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  • Casino mogul hosts wounded soldiers in Vegas

    05/25/2008 10:42:57 PM PDT · by STARWISE · 26 replies · 667+ views
    kansascity.com/ap ^ | 5-26-08 | Oskar Garcia
    All too familiar with the gambles of war, Jimmy Kinsey, Kyle Riley and a few dozen fellow soldiers landed in the desert. But for these guys this Memorial Day, the most at stake is a few bucks. The soldiers-turned-high rollers took a private jet to Las Vegas over the weekend for an all-expenses-paid getaway with all the perks normally saved for casinos' richest regulars. They were greeted at the airport by Wayne Newton, chilled backstage with the guys from Blue Man Group and hobnobbed with Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino mogul who runs Las Vegas Sands Corp. and paid for...
  • Keep those cards and letters coming (letters to wounded soldiers this holiday season)

    12/30/2004 4:05:19 PM PST · by CThomasFan · 7 replies · 465+ views
    CThomasFan
    Just a reminder this Holiday Season to remember the veterans in Walter Reed Medical Ctr. and National Naval Medical Ctr. The cards addressed to "any soldier or airman" really do get delivered to real people that can use the encouragement. We have 6 children ranging in age from 4 to 12 and they colored about 20 patriotic pictures one afternoon and sent them in individual envelopes to Ward 57, Walter Reed Medical Ctr and Ntl Naval Med Ctr addressed to "any soldier" just to say thanks and to tell them that we are praying for them. My 5 year old...