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The Veterans Breakfast Club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

200 Magnolia Place · Pittsburgh, PA 15228

412-623-9029 [email protected]

VeteransBreakfastClub.com

VeteranVoicesofPittsburgh.com

Winter-Spring 2014 BREAKFASTS BEGIN AT 8:30am

RSVP TO 412-623-9029 (Prices are for breakfast ; just to attend is free)

The Healing Power of Stories

The Veterans Breakfast Club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to sharing veterans’ stories. There are no membership dues or requirements, and you don’t have to be a veteran to attend.

We gather veterans of all ages and eras—from WWII to OEF, OIF, and OND—so they can share their stories with the public. Join us at an event. You’ll be amazed by what you hear.

Call me at 412-623-9029 or email [email protected].

Todd DePastino

Executive Director

VBC Board of Directors Rocky Bleier, Honorary Board Member Dan Cavanaugh , Founder Chris Crompton, President George D’Angelo, Vice President Steve Silverman, Treasurer Gwyn Cready, Secretary Kevin Farkas Julian Gray Paula Church Betty Karleski Chad Rittle Dick Williams

Volume 5, Issue 1 February-May 2014

®

FEBRUARY

Sunday, Feb. 23, 1-4pm: Soldiers & Sailors:

“A Celebration of Post-9/11 Veterans”

Cost: $5 per person (details inside p. 2)

MARCH

March 4: CCAC-South breakfast $10 (details inside p. 2)

March 11: Salvatore’s (5001 Curry Road, Baldwin 15236) $12 (special event:

details inside p. 3)

March 26: Seven Oaks Country Club (132 Lisbon Road, Beaver 15009) $10

MAY

May 6: Peter’s Place (1199 Washington Pike, Bridgeville 15017) $12

May 23: Comfort Inn, Penn Hills $12

May 28: Robert Morris (Sewall Center, 6001 University Blvd, Moon 15108) $10

APRIL

April 8: Salvatore’s $12

April 19 (SATURDAY): Comfort Inn (699 Rodi Road, Penn Hills 15235) $12

April 30: Grazie! Restaurant (Oxford Athletic Club, 100 Village Run Rd, Wexford 15090) $10

SPECIAL EVENTS:

Feb. 23: Celebration of Post-9/11 Vets March 4: CCAC-South March 11: Brig. Gen. Rick Gibbs May 22: War Memorial Tour Details inside

Every Veteran Has a Story What’s Yours?®

$5 parking in Soldiers &

Sailors garage on Bigelow

Blvd between 5th Ave

and O’Hara

A Celebration of Post-9/11 Veterans and their Families Sunday, February 23, 1-4pm at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall

$5 per person for soft drinks, hors d’oeuvres, program & tour of museum Join us in welcoming home our local young veterans and hearing their stories!

Featured speaker

CSM (ret) Bart

Womack, author of

Embedded Enemy

All veterans & non-

veterans invited!

RSVP to Todd by Feb. 14 412-623-9029 or [email protected]

Breakfast at CCAC-South Join us Tuesday, March 4 at 8:30am for breakfast, fellowship

and storytelling at an event kicking off CCAC’s monthlong series on veterans.

Location: South Campus Gym, 1750 Clairton Road, West Mifflin, PA 15122

$10 for buffet breakfast

RSVP by FEB 25 to Todd 412-623-9029 or [email protected]

Special

Event

In Honor of Memorial Day 2014 Tour Pittsburgh’s North Shore War Memorials!

Thursday, May 22

Includes bus transportation & lunch at the Hofbrauhaus on South Side

$49 per person Pickup time is 9am at these locations: Comfort Inn Hotel (699 Rodi Road), Crowne Plaza

Hotel (164 Fort Couch Road), Mt. Nebo Road Park n’ Ride (Exit 68 off I-79)

To reserve a seat, send a check for $49 made to “Veterans Breakfast Club” to 200 Magnolia

Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15228

Tuesday, March 11 8:30am Salvatore’s Banquets (5001 Curry Road, Baldwin, PA 15236)

$12 for buffet breakfast; free just to attend

Brig.Gen.(ret) Rick Gibbs will give an illustrated talk about his four tours in Iraq

and one in Afghanistan between 2003-2013, where he served in various command

positions in the 101st Airborne, 82nd Airborne, and 1st Infantry Division.

