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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

C8 — Bob Stadelman and Cliff Ellyson of the Lynden Veterans of Foreign

Wars Post 9301 work with property owner Ed Timmer to return a huge

American flag to its home at the former Cost Cutter site at 19th and Front

streets in Lynden.

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Local group still packing boxes for local troopsAbout six times each year, Whatcom Homefront sends care packages

The 2011 packing for Christmas delivery will take place on Nov. 21 in the VFW hall in Bellingham. — Courtesy photo

Tim NewcombTribune assistant editor

WHATCOM — Actively deployed troops from Whatcom County get a box full of home at least six times each year, thanks to the work of Whatcom Homefront. The local nonprofit group volunteers its time and resources to pack and send care packages to troops serving in conflicts across the globe, and the biggest shipment — for the Christmas season — happens in less than two weeks. Tammy Bengen, the group’s vice pres-ident, said Whatcom Homefront stays ac-tive in keeping a mailing list of locals serv-ing in Iraq and Afghanistan, or anywhere else the U.S. is engaged in a conflict. And, thankfully, the list of those serv-ing in a conflict area has dropped in recent years from over 100 boxes sent each pack-ing to now just about 35. The next packing will take place on Monday, Nov. 21, in the basement of the VFW Hall in Bellingham. It is there on State Street that Whatcom Homefront vol-unteers set up the packing in assembly-line style. While the group takes no stance on specific conflicts, it does choose to sup-

port the “individual service member by ex-pressing our utmost appreciation to them for their commitment to serve their coun-try just as their forefather did who came before them.” Each packing session brings together the nine Homefront board members and generally about 20 relatives of the troops being supported. Bengen got involved in the group, which was founded in 2003, when her son, Bradley Gates, was serving in Afghanistan and she joined a packing line as a fam-ily member. Now, as a board member, she wants to continue to extend the apprecia-tion. The largest package of the year coin-cides with Christmas and includes pillows and even a sealed pack of fresh fir tree branches (with lights) to give them “a little bit of everything,” including the smell of the holidays. Routine items include everything from beef jerky and Starbucks coffee to phone cards so they can call home. “We could not have accomplished what we’ve done without the support of community members, businesses and

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Jerns Funeral Chapel has a military museum that will be the final stop of Friday’s road rally. — Ferndale Record | JEFF STUDEBAKER

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FERNDALE — Veterans, their families and supporters will gather for a fun day motoring out on the roads this Veterans Day, as a car and motorcycle rally heads out from downtown Ferndale. Leaving from Main Street and Third Avenue at noon on Nov. 11, the rally will wind through Whatcom County’s idyllic country roads on the way to Bellingham, where a short memorial will be held at the Jerns Military History Museum. Organized by Jerns museum cura-tor and funeral chapel owner Brad Bytnar along with intern director Robert Parsons with the support of Ferndale businessman J. Manuel Reta, the event is slated to be a day of family fun in support of the men and women who sacrificed so much for the sake of their country. “There are so many veterans who par-ticipate in car shows or motorcycle rides that we felt this was an appropriate man-ner for them to honor those who fought for our country and those who died in service,” said Bytnar. The idea for this event stemmed from a Memorial Day celebration that Bytnar was involved in when he was in Eastern Wash-ington. “We put on a huge military exhibit in Spokane with antiques and parapherna-lia that stretched from the present day all the way back to the Civil War,” he said. “As many as 4,000 people would come every year for a neat time and to show their sup-port for our veterans.” Bytnar originally planned to reproduce that Spokane event in Whatcom County. However, with other events already captur-ing the limelight on Memorial Day, Bytnar thought it better to reschedule. “With Ski to Sea and all the events that surround it, we decided that Veterans Day would be a better time,” he said. The Veterans Day rally is not necessar-

Car and motorcycle enthusiasts hit the road from Ferndale Friday in a show of support

