ATTORNEY's ADVICE - NO CHARGE

ATTORNEY's ADVICE - NO CHARGE
Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to refer to it someday.  Maybe we should all take some of his advice!

A corporate attorney sent the following out to the employees in his company.
    1.   Do not sign the back of your credit cards. Instead, put 'PHOTO ID REQUIRED.' 
    2.   When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card accounts, DO NOT put the complete account number on the 'For' line.      Instead, just put the last four numbers. The credit card company knows
the rest of the number, and anyone who might be handling your check as it passes through all the check processing channels won't have access to it.
    3.   Put your work phone # on your checks instead of your home phone. If you have a POBox use that instead of your home address. If you do not have a PO Box, use your work address.  Never have your SS# printed on your checks. (DUH!) You can add it if it is necessary.   But
if you have It printed, anyone can get it.
   4..   Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine.  Do both sides of each license,  credit card, etc. You will know what you had in your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone numbers to call and cancel. Keep the photocopy in a safe place.

   I also carry a photocopy of my passport when I travel either here or abroad. We've all heard horror stories about fraud that's committed on us in stealing a Name, address, Social Security number, credit cards.
        Unfortunately,  I,  an attorney, have firsthand knowledge because my wallet was stolen last month. Within a week, the thieve(S) ordered an expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a VISA
credit card , had a credit line approved to buy a Gateway computer, received a PIN number from DMV to change my driving record information online, and more.

   But here's some critical information to limit the damage in case this happens to you or someone you know:
   5.   We have been told we should cancel our credit cards immediately.  But the key is having the toll free numbers and your card numbers handy so you know whom to call.  Keep those where you can find
them.
   6.   File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where your credit cards, etc., were stolen. This proves to credit providers you were diligent, and this is a first step toward an investigation (if there ever is one).
        But here's what is perhaps most important of all:

(I  never even thought to do this..)

   7.   Call the 3 national credit reporting organizations immediately to place a fraud alert on your name and also call the Social Security fraud line number.  I had never heard of doing that until advised by a bank that called to tell me an application for credit was made over the
internet in my name.
   The alert means any company that checks your credit knows your information was stolen, and they have to contact you by phone to authorize new credit.
        By the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks after the theft, all the damage had been done. There are records of all the credit checks initiated by the thieves' purchases, none of which I knew about before placing the alert. Since then, no additional damage has
been done, and the thieves threw my wallet away this weekend (someone turned it in).  It seems to have stopped them dead in their tracks.
        Now, here are the numbers you always need to contact about your let, if it has been stolen:
                 1.) http://www.equifax.com/" href="http://www.equifax.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Equifax :                 1-800-525-6285
                  2.) [http://www.experian...com/]http://www.experian...com/" href="http://www.experian.com/ " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Experian (formerly TRW): 1-888-397-3742
                 3.) Trans Union :       1-800-680 7289
                4.) Social Security Administration (fraud line):   1-800-269-0271
        We pass along jokes on the Internet; we pass along just about everything..
        If you are willing to pass this information along, it could really help someone that you care about.

Remembrance Walk Ceremony

Forwarded for your information.  Click the link below for the latest on the Remembrance Walk Ceremony

Tina Sansouci

(Home)  702-294-0402

(Cell)  702-635-2695

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From: Marty Barrett <martybarrett50@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: Remembrance Walk Website Updated

www.remembrancewalk.wordpress.com Great job!

Martin J. Barrett

Service Officer

Email: martybarrett50@gmail.com

Cell:  702-622-2079

Home: 702-629-3577

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On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 11:32 AM <pricklypare@aol.com> wrote:

Hi all,

The Remembrance Walk website has been updated to include videos of the ceremony as well as most of the text.  The full video should be available in a couple of weeks.  Bill and Zoe (with Chester's photos) have done a tremendous job creating "keepsake" videos.  I encourage you all to take the time to view them. 

Please feel free to pass this email on to others.

Thank you all once again,

Em

www.remembrancewalk.wordpress.com

Funeral Services for Ram Parocua's Wife, Lola

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This message was sent with high importance.

For those who do not know, Ram Parocua’s wife, Lola, passed away unexpectedly late this last Friday evening.

Funeral services for Lola, are scheduled for this Thursday, November 30, 2017, at Palm Eastern Mortuary located at 7600 S Eastern Ave, Las Vegas NV 89123.  Visitation is from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.  A Buddhist service starts at 5:00 p.m. and will be followed by the DAV Auxiliary service.

All VVA Chapter 1076 members are invited to attend.

Tina Sansouci

(Home)  702-294-0402

(Cell)  702-635-2695

Show Your Gratitude To Our Veterans This Thanksgiving

Show Your Gratitude To Our Veterans This Thanksgiving  and through the Holidays

By Supporting

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It's Easy! Tell your friends!

Families stay through the holidays at the Gainesville Fisher House due to the severity of the medical treatments their loved ones must undergo at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center. We try to do what we can to make the Fisher House feel like home during such a stressful time, but we need your help.

