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Was it a debate or an argument by two grown men? Maybe it was a Presidential argument? I watched

this fiasco and it may go down in history as an embarrassment for both parties. It was insult filled and out of control most of the time.

On President Trump’s part he kept interrupting Joe Biden and maintained constant pressure on him. On Joe Biden’s part he was at times incredibly nervous and at one point started to get angry. Maybe that is why he continuously open and closed his eyes.

The Debate as Debates go was a com-plete disaster for both candidates. It was disturbing to see President Trump tangle with the moderator, Chris Wallace.

All three individuals were extremely frustrated with each other. Although not

his fault Chris Wallace was unable to control the debate. There were numer-ous hits and misses during this Debate. It appeared that neither candidate was prepared. I think it could have gone a lot better, in fact it was the worst debate that I ever watched!

From the very first minute there were acidic tones from both; with each candi-date skirting issues and questions. Being close in age it was very evident to see that there were no shared interests and a mutual disdain for each other.

The American public did not need this “Fiasco” but were cheated out of a Presidential Debate. If the next two de-bates do not improve this country may be better off with a monkey than either candidate.

I believe that neither candidate put

their best foot forward and that it was possible they did not know how. It was a verbal battle of two grumpy old men. I would hope the American people are in-telligent enough to see though this.

They both claimed to represent their respective parties, in my opinion if the respective parties are smart, they will start turning away if they have not done so already.

But either way you had to leave this Debate confused and not knowing what or where to go next!

At the end, the internet interviewed 17 Americans with none saying anything good or bad about the two, just amaze-ment.

If we have not learned anything else from this debate it is that political chil-dren cannot play together.

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“TCCNA 32 GIFT OF THE MASK” EVENT IN SUPPORT

OF U.S. SENIORS, VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS

The Taiwan Chamber of Commerce of North America held an event in June to announce their intent to

distribute millions of surgical/procedure masks to communities, seniors, first re-sponders and veterans throughout the country through their affiliated chapters.

The TCCNA-32 event was hosted by the Taiwanese-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Los Angeles (TACO) in Torrance, CA. Veterans Re-porter News editor/owner Su Phelps at-tended on behalf of the Taiwan Chamber of Commerce of Greater Las Vegas, one of 34 affiliated organizations. She is the founder and former president of the TC-CGLV and presently serves as its Secre-tary General.

At the event she spoke with several the key players who oversaw the col-lection of donations and the procure-ment of the masks. Gerald Wang the 32nd President of the TCCNA indicated the project was initiated by the former president of TCCNA, Mr. Jackson Yang and supported by affiliated chambers throughout the North America. Wang explained, “We want to share our love for the U.S.and Canada from Taiwanese businessman who live in North America. That is why we initiated this project…we would like to share our love with our seniors, especially our veterans fighting for our country. It is so important that we that we need to take care of all those people [who] fight for the freedom of the country. This is the time we share our love and share our respect for all those people…It’s our honor to do that.”

Kenneth Chen, the president of the Taiwanese American Chamber of Com-merce Greater Los Angeles explained how important the donations were espe-

cially during a time when huge econom-ic devastation due to the virus has hit the business community, yet TCCNA’s affiliated chapters ultimately donated over $1.2 million to purchase 10 million masks from Taiwan, Vietnam, and U.S. A.

Ms. Phelps also spoke with Jackson Yang, former president of TCCNA and WTCC (World Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce) and his wife Julie, who is treasurer of TCCNA 32 about their de-sire to help. They described how they became overly concerned about the im-pact of the COVID-19 when it first ap-

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ris Construction paired up for the groundbreaking of Avira luxury multi-family development near Las Vegas Boulevard in southwest Las Vegas.

The groundbreaking which was attended by several guests including Avira owners and Clark County Com-missioner Michael Naft. The event not only launched the construction effort but

provided a platform for the companies to make a donation to the American Cancer

Groundbreaking with Commissioner Michael Naft, Grand Canyon Development Partners & Martin-Harris Construction.

