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The Foothills Focus, in partnership with the Anthem Veterans Memorial, will honor a local veteran each month. This is the story of Roxanne Gustitis.

James (Jim) Allen Snyder, age 77, of Titusville, FL went home to be with the Lord, on Tuesday August 30, 2022, after a long battle with dementia. He was at home surrounded by loving family. Jim was born in Fargo, ND on May 31, 1945, to Harry B Snyder and Gladys I Rushfeldt Snyder. He graduated from Buffalo High School in 1963 and attended 1 year at the ND State University. In 1964 he served in the US Army as a clerk typist with the 1st Logistical Command in Saigon, Vietnam and honorably discharged in 1967 to the ND Army Reserves Engineering Group until his final discharge in 1970. During the t...

On Thursday, May 29th, Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc MJ755 arrived home in Greece following a three year restoration stint within the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar at former RAF Biggin Hill near London, England. MJ755 is the only ex-Hellenic Air Force Spitfire extant, and had not flown over Greece since her retirement from military service on December 8th, 1953, so her homecoming garnered significant attention, both domestically and overseas! MJ755 set out from Biggin for Greece on May 25th, making stops in France and Italy on the way. Upon entering Greek airspace last Thursday, two Hellenic ...

Plans approved for recreation areas in Hellinikon Search for: Another outstanding issue that existed with the investment of Hellinikon, ceases to exist. Two decisions were signed by the General Directorate for the Restoration, Museums & Technical Works, after consultations from Greece’s Central Council for Modern Monuments. The first concerns the approval of the preliminary design of landscape architecture in the protection zone of Hellenikon Air Base, and the second concerns the approval of the restoration study of Shed C. As stated by the Minister of Culture and Sports Lina Mendoni, �...