By adding the Gainesville Fisher House as your charity on AmazonSmile, our Fisher House will receive a portion of the proceeds of your purchase at no additional cost to you.

Instructions on how to do so are down below.

Here’s how easy you can support veterans and their families with no additional cost to you:

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    2. Under “Your Account”, select “Change Your Charity”

    3. In the “Find Your Charity” search bar, type “Gainesville Fisher House Foundation”     and click “Search”

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    5. Shop for all your loved ones this holiday season while supporting the Gainesville     Fisher House!

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AAFES - HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERANS use The EXCHANGE - Nov 11, 2017

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Remember when you could shop at the PX, BX, NEX, MCX, or CGX?

November 11, 2017, Veterans with HONORABLE DISCHARGE can shop the [ONLINE] PX and BX athttps://www.shopmyexchange.com

Go to https://www.shopmyexchange.com/veterans or Sign-Up directly at  https://www.vetverify.org/index.xhtml

HONORABLE DISCHARGE or HONORABLE SERVICE REQUIRED

TO VERIFY YOUR ELIGIBILITY

1.. Fill out the form - https://www.vetverify.org/index.xhtml

2.. Receive a determination

3.. Start shopping on November 11, 2017 at all online exchanges

ONLINE EXCHANGES:

Army and Air Force Exchange Service https://www.shopmyexchange.com/

Marine Corps Exchange http://www.mymcx.com/

Coast Guard Exchange https://shopcgx.com/

POW/MIA - REMEMBER!

.

Beginning November 11, 2017 … HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERANS will be able to shop at THE EXCHANGE (formerly known as The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES)).

To get to THE EXCHANGE (AAFES) web site, type: WWW.AAFES.COM

To shop THE EXCHANGE, an HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERAN must first register athttps://www.vetverify.org/index.xhtml

Thought you might pass the word.

--

Len Yelinek

Commander, Las Vegas Chapter 711

Military Order of the Purple Heart

VVA Chapter #1076 Fundraiser

Where: Galleria at Sunset

1300 West Sunset Road

                  Henderson, NV 89014

Directions: Enter Mall parking lot off Sunset and proceed to mall entrance

                          next to Red Robin Restaurant on the SOUTHSIDE of mall. This

                           entrance puts you on the second level, proceed towards the J.C.

                          Penney store where we will be set up on the breezeway.

When: Saturday, November 18, 2017

                 10:00am to 6:00pm

                 Sunday, November 19, 2017

                 11:00am to 6:00pm

                 Need 3/4 volunteers per 4 hour shifts

Please email Jack Constantine at scoutjack@gmail.com  to confirm your availability.

Tina Sansouci

(Home)  702-294-0402

(Cell)  702-635-2695

Patriots - forwarding a commentary from Oliver North.

A faulty retelling of ‘The Vietnam War’

Richard Nixon kept his promises, Ken Burns did not

By Oliver North - - Monday, October 16, 2017

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

When Richard Nixon was in the White House, I was in Vietnam and he was my commander in chief. When I was on Ronald Reagan’s National Security Council staff, I had the opportunity to brief former President Nixon on numerous occasions and came to admire his analysis of current events, insights on world affairs and compassion for our troops. His preparation for any meeting or discussion was exhaustive. His thirst for information was unquenchable and his tolerance for fools was nonexistent.

Mr. Nixon’s prosecution of the war in Southeast Asia is poorly told by Ken Burns in his new Public Broadcasting Servicedocumentary “The Vietnam War.” That is but one of many reasons Mr. Burns‘ latest work is such a disappointment and a tragic lost opportunity.

It’s sad, but I’ve come to accept that the real story of the heroic American GIs in Vietnam may never be told. Like too many others, Ken Burns portrays the young soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines of the Vietnam War as pot-smoking, drug-addicted, hippie marauders.

Those with whom I served were anything but. They did not commit the atrocities alleged in the unforgivable lies John Kerry described to a congressional committee so prominently featured by Mr. Burns. The troops my brother and I were blessed to lead were honorable, heroic and tenacious. They were patriotic, proud of their service, and true to their God and our country. To depict them otherwise, as Mr. Burns does, is an egregious disservice to them, the families of the fallen and to history. But his treatment of my fellow Vietnam War veterans is just the start. Some of the most blatant travesties in the film are reserved for President Nixon.

Because of endless fairy tales told by Ken Burns and others, many Americans associate Richard Nixon with the totality and the worst events of Vietnam. It’s hardly evident in the Burns “documentary,” but important to note: When Richard Nixon was elected president in 1968, he inherited a nation — and a world — engulfed in discord and teetering on the brink of widespread chaos. His predecessor, Lyndon Johnson, was forced from office with a half-million U.S. troops mired in combat and fierce anti-American government demonstrations across the country and in our nation’s capital.

Ken Burns may not recall — but my family remembers: It was Lyndon Johnson who sent my brother and me to war. It was Richard Nixon who brought us home. It is very likely we are alive today because Mr. Nixon kept his word.