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peared. He stressed how he and his wife were impacted by the daily reports on the television that documented people dying of COVID-19 especially those in nurs-

ing homes, “I said to my wife, we should buy some masks from Taiwan to do-nate to those nurs-ing homes.” Despite the economic impact they personally do-nated $500,000 and worked with Gerald Wong to ask TCCNA members for addi-

tional help.

Yang explained that the Gov-ernment of Taiwan had control over the sale of the masks so he had to work for several months with top officials in Taiwan be-fore he finally got the release for 8,400,000 pieces.” So far, they have over 9.5 million masks.

Mrs. Yang explained that the masks they purchased were only for donations and could not be sold. They masks will be given

to the TCCNA’s 34 affiliated chapters throughout the U.S. .and CANADA for distribution in their communities.

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TACO president Kenneth Chen and members

Taiwan Government Official Jackson, Julie Yang and Geral Wang

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SOCIETY OF MILITARY WIDOWS HONORS SUPPORTERS WITH

CERTIFICATES AND FACE MASKS

At its September 13th meeting, the Society of Military Widows Chapter 34 presented Certificates of Appreciation to several supporters of the Chapter to recognize their contributions to veterans and veterans families. Certificates were presented to Congressman Susie Lee and the Taiwan Chamber of Commerce of North American. Representative Lee has proposed and supported multiple pieces of legislation on behalf of veterans and their families.

The TCCNA was recognized for their members’ efforts in raising over a mil-lion dollars and purchasing millions of surgical masks to be donated to seniors,

veterans and first responders. Su Phelps, president of SMW Chapter 34, is also past president and founder of the Taiwan Chamber of Commerce Greater Las Ve-gas an affiliate of the TCCNA. A portion of the masks purchased by TCCNA were distributed to their affiliates throughout the United States and as the present sec-retary of TCCGLV, Phelps is in charge of distribution of the masks in Las Vegas.

At the meeting she presented masks to SMW Chapter 34 and to RoseAnna Schweppe Cirac of the American Le-gion Auxiliary Unit 14. She also thanked them for their donation to the Chapter.

Complementary masks were also pre-sented to Susie Lee and to Samantha RM Bivins from Congressman Steven Hors-ford’s office for his continued support of veterans legislation and programs.

In the week following the SMW meet-ing, the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 14 provided the TCCNA with a Cer-tificate of Appreciation to acknowledge their support for local veterans.

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Congresswoman SUSIE LEE visit with SMW chapter 34

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Society’s “Real Men Wear Pink” fund-raising drive which is part of the October Breast Cancer Awareness Month activi-ties. Executives from all three companies along with invited guests donned pink hard hats and vests and used shovels with pink ribbons to launch the project.

The ”Real Men Wear Pink” movement encourages men to show the power of

pink in support and solidarity in the fight against breast cancer.

Sam Nicholson, president of Grand Canyon Development Partners which donated $2000 at the event noted, “Not only will this luxury multifamily devel-opment fill a niche in the Las Vegas com-munity, but it’s important for all of us to give back to nonprofits and others who need our support.”

Guy Martin, president of Martin-Har-ris Construction, echoed his sentiments, adding, “We are proud to assist the Amer-ican Cancer Society’s mission to support patients, fund and conduct research, and spread awareness about prevention in the fight against breast cancer.”

Avira donated $2000 at the event and Martin Harris, according to ACS website has donated over $8,000 towards this year’s goal of $175,000.

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A Marine Corps KC-130J refueling aircraft and an F-35B Joint Strike Fight-er collided during an air-to-air refueling mission in California, causing the stealth jet to crash, officials said Tuesday.

The F-35B pilot was able to eject suc-cessfully and is being treated, said 1st Lt. Brett Vannier, spokesman for Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in Arizona.