Mark your

calendars!

Frank & Ruth Amaditz

Lorraine Angel,

In honor of Herman Rosner

Al Armendariz

Jill Astorino,

In memory of 1st Lt. Daniel Weiss

Paul Austin

Opeka Auto Repair,

In memory of John Opeka

Joseph Backers

Hartley Baird

Judie Ball,

In memory of Idza Szkola

Marlin Barklage

Bill & Nancy Barnard,

In memory of John Opeka

Robert Bates

Al Bellini

John Bello

Barb Bender

John Beran

Eleanor Berge

Bertolucci Family,

In memory of George Kolsun

Mark & Susie Bertram,


Bethel Park Music Boosters,


Bob & Jane Blair

Clem & Pat Blazewick

Bob Bleichner

Rudy Boff

Jack & Marty Bosley

John & Clare Bozek

Sara Braverman

Ray Brendel

Chuck Brewick

Bob Brodine

Jim & Lorraine Bruni

Janis Byers

Joe & Rosemarie Capone

Greg Carlisle

Bill Carr

Richard & Elsie Case

Bob Cassidy

Everett Cheesebrough

Geri Chichilla

Joseph Cirelli

Felix Cistolo

Mary Clydesdale,


Ila Cole

Ray & Dottie Coll

Paul Collier

Bill Comley

Fred Conners

Al & Eileen Crawford

Gwyn Cready

Helen Cridge

Bill Crookshank

Donald Cue

Vincent & Concetta Cuffari,


Anthony Cuffari,


George D'Angelo

Jack Daman

Jim & Alberta Danielson,


Ed Deenihan

Al DeFazio

Mike Delisi

Jerry & Amy Dering

Victor & Delia DiCarlo

Kevin Dieterle,

In memory of Idzi Szkola

Dormont History Society

Gerard Driscoll

Peter Edwards

Denise Edwards

Richard & Maureen Evans,


Fanelli Family,


Virginia Fischer

Virginia Fischer

Jerry & Lydian Fisher

Warren Fitzpatrick

Glenn & Betty Fletcher

George Freas

Robert & Loretta Friday

Paul Gailliot

Kevin & Kathy Gallagher,


Mike Gasparetto

Russell & Laverne Gephart

Rod & Kathy Gerhart

Andy Glaid

Larry Googins

Marshall Gordon,


Joe & Peg Goritz

Robert Gosnell,

In memory of John Gosnell

Warren & Mary Goss

Lenn Grace

Rich Grace

Rosemary Gregg

Fred & Chella Gregorich

Chris Grilli

Drew Grivna

Joe Gruden

Pierre Haan

Jan Hayes

Marie Headley

Steve Heckmann

Robert Heil

Barbara Heller,


M. David and Monica Heller,


William & Mary Helterbran

George & Dolores Herwig

Henry Hoffstot

Jean Homitsky

Wayne & Kim Honath,

In honor of G. Reynolds Clark

Vicki Hoysan

Nancy Hrabak

Darrell & Leah Hrezo,


Virgil & Jean Huff

Tom & Flo Hursen

Bob & Betty Lou Hurt

Joe & Lois Janke

Jefferson Middle School,

Mt. Lebanon

Kristen Johnson,

In honor of Frank Kravetz

Donald Johnson

Don & Barbara Johnson

Sandy Jones

Eileen Kanel,

In memory of Norman Kanel

Henry & Marion Karbowski

Ed Kelly

John Kennedy

Dave Kennedy

Joseph Kenney

William Kerley

Jack Kerr

Stephen and Helen Kielnar,


Dan & Mary Louise Kiener

Harry Kirsch

Richard Klaber

Elizabeth Klemmer

Greg & Lauretta Kobasa

George Kokiko

Stephen Korba

Bogdan Kovacic

Thank you to our recent donors! We couldn’t do it without you!

