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Retired sailor hopes to leave a mark Fundraiser with a tattoo prize raises funds for DAV

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donation to a local charity could lead to a new tattoo from a true ink master.

Tickets to win a threehour tattoo from Austin Rose, who competed on the TV shows “Ink Master” and “Ink Master: Angels,” will come with each $10 donation made to Disabled American Veterans through participating businesses.

The Portland-based tattoo artist will be available at a meet and greet at Wicked Teuton Brewing Company in Oak Harbor from 6-10 p.m., Friday, Jan. 18. The event and fundraiser are the brainchild of Nick Ricci, an Oak Harbor resident who just happens to be close friends with Rose.

At age 18, Ricci moved from California to Portland, and Rose was the first person he met there. Rose offered Ricci a place to stay, helped him get a job and “we’ve been like family ever since,” Ricci said.

And 20 years later, Rose is willing to make the trek to Oak Harbor to help his old friend. He’s also enthusiastic about the cause Ricci has chosen.

“It’s an honor to do anything I can to be able to give back to the men and women who give everything for our country,” Rose said in an email.

Ricci worked with James Hart of Guild Mortgage to create an event to help the DAV, located at the back of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7392 on Goldie Road. Both men are Navy veterans, and Ricci medically retired in May 2018.

He’s benefited from the DAV’s volunteer services in case management.

“I’m able to go to them when I have issues with my pay or if I have questions

about what’s available to me,” Ricci said.

Muggs Monahan, commander of the local DAV chapter, said he enthusiastically agreed to anything that would increase awareness about the organization and potentially bring in money.

The all-volunteer group is working to save up for a new van, which it uses to bring veterans to appointments at the VA medical center in Seattle.

A lack of volunteers has reduced the number of veterans the group can serve. At its highest, the organization transported around 40 people a week to their appointments and now that number is down to eight.

“We’re still getting lots of phone calls,” Monahan said.

There will be information about the DAV at the meet and greet at Wicked Teuton.

Ricci wanted his first stab at a charity event to also support local businesses. He used to work with the brewing company owner, Terry Boese, who also happens to be a Navy veteran and is pretty passionate about ink.

“I was excited as soon as Nick told me about it,” Boese said. “I love tattoos. I don’t

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Front left, Nick Ricci sits with Muggs Monahan (back left) of Disabled American Veterans, James Hart (back right) of Guild Mortgage, and Terry Boese, owner of Wicked Teuton Brewing. The four are working together to create a charity event to raise money for the DAV by selling chances to win a tattoo from a famous tattoo artist. have enough tattoos.”

William Lloyd, an owner of Nite Owl Tattoo in Oak Harbor, is donating space for Rose to use when he gives the winner a new piece of body art.

Ricci said he wanted to use the event to showcase some businesses in town that peo-

ple might not be aware of or know much about.

“Everybody’s lives are improved if our businesses thrive,” he said.

Donation boxes will be located at the Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce, Guild Mortgage and Wicked

Teuton Brewing Company, which is located at the back of Whidbey Home Brew Supply.

Monahan will come every week to pick up the donations.

If the event is successful, Ricci hopes to do something similar every year.

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even though he, Ricci and Monahan served during different times, they all have a common goal.

“Our older brothers and sisters need some help,” he said.

“I’m looking forward to handing over ridiculously big check,” Ricci added.

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South Whidbey American Legion’s John Lutch named Volunteer of Year King of prime rib dinners also an outstanding veterans’ son

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John Lutch, known as the King of Prime Rib at American Legion Post 141 South Whidbey, has a new title.

The well-known cook is “state volunteer of the year,” proclaimed by the Washington chapter of the Sons of the American Legion.

Lutch’s award was announced last month at the state Sons of the American League convention in Cle Elum. A national organization, it’s comprised of male descendants of people who served in the United States Armed Forces.

“John is a dedicated volunteer week after week at Post 141,” said Jim Gardner, who nominated Lutch. “He does whatever is necessary to help our veterans. Everything from doing building repairs to cooking and shopping for food. He also performs

the duties of the Sons of American Legion Squadron 141 Adjutant and Finance Officer positions.”

Lutch is known for packing people in for his Thursday night prime rib dinners. His other personal favorites, fish and chips, chicken fried steaks and beef chimichangas, also bring in more than 100 people for dinners.

Better get there early when Chef John is wearing the Legion apron because food runs out by 7 p.m. or so.

“He does an outstanding job running the kitchen on a regular basis and presents some of his well-known recipes as specials during dinner time,” Gardner said. “He’s also up to cook for special events.”

