COMMUNIT-E
May 5, 2004



HELP SEND NEEDY DC KIDS TO CAMP
(A small contribution goes a very long way.)

The Chief of Police’s Citizens Advisory Council is initiating an ambitious effort to raise $25,000.
This money will be used to send 70 or more underprivileged youth to summer camp,
(a minimum of 10 youth from each of the 7 Police Districts), and build two new cabins at Camp
Ernest W. Brown in memory of Joseph K. Smith, a former CAC member and longtime
activist in support of DC youth.

Camp Brown is sponsored by the Metropolitan Police Boys and Girls Clubs, a component
of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington.

As part of this fund-raising effort, the Memorial Summer Camp Fund, under the direction of the
CAC, is holding a dinner on Friday, June 04, 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Ukrainian Catholic
National Shrine of the Holy Family, 4250 Harewood Road, N.E., Washington, D.C. Tickets for
the dinner are $35.00 each, $350.00 for a table of 10. They also solicit assistance by purchasing
an ad in the Souvenir Booklet. These range from a full page ad of $150 to an eighth page ad of
$30. Also, Sponsor - $20.00, Patron - $10.00.

If you would like to make a contribution, or attend the dinner, or buy an ad, send your check to:
MEMORIAL SUMMER CAMP FUND
c/o George W. Fenderson
202 Varnum Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20011-7321

For more information, George Henderson can be reached at 291-6727.



[From KS – Sending needy youngsters to the Boys & Girls Club camp is a particularly worthwhile
thing to do. A small donation goes a long way to giving a sense of hope and
alternative life to youngsters who live most of the year under some pretty awful circumstances.
It may help them see that there is a future beyond what they are living now.]





CRIMES IN THE ‘HOOD

**** R1 reports for Janney Elem. School, that the rear walls of the school were spray-painted
with graffiti. S1-s3 were observed in the rear on camera.
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**** This is an incident that occurred recently. It was sent by a reader who wished to remain
anonymous. Has it happened to anyone else in the ‘Hood?

The Incident:
My wife came back from the Superfresh Friday night; she is
pretty sure she had her purse with her at that point. She set it on a table
near the front door - not smart but that's been her habit for the 17 years
we have lived here. Saturday morning she went over to Turtle
Park (sans purse) to help with the maintenance and left the front door
unlocked while I was still asleep upstairs.

Saturday afternoon when we were about to go out, she discovered the purse
was missing. It had all her keys, checkbooks, credit cards, etc.

Ancillary details:
1. Before leaving for Turtle Park on Saturday AM, she was taking some trash
to our supercan in the alley and discovered someone else's wallet with ID
but no $. It belonged to the lady who lives directly across the alley from
us. We returned it to her, and she confirmed that the
money that had been in it (about $70) had been stolen; her credit cards were
still in the wallet. She thinks she might have dropped it while working in
her back yard.

2. My wife mentioned that Friday afternoon, a well dressed young black male
was going door-to-door, ostensibly seeking contributions for some youth
program. (Cash only of course!) I promptly close the door on such
solicitors & tell them I will be phoning 2D, but it wasn't me who was there
at the time. My wife checked her purse (& she thinks he might have seen where
she kept it) & said she only had a $20 bill - could he provide change as
she only wanted to contribute $5. (Of course he couldn't!)

3. After she discovered the purse disappearance, and given the neighbor's
wallet I promptly checked all of the other Supercans on our block, to no
avail. We then went to 2D and reported all of the above.

I am informing you of this to see whether you have had any similar
reports from our area.





TURTLE PARK MAY FAIR
From: Katherine Martin <katherinehmartin@hotmail.com>

This year's Mayfair will be held on Saturday, May 15 (raindate - Sunday the
16th). This is the park's largest fundraiser (keeping all that equipment
safe, fun, and up-to-date) and aside from all that...its just a lot of fun.
There are pony rides, moonbounces, an obstacle course and climbing wall for
slightly older kids, games, face painting, food, and more. It runs from
10am-3pm on the 15th.

