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shop at Weirs Beach dur- ing Motorcycle Week and not only sold calendars but also offered bikers a
THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, July 15, 2010
photo opportunity with all the calendar models if they made a donation to the cause. Tekla didn’t have the
For a donation to the cause, the Welcoming Arms Pin-Up girls posed with bikers at Weirs Beach during motorcycle week.
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Liberty House in mind when she came up with her idea, she just knew she wanted to do some- thing to help our veter- ans. “I researched different organizations serving vet- erans and this one struck a chord,” said Tekla.
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www.hillcrestterrace.com • 1-800-862-9490 K shared stories of trag-
edy and triumph con- cerning some of the veter- ans who have spent time at Liberty House. Each story bringing a different level of emotion for the dedicated project coordi- nator. A story about one of the first veterans who
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stayed at Liberty House and who passed away due to medical conditions caused K to break down for a moment. “He was one of us,” K
said. “I eat sleep and breathe
this stuff,” K said. “They are our brothers and sis- ters. Everyone here gets treated with respect.” As stated, there are ten
beds at Liberty House and a waiting list of about nine presently. “That’s because it’s the
summer. In the winter there are always more,” said K. There are about 200 homeless veterans in Manchester. Last winter six died in the streets. “All homeless ex-ser-
vicemen and women are welcome here during the day,” K emphasized. “Un- fortunately we can only sleep ten at night.” Liberty House has a
staff of five. Two vets and “3 vets at heart,” said K. Among them Bill Zara- kotas, who handles most of the transitional paper work and case manager, Sharyn Kelly. Of course K would love
to see a full-fledged vet center someday. “There’s a beauti ful building we have our eyes See LIBERTY on 15
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