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Veteran's Affairs Plus discusses the issues that veterans in Las Vegas deal with on a daily basis. Your host, David L. Washington connects listeners with relevant community resources and information that they need to help veterans or themselves.
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Come on Tom. You can't say
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good day Las Vegas. This is Veterans Affairs plus on 91.5, jazz and more. I am pleased to be with you today. And certainly thank God that my engineer, producer, director, Wes, in the rest of the family here at 91.5, jazz and more are all in good health and hope mentally as well, considering what happened just recently on campus here. And in that regard, I certainly want to thank President Whitfield and his staff. And as well as his police chief for the work that they did in clearing the campus as well as dealing with the the perpetrator. certainly want to thank the sheriff Kevin Mcnay Hill, for he and his staff, I saw so many folks headed out toward the universal house down at the Sunrise Hospital visiting my sister Kathy and they were coming in like gangbusters as they shoot and certainly want to, as well thank all the area fire departments and EMS EMS service workers that I know responded to the scene. It's very tragic. And we certainly want to say condolences to those families of the professors who lost their lives so and all who, who were here because I know that's got to be really a scary feeling to have someone with a gun on campus and you're fearing for your life and not knowing where this person might be. So to those families of those professors, again, condolences. We also want to say condolences to those highway patrol officers who lost their lives in a tragic hit and run accident just a few weeks ago as well. So we gotta be pleased with the work of all those folks who have left this life and, you know, transitioned out. Again, we pray for the strength of their families. With that. I also want to say condolences to Gloria Patterson, a longtime chief officer's wife, Mike Patterson, Mike passed away just recently, I was unaware of it and didn't find out until I talked with David Jamison, who was named after me by his father, Fred Jamison, who was in town. Me marsh and his daughter had had breakfast together, down at where my sister Anita works, but anyway, Well, I certainly would have been there and I talked to Mike's wife last Gloria last night. Mike was a good guy. He worked for the county fire department and he retired from there. So just want to express those condolences. Fe Faye Duncan Daniel longtime family friend her birthday is this month and I believe she'll be in town in the next couple of weeks. So we're looking forward to seeing her phrase a very dear friend. And as far as announcements, I want to also encourage folks if you have any issues as veterans in particular, Service Officer Tony Marshall 301-537-9465. Tony meets with people by appointment. So with that, we'll be back on the other side. I'm going to be talking with our first guest, Mr. Philip Washington. He is a veteran. And we'll find out a little bit more about him and what he's doing at this stage of his life. This is Veterans Affairs plus on any 1.5 chairs and
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once again, this is Veterans Affairs plus on 91.5 Jazz and more. Our first guest He is a veteran. And I'm gonna ask you, Mr. Philip Washington know relations that I'm aware of what branch and how long did you serve?
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I served in the US Navy and I served for 10 years until I was service disconnected with a lifetime disability.
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Okay, so where did you serve it? Did you go to several different locations or
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I served on three ships. Both ship three ships, the USS George Phillips and yet there's nobody on the USS petaloo And then I was trained. Then I did some time in San Diego as well, so to coordinate, because I transition over to I was supposed to make second class, and I transitioned to CD FF CB, where I work with the construction materials building bridges over or canals and stuff working in a capacity for the military. Okay,
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so we were with some of the locations you actually worked in, in doing that.
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Island is where we've done training, and I did some six months training in the Philippines. And so that was a very, I love the Philippines. My second home. But I enjoyed my time over there serving in that capacity. And half the time I always teach people, especially Marines, I always like to have fun with Marines. We took care of you.
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Yeah, the Marines. Those are the tough guys. Yeah, yeah. I haven't a number of friends who are former Marines. And they they have a certain attitude about them. All I'm just saying so. So did you go into any theory at all and in constructing bridges, etc, just mostly on the domestic side.
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We did something training and actually opened the Petaluma islands, and then some of the off brand islands that was over towards Indonesia, in areas, one in Guam. And those areas, we did humanitary services, providing community aid to the community and building homes and helping repair areas over there. And that community. Oh, wow. So it's very, it was a beautiful experience. I love them a little bit of military service.
