Now that was one helluva weekend! It was kick-ass in many ways, from fishing to beaching to commercing. I’m a weird local. I love a summer crowd.

That said – and in the truest spirit of Memorial Day -I have to point out that none of us could enjoy ideal fishing days like these if it weren’t for the men and women who fought – and often paid the ultimate price – to keep our freedoms alive and biting, so to speak.

Importantly, the folks who serve(d) off the battlefield are just as important as those on the front lines, or “in-country” as we’d say in the Vietnam days.

Please carry on this weekend’s appreciation by helping in every way possible to gain benefits and medical assistance…