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                     Overall Winner:  Julia Dahlke, Branch 070, Southwest Region Grade 7 Winners: 1st Place        Emma Richards, Branch 55 (Portland, OR), Northwest Region 2nd Place         Jonathan Lustig, Branch 226, Northeast/New England Region 3rd Place          Ediardo Florez, Branch 126, Southeast Region Grade … Continue reading →

Essays have been judged at the Region level and the first place winners have been forwarded to National. First Place Winners: 7th Grade – Emma Richards, Culver Middle School, Branch 55 8th Grade – Thomas Middleton, Horse Heaven Hills Middle … Continue reading →

This year we had 17 entrants for the Essay Contest on the subject “What Memorial Day Means To Me”.  They were from a variety of outlying school districts from Idaho and Washington.  The Branch 38 Officers and the Americanism-Patriotism Chairman … Continue reading →

Five members of Branch 38 assisted at the placing of the wreaths at the Washington Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake.  The ceremonies were delayed two days due to some very cold weather.  Congresswoman Cathy McMorris-Rogers spoke at the ceremonies.  Shipmate … Continue reading →

2016 Navy Ball was October 15, 2016 at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln Street, Spokane, WA.  Shipmates Grisham, Martin, and Burke have been attending the Navy Ball committee meetings as FRA representatives.  Shipmate Dwayne Harney attends as a representative … Continue reading →

The minutes of the 2015 FRA National Convention have been added to the bottom of the page under “Conventions”.  This was sent to the Branch Secretaries as a online document. The first NWR Scuttlebutt for 2015-2016 has been added to … Continue reading →

Branch President Robert Bean and Americanism Chairman James Robertson presented the winners of the Branch 38 Essay contest their awards in Kennewick, Washington Schools. Branch Vice President James Grisham and Americanism Chairman James Robertson presented the winners of the Branch … Continue reading →