As always, we are in need of several adult (or even teen or pre-teen)
volunteers to help make the event a success. It only involves a 2-hour
time commitment, and there
are lots of times and jobs to choose from to make it convenient for you &
your family. (What has worked well for a lot of families in the past is for
the whole family to come down, and have one adult volunteer).
If you can help out, we'd certainly appreciate your time. And if you can't
volunteer, maybe you could bake something for the bake sale (cookies, brownies,
cupcakes, etc).
Just send an email indicating your availability (i.e., morning or afternoon)
or if you can bake something. Even if you can't volunteer this year, please
consider coming out to support the park and enjoy the day.
Web Site: www.turtlepark.org or you can call Katy Reilly at (202) 244-1784
to volunteer/bake.
Thanks.







REVISED PROPOSED UFPA TREE REGULATIONS
From: trees@anc3f.org
Urban Forest Preservation Act of 2002 Regulations
On February 6, 2004 proposed regulations for the Urban Forest
Preservation Act of 2002 were
published in the D.C. Register.

In response to comments received, proposed regulations have been revised
and published in the
April 30, 2004 D.C. Register.

The proposed regulations have been revised to:
(1) deem a special tree unprotected from removal if the Urban
Forestry Administration
fails to determine otherwise within 40 days after a permit
application is received,
(2) increase the length of time for which removal permits are valid,
(3) clarify the guidelines for tree replacement,
(4) add, correct, and clarify definitions; and
(5) correct typographical, grammatical, and numbering errors.

Click here <http://www.anc3f.org/TreesReg4-30-04.pdf> for a copy of the
revised proposed regulation.

Comments on the proposed regulation should be filed by May 30, 2004 with:
Mariclaire McCartan
Urban Forestry Administration
Department of Transportation
4901 Shepherd Parkway, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20032





COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

**** Back issues of COMMUNIT-E are available on the ANC3F website at www.anc3f.org.
The last compilation of community recommendations is http://www.anc3f.org/communit03-03-20.html.

**** From: L.W. BENSFIELD <lwb@worldnet.att.net>
Anyone know a good tile setter?

**** From: Dianeconk@aol.com
Does anyone know of a Yoga class being held in AU Park. Would love to attend
one. Diane Conklin

**** From: Julie Herr <jkherr@yahoo.com>
I am having trouble with the operating system on my computer, and would like professional help
in re-installing it (I hate to admit it's still Windows 95). Can anyone recommend a good computer
service place? Thanks.

**** From: HiHope1999@aol.com (Hope Phillips)
For those Neighbors in need of computer assistance including repair, upgrades
hardare and software systems, home and small business networks, custom
computer design, virus & spyware protection and removal, I am recommending a truly
dedicated individual who comes to your home. The prices are reasonable, and
the work is excellent.
This company is called Mobile PC Solutions.
Darby Ford Personal Computer Technician. Tel 703- 938- 6862, Cell :
571-243-1336.
Web: www.WeComeToYouPC.com
Email:darby@WeComeToYouPC.com

**** From: amybmcvey@msn.com
I will DITTO Ms. Wilkerson's recommendation of the unbeatable service of BANNER CARPET!
Bruce is a retired Captain from the Tenley Firehouse who has for many years been running his own
carpet cleaning business. I cannot recommend them highly enough since I have tried many other
services and his is much better in thoroughness and professionalism. Bruce Johnson can be reached
at 301-353-1217.

**** From: David J. Leviss <dleviss@starpower.net>
Inquiry for the home gardeners on your list:
I'm thinking of planting morning glory along our back fence as I understand
they're good climbers with lots of flowers. However, a couple websites list
them among houseplants that are toxic to animals and we have a yellow lab
who has been known to munch on some of our backyard plants. Does anyone
have any experience with morning glory and dogs? Do dogs eat it? Is it
really that toxic? Thanks in advance.

**** From: Ellis, Susan S <EllisSS@state.gov>
I need someone responsible who likes cats to care for my two cats in my
home -- feed and play with them for about an hour a day -- from
July 10 to 25. I would like the person to come by at least once before to see
the setup and get explicit directions. I live a couple of blocks from Friendship
Heights Metro. If you are interested, please contact me. 202-244-8013. Thank
you.

