{"id":10988,"date":"2023-09-25T18:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T18:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graceworks-old.citizen55.com\/?p=10988"},"modified":"2026-01-06T19:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:02:19","slug":"photos-9-bethany-village-veterans-will-join-next-honor-flight-dayton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/photos-9-bethany-village-veterans-will-join-next-honor-flight-dayton\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: 9 Bethany Village Veterans will join next Honor Flight Dayton"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Nine Bethany Village residents have been selected for an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. <a href=\"https:\/\/honorflightdayton.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Honor Flight Dayton<\/a>&#8216;s mission is to take veterans who served from WWII through the end of the Vietnam Era to see their memorials.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1383\" src=\"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Teb-Baines-Dennis-Barber-Fred-Witwer-John-Linville-Gary-Baker-with-nonresident-brother-Leonard-Baker-JD-Livesay-Belinda-Kenley-John-McManus-1-scaled-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Teb-Baines-Dennis-Barber-Fred-Witwer-John-Linville-Gary-Baker-with-nonresident-brother-Leonard-Baker-JD-Livesay-Belinda-Kenley-John-McManus-1-scaled-1.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Teb-Baines-Dennis-Barber-Fred-Witwer-John-Linville-Gary-Baker-with-nonresident-brother-Leonard-Baker-JD-Livesay-Belinda-Kenley-John-McManus-1-scaled-1-300x162.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Teb-Baines-Dennis-Barber-Fred-Witwer-John-Linville-Gary-Baker-with-nonresident-brother-Leonard-Baker-JD-Livesay-Belinda-Kenley-John-McManus-1-scaled-1-1024x553.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Teb-Baines-Dennis-Barber-Fred-Witwer-John-Linville-Gary-Baker-with-nonresident-brother-Leonard-Baker-JD-Livesay-Belinda-Kenley-John-McManus-1-scaled-1-768x415.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Teb-Baines-Dennis-Barber-Fred-Witwer-John-Linville-Gary-Baker-with-nonresident-brother-Leonard-Baker-JD-Livesay-Belinda-Kenley-John-McManus-1-scaled-1-1536x830.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Teb-Baines-Dennis-Barber-Fred-Witwer-John-Linville-Gary-Baker-with-nonresident-brother-Leonard-Baker-JD-Livesay-Belinda-Kenley-John-McManus-1-scaled-1-2048x1106.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<cite>PICTURED: Veterans Teb Baines, Dennis Barber, Fred Witwer, John Linville, Gary Baker with brother Leonard Baker (not a Bethany resident) and JD Livesay, with Centerville City Council Member Belinda Kenley and Montgomery County Treasurer John McManus<\/cite><\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bethanylutheranvillage.org\/service\/independent-living\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bethany Village Independent Living<\/a> Life Enrichment staff hosted a happy hour September 22 to celebrate the group of veterans:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Teb Baines<\/li>\r\n<li>Gary Baker<\/li>\r\n<li>Dennis Barber<\/li>\r\n<li>Tom Broadwell<\/li>\r\n<li>John Linville<\/li>\r\n<li>JD Livesay<\/li>\r\n<li>Jack Wilson<\/li>\r\n<li>Harmon Withee<\/li>\r\n<li>Fred Witwer<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Although their original departure was set for September 23, tropical storm threats have postponed the Honor Flight to <strong>April 20, 2024<\/strong>. &#8220;Our veterans want to have a day they will never forget,&#8221; said Diana Deen Pry on behalf of the Honor Flight Dayton Board. &#8220;We take the safety of our veterans very seriously and do not want to compromise the well-being of any of the veterans on the trip.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>UPDATE: Five additional residents are planning to depart on the April 20th Honor Flight! A welcome home reception &amp; happy hour is scheduled for residents on April 26th from 3-4pm.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Tom Angotti<\/li>\r\n<li>Fred Berta<\/li>\r\n<li>Lew Hann<\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: initial;\">Jerry Swain<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li>Donald Weckstein<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 15px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis: 100%;\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis: 100%;\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"11029\" class=\"wp-image-11029\" src=\"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BV-Life-Enrichment-staff-Cathy-Howard-and-Leigh-OBrien-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Thanks to Life Enrichment staff Cathy Howard and Leigh O&#8217;Brien for organizing all the fun!<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"11022\" class=\"wp-image-11022\" src=\"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC_1682-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"10998\" class=\"wp-image-10998\" src=\"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC_1642-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Entertainment by guitarist Tony Peters<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"11026\" class=\"wp-image-11026\" src=\"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC_1673-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"11021\" class=\"wp-image-11021\" src=\"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Ron-Socks-Bowersock_2015-Honor-Flight-passenger-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Veteran Ron &#8216;Socks&#8217; Bowersock, 2015 Honor Flight passenger<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"11027\" class=\"wp-image-11027\" src=\"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC_1669-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Army Veteran Tom Adinaro chats with Cathy, Leigh, and Jackie<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"11028\" class=\"wp-image-11028\" src=\"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC_1666-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"11024\" class=\"wp-image-11024\" src=\"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC_1681-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"11020\" class=\"wp-image-11020\" src=\"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC_1663-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Belinda Kenley, Centerville City Council; John McManus, Montgomery County Treasurer; Jackie D&#8217;Aurora, Graceworks Vice President-Marketing &amp; Advancement; Abby Eshbaugh, Graceworks Communications &amp; PR Manager; and Air Force Veteran JD Livesay<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"11023\" class=\"wp-image-11023\" src=\"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/entertainment-by-guitarist-Tony-Peters-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine Bethany Village residents have been selected for an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. Honor Flight Dayton&#8216;s mission is to take veterans who served from WWII through the end of the Vietnam Era to see their memorials. &nbsp; PICTURED: Veterans Teb Baines, Dennis Barber, Fred Witwer, John Linville, Gary Baker with brother Leonard Baker (not a Bethany resident) and JD Livesay, with Centerville City Council Member Belinda Kenley and Montgomery County Treasurer John McManus Bethany Village Independent Living Life Enrichment staff hosted a happy hour September 22 to celebrate the group of veterans: Teb Baines Gary Baker Dennis Barber Tom&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bethany","category-news","category-our-people"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10988"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11590,"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10988\/revisions\/11590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graceworks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}