U.S. Vets reaches out to homeless veterans, but some reject aid

U.S. Vets reaches out to homeless veterans, but some reject aid
BY SONYA PADGETT
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Posted: Oct. 14, 2012

A man in a wheelchair gives a middle-finger salute to cars exiting the freeway onto Tropicana Avenue.

The traffic is heavy and fast on this recent Monday afternoon and no one acknowledges the man with a long, gray beard and wild hair panhandling at the intersection near the Strip. Car windows remain up; his cardboard sign asking for help is ignored. Today, these drivers are not in a giving mood.

By the time the light goes from green to red to green again, the man is gesturing so violently, he falls out of his wheelchair.

Only three days before, Carl "Doc" Doster, 58, sat in a cushioned chair beneath Flamingo Road, playing Yahtzee with friends Freddie Lee Martin and Ronda Brewer. His wheelchair was nearby.

He's not sure who is winning; it could be him but Martin says Doster has rolled several do-overs that may not count. The three friends are taking a break in their game to welcome strangers to their camp, which is nestled in the desert near Industrial Road.
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