September 21, 2011 • Vol. 09, No. 41
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History lessons go beyond text books for Cactus Shadows club MARC BUCKHOUT MANAGING EDITOR
It started with a simple question asked by a student in the history class of Cactus Shadows teacher Barbara Hatch following the viewing of the 1998 movie, “Saving Private Ryan”. “The student wanted to know how accurate the scene is at the beginning, when they land on the beaches of Normandy,” Hatch said. “From what I had read I thought it was very accurate, but I figured there must be some World War II veterans in our area that could give us a more definitive answer
so I wrote to a local VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) and asked if there were any veterans that would be willing to talk to a high school class.” Hatch was astounded by the response she received. The simple inquiry blossomed into a club on campus, the Arizona Heritage Project, in 2005, and then a non-profit, the Veterans Heritage Project in 2010 with aspirations to take the program to other school in Arizona and across the country. Since 2005 the group has produced seven publications featuring the stories of some 450 veterans from around the state. This year’s edition of the
Veterans Heritage Project club has almost 50 members at Cactus Shadows, but the school’s efforts have been noticed to the point the program has expanded to six other schools around the state. “We just can’t handle the demand on our own anymore,” Hatch said. “We drive everywhere from Sun Lakes out to Buckeye.” The group spends the early part of the school year conducting filmed interviews with as many veterans as they can. After conducting the interviews students
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The Veterans Heritage Project is a non-profit organization at Cactus Shadows High School. Students in the club spend the year interviewing military veterans, then write stories that are put into a book called Since You Asked, Arizona Veterans Share Their Memories. On Thursday sophomore Lily Voitek interviewed World War II veteran Stanley Napiwoski at his home in Glendale.
Schedule set for Anthem Veterans Memorial dedication STAFF REPORT
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Construction is underway on the Anthem Veterans Memorial, which will be dedicated in a 10 a.m. ceremony on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, in Anthem Community Park. The memorial includes five pillars, representing the five branches of the Armed Forces.
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The Anthem Veterans Memorial Planning Committee and the Anthem Community Council has announced the dedication and opening ceremony sponsors, schedule and speakers for the Veterans Memorial in Anthem. The public is invited to attend at 10 a.m. on Veterans Day, Nov. 11 in the Anthem Community Park. The dedication and opening ceremony is sponsored by Associated Asset Management (AAM) and PulteGroup, Inc. Anthem resident and retired United States Army Major General Louis W. Prentiss, Jr. will provide the keynote
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address. A West Point graduate in 1950, Major General Prentiss received his Masters of Science at Princeton University. He spent 14 of his 31 years in the military on active duty overseas. In the latter part of his military career, Prentiss was responsible for all construction for the US Army and US Air Force in Europe. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal, Bronze Star, 1 Oak Leaf Cluster (OLC),Legion of Merit (2 OLC), Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (2 OLC), Commendation Medal and several foreign decorations. An active member of the
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