That’s not the only opportunity for accuracy Mr. Burns ignored. He could have credited Mr. Nixon with granting 18-year olds the right to vote in July 1971 with the 26th Amendment to our Constitution. (Does Ken even recall the slogan, “Old enough to fight — old enough to vote!” He should. Mr. Burns turned 18 that same month.)

President Nixon pressed on to all but finish the war. As promised, he brought our combat units home, returned 591 prisoners of war to their wives and families, ended the draft, leveraged the conflict to open ties with China and improved relations with the Soviet Union. He pushed both Communist giants in Beijing and Moscow to force their North Vietnamese puppet into a negotiated settlement. Yet he is portrayed in the Burns documentary as a cold-blooded, calculating politician more interested in re-election than the lives of U.S. troops in combat.

Contrary to the film’s portrayal, Mr. Nixon had a complicated strategy to achieve “peace with honor.” His goal was to train and equip the South Vietnamese military to defend their own country in a process he called “Vietnamization,” and thereby withdraw American troops.

President Nixon succeeded in isolating the North Vietnamese diplomatically and negotiated a peace agreement that preserved the right of the people of South Vietnam to determine their own political future. Imperfect as the Saigon government was, by 1973 the South Vietnamese had many well-trained troops and units that fought well and were proud to be our allies. This intricate and sophisticated approach took shape over four wartime years but receives only superficial mention in Mr. Burns‘ production.

Despite Democrat majorities in both houses of Congress, Mr. Nixon— a deft political powerhouse — attained consistent support from America’s “Silent Majority.”

If Mr. Burns read President Nixon’s memoir or his two successive books in which the former president recounts his emotional anguish at the war’s toll — “No More Vietnams” and “In the Arena” — there is little evidence in the PBS production. Instead, Mr. Burnscherry-picks from the infamous “Nixon tapes” to brand the president as a devious manipulator, striving for mass deception — a patently false allegation.

By the time President Nixon resigned office on Aug. 9, 1974, the Vietnam War was all but won and the South Vietnamese were confident of securing a permanent victory. But in December 1974 — three months after Mr. Nixon departed the White House — a vengeful, Democrat-dominated Congress cut off all aid to South Vietnam.

It was a devastating blow for those to whom Mr. Nixon had promised — not U.S. troops — but steadfast military, economic and diplomatic support. As chronicled in memoirs written afterwards in Hanoi, Moscow, and Beijing, the communists celebrated. The ignominious end came with a full-scale North Vietnamese invasion five months later.

Despite the war’s end — and the trauma that continues to afflict our country — there is little in the Burns so-called documentary about the courage, patriotism, and dedication of the U.S. troops who fought honorably, bravely and the despicable way in which we were “welcomed” home.

The PBS “documentary” frequently reminds viewers of the “gallant nationalist fervor” among the North Vietnamese. But the South Vietnamese are portrayed as little more than conniving urchins and weak pawns of the imperialist Americans.

In a technique favored by the “progressive left,” Mr. Burns uses a small cadre of anti-war U.S. and pro-Hanoi Vietnamese “eyewitnesses” to explain the complicated policies of the U.S. government. Mr. Burns apparently refused to interview Henry Kissinger, telling the Portland Press Herald he doubted “Kissinger’s authority to adequately convey the perspectives of the U.S. government.” This alone disqualifies this “documentary” as definitive history on the Vietnam War.

Though Mr. Burns and his collaborators claim otherwise, the real heroes of “The Vietnam War” were not U.S. protesters, but the troops my brother and I led. They fought valiantly for our country and the president who brought us home.

Since meeting President Nixon in the 1980s, I have always remembered how he understood the incredible sacrifice of American blood in the battlefields of Vietnam. He was dedicated to ending the war the right way and committed to sustaining American honor. He kept his promise to bring us home.

Ken Burns failed to keep his promise to tell all sides about the long and difficult war in Vietnam. Mr. Burns, like John Kerry, has committed a grave injustice to those of us who fought there.

• Oliver North was a Marine platoon leader in Vietnam, and recipient of the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and two Purple Hearts.

Memories from the last half of the last century.......Feel old?

I added some comments at the bottom.  Some memories, some political commentary.

Black and White

(Under age 45? You won't understand.)

You could hardly see for all the snow,

Spread the rabbit ears as far as they go.

'Good Night, David .

Good Night, Chet.'

My Mom used to cut chicken, chop eggs and spread mayo on the same cutting board with the same knife and no bleach, but we didn't seem to get food poisoning.

My Mom used to defrost hamburger on the counter and I used to eat it raw sometimes, too. Our school sandwiches were wrapped in wax paper in a brown paper bag, not in ice pack coolers, but I can't remember getting e.coli.

Almost all of us would

Have rather gone swimming in the lake instead of a pristine pool

(talk about boring), no beach closures then.

The term cell phone would have conjured up a phone in a jail cell, and a pager was the school PA system.

