From The Desk of the Vice President

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As many of you know, I have been an advocate of members coming out and volunteering for the gun shows and other various fundrais-ers we conduct. Let me tell you what you're missing. You're missing "The Stories". The sto-ries that are told, by everyone that is pre-sent. We have discov-ered that Lance is a great story teller and can make a trip to the dentist sound funny. While we all have stories of adventure it is the stories of misadventure that grip our attention. Many of these stories of misadven-ture come from the people that stop by and talk with us.  

As I have talked about volunteering at numerous meetings, this is where you get to know other members. You find out that we're all different and we're all the same. We share a common bond of having been in an un-popular war and being treated like plague victims when we returned. Being part of the volunteer group at one of these functions is both fun and rewarding. Lance and I got the opportunity to demonstrate and sell eye glass cleaner for the person in the booth next to us and sell edged weapons for another vendor. If you don't have fun at one of these events well then you probably don't have fun at all.

Next events

Gun Show South Point Saturday & Sunday September 5th & 6th

Hawaiian Island Festival Downtown Henderson Saturday & Sunday September 12th & 13th

And a fundraiser the following weekend (location to be announced)

So let's get out there and have some fun.

Again thank you for allowing me to serve as your vice-president.

Bob Lough

Recipient of a Chapter donation. They prepare and send CARE packages to our deployed troops. T he Nevada Guard has been alerted of an upcoming deployment. We may need to pitch in and add several hundred more. The November 8th 5K Run in celebration of Veterans Day in Henderson also raises money for this great operation. More information In Part III, September Newsletter. This is an event the Chapter may volunteer to help out with. Make plans to participate or volunteer—or both.

Pahrump will soon be home to a new Valley Veterans Clinic Aug 26

The cavalry has finally come for veterans in Pahrump, Nevada.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (YN) - After three years of keeping several bidders in suspense, the Department of Veterans Affairs has finally awarded more than $12M dollars to build a new healthcare clinic in Pahrump, Nevada. The estimated completion date is February 2017. Pahrump is home to over 5,000 veterans. The current plans call for the clinic to be larger than 9,000 square-feet and is situ-ated on Basin Avenue and Lola Lane near the Desert View Hospital. For the last few years veterans in Pahrump seemed to be overlooked by the Department of Veterans Affairs as it opened several medical facilities in Las Vegas and Laughlin. Despite the wait, most veter-ans who live and work in Pahrump praise the progress and eagerly await the construction of the Pahrump Val-ley Veterans Clinic. On August 25th countless veterans, advocates and residents of Pahrump gathered together to celebrate the future home site of the new Valley Vet-erans Clinic. Veterans from WWII, the Korean War and Vietnam shared smiles, sighs of relief and laughs.