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Vietnam Veterans of America
Membership in Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc. is open to
Vietnam Era Veterans as well as Associate Members of the Public at Large.
Name_____________________________________________________________
Phone__________________________________________________
Present Address________________________________________________________
City_______________________________________ State_______________________
Zip___________________________
Branch of Service___________________________________
Date of Birth_______________________________________
email________________________________________________________
$20.00 Annual Dues Enclosed_________________
_____ I am a Vietnam Era Veteran and would like to be a member
"Copy of your DD!214 Form or other proof of Service Enclosed#
_____ I am not a Vietnam Era Veteran, but would like to be an Associate Member
I want to give more. Enclosed is my check for $20.00_______$50.00_______
Other________________________
New Member______ Renewal______ Membership Card
No.________________________________
Today%s Date___________________________________________
Return this form to:
Vietnam Veterans of America
Plymouth/Canton Chapter 528
P.O. Box 6319
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Vietnam Veterans of America
Plymouth!Canton Chapter 528
P.O. Box 6319
Plymouth MI 48170!0473
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
VVA 528 Membership Mtg.
Monday, May 12, 2008
1426 S. Mill St.VFW Plymouth, MI
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Index
Homefront Sta'&&
Newsletter Message&
(The Last Patrol&&
At the April 14th General Membership
Meeting, AVVA Member Nancy
Dignan became the ,rst Associate
Member in Chapter history to receive
AVVA Member of the Year. Joining
Nancy as recipients of Members of the
Year are: Darrel Bazman Executive
Board Member of the Year, Dale
Luebke Board Member of the Year,
David Banks Color Guard Member of
the Year, and Tom Brown Member of
the Year. Congratulations to all!
Tom Brown
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Vietnam War Living History
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Tom Brown ! Editor
Bill Boudreau ! Graphics
Don Dignan ! Proof Reader
Dale Luebke ! Distribution
Assisting Dale:
Mike & Cheri Schlott
Vaughn Hull
Darrell Bazman
Newsletter Message
The Monthly Newsletter is
available by mail or o' the
website to members and friends.
Currently we are still mailing out
about 150 Newsletters every
month and any of you can option
to get it online at any time. All I
need would be for you the
member to email me at
dale68us@yahoo.com or call me
at 734!395!5144 to update the
information.
The web Newsletter is always in
color, where the mail out is
black and white.
Thank You
For the Chapter
Dale Luebke
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Wayne County Adopt%A%Road Cleanup Report
On a cold and rainy April 12 Saturday morning, ,fteen
volunteers met at the UAW parking lot in Canton, helped
themselves to some donuts, put on their battle gear "orange
safety vests#, and took on Joy Road for the ,rst of three
trash pickups this year.
Mark Grzesiek, coming from Arizona, took the LDTA
award "longest distance traveled award#, narrowly beating
out by a few thousand miles either Digger or Bob and Jan
Humphrey for this dubious honor. This is the 29th road
pickup for our chapter. The ,rst Wayne County Adopt!A!
Road cleanup was April 12, 1997, so this is now VVA 528%s
11th year in maintaining Joy Road, between Haggerty and
Canton Center Roads, a 2!1/2 mile strip. Something to take
some pride in. I personally picked up 15 empty bottles of
booze "hope this isn%t from high school kids coming from
school# as we ,lled 17 orange bags of trash. Unfortunately,
driving Joy Road the next day at noon there was already
trash added that wasn%t there Saturday at 10:30 A.M. Those
Saturday nights are killers for trashing the roads!
Those brave souls who were present were: Ron & Aggie
Little, Wayne Rotho', Bob & Jan Humphrey, Jerry & Judy
Thomason, Rich & Karen Whipple, Ron King, Pete
Glasgow, Mark Grzesiek, Don Dignan, Roger Schlee, and
Jim Hodgson ",rst time for this Huey and gunship pilot#.
We ,nished the morning at the Canton Coney Island
honkering down on some good chow and great company.
Thanks for all who participated!! We can%t do this without
your help.
Rich Whipple
HHC/2/503 Infantry, 173d Airborne Brigade
1968!69
KOKOMO 2008 Sept 18th thru 21st
The request has been mailed and we have our lots locked
in the same location as previous years, "10 lots# plus 4 lots
across the road to the north. Also, I am looking for
interested individuals to assist Gary and me with doing the
(DOG TAGS) at Kokomo this year. You can either press
tags, help take orders, or collect the money. If no one is
interested then we will cease doing this fund raiser there.