The KC-130J made an emergency landing in a field near Thermal Airport, roughly 130 miles northeast of San Di-ego, according to local news reports.

All nine personnel -- one in the F-35B and eight in the KC-130J tanker -- are accounted for.

“There are some mild injuries that are being treated, but they are all safe,” Van-nier told Military.com.

The personnel are assigned to the

Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course, Vannier said. It’s not immediately clear whether those involved were students or instructors or from where the aircraft took off.

Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course is hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One at Yuma.

Aviators attend the course, where they face a series of escalating training events that cover advanced air and ground tac-tics.

The accident involving the short take-off/vertical landing F-35 variant oc-curred at 4 p.m. local time. The cause of the collision is under investigation, Van-nier said.

This marks what will likely be the third Class-A aviation mishap for the Marine Corps in fiscal year 2020, which started Oct. 1, 2019, and ends Wednesday.


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50th Anniversary of the Son Tay Raid

Fifty years ago, on the night of No-vember 20 1970, a special Joint Contin-gency Task Force executed what became the most secretly prepared and the most daring mission of the Vietnam War to rescue American prisoners of war from Son Tay in North Vietnam. Unfortunate-ly, the prison camp was found empty and the participating joint service raid-ers were devastated by their very suc-cessful tactical operation that did not lib-erate any of their imprisoned comrades. Many feared that the audacious raid on the camp just west of Hanoi would trig-ger a reaction that would result in cruel reprisal on all who remained held there as captives. It wasn’t until the American prisoners came home in February 1972 when the raiders and the whole country learned that the attempted rescue result-ed in a vast improvement of treatment of the prisoners by their suddenly fright-ened and concerned captors.

We learned that the North Vietnamese closed down spread out prison camps and consolidated their captives in a down-town Hanoi prison that became known as the Hanoi Hilton. This brought them all together where they were housed in as many as 40 to fifty in a single large room. Before that many had suffered in small camps where they were locked up in solitary rooms from which they could not see each other and were severely punished for their various ingenious at-tempts to communicate.

Once all together, they could assist each other, bring many ailing ones to health and used the new togetherness to organize courses by talented individuals with expertise and credentials in many academic fields. Militarily, in spite of the enemy’s still strict POW camp regu-lations, they revived the rank structure

and formed the 4th Allied Prisoner of War Wing. They continued to carry on the war against the enemy within their confined means and then they proudly returned home with honor.

In the meantime, the Son Tay raid-ers got spread-out throughout the world on follow-on assignments and began retiring with many years of service. In 1990 many of them gathered at Ft. Wal-ton Beach in Florida, at the site of their training for the raid, and formed the Son Tay Raider Association. Since then, they began meeting at their reunions in two and three year intervals, often combin-ing them with the ones for the Vietnam POWs, who had been meeting each year.

Over the years the number of Son Tay raiders dwindled down to where there are less than half of them who are still capable of meeting and traveling. For that reason they decided to retire their Association on the 50th anniversary of the raid. The Air Commando Associa-tion of Fort Walton Beach, Florida de-cided to honor the raiders on their 2020 reunion. It was to be a great event for all.

The Air Commandos honored the last survivors of World War II Doolittle’s raider on their final reunion. Doolittle’s raiders trained at the same location as the Army Special Forces component of the Son Tay raiders. Unfortunately cur-rent Corona Virus restriction caused the cancellation of this event for this year.

Please remember this significant day in the American military history.

You can read about this operation in The Son Tay Raid - American POWs in Vietnam Were Not Forgotten by John Gargus.

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OBITUARY Eldgish Louis Waters, Jr., 79, passed away on August 15, 2020, after testing positive for COVID-19 on July 10th. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 19, 1941, to parents Eldgish L. Waters, Sr., and Priscilla S. Waters. He was the eldest of seven (7) children that blessed this union.