We all took gym, not PE... and risked permanent injury with a pair of high top Ked's (only worn in gym) instead of having cross-training athletic shoes with air cushion soles and built in light reflectors. I can't recall any injuries but they must have happened because they tell us how much safer we are now.

Flunking gym was not an option... Even for stupid kids! I guess PE must be much harder than gym.

Speaking of school, we all said prayers and sang the national anthem, and staying in detention after school caught all sorts of negative attention.

We must have had horribly damaged psyches. What an archaic health system we had then. Remember school nurses? Ours wore a hat and everything.

I thought that I was supposed to accomplish something before I was allowed to be proud of myself. – Trophies were only given to the Champions, sometimes 2^nd and 3^rdbut no Participant trophies.

I just can't recall how bored we were without computers, Play Station, Nintendo, X-box or 270 digital TV cable stations.

Oh yeah... And where was the Benadryl and sterilization kit when I got that bee sting? I could have been killed!

We played 'king of the hill' on piles of gravel left on vacant construction sites, and when we got hurt, Mom pulled out the 48-cent bottle of Mercurochrome (kids liked it better because it didn't sting like iodine did) and then we got our butt spanked.

We also played other rough full contact games without pads like “Kill the guy with the Ball’, Tackle Town, British Bulldog, Capture the Flag and Buck-Buck We got lots  of scrapes and cuts, that is for sure.

Now it's a trip to the emergency room, followed by a 10-day dose of a $99 bottle of antibiotics, and then Mom calls the attorney to sue the contractor for leaving a horribly vicious pile of gravel where it was such a threat.

We didn't act up at the neighbor's house either; because if we did we got our butt spanked there and then we got our butt spanked again when we got home, often with a belt or a paddle.

I recall Donny Reynolds from next door coming over and doing his tricks on the front stoop, just before he fell off.

Little did his Mom know that she could have owned our house.

Instead, she picked him up and swatted him for being such a jerk It was a neighborhood run a muck.

To top it off, not a single person I knew had ever been told that they were from a dysfunctional family.

How could we possibly have known that?

We needed to get into group therapy and anger management classes.

We were obviously so duped by so many societal ills, that we didn't even

notice that the entire country wasn't taking Prozac!

How did we ever survive?

LOVE TO ALL OF US WHO SHARED THIS ERA; AND TO ALL WHO DIDN'T, SORRY FOR WHAT YOU MISSED. I WOULDN'T TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING!

Pass this to someone and remember that life's most simple pleasures are very often the very best

I recall cutting lawns in the neighborhood with our push mower for a small income that kept my bicycle in intertubes that were not all patches.  Then my Father threatened to charge me rent on the tools he had to fix now and then.   Now I have to hire a landscape guy to do this task and it sometimes gets done as needed even through the language barrier.   Mine has a new and very shiny pickup truck pulling his well-stocked trailer filled with all sorts of equipment and tools.  I do not mind paying for things I could do but I am retired and my wife is never happy with the condition of things.  Even after the yard guy leaves, I have to straighten things out.  But I look at this is providing honest work to those who are willing to do it.

At age 13, I got a paper route (Oakland Tribune) where I had to deliver the paper within reach of the customer at their door.  Carrying the papers in the special carrier, an over-the-shoulders canvas carrier, folding the papers neatly as I walked the route or on Sunday, putting a rubber band around it.  No plastic bags back then.  It had to be placed where the rain would not touch it. Not bad money as good service brought good tips.   Bought a bicycle (3-speed) after saving a year for it.  Now I sometimes have to pick mine up from the street from at the 0530 delivery time by some person(s) and vehicle racing around that brings up thoughts that this might be a drive-by shooting about to occur.  This must also pay well as none of the cars I see are older than mine, are usually black and quite loud.

The Black & White TV was replaced by a magical color TV with a 10 inch or so screen as there were boxing on two days a week and Pop was a fan.  It drew neighbors to our living room. Professional football back then was rare as the college game was the big thing.  Kezar Stadium in San Francisco was used by the 49ers.  A 7,000 seat venue they paid rent at.  The big college games drew from 75 to 100,000 fans.  ABC was still black and white then at Monday Night AFL Football.  Then the merger.  It made enough money for ABC to go to color.  If you remember Howard Cosell you have mostly gray hair and arthritis.

Now, a team can move into a new, large stadium supported mostly by my and my neighbor's tax dollars.  Perhaps it is moving back in that direction again.  I hope the Raiders decide to stay in Oakland.   We are spending 1 billion in road capacity enhancement in Vegas and that won't be helped by a 65,000 seat stadium right off the main traffic route through our valley.  After a big sports event here now, there is always a problem serious enough to be noted on TV.

I could watch a news program and viewed-listened to news.   Not many talking heads back then.  Now when I watch "news" on the boob tube, I sometimes substitute the people for comic book characters as every one is an expert that interviews other experts.