**** From: Brian Murphy <murphys5@verizon.net>
I'd like to recommend Yvonne McDonald as an excellent house cleaner. Her number is
240-462-3790. She's done a great job cleaning for us over the past few months, and she
cleaned this house for the previous owners for 12 years! Sena Murphy

**** From: Monika Pamp <mpamp@web.de>
Blockwide Multi Family Yard Sale -- May 8th from 9--1 (rain date May 9) on the 4400 Block
of Windom Place in AU Park (from Tenley Metro walk down Albemarle, turn left onto 44th
and walk 3 blocks).

**** From: Stacey Marien <samarien@yahoo.com>
Thru: tenleytown@yahoogroups.com
A couple of years ago, the Post ran a story about a
man who came around Northwest in his truck and sharpened knives,
scissors, lawn mowers, etc for people. His name is John Vecchiarelli
and his number is 301-935-4730

**** From: KD McLynn <kdmclynn@starpower.net>
We are going to offer our home (at 4340 Albemarle St, NW) again this
year for those who wish to participate in a summer of farm fresh produce
from Redbud Farm http://home.earthlink.net/~redbudfarm/redbud.htm .
Click on the Community Supported Agriculture tab to find information on
variety, quantity, options, dates, etc. Delivery will be on Thursdays
between 2 and 3 pm during the whole summer (20 weeks). However, you
need not be there at 3PM, but can pick it up anytime Thursday evening.
Applications for the 2004 season can be obtained by emailing
redbudfarm@earthlink.net. When we last heard, there were still several
shares available for the 2004 season.
This will be our third year and we really enjoy meeting more neighbors
and enjoying the fresh produce.
Thanks, Kathleen McLynn

**** From: Aijacelbl@aol.com
You, your friends and colleagues are invited to a showing and sale of new
SILVER AND GOLD JEWELRY and OLD ETHNIC PIECES, to be
presented by Mr. B. D. Soni of Geeta Jeweller's, Jaisalmer, India (he was
the only jeweler representing India at Yo Yo Ma's 2002 Silk Road extravaganza
on the Mall). The jewelry has been collected in India and neighboring countries.
This event will take place on SATURDAY, MAY 8, 2004, between 10 a.m. and
6 p.m. at The Williamsburg Condominium's Community Room (1276 North
Wayne Street, Arlington, Va). The Williamsburg Condo is a red brick, high-rise
building located one block south of Courthouse Metro in Arlington at the intersection
of Wayne and 13th Streets.
Easiest access is from Route 50. Exit at Courthouse Road. Turn left on 13th
Street and continue two blocks to Wayne Street. Street parking available.
(Payment by cash or personal check only.)
Aija Blitte

**** From: StarAKA4U@aol.com
Get in Shape for the Summer! Krucial Fitness Training Camps are running June
- October at LaFayette Park and Norwood Park. Classes are 4 week sessions,
Monday-Thursday, 6am,7am,and 8am. Classes focus on strength training ,
cardivascular endurance, and flexibility. The session also includes a
before and after fitness assessment.( Weight, body fat, blood pressure,
muscular endurance). Registration fee is $200, early registration is $175.
Sign Up Now for June and have a friend join for $150. To register, contact
Tonya at twalton@UPISA.com or call 1-866-468-1522. Invest in your Health
today!