Louis, as he was called by family and friends, served two years on active duty in the Air Force from June 1957 to July 1959 at Mather Air Force Base, California, before he switched to the Army National Guard (Illinois) as a Military Police Officer while also serving as a Chicago Police Officer for over thirty years.

Louis was married to Leola Iverson and that union produced three (3) sons, Tommy Louis, Alondo Deneal, and Melvin Lester who were named after three of his brothers.

During the first Gulf War, Louis, as a Military Police Officer, was assigned to Germany to manage the large influx of Iraqi Prisoners of War.

In 1997, he requested that his last Army National Guard re-enlistment be conducted by his younger brother who was an Air Force officer. He retired from the Army as a Sergeant First Class (SFC) after twenty (20) years of service.

When our step-sister Augusta passed away, Louis accepted parental responsibility for her three elementary school-age sons (Rasheem, Rashad, and Raymond) and raised them through graduation from high school.

His interests in life after retirement were: weekly breakfasts with retired members of the Chicago Police Department, golf, travel via cruises or military hops, swimming, and relaxing in the hot tub.

Preceding him in death was his mother Priscilla, father Eldgish Sr., wife Leola, brothers DaNeil and Melvin; sisters Sheila and Eloise; and step-sister Augusta. He leaves to mourn his life partner (of over 25 years), Camelia Portis; three (3) sons: Tommy (Mia), Alondo, and Melvin (Natosha); two brothers: Thomas (Fe Armen) and Darrol; and two step-sisters: Evalina Washington and Lucile Lee. And, a host of grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, along with many other family members and friends.

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To Lead or Not to Lead: Who should be the US Commander

in Chief? ■ Opinion by: General Arnold Gordon-Bray

At the printing of this article, in just over thirty days, we will elect a new leader of the United States and the free world. Among his duties, he (and pos-sibly she) will assume the principal duty of “commander-in-chief.” I spent thirty-five years in the military and I commanded a platoon of forty-men to a Task Force of almost five-thousand (in peace and in combat). The numbers are irrelevant to the task of command. To command means you are responsible for everything your unit does and fails to do. A commander’s principal functions are to lead, take care of people and ensure performance of the unit against its as-signed and implied mission. Moreover, the commander ensures legal and moral principles (values) in the execution of said duties and establishes the pace and environment for the “climate” of the command.

The President’s job is to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and as Commander in Chief, to lead her Service-people in the protection of America, Americans and American Interests at home and abroad. Military commanders are taught from mid-level leadership that protection includes of-fensive and defensive actions with dip-lomatic, informational (cyber), military and all economic concerns directly and indirectly. In a more complex fashion, the United States commander in Chief stretches these same concerns globally to include our allies and regional part-ners who share our values and/or eco-nomic interests.

Both Candidates profess a deep and abiding love for our Nation and her mili-tary although neither actually served in uniform. You have seen both candidates as members of the Executive Branch. President Trump has increased military

spending to its highest overall levels in history and we are currently in the com-mand climate of President Trump. Pres-ident Trump has visited Afghanistan at the main Operating base Bagram. No one in President Trump’s family ever served. While Vice-President Biden was in office, military “salary” increases were .2% and .3% higher than those be-ing offered under President Trump and still remain the 3rd and 4th highest in-creases in history. Vice-President Biden as a Senator visited Iraq at small forward operating bases in 2003. Vice President Biden’s son, Beau, served in Iraq in 2008 and later died of brain cancer.

Lastly, there is an issue of allegiance to the United States. Each candidate is ac-cusing the other of a special relationship with at least one of our major regional adversaries. A president must be born in the United States or have parents who are citizens of the United States. Each of our candidates are sons of immigrants which, in truth, makes them perfect Americans because we are a Nation of the world’s people. That strength is also a weakness to our security. The single greatest determinant for a security clear-ance (for anyone other than an elected official) is economic disclosure…taxes and investments. Every Commander in your military submits a declaration each year. Commanders lead, therefore, each of our commanders must disclose where they invest and have invested. This should be a deal breaker as proof of al-legiance!!!