So I get most of my news via the internet where I can select stories of interest from some agency that still uses the printed word.  Then there are things like uTube.  Technology, in particular, the Smartphone is great stuff but is apparently affecting our citizenry with reduced attention span, distractions from tasks such as driving and walking across the street.   I was recently at a National Park in Oregon where a sign read - "Selfie Danger Area."  Apparently they lost several tourists over the edge and were trying to reduce their paperwork and body disposals.  I still see drivers apparently texting in freeway traffic.   Personally, I despise telephones of all types although I use mine to give my wife driving directions from home (although she has built-in Nav) and for computer security.  Not all tech stuff is bad.

I read where old school subjects such as cursive writing and arithmetic are being phased out in our grammar schools.  With our local schools ranking in the lower 2% of the USA, and with most administrators drawing six-figure salaries - 3 times that of our teachers - what will they teach?  I can recall the days in grammar school when an occasional new kid from somewhere foreign would show up in class.  We kids taught them English pretty fast - in class and in after-school play and sports.  Mandatory busing has probably stopped this route to learning English.  But when one sees results and costs of teaching ESL, it is apparent that something is wrong. I have often wondered how much money could be saved and that most non-native residents had to learn English as a business language and citizenship requirement.  I believe road sign and traffic laws are available in at least a dozen languages.  This may be for getting more people behind the wheel (more revenue) but I have a feeling that the deep underlying reason for not making newer residents assimilate in language is twofold.  One to garner more votes and to also keep many in that world of second-class citizens economically and socially.

I read of the Swedish approach where they pay immigrants to learn Swedish.  Not just give them handouts.  It seems to reduce their immigrant unemployment rate enough to make it worthwhile.

Lou Rothenstein <loumisgm@yahoo.com>

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Wed 11/8/2017, 8:11 AM

Lou

Veterans Day Car Show & BBQ November 10, 2017

VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System  is Hosting  a Veterans Day Car Show & BBQ November 10, 2017

What: The VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System will host a Car Show & Free BBQ in celebration of Veterans Day.

When:                      Friday, Nov. 10, 2017, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Where:                    VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System Medical Center

                               6900 N. Pecos Road

                               North Las Vegas, Nevada 89086

Background:         The VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System (VASNHS) will host its 3rd Annual Car Show & BBQ in celebration of Veterans Day. Activities include:

• Car Show (Sponsored by Las Vegas Crusin’)
• Free BBQ (Sponsored by the Masonic Service Association)
• Health & Services Fair (Hosted by the VA)
• Appearance by Count’s Kustoms
• Kids Zone and Much More

More Information:  Visit www.lasvegas.va.gov

Media RSVP:          Please email VHALASPAO@va.gov or contact Mr. David Martinez, VASNHS Public Affairs, (702) 791-9004 or Mr. Charles Ramey, Chief Public Affairs, (702) 791-9003.

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Veterans Day Parade

This message was sent with high importance.

Chapter 1076 will be participating in the Veterans Day Parade to be held on Saturday, November 11, 2017. The parade starts at 10:00 a.m. but members can show up between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m.  Staging for Chapter 1076 will be in the area of Fourth Street south of Charleston.  For additional information, go to www.veteransparade.com and click on links on the left side of the screen.  Actual location will not be known until the day of the parade.

Please keep in mind that parking will be at your discretion and those who arrive earliest will get the better parking spots.  We are open to suggestions regarding carpooling.

The preferred uniform is our standard black pants and black shirt.  The khaki uniform will be acceptable if you do not have your black uniform available.  PLEASE, NO SHORTS.

In order to finalize details for those who will be participating in the parade, please provide me with the following information by Tuesday, November 7:

1. Name of person(s) attending.  (Spouses/Significant Others are invited to participate.)

2. Will you (and/or your guest) be walking in the parade?

3. Will you (and/or your guest) need to ride in the parade?

Also, we are in need of eight (8) volunteers.  We need four (4) individuals to carry flags, two (2) individuals to carry M-16s, and two (2) individuals to carry the Chapter 1076 banner.

Any other questions can be addressed at the Chapter meeting on Thursday, November 9, 2017.

Tina Sansouci

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(Cell)  702-635-2695

FOR YOUR INFO

This is a private business with no center in NV but seems to be good info so lets set up the links on 711 pages.  r
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From: Parker Ross <pross@drugrehab.com>
To: info@nevadavets.org
Subject: Quick question
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 12:50:26 -0400

Hi NVF team,
Are you still updating your links/resources page? My organization just published a guide on the links between veterans, PTSD and substance abuse, I thought you might like to read it. Here's a link, and another to our write-up on alcohol, the most abused substance in the world:
Veterans and Addiction
drugrehab.com/addiction/veterans
Alcohol Addiction and Alcoholism
drugrehab.com/addiction/alcohol
If you like what we wrote, could you add these to your list to help us spread awareness?  Either way, let me know what you think!

