August 2015 Volume 31

The Desert Oracle

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Officers John Tuzzolino, President Gordon Moye, Vice President Leonard Smith, Secretary Dianne Brunswick, Treasurer

Board of Directors Joseph Chitty Joseph Hamilton Sue Wudy National Director Leonard Smith Executive Director Peter R. Quinn Administrative Assistant Anthony O’Clair Office Assistant Cyndee Collings Membership and Volunteer Coordinator Anthony O’Clair PVA National Service Officer’s Michael Wilson, Sr. National Service Officer Jacqueline Berkshire, Senior Secretary PVA National Service Office 3333 N. Central Ave., Ste. 1055 Phoenix, AZ 85012 602-627-3311 Fax- 602-627-3315 800-795-3582

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Contents

Board of Directors…….………..….……..…..pg. 2

Notes From Our NSO...…..….....……….…..pg. 3

Veterans Day Poster Contest..…….……….pg. 4

Changes to VA Care…………….…..……....pg. 5

Reproductive Services Bill Pulled…………...pg.6

VA Accountability Act…………..……..…..…pg. 7

Results From The NVWG…………...….........pg.8

Inclusive Home Design Act…….……...……pg.10

Social Security Benefits Cut…...…….…..…pg.11

Membership Report………………………….pg.12

Birthdays…………………………………...…pg.13

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CHAMPVA The Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, otherwise known as CHAMPVA is a federal health benefits program administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. CHAMPVA provides reimbursement for most medical expenses – inpatient/outpatient, skilled nursing care, prescription medication, and durable medical equipment (DME). To be eligible for CHAMPVA, you cannot be eligible for TRICARE. CHAMPVA provides coverage to the spouse or widow(er) and to the children of a veteran who is rated permanently and totally disabled due to a service-connected disability; was rated permanently and totally disabled due to a service connected condition at the time of death; died of a service-connected disability, or died on active duty and the dependents are not eligible for DoD TRICARE benefits.

Beneficiaries age 65 and older must meet the following conditions to be eligible: 1. If you were 65 or older prior to June 5, 2001, and were otherwise eligible for CHAMPVA, and were enti-

tled to Medicare Part A coverage, then you will be eligible for CHAMPVA without having to have Medicare Part B coverage.

2. If you turned 65 before June 5, 2001, and only have Medicare Part A, you will be eligible for CHAMPVA without having to have Medicare Part B coverage.

3. If you turned 65 before June 5, 2001, and had Medicare Parts A and B on June 5, 2001, you must keep both Parts to be eligible.

4. If you turned age 65 on or after June 5, 2001, you must be enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B to be eligible. Beneficiaries under the age of 65 and entitled to Medicare must be enrolled in both Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B to be eligible for CHAMPVA. CHAMPVA will pay after Medicare, Medicare supplemental plans, Medicare HMO plans, and any other health insurance (OHI) coverage for health care services and supplies. The veteran or sponsor must be permanently and totally disabled from a service-connected condition, died as a result of a service-connected condition, was rated permanently and totally disabled from a service-connected condition at the time of death, or died on active duty and whose dependents are not otherwise entitled to TRICARE benefits. In most cases, CHAMPVA pays equivalent to Medicare/TRICARE rates. CHAMPVA has an outpatient deductible of $50 per person up to $100 per family per calendar year, and a cost share of 25% up to the catastrophic cap of up to $3,000 per calendar year. You should collect the 25% allowable cost share from the patient except when the patient has other health insurance. If the patient has OHI, then CHAMPVA pays the lesser of either 75% of the allowable amount after $50 calendar year deductible, or the remainder of the charges and the beneficiary will normally have no cost share. If the beneficiary has OHI, they should be billed first. By law, CHAMPVA is always secondary payer except to Medicaid. The CHAMPVA Inhouse Treatment Initiative (CITI) is a voluntary program that allows for the treatment of beneficiaries at participating VA Medical Centers. Not all VAMC’s participate in the CITI program due to veterans need and population of the VAMC. In Arizona, Tucson VAMC is the only medical center that participates in the program. There are no cost shares or deductibles for covered services in the CITI program. CHAMPVA and the Affordable Care ACT (ACA) You satisfy the requirement to have health care coverage under ACA if you have CHAMPVA. You do not need to take any additional steps. If you are eligible for Medicare and CHAMPVA, you must maintain both Medicare Part A and Part B to continue to be eligible for CHAMPVA. Your access to CHAMPVA health care benefits, your health benefit coverage, and your cost-shares and deductibles do not change as a result of the Affordable Care Act. CHAMPVA may be used to complement private health insurance. Note: Deductibles may have changed, for current rates please contact CHAMPVA at 888-733-8387.

