Most recent greeting is posted at top. Occasionally, Greetings to PN also are linked to other online PN stories. Many of these greetings, edited for space for the printed paper, will appear in the next issue of PN. Thank you for keeping greetings brief. And thanks for sending your thoughts about this community with your signature. We welcome them!
A great fan story from a #FaceTheMusic signing in Naperville. #KISSFANSROCK #KISS http://t.co/uW8OwALOhD
— Paul Stanley (@PaulStanleyLive) June 11, 2014
To PN FB Post regarding coyote families in Knoch Knolls: I see coyotes when I run here a lot. When I was training for my first marathon I had one pick me up at mile 4 and pace with me almost every long run. I kept talking to it, “I am not a happy meal, I am not a happy meal.” —Kristie Cranford
To PN Facebook: This is what Ava did after the Memorial Day Parade (photo of young Ava in a swim suit sipping a frosty beverage on deck under an umbrella) and she still thinks the best seat was inside the news NCTV17 van with all the TV screens. —Gene Boerema
To PN: I still wish we had a “My Kind of Town, Naperville Is” song to bolster our Spirit and Volunteerism. —John Harvard
To PN: I was wondering if you could include this upcoming event in Positively Naperville. We’re Doing IT Again – Bigger and Better! VFW Pig Roast – Saturday, May 31 in the Canteen, 6:00 until 10:00. Entertainment is by “The Near Beer Band” playing at seven o’clock. Raffles, Raffles, Raffles. $5 at the door. Thank you, Jimmy Stocchero “Our Team Auto.” If you can bring a dish to pass, that would be great! Thanks again. We really appreciate it. —Dave ‘Zeb’ Szablewski
To Veterans via PN: The VFW has established a toll free number (1-800-VFW-1899) for the purpose of hearing about your real life experiences with the VA. See the information below for the number and their objective.
What’s Your VA Healthcare Story? The VFW wants VA-enrolled veterans to call the toll-free 1-800-VFW-1899 telephone line and tell us if your VA medical facility is properly serving you. According to VFW National Commander Bill Thien, recent allegations about improper care in Arizona, Colorado, Texas and elsewhere have made it difficult to separate truth from conjecture.
“Veterans die every day, but veterans dying due to wrong diagnoses, unsterilized equipment or while awaiting treatment is a failure of leadership and management both in Washington and out in the field,” he said. “We need to hear real life stories, good or bad, not hearsay. Only then can we hold VA officials properly accountable for their actions or inactions.”
The toll-free number was rolled out in 1996 as the VA was transforming from primarily a hospital-based system into an integrated healthcare system that now includes 820 outpatient clinics that serve veterans closer to where they actually reside. Call 1-800-VFW-1899 to voice your VA healthcare experiences. —Mike Barbour
To PN: So glad to hear that Positively Naperville May edition is on its way. I enjoy sending copies to my family out of town. It makes me once a month write letters, and once a month they receive a package in the mail.
I forgot to thank you for the Facebook newsy notes on what to do around town. Chuck and I had stopped by the cute craft fair held in the old Restoration Hardware store after reading Positively Naperville’s note about it. Great ideas for reusing older items. And I loved the handmade goat’s milk soap. —Mary Corrigan
