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VOL. 1/ ISSUE 11 FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2013 35 cents The show went on … four times. Thanks to an unexpected outpour- ing of support, on Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 9 and 10, the movie “Honor Flight” made its local debut at Carmike Cinema 14, 1900 N.W. Courtyard Circle, Port St. Lucie. Vanessa Smolen, a local Honor Flight Network volunteer, found out about the movie by accident when browsing the web. She came upon a trailer for the documentary that fol- lows World War II veterans as they participated in the Honor Flights program. “I sat there and cried the entire time,” Smolen said in an interview before the local showings. The Honor Flight Network is a na- tional program that takes World War II veterans to see the memorial dedicated to them on the National Mall. It was erected in 2004. The honor flights began, almost by ac- cident, a year later. Smolen checked the movie’s web site to see where it was playing. “It was in Naples, and I said, ‘I’m not going to go that far to see a movie,’” she said. But, Smolen also saw that folks have a chance to get the movie in their areas — if they can find the- aters willing to play it, and sell Theater packed for ‘Honor Flight’ movie By Patrick McCallister For Veteran Voice Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Centennial High School JROTC member Steven Bobb stands at aenon following the pledge of allegiance prior to the start of Honor Flight – The Movie at Carmike Theater in St. Lucie West Wednesday, Jan. 9. The special two day showing about veterans of World War II being flown to visit the memorials created in their honor in Washington DC was presented to sold-out audiences of veterans and their families. A ‘blueprint’ for returning vets There’s a blueprint to help re- turning service members accli- mate to their new civilian lives. Martin “Marty” Zickert, president of the Veterans Council of Indi- an River County, said the Points of Light Institute’s Community Blueprint will get started locally in 2013. “It’s going to be a big deal,” he said. “We hope to spread it throughout the Treasure Coast and get the Space Coast guys on board.” The institute’s website explains, “The Community Blueprint is a set of tools and practices that provide a framework for com- munities to produce positive, measurable outcomes for veter- ans, military members and their families.” Mike Monroe is a Marine Corps veteran, and vice president of Mil- itary Initiatives at the institute. He said the Community Blueprint was born in the Sunshine State and officially launched on Nov. 9. “About three years ago there was an off-site retreat (at the White Oak Plantation near Yulee) he said. “Fifty-five groups got togeth- er to discuss community needs and action plans. One of the find- ings out there is anything to help communities help veterans would help the communities.” He said 12 of the participating organizations at the retreat decid- ed to explore the issues recently discharged military members faced and form plans commu- Program designed to help transition from active duty to civilian life By Patrick McCallister For Veteran Voice See BLUEPRINT page 3 See MOVIE page 4 Last-minute push sold out three of four showings
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The show went on … four times. Thanks to an unexpected outpour-ing of support, on Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 9 and 10, the movie “Honor Flight” made its local debut at Carmike Cinema 14, 1900 N.W. Courtyard Circle, Port St. Lucie. Vanessa Smolen, a local Honor
Flight Network volunteer, found out about the movie by accident when browsing the web. She came upon a trailer for the documentary that fol-lows World War II veterans as they participated in the Honor Flights program. “I sat there and cried the entire
time,” Smolen said in an interview before the local showings. The Honor Flight Network is a na-
tional program that takes World War II veterans to see the memorial dedicated to them on the National Mall. It was erected in 2004. The honor flights began, almost by ac-cident, a year later. Smolen checked the movie’s web
site to see where it was playing.“It was in Naples, and I said, ‘I’m
not going to go that far to see a movie,’” she said. But, Smolen also saw that folks
have a chance to get the movie in their areas — if they can find the-aters willing to play it, and sell
Theater packed for ‘Honor Flight’ movie
By Patrick McCallisterFor Veteran Voice
Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Centennial High School JROTC member Steven Bobb stands at attention following the pledge of allegiance prior to the start of Honor Flight – The Movie at Carmike Theater in St. Lucie West Wednesday, Jan. 9. The special two day showing about veterans of World War II being flown to visit the memorials created in their honor in Washington DC was presented to sold-out audiences of veterans and their families.