--

All the best,

Parker Ross

He / him / his
Outreach Specialist

DrugRehab.com

p:
877.695.5395

e:
pross@drugrehab.com

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Breakfast for Veterans

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Christmas Motorcycle Run

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Replicas Rise in California, Utah and New Jersey

BY JAKE SCHUESSLER

The 241-foot wall at the Dinuba Memorial Building in Central California, an exact replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., displays the names of more than 58, 000 men and women who died in the war. Approximately half the size of The Wall, this is the only permanent replica west of the Rocky Mountains. VVA member Joe Rivera is president of the replica project. “I lost a lot of friends in Vietnam, thirteen from my high school alone, and I wanted to bring them back, ” Rivera said. His first challenge was identifying a site that was big enough to fit the monument.

Rivera used his own money to have design plans drawn up, then he and members of the local American Legion went site-shopping. “We worked with the city to identify four or five park sites, then decided as a group which one would be most accessible to the public and appropriate for the monument itself, ” Rivera said. After the Dinuba Memorial Building was chosen, the fundraising started.

Rivera signed a contract to design the wall, and the city of Dinuba donated $5, 000 to support the campaign. With the help of other vets, Rivera began collecting donations from individuals and local businesses, offering plaques for donations of $1, 000 or more to be installed at the site, and commemorative bricks for a $100 donation.

He continues to raise funds through community events, such as a recent benefit concert featuring a mariachi band and the Tejano music legend Little Joe y la Familia. Other fundraisers have included a golf tournament and a motorcycle ride featuring the Soft Thunder Riders Motorcycle Club. Each event was run completely by volunteers. So far, more than $50, 000 has been raised toward the $177, 000 goal. 

The replica wall in Dinuba was installed last spring and dedicated on April 30, the fortieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. A motorcycle brigade with the memorial in tow drove through several towns around Dinuba  before it was installed at the site. Plans include adding an extended walkway, lighting, and landscaping around the monument. Mem­orials dedicated to World War II, the Korean War, and other veterans are being tentatively planned for the memorial park.

Northern Utah Chapter 1079 also is working to raise funds for a replica wall. This one will be 80 percent as large as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in D.C. The city of Layton donated a park where the memorial will be installed. So far, more than $35, 000 has been raised toward the fundraising goal of $400, 000.

The chapter has hosted car shows, bake sales, and fun runs to raise money, in addition to selling bricks for dedication and placement around the wall.

Chapter President Dennis Howland hopes the project also will lay the foundation for a memorial park dedicated to veterans of all wars. Should the fundraising be successful, the monument will be installed by Veterans Day 2016. To help Chapter 1079 complete its memorial project, go to:www.gofundme.com/v9hacw4

Michael P. Callahan Memorial Chapter 955 in Wildwood, New Jersey , unveiled its own replica wall, 250 feet long and made of black granite, in 2010. Each of the granite panels, seventy-four in total, has a sponsor. The project was completed without any funding from state, federal, or local governments. Members of Carpenters Local 1743 and 623 donated their time for the construction, along with companies such as Bayshore Rebar, Inc.

The replica wall project was proposed by former Chapter President Greg Mazzotta, who had admired the Moving Wall when it visited Wildwood in 2008. He died before the installation could be organized. The chapter proceeded with the project—in part to honor his memory, as well as the legacies of all veterans who were lost, not just those in Vietnam. For more information, go towww.wildwoodswall.com

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Veterans Transition Resource Center

702-954-6300          Website: VTRC.US

Join us for OKTOBERFEST in our new location

2690 E Sunset Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89120

On the corner of E. Sunset & McLeod

Across from Sunset Park in Park 2000

Saturday, October 21, 2017           11am – 5pm

Patriotic Entertainment by Backstage Revue

$20.00 donation goes to support our Veterans, & their families. Donations are Tax Deductible.

Oktoberfest menu by Chef J.B

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Whole Fresh Fruit

Sweet Kentucky Cole Slaw

Black Forest Ham and Chicken Breast Au Gratin

Beer Bratwurst with Sautéed Bacon and Apple Sauerkraut

Badlands BBQ Pulled Pork

Badlands BBQ Chicken

All Beef Hot Dogs

Old Fashioned Macaroni and Cheese

Roasted Corn on the Cob

Assorted Gourmet Cookies

Brownie Bites

Apple Strudel

Iced Tea and Lemonade

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Out of respect for the victims and families of the October 1 shooting incident, the Crossroads of the West gun show scheduled for October 21-22 has been postponed. 

The next gun show is scheduled for December 16-17, 2017.

Tina Sansouci

Patriots, FYI

Dear Nevada Vets,

I am the events coordinator at the NV Southern Railroad Museum in Boulder City, NV.  We are one of three railroad museums in Nevada, and one of the most visited.

We love and respect our Veterans, so this Veterans Day weekend, Nov 11/12, 2017 will allow any veteran with ID to ride our trains, along with one additional relative.

Please publish the attached letters/information in your news to the Veterans of Nevada.  If you need additional information please contact me at my phone below, or email me.