Let me know at the May meeting, email me
dale68us@yahoo.com, or phone me 734!395!5144.
May: Elections of O*cers and Board members were
held at the April 14th General Business Meeting.
Congratulations to our newest O*cer 2nd Vice Bill
Juchartz and welcome back to Joe Agius and Jerry
Thomason, Rick Ciaramitaro, and Gary (The Bear) Kubik
to the Board of Directors. Also the vote of con,dence to:
Darrell, Mike, Bob, and myself to continue to serve the
Chapter for another year.
Thank!you to Gordy Dorey " who ,lled in for Bob L.
during his surgery# and the rest of the Nominating
Committee for doing a smooth. and legal Election. To
John Riling who stepped in to administer the Oath of
O*ce for all of us, Thanks. Also (Bear) for lining up the
Pizza and salad for the meeting, We had a very large
turnout of Members, and even some we haven%t seen in
awhile, I hope you continue to come out. Welcome back!
and please continue to come.
May, of course will start a whole new Season with
Children%s Fishing Derby, Car washes, Parades, Memorial
Ceremonies , and planning for the rest of the Summer and
Fall %08 Events. It is your Chapter get involved!
I do also have to say it was great to see some of our
members that haven%t been seen in a while.
Semper Fi!
Bill Boudreau (Proud to Be)
President of Chapter 528
Plymouth/Canton VVA
Support Our Troops at Frenchies
On Tuesday, April 22nd Chapter 310 organized
this fundraiser which gives all proceeds to help
pay for the care packages for our Troops.
Entertainment included: The Dave Michael Band,
singer Alicia Jaros, Miss Washtenaw County,
violinist/singer and former Miss Michigan Stacey
Mason, and accordionist Tom Brown.
Tom Brown playing his accordion at Frenchies
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Chapter 528 Members Of The Year
AVVA Member Of The Year: Nancy Dignan
Color Guard Member Of The Year Dave Banks Chapter Member Of The Year: Tom Brown
Helping President Bill Boudreau with
presenting the Members of The Year
Plaques are: Aggie Little "AVVA# and
Rick Ciaramitaro "Color Guard Drill
Sergeant#
Board Member Of the Year: Dale Luebke
Ex. Board Member Of The Year: Darrell Bazman
Swearing%in Ceremony
Chapter 528 O!cers 2008
Treasurer Bob Dew, Secretary Mike Schlott, President Bill Boudreau
1st Vice President Darrell Bazman, 2nd Vice President Bill Juchartz
Chapter 528 Board of Directors 2008
John Riling administers the Oath of O*ce
Jerry Thomason, Gary Kubik, Don Dignan, Dale Luebke
Doug Fox, Joe Agius, Gary Estermyer, & Rick Ciaramitaro
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State Council News
Gary Estermyer, delegate
MAY 2008
Qui Nhon, which is where I was
stationed.
Product Sales guy, John Riling, had
lots of stu' on display today; coins,
hats, vests, patches and pins. He
reported that the inventory count was
,nished and he hoped to have 3) and
10) State Council patches available for
sale at the Annual meeting in June.
Penny Meinhardt, AVVA, reported
that
she and Nancy Diegel had
Finally had some nice riding
attended
the AVVA National BOD
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weather for the April 20 State
meeting
last
week. National
Council meeting in Lansing.
nomination
of
o*cers has started
President Tom Meinhardt opened the
with
Penny
running
for Region 5
meeting right at 10:00 AM with the
director.
pledge and a prayer. John West was
Tom M. reported on some
recognized as the new delegate from
legislative
news; State SB 0288 would
Jackson Chapter 109.
allow
100/
disabled veterans to pay
Secretary Brian Birk called roll with
no
property
tax, HB 2514 + SB 2639
nd
Duke Mayo "2 VP# being excused
would
mandate
assured funding for
today. There was a total of 17
the
VA
hospitals
and SB 2677 would
delegates present also.
upgrade
the
GI
Bill.
rd
3 VP P%Nut Hicks was back on the
Ray Essenmacher had a senior
job after his surgery. He reported that
moment
and forgot his written report
National VVA is considering stopping
however
TBI
and PTSD remain major
the chapter dues rebate for those who
problems
for
returning
veterans.
have been lifers over 15 years.
Tom
M.
reported
that
the end of
Ken Diegel, Minority A'airs,
April
will
be
the
deadline
for the State
reported that he had attended the
newspaper
articles.
recent VVA National BOD meeting.
