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Photo courtesy of Frank MaitlandNewest members of the Treasure Coast chapter of Gold Star Mothers, Kate Coakley and Kathi Bischoff, share a hug with Sandi Miller after presenting the Gold Star pins at a dinner honoring members held at AMVETS Post 92 Saturday, Sept. 28. More pictures and story inside.

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Brevard County and its neigh-bor to the south, Indian River County, are Blueprint Commu-nities. Earlier this year, the Military

Officers Association of Amer-ica, Cape Canaveral chapter, MOAA, started work to estab-lish a countywide Community Blueprint to help returning ser-vice members in Brevard re-en-ter civilian life. The Veterans Council of Indian River County started work on its Blueprint around the same time. “We started back in January,”

Courtney “Court” Yelle, the MOAA chapter president, said. “We’ve been meeting every two months since then. We’re at-tempting to get a viable organi-zation going.”MOAA got help from an unex-

pected place: the Community Foundation for Brevard, a phil-anthropic facilitation organiza-tion. “We’re a grant maker,” Sandi

Scannelli, president and CEO, said. “We work with a number of donors, or contributors, who have an interest in helping veterans who are returning from service and making sure there’s a seamless transition back in the community. That’s been one or our priorities for this year.”Scannelli went on to say, “It

was a very slow start as we

tried to get our ducks in a row. We decided after several meetings that this was some-thing that needed someone to be more time on task to help shape it and move it forward.”The foundation and MOAA

chapter hired Air Force veteran Carole Williams-Hayes to be the coordinator of Community Blueprint Brevard County. Wil-liams-Hayes will soon be paid through a fellowship from The Mission Continues. That na-tional organization offers finan-cial fellowships to post-Sept. 11 veterans involved in community services. In Indian River, the county’s

veterans council opted to hire Bernadette Rednour to serve as its director of veterans out-reach committee and facilitate the local Community Blue-print. She’s married to com-bat-wounded veteran, James Rednour. He served in the Army from 2000 until medical retirement in 2007. He was hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq that left him with the current wars’ signature wound — traumatic brain injury. The council be-lieved it gave Rednour unusual insights on the needs returning veterans have. Rednour started the job on

June 1. The Indian River veter-ans council’s president, Marty Zickert, said that Vietnam-era veterans make up the bulk of leaders in area veterans orga-

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County Veterans Service OfficersSt. Lucie County, Wayne TeegardinPhone: (772) 337-5670Fax: (772) [email protected] J. Conrad Building(formerly the Walton Road Annex Bldg.)1664 S.E. Walton Road, Suite 205Port St. Lucie, FL 34952By appointmentMon., Tues, Thurs, Fri * 8:30 am-4:30 pmWed * 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. St. Lucie County Community Services Bldg.(Corner of Avenue D and 7th Street)437 N. Seventh St., Fort Pierce, FL 34950Walk-insMon. and Fri. * 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Brevard Veteran’s Services Office2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way,Bldg. B, Suite 102, Viera, FL 32940Office: (321) 633-2012Fax: (321) 637-5432Mon., Tues. and Thurs., 8 a.m.-4 p.m.Wed. and Fri, 8 a.m.-noonManager: Glenn McGuffieIndian River CountyJoel HermanVero Beach 2525 St. Lucie Ave.,Vero Beach, FL 32960 Ph: (772) 226-1499 Fax: (772) 770-5038Sebastian Square 11602 U.S. 1, Sebastian, FL 32958 Ph: (772) 589-6597 Fax: (772) 581-4988

Martin CountyTony Reese, Veterans Service Office SupervisorNick Ciotti, Veterans Service Officer(772) 288-5448Veterans Services OfficeMartin County Community Services435 S.E. Flagler Ave., Stuart, FL 34994Office Hours: Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.VA Life Insurance Ctr., Phil., PA - 1-800-669-8477 VA Regional Office - 1-800-827-1000 VA Medical Ctr, W. Palm Beach - 1-800-972-8262 Pharmacy, VA Medical Center - 1-800-317-8387 Military Retired Pay Activities, Cleveland, OH - (Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force ONLY) 1-800-321-1080 Military Retired Pay Activities, Topeka, KS - (Coast Guard ONLY)1-800-772-8724 Survivor Benefits (SBP),Denver, CO - 1-800-435-3396 Stuart VA Clinic - (772) 288-0304 Okeechobee CountyVeterans Services office (863) 763-6441, Ext 5.Fax: (863) 763-0118.Orlando VA Medical Cente5201 Raymond St., Orlando, FL 32803(407) 629-1599 or (800) 922-7521Telephone Care(407) 599-1404 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon. - Fri. (800) 645-6895 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Mon - Fri (321) 637-3625 Viera patients8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Mon. - Fri. (877) 741-3400 Weekends, holidays, evenings and nights