A ‘blueprint’ for returning vets
There’s a blueprint to help re-turning service members accli-mate to their new civilian lives. Martin “Marty” Zickert, president of the Veterans Council of Indi-
an River County, said the Points of Light Institute’s Community Blueprint will get started locally in 2013. “It’s going to be a big deal,”
he said. “We hope to spread it throughout the Treasure Coast and get the Space Coast guys on board.” The institute’s website explains,
“The Community Blueprint is a set of tools and practices that provide a framework for com-
munities to produce positive, measurable outcomes for veter-ans, military members and their families.” Mike Monroe is a Marine Corps
veteran, and vice president of Mil-itary Initiatives at the institute. He said the Community Blueprint was born in the Sunshine State and officially launched on Nov. 9. “About three years ago there was
an off-site retreat (at the White Oak Plantation near Yulee) he
said. “Fifty-five groups got togeth-er to discuss community needs and action plans. One of the find-ings out there is anything to help communities help veterans would help the communities.” He said 12 of the participating
organizations at the retreat decid-ed to explore the issues recently discharged military members faced and form plans commu-
Program designed to help transition from active duty to civilian lifeBy Patrick McCallisterFor Veteran Voice
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A recipe for livingBy Joyce WildenFor Veteran Voice
Photo courtesy of Joyce WildenKathy Green (far right) looks on as Judi Bickmore presents a donation to the staff of the Veteran’s Transitional Facility . The ‘Simply Soup’ cookbook is held by Indian River Colony Club member Nancy Carroll. See RECIPE page 3
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nities could implement to help them. “They became known as the
Community Blueprint Advisory Council,” Monroe said. The advisory council identified
eight areas that needed attention and crafted the Blueprint Toolbox — specific things communities could do to address them. Those eight areas are: employment, vol-unteerism, behavioral health, ed-ucation, housing, family strength, financial and legal help, along with reintegration assistance. “Those tools became known as
the community solutions,” Mon-roe said. “These are things the community can pull out and look at and say, ‘We can do that.’”To become a blueprint commu-
nity, one or more organizations have to complete a needs assess-ment and survey, then submit an agreement to implement solutions to at least two of the eight items within a year. When done, the in-stitute can provide volunteer help from the Veterans Leaders Corps, which operates through Ameri-Corps. The Veteran Leader Corps has 75 members, and will grow to as many as 16,000 in coming years. Zickert said the Indian River
Veterans Council opted to focus on behavioral health and reinte-gration. He said reintegration has
been difficult for many returning service members because es-tablished veterans service orga-nizations often have a difficult time crossing generation gaps to appeal to younger folks. “(A returning veteran) walks in,
looks around, and says, ‘This is what veterans are all about,” he said. “They walk out and we nev-er see them again.” Behavioral health was selected,
Zickert said, because many vet-erans have a difficult time un-derstanding that the stresses of military life, especially in combat areas, affect them deeply. “I’ve yet to see anyone come
back without (post-traumatic stress disorder) to some degree,” he said. At press time, Monroe said there
are about 20 blueprint commu-nities. “The goal is to get to 200 by
2014,” he said. “We’ll be adding about 10, 11 in the next month or so.”Zickert said anyone wishing to
help returning service members and veterans can call him for additional information about the Community Blueprint at (772) 569-9533.“We’re going to have a lot of sup-
port, we think,” he said. Additionally, more information is
at pointsoflight.org/programs/military-initiatives/communi-ty-blueprint.
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to our country is a big reason they treat the employees so well. In turn, we work hard to make their retirement enjoyable,” Green said. Responsible for soups and lunch
specials, Green’s delicious recipes are well-known and appreciated by members. When two Marine Corps wives approached Green with an idea they had to produce a soup cookbook for charity, her answer was an enthusiastic “Yes!” But before she could reduce the
bulk recipes to a single gallon, she had to first write down the ingredi-ents and cooking directions from her “head, heart, and hands.” Members Judi Bickmore and
Nancy Carroll worked hard to edit, produce and taste-test recipes for the three-month book project sponsored by Indian River Colony Club Chapel Foundation. “Simply Soup! A Collection of
Soup Recipes From the Kitchen of Kathy Green,” contains more than 50 soup recipes and cook-ing pointers, along with a section entitled, “Things That Go With Soup.” Proceeds from the locally printed $11 cookbook go to the Veteran’s Transitional Facility in Melbourne, which provides hous-ing for homeless veterans. To purchase “Simply Soup! A Col-
lection of Soup Recipes From the Kitchen of Kathy Green,” call (321) 255-6000.
Photo courtesy of Joyce Wilden ‘Simply Soup! A Collection of Soup Rec-ipes From the Kitchen of Kathy Green,’ contains more than 50 soup recipes and cooking pointers, along with a section entitled, ‘Things That Go With Soup.’ Proceeds from the locally printed $11 cookbook go to the Veteran’s Transition-al Facility in Melbourne, which provides housing for homeless veterans.