Frank Carroll
Scenic Photography
fctrvlr@gmail.com

frankcarroll.photography
Phone:  702.501.4475

Fwd: American Veteran documentary at West Charleston Library, THU Sep 28th 5:30pm-7:00pm

 

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MOPH Patriots -- Just received this notice.  If you are free tomorrow afternoon at 5:30pm, stop by the West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Bl.

Just right around the corner for the documentary film screening “American Veteran” this Thursday 9/28 at the West Charleston Library. In partnership with the Elizabeth Dole Foundation-Hidden Heroes.   Please also share among your network of military families and spouses that may be interested.  Attached is the flyer for the screening and evenbrite link to register.   We hope to see you there……..

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/screening-of-american-veteran-panel-discussion-tickets-36885964914

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Op-Ed Get ready for the next round in the battle over the Vietnam War

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-reston-vietnam-refought-20170903-story.html

Machine gun at the ready, a paratrooper of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Brigade advances cautiously near Hue, South Vietnam, on April 3, 1968. (Associated Press)

James Reston Jr.

There are two Vietnam wars, and the second is still going 40 years after the first ended. The United States fought the first one from 1959 to 1975 in the jungles, villages and airspace of Indochina. The second is the war over how that war, the first lost war in America’s national history, is remembered. This month, as Ken Burns’ 10-part Vietnam documentary is aired on PBS, the second conflict is sure to heat up again with renewed intensity.

The positions will be fiercely argued. What was the war good for? Absolutely nothing, as the 1970 song put it? Or was it a heroic cause? The most important — and poignant — group who will offer answers to these questions is Vietnam veterans themselves.

They see themselves reflected, against the roll of the dead, on the black granite walls of Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, or in the faces of Frederick Hart’s evocative sculpture of three soldiers nearby.

Many who served came home and got on with their lives, whatever the wounds and scars of war. A more visible subset of aging warriors sits astride motorcycles in Veterans Day parades or stands in the median strips of our streets holding cardboard placards. They live their lives as war survivors. They ponder what might have been.

Those who served in Vietnam or resisted may never be considered members of a Greatest Generation, like World War II veterans.

Often, no matter how their lives have unfolded, Vietnam vets have a chip on their shoulder. They ask or wish that their patriotism, their service, be better recognized, even glorified: They stepped forward, regardless of the flawed rationale and conduct of the war, when hordes of other young men, especially the so-called best and brightest, avoided the unpleasantness altogether.

For those who avoided the draft and the danger, there is often a quiet guilt — I have witnessed it many times. They dodge the inevitable question: How did you manage to get out of it? Hasty marriage? Graduate school? A trick knee? Men in this category do not invite conversation about that time in their lives, any more than combat veterans discuss the horrendous things they witnessed in the war zone. Only those who came of age after the draft turned into a lottery, the ones with high, untouchable numbers, or those who arrived after the Army went voluntary, escaped the moral dilemma of serving or resisting or malingering.

The statistics are revealing. Of the 26.8 million men who were eligible for service during the war period, 15.4 million were deferred, exempted or disqualified. Of those who served, 2.1 million were deployed to Vietnam. More than 58,000 died, 300,000 were wounded and 245,000 have filed for injuries incurred by exposure to the defoliant weapon Agent Orange. More than 50,000 draft-age men fled to Canada and Sweden. There are no statistics on those who suffer from permanent psychological wounds.

The men who actively protested against the war may feel best about themselves. They were engaged in the struggle of their generation, and they deserve the lion’s share of credit for stopping the war. Their resistance, especially from 1967 to 1969, when U.S. casualties were the highest, forced the hand of America’s leaders. They have a better argument for serenity in their old age than those who merely avoided service and stood smugly on the sidelines.

Then there are the politicians. The rationale for American involvement — the phony Tonkin Gulf resolution and the discredited domino theory — forced the moral dilemma on the Vietnam generation. Five years after Saigon fell, in the election of 1980, presidential candidate Ronald Reagan romanticized the conflict as a “noble cause.” He planted the enduring notion, so popular on political hustings nowadays, that America must never again fight a war it does not intend to win. This glib rhetoric is sure to be prominent in renewed debates over the war, and it may make those who bear the brunt of the war’s loss feel better: It wasn’t their fault. But scoffing detractors will ask whether more troops and more bombs would really have ensured victory. They will turn Reagan’s phrase upside down: America must never again force another generation to choose between service or resistance in an arguably immoral war.

It is with bitter irony that the Vietnam generation has witnessed the friendly visits of Presidents Clinton and Bush (both of whom avoided the war) to Hanoi, or the jovial Oval Office interchange between President Trump(deferred because of bone spurs) and Nguyen Xuan Phuc, the prime minister of our new ally and bulwark against China, the People’s Republic of Vietnam. They must cope with the recent revelations that Richard Nixon scuttled a Lyndon Johnson peace deal during the 1968 election for cold political reasons, a deal that might have saved the 20,000 American soldiers who died during Nixon’s subsequent six-year presidency. With mixed feelings or quiet applause, they watched John Kerry, a bonafide war hero and an antiwar leader, in his last act as secretary of State, meet the Viet Cong veteran who tried to kill him in the murky waters of the Mekong Delta.

