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Local veterans gathered at Siuslaw High School for the Veterans Day Assembly.
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VETERANS from page 1A Stone.
Both Florence May-
The presence of active or Joe Henry and Dunes
duty military was evident City Mayor Robert For-
as U.S. Coast Guard Sta- sythe were on hand, as
tion Siuslaw River pre- were many family mem-
sented the colors. Officer bers of the veterans being
in Charge Jay Nilles also honored.
Following the presen-
attended.
The coordinator of the tation of colors came re-
event, Siuslaw leadership marks from Senior Chief
student Cate Waggoner, Ben Snider, officer in
greeted her fellow stu- charge of Coast Guard
dents, staff and the hon- Station Morrow Bay;
orees. She thanked them Ryan Denning, U.S Ma-
for their attendance and rine Corps; Tim Sapp,
U.S. Army; and Alex
enthusiasm.
Wayne Sharpe, a veter- Skarlatos, U.S. Army
an and on-air personality National Guard. Each
from KCST/KCFM Coast speaker related their ap-
Radio, introduced each preciation for the service
veteran by name and later of not only those veter-
spoke of the significance ans present, but all those
who have served this
of the assembly.
“It’s great that Siuslaw country.
“I am so pleased with
High School recognizes
our local veterans. The today’s event and cere-
students have been great mony. It was special see-
today and Cate has done ing everything turn out,”
a great job putting this Waggoner said. “The
together,” Sharpe said. turnout was great, and
“It’s really important to we had close to 40 veter-
recognize the folks who ans attend. The students
came before us to ensure were respectful and en-
the freedom we all enjoy.” thusiastic. I had many
This was followed by a classmates come up to
rendition of the National me throughout the day
Anthem played by John and say how moved they
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were. … A big thank you
to each of the speakers.
It was such an honor to
be a part of this and I’m
looking forward to doing
it next year.”
Jim Swantz, a lead-
er in the local veteran
community, said he also
was pleased at the effort
of the students to show
their appreciation for lo-
cal vets.
“I think it’s really im-
portant that the younger
generations know our
history and what many
of the vets here have gone
through. It’s getting so
there are fewer and fewer
of us around and it is nice
to be recognized,” Swantz
said. “I just got back from
the Honor Flight and
when you go to all the
monuments and memo-
rials it really hits you how
much these guys gave to
their country.”
Florence’s Veterans Day
celebrations continued
on Thursday, Nov. 11,
with the Veterans Honor
Cruise and other events
throughout the day.
Read more about those
in the next edition of the
Siuslaw News.