ily exclusive to big bikes and classic cars — everyone is welcome to participate in whatever vehicle they care to bring. “Of course, the cooler, the better. But anything that drives on the road is just fine,” he said. “Initially we thought of it as a motorcycle rally, but with the unpredict-able weather this time of year, we decided that cars should be an option too.” By not limiting the type of vehicles, the organizers are expecting a larger show of support. “It’s all about remembering veter-ans, making a fun family event out of it, and sharing stories,” Bytnar said. Manuel Reta, a Vietnam veteran, un-derscored the importance of this event and others like it for those who went to war for their country and returned, and for the families and loved ones of those who did not return. “This event should bring all people to-gether in unity and understanding, for the price that was paid and is being paid by our military men and women,” he said. “Free-dom has a price.” Reta is himself a decorated Army veteran of Vietnam, where he fought as an infantryman in the America Division and “walked point man” – a military term meaning to assume the first and most ex-posed position in a combat formation. He praised the 2011 rally format, say-ing that since the one-hour route will take the rally through much of western What-com County, it can bring the show of sup-port past the doors of those who need to see it the most. Although the rally itself will start at noon, participants are invited to gather for a special breakfast from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in Ferndale at either Babe’s Place at 2038 Main St., or Chihuahua’s Family Mexican Restaurant at 5694 Third Ave., where maps of the route will be made available before the rally. Starting at 11:45, cars and motorcycles will be assembled at Chihuahua’s behind lead cars in groups of up to 50. From down-

town, they will proceed west on Main Street, bear left onto Douglas, and depart Ferndale heading south on Imhoff Road. From there the rally winds out into the Lummi Reserva-tion toward Lummi View Drive and Goose-berry Point, where the route then follows the shoreline back toward Bellingham. The route enters the city through his-toric Old Town and ends at the Jerns Mili-tary Museum inside the Jerns Funeral Cha-pel at the corner of James Street and Sunset Drive. When participants reach the chapel, they are invited to enjoy museum exhib-its of authentic military relics from major campaigns dating as far back as the Civil War. Curator Bytnar said the museum dis-plays include memorabilia such as uni-forms, medals, photographs and news-paper clippings from all branches and

multiple wars. A remembrance ceremony honoring veterans will start at 2 p.m. and will include military honors, a playing of taps, talks about veterans and their sacrifices, and a special memorial to the veterans of the Vietnam War. The museum will be open before and after the service. Bytnar said he has notified biking and motor organizations all over Western Washington and has received an enthusi-astic response. “We sent out the email blast two weeks ago and already the word has spread like wildfire,” he said. “We’re prob-ably going to have to make this an annual event.” For more information about the rally and the memorial service, call Jerns Funer-al Chapel at (360) 734-0070. Email Jeff Studebaker at [email protected].


would like to thank the men and women in our community who are serving and have served our country in the armed forces.

other organizations who have graciously donated their time, money and servic-es,” Bengen said. “We thank each one ofthem.”

Anyone interested in helping provide specific items for the boxes can email [email protected] to obtain a list of desired items. For those looking to make a cash donation — the shipping of an average box costs $40 per box — can send checks to Whatcom Homefront, P.O. Box 32328, Bellingham, WA 98228. Bengen said that while they are thank-ful there are fewer and fewer soldiers serv-ing away from home, the group wants to ensure it isn’t missing out on anyone and asks for names of Whatcom County-relat-ed troops be sent to the above email ad-dress.

It isn’t a requirement for Whatcom Homefront recipients to be living in What-com County. Sometimes a close friend or relative wants to adopt the service person and adds them to the list. For more information, visit whatcom-homefront.org. Email Tim Newcomb at [email protected].

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Veteran George Drake scoured archives to help create the tribute BELLINGHAM — Photographs from the Korean War showing the interaction of American soldiers with the war children of Korea are on exhibit in the front room of Exit Realty, 1419 Cornwall Ave., Bell-ingham. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Veterans Day Friday. “GIs and the Kids - A Love Story” con-tains 36 panels of photographs. It was cre-ated by George Drake and Al Zimmerman of Bellingham. Drake is a Korean War veteran who witnessed the aid U.S. servicemen and women gave the children. He put togeth-er the exhibit from material he located in the U.S. National Archives, the archives of the Pacific Stars and Stripes in Tokyo, Ja-pan and in the archives of organizations that worked in Korea during the war years. Some of the photographs were taken by Drake while serving in Korea in 1952 and 1953.

