Kitsap Veterans Life, July 26, 2013

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Poulsbo veteran makes trip to see war memorials

Jim Waller

By RICHARD WALKER

A Poulsbo veteran of four wars is fulfilling his last wish of seeing the nation’s war memorials in Washington, D.C., courtesy of the Honor Flight Network and his wife’s gumption.

About 20 months ago, Mary Waller was — as her husband Jim puts it — “poking around” in Jim’s mail and came across an application from Honor Flight Network, a nonprofit organization that pays the travel costs of veterans — particularly veterans of World War II and terminally ill veterans — so they can visit the memorials in Washington, D.C. Going to see the memorials in “the other Washington” had been on Jim’s bucket list for years.

So unbeknownst to her husband, she filled in the application and mailed it.

About three months ago, Mrs. Waller received a call that her application was accepted and the Honor Flight Network would pay for her husband’s trip.

“It knocked the socks off of me. I was really surprised,” Jim said.

But he was diagnosed with pulmonary fibro-

sis and has become a Hospice patient. His reaction to the Washington, D.C., trip: “I can’t go.”

Hospice of Kitsap County worked with Bellevue Home Medical Equipment to ensure oxygen canisters would be available for Waller on the trip. His neighbor, a fellow Vietnam War veteran, signed up to accompany him. Mary’s family made plans to visit and keep her company while her husband makes the trip.

Waller made the trip in June.

“I can’t thank these people enough for all they’re doing. A nice hotel, meals, and we’re not paying a cent,” he said.

Waller, 86, is a native of Dixon, Ill.; he remembers, as a boy swimming on the Rock River, a lifeguard there by the name of Ronald Reagan.

Parentless at 16, he quit school and headed to Los Angeles to work. Unable to find a job, he enlisted in the Navy after paying someone $5 to sign papers certifying he was 17. After boot camp in San Diego, he was stationed aboard the USS Firedrake (AE-14), an ammunition ship that

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Jim Waller in his youth. replenished carriers off Okinawa.

He was a 40mm gun pointer on the USS Louisville (CA-28), a heavy cruiser, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf Oct. 23-26, 1944, and Iwo Jima, Feb. 19-March 26, 1945. He served on the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) when it was hit by kamikazes forward and aft and a bomb amidship during the invasion of Okinawa May 11, 1945.

After the war, he served on occupation duty in Japan.

During the Korean War, he served on the USS Bairoko (CVE-115), providing close air support for the Army and Marines.

That’s when he studied for and received a rate change from boatswain’s mate to air controlman.

During the Vietnam War, he served aboard the USS Vega (AF-59), which carried stores, refrigerated items and

equipment to ships in the fleet. According to online histories, the ship earned numerous battle stars and commendations for service during the Vietnam War, though Waller points out he never saw combat.

Petty Officer Waller retired from the Navy in 1965. In the ensuing years, he worked as a warehouseman in San Leandro, Calif., a train brakeman at the Bangor Navy base, a ship painter at the Bremerton Navy yard, and as a cook aboard fishing vessels.

During the Gulf War in 1990-91, he worked as a civilian cook on the USNS Kawishiwi (T-AO146), an oiler assigned to the Military Sealift Command. “Jim is the epitome of the ‘salty sailor,’ which is an old nautical term referring to a sailor who is experienced and thus encrusted with salt,” said Jen Cleverdon, Hospice development officer.

“While Jim may not be literally ‘salty,’ although is language is, he is certainly experienced having served in four wars,” Cleverdon said.

The Wallers met in 1983, the result of a blind date, and it’s the third marriage for both. He describes marriage as “smooth sailing for some parts but it depends on how you handle the rough spots.”

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Jim Waller before his trip.

“When I met them, they were both clearly devoted to one another, anticipating and finishing each other’s sentences,” Cleverdon said.

“I asked Jim if he had any advice from his life experience. His answer: ‘When I joined the Navy, you didn’t talk back, you just did, so I learned to keep my mouth shut. My advice to people, young and old alike, is to think before you say.’ Mary burst out laughing, ‘Jim, you never think before you say!’ ” Waller has nothing but praise for the care and support he’s received from Hospice.

“I have been in hospitals before and been cut up and poked around and had various procedures done,” Waller told Cleverdon. “I can honestly say that since I’ve been with Hospice, I never thought I’d get

this type of care. I never thought I’d be treated so nice. You all give the best.”

