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Fountain Hills commemorates Vietnam Veterans' Day

4/4/2024
A group of Fountain Hills veterans gathered to commemorate Vietnam Veterans Day Friday, April 29. Seated around a table and recounting their shared experiences over 50 years ago, six men went to …

Fountain Hills Elks Golf Tourney is May 4

4/2/2024
The 18th annual Elks Charity Golf Tournament is filling up with participants and accepting more as the charity round gets closer. The tournament features a four-person scramble with divisions …

VFW Post 7507 supports first responders

3/30/2024

Fountain Hills Teachers of the Year named by VFW

3/23/2024
Alison Mecom and Chris Peterson are this year’s Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 7507 Teachers of the Year. VFW Post Commander Bill Luzinski presented certificates and gift cards to the …

VFW Post 7507 in Fountain Hills to host annual beer …

2/16/2024
The VFW Post 7507 is set to host another beer garden at the upcoming Spring Fountain Festival of Fine Arts and Crafts. The beer garden is called the “oasis for the hungry, thirsty or …

Veteran centenarian offers timeless life advice

11/1/2023
It’s a few hours before lunch and Gene Metcalfe is outside his home, watering his rosemary bush that is recovering from a skirmish between a coyote and a pack rat that he watched from inside …

Veterans Day event planned in Fountain Hills

10/31/2023
The Fountain Hills Veterans Day Ceremony will be held at the Fountain Hills Veterans Memorial at Fountain Park Saturday, Nov. 11, starting at 9 a.m. This year’s Veterans Day ceremony will …

Independent seeks submissions for Veterans Day Salute

9/28/2023
Independent Newsmedia is featuring a Veterans Day Salute to honor those who have served our country.

Veterans Day program Nov. 11

11/6/2019
Fountain Hills veterans organizations will team up to present the annual Veterans Day program at 11 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 11, at the Veterans Memorial at Fountain Park. The public is invited to …

Beischel represents state Legion in VA controversy

5/21/2014
Those watching television news coverage of a panel discussion surrounding the controversy at the Phoenix Veterans Hospital last week may have seen Judi Beischel sitting near the center of the …

Ron Smith inducted for dedication to serving children

11/26/2013
Ron Smith knows a thing or two about service. First off, he was in the service. And when he was in the service – fulfilling two tours in Vietnam – he was performing community …

VFW helps homeless veterans

10/1/2013
Fountain Hills VFW Post 7507 recently gave the Madison Street Veterans Association $1,000 to continue its work with homeless veterans. Using proceeds from the sale of Red Shirt Friday shirts, the …