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December 12, 2009, Dallas Ft. Worth National Cemetery ceremonies for the annual Wreaths Across America were held at 11:00 hours. It was a cool overcast day with scattered rain with approximately 100 people gathered to honor veterans.

Members of the Irving High School Marine Jr. ROTC were on hand to serve as honor guards. Participants included the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), Crusader Composite Squadron and their cadets conducted the ceremonies.

Wreaths were presented to honor each branch of the military including the Merchant Marines, POW and MIA soldiers.

Presenters:

Army Capt. (veteran) Clint Bond
USMC – MSgt. Doug Compton
USN CAP CADET CA1C Samantha Hutto
USAF CAP CADET CSSGT Ryan Pigeon
USCG Lt. Billy Buck
USMM ESGN. Tom Ludlum
POW & MIA CAP CADET Capt. Robert Severance

After the ceremonies the crowd gathered around various distribution points and began to place a wreath with a single red bow at tombstones of our fallen.

More information:

The Wreaths Across America, story began over 18 years ago when the
Worcester Wreath Company from Harrington, Maine initiated a tradition of
donating and placing wreaths on the headstones of our Nations fallen heroes at
Arlington National Cemetery. Recognition of the service and sacrifice of our
veterans, and their families, is especially poignant during the traditional holiday
season.

Worcester Wreath Company continues to be a major supporter of the project,
donating over 25,000 total wreaths in 2008. Over 100,000 wreaths will be
sponsored by individuals, businesses, and groups from communities Nation-wide.
Wreaths will be placed in all 50 states from Maine to Alaska and Hawaii, at
several locations is Iraq, and at 24 national cemeteries on foreign soil.
For people who wish to support the project, wreath sponsorships are available
online. A complete list of participating locations is available on the website at
http://www.WreathsAcrossAmerica.org.

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with 58,000 members nationwide. CAP, in its Air Force auxiliary role, performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 72 lives in fiscal year 2009. Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and counter-drug missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to more than 23,000 young people currently participating in CAP cadet programs. CAP has been performing missions for America for 68 years.”

Video Production:

Music
US Army Field Band
Greensleeves
Silent Night

Video
USFallen.org
Jerry Castillo – Producer

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http://www.abroaderview.org

Volunteer Abroad Vietnam Hanoi Street Children Center Program Opportunities

Volunteers are needed to provide orphaned and street children in Hanoi with a basic education. This will be done through educational games and activities created by the volunteer. This center works with children who are forced at a young age to earn a living by collecting rubbish, begging, polishing shoes, working in handicraft factories and other like activities. Currently the center houses seventy students are hold three classes- two in the morning and one in the afternoon. As a result, the students are not receiving a full curriculum and the staff is over worked. Volunteers are desperately needed to act as teachers assistants and organize educational games and activities for the students. This project needs international volunteers to work cooperatively to create educational programs which include both Vietnamese and English subjects. The center is the only hope that they have for a better life. (7-8 hours per day)

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Be A Volunteer. You Choose.
Visit the Volunteer Center of Ozaukee County at www.volunteerozaukee.com