Veterans, and friends of veterans, be-fore you go to the polls on November 3rd, ask yourself, “Given our choices, and the standards demanded of a Com-mander, who will be our best Command-er-in-Chief?” and then by all means vote for him!

OPINIONS TO SHARE ■ Opinion by: Richard D. Kerin COL Ret

As we go to the polls in November for the Presidential Election it will be quite different assuming we are

even permitted to vote at polling loca-tions. In my opinion it is strictly politics! Let it be known I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican but consider myself an independent. I vote for whom I want and what I think best. The respective parties including candidates and their positions have little meaning to me. We read the propaganda, look at the internet, speak with friends and associates, and share opinions.

So where do the respective parties stand? It is somewhere between the gray area and the dark ages! The Democrats believe Health Care is a right, Diversity is a strength, and the Economy should work for everyone.

The Republicans believe in the “Great American Dream”, with its economics of inclusion, enabling all citizens to have a chance to own, invest, build and prosper.

We choose not to further elaborate on Party positions. However, we will brief-ly look at each candidate.

Joe Biden, former Vice-President, and now a political candidate has said that the economy may be working great for the President and his wealthy friends but is not working for the rest of America. So, Joe with an estimated net worth of $9 million along with his wealthy friends is seeking change. Joe has been in politics for 48 plus years and now has decided he wants change? That is like selling a bridge to nowhere.

Let us briefly talk about Joe’s run-ning mate, Kamala Harris. She sup-ports defunding the police and sharing the wealth. Perhaps we will get a check from her, you know part of her estimated $1.8 million net worth!

Now it is time to discuss the Minne-sota Freedom Fund that Kamala Harris along with George Soros (the richest man in America) and Antifa are support-ers along with thirteen members of the Biden / Harris campaign staff. The fund accepts donations to support looters, ri-oters, and violent criminals along with protestors to be released from jail and likely returned to the streets. The fund has explicitly stated in its objectives that it raises donations for purposes to pro-vide bail monies for suspected crimi-nals along with immigration detention

from incarceration. She has urged her supporters to support and donate to this fund. Therefore, she supports protesters, suspected looters / criminals, is against immigration detention along with racial equality.

Donald Trump, current President, estimated net worth prior to his 2016 election maintained a net worth of ap-proximately $2.5 billion. He alleges that if Democrats gain power, they will de-molish the middle class, confiscate guns, and appoint Supreme Court Justices who will wipe away our Second Amendment right.

He also has stated that our votes will determine whether we protect law abid-ing American citizens or whether we give free reign to violent anarchist agita-tors and criminals who threaten our daily lives.

Vice President Pence also with an es-timated net worth of $1.2 million from government pensions says he supports and promotes the President who devel-oped the Space Force in further develop-ment of our military. He also claims the current administration can now focus on another relief bill! He may stand with the President, but I would have to differ with him about rebuilding the military. Let us return people to productive work and jobs rather than further focus on an-other financial relief package!

In summary why do American citizens vote and think? In my humble opinion it is called a protest vote! We have had enough of the party line and want to sup-port the lesser of the two evils. That way the adverse party wins, and then we all have something to complain about! I dare to say most American citizens un-derstand who or why they even vote. Therefore, it is strictly fashionable!


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Military Order of the Purple Heart Greater Las Vegas Chapter 711

Were you awarded the PH Medal? Join MOPH Chapter 711 Patriots for camaraderie and service with fellow combat wounded veter-ans. Contact Richard at 702-513-0215.

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THE HENDERSON, NV PURPLE HEART SERVICE

OFFICE ■ Author, Richard D. Keirn, MOPH Department of NV Service Officer

The Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Office is operated by Chapter 730 in Henderson, Nevada

and is located at 400 North Stephanie Street, Suite # 180, located inside the VA Veteran Outreach Center. The office is full-service offering different options to assist veterans, dependents, widows, and survivors. Recently, we received a “Proclamation” from Mayor Debra March representing the City of Hender-son.