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And you said you did that for about 10 years. Yeah, for 10 years,
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I was diagnosed with inflammatory, rheumatology, arthritis, and all of my joints. And during that particular time, I literally couldn't walk. I mean, I was just really in a bad way. And so from there, I was able to get transferred to security, where you work to shore patrol working with the military police. So I did that for almost eight months before I was transferred to a turn, reserved for their duty. And then I went in, they paid me out and then eventually 100% Disabled Veteran now. So I give back as much as I can. Based on my experience, I serve in the community as community emergency response team, as much closer, I can do better as far as first responders so I can serve volunteer, your best catastrophe or any danger. Because I'm kind of, I tell people, my mindset is always governed military. No matter what it is, I still have the blueprint military framework, that when crisis and challenges get hard, I dig in, and go.
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So where are you from?
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I'm originally from Shreveport Louisiana.
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Three point well, we homies because I'm from about 160 miles east. Dale, high Louisiana. Little small, fine, yellow small farming community right off i 20. Okay, so from from the military, I mean from Shreveport, you go to the military, and then back
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to Las Vegas for Freeport I came to last day, my mom moved back to Las Vegas, and then at two I graduated. And then right after that, I went right into the military. And so it was a new world. And I'm glad I went, I tell everybody about it, like two of my sons when in the next in the Navy as well. And so they benefited from the benefits after even after they got out.
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So, so from Freeport to here, and then you join the military. Yes, sir. Okay. All right. So, tell our listening audience again, there's a number of veterans out there that listen to the program as well as others. What are you doing these days?
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These days are past the church. I'm on I'm on TV, the radio broadcast station four days a week, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Fridays from 1145 to 12. I have restarted the company, the urban community project, we have 40 initiatives, veterans, homeless, marriage, and the poor. And we also provide services in our community resource centers, job poor and homeless shelter that does live in the desert, because I'm also a board member for the sudden about a homeless continuing care board. And so we try to provide as much shelter food that we can from what we get. We partnered up with the LDS church that they provide a couple pallets a month for us to be able to maintain and give services to our veterans as well. So to our communities and our well past it.
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Oh, wow. You're a busy gentleman. Now as far as the Veterans, please explain that again.
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The Veterans thing not the go toward the veterans was to reach to the veterans that are homeless and provide opportunities for them through our resource center. I'm also the co founder of the Nevada faith and Health Coalition, which is a group of churches that they came to a program to where we trained community health workers so we trying to help community health workers in six Churches and these community health workers, their total design and purpose is to know all the resources and the community that we can provide the information to direct various individuals to get the resources that they need to get the assistance that they need from being homeless, to know where to find vouchers or to know where to find any assistance that we can possibly assist them in. And those community health workers are working in several churches in the city here, as my bishop Brian Thomas is actually our chairman and the vice chairman, treasurer. And we have helped, we have a good group of board members that are working to help our organizations coalition be successful in our community. Right now. We're part of a type two diabetes, to prevention training community. We meet here every Tuesday, I'm here now actually, at Nevada Partners where we provide training for those that want to be dedicated to and want to help prevent training. And so we've been having, as of my third year doing this, and it's been a successful rate. And we have maintained students that are participating in certified life coach for their dignity, health. And then we have about and we just license two more diabetes type two, three. And so we have about six or seven of us now.
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You are a busy man. So where is your church located?
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We're located 3646, North Las Vegas Boulevard, crossroads, Las Vegas Boulevard in lamb Boulevard. And we're getting ready to have a toy drive. Last year, we was able to service 500 families on the 23rd of Saturday at 23. For 20 3040 Technopolis, they get we went from nine o'clock to two o'clock. So we give away the toys is we partnered up with tours of tours, the tours, as well. So they are booking a radio show from a hip hop on Nevada. And so we this is a real big opportunity. So many people come out. And we're able to kind of assess and see who needs various skills such as whether it be dentists, whether they need some assistance. So we have to have hopefully we had this year, we did have more providers to meet the needs of those to come up to receive new toys.