He smiled at his Hospice social worker, Kiam Parker. “In my estimation, you are angels.”

The Honor Flight Network (www.honorflight.org) is a nonprofit organization that transports veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit memorials dedicated to honor military service and sacrifices. Among the honorary advisers are former senators Bob and Elizabeth Dole.

Bob Dole was injured in combat in Italy during World War II; Elizabeth Dole was, as secretary of transportation, the first woman to head a military branch, the Coast Guard.

The Honor Flight Network gives top priority to America’s most senior veterans and any veteran with a terminal illness who wishes to visit his or her branch’s memorial.

The program will naturally transition to Korean War, Vietnam War and all other veterans who served, on a chronological basis.

“Since America felt it was important to build a memorial to the service and the ultimate sacrifice of her veterans, the Honor Flight Network believes it’s equally important that they actually get to visit and experience THEIR memorial,” the organization’s website states.

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Many times when military personnel leave active duty, they have plans for what’s coming next. They know that they will use the skills they learned in the military to go to work for someone else.

But sometimes, veterans want to go it on their own. They want to run their own businesses and be their own boss.

In this month’s issue of Veterans Life, we’re celebrating veterans who own their own businesses.

Contributor Luciano Marano outlines the programs that exist to help veterans begin their own businesses. He offers places to go to get business training and to get loans to start up a business.

Intern Michelle Beahm writes about Silverdale Upholstery and Canvas in Old Town which has been in the Weatherly family for more than 30 years. Brian Weatherly, a Vietnam veteran who served in the Army, started the business and now his daughter, Melissa Richardson, runs it.

And then there’s Todd Baylor who went from Marine sniper to hair snipper. Today, he is co-owner of one of Bainbridge Island’s most popular hairstyling hot spots, the Firefly Salon.

Reporter Seraine Page writes about Dr. T.L. Driver, a Port Orchard veteran, who has his own software business, Animal Intelligence Software, Inc. Veterinarians and others use his software to run their businesses. He is a Retired Senior Naval Officer, software programmer, practice manager, author and professional speaker/educator.

Although he never served, Ramesh Kumar is a business owner who honors those who have served by feeding them for free. He owns Gandhi Cuisine of India in Silverdale and on the last Monday of each month, offers complimentary meals to active duty and veterans. He does that because he believes in the words, “Support Our Troops.”

Also in the issue, Jessica Ginet has a profile on retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Graham Kent who served 31 years in the Army and spent time in Germany, India, Pakistan, Taiwan, Vietnam and Panama. He served in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam.

And there’s a profile in the issue on a very special woman, Lynette George. She’s the powerhouse behind the Kitsap County Blue Star Banner program. Those Blue Star and Gold Star banners that hang throughout Kitsap County are the result of many hours she’s spent making sure military personnel are appropriately honored.

As always, we would love to hear from you with your ideas and your stories. We offer any veteran the opportunity to write about a personal experience — humorous or otherwise — ­­ for The Bond column which we print each month. And next month’s theme is Liberty Call. So give us your best story of your time off while you were in the service. Just email us at lkelly@soundpublishing.com.

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Resources for aspiring veteran entrepreneurs

By Luciano Marano, Contributor Few dreams are more specifically American than the desire to start one’s own business. To build an enterprise from the ground up, to work in a field you are passionate about, to be the master of your own fate: these are the very foundations of the “manifest destiny” spirit that have brought so many people to the greatest country in the world, and continues to do so today.

There are even more options available to veterans who aspire to start a business, with many groups and organizations offering services and assistance.

To Business organization (www.boots2business.org) including online training in management, writing a business plan and even basic legal training.

According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website, the VA itself does not make loans or grants for the startup or expansion of a small business.

From their website: “Boots to Business is a program offered by the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University (SU) in cooperation with the SBA and is operated by SU’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF).

It is a three phase training program developed to introduce and train transitioning service members to business ownership.”

Instead, the Small Business Administration (SBA) is the specific agency that has been tasked with business financing and there are a variety of specialized services for veterans.

Veterans, perhaps more so than any other demographic, are acutely aware of this.