Notes From Our Senior NSO

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Here's our opportunity to be heard — let's take full advantage of it. VAratings.com provides a free ratings/review system with a directory of all VA Hospitals, Outpatient Clinics, Veteran Centers, National Cemeteries and Intake Centers. The rating system consists of a 5 star rating process with questions about a veteran’s visit that deal with Department, Ease of scheduling, Wait times, Treatment quality, Staff’s quality of care and more. A comment section is also available where veterans can add more information and others visitors can respond directly to posts. Here's an article about it: http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/New-Website-Allows-Veterans-to-Review-VA-Facilities--321560631.html Please take a moment to register and rate your facility. While rating, include your comments about the importance of maintaining fully resourced specialized SCI/D services, access to customized prosthetics, and the need for SCI/D nurse staffing to allow for more operating beds for annual exams and acute care. Sherman Gillums, Jr. Deputy Executive Director Paralyzed Veterans of America

Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans) announces its 12th annual National Veterans Day Poster and Poem Contest. The theme for this year’s contest is, “Show or Tell How You Would Thank a Veteran This Holiday Season.” The poster contest is open to students in grades 1-4, and the poem contest is open to students in grades 5-8. “Our Veterans Day Poster and Poem Contest gives children an opportunity to have a voice and show how they would like to honor our nation’s veterans,” said Al Kovach Jr., national president of Paralyzed Veterans. “We encourage all students grades 1-8 to participate and to get other others students and schools who may not know about the contest involved as well.” For the Poster and Poem Contest, children can draw from their personal experiences with a veteran from their family or community; from lessons learned in school; or from stories they have read about in books or newspapers, to help them understand and visualize how they would like to thank a veteran. Children are encouraged not only to learn about the service and sacrifices that veterans have made for our country and what that means, but also to understand that these experiences are not necessarily limited to just military service -- and can include veterans who continue to serve their communities as a teacher, coach, first responder, mentor, volunteer, etc. This is the first year for the poem contest, which was previously an essay contest for grade 5-8 students. It was decided that a poem would offer children an opportunity to express artistic creativity in their writing. Entrants should not depict a historical review of Veterans Day but focus more on how they believe they would want to thank a veteran for their service. Entries for the contest must be received and/or postmarked by October 1, 2015. For more information about the contest, please visit www.pva.org/posterpoem.

Paralyzed Veterans of America Announces Annual Veterans Day Poster and Poem Contest