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enough advance tickets online. That was in early December. She talked to the theater, and contacted the movie promoters for one show. “I thought one screening,” she
said. “I didn’t know what the capac-ity of the theater would be.” Turned out, tickets sold quickly af-
ter she used social networking and e-mail lists of Honor Flight volun-teers and participants to promote the local show. So, she booked a second show. “That one sold out immediately,”
Smolen said. She talked to the theater manage-
ment and movie promoters again and got showings three and four. But ticket sales had slowed, until Veteran Voice and Your Voice News & Views ran a press release adver-tising the movie. “About a week later, they gave me
the third of fourth showings,” she said. “But, once that Veteran Voice article came out — it sold a lot more than I thought. They gave me big-ger theaters for the third and fourth showings.”One show was coming down to the
wire, and didn’t have enough tick-ets sold as a deadline approached, until an unexpected benefactor stepped up, fellow Honor Flight vol-unteer Dr. Shamsher Singh. “I bought a few, but the show was
in danger of not going on,” he said in an interview before the showings. “They had to sell a minimum num-ber of tickets by (a deadline date), so I bought the rest they needed to make sure the show went on. I bought about 35 tickets.” Singh, who was born in India, said
he’s long been very patriotic for his adopted country, but his profes-sional friendships with many mili-
tary veterans has made him more so. “I gave (movie tickets) away to my
patients already,” he said. “I’m just giving them away. I bought them because I wanted the show to go on.” Philip Borneman, a manager at
Carmike Cinema, said it’s the first time the theater has ever had the community bring a movie to it, rather than it offering movies to the community. “It’s something new to us,” he said.
“It’s not something we previously did.”He predicted that opening the the-
ater to movies promoted by mem-bers of the community may become a trend. “I think we will (do this again),”
Borneman said. “I think with this event, people will get excited about the opportunity to see the content they want to see here.” Smolen said more than 400 ad-
vance tickets were sold for the lo-cal shows. Tickets were $12 each, and she’ll get a small portion of the proceeds. Not enough to cover her expenses, however. For example, she purchased 500 small American flags to give attendees. If there is any profit, she said, Smolen plans to donate it to the local Honor Flight program.
For additional information about the movie, visit honorflightthemov-ie.com. For more about the nation-al Honor Flight Network, see hon-orflight.org. Information about the Washington, D.C., World War II Monument is at wwiimemorial.com. The local Honor Flight program,
called a “hub,” is online at honor-flightsefl.org. Plans are under way for a flight in April. World War II vet-erans fly for free.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Olivia BumpersA P-40 Warhawk rests on display during the 2012 Flying Tiger Reunion luncheon at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Oct. 25. The P-40 was the aircraft used during World War II by the original Flying Tigers.
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STUART – It’s 1942 and the Unites States has entered World War II. Hollywood is enlisted to help in the war effort with the Victory Tour Caravan, featuring luminaries such as Bob Hope Lucille Ball and Jack Benny. The goal was to sell war bonds to help the war effort. Now Jody Madaras has recreat-
ed that tour with a new musical, “All Hands on Deck.” It will be performed at the Lyric Theatre on Jan. 27. Jody Madaras spoke from his home in New York about his show, in which he also has a starring role. “When I got the idea to do the
show, one of the things I found was that no one had ever done a show based on the caravan tour. It was a huge part of the war ef-fort and no one had ever honored them. I ended up writing it, came up with a score and raised mon-ey. I really believed in it.” The show is in two acts. The
first act recreates the Hollywood tour. Madaras plays Ted Crosley, the Bob Hope-type character who runs the tour. There is also a
Musical celebrates war bond effortBy Shelley KoppelStaff writer
Photo courtesy of Jody MadarasJody Madaras, at right, is the creator and emcee of ‘All Hands on Deck,’ a new musical about the 1942 Hollywood War Bond Cara-van. The show, which will be presented at the Lyric Theatre in Stuart on Jan. 27, contains 42 songs from the Big Band era.See HANDS page 8
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proved the request. Chennault spent the winter of 1940–1941 in Washington, supervising the pur-chase of 100 Curtiss P-40 fighters, which were diverted from a Royal Air Force order; and the recruit-ing of 100 pilots and some 200 ground crew and administrative personnel that would constitute the 1st AVG. Concerning the proposed Amer-
ican Volunteer Group, Chennault stated: “My plan proposed to throw a
small but well-equipped air force into China. Japan, like England, floated her lifeblood on the sea and could be defeated more easily by slashing her salty arties than by stabbing for her heart. Air bases in Free China could put all of the vital Japanese supply lines and advanced staging areas under at-tack. This strategic concept of Chi-na as a platform of air attack on Japan offered little attraction of the military planners of 1941. This support came from two civilians, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Chur-chill, and was offered against the strong advice of their military ad-visers.” The first combat for the AVG