Jack Devine reported there have
At that meeting two Japanese men
now
been over 4,300 burials at the
who had been interned in the 1940%s
Great
Lakes National Cemetery. A
gave a short talk. Both of them went
th Memorial Day ceremony is
May
25
on to volunteer to serve in the US
planned. Jack, Gary Stevens and Phil
forces.
I then gave the Constitution / Bylaw Smith attended the asbestosis seminar
last month and learned a lot.
report. Two amendments were
Apparently there is an eerie
submitted; the ,rst concerns
correlation between asbestosis and
Treasurer quali,cations and the
second relates to voting by committee agent orange health issues.
Service Director Phil Smith
chairpersons.
reported
that some VA claims now
st
1 VP Bob Erickson reported 1,762
have
to
go
to Milwaukee for
POW/MIA from RVN. Remains
resolution.
Phil%s Detroit o*ce needs
continue to be ID%d from WWII to
hire
another
service o*cer. March
Iraq.
recoveries
were
$1,705,663 with
Tom brie.y discussed a USAF
$9,821,794
for
the
FY. Phil attended
Ranch Hand herbicide amount/
both
the
Westland
Veteran seminars
location report. Very interesting read,
th. Courage After Fire is a
on
the
19
I found out that of the over 8 million
new book o'ered to returning vets.
gallons of Agent Orange!White!Blue
Treasurer Dan Penzien reviewed the
that was used in Vietnam that over
,nancial
report. Dan spoke about the
59,000 gallons were used in or around
upcoming State Annual meeting in
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Grand Rapids the end of June and the
National VVA Leadership Conference
July 16!20, in Greenville, SC.
Registration for both events should
be handled pronto.
Tom M. "also in attendance at the
National BOD# reported that the
National budget will be reviewed.
The 25th Wall anniversary book
"$10.00# project is still in the red.
Contact Ilene Mitchell if you want to
order a book/case or two.
Jim Anderson opened nominations
for State o*cers; Ken Diegel President, Bob Erickson - 1st VP, John
Riling, P%Nut Hicks and Duke Mayo 2nd/3rd VP, Ray Essenmacher and Brian
Birk - Secretary, Tom Meinhardt,
Don Godek and Lupe Alviar Treasurer and yours truly for Election
Committee Chairman.
John Riling spoke brie.y on the
State Council travel site which can be
found at; www.YTBtravel/vvamic.
Jack Devine, National Vice
President reported that travel plans
are being set up for a return trip to
Vietnam sometime in September.
Dan Penzien reminded the
delegates of his chapter%s annual 4th of
July picnic at Freedom Hill.
Phil Smith announced that lower
deck tickets have sold out for the
Veterans Appreciation Day at
Comerica Park, better hurry for the
upper deck tickets.
Ken Diegel had a .yer available that
announced Monroe Chapter 142 will
dedicate a Women%s Memorial at
Heck Park "Exit 15 o' I!75# on
Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 2:00 PM.
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Street Carwash on Main Street just
north of Ann Arbor Road. There are a
ELECTIONS AND AWARDS
Congratulations to the newly elected
officers and BOD members. Prez Bill
and the Veteran slate took everything
in a landslide. Congratulations also
to all of the members for their award
winning contributions to the
Chapter in the past, to include
Darrell Bazman, Tom Brown, Dave
Banks and Nancy Dignan. Keep up
the good work.
few spots still available where you
can help out. Call me at "734#
525!0157 or e!mail me at
dondignan@sbcglobal.net for an
opportunity to help.
See you at the May meeting. Many
good things are happening. Memorial
Day is coming up; Fishing Derby is
coming up; Car Cr uz%s wil l be
starting....it%s a great time to be a
Veteran !!!
SPORTSMAN&S RAFFLE
The months roll by and the ticket
sales slowly climb. Have you been
able to spare a morning/afternoon to
promote our "by far# biggest
fundraiser of the year ? There are
many, many opportunities to assist at
one of the selling events. Please
make yourself known to Chairman
Loren Roberts so he can schedule
you for a slot. A few additional
volunteers have been stepping
forward to help. How about you ?
Don Dignan
D/2/16 +Rangers#, 1st Inf. Div,
1967 % 1968
Veterans In Distress
Elva Juchartz, mother of Bill
Juchartz passed away on
April 12th
POPPY SALES
Although Poppy sales are a creation
of the VFW, we are all a part of the
combined membership and we can
all benefit from the distributions as a
result of this project. There are
several locations/times still available
May 8!10. Contact Chairman Dale
Luebke for a chance to help out.
