Whidbey Crosswind, December 26, 2014

Whidbey Crosswind The Puget Sound Veterans’ Monthly | JANUARY 2015

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SERVING WHIDBEY ISLAND’S VETERANS, RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL AND FAMILIES

On Base

Elite sailors, Marine of the year honored

By JANIS REID

Reconnaissance Squadron One and was unable to attend the event. His wife, Dawn Petersen, attended in his place.

Petty Officer Melissa Richard said she pushes herself to excel for her family.

“My whole work revolves around my family,” Richard said. “I try to set the right example for my children. … I excel for them.”

Sergeant Muro’s decorations include the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the Iraqi ISAF Medal.

Richard said she was “extremely grateful” for the award because she was competing against sailors from across the base. Richard is starting school in January in order to complete a bachelor’s degree in English so she can teach high school after she retires. Richard lives on North Whidbey with her husband, Joseph, and her daughters, Brianna and Chyla.

Richard, a logistics specialist, was named Shore Sailor of the Year this year by the Navy League of Oak Harbor and the Rotary Club as part of the sailors and Marine of the year awards program in December.

The Marine of the Year is Staff Sgt. Ray W. Muro, who is also with the Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit.

Richard has also been awarded with Sailor of the Quarter, Instructor of the Quarter and the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal.

Sea Sailor of the Year is Petty Officer Chad Petersen, an aviation structural mechanic who is currently on deployment with Fleet Air

“Petty Officer Richard’s personal and professional experiences in the Navy have

Muro resides in Oak Harbor with his wife Darce and their five children, Sammy, Allan, Darren, Ray Jr. and Laylah.

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Petty Officer Melissa Richard as the Shore Sailor of the Year, left, stands with Dawn Petersen, wife of Sea Sailor of the Year Petty Officer Chad Petersen, and Marine of the Year Staff Sgt. Ray Muro. led her to become a brilliant

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“She is the epitome of the Navy Core Values and uses them both professionally as well as personally. Her selection as Navy League Sailor of the Year demonstrates her commitment to the Navy and the future of every sailor.”

The award winners are chosen for sustained superior performance, leadership and

meritorious achievement well beyond the call of duty.

“The purpose of it is to make sure that these individuals are recognized, not only by their peers, by the community,” said Navy League President Butch Bailey. “We have really good people who are serving and doing the best they can. They want to give back, and the community is better for it.”

The ceremony was held in a packed room at the Officers Club and included many active duty personnel, community leaders and members of the Navy League and Rotary. Capt. Mike Nortier was in attendance, along with Oak Harbor Mayor Scott Dudley and Island County Commissioner Jill Johnson.

Petersen is pursuing an associate’s degree in emergency management through Coastline Community College, where he made the Honor’s List for spring 2014. Other awards include the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Military Volunteer Service Medal and Flag Letters of Commendation.

His off-duty time is spent with his wife and daughter in Anacortes.

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In response to this need, the WVRC connects veterans and their families with VA, local, state and national resources.

Mike Nortier joked about the tight quarters he experienced as a young sailor as he spoke during a ribboncutting ceremony for newly remodeled barracks at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station last month.

A peek inside one of the revamped units at Barracks 12 was eye-opening for the base’s commanding officer.

Each residence now features a kitchen, laundry unit and living room to go along with three bedrooms that house a total of six sailors.

“It’s really made it a home for them,” Nortier said.

“Instead of a bed and a place to hang your hat, now you’ve got a home.”

The $19 million project at Ault Field took nearly two years and was overdue for the four-story concrete masonry structure built in 1974, said Peggy McClary, installation housing program manager at NAS Whidbey.

There are no current plans to remodel any of the other 10 barracks, she said.

“It was time,” McClary said. “We have ratings for our buildings. It had one of the worst ratings.”

The design is a shift in the Navy to more apartmentstyle living quarters, improving quality of life for sailors.

Each unit was converted from four bedrooms to three, using the additional space for the kitchen, laundry compartment, living room and dining area.

“I think there is a plan in place to have future projects similar to this,” McClary said, adding that some have already been done at other Puget Sound naval installations.

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John came to Whidbey Veterans Resource Center to gain assistance in receiving Veterans Affairs compensation for his service-related conditions as his illnesses are severely worsening.

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Sailors Laqwan Frazier, left, Drake Doran and Blair Engel like what they see in the dining room of the newly remodeled, apartment-style barracks at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.

