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im Graydon, broker and owner of All Phase Brokers, runs a small team, but with it, they strive to

accomplish big things for veterans.

With 23 years of experience under his belt, Graydon prides himself on covering every type of real estate transaction and loan while attempting to step into his clients’ shoes throughout the process.

“My philosophy is, number one, do the right thing and, in order to have a high quality of life, be genuine – esteem others higher than myself,” he said. “I’ll do whatever it takes to make sure a loan and/ or real estate transaction closes on time,” said Graydon. “I’m not just an agent, I’m a real estate and mortgage broker-owner working in this industry for over 23 years.

There’s a huge advantage to working with someone who understands the entire real estate and home loan process.”

Graydon went on to explain how oftentimes the service he offers – whether it’s helping someone clean up their credit or even helping to arrange for packing and moving assistance – doesn’t always equate to a commission, but the impact is immeasurable when factoring referrals and future business relationships into the equation.

“Even if I don’t get a commission, I

All Phase Brokers owner Jim Graydon strives to build relationships with clients based on trust and exceeding expectations.

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have to do right by them and people know that – when they can trust you, people will go anywhere with you,” he said. “So you have to start with yourself.”

Graydon’s work with veterans was one example of his dedication to building a reputation grounded in trust. He shared the story of one vet who, in his 60s, had never owned a home.

“He showed me his loan approval, and it was only for about $150,000, but

I felt something tugging on my heart to help this guy,” he said.

He ran the vet’s credit and discovered disputes, suspecting another broker had given him an approval to brush him off when really the bank wouldn’t have allowed it to go through with disputes on his credit.

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you out of his office, I told him,” he said.

He worked with the gentleman to write credit letters and restore his credit rate for the optimal loan and later dedicated a day of driving to another county to view a home he could afford.

Graydon teared up when he recalled the man’s reaction to owning a home for the first time.

In a five-star studded profile on Zillow, other clients commended Graydon’s service.

“Jim is very experienced and knowledgeable in his field. I have used Jim’s services on two occasions. On both occasions my home sold for more than the asking price and very quickly (on one occasion it sold in two days). He is very responsive to his clients. He has a strong understanding of his profession, which enables him to serve his customers well during the sale and negotiation process.”

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he sacrifices armed forces members have made while Anthony C. Rodriguez, Higgins Chapel managing partner, takes extra pride in honoring the lives of veterans and their families.

serving our country are

immeasurable, but one way to honor and recognize their service, courage and contributions is with a military service when they pass.

Higgins Chapel in Antioch has been serving the East Bay since 1948.

“We have a devoted and compassionate group of individuals that have a passion for service and honoring the lives of loved ones,” said Anthony C. Rodriguez, Higgins Chapel managing partner. “We are knowledgeable in many faiths, rituals and customs.”

One of the things Higgins Chapel takes extra pride in is honoring the lives of veterans.

ON THE COVER: Higgins Chapel in Antioch has been serving the East Bay since 1948. Managing Partner Anthony C. Rodriguez, along with the staff at Higgins, works hard to ensure each service is personalized and significant.

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Whether families desire a full military service or simply a small family funeral, they are committed to offering burial and memorial services that honor, respect and provide true meaning to those gathered in mourning.

“We are truly blessed by the opportunity to honor a veteran and their service and dedication to our country,” said Rodriguez. “We take pride in arranging burial or cremation, and military honors for a veteran, whether

at the cemetery, church or even at the home of the veteran. We make it our responsibility to honor the sacrifice made to continue our freedom, and we make sure a wife, son, daughter or mother receives that folded flag.”

Veterans who die on active duty, or with discharges other than dishonorable, are entitled by law to a Veterans Affairs burial and memorial benefits.

“With a qualifying discharge, veterans are given a military plot in a

national cemetery and have the right to be recognized with a military honor guard,” said Rodriguez. “We have staff that are willing to assist with gathering that information, if needed.”

Rodriguez recommends making preparations in advance, if possible, and gathering necessary paperwork, including the DD214 discharge certificate. see Higgins page 6B

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Purple Heart recipient recalls service in Vietnam A LY B R O W N

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he chain Edward Butler wears around his neck every day is no ordinary necklace. It’s the

Purple Heart he earned for helping his ambushed men during Vietnam — an experience that led him into 20 years of military service and 25 years in law enforcement.