Many former service members enter the business world as entrepreneurs, bringing with them the skills and experiences of their military careers. According to the Washington Department of Veterans Affairs, there are currently 764 registered veteran-owned business in the state, 50 of them in Kitsap County alone.

Their website states: “On June 14, 2007, SBA launched a loan program for veterans called Patriot Express. The Patriot Express Loan, part of the SBA 7(a) small business loan program, provides financial assistance for veterans and members of the military community who want to establish or expand small businesses.”

Of course, starting a business is a big choice and a big risk, but there are resources available to those who think that it may be right for them.

The local SBA district office (800-827-5722) will have a list of lenders and specific requirements.

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Navy Federal Credit Union, perhaps the best known financial institution catering to military and Department of Defense employees, measures loan eligibility based on their “Five C’s” system.

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The SBA also recommends getting in touch with the veteran organizations in your area such as the American Legion or Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), that might know other local resources.

A good starting point for the aspiring veteran entrepreneur, even before applying for any sort of financial assistance, is the service guide provided by the Boots

The training actually begins during the Transition Assistance Program (or TAP) course, which is a requirement for all service members separating from the military.

Another similar program is the Veteran Business Fund (VBF).

This not-for-profit organization was created in response to the high unemployment rate among veterans and assists applicants by providing supplemental capital required to satisfy the equity requirements for a small business loan.

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to veterans in the form of a non interest bearing loan with very favorable repayment terms. More information can be found on their website www.veteransbusinessfund.org Still another organization helping vets start businesses is Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV).

They offer management and business training specifically to post-9/11 veterans with disabilities resulting from their service.

Their training is offered through a partnership with several educational institutions including Syracuse University, Florida State University, Texas A&M and others. More information is available at their website www.whitman.syr.edu/ebv/ There are as many resources available to veterans who aspire to become business owners as there are business opportunities in Washington state. With a variety of programs and organizations offering free assistance and the availability of financial aid there is no reason why any veteran who wants to should be unable to start their own business legacy.

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By Seraine Page Sometimes it takes a whole lot of praying before a decision can feel right.

And praying is exactly what Dr. Thomas L. Driver did when it came to the decision of making the move into running his own business.

Dr. Driver is the owner of Animal Intelligence Software, Inc. (AIS,Inc.), a Port Orchard-based software company. AIS, Inc. provides software products for veterinary medical, research facilities and universities nationwide and worldwide. Although the company has several clients in Washington State, the overseas need has been booming in places like Australia. The software is also currently used in Canada, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, Kuwait and throughout several European countries.

In 2008, Driver’s best friend, Michael Philbrick, owned the company, but was burnout and mentioned to Driver he was thinking of selling it or closing the doors. Driver, a Naval Commander, was up for a promotion to captain. After spending more than 26 years in the military, he prayed repeatedly about what which choice to make: stay in or get out and buy a business.

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“God gives you gifts, so you use them,” he simply said.”After much consideration and prayer, I decided that’s what I wanted to do.

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Lord said, ‘you need to get out and run your business’.”

He recalls how difficult the decision was at the time. The economic downfall was hitting hard, yet Driver was at the height of his career.

“I literally had to pray.

The economy was crashing in 2008,” said Driver.

“We were losing clients; I saw the company drowning.”

For someone who always planned to use his talents to the best of his ability--he once wanted to be a surgeon--Driver decided on a new pursuit where he could use his educational experience to bring a business out of a slump. The leadership skills he learned in both the Air Force and Navy helped him to move into working with a team on a new level. Although challenging--some employees quit right away--Driver remained determined to stick it out.

He has a Ph.D in Administration and Management and “holds professional certifications and qualifications in Healthcare Law, Human Resources, Conflict Management, Medication and Arbitration and Six Sigma,” according to AIS, Inc.’s website.

With military training on his side, Driver easily slipped into a role of the company’s leader. Most employers have a certain way of doing things, a protocol they like to follow.

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is to do things correctly, professionally and accurately, according to his staff. Of his 10 employees, half have served in the military, something that Driver believes is part of the natural laws of attraction. But even the employees who haven’t served in the military notice how straight-to-business and organized Driver is while running the company.

“I do notice there’s a commanding presence when he comes into the room,” said Rich Jones, an AIS, Inc. programmer.

“We’re not in the military here, but he’s used to saying something and getting it done.”

