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Whidbey Crosswind The Puget Sound Veterans’ Monthly | April 2013

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On Base NEW CAPTAIN TAKES NAS WHIDBEY HELM

By JUSTIN BURNETT Staff reporter Of all the base commanders who have shepherded over Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, few have had a first month on the job like Capt.

Mike Nortier.

Since taking the helm this past February, Nortier has been confronted with both the largest military funding cut in years and the deaths of three aviators who were killed in a training accident in Eastern Washington.

Nortier confirmed in a

recent telephone interview with the Whidbey Crosswind that this wasn’t exactly how he envisioned starting off his first base command. Losing three young lives was particularly unexpected and the tragedy has struck the base community hard.

There really is no silver lining to something like this, said Nortier, but he did note that the public has made the loss a little easier to bear, from the impromptu candle-light held at the marina to a general outpouring of community

support.

“It’s been truly inspiring to be a part of that,” he said.

Nortier takes over for Capt.

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Johnston went on to serve as Operations Director at Naval Installations Command headquarters in Washington D.C. Nortier is a longtime helicopter pilot who got his wings

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Capt. Mike Nortier “humbled” to be taking over for Johnston but recognized then that there would challenges ahead, such as sequestration, which in February was uncertain.

While the military cuts are now a reality, many of their impacts remain unknown, even for the base commander.

the A-3 Skywarrior Whidbey Memorial Foundation are engaged in a project to build a memorial at the corner Ault Field Road and Langley Boulevard.

“Frankly, I don’t have any answers yet,” he said.

Nortier said it was “a work in progress” as a buried fuel tank has delayed construction but project leaders with the foundation remain hopeful that the memorial will be done in time for the group’s planned reunion in Oak Harbor this August.

Not counting sequestration and all the possible ramifications, Nortier can count on a busy three years ahead.

He will oversee the ongoing transition from the EA-6B Prowler to the newer EA-18G Growler and begin the transition from the P-3 Orion to the jet-powered P-8A Poseidon.

It’s been a challenging first month on the job but Nortier said it’s been eyeopening as well. The public support following the training accident and the welcome extended to himself has made clear the community strong support for its Navy partner, he said.

“Much like (the public), we’re waiting on decisions from higher up,” said Nortier, in the phone interview.

Nortier said he isn’t expecting any big changes pertaining to veterans over the next few years, though the base and

“It’s been heartwarming and we look forward to working with the community,” Nortier said.

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New captain A new captain at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station discusses priorities with his new position.

Pearl Harbor reunion One of seven known USS Utah survivors raises funds for an annual Pearl Harbor reunion in Las Vegas.

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Soaring to new heights A Whidbey Island veteran’s motocross track offers place for veterans and racing fans a place to ride.

Memorial A Vietnam veteran reflects on efforts to construct a memorial at Washington state’s capitol in Olympia.

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Pearl Harbor survivor takes on latest mission Anacortes resident Cecil Calavan heads fundraising effort to help with USS Utah reunion

By RON NEWBERRY Staff reporter

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ecil Calavan is quick to share his smile and witty sense of humor.

He knows he is part of an exclusive group that has faded in numbers. Yet at almost 89, he is the youngest among the survivors of the USS Utah, and he jokes that his small group is the envy of other Pearl Harbor veterans when it comes to holding a reunion.

“They say, ‘You have too damned much fun,’” Calavan said. “’We’re going to have to go down there and ruin it for you.’”

Calavan, a longtime Anacortes resident, is one of only seven known survivors of the USS Utah, the first ship that was hit and sunk at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

He is president of the USS Utah Survivors Association and for the second year in a row is leading a fundraising effort to reduce costs for the group’s annual reunion in Las Vegas.

Five Utah survivors, including Calavan, are planning to attend the event, which takes place the second week of May. At least four survivors from other ships damaged or sunk at Pearl Harbor also are planning to come.

“When we started in Salt Lake City, we had over 300 (Utah survivors in attendance),” Calavan said. “We’ll be lucky if we can get five now to the reunion.”

Only seven are known to be still alive, he said.

“There might be some others in homes who’ve out-

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Pear Harbor survivor Cecil Calavan chats with Lt. Cmdr Jon Rozema at a ceremony following the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Oak Harbor on March 16. Calavan turns 89 in April and is the youngest survivor of the USS Utah. lived their families,” he said.

“There’s no way for us to find out if they’re still alive. But we look hard.”

Calavan said that last year’s reunion was a “marvelous success,” with five Utah survivors and two from other ships in attendance. He said the

Navy sent officers to speak at the banquet, which was attended by about 50 people.

