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s the clock approaches 9, they begin showing up at a long table in the dining area. One by one, they arrive, grab a pastry, piece of fruit or cup of coffee and pull up a chair, hoping to settle in for awhile. It’s not just the coffee and goodies that entices them. Mostly, they come for the company and conversation.
Every Thursday, Oak Harbor’s Harbor Tower Village hosts an informal social gathering known as the Veterans’ Coffee Club for veterans to talk about whatever’s on their minds. On this day, seven veterans are on hand, representing four branches of the U.S. Armed Forces and conflicts that span a half century. There is a Pearl Harbor survivor from World War II and veterans from the Korean, Vietnam and Gulf wars.
They range in age from 63 to 92. Only one of them resides at the retirement community. The rest live elsewhere on North Whidbey but make it a point to try to make it to Harbor Tower Village as often as possible for the occasion to chat and reflect. The gathering is open to all veterans with only one requirement — good listening skills. “He likes to talk,” said Louis Muehlhausen, a
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Veterans Franklin Walls, left, David Guthrie and Steven DeAvilla share a conversation at the weekly Veterans’ Coffee Club meeting at Harbor Tower Village in Oak Harbor in late January. The group meets every Thursday from 9-11 a.m. It is open to all veterans. Marine Corps veteran, referring to Franklin Walls, a former Navy air crewman.
get to talk at home so we come down here,” Muehlhausen joked.
other veterans as well as those who experienced Vietnam like him.
“I talk too much,” Walls said flatly, poking fun at himself.
There is no shortage of humor and good-natured teasing, but there’s also a sense of needing to be there for others who still struggle with some of the difficult memories of war.
“I thoroughly enjoyed my time touring in helicopters,” Walls, 82, said. “I feel like I did something worthwhile.
Talking is what the gathering is all about. Sharing stories and experiences with those who can relate to them makes the meetings all the more valuable. “I think it’s just the camaraderie,” said David Guthrie, a former jet engine mechanic who spent 14 years in both the Air Force and Navy as part of a 40-year career in aviation. “There are friendships and a vast range of ages, history and different experiences. We’ve gone to different parts of the world.”
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Glen Vaughn, 81, said the people he’s met at coffee club meetings also have helped him make connections with other veteran organizations. He said he’s enjoyed hearing “war stories and real facts,” which drew a laugh from others. “They kind of get intermingled,” Walls said. Walls said he started attending the meetings a year ago to “swap sea stories” with
“I enjoy reliving old times. I kind of miss being out there for a little bit but not a whole lot.” For some, the meetings are therapeutic. Steven DeAvilla, a veteran of both Vietnam and the Gulf War, said he suffers from moderate to severe post traumatic stress disorder. When he arrived for the meeting, he immediately shared how he had been struggling lately with his issues. SEE COFFEE, PAGE 8
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y day, Rafael Guzman is a sailor stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. When he’s finished with that job, he comes home to another, his own video production company called RTA Video and Photo Productions. It’s not uncommon for veterans or spouses of activeduty personnel to start a business. Running a business while also working for Uncle Sam presents extra challenges. There are deployments and, when home, the potential for odd hours. Business owners may get a good network of clients established, only to be transferred to a new base. None of those issues seem to be slowing Guzman down.
Guzman, 36, and his wife and business partner, Toni, moved here in May from his last duty station in Connecticut. They knew they wanted to more seriously pursue the business and purchased new equipment in anticipation. Not long after they arrived in Oak Harbor, Guzman scored his first commercial with Island Sewing and Vacuum. Since then, his clients include the Whidbey Island Kite Festival, a local 5k event and The Handbag Consignment Shop in Coupeville. A promotional
video for his business featuring scenic shots of Whidbey Island nabbed more than 100,000 views on the internet. You can see samples of his work at his website at www.rtaproductions.com. “He was fantastic — extremely professional and helpful,” said Melissa Riker, an event organizer who hired him to film the 5K Resolution Run and Polar Bear Plunge in January. Guzman put in his own miles running up and down the race course, filming participants. Riker said she was able to post the finished product to social media and share with event participants. She said she has zero reservations about hiring him again. He films weddings, military ceremonies, commercials, music videos and the like. He can even create a “save the date” video — that’s a thing now — for engaged couples to share online with family and friends. He primarily handles the filming and his wife helps with administrative work. He estimates he puts in around 10 hours a week and far more with larger projects.
a knack for it. After high school, he filmed weddings and quinceaneras — a traditional Hispanic coming of age party for girls — as a side venture. “It comes naturally to me,” he said. “I enjoy the equipment and watching the final product. It’s another way to express yourself in an artistic way.” Guzman and his wife, who met in Montclair, Calif., have always been businessminded. They had their own business selling Kirby vacuums, but that failed when the financing dried up during the recession.
