Gary Sinise plays show in Parker
May 20, 2012
Written by
Raquel Villanueva
PARKER - Actor Gary Sinise played a benefit concert Sunday at the Colorado Golf Club in Parker.
On Saturday, Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band performed at Fort Carson for the troops and their families.
Sinise says the band doesn't perform to make money, but rather to raise it.
His foundation helps support wounded veterans all over the country.
The band travels the country performing for vets and inspiring others
to support them.
"I'm lucky that I've been able to make a living doing something that I've loved since high school, I started acting in high school in my first plays and I was playing in bands in high school and now I get to do them both," he said. "And music is a fun thing and the fact that I can use the music to do something positive for folks is a very good thing."
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Anonymous donor funds D.C. visit for 50 Brevard veterans
Anonymous donor funds D.C. visit for 50 Brevard veterans
May. 21, 2012
Written by
R. Norman Moody
FLORIDA TODAY
MELBOURNE — Air Force Lt. Jack Wilson, 25, listened intently as World War II veteran Ralph White shared stories about his service in the Navy.
Young airmen from Patrick Air Force Base joined World War II veterans, most in their 80s and 90s, for Honor Flight, which takes the veterans to visit and reflect at the monuments built in their honor.
“I’ve seen many of the monuments except for some of the memorials,” said White, 93, of Titusville, as he prepared for the start of the trip early Saturday morning.
“I’ve wanted to do this for years,” Wilson said. “I got the email about this and I literally replied in 30 seconds.”
The 25 World War II veterans (including three women), 24 airmen and one soldier made the trip courtesy of an anonymous donor of $40,000, enough to cover the cost of two trips.
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May. 21, 2012
Written by
R. Norman Moody
FLORIDA TODAY
MELBOURNE — Air Force Lt. Jack Wilson, 25, listened intently as World War II veteran Ralph White shared stories about his service in the Navy.
Young airmen from Patrick Air Force Base joined World War II veterans, most in their 80s and 90s, for Honor Flight, which takes the veterans to visit and reflect at the monuments built in their honor.
“I’ve seen many of the monuments except for some of the memorials,” said White, 93, of Titusville, as he prepared for the start of the trip early Saturday morning.
“I’ve wanted to do this for years,” Wilson said. “I got the email about this and I literally replied in 30 seconds.”
The 25 World War II veterans (including three women), 24 airmen and one soldier made the trip courtesy of an anonymous donor of $40,000, enough to cover the cost of two trips.
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VA fiduciary program disabled veteran fleeced
Disabled veterans in Texas fleeced by VA-appointed money managers
By Lise Olsen and Lindsay Wise
Monday, May 21, 2012
Already a convicted petty thief, Mildred Fedd had pressing bills to pay: parking tickets, a faulty sewage system, house payments and the impound lot holding her truck hostage. So she turned to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and promised - for a small fee - to watch over an 82-year-old disabled veteran.
With his $5,000, she agreed to buy him a burial plot. Instead, the Houston caregiver paid her own bills - and got caught only after she had spent all his money and went back for more, Harris County records show.
The Veterans Affairs' Inspector General has repeatedly warned about a plague of fraud and theft in a national program that appoints family members and VA-approved fiduciaries to protect a whopping $3 billion in assets belonging to veterans the government considers too disabled to manage their own money.
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By Lise Olsen and Lindsay Wise
Monday, May 21, 2012
Already a convicted petty thief, Mildred Fedd had pressing bills to pay: parking tickets, a faulty sewage system, house payments and the impound lot holding her truck hostage. So she turned to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and promised - for a small fee - to watch over an 82-year-old disabled veteran.
With his $5,000, she agreed to buy him a burial plot. Instead, the Houston caregiver paid her own bills - and got caught only after she had spent all his money and went back for more, Harris County records show.
The Veterans Affairs' Inspector General has repeatedly warned about a plague of fraud and theft in a national program that appoints family members and VA-approved fiduciaries to protect a whopping $3 billion in assets belonging to veterans the government considers too disabled to manage their own money.
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WVU student invents device to help amputees
WVU student invents device to help amputees
May 21, 2012
By David Templeton
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
She went to Walter Reed Hospital. She saw a medical mystery. She developed a treatment.
In an "I came, I saw, I conquered" scenario, Katherine Bomkamp, daughter of an Air Force lieutenant colonel, has invented the Pain Free Socket -- a heating device to be incorporated into prosthetic limbs to treat phantom pain, which a high percentage of people with amputations experience in their nonexistent limbs.
Her well-documented saga began five years ago when she was just 15. Because her father worked at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., she went to the military hospital for medical appointments. There she encountered young soldiers who'd returned from Iraq and Afghanistan with amputated limbs.
"That really affected me," she said. "I would talk to them, and they would tell me about their experience with phantom pain."
Seeing soldiers with amputations "started a train of thought."
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May 21, 2012
By David Templeton
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
She went to Walter Reed Hospital. She saw a medical mystery. She developed a treatment.
In an "I came, I saw, I conquered" scenario, Katherine Bomkamp, daughter of an Air Force lieutenant colonel, has invented the Pain Free Socket -- a heating device to be incorporated into prosthetic limbs to treat phantom pain, which a high percentage of people with amputations experience in their nonexistent limbs.
Her well-documented saga began five years ago when she was just 15. Because her father worked at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., she went to the military hospital for medical appointments. There she encountered young soldiers who'd returned from Iraq and Afghanistan with amputated limbs.
"That really affected me," she said. "I would talk to them, and they would tell me about their experience with phantom pain."
Seeing soldiers with amputations "started a train of thought."
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Runner half-way through bid to run 100 marathons
Runner half-way through bid to run 100 marathons
8:36am Monday 21st May 2012 in News
By Kate Liptrot
A FORMER York resident who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder is nearly half-way through a bid to run 100 marathons in 100 weeks.
Simon Buckden, 40, was diagnosed with PTSD after the horrific atrocities he witnessed in Bosnia left him suicidal and drinking heavily.
He is taking part in the challenge to raise awareness of the condition and to raise money for Help For Heroes – an ambition made all the more remarkable as he was diagnosed with cancer earlier in the year and is currently undergoing radiotherapy.
Mr Buckden, who works as a motivational speaker and ambassador for the Leeds and York NHS Partnership, said: “I call PTSD a narrowing of your life, I became a shell of a person. It cuts down the things you can do because you don’t want to be in certain places. It reduces your quality of life.
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8:36am Monday 21st May 2012 in News
By Kate Liptrot
A FORMER York resident who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder is nearly half-way through a bid to run 100 marathons in 100 weeks.
Simon Buckden, 40, was diagnosed with PTSD after the horrific atrocities he witnessed in Bosnia left him suicidal and drinking heavily.
He is taking part in the challenge to raise awareness of the condition and to raise money for Help For Heroes – an ambition made all the more remarkable as he was diagnosed with cancer earlier in the year and is currently undergoing radiotherapy.
Mr Buckden, who works as a motivational speaker and ambassador for the Leeds and York NHS Partnership, said: “I call PTSD a narrowing of your life, I became a shell of a person. It cuts down the things you can do because you don’t want to be in certain places. It reduces your quality of life.
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