2022 HOMETOWN HEROES MAGAZINE

2022 Hometown HEROES Magazine LINCOLN DAILY NEWS May / June 2022 Page 45 We really enjoyed our small contribution to helping raise money to assist in the continued work that the Veterans Commission is doing, and will continue to assist when we can.” We agree with the comments of both Vlahovich and Buse. Our veterans are first-line heroes who are ignored and neglected. It is up to us, all of us, to see to it that is not the case in Logan County. To date the CIVC has provided two new homes to local veterans Scott Jackson and Dave and Tecia Hennessey. The CIVC has the funding in place for home number three and are hoping to have that home built before the end of the year. What the CIVC is doing with assistance from the Logan County Veteran Assistance Commission, the young athletes of West Lincoln-Broadwell School, our local first responders, and the people of Logan County is an heroic measure beyond compare. It is one thing to say ‘Thank you for your service.’ Those are words veterans hear often and yes those words are taken to heart and appreciated by the men and women who hear them. But, a home and a solid future, a place of ownership and a sense of belonging to our community, that is the best kind of thank you, and that makes all these people heroes in our eyes. [Nila Smith]