A son of both a father and mother who served during World War II, Lutch learned to cook growing up on a farm near Black Lake, southwest of Olympia. Lutch

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time at Boeing, Lutch volunteered to help out around the old wooden log Legion building, finding a lot to repair and replace.

“I’ve always cooked at home,” he said. “My mother made sure both my sister and I learned to cook. We had 50 head of cattle so I grew up on steaks.”

Gardner figured out that Lutch put in more than 3,000 volunteer hours this year, shopping, preparing and cooking food three nights a week; cooking and cleaning for fundraisers; coordinating a college scholarship program;

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keeping tabs on the legion’s finances; and repairing mechanical equipment.

Lutch also kicked in about $7,000 of his own money to purchase a commercial refrigerator and freezer and a standby generator to use during power outages.

“I’ve been a member of the Sons for 30 years,” Lutch said.

“I first got involved out of respect for all the veterans and my parents.”

His father served in the Navy from 1937 to 1945 as a master chief during WW II

South Pacific campaigns. His mother served in the Marines Corps during the war as a clerk in Hawaii, he said.

“Both of them were very proud of their service,” said Lutch, who is 67 and recently retired as an engineer from Boeing after 44 years.

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“I’ve crafted the menu, changed a few things, added specials,” Lutch said of his American Legion dinners, which are available to members and their guests.

The fish and chips “secret” recipe was passed down to him from former American Legion chefs.

“That recipe has been on the scene 22 years,” he said. “The secret is just good beer for the beer batter.”

Lutch enjoys the feedback he gets for his cooking and the social aspect of the legion; there are about 80 men who count themselves as part of the Sons groups. The other three groups comprising Post 141 are veterans, auxiliary and the motorcycle riders.

“I know a lot of vets, their friends, family,” he said, adding modestly. “I kind of have a following on Thursday nights. The prime rib cuts are 14 to 16 ounces. Nobody goes away hungry.”

Gardner senses that Lutch is grateful for his parents’ many sacrifices and virtues, especially their military service.

“He does this in honor of his late father who was a Pearl Harbor survivor,” Gardner said. “He is dedicated to all of our veterans that have given themselves to our country and he wants to give back to them.”

By Warren Duffie Jr., Office of Naval Research

Diving in icy water is extremely dangerous to humans. Within seconds, arteries tighten, blood pressure and heart rate race and lungs gasp for air. After only minutes, hyperventilation strikes and arms and legs go numb — signaling the onset of hypothermia.

To protect U.S. Navy divers operating in freezing conditions, the Office of Naval Research, or ONR, is sponsoring work to design a wetsuit mirroring the insulating properties of animal blubber — allowing divers to swim in frozen waters for longer periods of time.

The work is being conducted by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They’ve developed a wetsuit infused with an artificial blubber layer that can triple the endurance time of divers in frozen lakes, rivers or oceans.

“This kind of research is especially important as more Arctic sea lanes open up and the Navy increases its readiness to operate in that part of the world,” said Maria Medeiros, a program

officer in ONR’s Sea Warfare and Weapons Department.

“Whether it’s special operations, search and rescue, or ship repair, maintenance and salvage, finding ways to increase divers’ time and effectiveness in the ice is a priority.”

The project is being led by two MIT professors — Dr. Michael Strano and Dr. Jacopo Buongiorno — and focuses on neoprene wetsuits. Neoprene is the most common material used to make wetsuits and is a synthetic rubber resembling a thick foam with numerous air pockets.

These pockets slow the transfer of heat from the body into the surrounding cold water.

Strano and Buongiorno found that by substituting air with various heavy inert gasses — which are non-toxic, don’t have negative chemical reactions and don’t burn or explode — they created a more efficient, artificial blubber layer within the wetsuit. This increased suit effectiveness in 10-degree-Celsius water from under an hour to multiple hours.

To do so, Strano and Buongiorno placed a neoprene wetsuit in a sealed, specially

designed tank the size of a beer keg and pumped the container with heavy inert gasses for several hours.

Laboratory tests showed the newly pressurized wetsuit kept its insulating properties for over 20 hours after treatment, far longer than divers usually spend in frigid waters.

The treatment also could be done in advance of a dive, with the wetsuit placed in a bag to be opened just before use. In such cases, the 20-hour countdown didn’t start until the suit was removed from the bag.

“The great thing about this research is that you don’t have to recreate neoprene from scratch,” said Strano. “You can take a wetsuit from a closet, pump the gas into it and transform it into a super fabric.”

The inspiration behind Strano and Buongiorno’s research stems from a conversation they had with Navy SEALs two years ago, when they participated in a Department of Defense science study.

The warfighters told the MIT professors about the perils of diving in icy waters and how they

urgently needed longer-lasting wetsuit protection.

