The next Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club meeting take place be at 7 a.m.. Thursday, Oct. 19 at the Oswego American Legion 19 W. Washington St. Oswego. Doors will open at 6:30 a.m.. The breakfast will start at 7:15 a.m. and the cost is $12, plus $2 tip. — Richard
The next Fox Valley Veterans Club meeting will be Thursday, March 16 at the Oswego American Legion, 19 Washington Street, Oswego. Doors will open at 6:30 a.m. with breakfast at approximately 7:15 a.m.. Cost is $12 and a $2 tip. All veterans and active military, male or female, are welcome.
By Rick Gardner Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club meets first and third Thursdays of each month at 7 a.m. at the Oswego American Legion Post 675, 19 Washington Street, Oswego. Next meeting will be Thursday, Feb. 16.Doors will open at 6:30 a.m. for coffee. Breakfast buffet is $12 plus tip.
Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club is a gathering of all veterans male and female. We meet the first and third Thursday of each month at the Oswego American Legion Post 675, 19 Washington Street, Oswego. Doors will open at 6:30 a.m.. For more information call Rick Gardner at 630 638
By John Montesano The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club named Tom Warner the July Herschel Luckinbill Veteran of the Month. Tom was born July 7, 1947, in Chicago. At age 10, the family moved to Lockport in Will County, where his father, Richard, was a State Trooper. Tom attended Joliet
By John Montesano The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club named Donald W. Gatske the May 2022 Herschel Luckinbill Veteran of the Month. Don was born June 25, 1946 and grew up in Aurora. He played in Boys Baseball of Aurora and Aurora Pony League baseball. He was a sousaphone player
By John Montesano The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club Herschel Luckinbill Veteran of the Month for January is Tom Banning. Tom, born March 10, 1945, grew up in St. Clair, Mich.. He lived just a few blocks from downtown and the St. Clair River. He played high school basketball, football,
Rick Gardner, left, co-leader of Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club, presents a book to Julie Cumblad, K-2 interventionist at Homestead Elementary School in Oswego School District 308.
By John Montesano The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club has named Maurie Misner the November 2021 Herschel Luckinbill Veteran of the Month. Maurie was born in Blythe, Calif. March 28, 1944. Later in the year, Maurie’s mom brought him to Aurora. He was graduated from East Aurora High School in
By John Montesano The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club Veteran of the Month henceforth will be named the Herschel Luckinbill Veteran of the Month, in memory of the man who was president of the Fox Valley Breakfast Club for 12 years and who was a continual friend and advocate for
Shawn Barker will start Vet Fest Thursday, Aug. 26 with his “Man In Black” Johnny Cash Tribute Show along with special guests Hillbilly Rockstarz at the Oswego Entertainment Venue, 1010 Station Drive, Oswego Vet Fest will be a four-day concert series and will feature eight bands which will benefit veterans,
The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club and village government of Oswego announced March 30, that the Middle East Conflicts Wall of Honor will be in Oswego Friday, May 21, through Memorial Day, Monday, May 31. The honored Wall visit, sponsored by the Oswego Honors Veterans committee, pays tribute to the
The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club’s next breakfast will start at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, March 18 at the Oswego American Legion, 19 W. Washington Street, Oswego. Cost is $10 plus tip. For more information call Rick Gardner at 630.638.5441. —Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club
There was a salute, a tribute, and a thank you. The focal point was the service rendered by Herschel Luckinbill of Montgomery to military veterans for nearly 20 years. The Navy veteran, see below, was the primary mover and president of the Fox Valley Breakfast Club. The organization was started
The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club, with an intermittent schedule since March, will hold its Christmas holiday gathering at 7 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 17 at 1 E. Benton Street, Aurora, the site of the former Aurora Public Library. All branches are welcome. Parking is available in back. The schedule will
By John Montesano The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club named David Luna the August Veteran of the Month. He was born June 6, 1971 in Aurora and grew up on the East Side and attended East Aurora High School. He stopped after two years in June 1987. At age 17,
“Wow, it’s been a long five months,” wrote Herschel Luckinbill, president of the Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club, based in Montgomery. “We will have our first meeting since March, at 7 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, One East Benton Street, Aurora, in the former Aurora Public Library building, lower level.” The
Medal of Honor recipient Allen J. Lynch of Gurnee offers remarks at the third annual Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club Christmas celebration Thursday, Dec. 12, at Portillo’s restaurant in Oswego
Linda Chapa LaVia of Aurora and Illinois director of the State Veterans Affairs Department, gives tips to members of the Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club Thursday, Nov. 14.
