Veterans plan observance

ROSALIA

Rosalia veterans will conduct a Veteran’s Day observance Nov. 11 at 10:30 a.m. at the Veteran’s Memorial in Rosalia. The memorial is located behind the historic Texaco Service Station.

Pastor Mike Cooper will give the invocation. Father and son Iraq War veterans, SFC Allen and Sgt. Ben Ashworth will be the guest speakers. Ben Ashworth has served two tours of duty in Iraq, while father Allen has served one. Both recently returned from the Persian Gulf and are based out of Fairchild Air Force Base.

Rosalia High School choir will sing a selection of patriotic songs, and bugler Ty Munt has been enlisted to play Taps. The rifle team of VFW Post 7815 will shoot a volley.

Dr. Jim Sharp, president of the Rosalia Chamber of Commerce, will be the master of ceremonies.

Crews from Spokane Asphalt paved the driveway of the Texaco Service Station last week. The project was spearheaded by the Chamber of Commerce’s Texaco Restoration Committee to make a nicer area for people to take pictures in their cars and to cut down on the amount of gravel tracked into the station by tourists.

Funding was provided by donors who have purchased license plates with their names that are displayed onl the walls inside the station which serves as a tourist center during the summer months.