Strano and Buongiorno examined diverse animal methods for enduring cold water — air pockets in fur or feathers (otters and penguins), internally generated heat (mammals and fish) or a layer of insulating material slowing heat loss from the body (seal and whale blubber). Their wetsuit design reflects the latter two methods.

While their laboratory tests and simulations have been successful, Strano and Buongiorno hope to test the wetsuit further during in-water demonstrations involving Navy and civilian divers.

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Veteran visits Vietnam Women’s Memorial Celebrating women’s achievements in Vietnam War

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Despite misconceptions, women served in Vietnam, alongside men.

They mattered, and they worked just as hard. That’s what Whidbey veteran Jill Johnson wants people to know.

Johnson, a Langley resident, recently returned from a trip to Washington, D.C. to visit the Vietnam Women’s Memorial at its 25th anniversary celebration.

“Lots of people don’t know.

They don’t even think there were any women at all in Vietnam,” she said. “There were 11,000 military women in Vietnam; many of them were nurses.”

The mermaid depicts three bronze figures. One woman is standing and looking for a rescue helicopter, Johnson said, the second woman is seated cradling a GI in her lap and the third woman holds the GI’s helmet in her hands.

“All of us (at the ceremony) were standing around the statue with candles and singing,”Johnson said. “It was a very powerful moment.”

The fact that the statue stands at all today is an accomplishment and hard-fought battle in itself.

“The story of how that came to be is quite amazing,” Johnson said.

Diane Carlson Evans was the person who first came up with the concept, after seeing monuments established for veterans but none that highlighted women’s achievements.

“She looked around and said, ‘where are the women?’”

Johnson said. “So, she decided to get something there.”

It took over 10 years, a path that faced resistance from the public, military and politicians.

Evans found an artist, Glenna Goodacre, to design the monument. On Nov. 11, 1993, their vision became a reality.

“The perception, even in the military, was that there weren’t very many women — that if there were any, that there were only a few of them,” Johnson said. “It was only when women veterans stood up and said ‘wait a minute’ … They didn’t give up.”

At the anniversary, veterans shared stories of courage, inspiration and friendship.

I knew women like that…The statue shows the grit that kept them going.”

She met a man who was moved to tears, finding the name of his friend inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

But they had good times too, Johnson added.

She had her own names to locate.

She’s glad the sculptress was able to capture the essence of what the young women did, she said.

“One woman who spoke talked about how the memorial helped her return to sanity,” Johnson said. The veteran had faced shrapnel injuries and witnessed death, but she had “stuffed it down,” eventually becoming suicidal before recovering.

“I remember finding out about my commanding officer’s (death.) You don’t have time to grieve, you just keep going,” Johnson said. “And I’ve lost other men too … you have work to do, so you stuff it and you keep going.”

But that grief is expressed in the statue, and even despair, Johnson said, and it shows the exhaustion women faced working 12-or 15-hour days constantly.

“There’s no false bravery; it’s just this raw emotion and grit.

“Oh my goodness, we had great times. So, it was fun to relieve all of that.”

“And most of us were very young,” she said.

Johnson was in her mid20s when she signed up for the military. She was a middle school teacher in California, and while she loved it, she had always wanted to travel.

She saw an advertisement from Army special services advertising open posts in Europe. But by the time she interviewed, those posts were filled.

“Then,” Johnson said, “she talked about this place called Korea. She was frank with us; she said this is a hardship post,” Johnson said. “This is not going to be glamorous. But you’ll have plenty of money, lots of possibilities, you’ll have a real chance to test your own skills and endurance.”

“If that sort of thing appeals to you, give it a shot.”

Johnson said she thought that sounded neat, so she signed up.

Johnson served for a year in Korea and a year in Vietnam, first as a program director of special services and the latter year as service club director.

The service clubs were places for the men and women to “get away from the war,” Johnson said. They could play pool, instruments, write letters home or sit and talk.

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In Vietnam, her job was to build a service club at one location for the first time.

The skills she learned in those two years have served her well throughout her life, she said, including how to make something out of nothing.

Her most recent trip to the Women’s Memorial was done at the request of a colleague and friend who couldn’t attend.

“But I was going for myself too,” she said. “I feel very strongly about that statue. It means a lot to me.”

“There was initially a lot of resistance to that statue… but now there’s a great deal of affection.”

She wasn’t in uniform, but many people asked her if she was a veteran and thanked her for her service during her visit, which touched her, she said.

“When we first got back, there was a great deal of negative stuff going on. I was called a baby killer,” she said. “But that weekend, it was a totally different picture…it brings a kind of closure when people acknowledge that A, you were there and B, you did something useful.”

The weekend was special because it was dedicated to women, she said.

