JHN-Salute to Veterans November 2018

November 11, 2018

A Special Section Honoring America’s Military Veterans

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Alan Force offers programs for veterans

By Allison Selk

Shaw Media Correspondent Army National Guard veteran Luis Flores came home injured after a deployment in Iraq and, in those dark times, spent three years in his basement isolated from the world as he drank and smoked his days away.

Flores spent 10 years in the military and went to Iraq in 2003 and 2004. Since his injuries, he has undergone nine surgeries, and, when he could no longer exercise at all, his weight and unhealthy lifestyle took a toll on his body and mind.

He learned about the Healthy Minds Healthy Bodies program and joined.

“As a soldier, you keep yourself healthy with weights and running, and, when I couldn’t do that anymore, I became depressed. I heard about the program and learned how to exercise just using my body. The trainer focused on different techniques to exercise without hurting myself,” Flores said.

“I went from 285 pounds to 210 pounds in two years.”

A former employer called Donna Sebok, a stay-at-home-mom with a history in therapeutic recreation, to help serve injured veterans, and, after success, she branched off and began the Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies program under her Allen Force organization in 2012.

Sebok said she did not come from a military family but once she began this work stories surfaced. She later learned her father, who died when she was young, was in the military. She named her organization after her him — Allen.

Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies has operated under Allen Force as a free program for injured veterans through licensed fitness centers throughout the United States.

The program offers personal training sessions, monthly networking opportunities and memberships with a PT partner to promote fitness and healthy lifestyles. Sebok said this program has served 2,000 veterans and families in seven counties in Illinois and four states.

Sebok said the program offers

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New Allen Force Adaptive Veteran Fitness professionals Carrie Henry (right) and Nikki Lewis (left) demonstrate an option for a simulated assist for Brianne Spans (center) with a transfer to a platform for an exercise routine during the Allen Force Serving Injured Veterans Workshop.

the bridge between military and civilian life, a time when some veterans can suffer from depression because of the transition.

“Veterans need to reconnect with other people who have served and reconnect with direction and mission in their lives. Life with jobs and family for so many can be disjointed, they can work together to see how civilian life works,” Sebok said.

It helps to heal the veteran and family in a holistic manner. Sebok said they all have to adjust to a civilian way of life. The organization also provides opportunities for veterans and families to en-

a health, fitness and recreation theme.

“We do activities in (the) community to bring families tighter along with the vets. It works because the veterans have the same military mind set, understand post traumatic stress disorder triggers, and, if they have a moment, they have other veterans around them who understand,” Sebok said.

Flores now dons a tattoo on his neck with the Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies logo.

“A combat veteran is never completely healed, but the program helped me out of that vicious way of seeing life and develop a

my mind, I was able to cope with other veterans and know I was not the only one.”

Allen Force expanded its programs, and She Force was designed to empower women, whether a veteran, wife or mother of a veteran. Sebok said this was a way for women veterans to connect with other women in similar situations in an organic way — through activities like meditation, home décor, she spaces, belly dancing, art therapy and retreats.

Army veteran Shavone Allen said when she researched veteran

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gym memberships, she found Allen Force and She Force.

She signed up for a yoga retreat.

“The yoga was a way to socialize and get your mind off bad or good. It gave us tools to utilize at home as well. We did yoga and painting, we created masterpieces; it was unique,” Allen said. “This gave me tools to utilize myself and with others.”

Vet Rec, another Allen Force program, allows veterans and family to engage in activities like ice fishing, sky diving, camping, movies and paintball. Sebok said these activities provide challenges and camaraderie.

Vet Tank, the last program through Allen Force was added when Sebok noticed some participants were not able to participate in an activity because it was too taxing on their bodies. Electric all-terrain wheelchairs were purchased through grants, which provide the veterans with some independence.

Sebok said the veterans who utilize her programs have found connections within Allen Force. She said she was blessed to be able to open doors for the veterans to find a connection and re-engage in life.