The Service Office is supervised by Richard Keirn of Chapter 730 with the assistance of eleven Veteran Advocates that are located throughout Southern Ne-vada.

The Office itself is the Chapter 730 Service Office and presently represents the Department of Nevada and Chapter 711 of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. We also represent the Service Of-fice for Chapter 1076 and Chapter 17 of the Vietnam Veterans of America.

Services that are offered include VA claims assistance for veterans, depen-dents, widows, and survivors. Addition-al services offered include requesting “Military Service Records and Medi-cal / Service Treatment Records” from The National Personnel Records Center located in St. Louis, MO. We also at-tempt to secure Reserve Records from holding areas and respective State Adju-tant General Offices. We assist with VA Education information, home loans, ad-dress changes, CHAMPVA, in addition to provide other VA related services.

We correct individual DD-214 dis-charge documentation as needed and apply for updated awards. We complete historical fact checking on wartime units. We explain VA Decision Letters and submit requests for discharge upgrades. We also provide information regarding Military ID Cards, VA Cards, Defense Finance and Accounting Services.

The office located at the VA Veteran Outreach Center is open Monday thru Friday (except holidays) from 9 A.M to 1 P.M. We prefer individuals make ap-pointments however will service walk in’s when possible. The office E-Mail address is [email protected], the phone number for messages is (702) 582-5291, and the Fax # is (702) 586-2917. All telephone inquiries receive a response within 24 hours. The office is presently open despite Covid19 con-cerns.


Henderson Police Department Joins National

ABLE ProjectHenderson, Nev.

– The Henderson Police Department was accepted into the Active Bystand-ership for Law En-forcement (ABLE) Project, Georgetown University Law Cen-ter’s national train-ing and support ini-tiative for U.S. law enforcement agen-cies committed to building a culture of peer intervention that prevents harm.

Henderson Police is among a select group of 30 law enforcement agencies and training academies chosen to participate in the ABLE Project Train-the-Trainer program. Over the coming weeks, Henderson Police in-structors will be certi-fied as ABLE trainers and will go on to provide officers and professional staff with evidence-based active bystandership training designed not only to prevent harm, but to change the culture of policing.

The program is structured to educate and empower officers on the street to play a meaningful role in policing one another. The training provides practical active bystandership strategies and tac-tics to law enforcement officers that will help them overcome the innate inhibitors they face when called upon to intervene in actions taken by their peers, prevent misconduct, reduce officer mistakes and promote health and wellness.

“Law enforcement agencies across the country recognize that first responders must do a better job intervening when necessary to prevent their colleagues from causing harm or making costly mistakes,” said Chief of Police Thed-rick Andres. “Henderson Police Depart-ment’s participation in the ABLE project will provide our officers and profes-sional staff the tools they need to effec-tively recognize employees who may be experiencing stress or engaging in mis-conduct. We believe that prevention and

intervention are the best methodologies to place the Hender-son Police Depart-ment as a leader in active bystandership within the State of Nevada.”

Professor Christy Lopez, co-direc-tor of Georgetown Law’s Innovative Policing Program, which runs ABLE,

explained: “The ABLE Project seeks to ensure every police officer in the United States has the opportunity to re-ceive meaningful, ef-fective active bystand-ership training and to help agencies trans-form their approach to policing by building a culture that supports and sustains success-ful peer intervention to prevent harm.”

Chair of the ABLE Project Board of Advisors, Sheppard Mullin partner Jona-than Aronie, added: “Intervening in an-other’s action is harder than it looks after the fact, but it’s a skill we all can learn. And, frankly, it’s a skill we all need – po-lice and non-police. ABLE teaches that skill.”