“We did work, we faced some of the same dangers and stresses that the men did, we did something useful,” Johnson said. “I think its important that people know that.

“And that statue communicates that beautifully, without a lot of grandstanding or fanfare or blowing trumpets or any of that stuff.”

“It just says, ‘We were there.

We served too.’”

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2nd Friday Nonfiction Book Group, 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m., Coupeville Library. Enjoy reading nonfiction? Bring a friend and join the discussion of “Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea’s Elite” by Suki Kim. Supported by Friends of the Coupeville Library.

WEDNESDAY JAN. 9 Oak Harbor Library Board, 2 – 3:30 p.m., Jan. 9, Oak Harbor Library. The Oak Harbor Library Board meets quarterly.

Meetings are open to the public.

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Literature & Laughter Book Group, 6:15– 7:45 p.m., Jan. 9, Coupeville Library. Share your love of reading with this lively group on the second Wednesday of each month.

This month, join us for a discussion of any book about South America.

Citizens’ Climate Lobby Monthly Meeting, 9:45 a.m.–12 p.m., Jan. 12, Roost building, Pacific Rim Institute, Coupeville. https://citizensclimate.org/ STARS Training Series: Art to Learn, 10 a.m.–12 p.m., Jan. 12, Coupeville Library. 2 STARS credits. Registration required.

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SUNDAY JAN. 13 Whidbey Write-In Group, 1–5 p.m., Jan. 13, Coupeville Library. This group is focused on the act of writing. Fortyfive minutes of quiet writing, followed by a fifteen minute break, repeat. Soft jazz will be playing, coffee and tea will be provided. www.sno-isle.org

DAY JAN. 14 Ready Readers Baby & Me Storytime, 9:30 –10:30 a.m., Jan. 14, Coupeville Library.

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Healing Circle for Caregivers, 1-2:30 p.m., Jan. 14, Healing Circles Langley. This healing circle is a nurturing, supportive place where anyone who cares for others can have time to care of yourself and share with other caregivers. An ongoing bi-weekly circle, drop-ins welcome.

THURSDAY JAN. 17 Ready Readers Preschool Storytime, 9:30–10:15 a.m., Jan. 17, Coupeville Library. Let imaginations run wild with fun books, sing-along songs and creative activities that prepare young minds for the adventures of reading. For ages 2 to 5 years.

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There were tears even before the ceremony began.

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Bellecy, 96, was applauded by his family, military members and fellow residents of Chateau Pacific, the Lynnwood senior facility where he lives. He received the medal Nov. 14 after the Consulate General of France in San Francisco sent a letter saying he’d been appointed a Chevalier (Knight) of the National Order of the Legion of Honor.

“It is a sign of France’s infinite gratitude and appreciation for your personal and precious contribution to the Allies’ decisive role in the liberation of our country during World War II,” said the letter signed by Emmanuel LebrunDamiens, the Consul General of France in San Francisco.

Bellecy’s memories of his U.S. Army duty in Europe and North Africa have faded. “Gee whiz,” he said at the ceremony, when Donald Wischmann, quartermaster for Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2100 in Everett, pinned the Chevalier medal on his shirt.

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The younger Bellecy applied for the medal using his father’s military records.

Bellecy’s son said his father, a high-speed radio operator, was part of the 12th Army Group, 302nd Signal Battalion. He served from March 1943 until March 1946. Service records list battles and campaigns he participated in: Northern France, Normandy, Central Europe, Rhineland, and the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign.

“My dad and uncle and aunt used to do a San Francisco radio show. He learned music by ear,” the younger Bellecy said.

Overseas, that radio experience was put to use. The American soldier worked with British forces and with the French Resistance, transmitting radio messages intended to confuse the Germans, his son said.

Back home in California in 1946, he married his longtime sweetheart. They had dated for seven years. Peter and Lorraine Bellecy had three sons, Ernie, Ronn and Peter.

He worked designing windows for apartment buildings.

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To be eligible for the medal, living veterans of all United States branches of the armed forces must have fought in at least one of four main campaigns of the liberation of France — Normandy, Provence, Ardennes or Northern France — between October 1943 and May 1945.

An application form is submitted to the closest French Consulate, along with service records.

In June 2014, on the 70th anniversary of the Allied invasion, the French president announced that the distinction would be awarded to all veterans who fought for France’s liberation in World War II. At least 4,020 veterans have been decorated, according to Matthias Carette, with the French Consulate in San Francisco.

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For his contribution to Allied efforts to liberate France during WW II, Peter Bellecy, 96, receives the French Legion of Honor medal Nov. 14. Presenting the medal and pinning it to Bellecy’s shirt is Donald Wischmann, quartermaster of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2100 in Everett.

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