Nancy and I will be taking a shift at
Busch%s Market at 6 Mile and
Sheldon. Put on a vest, hand out
poppies and people give you money.
It doesn%t get much easier than that.
MAIN STREET CARWASH
Sunday May 19 will mark the first of
our two annual carwashes, taking
place at member Phil Pursell%s Main
Bob Lamoureaux is
recovering from shoulder
surgery.
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Gary (Ouch) Boucher
recovering from hip
replacement surgery.
Ron Dillingham is recovering
from diverticulits, a tumor
on his liver, and diabetes.
Franz Brenner%s mother
passed away April 21st.
Eldon Frank is now home
recovering.
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Marine Michael Beahon "left side
of photo#, is thankful for
receiving a care package from the
Marine Corps League. Chapter
528 donated $250 at our General
Membership Meeting in March
to the MCL Northwest
Detachment 162. Kim Skelton of
the MCL received a thank you
email and photo from Michael.
In the email he thanked her and
Chapter
528Marines
for our donation.
Two
in Iraq
Michael is serving his second
tour in Iraq and is the son of a
good friend of member Dean
Bell.
Poppy Days
As Junior Vice Commander for
the VFW Post, I am still in
need of help to sell the (Buddy
Poppy%s. I have numerous
openings available on all 3 days.
Please contact me for location
and time. I have them all set in
3 hour increments, but even if
you can only volunteer for 1 or
2 hours, please let me know. All
assistance will be greatly
appreciated. You can email at
dale68us@yahoo.com. Please
put (Poppy Sales) in the
subject line.
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Color Guard Update
Chapter Elections
The votes have been tabulated and the results are. Here
are your new elected o*cials for the upcoming year.
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Darrell Bazman
Bill Juchartz
Mike Schlott
Bob Dew
Joe Agius
Rick Ciaramitaro
Gary Kubik
Jerry Thomason
Gary Estermyer
Mike Dicker
Bob Paul
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Let%s take a moment to thank our outgoing o*cers for the
,ne job they did this past year.
Color guard elections will take place after the next membership
meeting. The Plymouth Memorial Day parade is at 8:30 this
year. We will be marching north from Main Street and Wing to
the Memorial Park. We will not be marching in the Northville
parade but time permitting; the ri.e squad will go directly to
Rural Hill Cemetery for the honor volleys. We have a number
of events taking place in June. Details will be forthcoming.
Chapter Ra,e
There will be another drawing for a lifetime membership at the
next meeting. Since I started this ra+e 13 years ago the goal has
always been to help increase the number of life members in the
chapter. Some rule changes have been made through the years
to help achieve this goal. Currently only yearly paid members
and associates will have their names taken from the monthly
meeting sign!in logs and entered in the drawing. Drawings are
held as soon as enough funds are collected from the 50/50
ra+es, usually about every 4 months.
Memorial Run
Our 3rd annual Memorial Run will take place on Saturday, June
14 after the Liberty Fest parade. We will be traveling to Great
Lakes National Cemetery in Holly to the grave of our departed
brother, Mike Ramsey. All are invited to attend. More details
will follow.
Membership
We had 2 associate members join us this past month. Pat
Klopschinsky, wife of chapter member Tim Klopschinsky,
and Norma Demerly joined our ranks. Norma was
recruited by Joe Agius. Welcome to Chapter 528. Our
current membership stands at 174 individual and 37
associate members.
Bob Lamoureux
Co. C, 3/47, 9th Inf. Div.
(Mobile Riverines)
Our Monthly Donations April 2008
Lapsed Members: As of April 20, 2008 the following
individuals have not renewed their membership: Ron
Jones, Jim Ciaramitaro, William Dayton and William
Kilpatrick
May VVA Renewals: Lorne Johnston, Brank Randall and
John Zielinski.
May AVVA Renewals: Aggie Little And Dorothy
Wallace.
If you have already renewed thank you. If you have not,
please do so before the end of the month to keep
your membership current.
Donated $1,000 to the James M. Hannan Division U.S.
Naval Sea Cadets Corps.
Donated $250 to Students Expedition Program in Tucson,
Arizon to help low income college bound students.
Donated $500 to the Wyandotte Purple Heart Memorial,
to be a Silver Sponsor.
Donated $250 to the P.O.W. Committee of Michigan.
