When Dr. Edith Eva Eger was a teenager in Hungary, she had taken dance lessons since she was little and had hopes of making her country’s Olympic team in gymnastics.
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“You’re being shot at. You’ve been hit in the right arm, put on the tourniquet!”
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“You have a hell of a commander in Jim Cragg,” said actor Joe Mantegna who hosted the grand reopening and naming ceremony at the local American Legion.
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The renaming ceremony of American Legion Post 283 on La Cruz Drive in Pacific Palisades to the Ronald Reagan Palisades Post 283 was a 15-year process.
Read MoreAmerican Legion Post 283 was officially dedicated as Ronald Reagan Palisades Post 283 on Saturday, at a ceremony that began in the street and then moved inside the newly renovated building.
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If you have walked by the Ronald Reagan Palisades Post 283, next to the Post Office, and always wondered how it looked on the inside, now is your chance.
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Post 283 Auxiliary learned that the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness (PPTFH) was running low on hygiene kits.
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American Legion, Ronald Reagan-Palisades Post 283 is hosting a viewing party of the “Army-Navy” football game on Saturday, December 10.
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Many may not realize that firefighters have to pay for their own meals while working a shift at a station.
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It is August and that means children need backpacks and school supplies. For many parents, resources become an issue.
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Dale Edgar Van Vlack, a 51-year resident of Pacific Palisades, passed away on June 18 at age 99.
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When the American Legion Post 283 Auxiliary members heard that an extracurricular program that supported the arts might be cut at Palisades High School, they voted to provide financial aid.
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Finally, a facelift is underway for the American Legion building, at the corner of Swarthmore and La Cruz.
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Lt. Colonel Jim Cragg, commander of American Legion Post 283, was honored on November 13 as the Veteran of the Year during the UCLA Football Military Appreciation Game at the Rose Bowl.
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As Pacific Palisades residents and people across the country settle in for Thanksgiving with their families, there are many men and women who work in emergency services, such as firefighters, police and medical personnel, who will be on duty.
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As announced by Circling the News in November, longtime Pacific Palisades commercial real estate owner Elliott Zorensky is selling his property on Sunset (15220-15240) and La Cruz (15230-15234)
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After running the story about the American Legion giving the YMCA a check for $25,000, several people wondered about the history of the legion.
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The Ronald Reagan American Legion Post presented $25,000 to the Palisades-Malibu YMCA. Y Executive Director Jim Kirtley was thrilled with the donation.
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Gary Sinise, an Oscar-nominated actor and winner of an Emmy, a Golden Globe and two Screen Actors Guild awards, had more than 270 residents and veterans laughing as he talked about aspects of his life.
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