Whidbey Crosswind, April 26, 2013

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By Ron Newberry Staff reporter

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Autumn Flaig, right, was greeted by her mother, Sharon Reyes, at the finish line of the Whidbey Island Marathon on April 13. Reyes spent nearly 21 years in the Navy.

Sailor follows suit in running, Navy

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lthough she’s all grown up now, with two kids, a husband and making a life of her own in the Navy, Autumn Flaig learned that sometimes you still need your mom.

in this.’”

She was feeling anxious about running in her first marathon the next morning.

Her mother, Sharon Reyes, had traveled across the country to support her. Her mom, once stationed at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station just like her daughter and now retired from the Navy, helped talk her through the nerves and they even shared memories of when Flaig was a kid at Olympic View Elementary in Oak Harbor and already running.

And eventually, her emotions caught up with her.

Just like her mom.

“She was in a little 25-mile club,” Reyes said. “We still have the T-shirt. She pulled it out and said, ‘Maybe I’m going to run

Eventually, the nerves subsided just enough, morning came and Flaig completed her first marathon.

Then, after finishing the Whidbey Island Marathon on April 13, she formally committed to continue her military journey.

In a small ceremony near the finish line, before her mother, husband, kids and members of the chain of command from Electronic Attack Squadron 139, she reenlisted for four more years in the Navy.

“It was obviously a very emotional experience,” said Flaig, an aviation structural mechanic second class at the base.

“I’m just really happy. I’m glad I could put the two together and celebrate two wonderful things and have everybody here.”

Flaig could thank Lt. Cmdr. Jack Curtis, the maintenance officer at VAQ139, for the unusual backdrop for her reenlistment.

She had told Curtis that she wanted to add four more years of service to the eight she had already served. Curtis came

up with the idea that Flaig reenlist at the finish line after her first marathon.

The original plan was to discharge Flaig before the start of the race near the Deception Pass bridge. But fearing they wouldn’t have enough time as the start of the marathon approached, they opted to take care of the both proceedings at the finish.

“Usually you get together in the hangar, do a little ceremony, have some cake and get back to work,” Curtis said. “So this was pretty cool. And to have her whole chain of command here and her mom and her husband, that was pretty cool for her as well.”

On hand to support Flaig and Curtis on the Sunday occasion were the squadron’s Command Officer, Dwight Clemons II, and Executive Officer William Fraser.

They all expressed confidence in Flaig’s role in the squadron.

Flaig works in the base’s Quality Assurance Division, providing oversight and follow-up to ensure other squadron maintenance work centers are adhering to published procedures and practices.

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Race to reenlist Autumn Flaig learns sometimes you still need your mom. The sailor completed the Whidbey Marathon in April and reenlisted with her squadron following the race with the support of her family.

Veteran’s Song It’s been years since Jack Murphy was in Vietnam, but the memories are as close as today. He always loved music, wrote songs and played the guitar. When he came home from Vietnam, he found he couldn’t write about the war.

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Making a splash Stephen James Anderson is a veteran stage actor as well as on his way to becoming an American veteran. While stationed at NAS Whidbey Island, Anderson is also directing at Whidbey Playhouse in Oak Harbor.

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Jack Murphy has experienced nightmares about Vietnam since 1969 and waited to share his thoughts through music

By LESLIE KELLY It’s been years since Jack Murphy was in Vietnam, but the memories are as close as today.

“They come and visit me every night in for form of nightmares,” said the 64 yearold Murphy. “They are memories I wish I didn’t have.”

Murphy spent most of 1969 in Vietnam. He enlisted in the Army and was stationed at Fort Bragg North Carolina.

He was a part of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade and served two years.

In Vietnam, he was an RTO, which means he carried the radio through the fields as an infantry foot soldier.

Three months into his time in Vietnam, he was hit with shrapnel in the face, arms and legs and was sent to the 3rd Airfield Hospital in Saigon.

After several weeks in the hospital, Murphy went back to the war and finished out his year in Vietnam.

He came home to Palmerton, Pa., and went to work in the steel mill.

“I’d played (guitar) since I was 15.

But my feelings about the war -they just wouldn’t come out. Then one night, I just sat on my bed and it all fell out.”

Jack Murphy, Vietnam veteran

“It was really the only work I could get,” he said. “But then the mills began closing.”

Murphy was able to get work with the Navy in a civilian position. He drove a van for a Navy medical clinic. He met a woman, got married, had a son and a daughter. But that marriage didn’t last. In 2000, he retired.

It was at about that time that he began having severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms.

