Tag: competition
member name: Speedy - Support Veterans
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June 15, 2007 06:04 PM EDT --
Selfless. Brave. Noble. Such are the world’s heroes! Consider the heroes in your life. Veterans might come to mind. Perhaps your grandfather, mother, or brother helped fight for freedom – . . .
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July 31, 2008 09:25 AM EDT --
By Katie Spielberger CCW Staff Writer
JUNEAU - Nobody will tell you that it's easy to finish a marathon - it takes ambition, perseverance, courage and months of training.
Holly Koester is no . . .
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July 01, 2008 09:27 AM EDT --
NORTH LAUDERDALE - He decided to join the Marines at 16. An accident left him paralyzed from the neck down at 20.
Now Carlos Leon, 23, is headed to the Beijing Paralympics - the Olympics for people . . .
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May 29, 2008 12:29 PM EDT --
The top 10 entries for the "Honor a Soldier" contest have been determined by your votes*. Thank you to all of the members who contributed their heartwarming work to the Support Veterans group. . . .
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June 18, 2008 09:08 AM EDT --
The 28th National Veterans Wheelchair Games, scheduled for July 25-29 in Omaha, Neb., will attract more than 500 veterans with disabilities; it has become the largest annual wheelchair sports competition . . .
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June 25, 2008 09:47 AM EDT --
By ALLEN GEMAEHLICH
The Daily Sentinel
Monday, June 23, 2008
No one appreciates competing in sports more than Carl Andrews.
It's no wonder he rushes his wife, Carol, to complete the . . .
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July 29, 2008 03:52 PM EDT --
Every year, the National Veterans Wheelchair Games welcomes back familiar faces, whether they are new athletes who only started competing last year or seasoned competitors who go back decades. But for . . .
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June 04, 2008 02:15 PM EDT --
Washington, DC-When participants of the inaugural 2008 Paralyzed Veterans' Golf Open tee off, they're not just aiming for a hole in one, but they are also helping severely disabled veterans transition . . .
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June 17, 2008 11:06 AM EDT --
By Vahe Gregorian ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 06/15/2008
Am I dead?
Scott Winkler wondered in a haze after his freak accident with the U.S. Army in Tikrit, Iraq.
The words changed, but the . . .
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July 15, 2008 02:25 PM EDT --
by LAREIGN WARD, Press Argus-Courier Staff
Monday, July 14, 2008 9:16 AM CDT
A local man will be competing in the world's largest annual wheelchair sporting event later this month in Omaha, . . .
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July 31, 2008 09:15 AM EDT --
By Donna Miles Omaha, NE - infoZine - The event is the world's largest annual wheelchair sports competition. It brings together veterans with spinal cord injuries, amputations or other mobility . . .
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June 14, 2007 11:32 AM EDT --
Over 500 disabled American heroes will converge on Milwaukee from June 19 – 23 to test their agility, athleticism and strength of spirit in the 27th National Veterans Wheelchair Games, the largest . . .
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July 31, 2008 09:09 AM EDT --
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
OMAHA, Neb., (07/30/2008) - As disabled veterans tested their limits during the National Disabled Veterans Wheelchair Games, which wrapped up here yesterday, . . .
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July 28, 2008 09:28 AM EDT --
Once again, hundreds of athletes are in Omaha for a national competition. The National Veterans Wheelchair Games opened Saturday at the Qwest Center.
The event has drawn some 500 athletes from across . . .
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