“You have to teach our young men to aim a gun at another human being and shoot to kill. You do not have to teach them to solace the crying child, feed the hungry

Korean ‘GIs and the Kids’ photo exhibit showing in Bellingham

child, take the injured child to a medic or find shelter for the homeless child. That comes with being American,” Drake said. “This photo exhibit should make ev-ery American proud of their servicemen and women who take the best values of American culture with them when they serve overseas,” Drake said. “Our forces in the Korean War have been called ‘the Army of Compassion.’ The exhibit tells us why this term is so appropriate.” Korean War veterans do not have a traveling wall such as the Vietnam veter-ans do, but they do have this emotionally moving traveling photo exhibit, he said. Drake will be present at the exhibit from 2 to 4 p.m. daily to answer any ques-tions about it and the Korean War Chil-dren’s Memorials in Bellingham and in Korea. This exhibit first showed at the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas with Hollywood stars Jane Russell and Terry Moore serving as mistresses of ceremonies. Korean War veteran and astronaut Buzz Aldrin was the keynote speaker. Also, servicemen who had saved the lives of over 1,200 children were in attendance. At its first showing in Korea, in the new City Hall of the Metropolitan City of Gwangju, it generated extensive national press and TV coverage.

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center in Lynden LYNDEN — The Lynden Lions Club and Lynden Community Center hold their annual Veterans Day din-ner this year on Thursday evening, Nov. 10, in the community center, 401 Grover St. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the traditional Thanksgiving-style meal is served at 6:30 p.m. The dinner is free to all veterans and $6 for all oth-ers. Reservations should be made by calling Lions Barbara and Gord Sund at 922-0864 by Nov. 6. This event usu-ally maxes out the building capacity of 220 each year. The program honoring veterans of Lynden and Whatcom County will be led by Mary Styer and George Van Achte.


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which a scout must complete before attain-ing Eagle status, revolves around leader-ship. There’s an unwritten rule that dictates a scout must put 100 hours into his project, which isn’t necessarily a hard requirement. The scout must simply show leadership inthe completion of his project. Morgan estimates he put about 200 hours into this project, and the end result certainly demonstrates the hefty amount of leadership he poured into the memo-rial. The first major task, of course, was ob-taining a cannon. Morgan had originally planned to get a cannon from Virginia, but the price was quite steep. “I’m a Civil War reenactor, and I was at a reenactment down in Oregon. They suggested a foundry in Idaho. They throw away a lot of (cannons) because they don’t meet the requirements. They have to x-ray all of them.” For safety reasons, cannons used in Civil War reenactments must meet mini-mum requirements as determined by x-rays. Cannons that meet these require-ments are often sold for around $4,000.

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Cannons that fail to meet these standards are sold for the price of the metal used to build them, which totaled around $800 for Morgan. One of Morgan’s friends is a trucker, who happened to be taking a load over to Spokane in mid-September. Morgan enlist-ed his help, and they picked up the three-inch ordinance barrel from the foundry inCoeur d’Alene, Idaho. “We brought it up and we dumped it off into the city workyard that’s locked up,” Morgan said, “and we prepared the area, and then set the barrel when we poured the rest of the concrete. We called Cowden and they brought in a cement truck and ev-erything, and we poured about 7.5 yards of concrete.” Morgan intends the project to be a monument to the veterans of Whatcom County. He has several friends who are serving in the military right now, and knows a number of veterans of wars past. Morgan was close friends with Spc. Aaron Aamot of Custer, who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2009. “I wanted to pay my respects to all the men and women who served,” Morgan said.

Morgan, who lives in Sumas, hopes to enter the U.S Border Patrol after he gradu-ates from high school. “It’s something that seems pretty fun, something right down my lane because there’s a lot of backcountry jobs in the Bor-der Patrol,” he said. Email Brent Lindquist at [email protected] also helped Morgan as he put in at least 200 hours on his Eagle Scout project. — Photos | BRENT LINDQUIST AND WILLIAM MOR-

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A huge American flag was returned Sat-urday to the 95-foot flag pole at the for-mer Cost Cutter site at 19th and Front streets. The cooperative job between Lynden Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9301 and property owner Ed Timmer took about 10 people holding the 30-by-20-foot flag (right) while Timmer turned a lanyard crank to hoist old glory into place. (Top, above) Bob Stadelman and Cliff Ellyson with the VFW work with Timmer, center, to hook up the flag. This is the restored flag that flew while Cost Cutter operated from 1992 to 2007. Timmer’s Lynden Mar-ket Square Co. donated the flag. — Lynden Tribune | CALVIN BRATT

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LYNDEN — The last three years, local school bus drivers have organized a care package collection for local military mem-bers serving overseas. For this Christmas season, the effort will be led by a local stu-dent. Lynden senior Natasha Campbell said she was unsure what her senior project should be and she considered some other options before settling on this. When it was offered to her, the idea of coordinating and leading the effort ap-pealed to her based on previous letter-writ-ing projects she had helped with, as well as her friendship and connections with several military families. Campbell’s own father is a veteran of the U.S. Navy Seabees. The family also spent time in the Middle East while he worked for Chevron Phillips and made many of those military acquaintances that Natasha val-ues. Campbell said the biggest challenge of the care package effort is not collecting