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Paralyzed Veterans of America’s frontline representatives on veterans’ health care and benefits will gather next month for a week of in-depth training designed to boost their roles as clinical advocates. Paralyzed Veterans’ National Service Officers from all 25 VA Spinal Cord Injury & Disease Centers around the country will gather in Washington, D.C., Aug. 10-14, 2015, for the first Clinical Advocates Training session given since the Phoenix VA scandal and corresponding passage of legislation – the 2014 Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act (VACAA) – that expands the number of options veterans have for receiving care, including that available in the private sector. “This training was necessitated by all of the changes at the Veterans Health Administration,” said Sherman Gillums, Jr., deputy executive director of Paralyzed Veterans of America. “The VACAA enables private sector care as an alternative to VA care, which is fine for most veterans. But for those who need specialized care, it’s harder to ensure those veterans are receiving not just convenient care but quality care – that’s an important distinction.” An NSO’s advocacy on behalf of a veteran is currently focused at one of the VA’s 25 SCI centers, which, like all veterans’ benefits, is governed by Title 38 of United States Code. But since Title 38 authority does not apply to care at private hospitals, there is no guarantee private hospital staff will work with Paralyzed Veterans’ advocates, particularly when a veteran faces the clinical or due process problems that commonly occur in hospitals, Gillums said. “We have to figure out how to navigate those challenges when it becomes necessary to intercede on behalf of a veteran we represent,” he said. “We also must ensure the veterans are not being charged for care when the VA should be covering it.” The August training will focus on those and other changes associated with the VACAA as well as anticipated changes in the VHA’s pending realignment, which includes the addition of more staff, programs and new clinical approaches, Gillums said. One such change will involve redesigning SCI center hospital rooms from shared to private, in which case veterans will see less exposure to communicable infections but also decreased peer mentorship during rehabilitation, he said. “We want to make sure care for our veterans improves without creating unintended consequences, such as isolation at a time when social contact reaps benefits for newly injured veterans,” Gillums said. “We want our service officers to be sensitive to some of the ways the clinical setting is changing and adapt to them by interacting perhaps more dynamically than what was necessary when I was newly injured.” Paralyzed Veterans of America is the only veterans service organization approved to perform site visits of the VA’s SCI centers, and while those provide one- or two-day snapshots, it is the work of NSOs throughout the year that ultimately determines how well VA care is meeting the needs of veteran patients, Gillums said. “Having that access to the VA is important for us to stay fresh in our competencies and knowledge of how the system runs, and that’s unique to Paralyzed Veterans of America,” Gillums said. “While there may be other organizations that train advocates, our people are exposed to intense training by experts in order to help them develop insights into SCI medicine and treatment beyond the layman's level. It's been a part of our unrivaled 30-plus year commitment to shaping the best system of healthcare possible for veterans with catastrophic disabilities."

Paralyzed Veterans of America Trains Clinical Advocates in Advance of Anticipated Changes to VA Care

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R&M International’s #TreatsforTroops Campaign to Benefit Paralyzed Veterans of America

Statue of Liberty cookie cutter from R&M International Corp.The July 4 Independence Day holiday may be behind us, but a leading bakeware company is stepping up to promote patriotism year-round and benefit Paralyzed Veterans of America’s programs and services for injured and disabled veterans. Beginning July 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015, R&M International Corp. will donate 10 percent of its sales of patriotic cookie cutters and cookie cutter sets to Paralyzed Veterans of America. “We are honored to be able to give back to the brave men and women who have selflessly given so much so that we may enjoy the freedoms often taken for granted,” said Jason B. Sanders, general manager for R&M International Corp. “We hold our courageous soldiers close to our hearts, in the highest regard and believe they are true heroes. We want to do our part to make sure we are taking care of those heroes who take care of us.” This is the second year R&M International has partnered with Paralyzed Veterans of America for the cookie cutter promotion. In 2014, the campaign resulted in a $2,100 donation, a goal the company hopes to surpass this year and in the years to come.R&M International has been in business for more than 22 years as a wholesaler and distributor of cookie cutters, kitchen tools and specialty bakeware. Based in Pipersville, Penn., the bakeware company was founded by two men with military backgrounds – Mark Weatherhead, who served in the U.S. Air Force, and Robert W.O. Ball, Jr., whose father retired as a Colonel in the Air Force. “We are so grateful for businesses like R&M International Corp. who are raising funds in support of our mission,” said Al Kovach, national president of Paralyzed Veterans of America. “Every fundraiser makes a difference and with their commitment, we are able to continue improving care for our veterans and help strengthen the programs and services we provide.” To see a list of cookie cutter and cookie cutter sets that will benefit Paralyzed Veterans of America at this link. You can also share your purchase on social media using #treatsfortroops or #gidoughforgijoe.

Critical Reproductive Services Bill Pulled from Senate VA Committee Markup

Paralyzed Veterans of America was deeply disappointed to learn that S. 469, the “Women Veterans and Families Health Services Act,” was pulled from the Senate VA Committee markup on July 22 due to purely political amendments that did nothing to serve veterans. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced several amendments targeted at the ongoing controversy with Planned Parenthood, an issue that has nothing to do with reproductive services for veterans. Unfortunately, he placed political ideology ahead of the needs of veterans with catastrophic disabilities, particularly those with spinal cord injury or disease. The critically needed legislation would lift an antiquated ban on VA providing fertility services to veterans who have incurred a severe injury to their reproductive organs. As a result of the recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, many young service members have suffered grievous injuries from explosive devices that have made them unable to conceive a child naturally. While the Department of Defense does provide assisted reproductive technologies, such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), to service members, VA does not. PVA will continue to advocate for reproductive services for veterans and hopes to see S. 469 through the next markup after the congressional summer recess.