George Kozusko

Frank Kratochwill

Frank & Ann Kravetz

John Krul

Kevin & Pamela Kuhn,


Dale Kuhn

Scott & Leslie Kulis,


Frank & Gail Kwolek

David & Melanie Labrozzi,


Labrozzi Family,


Frank Laczko

Charlotte Lang

Jack Latshaw

Jean-Dominique Le Garrec

Jim & Marge Lipan

Charles Lisica

Barbara Logan

Pete Longstreth

Joe Lynch

Santo Magliocca

Donald & Patricia Maloney

Laura Manko

Bill & Margaret Mansfield

Felix Marcello

Jack McCann

Madeline McCormick,

In memory of Jerry McCormick

Mark McCullough

Bob McKain

Betty Meyer

Kenneth Middlemiss

Evelyn Miller,

In memory of Donald Miller

Bill Miller

Mike & Mitzi Minoski,


Conrad Mitchell

Bob Moore

Charlene Moore

Muriel Moreland

Ceri Morgan

Ed Morrison

Jack Morrow

Richard Mort

Rich & Gerrie Muto

Donald Myers

Northmont Church Brotherhood Club-

Patrick & Renee O'Donnell

Cliff O'Hara

Bob Olinger

Lillian Opeka, In memory of John

Opeka

Connie Orient

Johanna Ostrawski

James Pappas

Henry & Ethel Parham

Morton & Peggy Parker

Walter Patton

Tom Pawlesh

Toby & Michael Pekarsky,

In memory of Lester Schmidt

Howard Pfeifer

Carlo Piatti

Paul Platek

Arlene Popko,

From the sachet club

Kenneth Porter

Matthew Poye

Glenn Proie

Lester Pyle

Bernie Queneau

K.L. & D.D. Radu

Carl Rectenwald

Joseph & Claudia Reljac

Pete Rentzeperes

Dick & Thelma Richardson

Fran Rifugiato

Chad Rittle

Richard Rogg

Elfi Rook,


David & Joyce Rosner,


Perri Rosner,

In honor of Herman Ronser

Drew Rosner,


Herman Rosner

Ron Ross

Frank & Mollie Santucci

Jim Scheder

Joe Seidel

Julie Senchak

George Shaufl

Robert Sherry

Kay Short

Steve Silverman

J.J. (June) Skelly,

In memory of Idza Szkola

Emmanuel Smith

Les Snyder

Bill Sommer

Frank Steinle

Nick Steri

Bobb Stevens

Al & Anne Stuever

Wynn Sullivan

Charles Sullivan

Robert Thomas

Ch. Lt. Col. Andrew Tibus,

USAF (Ret.)

Angela Tomko,

In honor of Felix J. Cistolo

Vince & Mary Totaro

Anthony Traficante

Don Tristano

Two Men and a Truck

Lynn Unangst

Bill Urban

John Urso

US Heart & Vascular, PC,


Charles Utz

Valerie Vacula

John & Wilma Vanchina

Angelo Vento

Michael Vernillo

Don Vitous

Karl Voigt

Jerome Warshafsky,


Jim Waskowiak

Bob Weet

Fred Weingruber

Regis & Mary Lou Wessell

Tom Wiley

Charles Wilkinson

Holly Williams,


Bob Williams

Mary Jane Williams

Samuel Wilson

Bill & Jacqueline Winowich

Jim Wojcik

Ron Worstell

Rev. Ben Wright

Joe Zimbicki

Jennie Zuzek

Our Gratitude Continues!

Thank you to the following sponsors who raised $1,000 for the VBC!

Baldwin Health Center

(1717 Skyline Drive, Pgh, PA

15227)

Midas Pittsburgh (Route 51)

Chicken Derby (Clover Leaf)

Firestone (Route 51)

Pretzel Shop (South Side)

Galis Gyro (Route 51)

Ciccantis Restaurant (Route 51)

Pastries-a-La-Carte (Route 51)

Pizza Works (Route 51)

Denny’s restaurant (Route 51)

Pizza Company (Baldwin)

Super Cuts (Route 51)

Brueggers (Route 51)

Teresa’s Shear Designs

(Brownsville Road, Carrick)

Page’s Dairy (Carson Street)

Quaker Steak & Lube (Route 51)

Goodyear (Lebanon Church

Road)

Uno’s (Waterfront, Homestead)

TGI Friday’s

(Waterfront, Homestead)

Fox’s Pizza Baldwin/Whitehall

Family Hospice and Palliative

Care

ProTire (Route 88)

John F. Slater’s Funeral Home

Legacy Lanes

Gallagher Home care

Manor Care

Sue Denslla

Betty Karleski

Eat n’ Park

Brentwood Care Center

Baldwin Dietician

The Pines

Laqndmark Home Health

Oakleaf Personal Care

St. Norberts

Omni Home Health

Seven Oaks Hospice

Mr. Magic

Advance Auto (Route 88)

Mad Mamma Designs

Jefferson EMS

Atria Assisted Living

Bethany Hospice

On September 19, 2013, Baldwin Health Center held its annual car cruise with gift basket raffles and door prizes

awarded, along with dash plaques and prizes for car owners. All the money raised at the car cruise went to

the Veterans Breakfast Club!