Jones has known about the company for a long time as he lives in Port Orchard and knew the previous owner. From what he’s seen, the company has improved vastly since Driver took the reins.

“We’re moving forward with a direction,” he said of company development.

“He communicates that to our clients.”

As a local resident, Jones is proud of the business and is grateful there’s a software company so close that he can work as a part-time employee.

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Baylor spent four years in the Marine Corps. He was an anti-tank assaultman before becoming a scout sniper.

“The name says it all,” Baylor said. “The sniper

But after pondering the decision, and spending some time in the hairstyling field, his path became very clear.

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“It’s like panning for gold,” Baylor said. “You go through all the silt until you find the nugget of gold.”

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“I saw him more as a mentor and big brother, in a sense,” said Jones. “I take his guidance and direction, so working for him is easy.”

Jones, who serves as Driver’s gatekeeper so Driver can focus on business matters, said he enjoys working for a former military man. Especially since the business he works for is unique to Kitsap County, where technology and software businesses are not as popular as they are in Seattle.

“In a sense, it’s kinda Microsoft,” he said of the business. If he were a local business owner, Jones said he knows he would feel more comfortable if he knew tech-support was right around the corner.

The personal assistant also has learned to keep his promises.

“To sum all of it up, I learned to be humble about the things that are put in front of me because there is a purpose for everything,” said Jones. “Therefore, you must be a man of word. If you say you’re going to do something, be sure you can deliver, because if you can’t then you lack

a salon the two worked at in San Francisco.

From there, the couple moved to Los Angeles — for further schooling — and eventually landed on Bainbridge Island.

Bronwyn was from the Kitsap area and the couple wanted to be close to family.

The hairstyling husband and wife have worked at various salons in the area over the past seven years.

Baylor has since became involved in the local theater scene, taking on roles for productions of “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Chicago,” “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and most recently “The Full Monty.”

While Baylor was enjoying a career as a local hair stylist, he was determined to break out on his own. He had a vision of a salon, all his own, run his way.

In November 2011, he and Bronwyn opened the Firefly Salon located at 271 Madison Ave. The salon offers hair styling, colors, pedicures, waxing and much more. It’s been received well by islanders.

“It’s going well so far,” Baylor said.

In fact, customers have to make an appointment weeks in advance to be certain to get a spot with the Baylors.

moral value in the eyes of others.”

Even when military members step back out into the public sector, there’s a huge amount of opportunity, Driver said. There are options for entrepreneurs willing to start a business, and there are more resources available now than when Driver left the Navy.

“Take advantage of them. Make sure you have a coach,” he urges. “You gotta take advice. Nothing is easy in business… to have a business is like anything else, it’s a gift.”

In addition to running Animal Intelligence Software, Inc., Driver is also owner of Panther Professional Services (a partnered company of AIS) and TLD Ministries, where he serves as a evangelistic preacher.

With his business expanding into other countries, Driver is thinking of longterm goals to keep the company thriving.

Originally, the business headquarters were in Silverdale, and now he is thinking of setting up offices in other states and possibly other countries. Growth is always the plan, he said.

“We have a strategy,” he said. “I could literally put my business anywhere…and that’s the good news.”

Silverdale restauranteur supports veterans with his tasty Indian cuisine

By Leslie Kelly Ramesh Kumar has never been in the military.

But Kumar supports the U.S. military every way he can.

Kumar is the owner of the Gandhi Cuisine of India restaurant at 9621 Mickelberry Road SW. He opened the restaurant and lounge in 2001 and recently decided that on the last Monday of each month, any active military member, veteran and their families can come and eat for free.

“Just about everywhere you go you see signs that say ‘Support Our Troops,’” he said.

“But just saying it is not enough. We have to do something more.”

As a businessman with a wife and three children at home, he’s not rolling in dough. But he decided that one thing he could do is share the talent he does have, and that’s his restaurant.

Kumar came to the United States from his homeland of India at age 16. He came from an upper class family and his father worried that Ramesh might be a target because his father was politically active. So he sent him to live with his uncle in Norway. Within a very short time, Kumar decided that living with his uncle would not work out, so he moved to Los Angeles.

There, he was on his own. He started washing dishes in a restaurant and remembers sleeping in a park, until he had enough money to rent an apartment. Within a few years, he was able to open his own restaurant.