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Well, in how many did you say you've certified thus far with the other program? It was
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we have 1234. But we just got 667, a nurse, we're Lena, she's the master teacher that started us. And she's 50 years in nursing. She's 83 years old. I mean, anybody's 83 years old, still working man, you got my cheerleaders, because you you don't know retirement, you just know innovation and keep it going keep moving. And so she has spearheaded that. And myself and my wife, we other individuals that are community workers, but they're also now certified lifestyle coaches, and type two diabetes preventive, excellent partners here every Tuesday for your team to fight the pain and the 22 session. And we will be starting up again next year, as we progress almost close to finish there for now. But it is grueling session, but you do learn how to eat right you learn how to eat what was mentioned to the labeling, right and what Bucha was now. And it's really changed my whole life. It really did change my life. And I don't eat things I used to eat, and I'm a little bit more even smaller portions. And, of course,
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you know, I'm laughing because me and my wife go round and round about me stopping a little part time job that I have. I told her, you know, you know more about the Bible than me, I tell us that you are. The Bible says if a man can work we're passionate, as we close out, give us some suggestions that you might share with others who may be considering joining the military. Briefly.
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I would encourage anyone that's joining the military. I'm a preference. I prefer to Navy, because you don't I don't think that during the military, even when the desert, Storm situation, military unless you're military Special Forces, you won't really see a lot of hardcore war. And so I think it's the safest branch. And it's also a branch that I think will enhance I became a man in the military. I grew up eating. And so it is who I am. I'm all about mindset and military integrity, living by the military code of justice. I learned about different sets of code of honor, that others don't often understand. But I ingrained those things in me because it became a part of me and I encourage every young man that wants to be a man and have the principles the good and technical principles to respect and dignity that come happen and serving your country. Because I say as I enter go on to the biggest sometimes I think is the privilege that I'm able to shop at the commissary I'm able to go to the stores is everybody don't have access. Well, that's it you have.
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You have done a yeoman's job and we'll get you back on sometime. Because I appreciate what you're doing. And I think we need to give it continued exposure. So once again, Pastor Philip Washington, thank you for your service, sir.
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Thank you, sir, for having me.
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All right. This is Veterans Affairs plus on 91.5 Jazz
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Good morning. Once again, this is Veterans Affairs plus on 91.5, jazz and more. I got two of my favorite golfing column colleagues even though they're at a different level than me. We got big coupe and we got Ricky red. So what I'd like you gentlemen to do is both of you starting with you who gives you full name? Darrell Hooper, Darrell Hooper? Reyes.
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Yes. Ricky grainy? grainy.
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Okay. All right. grainy, grainy, grainy. Where were you born and raised?
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I was born and raised right in the city of Las Vegas. Okay. And Rick,
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I know where you were born because I've been doing
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exactly the same native.
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You know, that is certainly a rare to me. And when you get to guys that were born and raised in the city of Las Vegas, a lot of people think that um, I was born and raised, but actually, I'm a country boy from daylight, Louisiana, but I've been in since I was three and a half. So oh, your native
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family, my family come to Lulu. So
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your family's from Talulah? All right. Yes. Cuckoo. So gentlemen, Look, you guys are the leaders and the founders of a golf group. Tell me how did they start? And what give us the name. So our listening audience will have an understanding of who you are and what you're representing here today.
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Okay, well, I've got a golf and just little eight years ago, moved on a golf course. And me and a close friend of mine, we just, you know, messing around one day, and we said, let's get some clothes, you know, got kind of challenging, and I say, Okay, I'm gonna follow through with this, you know, it's fun, you know, and let me know, had like six guys that want to know, we're going to regular, so I went from six guys. And now here we are. Eight years later, I found a group called teared up. Actually, seven years ago, we just had our seventh annual, just this past October. And from six guys to think we may have 65 registered on our on our app. You know, some have came and moved on, and we got to him, but you know, and that's how I got started. In May, Rick, you know, we've been known each other for the streets, you know, and so he'd been golfing way longer than me. And so, you know, he came out, started golfing with the group. And so I, you know, appointed him as my vice president, and helped me run things and put me in together when we haven't functions, you know, or times where I want to take a break a couple of weekends, he stepped down helped me out. And he actually came up with the design and the padding of our logo. tee it up. I think we had two different models of our logo. And
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yes, and then pick it back up off the way pick it back off. Yeah, yeah. So basically, who was saying he had, so basically, he had a few groups, he had a few guys playing, and I had a few guys plan, you know, playing with some guys, you know, big run and a few other guys. And basically had a group I had a group we didn't know, like, Oops, say one thing turned to another. So he was planning, not group was planning so we kind of merged together. And like you said, it went from six on his end to maybe like 1015 on my end, because I've been playing since 95. I stopped playing alone in him. And we got together so I had been sitting on his brand. And the brand I was been called cheered up. Not something that's a cool name. I like to tee it up. But, you know, us as people, you know, sometimes we kind of scared to jump out there on the limb. And, of course, the Fonz is not right, right. So I run into another guy named Gary gates, I gotta get his prostate. Every case was at a Dallas game at the Texas hotel or rent show. And I was telling him because he does the Vegas house. You may see some stuff on Vegas house, he owned that thing. He had that pat on my neck. Come on, man, just go just do it. Just do it. Don't worry about it, man, I help you with it. Like I say I gave it to him. He worked with me. He said we got to get this visitor so I can handle it when, you know, we got to visit tiles and everything. So he had the guy created that there was like a couple of books. And we got to do the tile and everything. And like seven man who hooked up. I gave the hook we had like so who said we had two different styles. So we had a you know, display status. You see NAn De because you didn't purchase them. Right? So merchandise is where this who cares? And another guy that we do with the tournament like you say, so, you know, we had to choose one because the brand even though it's the same name, it was two different logos. Okay, so it had to be two different design styles. So I just we just ended up picking up one. But we did both of them for a while.