The ABLE Project is guided by a Board of Advisors comprised of civil rights, so-cial justice and law enforcement leaders, including Vanita Gupta, the president of the Leadership Council on Civil and Human Rights; Commissioner Michael Harrison of the Baltimore Police Depart-ment; Commissioner Danielle Outlaw of the Philadelphia Police Department; Dr. Ervin Staub, professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts at Am-herst and the founder of the Psychol-ogy of Peace and Justice Program; and an impressive collection of other police leaders, rank and file officers and social justice leaders.

The Henderson Police Department invites the community to follow their progress in this critical area on Face-book, Twitter and Instagram.


VETERANS VILLAGE RECOGNIZED

■ By Richard Keirn, Senior Vice Commander

An awards ceremony on Wednesday morning, September 30th was held during the General Meeting of the

Chapter 730 Military Order of the Pur-ple Heart in Henderson, Nevada at the American Legion Post 40.

Plaques were presented to Dr. Arnold Stark, CEO of Veterans Village and Wendy Grant, of Veterans Village # 2 for their full support of the Chapter 730 Food Giveaway Program. Their support has enabled the Chapter during calendar year 2020 to provide more than 8000 pounds of food and perishables to se-niors and veterans in the Henderson area.

Without the full support of both indi-viduals this accomplishment would not have been possible. Chapter 730 wanted to give thanks to these two for all the help that they have given to us. We hope to be able to continue our work with vet-eran’s village into the future with more food giveaways.

The Plaque to Dr Stark was presented

by the Chapter Commander Dan Peter-son and the Finance Officer David Hu-gus. Wendy Grant’s Plaque was present-ed by the Dan Peterson and the Senior Vice Commander Richard Keirn.

Dan Peterson, Dr Stark and David Hugus


What is Osteoarthritis (OA) Pain?

Degenerative Joint Disease, also called Osteoarthritis (OA) is a complex disease state that is often

difficult to diagnose or accurately de-fine. It is a continually progressive dis-ease that targets the joints of the body as the cartilage degenerates over time. The American College of Rheumatology de-fined osteoarthritis (OA) or degenerative joint disease as “A heterogeneous group of conditions that lead to joint symptoms and signs which are associated with de-fective integrity of articular cartilage, in addition to related changes in the underlying bone at the joint margins” . Clinically, the patient suffering from this condition presents with joint pain, tenderness, restriction of movement and varying degrees of localized inflamma-tion. A plethora of research into degen-erative joint disease now links systemic inflammation to the progression of the disease.

The associated angiogenesis and in-flammation are closely integrated pro-cesses in osteoarthritis (OA) and typi-

cally affect disease progression and reported pain. It is known that inflam-mation can stimulate angiogenesis, and angiogenesis can facilitate or exacerbate inflammation. Inflammation certainly sensitizes nerves leading to increased pain in the patient. Innervation can also accompany vascularization of the articu-lar cartilage, where compressive forces and hypoxia may stimulate these new nerves, causing pain even after inflam-mation has subsided.

The anti-inflammatory effects of spe-cific parameters of Electric Signal Treat-ment (EST) can be used to naturally manage the inflammation process of angiogenesis. This can provide effective patient results for the treatment of OA by improving symptoms and retarding joint damage. This review hopes to sum-marize the potential therapeutic effects of EST by detailing known mechanisms of physiological action initiated by the clinical administration of EST in the effective treatment OA or degenerative joint disease.

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis and affects nearly 155 million people worldwide, with approxi-mately 30 million in the United States alone. Due to our aging U.S. population,

forecasts estimate that by the year 2025, nearly 25% of the adult U.S. popu-lation, or nearly 70 million people, will have physician-diagnosed arthri-tis. According to researchers from Stony Brook Uni-versity, Osteoar-thritis increases ag-gregate health care expenditures by nearly $186 billion annually and that figure could easily exceed $500 billion by 2025.

If you feel you have Osteoarthritis or are in constant joint pain, please give call us at 702-257-PAIN (7246). Let us help you get

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