Donated $100 to sponsor a hole for a golf tournament.
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VVA Plymouth/Canton Chapter 528
Presents CRUZ&N 528
CRUZ%N 528 will begin its 5th season of Original,
Classic and Restored Wednesday Night car cruises
starting on May 21, and conclude on 3 September 2008.
CRUZ%N 528 meets every Wednesday at the VFW Post
#6695 in Plymouth, MI from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Our DJ
spins the oldies, while chapter members serve up Hot
Dogs, Hamburgers, Chips and refreshments. During
the event there is a drawing for 50/50, door prizes and a
participation plaque is awarded to one cruiser from all
registered cars during the show. Every Wednesday
there are 50 to 60 classic cars, trucks and bikes in
attendance, with some Wednesdays providing as many
as 85.
The 2008 Cruising Season plans to be even bigger and
better with two new clubs joining us this year,
America%s Most Wanted & the Sparkplugs. The reason
this car cruise is so successful and well attended is that
at the end of the cruising season, after all the bills are
paid and since 2004, CRUZ%N 528 has donated over
$10,000 to various veteran organizations such as, the
VA Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI, the Center for the
Ambulatory & Burn Center for the Intrepid in San
Antonio, TX and the purchase of round trip tickets for
World War II veterans from VFW Post #6695 to the
WWII Memorial in Washington, DC.
If you are planning on attending, come early to get a
good spot, since we may ,ll up the lot and parking may
be at a premium. The Vietnam Veterans of America,
Plymouth/Canton Chapter 528 and CRUZ%N 528 would
like to thank all those who have participated, helped or
just perused the show, for without you CRUZ%N 528
could not exist.
For more info you can contact me at the following:
Bob Paul
6405 Elizabeth Ave.
Garden City, MI 48135& :
A4F4USMC6266@WOWWAY.COM
Bob Paul
www.travelvva528.com
How it works
Every time travel is arranged through an online travel
website, travel companies pay commissions for your
reservation. When travel is booked on our new website our
chapter will receive 40/ of these commissions paid as
royalties! This is an exciting program that we will make
available to our supporters. They can visit the website, book
their personal travel and Chapter 528 will receive our share of
the commissions. But we also need to take advantage of the
program internally to maximize the funding from this
program.
Website Features
If you are familiar with booking travel online, you shouldn%t
have any trouble navigating the new website. The site
functions in a similar manner to other travel websites such as
Expedia and Orbitz. Some of the key features you will ,nd on
the website include:
Air, hotel, car rental search and booking features
Vacation Packages
Cruise Packages
Ordering .owers online
Ordering Event and sport tickets
Internal Travel
All business travel for Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter
528 should be arranged through our new website. If you are
arranging travel for yourself or someone else in the
organization, please use our new website.
Personal Travel
Just like our supporters, the website is available to you and
your family to book your personal travel. Please help us
increase our funding. Use our new website whenever you
travel!
Group Travel
In addition to the travel website, we also have group travel
services provided to us through this program. Through this
part of the service we have a group travel specialist available
to arrange group travel events. This includes internal group
travel as well as fundraising travel events that can be arranged
for supporters. As with the website, all group travel arranged
through this program will pay commissions back to our
chapter. Group travel must comply with YTB Group Travel
Guidelines.
Darrell Bazman
Bob Dew
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Mike Schlott&s Calendar
MAY
Jim Austin
Ron Bryan
Ernie Costantino
Ed Florence
Jerry Galda
Jim Hodgson
Lorne Johnston
Jergen Juziuk
George Klepack
Phil McCallum
Roger Schlee
Thomas Snell
Dan Stengle
Ron Wilson
Dale Wo'ord
Jim Ciaramitaro
Dorothy Wallace
May Events
5th&
Point Man "Denny%s# 7:00 p.m.
8%10th
12th"
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Poppy Days
VVA GM Meeting 7:00 p.m.
VFW GM Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Men%s Auxiliary 6:00 p.m.
Annual Fishing Derby
Annual Mainstreet Carwash:
Point Man "Denny%s# 7:00 p.m.
VFW Board Meeting 7:00 p.m.
CRUZ&N 528 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Memorial Day Parade 8:30 a.m.
VVA Board Meeting 7:00 p.m.
CRUZ&N 528 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Mainstreet Car Wash
One of our Chapter%s best fund
raisers will happen on Sunday,
May 17th at 9:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m. . Gary Kubik and Don
Dignan will be Co!Chairing this
event. Volunteers are needed!