BONE MARROW NEEDED
From: MargClark@aol.com

Dear AU Park and Tenley Neighbors:
Grady Renfrow, a 19 year old Cleveland Park resident who attended John
Eaton, Alice Deal and Gonzaga High School, and was a standout soccer player for
many Stoddert and area travel and school teams, and who was already a varsity
soccer team member this year as a freshman at Penn State University, is now
being treated at Georgetown University Hospital’s Lombardi Cancer Center for
acute mylogenous leukemia.
Bone marrow transplants are an essential method of treating this aggressive
cancer and many other life-threatening diseases. No close bone marrow match has
been identified for Grady as of this time. In his honor, both for Grady’s
possible direct benefit, and to help the genetically diverse population of
people in our area who will need bone marrow transplants in the future, a Bone
Marrow Registry Identification drive has been organized by many community members
who know or know of Grady and his parents. If you have thought about
participating in the Bone Marrow registry before, let May 15, 2004 be the day you
finally take the simple steps to join. There is no cost to the registrants. A
needle prick, three drops of blood (for typing) and fifteen minutes of your time
could save a life!!!
When: Saturday, May 15th, from 10 am - 6 pm
Where: Gonzaga High School, Carmody Gym Foyer, 19 Eye Street, N.W. (just a
few blocks north of Union Station Metro, Gonzaga is located on
North Capitol Street between H and K Streets, N.W. - There is plenty
of FREE PARKING)
Who: any individual between the ages of 18 and 61.
Bring: driver’s license or social security number and the address/phone
number of two alternate contacts who do not currently live with you.
Eligibility/medical questions: www.marrow.org or call Dave Morgan at
301-496-0572
To volunteer on May 15: Call Cherie Long, 202-362-4215 or Myrna Lopez,
703-968-0119.
Thank you for your support and help.






[From KS – I don’t know if the following is medically correct, but it
sounds reasonable to me. Can anyone tell me if this is good advice?]
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TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK ALONE
From: doris noble <dnoble@mris.com>
Never know when this might be helpful

TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK ALONE
From F. Daniel Rochman MD

If everyone who gets this sends it to 10 people, you can bet that we'll save at least one life. Let's
say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving home (alone of course), after an unusually hard day on the job.
You're really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain
in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw.

You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home;
unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

You've been trained in CPR but the guy that taught the course neglected to tell you how to perform
it on yourself. Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, this article seemed to
be in order. Without help, the person whose heart stops beating properly and who begins to feel
faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.

However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously.
A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as
when producing sputum from deep inside the chest, and a cough must be repeated about every 2
seconds without let up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again. Deep
breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood
circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart
attack victims can get to a hospital.

From Health Cares,
Rochester General Hospital via
Chapter 240s newsletter AND THE BEAT GOES ON .
(reprint from The Mended Hearts, Inc. publication, Heart response)






DC COURTS TO HOLD TOWN HALL MEETING
From: Pagano, Penny (COUNCIL) <ppagano@dccouncil.us>
The District of Columbia Courts are sponsoring a town hall meeting for
residents of Wards 1,2,3 and 4 to have an opportunity to share their views
about the DC Superior Court and the Court of Appeals. Talk with judges about
issues of concern in your community. Suggest how the Courts can better
respond to your needs. 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. University of the District of
Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave., NW. Building 38, Second Floor Lounge. Light
refreshments will be provided. UDC is located on the Metro Red line at the
Van Ness/UDC station. The initiative is made possible by a grant from the
State Justice Institute. For more information, contact David Bell at (202)
879-1258. Penny Pagano






FRIENDSHIP POST OFFICE SEEKS COMMUNITY INPUT
From: Richard Abbott <abbott1229@erols.com>
A new customer advisory council established in December seeks input from local citizens about
service at the Friendship Station, and other post offices under the aegis of Friendship: Georgetown,
Palisades, Calvert, Cleveland Park and Northwest. Like similar groups elsewhere in the city,
members of the Post Office Customer Advisory Council (PCAC) for Friendship include local
citizens and postal service officials. Local residents are encouraged to contact the Council with
comments and suggestions by mail at PO Box 99805, Washington DC 20016, or by e-mail at
www.friendshippcac@aol.com. Victor McCoy, Manager of Customer Service at Friendship,
is Co-Chair of the council. Local residents on the council include Morad Eghbal (Co-Chair),
Richard Abbott, George Clark, Charles Friedlander, Amy McVey, Eugene Miller, Charles (Dick)
Potter, Marvin Tievsky, and Hank Wallace.