Bremerton-based general contractor Vet Industrial did the heavy lifting on the NAS Whidbey project, which also includes a movie room and game lounge in common areas and a large courtyard with barbecues.

More than 13,000 veterans live in Island County, the highest per capita in Wa sh i ng ton state. Veterans and their families continue to serve our communities in a variety of ways.

Architects even incorporated a historic feature in the design, preserving a solid steel door built on a tracking system that served as an entrance to a fallout shelter.

The door remains open yet is no longer able to move.

“Times have changed from the Cold War era,” Nortier said.

John and his family were in critical need of wood for their only source of heat, a wood stove. WVRC was able to connect them with resources to provide some emergency help. There was a delivery of wood the next day.

NAS Whidbey Commanding Officer Mike Nortier, left, cuts a ribbon during a Dec. 4 ceremony for the Barracks 12 remodel project at Ault Field.

As they have inside Barracks 12 units, where residents no longer have to leave to community areas to get a warm meal, do laundry or put their feet up and watch television.

“I walked in and was like, ‘Wow, this is nice,’” said Drake Doran, recently stationed at NAS Whidbey. “I took a video and sent it to pops.”

The 42 units are prized among the sailors who reside there.

“I like it a lot,” said Laqwan Frazier, staring into the kitchen. “There’s lots of

cooking space.”

Blair Engle said the rooms are larger and there’s more storage than at the barracks she’s stayed in.

“It’s bigger than any apartment I’ve had,” she said.

Some veterans are struggling. More than 2,500 are disabled. A high number suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Other service-related conditions include heart disease, brain tumors, diabetes, tinnitus and skin conditions. Many veteran families struggle and are barely able to meet their living expenses.

It is often difficult to obtain assistance with VA benefits, medical enrollment and treatment, individual, family and community support, housing, basic

WVRC services include assisting with VA claims by VSO on site, providing info and referrals and allowing disabled veterans to use the Oak Harbor pool free of charge.

The center also organizes the annual Stand Down event, which will be Aug. 1. There, we acknowledge and celebrate veterans and their families, offering food, clothing and access to VA experts who can advise on medical, employment and legal matters.

Weekly support groups are available for men and women at 5 p.m. Tuesdays and for women alone 5 p.m.

Mondays.

In these groups, we share our great days, memories, our sorrows, bad days, laughs, hugs and tears. We don’t guarantee to fix anything or make things better. It is a sharing place, and sharing has healing power.

We try to provide a place for vets to gather, get support, talk and to find out how to help each other and other vets and our communities.

The center is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays at the Bayview American Legion, 14096 Highway 525 in Langley.

All are welcome at the WVRC. n Patty Houts-Hussey works at the Whidbey Veterans Resource Center.

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Couple gives back with hand-crafted gifts

By KATE DANIEL

While Candy Lincoln’s little brother was serving overseas in the Vietnam War, the letters and taped voice recordings he periodically sent home were treasured by Candy and her family members.

Her father, himself an Army veteran, kept each most recent letter tucked safely in his shirt pocket until the next one would arrive, sometimes months later.

“He grew up really fast,” Candy Lincoln said of her brother who, eventually, returned home safely.

“We were the lucky ones,” she added, explaining that many families were not so fortunate as to see their loved ones return safely.

Candy Lincoln and her husband, Scott Lincoln, also a Vietnam War veteran, recently handed down their business, Lincoln

Computers, to their son and are now spending their retirement giving back to veterans and service members with hand-crafted gifts of gratitude.

Scott Lincoln crafts fine wooden pens by hand from a variety of woods, including holly and blackwood.

The majority of the pens are engraved with military insignia; each branch of the military is represented within his collection.

Scott Lincoln said his wife bought him his first lathe a few years back, giving him the idea to build pens as Christmas gifts for friends and family. With practice, his hobby developed into an art form, and he estimates that, by now, he has produced hundreds of the pens, most of which he gives away to service men and women and fellow veterans as a token of appreciation.

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a few of the writing utensils now and again and gives some to other pen turners for sale at auctions, but any profit gained from sales goes directly back into the business for purchase of materials.

At last month’s Veteran’s Day parade in Oak Harbor, the Lincolns handed out free pens to military personnel and veterans.

The couple also recently gifted one to a World War II Army veteran at an American Legion bazaar.

“He was overwhelmed,” said Scott Lincoln, recalling the elderly man’s surprised and appreciative reaction. “It was just great.”