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In 2010 Guzman enlisted in the Navy and he’s served two deployments on a submarine as a sonar tech.
Rafael Guzman helps his daughter, Aurora, with a video camera. Guzman is an active duty member of the Navy and also runs his own video production company. Fitting jobs in with his Navy schedule also can be an issue. He works around it with careful planning that sometimes requires taking time off work well in advance.
The Guzmans are enjoying their new home but they didn’t anticipate the location might be an impediment for some clients. Guzman said he lost jobs in the Seattle area when clients found out he’s on North Whidbey.
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Military flyers invited to swap stories over lunch By Kari Bray Herald Writer CAMANO ISLAND — Bob Blank is rallying veterans who have taken to the skies for their country.
The Camano Island man is starting a new group on the island for former military pilots, no matter when they served, where they served or what they flew. He wants to start monthly lunch meetings where the pilots can stop by the Camano Center for a $6 meal and good conversation. The idea is based on a group Blank was part of in Prescott, Ariz., before he moved to Camano Island last year. In Prescott, up to 100 former pilots would gather each month at the local Eagles club and swap stories about their time in the service and their adventures since. It was a good way to meet people who already shared similar interests and insights. “These guys are pretty interesting and they usually have stories to tell,” he said. “You wouldn’t believe the stories you’d hear. Too many near-death experiences.” Blank, 81, is a former Navy pilot. He was stationed on Whidbey Island from 1957 until 1964, where he worked with the Heavy Attack Squadron. During the Cold War years, the squadron trained pilots, bombardiers and crewmen to be ready for long range nuclear strikes. “We flew all sorts of things,” he said. “We had some strange planes here when we were getting things going.”
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“These guys are pretty interesting and they usually have stories to tell,” he said. “You wouldn’t believe the stories you’d hear. Too many neardeath experiences.” Bob Black, former Navy pilot
on starting the pilots group. The first meeting is planned there at 11:30 a.m. March 17. The center is located at 606 Arrowhead Road. The plan for the first meeting is to have lunch and write up a list of initial members, then start talking about possibilities for the group’s future. It may be that people want to expand the group beyond pilots to include others who served in the skies, such as navigators and crewmen, Blank said. He’s also not sure how far reaching the group will be, whether it will draw only Camano Island and Stanwood veterans or if others may want to come from farther afield. He’s hoping to get a good-sized group, and asks that anyone interested call him at 425-210-7109. He plans to talk to other veterans organizations in the area to drum up interest, too. “I’ve still got to get ahold of the American Legion and borrow an American flag,” he said. “We can’t have our meeting without that.”
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By Debra Vaughn Most sailors earn enough in pay and allowances to get by, but it doesn’t take much — especially with junior enlisted sailors — to upset the delicate financial balance, said Elton Gifford, director of the Whidbey Island Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society.
That’s where the nonprofit can step in. “Unanticipated emergencies like car breakdowns, emergency leave and the like can overwhelm anyone, especially if they are living paycheck to paycheck,” he said. The nonprofit offers no-interest loans or grants in emergencies as well as counseling to help clients better manage their finances. The local chapter gave out nearly $600,000 in financial aid to 1,100 sailors and marines last year. Nearly half of this help was for basic living expenses such as food, rent and utilities. Whidbey volunteers also helped more than 70 times with emergency transportation for service members or their spouses because of a death or seri-
ous illness in the family. The Whidbey office also holds Budget for Baby classes for new and expectant parents. A visiting registered nurse was on hand to see more than 500 new mothers and their babies last year. On the Seaplane Base, the nonprofit operates a Thrift and Uniform Shop that served more than 5,000 shoppers. The society was chartered in 1904 to help widows and orphans of sailors. Today, the local chapter will help anyone with a military ID, including retirees. “We see a lot of people down on their luck,” Gifford said. The local chapter is holding a fundraiser through March. At this time of year, the services conduct active duty fund drives within the Department of Defense. But anyone can give. For more information, contact Gifford at 360-257-2728 or mail a donation to NMCRS 260 West Pioneer, NAS Whidbey Island, WA 98278. The local chapter also plans a fundraiser golf tournament at Gallery Golf Course April 22.