He liked Los Angeles, but there was a lot of competition. A friend from Seattle told him he should open a restaurant in the Silverdale area because there were no Indian restaurants.

So Kumar decided to check it out.

“I was driving up the highway and all I could see was trees,” he said. “I thought my friend was

But soon he found the heart of Silverdale, near Kitsap Mall and found just the place for his restaurant. He moved his wife, who is originally from Virginia, and his one-year-old daughter to Kitsap and began making plans to open his restaurant.

Then September 11 happened.

“It changed everything,” he said. “People seemed to fear me.

Sometimes they would say things, and we had knocks on our door in the middle of the night.”

Kumar didn’t know what to do. He worried that opening the restaurant in an area where there was so much military wasn’t going to work, because of what happened on Sept. 11. He knew he wasn’t Middle Eastern. But he said, he was dark skinned and at that time, many Americans feared anyone who was foreign.

“I talked to my wife and thought about it very seriously,” he said.

“I knew I liked Silverdale and I knew there were very good people here.

So I decided to go ahead with my plans.”

He opened his restaurant a month later in October and has never

Kumar’s children now are ages 13, 11 and 6 and attend public schools in Kitsap County. He tries to spend as much time as he can with them, but the restaurant business is demanding.

And he often travels to Puyallup to work at Karma.

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“This city has always made me feel happy,” he said. “After many years of being here, I love it more and more everyday.”

In fact, the restaurant in Silverdale has done so well that he opened a second restaurant on Bainbridge Island in 2006, named Spice Route, and a third restaurant in Puyallup in 2008 named Karma.

“These are not like franchise places,” he said. “Each place has its

own chef and that chef makes each dish his own way.”

That’s why each restaurant has its own name, he said.

But his policy is the same at each. He wants the restaurants to support the local community. So, he offers the free military meals in Puyallup which is close to Joint Base Lewis McChord. And on Bainbridge, where there isn’t a lot of military, he offers special days when he gives half of the day’s

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He offered this advice to anyone new to Indian food: order Chicken Tikka Masala, a chicken breast marinated in yogurt and spices and cooked in a curry cream sauce.

At his restaurant, diners can get gluten free meals and vegetarian meals. Diners can get items made with cream or coconut milk. He suggested diners ask their server questions and tell the level of spice they are comfortable with.

But don’t skip the bread if at all possible. “We make our own and cook it in clay ovens,” he said. “It comes plain or garlic.”

Kumar himself never finished high school, although he has hopes of someday getting his high school diploma. As a fifth grader, his father sent him to join the military of India, but soon after his grandmother came and got him, telling him he was too young.

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“He’d never tried Indian food,” Kumar said. “He’d never even tried Chinese food. I asked him to join me. He had chicken and lamb with coconut milk. He loved it so much that that was all he ate for days.”

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“Sometimes my children say they would like to have me at home more,” he said. “But I try to help them understand that I am working hard so that they can have a good life. And I don’t mean things. I mean an opportunity to get a good education.”

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That’s because they think it’s all about curry and spices. “There’s so much more,” he said. “There’s such a long history to Indian food.

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Blue Star Banners bring tears to her eyes most places it was sponsored by cities. As a civilian budget official for the U.S. Navy, she knew there weren’t extra funds in the military or in the budgets of local cities to buy the banners. So she formed a nonprofit.

“It took a year and a half to get it going,” she said.

“But I was able to get a graphic designer to design the banners and I built a website.”

She applied and received four grants from the Kitsap County Foundation. Other donations just started coming in. The first banner went up in 2006.

To date, there are 250 Blue Star Banners hanging throughout Kitsap County honoring those who served.

There are 16 Gold Star Banners honoring those who were killed in action.

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Don’t talk to Lynette George about the Blue Star Banner program unless you can handle a few tears.

While many people can drive past Blue Star Banners throughout Kitsap County and not think anything about them, George knows all of them and the stories behind them.

George, a mother of two sons who served in the military, is the powerhouse behind the program.

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It began with a trip to California in 2005.

“My sons were both in Iraq for the second time

each,” she said. “My daughter-in-law and I went to California to visit a battle buddy (friend) of my son’s who had just returned. We planned a trip to take him to Universal Studios to celebrate that he was back.

