April 2018
Bella Neff, 6, hugs a bunny at the Las Sendas Easter Egg Hunt.
Humana ceremony brings closure to Vietnam veterans
Mountain View student working hard for change
By Eric Newman
Story and photos by Eric Newman
Humana center coordinator Sue Fulcher hugs Vietnam veteran Skip Monsoon after pinning him. (Photo courtesy Humana)
Ret. Maj. Gen. James Jackson firmly believes soldiers returning from the Vietnam War were unsupported. So, he and the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration are trying to show those veterans that others appreciate what they did. Vietnam veterans, family members and supporters gathered last month at Humana Guidance Center, on McKellips and Recker roads, for a proclamation and pinning ceremony to honor locals who served during the war. Each veteran received a pin that read, “A grateful nation thanks and honors you.” A flag ceremony, the singing of the
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Mountain View High School student formed the march in short notice.
Mountain View High School student Jordan Harb had to take a second to process what he was hearing at March for Our Lives at the State Capitol on March 24. As one of the event’s organizers, the 17-year-old was overcome with emotion hearing chants of “Enough is enough!” and “I will not be next!” by thousands of fellow students, teachers and the public. The crowd protested gun violence and gun legislation in the wake of the Parkland High School mass shootings. The movement, which started with just a few concerned Arizona teenagers,
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