Candy Lincoln sews quilts that she, too, gives away to veterans. She said she had heard about the Quilts of Valor Foundation, an organization that donates quilts to anonymous service members and veterans in order to provide comfort and healing, but decided instead to distribute hers to individuals she and her husband know.

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Candy Lincoln said she’s lost track of how many quilts she’s produced thus far, although her husband estimated she’s made several dozen.

“It’s a win-win for us,” Scott Lincoln said. “We get to enjoy our craft and enjoy giving them away.”

“I’m a very big believer

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“People don’t realize what they’ve done for us,” she added.

The Lincolns applauded the work of the Veterans Resource Center and said the organization has done a lot for veterans, everything from providing social events like bazaars and barbecues to offering haircuts and referrals to social and medical services.

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For the Lincolns, helping wherever possible has become an integral part of life.

“We’re always there,” Scott Lincoln said.

As for what community members could do to better

serve veterans, Scott Lincoln said that lending a helping hand and a listening ear is essential.

“Listen to them and see what they have to say,” he said. “They did a lot for us.”

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Pete Sill, who served for 20 years in the United States Navy, Vietnam and the Gulf War, presents the wreath in memory of Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action at the Wreaths Across America ceremony the morning of Saturday, Dec. 13, at Maple Leaf Cemetery in Oak Harbor.

Whidbey honors vets with Wreaths Across America

By KELLY PANTOLEON

On the morning of Saturday, Dec. 13, Oak Harbor Mayor Scott Dudley quoted the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan: “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.”

The Reagan quote fits with the theme of Wreaths Across America, which is “To remember the fallen, honor those who serve and teach our children the value of freedom.”

The Dec. 13 Wreaths Across America ceremony at Maple Leaf Cemetery was the first ever in Oak Harbor, but organizer John Burton said it won’t be the last.

“This is my way of giving back, and it will continue,” Burton said.

Before Dudley spoke, Charisse Waldron sang the National Anthem. Her stepfather and father both served in the military.

Wreaths Across America, which started at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, is an organization that honors veterans by placing wreaths on their headstones. The ceremonies take place on the same Saturday in December all over the country.

The organization makes the wreaths, and then volunteer truck drivers drive the wreaths to their designated sites.

Due to inclement weather and logistics, Burton said, 40 wreaths he was supposed to get were stuck in Kansas and didn’t arrive in time for Saturday’s presentation.

But the nine ceremonial wreaths did make it and were laid on wreath stands, donated by the Greenhouse Nursery in Oak Harbor.

One by one, family members of veterans placed wreaths in their memory.

Wreaths were presented for the Army, the Marine Corps, the Navy, the Air Force, the Coast Guard, the Merchant Marines, Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action.

There was also a wreath laid by a Blue Star mom, who has a child in the military, and a Gold Star mom, who has lost a child in the military.

The presenters for the Merchant Marines were Linda Mistler and Gene Reitnauer. Their father, High King Williams Jr., joined the Merchant Marines in 1945 and after a couple years served in the Army. He served as military police and met his wife in Berlin. In 1958, he was discharged because of 100 percent disability.

Reitnauer, who lives in Texas, said she wanted to come to the service as soon as her sister told her about it.

“I thought it was important to be here,” Reitnauer said.

“I thought it was a very nice turnout.”

The person announcing

the wreaths was Josh Lamb, a 24-year-old veteran who started ROTC in ninth grade and served in the Navy for two years, being medically discharged during flight school in Pensacola, Fla. Lamb’s father, grandfather, uncles and friends all served in the military. His mother, Laurie Crone, presented the Air Force wreath in honor of her father, Harvey Wiggins Jr., who served in Korea.

that it took him a long time to grow up.

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Crone said her father served as a town councilman, too.

“He was strict but loose. …

He was a great guy,” Crone said.

Burton, a friend of Crone’s, said many of his family members served in the military.

His mother, father, brother and two grandfathers, one of which was a Pearl Harbor survivor and passed away in 2000, all served.

Burton presented the Navy wreath in remembrance of his other grandfather, who served in the Navy Air and died last month.

Burton, who is currently a Patriot Guard rider, wasn’t always committed to honoring the military.

“I knew at a young age that the military wasn’t for me,” Burton said.

He said he “was the kid who wanted to do it on his own. I went down the wrong path.”

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After enjoying the challenges of a full career and traveling the world, Wendy Amtmann Wasik is now able to settle down in the idyllic town of Coupeville and raise her family.