“When we drove down his street to pick him up, I saw that the street was lined with these beautiful banners. I got very emotional and it hit me hard.”

After that trip to Temple City, Calif., she was determined to bring banners to Kitsap County, where she lived and where she had raised her family.

She researched the program and found that in

Each banner is 6-feet long and costs about $350.

The banners were originally hung in Silverdale and Bremerton, but the program has grown and now there are banners in Poulsbo, Port Orchard, Port Angeles, and are spreading to Port Townsend, Chimicum and in Mason County. Banners are traditionally hung in the cities where the military member grew up.

Blue Star Banners usually hang from three to five years, and sometimes the person who the banner honors will request to have the banner taken down once he or she returns from serving overseas, or their service in the military ends.

Gold Star banners hang indefinitely unless the family requests otherwise.

Since the program gained attention, donations have continued to come in and now there are annual fund-raising events to support the program.

Every St. Patrick’s Day, the “Beer Run” in Poulsbo supports the banner program.

And veterans’ motorcycle

groups have several poker runs throughout the year, giving the proceeds to the banner program.

George also discovered that many times, families of those serving want to sponsor and pay for a banner to honor their loved one who is serving.

Because of that, the nonprofit is financially stable, she said.

“We do come across times when a family wants to have a banner, but can’t afford it,” she said. “That’s where we come in.”

She also uses some of the funds to market the program through advertising, on the website and on Facebook so that everyone knows about the banners.

Photos of all the banners are on the website and family members are welcome to share stories on the Facebook page. Stories of those who are honored with Gold Star Banners are posted on the website.

For each banner, there is a story of a military member who served.

Among them is Sean and Allie Brazas. Their banner is attached to the power pole at the corner of Randall Way and Kitsap Mall Boulevard.

Allie has a Blue Star and Sean has a Gold Star.

“They didn’t grow up here,” George said. “But they served here and they met and were married here. Their banner hangs at that corner because they were engaged at Applebee’s across the street.”

Sean was a dog handler in the Navy and died from a gunshot wound May 30, 2012. The following January, his wife came to see their banner hung.

At the base of the pole where the banner hangs, sit flowers and ribbons and an American flag offered often by friends of the couple who still live in the area.

Another banner with a story is the banner that hung at the corner of Randall Way and Bucklin Hill Road. It was purchased by George’s family to honor Jeremy Seelig, a service member they didn’t know but who deserved a banner.

“It wasn’t until years later that I got a call from someone who said ‘I’m Jeremy Seelig and I want to know if I can have my banner.’”

Seelig had seen George’s truck which has advertise-

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Lynette George poses with Jeremy Seelig’s banner. ments on it for the banner program and jotted down her phone number. He thought his banner should come down because he had gotten out of the military.

She told him that he could have his banner and that it was her family that had sponsored it. He now is an EMT and works in the Bremerton shipyard and helps George promote the banner program.

“He’s such a wonderful person,” she said. “He helps watch out for all the banners and lets me know if there are any banners that have faded or have torn, so that we can replace them.”

Seelig said it meant a lot to have his banner hanging while he was in the service.

“Right before we deployed, they came to where we were and had us sign all the papers so that our banners could go up,” he said. “I was just a 20-year-old kid and I was scared. Somehow, it made me feel better that that banner would be there for my friends and family to see while I was away.”

When he came home and left the service, he decided that his banner should come down to make room for another banner of someone who was serving.

the program and get the word out for those who are serving, it’s just amazing.”

As for ladders and putting up the banners, that’s where George draws the line. She said Wave Cable hangs all the banners without charging the nonprofit for their work.

George’s sons, Christopher Weimar, 28, of Seabeck, who served in the Army, and Wayne George, 30, of Longview, who was a Marine, both suffered psychological and physical injuries at war. They both have service-related disabilities. But George, who served in the Navy from 1981 to 1985, considers herself lucky.

“My sons came home,” she said. “I’m just so lucky.”

She had an experience while they were away. A man dressed in a suit driving a black SUV came up her driveway while she was out raking her yard. She thought he was military and was coming with bad news, but he was just asking directions.

“I fell to my knees,” she said. “I thought ‘I’ve lost one of my boys.’ After that, I was just so appreciative of everything.”

Now he enjoys being a part of the banner program in Mason County.

It’s with that spirit that she says she will continue to make time for the banner program as long as military families want to have banners hung.

