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Tuesday, March 18, 2014
April Is Children & Youth Month
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Hill Day: Legion, Legislators Team Up
ALBANY — While the Legion is pushing for some 15 proposals for the State Legislature to enact, there are three core issues affecting veterans today — jobs, homelessness and suicide, New York State American Legion Legislative Chair Joseph Barry told the Hill Day Legislative breakfast March 18 at the Albany Hilton Hotel.
More than 200 American Legion leaders from around the state were at the breakfast, along with a number of state senators and Assembly members. Following breakfast, legionnaires visited their respective legislators in their offices to push the veterans agenda.
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2 Auxiliary Members Spur Legion, Then Congress
ALBANY — A number of states charge a small tuition to residents of the state attending a state college and a much higher tuition for out-of-state students. Because of their military moves, veterans often end up trying to better themselves by enrolling in a state school wherever they land — and struggle with the higher out-of-state tuition rate. After hearing stories of such struggling veterans, two members of the Department of New York Auxiliary decided to do something about it. Two years ago, Past Department President Karyn Porempski of Cheektowaga and then-Legislative Vice Chair Julie Kleszczewski of New York City drafted a resolution that called for allowing veterans to pay in-state tuition no matter where they attended college.
Today a tweaked version of their resolution is in Congress. The House passed it and now it’s before the Senate.
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Friday, March 14, 2014
ESPNU to Televise Legion World Series Championship Game
The 2014 American Legion World Series championship game will be televised live and available to 80 million viewers on the ESPNU network in August, officials announced. Preliminary games will be available on the Internet service ESPN3. The agreement between The American Legion and ESPN is for five years.
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Sunday, March 09, 2014
5 Finalists Compete in Oratorical Contest
ALBANY — Five high school students from around New York State competed Saturday (March 8) in the New York State American Legion Oratorical Contest at Sand Creek Middle School here, with Andrew R. Hartnett of Cobleskill-Richmondville High School grabbing the state title. read more »
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Friday, March 07, 2014
Commander Honors 4 in Western NY
In a swing through western New York counties in the 8th District Feb. 27-March 2, Department Commander Kenneth Governor honored four Legionnaires with the Department Commander’s Award of Excellence.