Wexford House 9850 Old Perry Highway

Wexford, PA 15090 Phone: (412) 366-7900

Fax: (412) 366-8768

Baldwin Health Center 1717 Skyline Drive

Pittsburgh, PA 15227 Phone: (412) 885-8400

Fax: (412) 885-1403

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veteran-

Leo Albrecht, WWII Army Hugo Alicandro, WWII Army Bob Andres, WWII Navy Norman Auen , WWII Air Corps Ben Beck, WWII Air Corps John Belcastro, WWII Army Harry Betler, WWII Army Lou Bishop, WWII Army Kenneth Bradshaw, Korea Army Ernie Clayton, WWII Coast Guard Tom Coblentz, WWII Navy Bud Colon, WWII Army Tom Cummins , WWII Army Bullet Bob Daley, WWII Marines Jim Damp, Korea Army Edmund Datz, WWII Navy Roxey DeMarco, WWII Army Stanley Dennis, WWII Air Corps Lefty Dornburg, WWII Navy Donald Dugas , Korea Army Manuel Fargotstein, WWII Air Corps Joseph Farkas, WWII Marines John W Felton , WWII Army Don Fisher, WWII Marines Richard Focke, Korea Army Wendell Freeland, WWII Air Corps Jim Gabelhart, WWII Air Corps Karl Gaber, WWII Army Tony Ginocchi , WWII Army Samuel Goldberg, WWII Air Corps

John Gosnell, WWII Army Edward Halluska, WWII Army Bill Hannah, WWII Navy Herb Hatfield, WWII Navy Steve Hazy, WWII Army Charles Heflin , WWII Army Connie Henning, WWII Army WAC Bob Hilinski, WWII Navy Joseph Hilinski, WWII Army Bill Hollenden , WWII Marines Bob Holliday, WWII Air Corps John Hozinec, WWII Navy Norman Kanel , WWII Air Corps Robert Klemens, WWII Army George Kolsun, WWII Air Corps Dick Labuskes, WWII Air Corps Robert Lakes, Korea Marines Gene Laus, WWII Air Corps Bob Lautanen, WWII Army Larry Macino, WWII Army Matt Maljevec, WWII Army John Manfredi, WWII Merc. Marine Jim Martin, WWII Army Pat McCarthy, WWII Navy Gerald McCormick, WWII Army Louis Miller, Vietnam Army Bill Mitro, WWII Army Tony Morris, Iraq Army James Murphy, WWII Army Charles Musser, WWII Army

Paul W Nied Sr, WWII Army John Opeka, WWII Air Corps Nevin Perkey, WWII Army John Petrelli, WWII Marines Tim Pfeifer, WWII Navy Mike Pudik, WWII Army Bill Purcell, WWII Marines Jack Purcell, WWII Navy Jack W. Russell, WWII Air Corps Joe Sas , WWII Army Robert Schroeder, WWII Air Corps Raymond Schumann, WWII Navy Michael Schurko, WWII Navy Seymour Sikov, WWII Army Larry Smith, WWII Navy Dominic Spinelli, WWII Navy Bob Spinnenweber, WWII Air Corps Chuck Stanko, WWII Army Milt Stein, WWII Army Lee Thomson, WWII Navy Harry Trautmann, WWII Army Mel Vesely, WWII Army Charles Volk, Korea Air Force Allen Walbert, WWII Army Robert Williams, Vietnam Army Bronislaw Wrona, WWII Marines Charles Wunderlich, WWII Army George Yochem, WWII Army

A final salute to those VBC veterans who recently passed.

We will miss you.

Ernie Clayton Bob Lautanen

Bob Hilinski

George Kolsun

Larry Macino

Jack Purcell

Bullet Bob Daley

COMING IN 2014!

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