Born in Independence, Louisiana, the now-Brentwood resident first joined the military at 17.

“I was going to get a job at (Louisiana State University) to be a printer,” he said, “but the hiring manager said he would like to hire me. But the minute he hired me, I was going to get drafted. So I decided to enlist.”

Butler went for basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) at Fort

Polk, Louisiana.

“When I did the AIT, I knew they were going to send me to Vietnam,” he recalled. “So they dropped me off (in Vietnam), and I’m brand new — just out of high school — and they were firing, they were shooting at me. One of the sergeants said, ‘Did you just get off the chopper?’ and I said, ‘Yes, I did.’ He said, ‘Do you know where you’re going?’ and I told him, ‘Nobody told me anything.’ So he said, ‘You’re with me.’”

Butler quickly became a squad leader.

One assignment he called “a suicide mission” sent Butler and three other men to rescue comrades who’d been ambushed. Between trying to help the men who had been shot in front of him, and feeding rounds into the machine Kimi Pangelinan gunner’s weapon, he was hit by a bullet Financial Advisor Merrill Lynch Wealth that barely missed his spine.

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Service from page 4B group, and Butler was sent to Japan where surgeons removed the bullet.

“Nurses would come in and check on me every day, and ask if I could feel my legs,” he recalled. “I couldn’t. But then, one day, I felt needles all over my legs.”

Butler called the nurse and described the sensation. He still couldn’t feel her touch, but when she told him to move his big toe, he could.

“I’d been worried at that point that I’d never walk again,” Butler recalled. “But thank God, I came out alright.”

After surgery and only a couple months of rehabilitation, Butler was sent back into battle with three months of time left to serve. For his efforts to save his comrades and getting wounded in battle, Butler was recognized with the Purple Heart in 1968.

Upon his return home, however, Butler found himself feeling out of place.

He’d changed and no longer fit in with the friends who hadn’t. He couldn’t stand any noise; chairs scraping along the floor in the apartment above or a car backfiring made him drop to the ground. And while his family was happy to see him return, the welcome wasn’t so warm from many Americans.

“When we came back, we heard a lot of people saying to us, ‘You’re a baby killer,’” he said. “I still battle with the dreams, and every Thursday I go to counseling at the (Veterans Affairs) center.

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– Edward Butler, Purple Heart recipient of suicide.”

Despite the hardships that came with service, Butler had a calling to return to the military. He hadn’t lost his rank of sergeant, as a full year hadn’t yet elapsed since he’d left. He managed to secure a position that kept him out of the battlefield, handling weapons and supplies at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, with his military occupational specialty (MOS) changed from infantry to supply. He stayed in the military for 20 years before getting into law enforcement, where he remained for another 25 years until his retirement.

Butler recalled his worried mother’s initial reaction to the job change.

“My mom said, ‘You jumped from one bad job to another bad job,’” he said, adding that she’d fainted upon first hearing of his injury in Vietnam.

But he credits his time in service as what kept him on a steady course.

Grasping the Purple Heart hanging from his neck, he said, “I wear this every day, and I wear it proudly.”

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The Brentwood Concert Band will host an evening of patriotic and popular music to salute veterans at the Brentwood Veterans Memorial Hall, 757 First St. in Brentwood. Doors open at 7 p.m., and donations are welcome. For more information, please visit www. brentwoodconcertband.com.

Pittsburg Veterans Day Ceremony

The City of Pittsburg will host a Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. at the Pittsburg Senior Center, 300 Presidio Lane in Pittsburg. For more information, call 925-252-4890.

Monday, Nov. 11 City of Oakley Veterans Day Observation

Tuesday, Nov. 12 Free Notary Services for Veterans

The City of Oakley will observe Veterans Day from 11 a.m. to noon at the Oakley Civic Center plaza, 3231 Main St., in Oakley. The program will include a presentation of colors, student essays, performance by the Freedom High School band, a rifle salute and more. For more information, contact Amy Sylvestri at sylvestri@ci.oakley.ca.us or 925-413-2284 or visit www.ci.oakley.ca.us.

Suzanne Salamy of Sealed with Integrity will provide free notary services to veterans from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Intero Real Estate, 651 First St. in Brentwood.

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Higgins from page 3B The basic military funeral honors ceremony consists of the folding and presentation of the United States flag to the veteran’s family, and the playing of “Taps.” The ceremony is performed by a funeral honors detail consisting of at least two members of the armed forces.