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Navy League welcomes new president By Debra Vaughn
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he Oak Harbor Area Council of the Navy League has a new president. Retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Steve Bristow will lead the organization, which supports and advocates for the Navy, Marines, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine at the local and national level. He replaces retired Capt. Butch Bailey.
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Bristow, a native of Tillamook, Ore., moved to Oak Harbor in 1987 and has since raised three children with his wife, Ranee, a teacher at Oak Harbor Middle School.
The Navy League also supports youth programs. Nationally, the Navy League is working on promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Locally, they support the Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps programs at Oak Harbor and Burlington high schools and the Sea Cadets.
Since retiring from the Navy in 2007, he’s remained connected to the military as a local civilian contractor for a large command on the East Coast.
Bristow didn’t volunteer for the job. A selection committee chooses candidates to lead the Navy League. Bristow said the organization’s membership represents “the who’s who of Oak Harbor” and he was humbled by the invitation to serve.
“I still enjoy making a contribution and working alongside our Navy’s great men and women,” he said.
“Hopefully, I will make a good fit, with aspirations to be a bit of an activist president,” he said.
The local chapter supports area sailors, especially at such events as the Veteran’s Day program, parades, the military appreciation picnic and the Sea & Shore Sailors and Marine of the Year Luncheon, in which the Navy League
His duties include representing the Navy League at the regional level and providing strategic vision for the
The Navy League is an international organization with more than 40,000 members. It does not represent any particular political affiliation.
“We believe there is a direct and tangible link to the strength of our country and the status of our sea services,” Bristow said. Anyone may join who has an interest in the Navy. The more than 300 local members include military retirees as well as community leaders and business people. Around 50 people usually attend the group’s monthly lunches, which feature a guest speaker. More information is available online at www.oakhar bornavyleague.org.
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Contaminated water at Camp Lejeune linked to diseases
By Sharon Salyer Herald Writer EVERETT — After enlisting in the Marines in 1979, Doug Jones spent time at Camp Lejeune, a 264-squaremile base camp in North Carolina.
He said he never tasted anything unusual in the base’s water during the four to five months he spent there between deployments. “But we drank a heck of a lot of it,” he said. “We would go on forced marches. You drink a lot of water. We always made sure our canteens were full.” Twenty-four years later, Jones noticed lymph nodes in his lower groin were unusually swollen. At first, doctors thought it was caused by a virus. “I don’t think so,” Jones remembers thinking. He asked for a biopsy of the lymph nodes. A few days later he was told he had follicular lymphoma, a type of nonHodgkin lymphoma where immune system cells often collect in the lymph nodes. Although he didn’t know it when he was diagnosed in 2003, Camp Lejeune’s water had been contami-
nated for decades with benzene, vinyl chloride and carbon-based compounds known as volatile organic compounds. Fifteen diseases and conditions have now been associated with exposure to the water, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma; esophageal, breast, kidney, bladder and lung cancer; multiple myeloma; kidney damage; female infertility; scleroderma; leukemia; miscarriage; hepatic steatosis, a liver disease; neurological and behavioral problems; and myelodysplastic syndromes, which disrupts the production of blood cells. National attention to a possible link between health problems and exposure to the base’s water first began in 2014. Both the Marine Corps and the Veterans Administration are continuing their efforts to spread the word that help is available for anyone stationed or working at Camp Lejeune between 1953 and 1987. Jones, 55, said getting more public attention to the issue was the reason he decided to speak out. “My main concern is there might be a lot of vets living on the West Coast who were