LEFT: Veteran Shavone Allen (left) and Lisa fluid paint with Safe Haven professionals in Chicago at a She Force mini retreat.

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Shaw Media Correspondent Ralph Sherman gave 10 years of his life to the United States Marines, and, upon his return to civilian life in 1960, he turned around and began to give back to the communities in which he lived.

“I came to Joliet as a Marine recruiter in 1959 and auditioned for the Kiwanis show. So many of the members were involved with props, tickets, stage hands and in the show, I made friends,” Sherman said. “I joined the Kiwanis in 1962.”

Now Sherman can be found once a week at the Jacob Henry Mansion in downtown Joliet with a gavel in hand, as he runs the Kiwanis meetings as president of the club.

While veterans give over their civilian livelihood to serve our country, many come back and continue to serve in the communities in which they live, either in a

Marine veteran Ralph Sherman is the president of the Joliet Kiwanis club. He left the military in 1960 and joined the club in 1962. He said his military training taught him to never leave a buddy behind, which is how he feels about his community.

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veterans group or civic service.

“It’s important for everybody to give back. When you go into the military, people go in for a variety of reasons, and once one exits, giving back to the community we live in and help each other is an important part of society and human existence,” Army veteran John Collett said.

Collett wanted his career as an Army ranger to be a life-long career, but after nine years, he was wounded and medically retired.

He and two other Army rangers, Clay Othic and Dale Sizemore, collectively began an organization called the Three Rangers Foundation.

Collett said he found a need within himself for veteran support through the transition process.

The Three Rangers Foundation was a stepping stone into further community service for Collett.

He has branched out and now works with the Veterans Assistance Commission of Will County, Army Ranger veteran John Collett (right) picks up homeless packs from Jeff Eberhard. Collett, who started micropantries and teamed up the Three Rangers Foundation, has branched out from his foundation to focus on the homeless in the county. with Jeff Eberhard with homeless outreach. (photo provided)

“I want to help, not just veteran homeless in general, but do what society needs me to do. When I see homeless, it reminds me of the beautiful gift given being in this country and wonder what made them homeless and how I can work to get them off of the street,” Collett said.

During his missions to bring food and packages to the homeless, Collett said he may talk to a veteran or civilian, but that does not matter, because he could not simply ask a homeless person if they were a veteran, and if not, walk away.

“When I go under bridges, I talk and listen to stories. I can’t say I’ll talk to you, but I will help this homeless veteran. There are a lot of homeless, I don’t know if they are a veteran or not. Am I just going to walk about with my bag and gift cards if they are not a veteran?

It’s not me to judge who they are,” Collett said.

Sherman and Collett agreed the reason veterans give back was due to their training received in the military.

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“The Kiwanis was an opportunity for me to help another, which was ingrained in the Marine Corps. We worked on the buddy system and, in combat, took care of each other. In a combat situation, we would never leave a buddy if we could help them. I want to do that for the people here, who are less fortunate,” Sherman said.

Sherman said the Joliet Kiwanis group’s contributions mostly center around children and works with Big Brothers Big Sisters, YMCA, Salvation Army, Court Appointed Special Advocate, and within a course of a year up to $15,000 from fundraisers goes back into the Joliet community. The group also leads service projects within the city.

Collett said he plans to move forward with his homeless work because service to country and humanity is a life-long process.

“In the military, we are very focused when we have a mission statement. Some people already say we have given enough, but serArmy Ranger veteran John Collett began Three Rangers Foundation after he was medically retired from the military. Now, he has focused on the homeless issues in the vice is for a lifetime,” Collett said.

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Veterans find new home at Joshua Arms

By Allison Selk

Shaw Media Correspondent Navy veteran Mary White said housing was ever-changing in her life, as she lost her father when she was 25, entered the military and then came home and had to switch life goals to take care of her sick mother until her mother’s death.

Now, White has a stable place to reside at Joshua Arms Senior Residences and, with coordination of veteran services, no longer has to choose between buying food or paying her bills.