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He said about $2,500 was raised from people in Island and Skagit counties.

Pearl Harbor survivors who come to the reunion don’t have to pay. The money raised helps reduce costs for survivors’ families, caregivers, guests and other veterans. He said donations helped slice the cost of the banquet in half last year.

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Cecil Calavan, one of seven known survivors from the USS Utah, rode in the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Oak Harbor. Calavan lives in Anacortes.

“The idea is for everybody to have a good time or the old guys will be there by themselves,” Calavan said. “There will be no reunion if nobody else comes.”

“If it had had a number on it, I’d probably remember that.”

Before he jumped off the ship and swam for shore, Calavan remembers seeing a body laying in the water at the stern of the ship.

Calavan was 17 the morning the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, striking the ship he was aboard and causing it to sink in less than 15 minutes.

Calavan only recently learned that the body belonged to Melvyn Gandre.

He learned that after meeting Gandre’s son at a USS Utah reunion.

The memories are still clear 72 years later. He watched a torpedo drop from an aircraft that struck the Utah, the explosion knocking him off his feet.

“I can still see that airplane,” he said.

“For years, I didn’t know who he was,” Calavan said. “It turns out that his son was our quartermaster putting

up the flag.”

Calavan said that Gandre was manning a machine gun and died while protecting others.

“He was killed while helping get people off the ship,” Calavan said. “I met his son at our reunion. Just think about that.”

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oss Kepner is a recognizable figure around Oak Harbor.

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acre property he purchased in 1990 while stationed at the Whidbey Island base.

Kepner owns a motorcross track he and friends built on his North Whidbey property 20 years ago and shares his passion with riders from all over Puget Sound.

The track is located at 4434 Kinzie Road, which can be accessed from Troxel Road, and is less than a 10-mile drive from the naval air station.

Among his track’s most fervent admirers are active and retired sailors from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.

By RON NEWBERRY

Most riders around the base are aware of Kepner’s “Oak Harbor Motocross” track, according to Dave Veeser, a longtime friend and retired builder chief in the Navy.

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A rider kicks up the dirt recently on the track at Oak Harbor Motocross. The track features 21 jumps and stretches more than a mile. For more information on track, owner Ross Kepner may be reached at 360-610-3434.

“Anybody who rides a motocross bike from here to Seattle and north to the border pretty much knows about the track,” said Veeser. “He’s popular with anyone who rides.”

Kepner’s track was built on the back portion of his five-

Shortly after moving in, he and friends began cutting down alder trees and pushing around dirt to carve out a motocross track.

He eventually opened the track to the public, allowing those who sign a waiver to ride to their heart’s content.

The close proximity to the air field is apparent by the lowflying aircraft that fly regularly over his property on their approach to the base.

Gene Cardella, a chief warrant officer at NAS Whidbey and close friend of Kepner’s, said aviators have told him they often see Kepner grooming the track on his orange tractor from the sky.

“They’re only about 700 feet over our house,” said Kepner, a retired Naval aviation structural mechanic. “You get used to the noise. I’ve never had any issues with it.”

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On a recent sunny Sunday afternoon, more than a dozen riders tested out the course he freshly groomed.

Kepner rode his tractor around, pushing dirt to keep the track in shape.

He set up the track as nonprofit with riders’ donations helping cover track improvements and upkeep.

“You don’t do it for the money,” Kepner said. “You do it because you love it and you want to give back to the community.”

Kepner, 52, began riding motocross bikes when he was 7 but didn’t get interested in racing until after he retired from the Navy in 2000.

Kepner said that a large number of riders at his track are retired or Navy veterans.

And many who come are still active.

He said he would guess that the number of riders at his track with some Navy affiliation is “in the hundreds.”

“There are a lot of retired Navy riders, you’d be surprised,” Kepner said. “There’s probably 30 of us over 40 who ride here. There’s probably a dozen of us over 50.

“I like it when the old guys come up because we all go out and ride and have a really good time.”

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Although the track is open to the public, Kepner asks as a courtesy that newcomers inquire by calling him first.

He prefers a phone call to an impersonal email. He likes to talk to people. He can be reached at 360-610-3434.

Kepner competed in what he calls an “old-timers’ series,” and won the 2004 Pacific Northwest Challenge in the 40-and-older division. The series consisted of five races.

Kepner doesn’t like to sit still. He owns a construction company and builds and remodels houses. When he’s home, he’s often pushing dirt around the track or taking one of his bikes out for a ride.