School bus driver effort, in its third year, is always in need of fresh, accurate addresses

all the goods and goodies but rather find-ing enough local service members to send them to. Bus driver Martha Kooiman, who helped start the effort in 2008 while her son Nic was serving in the U.S. Army, said the first few times posed such a challenge in gathering enough names on the ever-chang-ing list of recipients that the organizers held some boxes over or donated them to other organizations like Whatcom Homefront. Campbell said the effort to find names this year is helped by some online resourc-es, but the best means of finding people is mainly through word of mouth or from the families themselves. Along with the goods being sent in the boxes, local students are being recruited from schools to write letters to those serv-ing in the military. Campbell said she knows how much letters can mean to service men and wom-en, who can lead a very lonely life while on duty overseas. “You can easily forget that you have

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KIRKLAND — Sherra (Jensen) Grass-er, a native of Lynden, says “it just happened” that she got involved with Operation Iraq-Afghanistan: The Spirit of Christmas. Grasser is a friend of Ruth Ann Young, who started the soldier support organization in 2003. And now in the busy time around the holidays, Grasser is Young’s assistant in whatever needs doing in the all-volunteer ef-fort. The cause was born out of a desire to show appreciation and support to the soldiers in action as the Iraq and Afghanistan wars put American men and women into combat. It is supported entirely through donations of time, merchandise and dollars by compa-nies, organizations and individuals in the United States, according to the organization’s website. Over the past seven years, 62,000 indi-vidual care packages have been sent over-seas for delivery to the troops on Christ-mas Day. This year, however, the focus will shift to the families and children of military personnel here on the home front, says Young in a letter to supporters.

Lynden native active in Seattle-area military families’ supportSherra Grasser helps Operation Iraq- Afghanistan deliver the spirit of Christmas

For giving ideas, she suggests that people could probably ask any children they know what they would like to get for Christmas. Or here are some tips: (up to 12 years) $10 gift cards, bibs, rattles, bathtub toys, coloring books, crayons, arts and crafts, notepads, chapstick, toothpaste, tooth-brushes, Hot Wheels, sports cards, Legos, bracelets, headbands, ornaments; (ages

Theatre event honors veterans through musicMount Baker Theatre hosts Friday concert for seventh yearMark ReimersTribune reporter

BELLINGHAM — Whatcom County veterans will be honored for the seventh straight year at the Mount Baker Theatre during the Musical Salute to Veterans. The show, set for Friday, Nov. 11, will honor six local veterans that have been nominated for their outstanding service by their fellow veterans. The fam-ily-friendly production will make use of photo slides, narration and song. The musical production, as in the past five years, has been arranged and will be directed by Mark Kuntz, a mem-ber of the Western Washington University theatre faculty. Kuntz said the most profound part of putting together the program each year is the amazing people whose compelling stories he gets to tell. So compelling and interesting are the personal stories of the six veterans, Kuntz said, that the main challenge is con-densing them down to 20 minutes each. In some cases that has meant sorting through five hours of of interview tape in order to highlight the major experiences as well as keep the big picture intact. The program is set to live music per-formed by local artists. This year, those artists include the vocal ensembles Mount Baker Toppers and Tears, keyboardist Bobby Lee, guitarist Geoff Morgan and country singer Taryn Cross. Kuntz selects the songs based on in-put from the veterans, who always have memories of the music that makes up the soundtrack of their military lives.

13 to 18) $10 gift cards, earbuds, water bottles, sweatbands, team sports T-shirts, notepads, gel pens, dental supplies, funky knee socks, hair care products, teen maga-zines. The all-volunteer organization is based in the Seattle area, where Grasser has lived for 16 years after graduating from Lynden High School in 1989. But through arrangements by her fa-ther, Robert Jensen, Dave’s Sporting Goods store in Lynden’s Fairway Center will be a donation point for children’s items for The Spirit of Christmas. Donations must be received by Nov. 15. The children’s items will be stuffed into stockings on Nov. 18 in the Totem Com-mercial Center of Kirkland. The Seattle area has at least 12 dropoff locations. The effort is listed online as a minis-try of Cedar Park Assembly of God. Youngoperates The Spirit of Christmas store indowntown Kirkland. Other churches and many businesses are involved as well. Young reports that for the new 2011 homefront emphasis, she has received a commitment of several pallets of toys from supplier Mega Brands and also chocolatebars from regional maker Brown and Hal-ey. All of which means that perhaps the greatest need now is for Christmas stock-ings to hold all the goodies. “Are you the crafty kind? Do you own a sewing machine? Do you know a group that is looking for a holiday service project? We must fill lots of Christmas stockings for the military families that have loved ones serving on front lines of Afghanistan this year,” Young says in her letter. For any offers to make stockings, Young can be contacted at 425-885-0796 or Sherra at [email protected]. Cash donations may be made via the website at www.operationiraq.org. Since Operation Iraq-Afghanistan: The Spirit of Christmas is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organi-zation, donations are tax-deductible. Email Calvin Bratt at [email protected].