“Here, I don’t have to hustle for pocket change. I have a social case worker who helps me find programs to fit my needs,” White said.

After her father died, White knew she needed to focus on her future. The then-college student needed financial assistance, so she enlisted in the Navy in 1976.

When she arrived home in 1980, she studied to be a paralegal in hopes to become a lawyer, but when her mother fell ill, she had

to refocus to take care of her.

In her early 50s, she lost her job as a paralegal and became a tax preparer for 10 years, until she was 62. When her roommate was hospitalized, she had to find another residence and began to live in senior housing, where she also worked as a dog walker. White said she lost her job and income at her residence and did not know where to turn because she could no longer afford the high cost of living.

She learned of Joshua Arms Senior Residences through her hairdresser and looked into the Lutheran Social Services of Illinois residence. Rent for White was to be based on her annual adjusted income, and, with social workers on staff, she could look to find other funds for support.

Amy Hall, a social worker with Joshua Arms Senior Residences, said she works monthly with the Will County Veteran’s Assistance Commission, and 14 of the veterans in the residence visit the WCVAC monthly for items like rent assistance, Aldi gift cards for

Joshua Arms Senior Residences, located in Joliet at 1315 Rowell Ave., is a part of the Lutheran Social Services of Illinois and offers affordable housing to seniors. Will County veterans groups have worked with social workers at the residence to find housing for local veterans. groceries and electric bill assistance. Hall said not every veteran at Joshua Arms Senior Residences qualifies for the WCVAC assistance, but it’s been a huge help for those who do.

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and food.

“My faith in God and all of the hard work I had done over the years helped me through it,” White said.

Hall said she also works with Tom Deegan, a case manager with the Health Care for Homeless Veterans program, on placements at Joshua Arms Senior Residences.

“Joshua Arms is safe, secure, extremely clean and very proveteran. We had one guy who was living in a terrible place, which was then condemned by the city.

He had not seen a doctor in 35 years, now (he) looks like a new person. He was in a destitute situation with a risk of dying,and now he’s better,” Deegan said.

Deegan said he works with Joshua Arms Senior Residences because there are many senior residences, but some tend to have higher costs that veterans cannot cover.

Hall said the partnership with Navy veteran Mary White has found a home at Joshua Arms Senior Residences in Joliet. White worked with the Deegan, McNichol and the veterresident social worker to find veteran financial help through the Will County Veteran’s Assistance Commission. ans placed at Joshua Arms Senior Residences has been positive deserve all of the assistance they have seen a lot and been through and continues to grow, as long can get. I make sure if they quala lot, now they need a comfortable as there are apartment housing ify for something they get it belife. All of our staff loves to work options. cause they deserve it,” Hall said. with seniors, and we consider “These people are our veter“We love our seniors, and they ourselves one big family.” ans who served our country and

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In 2014, McNichol had a veteran who moved into Joshua Arms Senior Residences, and, at that time, she had never heard of the housing residence. She called Hall, met with her and toured the location. From then on, she would send veterans in need of housing over to Amy and ask her to give tours.

McNichol said most facilities do not employ social workers, but those positions have proven crucial for residents, especially veterans, because social workers act as a bridge between the service organizations and the veteran.

“Social workers are crucial.

The veteran can get confused on rent and bills, and, with Amy, she identifies the veteran and can call me and tell me if there is something going on, and I can talk to the veteran with the same message. The veteran stays housed and makes it to doctor appointments and VAC appointments,” McNichol said.

White said Hall had visited her before she moved to Joshua Arms Senior Residences and talked to her about the services through the residence, as well as the connection with the WCVAC and its services for rent, bills, medical

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Veteran shares stories of serving in the Army

By Allison Selk

Shaw Media Correspondent Pat Cihalski and her brother Raymond John Connors recently looked over old family albums of photos of generations of ancestors whom served in the United States Army.

“We were all Army,” Connors said.