“I’d probably had it all

along,” he said. “But I tried to hide it. It was when everything started up with the first Gulf War that it became real to me again.”

He sought help from the VA and has been treated for PTSD since. That treatment brought Murphy to remember many things he’d tried to forget.

“When I came back from Vietnam, my mother and brothers and sister came to greet me,” he said. “But everyone else, they wouldn’t look at me. They’d turn away. They hated soldiers.”

Murphy has been warned of that.

“When we left the Army, they told us as soon as we got home to take off our uniforms and not wear them out in public,” he said. “They said don’t walk around in them. So I put it away in the closet.”

Although Murphy still has his uniform, he doesn’t often look at it. He does remember, however.

He always loved music, wrote songs and played the

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Jack Murphy began writing songs about his Vietnam experience after serving there in 1969. guitar. When he came home from Vietnam, he found he couldn’t write about the war.

that we never got.”

“I’d played since I was 15,” he said. “But my feelings about the war — they just wouldn’t come out. Then one night, I just sat down on my bed and it all fell out.”

It’s about two soldiers in Vietnam talking about girls and a ‘57 Chevy, making a pact to share a beer when they get home. One doesn’t make it and the other goes to the wall to find his name, with two beers in hand.

The result was the song, “The Promise.” It’s a song about the ‘Welcome Home’

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then he’s been handing them out to any Vietnam veteran who wants one. He’s probably given out 1,000 at his own expense, he said.

In 1996, when he went to an annual gathering of Vietnam veterans at the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C., he handed a copy to Jan Scruggs, who helped to fund the wall.

“He told me he’d play it and he did, at the wall,” Murphy said.

That led to another Vietnam veteran, David Hernandez, using the tape for a ceremony in California and making a video to go with the song. It was put on YouTube and has become quite well known.

On that same CD are two other songs, one that is an up tempo song about Vietnam and a third song, “A Veteran’s Pledge,” that is a poem his friend Bill Henning wrote.

Henning also suffers from PTSD. Murphy, who has since remarried, said he gives away the CDs because he “can’t give them to the ones (soldiers) who are not here.”

“A lot of guys went to Vietnam and didn’t come home,” he said. “They weren’t as lucky as I was. I owe them something and if I can give away my music in their honor, then I’m proud. It’s the least I can do.”

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To serve and to direct

Anderson

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evin William Meyer is a veteran stage actor with a flair for comedy.

His first dip into performing in a Shakespeare production fell flat in his mind, and he didn’t think much about attempting it again until Stephen James Anderson showed up at the Whidbey Playhouse.

Meyer was inspired again, and is acting in a Shakespeare play that Anderson is directing at the Whidbey Playhouse this month.

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Anderson has been welcomed with open arms by the Oak Harbor theater community since his arrival on Whidbey Island less than two years ago.

Yet, it wasn’t the local theater that was his calling to the island.

It was the Navy.

After nearly 20 years of working in theater, Anderson opted for a dramatic life change.

“I joined the Navy because I truly want to be of service,” said Anderson, who is an aviation maintenance administration man at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station. “That was the sole reason. Now that I’ve joined, I understand so many things that I didn’t before. I understand the sacrifice that military families make, which is huge to me. I can’t believe what my wife goes through.”

Anderson, 34, started acting when he was in the seventh grade and got into professional theater in high school.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in drama from the

University of New Hampshire and later got a master’s degree in directing from DePaul University.

That led to a 10-year career in professional theater with a focus on Shakespeare productions, and later a job as a fight choreographer for the Society of American Fight Directors.

He likened that to being a stunt coordinator.

It was while he was earning his master’s degree in Chicago when he thought about a new path.

At 32, he enlisted in the Navy, got married and eventually left Chicago to an island he had never heard of before.

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Actors Jim Reynolds, right, and Rusty Hendrix rehearse for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which is directed by Stephen James Anderson and is playing at the Whidbey Playhouse.

He said his dreams now include becoming a public affairs officer as well as continuing to share his passion for theater.

The play he’s currently directing, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” runs through May 19 at the Whidbey Playhouse in Oak Harbor.

“I feel truly proud to tell people what I do for a living, which was something I struggled with before,” Anderson said. “Not that I wasn’t proud, but I truly feel proud and now it allows me to take my skills and donate them and hopefully try to give back to the community. And the reason why I find theater like this valuable is because it helps people find CONTINUED PAGE 7

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Director Stephen James Anderson and the cast and crew of the first Shakespeare play at the Whidbey Playhouse worked for more than a year on the production.