How to register People living or working at the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, from the 1950s through the 1980s were potentially exposed to water contaminated with benzene, industrial solvents and other chemicals. Fifteen health problems have been associated to exposure to the water. The U.S. Marine Corps is encouraging all those who lived or worked at Camp Lejeune before 1987 to register to receive notifications regarding Camp Lejeune Historic Drinking Water at tinyurl.com/dblejeune. Veterans enrolled with the Veterans Administration and sign up for the Camp Lejeune Program at www.va.gov/directory/guide. They can apply for benefits at www.va.gov/healthbenefits/apply. Call 877-222-8387 for information. stationed there and aren’t aware of this,” he said. “Let’s make it clear that vets need to be checked if they were stationed at Camp Lejeune.” Veterans connecting with other veterans are often what bring people to VA offices seeking help, said Dr. Stephen Hunt, the national director of post-deployment care who works in the organization’s Seattle office. Hunt said that the first step in getting help is registering at a Marine Corps website. “This is another way to bring veterans in for care,” Hunt
reimbursement. The federal Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry looked at a number of health problems among those based at Camp Lejeune during the time that the water was contaminated. The New York Times reported that Marines who had served at Lejeune were 10 percent more likely to die from cancer than fellow Marines who based at Camp Pendleton in California. Overall, 16 of 21 types of cancer were at least modestly higher among those who had spent time at Lejeune, the newspaper said.
said. If they’re not enrolled in the VA health care system, “we want to make sure they get enrolled,” he said. “They can be evaluated for Camp Lejeune or another exposure they have had.”
Since his diagnoses, Jones said his condition has progressed from stage 1 to stage 3 follicular lymphoma. So far, he hasn’t had to undergo anti-cancer treatments.
Veterans can automatically qualify for health care and can ask to be reimbursed for the costs of being treated for one of the 15 conditions associated with the Camp Legeune’s contaminated water. Jones said he drained all of his retirement savings — about $7,000 — to pay for medical tests to monitor his condition and is now applying for
Jones said he also regularly checks his lymph nodes for changes. “It’s a mental thing for me,” he said. “It stresses me out.”
“At this point, all they do is keep tabs on my bloodwork every six months and do CT scans,” he said. “It’s not to say it won’t metastasize into something else.”
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Now through March 20th, 2016 Oak Harbor High School junior Ashley Serna was named the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Boys & Girls Clubs of America Military Youth of the Year.
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David Guthrie, right, served as a jet engine mechanic in both the Air Force and Navy before going on to work 29 years and retiring from Honeywell International. He said he likes to attend Veterans’ Coffee Club meetings to catch up with friends and share experiences from military service with others. Next to him are Louis Muehlhausen, a retired Marine, and Glen Vaughn, who served in the Army. “One thing we all are proud of is we can all tell everyone thanks for your service,” Guthrie said.
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A five-person Search and Rescue team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island conducted a rescue mission on Mount Herman, near the Mount Baker Ski area, on Jan. 24. The crew launched early Sunday afternoon following an immediate assistance request from the Whatcom County Sheriff’s department to recover two skiers impacted by multiple avalanches in a backcountry area of Mount Baker. Upon arrival, the crew located both skiers, approximately 100 yards apart, at 4,000 feet. Based on the steep terrain, narrow valley, threat of subsequent avalanches and high trees throughout the area, the crew opted to hover at 90 feet over the first skier to send down the SAR medical technician. Unfortunately, the crew found that the first skier had died as a result of the avalanche and quickly moved to the next skier, who was seen moving
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convey the crew’s heartfelt condolences to the family of the deceased individual as well as best wishes for the recovery of the surviving skier. This was the second rescue of 2016 for NAS Whidbey Island SAR. In 2015, the unit launched on 19 medical evacuation missions, 11 searches and seven rescues. NAS Whidbey Island operates the only assets in the region that combine a one-hour or less response time coupled with high-rappel and hoisting capabilities and inflight advanced life support. The Navy SAR unit operates three MH-60S helicopters from NAS Whidbey Island as search and rescue platforms for the EA-18G aircraft, as well as other squadrons and personnel assigned to the installation. The base also has an agreement to assist Washington State with medical evacuations and search and rescue activities.
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