We raised $211 during our Cast Your Vote Fundraiser. Our winner, Sarge Collingham who is very well known in Aurora, served as our 2017 Homecoming Grand Marshall. It was a lot of fun riding in the parade from the high school to the business square with him. Sarge has a lot of great stories and so many people along the parade route called out to him as we drove by. Sarge is a WWII veteran, served on the Aurora High School football chain gang for 65 years, and an avid supporter of the Aurora athletic teams.
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The Heroes & Huskies Project cannot say enough thanks to the people who helped make our pancake feed successful. Thank you....
Vet's Club for the use of the building Ron Paider, the Pancake Griddle Master Ron & Tim Elge, pancake makers & flippers, assistants to the Pancake Griddle Master Redding, Sarah, & Kamryn, 3 hard-working Huskies servers Molly Elge, Set-up & Clean-up Roger Anderson, Building supervisor & supply chief Bob Schneider, Clean-up Crew Kurt Johnson, Aurora-News Register Rich Lemmerman, American Legion presentations & Clean-up We also received several large donations today and greatly appreciate all of the support. Pictures from our donor presentations can be found on the Sponsors page. Vote early and vote often! We will have a voting booth set up at the home AHS sporting events until September 22. Cast your vote for Jess Gallagher or Sarge Collingham.
It is the beginning of another semester and the AHS Heroes & Huskies Project will be introducing the next group in October. This will be our largest group so far and I am anxious to get started. We plan to have some Marines in our group of Heroes, along with Navy, Army and Air Force veterans. Like the other two groups, we plan to provide the DC trip free of charge to our veterans and students. Getting 29 people to Washington DC will be a challenge but so worth the time and effort. Our project can always use a little support, so if you know a veteran who would like to be part of this project please let us know and if you would like to donate money for the trip please check out our "Donate" page to find out how you can send us money.
Please check out our website for more updates in October! --Brenda Klawonn Thank you to everyone who helped run the Snow Shack during A'ROR'N Days. A special thank you to Kyle Peterson for providing the Snow Shack, ice, and flavors. We were able to raise over $500 for the project. I was going through my Google photos announcements today and saw this stylized photo. I thought it was too cool not to share. Kirt, Roger, Brian and Nick are standing above the Battle of Midway engraving.
According to Tim Elge's Fitbit watch our one-day trip to DC on April 13, netted him:
21,659 steps 9.37 miles 20 stairs Pat Nuss enlisted in the United States Air Force after being a teacher for two years. She decided she needed a change of pace, and scenery. She had always wanted to see the world (and wear those pretty blue uniforms).
Nuss went to basic training at Fort Lachlan, where she then furthered her learning of being an officer. The first lessons taught were how to march, and accurately be a flight leader. As we all know, joining the military can be tremendously hard, especially when you are forced to cut off most communication with the outside world, including family. Though it wasn't as difficult for her because she had been living independently from her family for quite sometime. Unlike many others’ experience with military food, Pat thought the food was excellent. There are many regulations within the Air Force, and hair standards is one of them. Women’s hair couldn't touch the collar of the uniform, so many women swept their hair into buns, while others opted for a short haircut. Pat was one of the women who decided to keep it short. Ms. Nuss’ dream of traveling the world came true. She ended up traveling all throughout the states throughout her time in service. She visited states such as: Texas, Florida, and ended up being stationed in Arizona. There's many ranks in the Air Force, and Pat ended her service as a second lieutenant. Over all she enjoyed her time in service. by Cheyenne Glines By Abby Kleager I have known Mr. Rick Bell for a little while now as the veteran is an Aurora High School staff member. Rick and his wife, Diane, have four children - Jake, Nate, Kristin, and Andrew. He served in the United States Army Reserve from 1987 to 1993. Rick served as a medic during the Persian Gulf War. He planned to make the military a career and became an NBC specialist but plans changed. When he returned back from the war, Rick went back to school to become a math teacher. While getting to know Mr. Bell, I learned so much about him and gained a wide respect for him. Fun Fact: Rick can barely eat chicken anymore as he ate it so much when he was in the military. |
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