“Lynette is some woman,” he said. “All the time she puts in and all that she does to sponsor

To find out more go to www.Bluestarbanner.org. or Facebook and look for the Blue Star Banner page.

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she said. “The kids have all grown up here. It’s just made it a much more family-friendly business, and much easier, much less stress.”

And there’s great joy in working with your hands, she said.

“There is a certain amount of satisfaction of having a physical product that you have labored over,” said Richardson.“I enjoy the freedom and creativity portion of it. It’s creative production.”

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By MICHELLE BEAHM When Army veteran Brian Weatherly bought his upholstery business in 1977, it was just a small company in a small building in Old Town Silverdale.

Since then, in the 36 years that it has been in the family, the business expanded into another building and services offered have grown and evolved.

And four years ago, Weatherly officially retired and passed the business on to his daughter Melissa Richardson.

Weatherly. “A good part of it still is.”

“We started out fairly small,” said Weatherly. He still helps out on special projects.

But Weatherly said Navy contracts helped the business grow.

While the most common job they do is small patches and repairs, they provide many other services, such as upholstering boats, awnings, furniture and cars, Richardson said.

“The bulk of our work was for the Navy,” said

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But there is stress inherent in any job, especially for the owners of a business, according to Weatherly.

“If you think owning and running your own business gives you lots of freedom, it doesn’t,” he said. “You put in far more hours than if you worked with someone else. But you can do it your way.”

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“It was a difficult time, the late ‘60s,” said Richardson. “The military was still with him (her father), even if he wasn’t in it.”

“It was a strange time to return to civilian life,” Weatherly said.

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Kilmer looks to help vets After hearing veterans who have experienced discrimination when seeking employment, Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA) introduced H.R. 2654 the veterans and service members Employment Rights and Housing Act of 2013, a bill that would prohibit discrimination against veterans and service members seeking employment or housing opportunities.

This bipartisan legislation, co-sponsored by representatives Jim Renacci of Ohio and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, was also introduced last week in the US Senate by Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut.

“If you fight for our country, you shouldn’t have to fight for a job when you come home,” said Kilmer. “I’m proud to work at the federal level to ensure that military status isn’t used against anyone looking for a home or a job.”

Trade Center steel, Pentagon limestone ready for memorial Supporters of the Kitsap 9-11 Memorial are inviting members of the community to a Final Journey of steel beams from the World Trade Center and limestone from the Pentagon during a Sunday, July 28, ceremony.

The journey will include a a procession escorted by the motorcycle community from Legend Harley-Davidson in Silverdale to Evergreen Rotary Park in Bremerton. The memorial will be in the southeast corner of the park near the corner of 13th Street and Highland Avenue.

“Help us spread the word to your family and friends,” organizers said. “We encourage the motorcycle community to ride with us and the public to gather along the route to show your patriotism and support as we honor the victims and heroes of the tragic September 11th attacks by bringing these precious treasures to their final resting place at the Kitsap 9-11 Memorial site.”

Those that would like to join the procession should gather at Legend Harley-

Davidson, located at 9625 Provost Road NW in Silverdale, at 4 p.m. Starting at 5 p.m., the assembled group will prepare to transport the steel and limestone and will get underway at 5:30 p.m.

The route will follow Provost Road south to Newberry Hill Road where it will head east to Chico Way. The procession will then head south on Kitsap Way to 11th Street before turning left onto Highland Avenue and into Evergreen Rotary Park.

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“I was the only son of her son,” he said. “She wanted the family to go on and she feared I would die.”

His respect for the military came at a young age.

“Even when I was a child and saw soldiers

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The Kitsap 9-11 Memorial in Bremerton will include steel from the World Trade Center and limestone from the Pentagon.

in India, I wanted to shake their hands,” he said. “That stayed with me when I came to the United States.”

In fact, in Los Angeles, he spoke to a recruiter and hoped to join the U.S. military, but his health prevented that.

So now, as a U.S. citizen, with a wife who also is a U.S. citizen and his children who were born in the U.S., he considers

members of the military as people that should be honored in word and deed.

And I knew if I was going to live in America, I needed to be a citizen. I started studying.”

