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Wallkill Valley Times, Wednesday, August 8, 2018
IN THIS ISSUE
Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Crossword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Letters to the Editor. . . . . . . . . . 8
Maybrook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Obituaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Opinion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Pine Bush. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Service Directory. . . . . . . . . . . 28
Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Walden.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Walker Valley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
PUBLIC AGENDA
MONDAY, AUGUST 13
Valley Central Board of Education,
5:30 p.m. Administration building, 944
Route 17K, Montgomery. (Special meet-
ing: board retreat).
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15
Village of Walden Planning Board,
7:30 p.m. Village Hall, 1 Municipal Square.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16
Montgomery Town Board Audit/
Work Session, 6 p.m. Town Government
Center, 110 Bracken Road, Montgomery.
Crawford Town Board, 7 p.m. Town Hall,
121 Route 302, Pine Bush.
Shawangunk Town Board, 7 p.m. Town
Hall, 14 Central Ave., Wallkill.
Catholic War Vets provide overseas military
personnel the comforts of home
By LAURA FITZGERALD
[email protected]
The Catholic War Veterans (CWV)
Post 1937 in Pine Bush offers active duty
military members a little slice of home by
sending care packages overseas.
More than 18,000 pounds and 900 boxes
have been sent to military members since
CWV started the program 13 years ago.
The CWV accepts toiletries and food,
including soap, deodorant, shampoo,
toothpaste, playing cards, socks, chap
stick, baby wipes, pens, envelopes,
feminine products, tea, coffee, hard candy,
pringles, trail mix, cereal bars, cookies,
peanuts and more.
CWV treasurer Jim Gill said soldiers
especially love pringles, M&Ms and
Girl Scout cookies. CWV will also take
monetary donations. Gill said those that
wish to donate should mark the check
“Soldier’s Fund”. Monetary donations are
used for postage and the hall’s upkeep.
Gill said the CWV can’t take anything
in aerosol cans, unwrapped candy, or
chocolate. Instead, Gill recommended
donating individually wrapped candies
or M&Ms.
The CWV also accepts names and
addresses of active duty members in war
zones (Afghanistan, Iraq or Kuwait) and
sends at least two packages to every name
they receive. The soldiers must be in an
active war zone for at least two more
months.
CWV member Ted Lewaivdowsky said
the care packages provide troops with
Village welcomes healing wall, honors Veterans
very different than the reception of WWII
veterans, who came back national heroes.
“It feels long overdue,” Montgomery
resident Nina Snyder said.
Brescia said honoring the wall was
a reminder of the sacrifice many
Montgomery Vietnam veterans made.
He said he is proud the village received
the Wall that Heals with such a large,
patriotic welcome.
“It really makes you proud to be an
American,” Brescia said.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 21
Walden Village Board of Trustees,
6:30 p.m. Villa