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So is it actually treated as a trademark or whatever.
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I had to trade back so I owned the brand name t it up but I don't own the name. Okay, that was going back and forth full court. So come to find out the military has it true. Those teed up True or true? tee it up? So I was going back and forth. Of course I had to show them what was the difference between mine my on his mobile, golf sports, athletic wear, so hats, T shirts, sweat shirts, sweat suits, you know, towels, golf balls, you know, we do it all. And so I own the brand see it up, but I do not own that name. Okay.
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So we do have the brand now know who you mentioned, you're the president. And Rick's the vice president. So you guys are not just an ad hoc group, you actually have bylaws, I'm assuming?
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Well, we don't run like most groups have membership fees ranging political, like I say, because we come out and we started coming out, having, you know, recreational, social fun. We kind of, you know, cling on to that. Because sometimes you mean, you know, groups, you got people as beginner golfers, right. And they may be intimidated. Coming out playing with these guys didn't plan for 20 years, 15 years, whatever the case may be, and they won't come play, right when I started biting people out, you know, whether you started yesterday, or 10 years ago, just remember, no one started. What it now today. Everybody started with that guy started yesterday. Right? So Right? You know, you can brag about it now and say where you're at now. But where did you start when you started? So I got invited more people to come. And you know, we went to new skins game on Saturdays and but you're not obligated to put any money in the skins game? Because it's social, and recreational before gambling? And you know what? No, I think everybody in my group No, you don't you know, how to nobody oppression nobody to put in? Because there are plenty of people out there if you want to make a shot of it. Right?
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You know, and I think that's very, very important, because a lot of guys don't want to join groups, because they say and I won't call any particular names, but they saw me and they all just about gambling. Well, that's not true. Because no one and I believe there should be something anytime there's a group there should be some type of, to me some type of orientation. So because otherwise, man, I mean, we guys, man, they want me to play animals. And I say Man, oh, no, I don't understand the audit. It's easy, man. Right? There you go. You probably don't owe maybe five or $6. When he got done. I owe $20. I say never again
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in eight years, twice in eight years? And I don't know. Honestly, I don't know. I put my money in just a minute. Let me know if I were you. I don't know. I don't do that.
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I hear you. So are you guys, you require people to have a chin?
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Yes. Well, so I'm gonna tell you why we do do that. Because that kind of helps people that's not and as best as most golfers in the group, right? So what is a Gn is registered the United States Golf Association, which means golf handicap Information Network. That means you are recorded every time you play and I put your score on a computer. It could be a Joe Blow in Kansas can pull your name of day Washington is a day washing hands. There's a third thing. So with the handicapped who, but people that's blue in the face about handicap, or Gn is where the average golf number is 72 for pros. So let's say you have 13. And you are there shoot 90. So you deduct that 13 for that 90. And there's a score, right? And we do do scores. That means someone comes out near five handicap. So on average, they shoot 77. Right? That means you can come in have a great day. You can shoot an ad fi, your handheld a 13 with a 72 because then they can it makes it easy for everybody. Right? Wait, one to two people constantly winning all the gifts or prizes. Excellent. Even more people, we have people wanting to play a one year two year, right? And I'm like, one guy, maybe for almost a year he would never put in who just started. But then once he got his feet wet, you're the first one to be me. That pays you I mean, have you given the freedom that we do. Right, you know, but isn't enough to do something. Right. So you know, we can a big tournament, our seventh annual seventh annual tournament. I'm not gonna call that a shin number, but he's not a an advanced golfer. But right. I will give props out to him. You know, Burgess Taylor won our seventh annual and he was about to leave a heart attack when he found out he was out ran into my running, you know, about a month or so later, right? And a counselor, you know, get together and she's a he almost wanted to sleep in the day of that trophy. He was I'm excited
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so how often do you guys play? We?