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LYNDEN — The annual Veterans Day service at Lynden’s Centennial Park will start at 11 a.m. on 11/11/11, said Cliff Ellyson, commander of VFW Post 9301 of Lynden. As is customary, the local Boy Scouts will present the colors, bagpipes will be played and a 21-gun salute will be sound-ed. This year’s guest speaker is Jessica McGee, Mount Baker High School gradu-ate and Iraq and Afghanistan war vet-eran. A wreath will be placed this year at the park’s monument in honor of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. Tradition-ally, wreaths have been placed on the memorial to commemorate veterans

people at home who care about you,” Camp-bell said. “To get something in the mail is a big boost from the whole community.” In addition to getting local school kids in on the act, Campbell said, her grand-mother has been helping get her friends from her Bellingham church to help write as well. The deadline for getting supplies boxed

up is Thursday, Dec. 8, as the shipping will take place on the following day, Campbell said. Requests for assistance have been add-ed to school newsletters, Campbell said, along with contact information. To nominate a local service member, email Campbell at [email protected] or call 223-9318. Email Mark Reimers at [email protected].

Veterans Day service set for 11 a.m. on 11/11/11 at Lynden park

from World Wars I and II and the Korean and Vietnam wars.

Safeway hosting Veterans Day event this Friday LYNDEN — Safeway will honor all veterans, including the three on staff at the Lynden store, during a public event at noon on Friday, Nov. 11. The local VFW Honor Guard will pres-ent the country’s colors. Safeway will also have a cake on hand.

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The result is a program that is so po-tently patriotic that even those who aren’t always prone to be stirred will likely feel a few chills of their own. Tickets are now on sale for $24, $18 and $15 plus applicable fees on the theatre web-site. Go to www.mountbakertheatre.com.

The Musical Salute is presented by the Ron Davenport Memorial Chapter 165 of Vietnam Veterans of America with sponsorships and donations from various individual contributors. Email Mark Reimers at [email protected].

Salute: Music from wars pastContinued from C10

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and gratitude. We are proud to offer this special section to

honor those men & women who have served our country!

Please Remember to say “Thank You” to a veteran.

Andgar CorporationBob Wallin Insurance Inc.Bode’s Electric & Plumbing

Bode’s PrecastBowman Masonry & Stucco Inc.Bumblebee Children’s Essentials

Calman IndustriesCentral Tax & Accounting

Chicago Title CompanyDiana’s Ultimate Truffles

Dr. Ronald D. Dahl, DDS,Ferndale Family Dental Center

Edward JonesGood Steward Funerals - Lynden

Grandview Sign & AwningHeartfelt Massage

Int’l Graphic & DesignJohn Kamrar AttorneyKeith Cox Autobahn

Laserpoint Awards & PromotionalsLen Honcoop Gravel Inc.Les Schwab Tire Center

Louis Auto GlassLyndale Glass

Lynden & Bellingham Frame Works

Lynden Family ChiropracticLynden Manor

Lynden Paint & Decorating CenterLynden Vacuum & CellularMaple Leaf Auto Body Inc.

Multop FinancialNicole L. Terpstra Attorney PLLCNooksack Valley Building Center

Olson Family ChiropracticOltman Insurance Agency

Rector’s VacuumRon Bennett & Associates

Taylor IndustriesTellefsen’s Trucking

The MailboxtrueIMAGE Publishing

Valley Plumbing & ElectricVanderpol & Maas Inc.Van Loo’s Auto Service

Van’s Cabinet ShopVaughn S. Hagen, C.P.A., P.S.

Westside Building SupplyWilliam T. Follis Realtors LLC

Zylstra Tire Center Inc.

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