Veteran's get 50% off an Irish Dinner

Host:  Covington Lion's Club
Date:  Saturday, March 12, 2016
Time:  3-6pm
Location:
Maple Valley Community Center
22010 SE 248th St
Maple Valley, WA  98038

The dinner benefits diabetic kids, so they can attend Camp Leo, a summer camp with medical support for kids who could not otherwise attend a camp.

Irish Dinner Menu:
Slow roasted corned beef
Steamed hot new potatoes covered in real butter, mouthwatering simmered cabbage, dinner rolls, coffee, juice, water.

Meal ticket cost:

• General $12.50
• Veteran/AD $6.00
• Under 12 $6.00
  

Click here to visit Brown Paper Tickets and purchase tickets in advance.

Local musical entertainment may be provided.

VA Puget Sound Health Care System requests the honor of your presence at their:

50th Anniversary Vietnam War Commemoration Event
Seattle Division
Veterans Lobby, Building 100
12:00 noon, Tuesday, March 29th

Click here to download more information about this event.

Cascade Warbirds, an organization with the mission to encourage the flying, preservation, and display of Warbird aircraft, to honor Veterans, and to engage in aviation education, will host guest speaker Christina Olds at its March meeting this Saturday, the 12th.  Olds, daughter of Brigadier General Robin Olds, will bring to life the exciting career of her father and display some of his original drawings.  She will also have available her book about her father’s life, personalized and autographed for only $20.
 
As stated in the summary of her book, Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds, Robin Olds was many things to many people. To his West Point football coach he was an All American destined for the National College Football Hall of Fame. To his P-38 and P-51 wartime squadrons in WWII he was the aggressive fighter pilot who made double ace and became their commander in nine short months. For the pioneers of the jet age, he was the wingman on the first jet demo team, a racer in the Thompson Trophy race, and the only U.S. exchange officer to command an RAF squadron. In the tabloid press he was the dashing flying hero who married the glamorous movie star. For the current crop of fighter pilots he is best known as the leader of the F-4 Wolfpack battling over North Vietnam. For cadets at the Air Force Academy he was a role model and mentor. He was all of those things and more.
 
Cascade Warbirds Squadron Commander Ron Morrell met Christina Olds at a recent aviation convention and arranged for her to come to Seattle for this weekend’s meeting.  “Her presentation of her father’s life and career with personal details and anecdotes is something every person with military experience or interest in history will find to be amazing,” he said.  “This is a unique opportunity for our entire community.”

The Cascade Warbirds meeting will be the Museum of Flight, Boeing Field, Seattle, North View Lounge.  It will begin at 10:00AM with a short introduction, then Christina Olds presentation, and organizational business to follow.

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Cascade Warbirds, is Squadron #2 of EAA Warbirds of America.  With over 250 members, it is the largest Squadron in WoA.  Membership is centered in the Puget Sound area, extends throughout Washington, and also from British Columbia to Nevada, with others all across the continent.  Its mission is to promote and encourage the flying preservation and display of Warbird aircraft (Keep ‘em Flying), to honor Veterans, and to engage in aviation education.

On the web at http://www.cascadewarbirds.org

For further information contact:  Kerry Edwards
425-743-7733
[email protected]

Background:  Gypsy moths are the worst forest insect pest ever introduced in the United States. The gypsy moth destroys millions of acres of trees where it is established in Eastern and Mid-Western states. Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has successfully prevented the gypsy moth from becoming established in Washington for almost 40 years.
 
Current Control Efforts:  In 2015, WSDA had an unusually large trapping of gypsy moths in Western Washington. To eradicate this pest, WSDA is proposing to treat seven sites in Western Washington: Seattle, Tacoma, Gig Harbor, Kent, Nisqually, Lacey, and Vancouver. In all, more than 10,000 acres will be treated. The treatments will involve application of a naturally occurring soil bacteria, Btk, with helicopters or small planes over the sites. There will be 3 – 5 applications, each of which will be 4 – 10 days apart.
 
Potential Impact on Veterans:  The noise from helicopters or low flying airplanes may be an issue for military veterans suffering from PTSD or other challenges. That is why WSDA would like to ensure veterans residing in the proposed treatment areas are aware of these plans.
 
Learn More and Sign Up for Notification:  Veterans may visit www.agr.wa.gov/gypsymoth to learn more about the proposed treatment project and find maps of the proposed treatment areas. They may also click here to sign up for notifications vie e-mail, text message, or phone call. Notifications will be sent out shortly before each treatment.
 
 
Karla Salp
Community Outreach & Environmental Education Specialist
Washington State Department of Agriculture
PO Box 42560 |Olympia, WA 98504-2560
Cell: (360) 480-5397 |Office: (360) 902-2178
[email protected] |www.agr.wa.gov