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Esme Kenney age 13,Talented cellist, artist, boating enthusiast, storyteller,caregiver,explorer. She is deeply missed by uncountable friends & relatives across the globe who will always remember the spirit, warmth, wit, & love she gave to everybody she knew. Favorite colors red & pink. A 7th grader at The School for Creative & Performing Arts (SCPA) w/ a double major in vocal & instrumental music
Her life was stolen by the Pure evil of serial killer Anthony Kirkland Time line of crimes;
*May 20, 1987 Anthony Kirkland,18, strangled & beats Leola Douglas, 29, Who dated a family member of Kirkland. After an argument in his home. He douses her w/ lighter fluid & gas then set her on fire, killing her. He did this in his grandpa house almost killing his uncle Convicted of voluntary manslaughter & serves 16 yrs in prison
• Sept.3,03 Released from prison
• Oct.25,04 Released from parole
• Jan.25,05 Accused of raping a female neighbor in Evanston at knife point. Jury acquits him in Oct 05
• May 11,06 The burned body of 14-y.o.Casoyia Sharee Crawford is found in Avondale
• June 16,06 The burned body of Mary Jo Newton, 45, is found behind a vacant building in Avondale
• May 14,07 Kirkland threatens to kill his 18-month-old son during a SWAT standoff at Kirklands house at 860 Ridgeway. He is convicted 3 months later of 2 counts of unlawful restraint & got 115 days in jail
• Sept.17,07 Rev. Walter Bledsoe seeks a restraining order against Kirkland on behalf of members of his family Court records do not say why he sought the order, but a judge granted it in Dec. 07, ordering Kirkland to stay away from the Bledsoes
• Sept.26,07 Kirkland solicits solicited sex from his girlfriends 13-y.o. daughter. He is convicted in Mar 08 of importuning & sentenced to 1 year in prison. Judge designates him a sex offender, requiring him to register his address with the sheriffs office
• Oct.20,08 He is released from prison for the importuning case & ordered to spend 5 yrs on parole. He enters the Pogue Rehab Center, a halfway house in Over-the-Rhine run by the Volunteers of America
• Feb.27,09 Kirkland fights with another halfway house resident at 11.30pm Police are called, but Kirkland is not arrested b/c the other man refuses to press charges Halfway house managers throw Kirkland out for breaking the rules by fighting, but they do not notify his parole officer for 2 days. Kirkland does not immediately register a new address with the sheriff as required by law
• Mar.1,09 Kirkland is accused of breaking into a home, hiding in the bathroom & attacking Frederick Hughes w/ scissors. Hughes suffers at least 10stab wounds & survives. Kirkland flees. A warrant is issued for his arrest on charges of agg burglary & felonious assault
• Mar.2,09 Kirklands parole officer is notified of his release from the halfway house & begins looking for him
• Mar.4,09 A 2st warrant is issued for Kirklands arrest b/c he failed to register his address with the sheriff after his release from the halfway house
• Mar.5,09 Kirkland threatens Roberta Baldwin, the mother of his child, with a knife. He flees & another warrant is filed against him on charges of domestic violence, agg menacing & violation of a protection order
• Mar.8,09;3.45pm Esme Kenney, 13, goes for a jog near her house
4.15pm Esmes parents call police when their daughter is late returning home. Police begin looking for her
11.30pm Police find Kirkland sleeping against a tree in the woods near Esmes house. Her watch & iPod are in his pocket
• Mar.9,09 Police find Esmes body in the woods at 3.10am, 100 yards from where they found Kirkland sleeping. She is strangled & the lower part of her body burned. Authorities say her attacker attempted to sexually assault her. Police arrest Kirkland & charge him with murder.
-There is a third woman, who has not been identified, who was found on Pulte Avenue in Price Hill
-Anthony Kirkland is also a Suspect in the murders of 6 to 8 other woman
-The DA had written letters asking that Kirkland NOT be let out of prison on parole
Pogue Rehab Center, a halfway house run by the Volunteers of America. With over 60 sex offenders. That happens to be a block from a public park & playground! Can call a parole officers 24/7
BUT they waited 2 days to call. Letting this monster run free
This demon crawled out of the pits of should of been put to on death row in 1987 for the murder of Leola Douglas. BUT, Ohio wants to feed him. As he laid in prison planning a serial killing & raping life. Then let him just skip out of prison
OHIO, THIS MONSTER SHOULD OF NEVER BEEN FREE TO “LIVE IN THE WOODS” LIKE THE “BOGGIE MAN” SOMETHING YOU”D FIND IN A NIGHTMARE!
THESE WOMEN & BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN BLOOD ARE ON THE HANDS OF THE STATE OF OHIO

Ohio governor : PLEASE Sign a bill that lets the public to go to ALL parole hearings & speak in person. B/C, they are disregarding EVERY letter sent to them by anyone

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