He speaks glowingly of his family’s understanding for his passion, including his wife of 23 years, Belinda.

He is grateful that he can share his passion by providing other motocross enthusiasts a place to ride and train.

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COVER STORY Soaring FROM PAGE 6 Angeles. “We rode our whole lives. I didn’t get serious about bikes again until I got up here.”

Kepner said he gets riders of all ages, gender and different skill levels on his track. He’s watched riders from age 4 to 71 turn up the dirt.

Kepner knows full well the inherent risks of the sport and offers his wisdom at every chance.

His garage is full of extra helmets and chest protectors that he loans out. He says he won’t let anyone ride across his parking lot without a helmet.

He said he was only going a little over 10 mph when he turned sharply to try to avoid another rider, came to an abrupt stop and tumbled over his handle bars into a large puddle of water.

When he landed, his chest struck a chunk of wood that was submerged and undetectable.

Even with a chest protector, the impact fractured two vertebrae in his back.

The body brace kept Kepner “on the couch” for three months and he thought about giving up riding once he recovered.

“That lasted about five minutes,” he said with a laugh.

Kepner isn’t ready to give up riding just yet.

And he likes talking to other motocross enthusiasts and giving them a place to ride.

Oak Harbor Motocross is the only public motocross track in Island County.

Safety is paramount on his mind yet he realizes accidents and injuries are part of riding motocross. There are 21 jumps on his mile-long course.

“If you want a cheap way to ride owning a track is not it,” Cardella said. “He’s put a lot of blood sweat and tears into it. It’s a passion of his.”

“In 20 years, I’ve never had anybody sue me,” Kepner said. “We’ve had more broken bones around here than I care to admit. That’s the hazard when you put your leg over these things.”

Kepner said he’s had a lot of help from the fraternity of riders who show up regularly to groom the track. And a lot of understanding from his wife from the day the property was purchased.

Kepner said he still isn’t fully recovered from his own accident on his course nearly two years ago that broke his back and put him in a body brace for three months.

“She asked me, ‘Why do you want 5 acres?’”

Kepner said. “I told her I wanted to build a motocross track. And I did. Here it is 20 years later.”

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Ross Kepner, a retired Naval aviation structural mechanic, allows the public to ride on a motocross track he and friends built on his North Whidbey property 20 years ago. Oak Harbor Motocross is the only public motocross track in Island County.

Veteran reflects on Olympia memorial

By Leslie Kelly For Whidbey Crosswind

When Chuck Manley visits the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Olympia, he sees much more than most.

Not only is he a Vietnam Veteran, but he is someone who has been been with the project from the very beginning. And today, he is chairman of the Washington State Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee.

Construction of the memorial began in 1986 and it was dedicated on Memorial Day, May 25, 1987.

It was designed by Kris Snider, architect with EDAW, Inc., a firm in Seattle. It is a semi-circular wall that stretches partially around a 45-foot base on a rolling course, seven feet tall from the apex, one foot at its lowest point.

According to the state of

Washington, the top of the wall represents the highs and lows of the life of the nation until it is interrupted by a jagged line in the outline of Vietnam, symbolizing the break in the circle of life cause by the war.

Sixteen green granite slabs make up the wall and are positioned so that they are accessible to all who come to reflect and remember.

The wall is engraved with the names of 1,051 men and women from Washington state who never returned home.

The names are listed in chronological order from 1963 to 1975, the order in which those veterans gave their lives. A small cross has been engraved next to the names of those who remain missing in action.

Manley knows the wall well.

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“There was previously another memorial,” he said.

“It was encased in glass and had the names of those killed in action inside it. But many Vietnam Veterans felt that having those names sealed in stone was like burying them again.

“So we started a campaign to create a memorial where the names could be more prominently displayed.”

The original memorial was dedicated in 1982. The veterans group raised more than $178,000 — the cost to build the new memorial — through private and corporate donations.

The new memorial was built on a brassy knoll east of the State Insurance Building on the Capitol Campus, near the Winged Victory Monument.

It took the group more then 18 months to raise the money, Manley said.

Once the memorial was

built, the group, Vietnam Veterans of America Post #130, disbanded, having done what they formed to do.

But Manley and some others decided a committee had to remain to make certain that the memorial continued to be cared for and watched over.

“We are the watchdogs,” he said. “It’s our duty to make sure that the memorial doesn’t fall into disrepair.”

If they see something wrong, they go to the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs and ask that it be repaired.

There have been few incidents of vandalism to the memorial, he said. But about a year ago, the committee had to weigh in on a request that a memorial to the Republic of South Vietnam be built near the Vietnam Veterans memorial.

