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This edition of Senior Link is the culmination of lots of planning and lots of meetings.
But may I say that I have enjoyed every minute of it? Meeting the amazing people the
whose stories will captivate you has been an awesome opportunity.
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One of those meetings, with the gracious support of 50 Yard Line, was a dinner
with the four retired generals who have worked together to bring to Lubbock a
new VA super clinic. Their hard work and desire to give back will help the lives of
countless veterans in our city and surrounding communities. I
also had the opportunity to have coffee with Major General
(ret.) Dr. Annette Sobel, who is making her own strides to better
our community for veterans. Together with her and Carillon,
we were able to host a meeting with several community
leaders to start a grassroots effort of making Lubbock, TX the
friendliest city in the US for veterans. (Maybe you will see it
on a billboard soon). You can’t sit with these generals and not
recognize a determination in each one of them to continue to
serve our country and our city.

There is a movement taking place, from which we will all
benefit! As I met with these people and countless others, I
couldn’t help but feel an excitement, but more importantly a
motivation to take part. It is my hope that as you read their
stories and the numerous others in this edition, that you will
want to join them. You will find ideas in the pages that follow,
or contact me and I will help you find a way to participate.
Good things are going on all around Lubbock.

Many people helped pull this large, keepsake edition together.
I couldn’t have done it without the help of my editor, Jane
Bromley, and Katherine McLamore and Larry Williams, who
serve on the Honor Flight council, as well as Kara Leslie, pastor
of Mount Vernon UMC. They, too, have engaged in several
interviews to get these stories recorded.

This is the third veteran’s edition, and each time, I emphasize
something I believe with all my heart. Our kids, our grandkids,
all of our youth need to hear these stories. Please do not read this edition and then forget about it. The men
and women whose stories you will read have sacrificed to defend our country. If we don’t share their stories,
we neglect to give veterans the honor they deserve. We also fail to teach the next generation that freedom is
costly. The military ensures our freedom and as you will read in some of these stories, it was no easy task. We all
need to remember.

Please enjoy. Please share. Please thank our advertisers. Please consider taking part in the effort to show veterans
that Lubbock really is grateful for them.

Erin Agee

{ Thank you for those who have written in this edition, for sharing your knowledge {

and stories and helping to Link us. And thank you to the advertisers who make
this magazine a reality. Without all of you this would not be possible.