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Yeah, it'd be cool. I would pretty much say every Saturday with teared up. Like other guys played another group Alexei who plays with another group on Sunday as well. Okay, so I'm playing up here with some other guys that we know too. On the west side of town. Let's not play with them guys on Sundays. But we pretty much plan every Saturday, no matter who has discussed we're going to try to squeeze another day in over this year's comments. Same with a tournament I know a lot of guys want to do a two day tournament. So we've been working on that as well. Somebody who's gonna get together and talk about that. A lot of guys you know, we try to give the guys what they want. They just ain't always always so we always say like guys come in and help you know if you want to come in and help out if you want to be the treasurer if you want if you just want to be this right, we have no problem with it. Man who can do everything we can remember this right? You know, we always say we actually did it this way. Well, when you smell I play with
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play with a couple of hooligans from the post. Dwight Ray and, and Reggie with the way they the way they keep up track with it with the dog on Play. Anytime you get in five. I said, No, I'm laying four. I'm hitting fat. No, you get in fact, that's it, man. I told him I said, Well, I'm gonna talk to your teacher. I'm gonna talk to Ricky and see if he can straighten you out. But anyway, do you? Do you guys have a website or anything? As we prepare?
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website as as of now, I mean, we both have our own personal emails. But we also have a we have a website. You know, for us, the Golf was so nice. If anybody wants to join it, give me a hook. And we can we can add them to what did the whole?
Unknown Speaker 26:41
Group Me? Okay, yes, you already, you know, accepted into us. And by assuming the email link, and, you know, you sent in, you sign up, and then I get an alert saying they Washington is trying to join and tee it up. And I see them on my end, or on our guy handles my administration for the app. And here comes the Hey, do you know this guy? Yeah. All right. Go ahead. Go ahead. That does, everything we do every time we play. I'll post this is where we playing that Saturday. This is what time this is how many people are reserved for
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so how can how can how can somebody get a hold of you guys that may be interested in me hear this, because we got a lot of veterans out there and others who who love to play golf and somebody looked for groups to join. So I can
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email as he is. And boy, I G H O P as in Paul 702 at gmail, the coop 702 at gmail, and I would respond back make contact with you verbally or by email. And we could do more for now. And we typically play like I'm saying, you know, we shoot every Saturday sometimes, you know, depending on what's going on in town, you know, it's kind of tough to get a good rate. And I don't want count everybody calling for calling when somebody else I can't always want to book Hi. And of course, you know, my group is so, so spoiled, didn't want to play. I gotta think about the people that you know, you know?
Unknown Speaker 28:14
You got to think about everybody, as a handful of people. You got to think about everybody. Well, gentlemen, I thank you guys for coming on the show. And I'll be in touch because I'd like to get you back on sometime in the future. Because I think what you're doing is great. I love this game. I've been playing about 16 seven years, have not got no better but no worse either. So I'm good to go. Thank you guys so much.
Unknown Speaker 28:37
Dave say again, moving forward in spring of 2024. I'm looking to start a nonprofit organization for us from six to 16. Okay, we're talking about that later on where you know, we're going to provide the big 25 kids, and we're going to provide golf clubs for them. All right, lessons for them. And anything, they good grades, and we gotta bring them in like that. Great. But we'll talk later about that and we'll get you
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we'll get you guys back on again because both of y'all are good talkers, man. So y'all carried it, but my producers saying wrap it up. So thank you guys, and I appreciate you guys coming on. For sure. All right. Once again, this is Veterans Affairs plus on 91.5 Jazz and law. We'll see and talk to you next week.
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