PASCO -- Veterans attending Columbia Basin College will be honored during a ceremony at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the Gjerde Center on the CBC campus in Pasco.
CBC has about 300 students who are armed services veterans.
CBC veterans also will receive information about resources available for veterans. Resource tables will be available beginning at 11:30 a.m.
Featured speakers include Skip Novakovich and Bobby Dale from the Columbia Basin Veterans Coalition at noon and CBC President Richard Cummins at 1 p.m.
Refreshments will follow the ceremony.
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VETERANS: Mid-Columbia ready to honor its veterans
VETERANS: Mid-Columbia ready to honor its veterans
The Mid-Columbia is proud of its veterans, judging from the long list of activities planned to honor them in the coming week. Here’s what’s going on:
Veterans' parades
The seventh annual Prosser 'Thank You Vets' Parade is at 11 a.m. Nov. 11. All are invited to join the parade. Line up begins at 10:15 a.m. near Keene-Riverview School and follows the traditional States Day route.
POWs, MIAs will be honored at Friday event
POWs, MIAs will be honored at Friday event
WALLA WALLA -- A POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony is planned Friday at the parade grounds of the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center in Walla Walla.
Beginning at 10 a.m., the ceremony will include a color guard formed by area veterans organizations. The ceremony will be followed by a reception and opportunity to meet with veterans. The public and veterans are invited to attend.
For more information, call 509-301-1303.
Events across Mid-Columbia honor vets this week
Events across Mid-Columbia honor vets this week
The Mid-Columbia is finding all kinds of ways to honor veterans. The following includes a list of events during the week:
Columbia Basin College
Columbia Basin College will offer several activities honoring veterans through Veterans Day. All events are free and open to the public.
Events across Mid-Columbia honor vets this week
Events across Mid-Columbia honor vets this week
The Mid-Columbia is finding all kinds of ways to honor veterans. The following is a list of events during the week:
Columbia Basin College
Columbia Basin College will offer several activities honoring veterans through Veterans Day. All events are free and open to the public.
Veterans Day event set today in Richland
Veterans Day event set today in Richland
Emeritus at Richland Gardens is sponsoring a Veterans Day event today.
The ceremony includes patriotic songs performed on the accordion by Tom Abrahm and guest speakers Lyle Gilles of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Jan Sass of Support Our Troops.
The event begins at 11 a.m. at 770 W. Gage Blvd., Richland.
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