Reconciliation after divisive wars, especially a lost war, is a tricky business. Those who served in Vietnam or resisted may never be considered members of a Greatest Generation, like World War II veterans. Nevertheless, their experiences are authentically American, deeply revealing of divisions and ideals that haunt us still.

In the early 1980s, the design for the now-celebrated Vietnam memorial wall — a site that has evolved into a place of contemplation for the pacifist as well as the warrior — attracted advocates and enemies who saw it as yet another opportunity to re-fight the war. An editorial in the Boston Globe summarized what would become a five-year art battle this way: “Commemorating the war in Vietnam is likely to prove no simpler than fighting it.”

The Burns documentary airs in a week. Get ready for another round.

James Reston Jr. will be interviewed about his latest book, “A Rift in the Earth: Art, Memory, and the Fight for a Vietnam Memorial,” at Chevalier’s Books on Sept. 28. Reston served in the U.S. Army from 1965 to 1968, and is a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center.

URGENT NEED for Volunteers for Gun Show at Cashman Center

 

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We have only had ONE member volunteer to help at this weekend’s gun show.  WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Volunteers are needed for the upcoming gun show on August 26 & 27, 2017, at Cashman Center.  (If you are disabled, the parking is free.)  Two volunteers are needed for each of the following time periods:  9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. each day.

All volunteers must be on the schedule or they won't be able to get them in.  We are limited to how many volunteers we can have.

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Crossroads of the West Gun Show

Cashman Center – August 26-27, 2017

850 Las Vegas Blvd North, Las Vegas, NV 89101

If you have never volunteered for a fund raising event before, this is a chance to get to know your fellow VVA Chapter members and see some of the weapons, ammo, reloading and weapon accessories that will be for sale. 

We normally have two (2) members from Chapter 1076 and Chapter 17 provides two (2) members per time slot.  If we are heavy with volunteers at the booth, you can wander and approach possible members throughout the show. 

Membership eligibility is open to both Vietnam veterans and Vietnam-era veterans.  (See VVA eligibility description below).

Eligibility:  Vietnam and Vietnam-era veterans who served on active duty in the U.S. Military (for other than training purposes) between February 28, 1961 – May 7, 1975 (in-country Vietnam) or between August 5, 1964,  – May 7, 1975 for Vietnam-era veterans. 

Have a good time and "Thank You" for responding in a timely manner.

Saturday, August 26:   (2 members per time slot)
* 0900 - 1300:
* 1300 - 1700: 
* All day: 

Sunday, August 27:  (2 members per time slot)
* 0900 - 1300:
* 1300 - 1700:
* All day:
Return all time selections and/or inquiries to Lance Ryness at email address:  lryness@yahoo.com

Please feel free to contact Lance Ryness (702 813-2723) with any questions or concerns.

Tina Sansouci

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DAN BOUNDS Update

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I have just received notification that Dan Bounds passed away early this morning. 

His son and daughter will let us know when and where the funeral will take place.  Once I have additional information, I will send another e-mail update.

Please respect the family’s request for no phone calls at this time.

Tina Sansouci

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(Cell)  702-635-2695

FW: Help us spread the word on Veterans Day activities

Dear State Commanders and Veteran Supporters,

Veterans Day 2017 is Saturday, November 11^th. There are always many activities planned!  This year, we could use your help in making a list of those activities so we may assist in getting the word out to veterans and their families who want to participate.

If you would let us know what your organization is planning to do, it would be very helpful. Give us the date, location, time and contact information. We will make sure we post those activities on our website and let everyone know through our communications, including our NDVS Newsletter about the upcoming events.

All you have to do is hit “REPLY” on this email or email me at hendryt@veterans.nv.gov or call at 775-771-2800.

Thank you very much for being a part of this partnership in serving veterans.

Respectfully,

Terri Hendry

Terri Hendry, Communications Director
Nevada Department of Veterans Services
work: (775)825-9755

cell: (775)771-2800
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vva Chapter 1076 fundraiser

Request for Volunteers for Fundraiser

1. Veterans Services Fair October 11, 2017

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Please see the attached document regarding the Veterans Services Fair to be held on Wednesday, October 11, 2017.

We need volunteers to help with

Tina Sansouci

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2. Save the Date - TGIF Fundraiser

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We are having another fundraising event at a local restaurant – TGIFridays!

Date and Time:  Thursday, September 7, 2017 from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Location:  4330 East Sunset Road, Henderson, NV 89014   (phone #:  702-990-8443)

You MUST bring the attached flyer with you.  Twenty percent (20%) of the sales will be given to Chapter 1076.

Tina Sansouci

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3. Request for Volunteers for Fundraiser at Smith’s

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Please see the attached for information on the Smith’s Fundraiser to be held on Saturday, August 16, 2017, and Sunday, August 20, 2017.

We need two or three volunteers per each four hour shift.

Tina Sansouci

(Home)  702-294-0402

(Cell)  702-635-2695