West Palm Beach Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center7305 North Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL 33410(561) 422-8262 or (800) 972-8262 Telephone Care(561) 422-6838 (866) 383-9036 Open 24 hours - 7 daysViera VA Outpatient Clinic2900 Veterans Way, Viera, FL 32940Phone: (321) 637-3788 1 (877) 878-8387Mon. - Fri. - 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.St Lucie County PTSD Clinical Team (PCT) Outpatient Program126 S.W. Chamber Court,Port St Lucie, FL 34986Phone: (772) 878-7876Fort Pierce Community BasedOutpatient Clinic727 North U.S. 1, Fort Pierce, FL 34950Phone: (772) 595-5150Fax: (772) 595-6560St Lucie Community Based Outpatient Clinic128 S.W. Chamber Court,Port Saint Lucie, FL 34986Phone: (772) 344-9288Stuart Community BasedOutpatient Clinic 3501 S E Willoughby Boulevard,Stuart, FL 34997Phone: (772) 288-0304Fax: (772) 288-1371Vero Beach Community BasedOutpatient Clinic372 17th St., Vero Beach, FL 32960Phone: (772) 299-4623Fax: (772) 299-4632

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Wheels to Warrior Program to award car to deserving veteran at Stuart Air Show

For the second year in a row, Todd Harris, the owner of Crown Car Care Auto Centers, will do-nate a car to a deserving veteran to be presented at the Stuart Air Show on Nov. 2. Last year, Doug Winterhalter, a 35-year-old vet-eran who served 10 tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, received a Ford Windstar minivan at the 2012 Stuart Air Show. The van was a first for the

“Wheels to Warrior” program of the Road to Victory Military Mu-seum. Due to the success of the program, it will be repeated this year. Veterans are asked to write a letter explaining what the van would mean to them and how it would help get them back on their feet. Deadline for entry is Oct. 23. The winner will be notified in ad-

vance and the car will be awarded at the Stuart Air Show on Satur-day, Nov. 2.

Photo courtesy of BBJones CommunicationsMark Smith with Doug Winterhalter, veteran who won the van at last year’s car giveaway and Todd Harris, at the 2012 Stuart Air Show.

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AMVETS Post 92 holds dinner for Gold Star mothers

Photo courtesy of Frank MaitlandSandy Miller, Pam McNair, Kate Coakley, Jo Ann Maitland, Kathi Bischoff, Kathy Sanburg, Linda Shumann, Lureen Conte, Fran Wilson and Fran Frazier.

Photo courtesy of Frank MaitlandCommander Roger Boyer with Jo Ann Maitland presenting donation check.

On Saturday, Sept. 28, the AMVETS Post 92, Jensen Beach, hosted the American Gold Star Mothers appreciation dinner. Ten Gold Star Mothers from the

Treasure Coast Chapter were at the dinner, including two who were “pinned” as newest mem-bers of an organization no one wants to belong to. Along with the mothers were fathers, spouses, brothers, sisters, grandparents, aunts and uncles of the fallen heroes.AMVETS Commander Roger

Boyer and Ladies Auxiliary Pres-ident Mary Ellen Foley wanted to show how much the AMVETS cares for these women whose sons made the ultimate sacrifice

for the United States Armed Forc-es. Debra Kay Hudson was the coordinator for the event.AMVETS Post 92 donated the

meals for the mothers along with a check to help with their causes.Jo Ann Maitland, president of

the Treasure Coast Chapter and 1st vice president of the De-partment of Florida made a very moving speech as Sandi Miller “pinned” the two newest mothers. There was hardly a dry eye in the audience.

