaster, with Pastor Galen W. Wiley officiating. VIEWING will be at the church on Monday from 10 to 11AM. Burial will be in the Riverview Burial Park with military honors provided by the Red Rose Veterans Honor Guard and Mountville VFW. Memorial contributions may be made to Schreiber Pediatric Center, 625 Community Way, Lancaster PA 17603. Online condolences to:

www.youngfuneralhome.com

Remembering Carl T. Yarnell

Obituaries

Life member Carl T. Yarnell passed away this past Sunday. From the Lancaster Newspapers:

Carl Terrell Yarnell

Carl Terrell Yarnell, age 87, of Lancaster, PA, passed away on Sunday, May 9, 2010, at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mt. Joy, PA.

Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Isaiah H. and Clara Nagle Yarnell. He and his wife, Alice E. Coble Yarnell, celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary last Sept. 22, 2009.

Carl was employed for 34 years with Thompson “60” Case Corporation as a machine operator.

He served in the U. S. Army during WW II in the European Theater rising to the rank of Corporal. He received the Purple Heart, the European Medal with 5 Bronze Stars and the Good Conduct Medal.

Among his memberships were being a life member of VFW Millersville Post #7294; the American Legion Lititz Post #56 and the Second Indian Head Division Association.

He enjoyed many years of fishing for rockfish and sea trout on the Delaware and Chesapeake with his wife, Alice, and traveling. He was a devoted family man.

Surviving in addition to his wife is a son, Carl T., Jr., husband of Pamela Yarnell, Washington Boro; a daughter, Carol Louise Wiker, Strasburg; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Four sisters and one brother preceded him in death.

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend Carl’s Life Celebration Funeral service at the Funeral Home of Fred F. Groff, Inc., 234 W. Orange St., Lancaster, PA, on Thursday at 11:00 AM with Pastor Moses Baker officiating. Interment will be in Riverview Burial Park. Friends may call at the Funeral Home on Thursday from 10:00 AM until time of service. Please omit flowers. If desired, memorial contributions may be sent in Carl’s name to Hospice of Lancaster County, 685 Good Dr., P.O. Box 4125, Lancaster, PA 17604-4125.

Fred F. Groff, Inc.

www.lifecelebration.com

Update on the Mojave Cross

HQ News

The Supreme Court has issued a ruling on the Mojave Cross. From our National HQ site:

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2010 — After seven months of deliberation, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling to tear down a cross-shaped veterans memorial in the middle of the Mojave Desert Preserve, but the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. said there is still work to be done before the 76-year-old memorial is seen again.

“Their ruling was a strong step forward, but the 5-4 split decision only protects the memorial today and doesn’t yet allow the congressional approved land transfer to occur or remove the plywood box that currently encases it,” said Thomas J. Tradewell Sr., of Sussex, Wis.

“A decision today could have protected this memorial outright, along with establishing precedent to protect thousands of other veterans’ memorials that currently reside on federal, state or municipal property throughout the country,” he said. “The high court chose instead to remand the case back to the district court, which means we may have to go through these proceedings all over again.”

In Salazar v. Buono, the Supreme Court ruled on the constitutionality of a seven-foot-tall Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial that VFW members erected in the shape of the Latin cross in 1934 to honor 53,000 Americans who fell in battle during World War I. The opposition, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, claimed that a cross on federal lands violated the Establishment Clause, which prohibits the federal government from creating a national religion or endorsing one religion over another.

Congress agreed in 2002 to give the one-acre memorial site to the VFW in exchange for five acres of privately owned land elsewhere within the 1.6 million-acre Mojave Desert Preserve. Lower courts, however, ruled that the government could not cure an Establishment Clause violation with a land swap. A plywood box has covered the cross ever since.

“Those World War I VFW members erected a memorial in the middle of the Mojave Desert 76 years ago to honor their dead,” said Tradewell. “Their use of the cross was no more sectarian than our nation’s use of the cross on our second highest military medal for bravery. We hope the district court agrees with us, because modern-day political correctness standards should not be applied to a 1934 gesture to honor the fallen.”