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Current Weekly News for Leakey, Camp Wood, Sabinal, Utopia and Surrounding Areas Vol. 5 No. 39
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DOMESTIC ABUSE II… THE STORY OF CHRISTY
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COMANCHE MOON TO ECLIPSE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT
During the month of October, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Camp Wood Public Library, and the Nueces Canyon Chamber of Commerce will be hosting an exhibit to honor the Veterans of the Vietnam War Era: guerrilla war 1955 – 1964 and conventional war 1964 – 1975. In the display, we want to have a banner listing all Vietnam veterans from the Nueces Canyon who served in the Vietnam War. Below is a suggested list of names of those who served and who have lived here and/or are currently living here. The list is possibly incomplete or inaccurate; therefore, we need your help to make it accurate. If names are misspelled, omitted, or are incorrectly listed, please help us and let us know.
JOHN WILLIAMS K K BONNER KENNETH PERKINS KINO FALCON L A MALECHEK LYNN BEAUMONT
Ethan Riley Wynn, a senior at Leakey ISD was called into the campus administrative offices on Monday, September 21, 2015 by Naval Recruiters. This was a mandatory follow-up meeting to complete paperwork, because on September 12th, 2015, Wynn received word that he had been officially enlisted in the United States Navy. He will ship out to boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois on July 27th, 2016. 1st class petty officer Shawn A. Williams and 2nd class petty officer Michael R. Vieyra came to school on Monday to complete paperwork for Wynn’s enlistment. Williams is a Fire Control Man and Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist in the Navy, and Vieyra is an Aviation Structural Mechanic and Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist also in
Health consequences of hard water
Let’s Serve Our Military By Governor Greg Abbott
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INDEX State News .................... Page 2 Legals/Jail Register ...... Page 3 Community News ......... Page 4-6 Feature Story ................. Page 7 Obituaries ...................... Page 8 Classifieds ..................... Page 12
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MILTON WINANS NEIL DALTON O. C. “LALO” RIVAS PAL ELMO NORTHCUTT SKIPPER LUCE STEVE WHIPKEY
TIKE BURLESON TOMMY VALENZUELA VICENTE MALTOS
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September 23, 2015
CAMP WOOD LIBRARY TO HOST EXHIBIT TO HONOR VIETNAM VETS
AUGUST HAMILTON CARROLL POWERS CLIFF ALSTON DAVID KRING ERNEST BALDERAS EUTIQUIO MALTOS JEFF PARKS JERRY GILDART JERRY WAYNE WALLACE JESSE BALDERAS JIM DEGGS ............................ Page 7
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That any veteran dies waiting for health care anywhere in America is our nation’s greatest shame. Monday in the Rio Grande Valley, we took a small but historic step to honor our commitment to those who selflessly answer the call of duty. But there is far more we must do — as a state and as a nation — for our military. These men and women put their lives on the line fighting for the freedom we all enjoy today. Their service to this nation may end when they leave the battlefield, but this country’s debt to them does not. That is the message I shared with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald on his visit to the Rio Grande Valley — the first of its kind by a VA secretary. Along with U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, RTexas, and a congressional delegation, we saw and heard firsthand the desperate need for access to first-rate health care for our veterans in the Rio Grande Valley. Our veterans have waited too long. Their need is too great. Now is the time that we must come together. This is a problem we can solve. I call on Congress to quickly pass the legislation offered by Sen. Cornyn and U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, D-McAllen,
to add in-patient and urgent care facilities at the VA Health Care Center in Harlingen. Not one more veteran should be stuck in line unable to get an appointment. Not one more veteran should lose their life — not on some foreign battlefield, but while waiting for the care promised to them for their service. I sent a letter to President Barack Obama in January reminding him of his 2008 call for a VA hospital in the Valley. And I agree still with his words: We must “treat our troops and our veterans properly when they come home.” We must treat them with “dignity and respect. They have earned our respect.” America is the greatest force for freedom the world has ever known because of those who wear the uniform of the U.S. Armed Forces. They have been there to serve us; it is our turn to serve them. Here in Texas, ours is a special calling. More than a million Texans have served, and many more have trained and lived on military installations in the Lone Star State. Today, Texas is the proud home to almost 2 million veterans, active duty military and reserve and National Guard members and their families. continued page 2
the Navy. Wynn has always known he wanted to be the best at what he pursued in life, and he has always known he wanted to be a Navy SEAL. His great uncle was in the Navy, and his grandfather was in the Air Force, but he does not want to be the same as everyone. Wynn wants to stand out from the crowd, so he did an early enlistment for a better chance of getting a SEAL contract before shipping out. 1st Class Williams has been witness to a lot of young boys wanting to enlist in the Navy to become a SEAL, only to fail. He stated that he had no doubt that Ethan Wynn would earn the trident. Leakey ISD is proud to call Ethan Wynn one of their own, and Leakey is proud of another Hometown Hero!
KERRVILLE VA FLU SHOT DRIVE THRU CLINIC
Kerrville, Texas – The South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Kerrville Campus will be providing influenza vaccinations to enrolled Veterans. An annual flu vaccine is recommended for the following groups of Veterans: (1) persons at high risk for flurelated complications including persons aged 50 years old and greater, (2) persons of any age with chronic medical illnesses, and (3) persons who live with or care for persons at high risk. Influenza vaccine is also recommended for anyone else who wants to reduce their chances of getting influenza. A drivethru flu shot clinic for enrolled Veterans will take place on October 16, 2015 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The clinic will be held in front of the Kerrville Campus, main building located at 3600 Memorial Boulevard in Kerrville. No appointment necessary! ID cards required. Veteran patients can receive flu shots as walk-ins through their Primary Care Teams during operating hours between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday (excluding Holidays).