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Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid Celebrate Major Birthdays Medicare and Medicaid marked their 50th birthday in July. Meanwhile, August 14 is the date when, 80 years ago, President Roosevelt signed into law the Social Security Act. These landmark pieces of legislation have offered decades of access to health care and economic security for millions of older Americans, people with disabilities and their families. To highlight what these programs mean to people across the country, Social Security Works, recently published “Our Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid Work for America,” a series of reports written for public officials, members of the press, advocates and other concerned citizens. In addition to providing information about each program’s history, character and vitality, as well as relating compelling, real-life stories, every report includes statistics about the number of people who receive benefits, the types of benefits they receive, and the total amount of funds flowing from these programs into each state, including its congressional districts and counties. The reports can be found at www.socialsecurityworks.org. Meanwhile, the list of bills and resolutions calling for improvements in Social Security continues to grow. On July 30, Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Doris Matsui (D-HI) and Patrick Murphy (D-FL), along with 57 of their colleagues, introduced H.Res. 393 expressing support for efforts to protect and expand Social Security while securing its long-term future. This measure is similar to one offered by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) during the budget debate last March which garnered the support of 42 Senators. Although unsuccessful, the resolution nonetheless established an important indicator of those in Congress who support Social Security. Advocates believe that H.Res. 393 will serve as a similar benchmark in the House. This resolution joins an array of pieces of legislation designed to stabilize the Social Security trust funds over the long term and improve benefits for millions of Americans who depend largely on that program for economic security. Among the more comprehensive measures already introduced in the 114th Congress are S. 731, the “Social Security Expansion Act,” introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT); H.R. 1391, introduced by Rep. John Larson (D-CT); and the “SAFE Social Security Act” introduced by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI). Each of these bills would, to varying extents, raise the cap on earnings against which payroll taxes are applied, move to a cost of living formula that better reflects expenses of older Americans and people with disabilities (the CPI-E), extend the solvency of the Social Security trust funds and provide other benefits for lower income beneficiaries.

House Approves VA Accountability Act The House of Representatives approved H.R. 1994, the “VA Accountability Act,” prior to leaving for the August recess. The legislation would presumably make it easier for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to terminate substandard employees. Similar provisions that applied only to VA staff at the Senior Executive Service (SES) level were included in P.L. 113-146, the “Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act,” passed last summer. PVA testified in favor of the companion bill—S. 1082—before the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs earlier this year. We have also taken a position in support of H.R. 1994. While opponents complain that the legislation eliminates due process rights of VA employees and hurts morale, PVA does not believe either assertion is true. These bills will likely be advanced after the August recess. Meanwhile, the President has issued a threat to veto this bill if it passes Congress.

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Arizona Team Results from the National Veterans Wheelchair Games

The 2015 35th Annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games (NVWG) SAVAHCS Athletes of the AZ DRY HEAT Team, co-sponsored by the Paralyzed Veterans of America ({VA) and the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). There were 10 total AZ PVA athletes from around the state, 7 from SAVAHCS and 3 from the Phoenix VA area. Novices are first timers to the games, Open are those who have been before and under age40, Masters are those over 40 or choose to compete in the open division, Seniors are those over the age of 60 or who choose to compete in the open division. Paul Cartter, Catalina – Class V, Seniors: Trap Shooting - X Bowling – X Air Rifle – X Air Pistol - X 9-Ball – X Joseph Chitty – Tucson – Class II Perm, Seniors: Rowing Exhibition 9-Ball – Gold Table Tennis – Gold Bowling – Gold Weightlifting – Class I - Gold Steve Hymers – Oro Valley – Class IV Perm, Open: Rowing Exhibition 9-Ball – Silver Table Tennis – X Bowling – Gold Larry Moses – Queen Creek – Novice: Air Rifle –X Basketball – X 9-Ball – X Weightlifting – Gold Hand-cycling – X Michael Muller – Tucson – Novice: 9-Ball – Bronze Bowling – Silver Slalom – Bronze Track: Shot Put – Silver Discus – Silver Javelin - Bronze Steve O’Brien – Tucson – Class IV Perm, Open: 9-Ball – X Table Tennis – Silver Basketball – Class IV /V – X Swimming 100 M Class IV – Gold