“When I decided to take my citizenship test, it wasn’t just something I did,” he said. “I thought a lot about it. It wasn’t just an exchange of papers. I knew after going back to India to visit that I didn’t belong there any longer. It is my home, but it’s not home.

He said living in the U.S. made him a “better human.”

“No one ever treated me badly because I was just a dishwasher,” he said. “In India, it wouldn’t be that way.

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“I’ll do it every month until I run out of money,” he said. “It’s what I can do to thank every person who is in the military keeping this country free.”

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Veterans Resources American Legion Post 245 Service Office Assisting Veterans every Thursday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

19068 Jensen Way, Suite 3A Downtown Poulsbo 360-779-5456 American Legion Post 245 General meeting every third Thursday at 7 p.m.

19068 Jensen Way, Suite 3A Downtown Poulsbo www.alpost245.org 360-779-5456 WorkSource Kitsap County Veterans representatives 1300 Sylvan Way, Floor 2 Bremerton 360-337-4767 jmckenna@esd.wa.gov

American Legion Post 149 4922 Kitsap Way Bremerton 360-373-8983 www.legion149wa.org VWF Post 239 Bremerton Post 190 Dora Ave Bremerton 360-377-6739 Meets at 7 p.m. second Tuesday of the month American Legion Post 172 7880 NE Bucklin Hill Road, Bainbridge Island 206-842-5000 Meetings are the first and third Fridays each month at 7:30 p.m. at the post hall.

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Vietnam Vet to speak at museum After two years aboard a submarine, tracking Russian listening stations disguised as fishing trawlers along the Eastern seaboard, Jim Freed transferred to the Navy Seabees so he could go to Vietnam.

While others fled to Canada to dodge the draft, Freed sought a transfer to fight in Vietnam.

“I’m from a family of German-Irish men that fought in every war,” said Freed, a Washington State University natural resources extension professor in Shelton, who will share his story during the 16th Annual Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day. The Aug. 3 event, free to the public, begins at 11 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial Museum in Chehalis. The event recognizes all who served during the Vietnam War era.

Freed, who grew up on an Ohio dairy farm, described his military enlistment as “a good chance to see the world.”

After graduating from high school, he worked on a farm for a year before enlisting in the Navy.

“It was that or milk cows,” said Freed, who has five sisters. “One of the reasons I went in is so I could get the G.I. bill.”

He attended boot camp at Great Lakes, Ill. “On the dairy farm in Ohio, I had to work at 5 in the morning,” he recalled. “Boot camp was easy; I didn’t

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get up until 6 a.m.”

After submarine school, Freed cruised near Florida aboard the USS Sea Poacher for two years, then enlisted in the Navy Construction Battalion and took nine weeks of training in California.

“Seabee basic training is the same as Marines,” he said. “When we were building a base or air strip, we provided all our own protection. We needed basic skills with weapons.”

In August of 1968, he shipped to Da Nang as part of the 3rd Naval Construction Brigade’s administrative command for all Vietnam. Freed worked in logistics, matching supplies with requests.

“So if the Marines wanted something — say, an air base built — they talked to the admiral and if he said ‘yes,’ then they came to our office,” he said. “The Seabees would go out and build it for them.”

Sometimes he protected Seabees building bunkers, sea huts or bases.

“Part of your life was being a clerk or personnel person or cook, and then you’re told to go out and do these other duties,” he said. “I fired my weapon. We were rocketed, and we took sapper fire.

It was a hands-on job.”

Because of his submarine experience, Freed held top-level military clearance

so he was flown throughout the country as a courier.

He described helping refugees, relocated from small villages, build toilets, grow vegetable gardens and learn English as “the best thing I did in Vietnam.”

He came home in November 1969, one of nine first cousins who served.

“In Hawaii they made us change to civilian clothes because we weren’t allowed to go through airports in uniform,” Freed said. “People would spit on you and throw things at you in Los Angeles.

“It’s really interesting to see the way people in the military are being treated now versus the way we were treated.”

Freed married and studied forestry at Ohio State University, where he earned master’s degrees in education and business marketing. He accepted the WSU job in 1977.

As special forest products agent, he teaches landowners growing mushrooms, Christmas trees, timber, floral greenery and other crops. He and his wife have a daughter and two grandchildren.

Freed served several years in the reserves and 12 years in the Washington State National Guard, and, he said, “I would do it all over again in a heartbeat.”

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