occurred over southern Yunnan Province on Dec. 20, 1941. Chen-nault preached a radically differ-ent approach to air combat based on his study of Japanese tactics and equipment, his observation
of the tactics used by Soviet pi-lots in China, and his judgment of the strengths and weakness-es of his own aircraft and pilots. Chennault faced serious obstacles since many AVG pilots were very inexperienced. His doctrine called for pilots to
take on enemy aircraft in teams from an altitude advantage, since their aircraft were not as maneu-verable or as numerous as the Japanese fighters they would en-counter. He prohibited his pilots from entering into a turning fight with the nimble Japanese fighters, telling them to execute a diving or slashing attack and to dive away to set up for another attack. With these tactics and this
leadership, the American Volun-teer Group and their shark-nosed P-40s flew into history. Always outnumbered, in a target rich environment, the group that the military experts predicted would not last three weeks in combat fought for seven months over Bur-ma, China, Thailand, and French Indo-China, destroying 299 Jap-anese planes with another 153 probably destroyed -- all of this with a loss of only 12 P-40s in combat (an unbelievable 30:1 kill ratio) and 61 on the ground. Four pilots were killed in air combat; six were killed by anti-aircraft fire; three by enemy bombs on the ground; and three were taken prisoner. Ten more died as a re-
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Hollywood tenor, a blonde bomb-shell in the Jane Russell mode and the girl next door, a la June Allyson. Madaras said that the bombshell, Betty Blake, is based in part on Frances Langford, the actress who is a beloved part of Stuart history. There is also a band, led by real-life bandleader Rob Martino. For the second act, the group is
called upon to do an emergency live radio broadcast on Armed Forces Radio. The role of the studio audience is played by the Lyric audience. “We turn the stage into a ra-
dio studio,” Madaras said. “There are skits, jingles and commercials for things like Maxwell House Coffee. We end the show with a big salute to the military with
Photo courtesy of Jody MadarasMadaras said that the bombshell, Betty Blake, is based in part on Frances Langford, the actress who is a beloved part of Stuart history.
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playwright 21. Ultrahigh frequency 28. Cutting gun barrel spirals 29. Youth loved by Aphrodite 30. Get by begging 31. Cleans by scrubbing
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songs from all the branches.” Madaras said the audience can expect great
music throughout the show, “It has 42 of the greatest American songs
ever written,” he said. “It took me a long time to pick them. Part I has a huge sing-along that really gets it going. I’m very proud of these orchestrations. I worked very hard to make them authentic. It’s a Big Band sound.” The music includes some of the most
popular songs of the era, from “Beir Mir Bist Du Schon,” to “The Pennsylvania Polka,” to “Chattanooga Choo-Choo.” Madaras, who is too young to remem-
ber World War II, credits his grandparents, June and Adolph Madaras, with giving him a strong sense of patriotism. “She was in the American Legion Auxilia-
ry,” he said. “Growing up with grandma, we always listened to these songs. She was very proud of the United States and believed it was best when the country was united. That’s the theme of “All Hands on Deck” and, hence, the title. Her handwriting is in this show. “My grandpa came to Ellis Island (from
Hungary) in 1911 and served in World War II. There are a lot of vets in my family. Adolph and June are a big part of the show. With-out their influence, I might not have had the idea.”
The show debuted in 2011 and has been well-received. Madaras hopes eventually to bring it to New York, but for now, he is happy taking his several casts around the country. “We sold out in Dallas for four weeks,” he
said. “The audience left feels a little better and happier about our country.” “All Hands on Deck” will be performed at
the Lyric Theatre, 59 S.W. Flagler Ave., Stuart, on Jan. 27 at 4 and 7 p.m. Tickets are $45. Call the box office at (772) 286-7827 or order online at www.lyrictheatre.com.
HANDS from page 8 “When I got the idea to do the show, one of the things I found was that no one had ever done a show based on the caravan tour. It was a huge part of the war effort and no
one had ever honored them. I ended up writing it, came up with a score and raised money. I really believed in it.”
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County Veterans Service OfficersSt. Lucie County, Donna CarlsenPhone: (772) 337-5670Fax: (772) [email protected] J. Conrad Building(formerly the Walton Road Annex Bldg.)1664 S.E. Walton Road, Suite 205Port St. Lucie, FL 34952By appointmentMon., Tues, Thurs, Fri * 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.Wed * 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. St. Lucie County Community Services Bldg.(Corner of Avenue D and 7th Street) 437 N. Seventh St., Fort Pierce, FL 34950Walk-insMon. and Fri. * 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Brevard Veteran’s Services Office2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Bldg. B, Suite 102Viera, FL 32940Office: (321) 633-2012Fax: (321) 637-5432Mon., Tues. and Thurs., 8 a.m.-4 p.m.Wed. and Fri, 8 a.m.-noonManager: Glenn McGuffieIndian River CountyJoel HermanVero Beach 2525 St. Lucie Ave.,Vero Beach, FL 32960 Ph: (772) 226-1499 Fax: (772) 770-5038Sebastian Square 11602 U.S. 1, Sebastian, FL 32958 Ph: (772) 589-6597 Fax: (772) 581-4988
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