BRIEFLY : PACKAGES GO TO U.S. MILITARY IN BALKANS.PALMDALE - Tri-Cities American Legion American Legion, national association of male and female war veterans, founded (1919) in Paris. Membership is open to veterans of World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Post 771 is collecting canned nuts, Pop Tarts, candy bars, cookies and other nonperishable snacks for inclusion in ``CARE packages'' for American military personnel serving in the Kosovo conflict Kosovo conflict (1998–99) Ethnic war in Kosovo, Yugoslavia. In 1989 the Serbian president, Slobodan Miloševic, abrogated the constitutional autonomy of Kosovo. . Donations or cash contributions can be dropped off by Saturday at the post hall, 39463 10th St. E. The effort was inspired by a Palmdale girl, Krystal Hubble, who mails similar packages to sailors, post First Vice Officer Walter Ward For lead vocalist in R&B band The Olympics, see Walter Ward (singer). Walter Ward (1911-1994) was a member of the New York City Council for a quarter of a century, serving 13 terms from 1968 until 1993. said. Krystal, together with cadets from the Civil Air Patrol's Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Composite Squadron 15, will assemble the packages Sunday at the post, Ward said. For information, call (661) 947-3771. - Daily News Vietnam memorial coming in November PALMDALE - A traveling replica of the Vietnam Memorial will visit the Antelope Valley in November. At 487 feet long and 6 feet tall, the traveling memorial is smaller than the wall in Washington, D.C., but contains the names of all 58,186 servicemen and four women killed during the Vietnam War Vietnam War, conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. , said Walter Ward, first vice officer of Tri Cities American Legion Post 771. The wall will be on display Nov. 2-8 at McAdam Park, on 30th Street East north of Avenue R. There is no admission charge, and visitors will be able to make tracings of names, just like people do at the Washington wall. The traveling wall's visit is sponsored by Post 771 and the city of Palmdale, which is paying the $2,600 cost, as well as other service organizations, Ward said. Made of a composite material composite material or composite, any material made from at least two discrete substances, such as concrete. Many materials are produced as composites, such as the fiberglass-reinforced plastics used for automobile bodies and boat hulls, but the to make it light enough to move, the wall is one of three that tours the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . - Daily News Family seeks help finding missing man LANCASTER - The family of a Lancaster man who suffers from schizophrenia and was last seen six to seven weeks ago sought the public's help Monday in finding him. Eugene Brunelle, 49, was reported missing several weeks ago from his Lancaster home, a representative of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Lancaster station said. He requires medication to treat his schizophrenia, said Phil Brunelle, the missing man's brother. ``At this point he's lost and in a catatonic (jargon) catatonic - A description of a system that gives no indication that it is still working. This might be because it has crashed without being able to give any error message or because it is busy but not designed to give any feedback. Compare buzz. state,'' Phil Brunelle said. ``He's harmful to himself, not to others.'' The missing man is described as 6 feet 2 inches tall and 150-160 pounds. He has receding brown hair and brown eyes, wears false teeth, has a limp and slurs his speech if he doesn't take his medication. The family thinks Brunelle, who has run away two or three times in the past, may still be in the area. Anyone who might have seen him is asked to contact Phil Brunelle at (661) 251-7643 or (818) 298-2810, or the Lancaster sheriff's station at (661) 948-8466. - Daily News |
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