Wasik is one of many retired military servicemen and women on Whidbey who’ve found a second life after leaving the armed services.

At only 45 years old, Wasik said she’s living the “spoiled” life of parent and community volunteer, all because of a 22-year career in the Air Force.

“He didn’t force his views on me or anything,” Wasik said, saying he didn’t tell her much about his time in the military until after she expressed an interest.

“I obviously grew up having military privileges, so I knew what it was like … seeing what kind of privileges were given to families and how people were taken care of.”

Wasik said when she was in high school, she decided she wanted job security and felt the military would give her a “sure job.”

“Air Force was the only way I ever considered,” she said.

“I get to spend time with my kids,” she said of her retired life. “That’s very fortunate for us.”

A 1987 Coupeville High School graduate, Wasik went to the ROTC program in the University of Washington with an Air Force scholarship.

Wasik is the daughter of another retired Air Force veteran, and she grew up with all the family benefits available.

“It was wonderful,” she said. “It really helped me go from a small school to a gigantic school.”

She said that around the time she started her pathway to the Air Force, they started cutting back on pilots. She was lucky, though.

“I was awarded one of two spots they were giving out at the time,” Wasik said.

Soon, Wasik was moving to Columbus, Miss., to begin her training.

“I quickly realized I was in a man’s world,” she said. “It was probably the best and hardest part of my life.”

When she completed training, Wasik was granted the opportunity to travel around the world and experience many different cultures firsthand.

Her deployments included Afghanistan, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan and more. She went to the Middle East a total of 13 times.

She also took part in the Air Force’s Project Crossbow, a joint UK-US intelligence

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Wendy Amtmann Wasik lives in Coupeville after a career as an Air Force pilot. analysis project, and switched to flying C-130 aircraft from the KC-135s she flew before.

She also met her husband, Donald Wasik, in the program.

“I like to tell people, we got married because we weren’t impressed by the fact that we were pilots,” Wasik joked.

Right after 9/11, she and her husband were deployed together.

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Since her husband had retired a year before, they opted to move back to Coupeville and ultimately ended up buying the house right next to Wasik’s parents’ home.

“I love this area,” she said.

“I’m probably as busy, if not busier, than I was when I was working.”

Wasik said that her career in the Air Force reinforced the close-knit nature of her family.

“Unlike the other services who recruit to get their four years out of a person and then move them on, the Air Force recruits for an entire career, so to do that, they have to take care of entire families,” she said.

“Unfortunately, it’s given us a kind of reputation for being spoiled rotten, which we are.”

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She said she retired at a good time, since her parents had health issues soon after, and her retirement enabled her to be with them during that time.

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“I told myself when I joined that I would leave when I was no longer having fun,” she said. “I was still having fun, I still had a fantastic time, but I realized that I had taken so much from my family. I wanted to spend time with my family.”

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The Kleinfelter brothers said their father served in the military, but he retired by the time they were old enough to ask questions. Their grandfather and stepgrandfather also served in the military.

Their stepmother, April Kleinfelter’s, father served in the Coast Guard, and she presented the wreath.

Corbin and Chance both go to Coupeville High School and eventually want to join the military. Chance said he wants to serve in the military to make his country and his family proud.

“I want to feel like I did something for the world,” Chance said. “I have a mission to know the world is at peace … one day.”

Corbin said he wanted to join the military “for exactly the same reasons he (Chance) said.”

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Call Circulation, 360-675-6611 The Island County Civil Service Commission announces it will immediately begin conducting a Continuous Examination Process using Public Safety Testing for Entry Level Patrol Deputy and Corrections Deputy Positions within Island County. Openings for are expected in 2015.

H.S. Grad or GED; Over 21 at hire, US Citizen, Read/Write English, Must Pass Civil Service Exams and Background Investigation. Females as a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) are encouraged.

Contact Chief Examiner l.meehan@ co.island.wa.us For information on examinations. Openings will be posted under Employment Opportunities at http://www.island county.net/ . l.meehan@co.island.wa.us

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REPORTER The Grays Harbor Publishing Group on Grays Harbor, Wash., has an opening for a full-time reporter with an emphasis on local sports writing. We’re looking for someone to produce clear, brightly written high school prep spor ts stories relevant to real people reading us in print, on our website and in social media. Ability to take photos is necessary, as is familiarity with social media.

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Notice to Contractors Washington State Law (RCW 18.27.100) requires that all advertisements for construction related services include the contractor’s current depar tment of Labor and Industries registration number in the advertisement.

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