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DIRECTOR FROM PAGE 6 a sense of themselves, a sense of their voice that they might have had before. A sense of grounding. Just the ability to express themselves in front of other people. The ability to stand up in front of others and be seen by others, but also to see others. I think that’s extraordinary.”

Although he has two degrees, Anderson said he wanted to come into the Navy as enlisted.

“I wanted to come in enlisted because it was such a new thing and I’m a true believer in you sort of have to — to draw a metaphor — you have to start in the mailroom and work your way up. I found that the best leaders do that. I was in a situation in my life where I wanted to be led again. I needed to learn how to be led again.”

Anderson’s wife, Aurora, gave up her acting career in Chicago to join her husband at Whidbey Island. They settled in Coupeville.

The Andersons weren’t married at the time he broke the news to her about joining

“I wanted to come in enlisted because it was such a new thing and I’m a true believer in you sort of have to ­— to draw a metaphor — you have to start in the mailroom and work your way up.”

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the Navy.

“I told her I was sort of making some life changes and was leaving Chicago and things like that,” he said. “She told me she wanted to keep our relationship moving forward so I said, ‘Here’s some news for you.’”

After the initial shock wore off, plans didn’t change.

In fact, they progressed.

“She ended up asking me to marry her,” Anderson said.

“So we got married shortly after boot camp ended. She gave up her acting career to sort of take this journey with me. So, we’ve been really blessed in ways I would have never imagined.”

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Kevin William Meyer, left, performs with Katherine Fisher during a rehearsal for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Shakespeare’s performed for the first time in Oak Harbor A “Midsummer Night’s Dream” is the first William Shakespeare play to be performed at the Whidbey Playhouse. The show, directed by Stephen James Anderson and produced by Allenda Jenkins, opens

Friday night and will run though May 19.

Performances will be Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. There

will be no show on Mother’s Day. Tickets are $16 at the box office, 730 S.E. Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor.

For more information, call 360-6792237, or go online at www.whidbeyplayhouse.com

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aval Air Station Whidbey Island’s (NASWI) recycling facility held its 17th annual Dumpster Dive on April 10

Defense civilian employees and their family members to take local action to show the Navy’s dedication to protecting the environment.

Rus Hawkins, a truck operator at Navy Whidbey Recycle, said that the dumpster dive is a great way to increase awareness of neighborhood recycling programs.

“The Navy mandates we recycle,” Hawkins said. “So we show the Sailors what is recyclable and they can take back that education to their commands.”

The dumpster dive is an opportunity to educate sailors by allowing them to see what waste is thrown out around the community, said Michael Barenburg, NASWI’s environmental services supervisor.

Throughout the months of April and May commands within Navy Region Northwest will be participating in various Earth Day related events like local clean-up projects.

“We are just trying to change the perspective on how our community looks at waste,” Barenburg said.

When trash is collected throughout the community, it is brought to the recycling center where volunteers get hands-on experience by sorting it to determine how much waste can be recycled.

“This should affect people who are part of the event and help them realize how they can help the environment,” Barenburg said. “As a community we will get a

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U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) and tenant commands take part in the 17th Annual Dumpster Dive at the NASWI recycling facility on April 10. The Dumpster Dive is used as an opportunity to educate Sailors by allowing them to rummage through the waste generated by the community in order to hand sort recyclables in an attempt to generate knowledge on recycling through out the community. shift in thinking what we can reuse, recycle, or throw away.”

More than 30 sailors assigned to NASWI and ten-

ant commands participated in the dumpster dive.

“I came to learn about the recycling process and to see what I can recycle

at my home,” said Yeoman 3rd Class Yasenia Barraza, assigned to NASWI. “At home I have a full trash can every week and I know I can cut down on the waste.”

The Department of the Navy Earth Day theme for 2013 is “Global Reach – Local Action.” The theme is meant to encourage sailors, Marines, Department of

Navy and Marine Corps commands officially celebrate Earth Day on April 22.

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New commander to take over VAQ-135 in May On May 15, 2013 Cmdr.

Adam T. Carlstrom will relieve Cmdr. Scott P. Janik as Commanding Officer of Electronic Attack Squadron 135.

Cmdr. Janik assumed command of VAQ-135 on March 9, 2012, while the Black Ravens were finishing their first work-up cycle in the EA-18G. During his command, Cmdr. Janik led VAQ135 on its first expeditionary deployment in the Growler, flying combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The deployment was immensely successful and was a driving factor in the Black Ravens winning the Navy “E” Ribbon for the second time in the squadron’s history.

