The Waverly Community of veterans is already a tightknit family. And that was proven after the flooding of 2008 ruined several posts. These veterans came together and after the floods of 2008 ripped through townmany veterans were left with no place to turn. The amvets had to get out of there, so they had to go somewhere. This was the spark for the waverly area veterans posta place to unite all veterans in the area. And after a few months of construction and veterans post now standing tall and ready to serve each and every veteran under one roof. Then they realized that gee why not. And they still have their autonomy, each one has an office. Where patriots gather. A place they hope will allow both young and oldactive and returning vets to come together. Support each other. And most importantly a place to honor them. Take a look inside the elevatora mural with all five branches of the armed forces. As you ride the elevatorthe moving mural lighting up a tribute to these brave meneverytime
Warnings the rains continued in greene making the Small Community one of the first to see the flood waters but also one of the first to see it leave. It is a sight that has become all too familiar in the recent weeks. High waters and sandbags protecting as much as they can. A different story a week later the main street nearly back to normal. I think everybody got back into going again. We learned a lot from 08 i think. Only minor water reaching these businesses. Said for some of the homes in greene. A letterman jacket amongst the dumped debris and a graveyard of ruined applicances. For one retired couple there isnt much difference between now and 8 years ago. These photos showing the water after it had receded for several days. Water every place things floating. Every thing looked like a mess. The basements in this it was just below this drywall this deep freeze floated off these cinder blocks and tipped over and many of the tools and projects that were stacked on this work bench had
Temperatures have arrived and the snow is sticking. Over the weekend. Snow fell near the great lakes. And widespread flurries across the northeast. Abcs Stephanie Ramos has the latest. Its beginning to look alot like. Winter. Snow falling and plopping the weather is changing on us fast. Just last week near syracuse, new york this is what it looked like. A week later. This. Kennedy lamb mexico new york i woke up this morning and thought it was christmas. It may be the season has already swept from thest into parts of the east. Across upstate new york a blaststf winter bringngg dangerous conditions . More than 50 accidents in syracuse blamed in part on icy roads. Snow. Collecting on this backyard deck. Nine inches so far. And another backyard buried under the snow. Lynnette west resident i have not seen this snow this early in a long time . The snow also falling early in parts of upper michigan. Nats more snow nats . But in grand rapipi. Just plain cold. Natsrace temps in the mid30s didn
Racer is the champ of the and hes from city. Abc9 News Reporter Deborah Souverain has his story inside the dirt track. You can hear the the fans cheering. Air. This is where Chris Abelson feels the most at home. Confident, the trying to anticipate where the other drivers are going to go and where you have the possibility of making a pass, said abelson. Chris abelson went from a dirt track racing fan. To getting behind the wheel himself. Natpop abelson getting into car in his 13 years behind the wheel. Hes racked up. Dozens of awards. And after one failed attempt. He now holds the top title. As the 2015 national modified division champion. Of the International Motor contest association. Which is the largest dirt Race Track Organization in the country. Went for it a little bit last year and ended up fourth in the points and just got lucky this year and got some lucky breaks, said abelson. This video from a 2011 race. Gives a taste of what abelson can deliver on the track. Race car Engine
Iowa. Natpop lenters shooting at target. He just wishes he could go alone. I always have someone go with me in case i get stuck, said lenters. Natpop did you get stuck . Wife pulling lenters wheelchair. The issues begin once he leaves his vehicle. Right now its just paved with these round rocks and my chair does not have much ground clearance. These peebles. Natpop al driving wheelchair over pebbles. Make it hard to get around. And getting comfortable at a nearly impossible. Changing the bench set up here, to something that i can get under with my chair. Its kind of hard to reach, said al lenters. Hes hoping to change all of that by teaming up with the tristate range association. The non profit. Which already works to clean up the range. Plans to make the facility accessible. A double wide parking spot, we are going to make a new entrance off of said parking spot and we are going to pave some access sidewalks and a concrete shooting pad the renovations are being done through volunteer