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Photo by Patrick McCallister/staff photographer Savannah Weaver and Dylan Kallmeyer stand by Gigi’s GI at the inaugural Palm City Car Show on Thursday, Sept. 26. The 1943 Ford is normally displayed at the Road to Victory Military Museum, 319 Stypmann Ave., Stuart. The car show is produced by Palm City businesses Dangerous Curves, Crown Car Care, and Crown Collision Center, along with hosting business Hurricane Grill and Wings, 2355 SW Martin Highway. Co-organizer Mark Smith, owner of Dangerous Curves, said that about 30 cars were displayed for a cou-ple hundred attendees. A raffle benefited the museum. Upcoming shows will be on Thursdays, Oct. 24, Nov. 21 and Dec. 19. All will be at Hurricane Grill and Wings. The October show will have raffles and silent auctions to benefit the museum. The November and December shows will benefit automotive programs in the Martin County School District. Kallmeyer and Weaver, both Port St. Lucie residents, are members of the museum’s 804th Venture Crew, a World War II re-enactment program for youths 14 to 20.

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Everybody knows when the problems are big, call Navy SEALs. So, who do Navy SEALs call for help? The Air Force Reserve 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base. Listeners to

American Warrior Radio will stay up to date on the 920. “It was something Garren Cone approached

us about,” Master Sgt. Paul Flipse, public affairs specialist, said. “We’re funded by tax dollars, so we wanted to let (the public) know what their tax dollars are doing.”The radio show is on WMEL, AM 1300,

Cocoa, on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to

noon. Additionally, it’s broadcasted live on 1300WMEL.com. Cone, the show’s co-host, said the 920th was thrilled to appear on the radio show. “They jumped on it and said ‘Let’s do it,’” he

said. “I’ve got pages of people I can interview, who’ve been cleared to speak on radio.”

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Wayne Teegardin usually spends his days quietly managing St. Lucie County’s Veteran Services office. He helps veterans file claims and appeals with the De-partment of Veterans Affairs. But, service officers get phone calls on occasion that can make their qui-et days minutes of sheer dread. The phone calls from veterans

threatening suicide. One hap-pened to Teegardin not long ago. “(The despondent veteran) was

in Miami at the time,” Teegardin said. “He called me and said, ‘I need help, and I need help now.’” That veteran who was threaten-

ing suicide is about 40. “He has a history of self-medi-

cating,” Teegardin said. That’s a polite way of saying

“has drug or alcohol problems.” Teegardin wouldn’t be more specific. The veteran went on a binge, Teegardin said, then sank into hopelessness. That’s when the despondent man sent Teegar-din into some frantic moments of directing him to places to get help. Fortunately, the fellow wanted

and got into treatment. Teegardin said they’ve talked since then. He’s doing much better. That’s not the case about 20 times a day in America. Rita Clark Castro, suicide prevention coordinator at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center, said that’s about how

often veterans die at their own hands. “I can say nationally 18 to 22

suicides for veterans per day,” she said. “That’s a national num-ber.” That’s only the “completed sui-

cides” that can be reliably record-ed. Dr. Kathleen Padilla, acting as-

sociate director of mental health at the West Palm VAMC, said

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That’s the rate of veteran suicides committed in the United States

Rita Clark Castro, suicide prevention co-ordinator at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center, said nationally about 20 veterans a day commit suicide. The group at highest apparent risk are male Viet-nam-era veterans.

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getting reliable figures about the number of unsuccessful sui-cide attempts among veterans is tricky for a variety of reasons. But the conventional wisdom is that veterans succeed more often when they attempt suicide than do many others. There’s a simple reason for that. “They have obviously formal

training in how to use lethal means, i.e., firearms,” Clark Cas-tro said.According to the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention’s National Violent Death Report-ing System, veterans appear more likely to use guns in sui-cide attempts than others. After a suicide attempt is started, its success depends simply on the lethality of the chosen tool. Fire-arms are more often lethal than other forms of suicide attempts, such as deliberate drug overdos-es. So, what veterans are commit-

ting suicide? Marty Zickert, pres-ident of the Veterans Council of Indian River County, and a Viet-nam-era veteran, took a guess. “For some reason the Vietnam

generation, if they do that you don’t hear about it much,” he said. “It’s the (Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom) generation where it’s rampant.” Commonly believed, but wrong,

Clark Castro said. “We want to make sure the de-

mographics are portrayed accu-rately,” she said. Padilla said the veterans group

that seems most likely to start and compete suicide attempts is men in their mid-60s. In other words, the Vietnam-era genera-tion. Ben Humphries, president of the Vietnam Veterans of America Florida State Council, said there are a few things going into that. “I think today, because of the

economic times, (money is) one thing that pushes some over,” he said. “The other issue is they’re no longer working. Most are retiring. They have more time to

think. We found this with the World War II veterans when they were retiring in the ‘90s.” The difference is, when the