Issues discussed in the first council meetings include the need for additional mail collection boxes
along Wisconsin Ave. as there are now none between Friendship Station and Chesapeake St.,
the need for a bench for eldery and handicapped persons waiting in line at the counter, suggestions
for improvements in landscaping around the station, a proposal for an additional countertop stocked
with forms, and a way to recognize exemplary performance by postal service clerks and carriers.
The council praised postal officials about the shortening of lines at the counter and the use of a
obby Manager to assist arriving customers. A further improvement in service at Friendship Station
will be the addition of an Automatic Postage Center (APC) in the lobby. The APC, currently being
installed, will enable customers to purchase stamps and mail packages during hours when the
counters are closed. Counter service is available from 7 AM to 6 PM Monday through Friday,
8 AM to 4 PM on Saturdays, and 10 AM to 4 PM on Sundays. The lobby is open one hour
before and one hour after these hours on each day.


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COMMUNIT-E
Clarification and Additional Information



CLARIFICATION
Re: the Camp contribution contact. His name is George Fenderson,
not George Henderson.



HEART ATTACK ADVICE - - - Never mind.

**** From: James H. Johnston <jimjohn@erols.com>
With regard to How to Survive a heart attack, a quick Web search for "F.
Daniel Rochman" yielded this from
www.theofficecompany.com/newsletters/vol2_issue7.html . And, the only F.
Daniel Rochman that I found is an anesthesiologist in Wisconsin.

"How to Survive a Heart Attack When Alone

As far as I can tell there is no F. Daniel Rochman on staff at Rochester
General Hospital or listed nationally in the AMA database.

According to Rich Sensenbach, Web Development Coordinator for the Rochester
General Hospital's website, ViaHealth.com. Rochester General Hospital played
no part in the creation or dissemination of the message. "Furthermore,"
Sensebach says, "the medical information listed in the article can not be
verified by current medical literature and is in no way condoned by this
hospital's medical staff."

A chapter of Mended Hearts, Inc. (a volunteer support organization)
originally published this information in their newsletter without proper
research. Feeling that the reference was from a reliable source, it was then
reprinted by other chapters and eventually found its way into email form.
Although the organization first published the text, Mended Hearts has since
retracted it.

The Red Cross reports that a 1992 reference, "Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiac Care," briefly discusses the technique
called Cough CPR. But, according to the 1976 citation, C. M. Criley
described it as a "self-administered form of cardiopulmonary resuscitation
which is limited to clinical situations in which the patient has a cardiac
monitor, the arrest is recognized before loss of consciousness, and the
patient can cough forcefully." In other words, it is NOT to be done at home
alone.

According to the American Heart Association, "During a sudden arrhythmia, it
may be possible for a conscious/responsive victim to cough forcefully and
maintain sufficient blood flow to the brain to remain conscious for a few
seconds until the arrhythmia disappears or is treated."

Coughing in the above manner could lead to a normalization of heart rhythms,
but this is not what is involved with most heart attacks. In most heart
attacks, symptoms are caused by a blocked coronary artery, which stops the
flow of blood to part of the heart. Coughing would be unable to alleviate
this."



**** From: Lawrence M. Miller <lawrence.miller@starpower.net>
As with almost all chain Internet messages that urge you to resend them to
everybody you know, this is bad advice. Snopes, a reliable site for
checking out such advice, covers the topic at
http://www.snopes.com/toxins/coughcpr.htm, and it is also covered at
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blcpr.htm. In brief, the chapter of
Mended Hearts that originally offered this advice has disavowed it;
Rochester Hospital, named as endorsing the advice, has publicly disclaimed
ever being involved with it in any way; and the American Heart Association
and the Red Cross say that following this advice is dangerous.






TENLEY FIREHOUSE
From: amybmcvey@msn.com
Published in themail@dcwatch.com

Having been very involved in the Tenley Firehouse issue since the beginning,
I can say that Richard Layman's article about Hysterical Antipreservationists
does not quite complete the picture of the Tenley Firehouse quagmire. What
has been continuously misleading about the coverage of this disaster and the
concerns of the community is that the focus has been only on what happened
with the firehouse and the contractor after construction started which, is a he
said/she said battle, the merits of which will be settled in the appropriate legal
venue. The real problems started much earlier when the fire department was
forced by preservationists to reduce the size of the apparatus floor space which
the chiefs, who had been firefighters in this city for years and well knew the
operational requirements of the department, had requested to be enlarged in
the Appendix A of their Request For Proposal.

