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ᑡᑙ ᑀᑡᑦ!!%ᑣᑀ&!ᑀᑠᑣ%&ᑀᑱᑣᑣ&ᑀ+!∋∃ᑀᑤᑙᑱᑧᑰ+−%ᑀ ᑣᑣᑢ%ᑆᑀᑖᑦᑣᑀ&ᑙᑠᑰᑣᑀᑙ&ᑀᑰᑣᑤ& %ᑦ!)%ᑀ+!∋ᑀ&ᑦᑣᑀ∀ᑙ+ᑱᑣ &ᑀ∃ᑙ&ᑣ%ᑀ+!∋ᑀᑡᑙ ᑀᑣ∗∀ᑣᑡ&ᑆᑀᑒᑧ(ᑣᑀ∋%ᑀ&ᑦᑣᑀ !∀∀!∃&∋ ᑧ&+ᑀ&!ᑀ%ᑦ!)ᑀ+!∋ᑀ&ᑦᑣᑀ∃ᑣ&∋∃ ᑀ+!∋−ᑰᑰᑀᑥᑣ&ᑀᑤ∃!ᑱᑀᑦᑣᑰ∀ᑧ ᑥᑀ !&ᑦᑣ∃%ᑆ ★ ᑕᑗᑐᑀᑧ%ᑀ&ᑦᑣᑀ! ᑰ+ᑀᑡ! ᑥ∃ᑣ%%ᑧ! ᑙᑰᑰ+ᑀᑡᑦᑙ∃&ᑣ∃ᑣᑢᑀ(ᑣ&ᑣ∃ᑙ % !∃ᑥᑙ ᑧ,ᑙ&ᑧ! ᑀᑢᑣᑢᑧᑡᑙ&ᑣᑢᑀ%!ᑰᑣᑰ+ᑀᑤ!∃ᑀ&ᑦᑣᑀᑠᑣ ᑣᑤᑧ&ᑀᑙ ᑢᑀ∃ᑣ∀∃ᑣ%ᑣ ᑀ&ᑙ&ᑧ! !ᑤᑀᑧ ᑢᑧ(ᑧᑢ∋ᑙᑰ%ᑀ)ᑧ&ᑦᑀ%∀ᑧ ᑙᑰᑀᑡ!∃ᑢᑀᑧ ᑨ∋∃+ᑀ!∃ᑀᑢᑧ%ᑣᑙ%ᑣᑆ
ᑓᑗᑦᑦᑀᑢᑩᑱᑀᑧᑩᑱᑡᑀᑥᑨᑢᑩᑱᑧᑗ!ᑥᑩᑨᑀᑩᑨᑀ!ᑤᑡᑀᑕᑗᑱᑗᑦ&∋ᑡᑠ ᑖᑡ!ᑡᑱᑗᑨ ᑀᑩᑢᑀᑒᑧᑡᑱᑥᑙᑗᑀᑓᑤᑗᑱᑥ!ᑗᑘᑦᑡ ᑔᑥᑢ!ᑀᑒᑨᑨ∀ᑥ!&
ᑇᑀᑂᑑᑆᑆᑃᑀᑉᑈᑉᑄᑑᑈᑆᑆᑀᑡ%!ᑅᑀᑐᑆᑆᑀᑁ ∃∃∃ᑅᑰ#ᑗᑅᑩᑱᑣ
ᑕᑦᑡᑗ ᑡᑀᑱᑡᑧᑡᑧᑘᑡᑱᑀ!ᑤᑡᑀᑕᑗᑱᑗᑦ&∋ᑡᑠᑀᑖᑡ!ᑡᑱᑗᑨ ᑀᑩᑢᑀᑒᑧᑡᑱᑥᑙᑗᑀ ᑥᑨᑀ&ᑩ∀ᑱᑀ∃ᑥᑦᑦᑀᑩᑱᑀᑩ!ᑤᑡᑱᑀᑡ !ᑗ!ᑡᑀᑰᑦᑗᑨᑨᑥᑨᑣᑅ
on their property tax bill and $192 of their heating expenses paid during the year.” I have lived in Colorado for nine years and never heard of this rebate. —Lt. Col. Cy Letzelter, USAF-Ret. via e-mail
Editor’s note: The article should have said Colorado residents “might be eligible for” these rebates, which apply if your combined annual income is $15,700 or less. Logged-in MOAA members can find more information in our online tax guide,
http://bit.ly/ dZgmuh. For more information, re- view the Colorado Department of Rev- enue’s Property Tax Rent/Heat Rebate information at
http://bit.ly/eXDmqn. (Both URLs are case-sensitive.)
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Dress With Respect On page 97 of the March issue [Pages of History], you published a story about a bronze star being awarded to [Army veteran Seymour S. Lavine] 65 years after the fact. Along with the story was a picture of a general presenting the award. Had I been the recipient, I would have felt insulted by the general’s uniform — cammies. Couldn’t he have the decency to put on a dress uniform? —Capt. Verle E. Burch, USMC-Ret. via e-mail
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