World War II generation was retir-ing national and international financial markets had been doing generally good for a long time. Many had reasonably comfortable retirements ahead. The Great Recession that started in 2007 to 2008 sapped financial markets and greatly reduced the value of many nest eggs. Researchers strongly agree with

Humphries about financial stress generating suicide attempts. Pa-dilla said loss or lack of financial security is one of the two biggest contributors to any suicide at-tempt, veteran or otherwise. The other is loss or lack of emotion-ally-satisfying romantic relation-ships. Either can trigger the core causation of suicide, she said. “Two of the main things that

lead to hopelessness are financial stress and the end of a relation-ship,” Padilla said. Hopelessness. That, Padilla said,

is what lies at the heart of suicide attempts. When talking about veterans

and suicide, there’s a natural question about the role post-trau-matic stress disorder, PTSD, might play. To Humphries, un-diagnosed, or untreated, PTSD is a big contributor to veteran suicides. “It’s more prevalent with the

ones with PTSD who haven’t ad-dressed it,” he said. “They haven’t been to the VA or some kind of counseling situation.” Padilla said PTSD can play a role

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is going to affect your relation-ships and ability to keep a job,” she said. Padilla added, “Those veterans are going to be at higher risk.”

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Padilla said she’s been to a few conferences about veteran suicides recently, and there is hope for re-ducing the number. “One thing that really stood out

to me is a statistic on preliminary data that those veterans getting treatment at the VA are less likely to complete suicide,” she said. Humphries said for the Viet-

nam-era generation there’s a rub. “A lot of us stay away from the VA

because they’re afraid they’ll take their weapons away,” he said. “By declaring them incompetent.” Humphries said that’s an un-

founded fear based on rumors. But, usually rumors have a root. Padilla said when VA staff are concerned that veterans are feeling hopeless, it’s customary to inquire about their access to firearms. “We always ask, ‘Do you have

guns in your home?’” she said. “If we’re concerned about safety, ‘Who can you call to come get your guns?’”A seemingly reasonable and po-

tentially lifesaving question, but one that doesn’t sit well with many veterans, Humphries said. He said that for many gun ownership is more than a lifestyle choice — it’s a statement about their identities. “Veterans as a whole — almost

every veteran I know owns a gun,” he said. “That’s almost a given.” Humphries said he’s seen no ev-

idence that the VA is interested in prohibiting veterans from access-ing firearms. He said the Vietnam Veterans of America is working to get more Vietnam-era veterans en-rolled into VA healthcare, includ-ing mental healthcare services. The VA has many avenues for

despondent veterans to seek help, whether or not they’re enrolled into its medical care. For example, it has the Veterans Crisis Line, 1-800-273-8255. Additionally, despondent veterans can text for help at 838255, or chat online with someone at veteranscrisisline.net. According to the VA, the crisis

line has answered more than 890,000 calls since 2007. Not all are from veterans. Some are from friends and family members dealing with potentially suicidal or self-injurious veterans. Clark Cas-tro said such calls are welcomed. Padilla said there’s another option

for despondent veterans to get help. “They can go into their local VA

hospital,” she said. “We also have many Community-Based Outpa-tient Clinics and the VA has done a good job getting mental health services in them.”

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The inaugural edition of the “Runway Report” was on the Sept. 28 show. It’s available to hear at American Warrior Radio’s Face-book page. Flipse said that the 920th does a lot of important work. Among

other things, it has pararescuemen, also known as PJs, parares-cue jumpers. Flipse said they’re the Air Force’s elite corps of ground fighters. Yeah, ground fighters. “Because of the type or rescue they do in hostile territory —

well, I’ll put it this way: If you’re going to go rescue a Navy SEAL, you have to fight through exactly what the SEAL fought his way through to get himself into a situation where he needed to be rescued,” Flipse said. But, the pararescuemen have to be healers, too. “They can perform surgical procedures in the field,” Flipse said. Cone said that American Warrior Radio is continuing its reg-

ular feature, “Bosuns Call.” Folks from the Coast Guard’s Port Canaveral Station stop by the radio station to let the community know what the coasties are doing. Usually it’s Chief Warrant Officer Charles “Bee” Perry. Coming to the show, Cone said, is some field interviews with

members of the Florida National Guard’s 715 Military Police Company, Melbourne. The unit is now serving in Operation En-during Freedom, Afghanistan.

