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Veterans Day to be celebrated November 11

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Schools across Cuming County will be hosting Veterans Day programs November 11.

At West Point-Beemer High School, a community-wide event will be hosted starting at 9:30 a.m. The event will include St. Paul Lutheran and Guardian Angels Central Catholic, and all community members are welcome to attend.

SFC Justin Schlautman will be this year’s guest speaker. The program will feature patriotic musical performances, the Living Honor Roll and a Veterans Wall of Fame. A reception with refreshments sponsored by Edward Jones-Financial Advisor Austin Havranek & West Point Hy-Vee will follow the ceremony in the Multipurpose Room.

Wisner-Pilger’s program will begin at 1 p.m. where Patriot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy winners will be recognized. The program will feature music performances and a keynote address by MSG Dustin Knoell.

Bancroft-Rosalie will have a program starting at 3 p.m. The program will include multiple musical selections from the B-R band as well as a song from K-6 students. The guest speaker will be B-R alumni Pat Bryan, a 1997 graduate of Bancroft-Rosalie. He was an E-5 – Staff Sergeant, serving 10 years in the Air Force.