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Preparedness Day Friday, May 6 MAY 2016 SUNRAYS | 11

Submitted by Sun City Texas Firewise Group

The Firewise Group and Property and Grounds Committee are
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Day on Friday, May 6. Join us at Legacy Hills Park Pavilion
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and work assignments. Then we will fan out and do small ce-
dar clearing near the pavilion. Please remember: Closed toe
shoes are required and long pants, gloves and shirts with long
sleeves are highly recommended. Bring your hand-held prun-
ers and limb loppers with your name clearly marked on them.

We will work until about 11:30 a.m., then gather again at the
LHPP for a lunch of brats, hotdogs, chips and beverages as a
reward for your service.

To help us better plan the day, please go to the Firewise web
page on the Resident Home Page and sign up by Tuesday, May
3. Sign-up is also available at the monitor’s desk at the Social
Center or Cowan Creek Amenity Center.

The Georgetown Fire Department Wildland Crew and their
brush truck plan to be with us all morning unless they get a call!

Veterans may be eligible for

burial benefits

Submitted by J. Paul Comola, Central Texas State Veterans

Are you a veteran of any branch
of the U.S. Armed Forces? Did you
receive an honorable discharge
from active duty? If you can answer
yes to both of these questions, then
you and your spouse are probably
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provided by the State of Texas –
burial at a State of Texas Veterans
Cemetery. The Texas program allows you to pre-register to
reserve a space. Interment is at no cost for the veteran and
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concrete liner for casket, grave opening and closing, engraved
headstone and perpetual care. For cremated remains, you may
chose in-ground interment, Columbarium Wall interment, or
distribution of ashes in the Scattering Garden.

Veterans interested in this benefit should review their
eligibility with a veterans cemetery representative. For further
information and to arrange an appointment, you may call the
Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen at 254-
616-1770 or Sun City Texas resident J. Paul Comola, CTSVC
Outreach Volunteer, at 512-819-9953. You will need a copy
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A visit to the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery before
completing the paperwork will allow you to see the high caliber
of the facility. The cemetery is located about 13 miles north
of Florence on SH 195 and is open to the public daily from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.

ONLINE: SCTEXAS.ORG