When the DC Fire Department (DCFD) applied for and was granted a raze
permit for the old Tenley Firehouse, their specified requirements for this project
called for three full bays, drive through where possible, so as to provide for at
least one additional ambulance. Drawings to these specifications were presented
at several community meetings and plans were moving forward until a reactionary
first application for historic preservation was made and a landmark hold was placed
on the property. At that point, DCFD erroneously felt they had no recourse but to
fully change the plans in order to get the applicant to withdraw the application.
After many, many months, the application was withdrawn and the fire department
was proceeding with a 2 1/4 bay, renovated firehouse that has approximately the
same linear footage of floor space for emergency vehicles as did the old firehouse
built more than a hundred years ago. The former Chief Few chose to ignore the
advice of his chiefs who had advised that a larger space was needed. Mr. Layman
is right in stating that this community wants a rescue squad but what he does not
explain and perhaps does not know is that we want back the heavy rescue squad
that was taken from us in budget cuts in the mid-90's. It is also not well understood
that although Bethesda Chevy Chase Rescue Squad comes into the city for medical
transport using what we/they refer to as a rescue squad, this is not interchangeable
with a DC heavy rescue squad whose responsibilities are search and rescue in a fire
along with other specialized rescues (cave-ins, water, high-angle, etc.). This area of
own must now wait for the heavy rescue to come from another section of town when
we are in need of help. The heavy rescue squad that was taken from us was not a
medical transport.

The solicitation for bids was made in the late summer/early fall of 2001 when the
building was free of historic status. Sally Berk, working with DC Firefighter Rich
Schaeffer and the Capitol Fire Museum, having let the legally required one year pass
since the last application was withdrawn, made a second application for historic
preservation on the same property which was approved by Historic Preservation
Review Board (HPRB) in February 2002; many months after the contract bids were
made. At no time did these applicants come to any community meeting to explain their
intent to us; an oversight that I am not so sure was uncalculated considering the
overwhelming community rejection of the first historic preservation application on this
firehouse and the need to speed the process considering the contract was about to be
signed! The Capitol Fire Museum apparently really wanted the Historic Preservation Office
(HPO) to have oversight of the project and they needed to hurry it along.

I think I have heard every excuse possible from those who want to blame only the
contractor and refuse to look at the negative aspects of preserving the firehouse. The most
recent one told to me was that HPO has said that it was not the fault of preservation that
the firehouse is not being built larger but was instead a zoning problem! The fact is that the
fire department already applied for and was granted a zoning variance because the renovated
building had a footprint larger than was allowed under matter-of-right zoning. When the
community asked during this last delay to "go back and start over and do it right," they used the
excuse that a three-bay firehouse would not allow for enough living/office space for the crews.
An absurdity considering either plan, the renovated or the three-bay, all new, more than doubled
the office/living space over what the firefighter's had in the old building. Another example of false
logic thrown at the community.

As Chief Thompson stated at the recent Ward 3 ANC Commissioners meeting, there is definitely
a need for expanded services in this area and he is going to try to build us a second firehouse.
Considering the fire department repeatedly refused to speak with the owner of the Tenley
Mini-mart about purchasing that land, an obvious solution to both preservation and expansion,
on the grounds that there was no money, I will not believe that another firehouse is even being
considered until it is up and running.

I applaud Kathy Patterson in her effort to prevent this legislatively from happening to
another community. Although there is a process in the DC Landmarks legislation whereby
a historic building, including a firehouse, can be altered or demolished, it is unacceptable
that the fire department must submit to the review of people who know little or nothing
about firefighting or the daily operations of a firehouse or fire department. DC Fire was
forced to submit to this process in the phase leading up to the start of construction on the
Tenley Firehouse. It was a phase that lasted more than three years. Sometimes, public
safety capabilities must be altered or expanded quickly, making this burdensome process
unacceptable. These decisions should be left to the men and women who bravely serve us
as they do.


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