“It was decided that that wasn’t something we wanted to have happen,” he said.

to do that, a permit has to be issued by the State Visitor’s Center.

A compromise was made, and they place a plaque on flag poles that were to be placed near the memorial.

Manley, who grew up in Kansas, volunteered for service in Vietnam. As a high school dropout, he enlisted in the Army.

Eventually the flag poles were placed and the American Flag, the Washington State flag and the POW/ MIA flag are prominently posted near the memorial.

“It became quite a battle to stop the placement of a 12-foot long engraving by the group that wanted to memorialize the Republic,” he said. “But we really didn’t think that was something that was right and represented the Vietnam Veterans very well.”

Manley calls the committee a “silent committee” unless an issue comes up.

He said many demonstrations have taken place near the memorial, but in order

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“I didn’t have to go because I was the only surviving male in the family and at the time, that meant I was exempt from service. But I felt I needed to go.”

He was in Vietnam 13 months and three days and was wounded three times.

As the memorial was built, he was there taking photographs almost every day.

“For me it was a way to ‘face the dragon,’ as they say,” Manley said. “As hard as it may be, you have to.

There’ll always be good memories and bad memories for those of us who were over there.”

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BAYWOOD New Homes in THE BAYWOOD COLLECTION. Make your new home a Landed Gentry home, in this beautiful neighborhood. These welldesigned single and two-story homes range in size from 1300 to 2388 square feet, and feature spacious bonus rooms, 3-car garage options, gourmet kitchens, and access to a community park and numerous green belts. Homes are fully fenced & landscaped. Now Starting at $259,900!!!

Ladies Auxiliary of the Fleet Reserve Association Unit 97 is hosting its annual children’s Easter Egg Hunt 2 p.m. Saturday, March 30.

It will be held at the Fleet Reserve Association Branch 97 (the big red barn) 311 S.E. Eigth Ave. in Oak Harbor.

Children 12 and under are invited to participate.

There will be age groups and refreshments will be served for all participants. It is open to the public. Call 360-675-3414 for more information.

The VFW Post 7392 and Ladies Auxiliary also invite the community to their annual Easter Egg Hunt. Hunting begins 1 p.m. at the Whitehead-Muzzall Post, 3037 N. Goldie Road.

Kids ages 11 and under are welcome to come and hunt for eggs and enjoy the event.

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The offer is for active duty only and the course is not available Sunday, May 19.

For information and tee times, call 360-3215958.

Meeting set to discuss OLF plan OLF community meeting, put on by Penn Cove Grange, 7 p.m., April 11, Wind and Tide Bookstore, downtown Oak Harbor.

Island County Commissioner Jill Johnson is scheduled to attend. First in a series of community meetings.

Discussion will be held on what can or can’t be done with fly zone at Outlying Field in Coupeville. 360-969-1104.

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In last month’s story “Saying farewell,” Capt. Jay Johnston’s tenure at NAS Whidbey Island was stated incorrectly. He served as base commander for two and half years.

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New Homes in THE CASTLE PINES COLLECTION. Castle Pines is a neighborhood designed for all ages in Fairway Point, featuring single and twostory homes with spacious 1663 to 2779 square foot interiors, spacious master suites and gourmet kitchens. This collection is adjacent to Whidbey Golf and Country Club, with premium golf course sites available. Golf course frontage starting at $328,800.

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SERVING FAMILIES JUST LIKE YOURS RIGHT HERE ON THE ISLAND! • Medical Dermatology

NEW LUXURY HOMES YOU CAN AFFORD!

Call today for an appointment.

Showing Tuesday– Saturday 10-5 and by appointment.

Contact Michelle Lehr for more information: Michelle@LandedGentry.com

www.landedgentryhomes.com • 360-661-3689

2642 SW Fairway Point Drive Oak Harbor, Wa. 98277

1609 E. Main Street Freeland 360.221.6111 www.lindsjewelry.com

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New Homes in THE OAKMONT COLLECTION. Oakmont is an age-qualified (those 55 and better) enclave within the Fairway Point planned community. Home models are single story, ranging from 1328 to 2779 square feet and offer contemporary finishes such as granite countertops and natural wood trim. Starting at $259,900.

• General Dermatology • Mohs Surgery

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OAKMONT

LINDs highly qualified pearl and bead stringing expert Pamella, can help you with all your needs.

Cryotherapy, Phototherapy, Hair Disorders, Nail Disorders, Acne, Psoriasis, Skin Cancer Treatments