Funeral Plans for Los Angeles County Fire Captain Include Santa Barbara Burial
Noozhawk
By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor
August 24, 2018
Memorial for Wayne Habell set for Saturday at Camarillo church; graveside service will be Monday at Santa Barbara Cemetery
Firefighters from the Montecito Fire Protection District salute as a motorcade bearing the body of Los Angeles County fire Capt. Wayne Habell is transported south to Camarillo on Thursday. Services will be Saturday in Camarillo and Monday at Santa Barbara Cemetery. (Peter Hartmann / Noozhawk photo)
Los Angeles County fire captain Wayne Habell will be buried at the Santa Barbara Cemetery on Monday afternoon following a funeral two days earlier at a Camarillo church.
Habell, 43, died earlier this month of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
His body was found Aug. 18 in Hot Springs Canyon above Montecito after he had been missing for several days.
He was last seen Aug. 13 leaving his home in Newhall headed to a gym in Stevenson Ranch. On Aug. 17, his vehicle was found parked near the trailhead on East Mountain Drive.
Habell had served the agency for 13 years, according to the Los Angeles County Firefighters IAFF Local 1014.
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ONLY ON 7: Restored 1948 Plymouth helps fund plane full of veterans for Honor Flight
WSAW 7 News
By Emily Davies
Aug 24, 2018
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) -- In the ultimate story of paying it forward, a Boeing 737 full of veterans can now head to Washington D.C. on the Never Forgotten Honor Flight thanks to a Vietnam veteran who restored a 1948 Plymouth, raising money to donate to the cause.
NewsChannel 7 first introduced Dale Lindwall and his Plymouth March 23, 2018. The car, left on a junk pile, was given to him for free. He restored it as a way to help heal his post traumatic stress disorder. He kept some of the imperfections on the car, like bullet holes, letting the car relate to the scars veterans hold.
Over the summer, he has taken it to car shows and selling raffle tickets for one lucky person to take it home. Friday, on the car's 70th birthday, Randy Wendt from Minocqua took home the prize. Others won one Packer footballs signed and donated by the team, and more than $42,000 was donated to the Honor Flight.
"I told my wife, I said I haven't felt this nervous since I got married," exclaimed Lindwall. "It's, I don't know how to explain this, but it's just the culmination of such an awesome thing just with all of the people that helped, the businesses that helped...it's just it's awesome."
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'Soul Medic:' From the battlefield to Minnesota, a therapist continues to listen
Star Tribune
By Libor Jany
AUGUST 24, 2018
After years with military, therapist Resmaa Menakem works with Minneapolis police
“We don’t take care of police officers from a human point of view. A police officer will go from watching a baby getting killed, or domestic violence, to a hit-and-run where someone has a gaping wound. And no one is asking, ‘How are you doing?’” Resmaa Menakem
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Resmaa Menakem last year started offering counseling services for the Minneapolis Police Department. He says every call an officer goes on can take a psychological toll.
It got so that he could spot what ailed them almost as soon as they walked through the door.
And each time, Resmaa Menakem, then a therapist working at U.S. military bases across Afghanistan, closed his office door and listened as combat-weary soldiers and civilian workers poured out their hurt.
Since moving to the Twin Cities, his work soothing tormented minds has continued. Only now, his clients include police officers, many of whom also suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Overseas, he heard about the constant rattle of insurgent gunfire and the makeshift bombs that regularly exploded in markets and outside restaurants and cafes. And he heard about what came next. Depression. Anxiety. Nightmares.
Here, he has continued to listen.
Over the years, more and more police agencies have come to recognize how officers are affected by trauma — not just from major emergencies like a mass shooting, but also the daily grind of responding to service calls. Now, many departments offer help for cops who are having difficulties.
In Minneapolis, Police Chief Medaria Arradondo has promised to transform the department’s culture “to realize that we recognize they’re not robots, they’re human beings.” Last year, the city received a $750,000 grant from the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), one of five U.S. cities chosen for a pilot program to “provide community outreach for collective healing and organization support for officer wellness.” And Mayor Jacob Frey recently proposed allocating $150,000 for counseling to help officers “process what they encounter in the line of duty and recalibrate between calls.”
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Famous ex-homeless veteran money troubles again?
Johnny Bobbitt can't get the rest of his money from people who set up the GoFundme? Is it really up to them?
In an interview with the Inquirer last week, D'Amico said he controls the money and will start dispensing it when Bobbitt gets a job and stops using drugs.
"Giving him all that money, it's never going to happen. I'll burn it in front of him," he said, adding that giving an "addict" the money would be like "giving him a loaded gun."
Bobbitt admitted to the paper that the couple once gave him $25,000 and he spent it on giving it to relatives and friends, and some on drugs.
And now the headline
Homeless veteran who helped stranded woman says he can't get GoFundMe cash from couple
Bobbitt raised suspicions over how McClure, a receptionist, is now driving a new BMW. The couple said the car was paid from their own money.
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Money Stolen From Veterans: Non-Profit Worker Sentenced
By California News Wire Services, News Partner
Aug 24, 2018
The money was supposed to help homeless veterans with short-term housing.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA —A former case worker at an East Bay nonprofit organization has been sentenced in U.S. District Court to one year in prison for stealing $26,300 in federal funds intended to aid homeless veterans with short-term housing.
William Andrews, 50, of Windsor, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco on Tuesday. Donato also ordered him to pay the government $26,300 in restitution.
Andrews pleaded guilty before Donato on April 25 to one count of theft of U.S. government property and acknowledged stealing a total of $26,300 in 2016.
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