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Arthur Parson – Sierra Vista – Class III, Masters: 9-Ball - X Basketball – X Track: 100 M – Bronze 200 M – Gold Biathlon – X Air Rifle – X Air Pistol – X Harold Bostick – Phoenix - Class IV Perm, Masters: Track: Shot Put – Gold Discus – Gold Javelin – Gold Weightlifting – Gold Mark Peterson – Phoenix – Class IV Perm, Masters: Ramp Bowling - Gold Power Chair Soccer – Silver Power Chair Slalom – Head, Mouth – Gold John Tuzzolino – Phoenix – Class II Perm, Open: Track: Shot Put - X Discus – X Javelin – X Softball – X Air Rifle – X Weightlifting – Gold

25 TOTAL MEDALS: 15 GOLD 6 SILVER 4 BRONZE

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Inclusive Home Design Act Introduced On July 28, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) reintroduced H.R. 3260, the “Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act,” a bill that would require new homes built with federal dollars to meet accessibility standards, including a zero-step entrance, wheelchair accessible doorways and bathrooms, and climate controls that are at a height reachable from a wheelchair. The bill is named after one of the most prominent activists on behalf of inclusive home design, Eleanor Smith. Rep. Schakowsky released the following statement about the bill: “For too long, the federal government has supported the development of housing that is not visit able or livable for those with mobility impairments. Many municipalities around the country – from Bolingbrook, Illinois to Westport, Massachusetts to Austin, Texas – have already incorporated accessibility standards into their building codes. The Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act would make sure the federal government follows their lead. This bill is common sense: It would make sure that as more and more Americans reach retirement age that they are able to ‘age in place’ in their homes. It would also ensure that our veterans who have suffered debilitating injuries on the battlefield are able to more easily find an accessible home. But the benefits of accessible design go far beyond the disability community – it benefits all of us who have friends and family with limited mobility. It is also much cheaper to build an accessible home than it is to retrofit – a difference of a couple hundred dollars on the front end, instead of a couple thousand dollars on the back end.” Inclusive home design has long been a priority issue for PVA and its members. We strongly support H.R. 3260 and we will be expanding our advocacy efforts to see it enacted.

Senator McCain Introduces Legislation to Make Choice Program Permanent

Prior to leaving for the August recess, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) introduced S. 1991. While text for the legislation is not yet available, the bill would make permanent the Choice program created by P.L. 113-146, the “Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act,” enacted in the wake of the access scandal first identified in Phoenix, Arizona last year. Additionally, the legislation would presumably make all veterans, regardless of proximity to a VA medical facility, eligible for access to this legislation. Upon notification of the introduction of this legislation, PVA responded with the following statement: “Any effort to ensure veterans receive timely access to quality health care is a welcome one. The extent to which the Department of Veterans Affairs lacked the capacity to do so for the 9 million enrolled veterans in this country made an alternative necessary. For some veterans, however, the VA Choice Card Act was not the remedy. Those veterans with catastrophic disabilities—such as spinal cord injury—found VA to be the best, and in many cases the only, provider of specialized care. That’s simply the reality. Senator McCain should be commended for taking steps to get more veterans seen by providers as efficiently as possible. But those steps should be accompanied by efforts to ensure VA specialized care and the tertiary support services that sustain them also remain a viable option for veterans with the greatest, lifelong needs. We support the bill’s intent. However, if it requires VA to erode its infrastructure or rob Peter to pay Paul to fund permanent Choice Care, we won’t support it.”

