Thursday Specials See the Dining Tab The PA Department of Military and Veterans Affairs is accepting applications for the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans Benefit Program. All individuals who served in the U.S. Armed Forces, Reserve component or the PA National Guard, and served on active duty in the Persian Gulf Conflict Aug. 2, 1990 through Aug. 31, 1991 may be eligible.Eligible veterans qualify for payment of $75 per month (maximum of $525) for each month of active service in theater. A benefit of $5,000 may be awarded to a prisoner of war or the family of a verteran who died in active service or as a result of service-connected injury or disease. The deadline for applying is Aug. 31, 2015. For details, visit www.persiangulfbonus.state.pa.us or call the toll-free number 1-866-458-9182, or for the hearing impaired toll-free TTY 1-866-835-8983.
If you know a veteran, we encourage you to share this important information with them.
The Deparment of Military and Veterans Affairs encourages Pennsylvania's 1.1 million veterans to take advantage of a variety of benefit programs and services that are available to them. They include:
The Veterans Emergency Assistance Program
The Educational Gratuituy Program
The Paralyzed Veterans' Pension Program
The Blind Veterans' Pension Program
The Disabled Veterans' Real Estate Tax Exemption Program
The Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans' Benefit Program
The Military Family Relief Assistance Program
The State Veterans Homes System
The Scotland School for Veterans' Children
A complete listing of eligibility requirements for each program, as well as the appropriate applications and forms, are available throught the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs website at http://www.paveterans.state.pa.us/ or by calling a DMVA State Veterans Service Officer toll-free at: Fort Indiantown Gap office at 1-800-547-2838; Philadelphia office at 1-866-754-8637; or Pittsburgh office at 1-866-754-8636. Assistance can also be provided by contacting a County Director of Veterans Affairs Office at www.milvet.state.pa.us/DMVA/355.htm.
Kids And War
Donald J. Shenck
Johnny was 8 years old, when his father went to warHe really didn't understand, what we were fighting forBut he was brave and so very proud, as he took his father's handHe said, "Dad, I'll be just like you, when I become a man."The father fell in a German town near the river RhineAnd he left that sad, lonely boy and pretty wife behindBut somehow they made it through the years, then Johnny was a manBut now there was another war, that put a gun in Johnny's handLike the father, John was brave and he did what he had to doAnd he came through that ugly, evil war, to start his life anewAnd so it's been down through the years, and the saga will repeatAnother child, another war, the marching of the feetSome will live and some will die, some just fade awayAnd only God can change the plot, on that final judgement day
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Reminder
In regards to the additional parking available behind the beauty Shop...
The 1st six parking slots (closest to Locust lane) marked "Reserved" are reserved for the beauty shop customers.
Also, the shop is open late until 9:00PM on Tues, Wed, & Thurs evenings. These parking spots are needed for the shop customers.
If you need to use the parking lot behind the shop, please use ONLY the spaces behind the shop closest to the alley.
Thank you for your support.
