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We held our February meeting with a remembrance and moment of silence for many of the club members who passed away in 2025. Also four new club members were introduced. Ed Luna, USAF, Executive Director told the members that the club is looking for a New Executive Director starting April 1 for the upcoming term. Any member interested should contact Ed Luna at (949) 689-0007. Larry Middlesworth reviewed the March Air Reserve Base Tour for last month. Over 30 members attended. Special guests included Christopher Stanley from Faith In Action reviewing an initiative to develop and build specific housing for homeless veterans in the Banning and Beaumont area. Then representatives from Dignity Memorial Weaver Mortuary and Crematory in Beaumont reviewed and presented Veterans Funeral & Burial Resources including military funeral honors, burial benefits, pre-planning and cemetery coordination. Information booklets were handed out including various VA forms and documents. | SUN LAKES LIFESTYLES | APRIL 2026 | 39 Veterans Group Creative Writers We meet twice each month 1 to 3 pm on the rst Tuesday in the MAIN Clubhouse Multipurpose Room, and the third ursday in the SOUTH Clubhouse Multipurpose Room (NOTE THE CHANGE FOR THURSDAYS). Contact Rick McHard for further information at (909) 706-0919 or email rwmchard@gmail.com. Do you love literature? Do you read or listen regularly? What kind of literature is of interest to you? Novels? Short stories? Historical nonction? Autobiographies? Poetry? Songs? Essays on a topical subject? Critiques of the writings of others? Come to our Creative Writers meetings. Do you like to write? What do you like to write? Have you published anything? Would you like to publish? Or do you just enjoy writing for yourself and a small audience? Come to our Creative Writers meetings. Would you enjoy listening to others read (or sing) their writings? Would you enjoy providing constructive commentary on the writings of others? Come to our Creative Writers meetings. You are welcome as a valuable member of our group. Feel free to read from literature written by others, and explain why they inspire you. Feel free to bring material to share, whether it is nished or in progress, current or something you wrote some time ago. Feel free to discuss your interest in writing. Feel free to listen to others present their writings, nished or in progress. See how our meetings are run. In any case, come to our Creative Writers meetings. Our Creative Writers Club has several experienced writers in many forms of literature. Come join us at Creative Writers Club meetings to share your ideas in a friendly setting, and listen to the writings and opinions of others. You will nd this very stimulating. Ed Luna, USAF, Club Executive Director; Doug Emery, Club Information Ocer; Diana Angulo, Dignity Memorial, Pre-Planning Manager; Jackson Pradhan, Dignity Memorial, Pre-Planning Service Advisor The club was blessed to hear from long- term club member Bruce MacDonald (at right), USMC, sharing his many stories, experiences and close calls during his service in Vietnam. Bruce is shown with his wife Catherine at a funeral service for a fellow Marine. Bruce was recognized as being the tallest Marine — at 7 feet tall. He is now confined to a wheelchair as a result of combat-related injuries from the Vietnam War. If you have VA Benefit questions, contact club Board member Beverly Reneau, VA Benefits Analyst, at (714)328- 0968. We meet the second Tuesday of each month at 10 am in the Ballroom. Also contact Doug Emery at (951) 377-1145 or at veteransofsunlakescc06@gmail.com or Ed Luna, USAF, Executive Director, at (949) 689-0007.