Monthly Meetings
Monthly membership meetings are held on the Second Tuesday of every month (except July & August) in the Delaware Room, at the Anthem Center. 2450 Hampton Road Henderson, NV 89052. Meetings start at 6 PM
International competitors include highly-trained Active Duty Military Calvary performing a variety of maneuvers on horseback. This is military precision and equestrian mastery at its finest; with expert participants from around the world. See the attahed flyer for times and events.
The event is sponsored by South Point Casino, Wrangler (and others) to benefit the Veterans Transition Resource Center (VTRC), a local 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. While the admission to the International Mounted Military Invitational is free for all events and all ages, we greatly appreciate donations to the VTRC to support our mission to continue helping our Southern Nevada Military Veterans and their families. We provide charitable tax receipts upon request.
The Story Behind the Lake Mead B-29 Superfortress Bomber Crash.
Speakers are both Associate Research Scientists at the Desert Research Institute at UNLV.
Susan Edwards has degrees in History and Archaeology and specializes in the archaeology and history of the Western United States. Jeffrey Wedding specializes in Earth and Ecosystem Sciences. Below is a link to the National Park Service story about the submerged B-29. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXbwEpTfIkk
RED WHITE
AND BLUE BBQ
May 18th
Independence Center
Multipurpose Rooms and Courtyard
Doors Open 5:00
Dinner by Bell’s BBQ
Dance to Hot Ice
Ticket Sales begin March 1st $35/person
Put/mail checks to the Veterans Club mailbox
Make checks out to:
Sun City Anthem Community Association, Inc (or leave blank, we have a stamp)
note: checks will NOT be cashed until two weeks before the event)
No meeting this month, see you for the Ice Cream Social in August !
Larry Hattersley was on active-duty in the U.S. Air Force from June 1962 to September 1966. He was a SGT -E4 in the Air Police stationed in Korea and Japan. And then served 25 years with the U.S. Marshals Service from 1970-1995.
He has been an SCA resident from 2000 to the present. He served two terms each with the ARC and Covenants committees.
Mr. Hattersley has served as a Veterans Advocate for the Nevada Department of Veterans Services (NDVS) for four years. Primary duties are to help educate and inform active duty military members, Guard, and Reserve members, as well as veterans and their families, about the benefits that they may be eligible for.
Since 2003, he has served as a Nevada District Appeals Board Member for the United States Selective Service System.
Steve Holmstrom was on active duty from April 1969 to January 1971 in the US Army. He did basic training at Ft Lewis, WA, EIT in airframe repair at Ft Eustis, VA, then Engineer OCS at Ft Belvoir. He completed his active duty while stationed again at Ft Lewis.
Mr. Holmstrom has been a Veterans Advocate since 2022. His duties are the same as Mr. Hattersley.
To earn their certification as a Veterans advocate, they completed 20 class modules that are taken online. After completing and passing all modules, they were certified as a Veterans Advocate (VA). A VA must be recertified every three years. He also volunteers with the NDVS Outreach Director for Southern Nevada.