Florida Veteran Honored with Mobility-Equipped Vehicle Wounded Warriors Family Support
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., March 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Wounded Warriors Family Support presented Brandon Long of St. Augustine, Florida, with a 2021 Ford F-150 XLT mobility-equipped vehicle in late February as part of its Mobility is Freedom program.
Long, who put 1,000 miles on his new truck in one week, is medically retired from the United States Marine Corps, where he served active duty from 2009-12. Long was deployed to Afghanistan prior to a medical retirement. Long was severely injured Dec. 21, 2010, when he stepped on a 40-pound Improvised Explosive Device (IED) as he conducted a foot patrol in preparation of moving a unit north.
Two Missouri Truck Stops Best in the Nation
Truck stops or travel centers can be one of the things that either makes or breaks the road trip aspect of any vacation. For example, the Luv s Travel Stop in Oklahoma where I had to use a smelly, stinky, porta potty. I was done with the travel right then and there. A Buc-ees Travel Center with immaculate bathrooms and their famous Beaver Nuggets. We left there with Beaver Nuggets, t-shirts and a full tank of gas.
According to the Trucker Path app and website, two Missouri travel centers we may pass during our travels have made their 2020 Trucker s Choice Awards. Odds are if truckers like it, it s probably a pretty good place for anyone to pit stop. Which means there s a good chance these places won t make you rethink your choice of driving to your vacation.
January 18, 2021
Joan Marie Cunningham
GLASTONBURY – Joan Marie (Weik) Cunningham, born on Aug. 25, 1932, passed away at her home on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, after a short illness. She was the beloved wife of the late Leonard L. Cunningham.
Joan, a 57-year resident of Cheshire, was a devoted daughter, wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She was unwavering with her love and attention to her family, loved her crafts, baking and writing poems for special people and events in her life. Joan adored her devoted cat “Sugar,” named after her love of everything sweet.
Born in Torrington to parents Jacob and Grace (Raymond) Weik, she graduated from James Morris High School, class of 1950, where she was an avid basketball player. After graduating high school Joan pursued a career in banking. While attending a wedding she met the love of her life “Lenny,” they married shortly after in 1956 and enjoyed 56 years of marriage before his passing in 2012.
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