The command was also named the 2012 Chief of Naval Operations Safety “S” recipient. After deployment, Cmdr. Janik began the work-

up cycle for VAQ-135’s next deployment with a detachment to Nellis AFB and a HARM shoot. While in command of the Black Ravens, Cmdr. Janik hit a career milestone of more than 3,000 hours total flight time in naval aircraft.

Cmdr. Adam T. Carlstrom is a native of Iowa City, Iowa, and graduated from Miami University in Ohio in 1995 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting. He received his commission from Officer Candidate School in 1996, earned his naval flight officer wings in September 1997 and entered the fleet as an Electronic Countermeasures Officer in the EA-6B in 1999.

In April 1999, Cmdr.

Carlstrom reported to VAQ138. As a Yellow Jacket, he flew combat missions in support of

Operation Allied Force and completed a cruise aboard the USS John C Stennis in support of Operation Southern Watch.

Upon completion of his first fleet tour, Cmdr.

Carlstrom reported to VAQ129 for duties as a Prowler Tactics Instructor, Carrier Qualification (CQ) ECMO and an augment instructor to the Electronic Attack Weapons School.

In May 2005, Cmdr.

Carlstrom reported to VAQ132 as the squadron Training Officer. Upon departure from the Scorpions, he began his Department Head tour with VAQ-140. During his tour the squadron flew combat missions in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom.

After his Department Head tour, Cmdr. Carlstrom volunteered for a Global War on

Terror Support Assignment (GSA) and served with the US Army’s 34th Infantry Division in Iraq as the Electronic Warfare Officer. In January 2010, Cmdr. Carlstrom reported to US Strategic Command in Omaha, NE. Cmdr. Carlstrom has logged more than 500 combat hours in support of Operations Allied Force, Southern Watch, Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. After his tour, Cmdr. Carlstrom spent 15 months as the VAQ-135 executive officer before assuming command.

The squadron also welcomes Cmdr. Daniel D. Moore as the new executive officer.

Prior to joining the Black Ravens, Cmdr. Moore was at Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Cmdr. Moore has just completed his transition to the EA-18G Growler.

Cmdr. Adam T. Carlstrom

Attorney general cracks down on veteran schemes Attorney General Bob Ferguson grew up in a family of veterans — with a father who served in the US Navy, both grandfathers serving in the military and several uncles who served in World War II. That’s why he was infuriated to learn unauthorized financial planning companies were targeting senior veterans with schemes promising new untapped veterans benefits— if the veterans were willing to let these “planners” help manage their financial assets.

“Our veterans made great sacrifices for our country— and they deserve our protection from unscrupulous businesspeople who prey on them,” Ferguson said.

The Attorney General’s Office recently settled with four companies, garnering restitution for victims, a total of $81,000 in suspended civil penalties, $19,500 in attorney’s fees—and a court order prohibiting the companies from targeting veterans in the future.

Over the last several years, Kansas Attorney Scott Sexton and American Benefits Advocates worked with three Northwest companies—in violation of several Washington laws—to offer advice and planning to seniors who were veterans or veterans’ spouses.

The three Northwest companies were: Financial Concepts, owned by Olden (AKA Otis) Manning and located in Spokane; Equity Financial Freedom, doing business as American Veterans Financial, Inc., owned by William Moreland and located in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; and Senior Advisory Services, Inc., owned by Mark Zimmerman and located in Mill Creek.

Each marketed a variety of estate distribution documents—including irrevocable living trusts—to help the veterans and/or their spouses qualify for a U.S. Veteran’s Administration (USVA) benefit called Aid and

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Aid and attendance is a special allowance in addition to monthly pensions for veterans and/or their surviving spouses who need the aid and attendance of another or who are housebound.

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Veterans and their spouses can only qualify for these benefits if they meet special criteria—including having limited income and assets.

According to the assistant attorney general who handled the case, some of the veterans who worked with these planners said they did not recall being fully informed of the risks involved in moving assets to qualify for the USVA benefits- including losing Medicaid eligibility.

Under the terms of the consent decree, the three Washington companies and the Kansas attorney are permanently prohibited from engaging in the following practices without being authorized to practice law in Washington or

• Agreeing to prepare or gather the information required to create a will, trust or other estate distribution document; • Advising people about a will, trust or other estate distribution document; or • Selecting, modifying or completing a will, trust or an estate distribution document.

They are also prohibited from: • Taking financial and estate information from people, claiming to be informing them of USVA benefits while actually using the information to sell estate planning or other financial services; • Giving or receiving any compensation – in any form—for referrals;

• Intentionally representing that an attorney not licensed in Washington is qualified to advise consumers on estate planning in Washington; • Misrepresenting the probate process using questionable statistics and surveys; • Persuading consumers not to consult an attorney— or disparaging attorneys’ estate planning advice or documents; and • Engaging in fee-splitting or unauthorized practice of law with a Washingtonlicensed attorney.