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Social Security Benefit Cuts Offered to Pay For Highway Bill Social Security once again became a “target of opportunity” in the battle to replenish the federal trust fund that finances highway construction and maintenance. Federal transportation funding was set to expire at the end of July and, on July 23, the Senate considered a $47 billion package of highway and transit program funding. Among the measures to pay for a portion of that cost was a proposal called the “Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons (CUFF) Act.” This measure would prohibit the payment of Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or Special Veterans Benefits (SVB) to people who are the subject of an arrest warrant for a felony or for an alleged violation of probation or parole. Although it sounded like a fairly reasonable proposal on its face, the CUFF Act in fact could have a devastating impact on thousands of people with disabilities, seniors and veterans who have not been convicted of any crime but who rely on Social Security and SSI. Law enforcement is already notified of the location of every person with a warrant for a felony or an alleged violation of probation or parolee who turns up in the Social Security Administration (SSA) databases. And the Social Security Act already prohibits benefits being paid to individuals fleeing from law enforcement to avoid prosecution or imprisonment. Processes are already in place for SSA to work with law enforcement agencies to determine if warrants are being actively pursued against these individuals so that benefits to these persons can be terminated. Several years ago, SSA attempted to administer a provision similar to the CUFF Act with cata-strophic effect for many people with disabilities and seniors, employing procedures that did not withstand judicial scrutiny. For example, because warrant databases are notoriously inaccurate, cases of mistaken identity were common. A large percentage of those affected were people with intellectual disabilities or mental illnesses and some individuals who lost benefits were residing in nursing homes. Under the CUFF Act, large numbers of those who would lose benefits had warrants routinely issued when they were unable to pay a fine or court fee or probation supervision fee. Eliminating what may be their only source of income does not help resolve these issues. Many people never know that a warrant has been issued for them as warrants are often not served on the individual. These warrants are often not easily resolved since many of those who lose benefits live far from the issuing jurisdiction. Many will lose Medicare outpatient (Part B) coverage because of their inability to pay the quarterly premium. Social Security and disability advocates around the country and in Congress mounted a concerted effort to get the CUFF Act withdrawn as a pay-for on the highway bill. To win agreement from Democrats to proceed with consideration of the transportation bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell agreed to remove the CUFF Act language. This is only a temporary victory for Social Security supporters, however, because it is expected that measures like the CUFF Act will continue to be put forward to pay for other “must pass” legislation in the months ahead.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT from

The Arizona Chapter

The Arizona Chapter voting membership stands at 517 as of August 1st 2015. National and AZPVA records show our voting membership as:

272- Service Connected 245- Non-Service Connected

The Arizona Chapter encourages each of our members to contact the Chapter and let us know how you are doing, and if we can help you in any way. If you know of any of our members who have passed away, or if you have an address/phone change, please contact the Chapter as soon as possible. Also, if you would like to receive the Desert Oracle Newsletter by e-mail, please call or e-mail the office with your e-mail address.

Do you know a veteran with spinal cord dysfunction who isn’t a member of the AZPVA? Let us know at the Chapter office by calling

602-244-9168 or 1-800-621-9217 e-mail: azpva@azpva.org

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August 7th—Phoenix Mercury Game August 26th—Board of Directors Meeting September 7th—Labor Day (Chapter Office Closed)

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Deceased Members August Please have someone contact our Chapter office in the event of a member’s death so that we can inform other member’s who might wish to pay their respects to the departed.

Harry Porter Michael Salvagio Keneth Wooten Anthony Integlia

Richard L. Crull Jesus F. Olivas Beverly L. Hall Ervin V. Weatherl Michael A. Sondrol, Esq Richard McCarthy Paul E. Morrison David M. Crane Bruce D. Atwood Thomas J. Collins Angie M. Fodor Peter R. Quinn Faith S. Smith James R. McDonald Patricia A. Hardesty Douglas W. Balzer Linda Puhle Cullen S. Child Julius A. Aubin Danny H. Kunkel Nestor Chavez

Sandra L. Easterwood David J. Showerman Savannah J. Hardy Michael G. Kennedy Jorge J. Romero Dale R. Pyle Diego P. Suazo James H. Blain Stephen C. Lusby Timothy E. Ramos Timothy W. Adkins Paul E. Winger James P. Erlick Hugh A. Convery Carl B. Kelly Shawn A. Swartzmiller Cheryl R. Henson Amy B. Rocker Guido M. Brungardt Jack E. Wilson Lavern D. Dixon

Bruce M. Emeson John D. Gallegos Myra R. Grant Richard S. Glen Frank S. Rico Thomas J. Bell Louis P. Hoel, Sr. Jeffery A. Kelly Daniel K. Ferreira Vernon D. Gallagher Jr. Stephen C. Willoby Bridget L. Bauer Rodney W. Janzen Donna J. King Patrick A. Tee Gary T. Campbell