The siblings could go back in their family tree to their grandfather Patrick Connors, who fought in World War I. The two did not know much about his service, but their father Raymond William Connors fought in World War II in some of the same places his father had fought in WWI. Connors said there were a few stories he remembered from his father’s days in the war, but mostly his father mostly wanted to separate civilian and military life. One of the most vivid stories was about his father’s job to clean out Dachau concentration camp.

“He said the men were constantly throwing up. They had to separate bodies that were decomposing together. They would pull them apart, and the stench was so horrible from the rotting flesh,” Connors said. “They found mass graves where they (Nazis had) dug, shot and threw the bodies into the graves.”

Connors said in 1977 he went with his father to a reunion, and a colonel told him he was very fortunate his father came back alive.

During the Battle of the Bulge, the men were given orders to start the tanks every two hours because of the cold; Connors told of the story he heard at the reunion.

“No one wanted to be the lead tank, and the guys for the lead

tank of the mission didn’t start their tank every two hours. As they went up the hill, the tank kept quitting, and my father was to take the lead over the trail position, and the first tank took over my father’s position. The tank that took over my father’s position was taken out, and all of the men (were) killed. The colonel said my dad missed dying by 30 seconds.”

On a sunny October afternoon, the siblings sat around the dining table of the Connors’ home in Shorewood and told stories about their childhoods. Connors said his father did not meet him until he was over 2-years-old. Shortly after their father’s return to the states, Jan. 19, 1946, Pat (Connors) Cihalski was born on Dec. 15, 1946.

They spoke of how their mother and father valued the Catholic faith and made the 10 Commandments a way of life.

Even though they had a lineage of Army servicemen in the family, when it came time for Connors to enlist, he kept it a secret from his Raymond John Connors of Shorewood (left) and his sister Pat Cihalski of Joliet looked over old family photo mother. albums, which held photos of their grandfather who served in World War I, father from World War II and photos “The day I was to leave, I put of Connors, who served in the Army from 1963 to 1966. undies and socks in a bag. My mom asked me what I was doing, and I said Marvin and I are going away for the weekend, taking a trip to Louisville. As soon as I said that, you should have seen the expression change on her face, and then asked me if I was going to Fort Knox,” Connors said.

As he looked back, he said five men went into the military at that time, and he was the only man who came back in one piece.

He and a buddy, Marvin, enlisted for three years, 1963 to 1966, because they knew if they volunteered, they could pick their stations.

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did not know much about his stateside service except he was a supply clerk in Fort Riley, Kansas. The siblings also had a cousin named Don Hatter, who was in the Army and a prisoner of war for 27 months in North Korea. Connors also has a grandson, Patrick Adams, who was in the Army from 2012 to 2016.

Cihalski said she was proud of her long line of family veterans.

“Our family going back to my grandfather believed in this country and wanted to fight to defend it,” she said.

Connors said he just wanted to do his part, like his father and grandfather. “I’m proud of my family’s custom to serve our country.

Also, mother (Edna) and father were good civic leaders and did good for our community.”

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Connors said he wanted to go into the military police. On Jan. 20, 1964, Connors floated on the USS William A. Mann via Pearl Harbor and went from Japan to Korea to train at Camp Casey. He then spent 13 months in Korea. He said the ride there was awful, and singer Frankie Ford was on his top bunk on the boat.

“I didn’t know when I heard that song we would be going on a ‘Sea Cruise’ together,” Connors said he told Ford.

After the Army, Connors worked for the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, Hodgkins Police Department and then spent 36 years with the Chicago Police Department, 25 of those years were spent as a homicide detective.

Other service members in the family included Cihalski’s husband Gene Cihalski, who was in the Army from 1963 to 1965. She said she

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LEFT: Army veteran Raymond John Connors of Shorewood, now retired from the Chicago Police Department, looked at photos of himself as a military policemen in the Army from 1963 to 1966. RIGHT: Army veteran Raymond John Connors of Shorewood holds a picture drawn of his father, Army veteran Raymond William Connors while he was at Camp Wildflecken in Germany during World War II.

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