Hines Park Fishing Derby
On Saturday, May 17th, Chapter 528 will be helping out at the
Annual Wayne County Fishing Derby at Waterbend Park. Kids 12
and under will be able to ,sh for trout from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
for free and without needing a ,shing license. Prizes for largest and
smallest trout and heaviest and lightest trout will be given to the
children in three di'erent age groups. Tom Brown and Bill
Boudreau will be Co!Chairing this event. Volunteers are needed!
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Cheryl&s Musings
U.S. Army
181st Infantry
As Spring has been a pleasant surprise
as of late, I%ve been quite busy with my
work and artistic endeavors. I ,nd that
the creative outlets of writing and
photography come in handy when one is
under the weather and trying to pass the
time! As a Disabled American Veteran,
I utilize the Veteran%s Administration
Hospital for some of my medical
treatment. When I found out about the
Creative Arts Program that is in place to
encourage veterans to use their artistic
ability in the healing process or to cope
with long term physical injury or other
incapacitation, I was enthralled and
wanted to explore it further.
I was quite sick in January and part of
February, and I was looking forward to
enter some of my work in this local and
national competition. Each VA in the
country has an individual at the hospital
who is in charge of putting together this
program, and then selecting individuals
to participate in the national
competition if they are interested.
Again, in order to participate, one must
utilize the VA as either an outpatient, or
as an inpatient. There are all kinds of
categories to entice veterans to
participate. Veterans can enter their
own music, " here%s a hint to Tom B.#,
and, woodworking, "here%s a hint to
Gary B.#, all types of writing, "hint to
Bob C.#, photography, ceramics, etc. If
you are interested in ,nding out about
this for next year%s competition, please
let me know.
I entered three ,ne art photography,
and, I was told that my art was very
popular at the Ann Arbor VA. The lady
that I am working with, told me that
she is hopeful that I have a chance at
winning a national award through this
VA competition. I also entered two
poems, one was a patriotic poem, "about
the Vietnam era#, a motivational poem,
and, an essay about coping with physical
disabilities. If I am selected as a winner,
I%d be .own out to California! I am not
really concerned about winning, as, I
enjoyed participating!
Speaking of winning though, I just won
another poetry award through the
Village Fine Arts Association, in
Milford, MI. My haiku, (Joseph) won a
cash award, and was penned after
photographing, (Joseph), on July 4,
2006, not too far from the Moving Wall
that I and you all visited in Westland,
MI.
I%ll be participating in two book signing
events in May. I hope you%ll stop by.
The ,rst one is May 17th, at the
Plymouth District Library. There will
be a panel of authors there with me. On
May 24th, I%ll be a solo author at
Borders in Canton! See you there!
Congrats to all of the newly elected
o*cers for VVA Plymouth!Canton
Chapter 528.
Cheryl A.Vatcher!Martin, M.A, can be
reached at: peroinc5@comcast.net,
734!397!1626.
U.S. Army, 181st Infantry
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Loren Roberts Co%Chair
Joe Agius Co%Chair
Gary Kubik Co%Chair
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Memorial Day
Deceased VVA Chapter 528 Members &&
Service&
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Richard Diveto& &
Je'ery Stewart& &
Gary Smith&
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Delbert Haddock &
Marvin Schultz& &
Bryan Tubbs & &
Charles Sperry& III &
Thomas Labowitch&
John Hinman& &
Edward Cafruny&&
Jerry Gibbons& &
Robert Cicotte& &
T. Joseph Dorey& &
John Macik&
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Basilio Rivera& &
Chris Busse&
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Thomas Butter,eld&
Dennis Lowry& &
Michael Ramsey&&
George Troell& &
Larry Jarvis&
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April 69 - December 71
June 66 - May 68
February 72 - September 76
November 66 - August 68
June 70 - September 71
January 68 - October 70
November 59 - November 68
February 64 - February 68
October 61 - September 65
September 61 - September 64
June 73 - June 77
August 66 - August 69
February 67 - January 70
June 67 - April 70
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November 66 - September 68
April 65 - March 69
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Robert Nelson& &
Cynthia Estermyer&
George Salhaney&&
Stanley Jenkins& &
Judith LaGrow& &
Carol Luebke& &
William Jakobcic&
Dorothy Dorey& &
Floyd Riley&
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Lynn Wallace& &
Denise Cain&
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Patricia Hull&
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James St. Holmes&
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