AARP offers the following tips for veterans and their families: • Just because an organization has an official-sounding name doesn’t make it legitimate. Sometimes sales agents create or work with “front” organizations and falsely claim a veteran affiliation and/or nonprofit status.

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• You can find credible information on how to qualify for veterans benefits by contacting the Washington Dept. of Veterans Affairs.

• Whenever you plan to invest with a new company, you should check the agent’s record at your state regulatory office. Washington’s regulatory agency is the state Department of Financial Institutions.

The Attorney General’s Office also reminds veterans that it is free to apply for veterans’ benefits. If people are completing the application themselves, they should not pay for forms.

If someone is helping them, veterans should know that people accredited through the USVA are not allowed to charge them to help them complete and submit USVA paperwork.

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They ran together until the halfway point of the 26.2-mile race when Flaig forged ahead.

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“As a sailor, she’s incredible,” Clemons said. “More important, she’s an incredible person.”

Curtis, an experienced marathon and ultramarathon runner, learned she’s a rather extraordinary athlete, too.

Flaig finished her first marathon in 4 hours, 21 seconds — about 11 minutes ahead of Curtis.

“She did awesome,” Curtis said. “I didn’t really train for this. I ran a month ago, a long race. I knew I wasn’t going to be able to finish with her.”

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“I saw him behind me and he was like, ‘Keep going! Keep going!” Flaig said. “I was like, ‘OK.’” Considering the hilly nature of the course and blustery weather, Curtis was impressed, but not surprised.

“She did awesome for her first marathon,” Curtis said.

“It’s a tough course. AM2 did great. I’m proud of her. I’m glad we could do this the way she wanted to.”

It seemed only fitting that the sun was out and her mom was there to meet her at the finish line. Her husband, Mike, and their children, Lauren, 5, and Michael, 3, were right behind her.

Flaig wanted to run well and finish the race for herself but also for her family that looks up to her.

“It was a lot harder than I thought it would be,” she said shortly after finishing. “I’m glad it’s over. I’ll probably do another one, but not anytime soon.

“I have a huge sense of self satisfaction right now.”

But her mission for the day was only half complete.

She still had a ceremony ahead of her. Once Curtis finished, they both changed clothes and eventually limped back to the finish area.

Reyes, who retired after nearly 21 years in the Navy and now lives in Virginia Beach, Va., helped her daughter with her hair.

“Thank you very much for coming out,” Curtis told the small gathering. “This is a big day for AM2. This is her first marathon. That’s not the most impressive thing she’s doing today. The most impressive thing she’s doing today is she’s committing four more years to the Navy.”

After discharging Flaig by reading a few words, Curtis made an announcement.

“Attention to reenlist,” he said.

Curtis and Flaig then stood at attention while he recited the oath of enlistment.

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AM2 Autumn Flaig told Lt. Cmdr. Jack Curtis of VAQ-139 that she wanted to reenlist in the Navy. He suggested they hold the ceremony after running the Whidbey Island Marathon.

Flaig was officially back in the Navy.

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“She’s doing well. Why not continue it? Take it to the next level,” Reyes said. “She feels really positive about it. She’s not forced to do it because she has no other options. She likes

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* Price(s) not inclusive of tax, title, license, prep, freight and dealer doc fees. ††Based on Statistical Surveys 2012. **See dealer for full program details. ^One year Good Sam Roadside Assistance included with every retail RV sold. Prior sales excluded. Benefits and services provided by Americas Road & Travel Club, Inc. for Members residing in Alaska, Alabama, Utah and Virginia; and by Affinity Road & Travel Club, LLC for Members residing in all other States. Note: All program benefits are subject to limitations set forth in the current Member Benefit Brochure, which will be sent to you upon approval of your membership and is accessible at www. goodsamroadside.com/mbbs. †Each RV purchase will receive a Good Sam TravelAssist Individual Membership. A Plan Description will be sent to you. Please read it carefully to understand all the services available to you, as well as any terms, conditions and limitations. Advertised inventory available at time of printing. May not be combined with any other offer and not applicable to prior sales. See dealer for details. Offers expire 5/31/13.

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| WHIDBEY CROSSWIND

| MAY 2013

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Saturday, April 27th from 8am- 1pm in the Rolling Hills Community Center at 1039 Sidney Street.

Rain or Shine! Portion of proceeds benefit Relay for Life.

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