Higgins Chapel offers all services for veterans, with options including open-casket visitation, transportation to churches or other places of religious worship, and services featuring an urn or memorial photograph and graveside services at any cemetery, including the national cemeteries in Dixon and Santa Nella/Gustine.

“The funeral director will work with the family at their time of need to coordinate which types of services are a best fit to honor the veteran and meet the needs of the family,” said Darren Carter, Higgins Chapel funeral director and embalmer.

Choosing a personalized service for a loved one is significant.

“Our goal is to make sure the family feels they have done everything possible to honor their loved one,” said Rodriguez. “Whether with a complete burial service, or an intimate moment amongst family, we want to be able to send the family home with a sense of fullness that they honored their loved one well.”

According to Rodriguez, one of the most common remarks made at the end

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We are truly blessed by the opportunity to honor a veteran and their service and dedication to our country.

– Anthony C. Rodriguez, Higgins Chapel managing partner of a military service is how respectful and gratifying it was.

Higgins Chapel offers compassionate and professional burial services to all community members and is committed to serving them with honesty and integrity, to ensure families receive the best guidance and service during the loss of a loved one.

“We are the first to be called when a passing occurs,” said Rodriguez. “We have to be ready at all hours of the day and night to respond with service and grace. We have to always be at our best when a member of our community is facing their worst moment.”

Higgins Chapel is located at 1310 A St. in Antioch. For more information, visit www.higginsmortuary.com or call 925-757-4343.

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enefits await veterans who have dedicated their lives to serving others, but the path to

obtaining them can be complicated and fraught with misconceptions. That’s why local teams found at the county level, or with Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), urge veterans to seek free assistance.

Nathan Johnson, Contra Costa County Veterans Services officer, and his team serve thousands of veterans who come into the office every year. But they also serve the veteran’s spouse and children, who are eligible for benefits as well.

“Our main target is to reach the veteran, reach the veteran’s spouse, inform them of benefits and help them apply, but in another sense, we’re also trying to counter predatory efforts to reach that population,” Johnson explained, noting lenders, financial advisors or insurance agents sometimes reach out to that demographic under the auspices of helping with their Veterans Affairs benefits. “But they end up selling them a product, like prepaid burial insurance or annuity or a trust. So we try to reach that veteran and their spouse, and let them know that a product is not associated with the benefit that they’ve already earned.”

Benefits range from employment training for those returning from active duty, to college-fee waiver programs for vets and their dependents. With no evaluation, veterans with service-connected disabilities can receive life insurance, as well as federal civil service, state and county employment preferences, among others. Benefits are also targeted to specific groups, such as those exposed to “Agent Orange” in Vietnam or Korea. For any honorably discharged veteran, hunting and fishing licenses within the county are reduced. The list of benefits is long, so experts who understand the forms

recommend veterans seek assistance.

VFW Brentwood Post 10789 Commander Steve Todd and his team also offer free help.

“There are no charges ever to the veteran,” Todd said. “It’s all volunteer work, and a lot of time the VFW spends money to help them out, working on their houses and more.”

Johnson, also a veteran, further noted his fellow vets sometimes have difficulty accepting the benefits.

“Veterans should know these benefits are available to them,” Johnson said. “The big thing that veterans struggle with is, ‘If I use this benefit, it will take it away from another vet,’ and that’s absolutely not true.

These are not needs-based programs. It’s not welfare. These are benefits that veterans have earned, and they should take advantage of them.”

Both Johnson and Todd noted the forms are complicated and the language can be confusing, but their teams handle the claims regularly.

“We case-manage the process and provide the service at no cost,” said Johnson. “It’s the difference between walking into a courtroom with or without a lawyer.”

Todd said that while his group is volunteer-based, their compensation comes when the claim is accepted, preventing that vet from potentially taking their own life.

“We come across a lot of veterans where we’re their last hope,” Todd said.

“The last couple of months, we’ve talked to a few people who, for them, we were their last stop. They were done and checking out. Guys like us are all service-connected, and we’re all war vets, and we have our issues too, but for me my therapy is helping veterans.”

For a complete list of benefits, visit www.contracosta.ca.gov/1675/BenefitsFact-Sheets. To connect with the Brentwood VFW Post 10789, visit www.vfw10789.org.

For other useful contacts for veterans, visit www.contracosta.ca.gov/1676/Contacts.

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