HOLIDAY DRIVE IN MEMORY OF LATE SOLDIER CARE PACKAGES TO BE MADE FOR TROOPS.Byline: Angie ANGIE Adaptive Network for Granular Information and Evidence Processing Valencia-Martinez Staff Writer SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - Just before he was killed, Army Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Tessar asked his older brother to help his wife send holiday care packages to the 250 soldiers under his command in Iraq. After weeks of late nights and nearly round-the-clock work since his Oct. 31 death, the mission of Sgt. Tessar Operation Care Package has been completed. ``It's really an honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. not just to my brother, but all the guys who have lost their lives and continue to fight in Iraq,'' said his brother, Bill Tessar of Simi Valley. ``We're reaching out and trying to do something and understand all the liberties we have don't come without sacrifice.'' The drive began almost immediately after the 36-year-old Green Beret was killed in Iraq. He died when a bomb detonated near a Humvee carrying him and three other servicemen. He was just months away from retiring and joining his wife, Nancy, and their three children in Kentucky Kentucky, state, United States Kentucky (kəntŭk`ē, kĭn–), one of the so-called border states of the S central United States. It is bordered by West Virginia and Virginia (E); Tennessee (S); the Mississippi R. . Today, nearly 100 youngsters from the Simi Valley Vikings football program and Simi SIMI Sea Ice Mechanics Initiative SIMI Search for Intelligent Monkeys on the Internet SIMI Students Islamic Movement in India SIMI Society of Irish Motor Industry SIMI Smallholder Irrigation Markets Initiative Youth Baseball will assemble the holiday care packages, which must be mailed by Monday to make it to Iraq in time for Christmas. Bill Tessar is a coach with the local youth organizations. ``The outpouring has been 10 times bigger than I ever expected,'' said organizer Margo margo /mar·go/ (mahr´go) pl. mar´gines margin. margo pl. margines [L.] border; margin. See also margin. Hartzheim, who has two sons in the athletic programs. ``It's about families helping families.'' The men and women of Tessar's company will receive packages filled with calling cards, thermal socks, candy candy: see confectionery. candy Sweet sugar- or chocolate-based confection. The Egyptians made candy from honey (combined with figs, dates, nuts, and spices), sugar being unknown. , magazines and books. Other boxes designed for the whole company will include box sets of television series, movies and back massagers. The youngsters also wrote letters of support for the soldiers, thanking them for their service. The care packages were made possible through donations. Organizers said they raised more than $7,000 in the weeks after Tessar's death. Angie Valencia-Martinez, (805) 583-7604 angie.valencia(at)dailynews.com |
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