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“Because of the type or rescue they do in hostile territo-ry — well, I’ll put it this way: If you’re going to go rescue a Navy SEAL, you have to fight through exactly what the

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nizations. He said that creates a communications gap with the state’s 230,000 operations En-during Freedom and Iraqi Free-dom veterans, and that’s why it opted to hire Rednour. “We Vietnam vets are too old,”

he said. “These are our grandchil-dren.” Rednour said Indian River’s

Community Blueprint is focused on finding and helping returning veterans get needed assistance without runarounds. “Over the summer I’ve been in

the gathering stage of resourc-es inside the county,” she said. “Finding out what resources are available and who are the vet-erans that have returned to the county.” Community Blueprint is a Points

of Light Institute initiative start-ed last year. Mike Monroe, vice president of military initiatives at the institute, said the Com-munity Blueprint was born in the Sunshine State and officially launched on Nov. 9 last year.

“About three years ago there was an off-site retreat (at the White Oak Plantation near Yulee) he said in a 2012 Veteran Voice interview. “Fifty-five groups got together to discuss community needs and action plans. One of the findings out there is anything to help communities help veter-ans would help the communities.” He said 12 of the participating

organizations at the retreat decid-ed to explore the issues recent-ly discharged military veterans faced and form plans commu-nities could implement to help them. “They became known as the

Community Blueprint Advisory Council,” Monroe said. The advisory council identified

eight areas affecting recently returned veterans that needed attention and crafted the Blue-print Toolbox — specific things communities could do to address them. Those eight areas are: em-ployment, volunteerism, behav-ioral health, education, housing, family strength, financial and legal help, along with reintegra-tion assistance.

“Those tools became known as the community solutions,” Monroe said. “These are things the community can pull out and look at and say, ‘We can do that.’”To become a Blueprint commu-

nity, one or more organizations have to complete a needs as-sessment and survey, then sub-mit an agreement to implement solutions to at least two of the eight items within a year. When done, the institute can provide volunteer help from the Veterans Leaders Corps, which operates through AmeriCorps. Nationally, the Military Officers

Association of America has been one of the leading agencies for

establishing Blueprint Commu-nities. Yelle said in Brevard it makes sense for the local MOAA chapter to spearhead Communi-ty Blueprint. “We’re a large chapter; we have

1,400 members,” he said. “We’re a large chapter with a lot of as-sets in talents and treasure.”For more national information

about the Community Blueprint, visit pointsoflight.org/programs/military-initiatives, or moaa.org/blueprint. The Brevard MOAA chapter is at moaacc.org. More about the Indian River Commu-nity Blueprint is at indianriver-veterans.org/site/index.php/community-blueprint.

BLUEPRINT from page 1

Anyone wishing to apply should use the following guidelines: 1) Provide proof of Martin County residence (photo ID with address; 2) Proof of service in the military post September 2001 and; 3) pro-vide a copy of the DD-214 military form. Application may be made by

submitting a letter of need along with the requested criteria to [email protected]. Applications may also be submit-ted by mail to the Road to Victory Military Museum, 319 Stypman, Stuart, FL 34994. The deadline for entry is Oct. 23.For any further information,

please contact Tamara at (772) 932-1893. This year’s car is a 2002 Buick

Century in excellent running con-dition. It will have a brand- new paint job and a custom paint job on the trunk of a military sentinel.

Gift cards and cash are also re-quested to fill up the car with groceries and household staples. Donations of cash or gift cards for groceries, gasoline, car washes, car insurance, and other house-hold supplies may be dropped off in five locations: the new Crown Downtown, formerly Doug’s Re-pair, 712 S.E. Dixie Highway, at the southeast corner of Dixie Highway and Martin Luther King Boulevard in Stuart, Crown Car Care, 4455 S.E. Cove Road, Stu-art, Crown Car Care, 3982 S.W. Bruner Terrace, Palm City, Crown Collision, 3438 Deggeller Court, Palm City, and on Saturdays from 10 – 4 at the Road to Victory Mil-itary Museum, 319 Stypman in Stuart off of East Ocean Boule-vard. Vehicles will also be accepted for

future donations. All donations are tax-deductible

and any checks should be made payable to the Road to Victory Mil-itary Museum.

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