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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
  PVA President's Message
It's Good for America!
   
  Reasons & Remarks Redivivus
Get the Picture?
   
  Caregiver Connection
In Sickness and in Health
   
  Research Update
Chicago Researcher Honored
   
  Diagnosis: MS
You Gotta Improvise!
   
  People in the News
Dr. Beth Burns
   
  Veteran Advisor
The VHA Appeals Process
   
  Travel Tips
In Search of the Perfect Room
   
  Healing Options
A Bacterial Partnership
   
  Sports and Recreation
U.S. Curling Team Wins First Medal
   
  Fish Tales
Repeat Performance
   
  Newsbeat
Revamped Web Site
   
  A Closer Look
AT in My Lifetime
   
  Hunts-up
Awesome Oryx
   
  Information Center
Extraordinary Entrepreneur
   
  And Finally...
Can You "Fire" Your Doctor?
   
 

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May 2008

16–18 Mid-America PVA Trapshoot. Sedgwick, Kan. Contact: PVA Sports and Recreation, 800-424-8200, ext. 687 / www.pva.org
16–18 Vaughan PVA Bass Tournament (Land of Lincoln, Rend Lake). Mount Vernon, Ill. Contact: PVA Sports and Recreation, 800-424-8200, ext. 738 / www.pva.org
17 NEPVA Bass Tournament. North Pond - Pine Tree Camp, Smithfield, Maine. Contact: Tiny LaFontaine, 781-935-2480 / www.nepva.org
30-June 1 Colonial PVA Trapshoot. Baltimore. Contact: PVA Sports and Recreation, 800-424-8200, ext. 687 / www.pva.org
30-June 1 Arizona Billiards Tournament (date tentative). Phoenix. Contact: Alan Earl, 800-424-8200 / alane@pva.org
30-June 1 Abilities Expo/Southern California. Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim. Contact: 800-385-3085 / www.abilitiesexpo.com
30–31 12th Annual Day on the Lake. Watersports activities for those with neurological disabilities. Bartlett Lake, Carefree, Ariz. Contact: Gus LaZear, gus.lazear@chw.edu

June 2008

5–8 Ninth Annual Endeavor Games for Athletes with Physical Disabilities. Edmond, Okla. Contact: 405-974-3151 / sramsey2@ucok.edu
13–15 Lone Star PVA Bass Tournament (Lake Ray Hubbard). Garland, Tex. Contact: PVA Sports and Recreation, 800-424-8200, ext. 738 / www.pva.org
14–19 22nd Annual National Wheelchair Sports & Recreation Camp. Stewartville, Minn. Contact: Bob Bardwell, 507-533-6707 / bob@ironwoodsprings.com
14 NEPVA Bass Tournament. Charles River, Newton Yacht Club, Boston. Contact: Tiny LaFontaine, 781-935-2480 / www.nepva.org
15–21 Ability First Youth Sports Camp. Water skiing, rugby, basketball, tennis, and more for youth 8 to 18 with physical disabilities. California State University Chico, Chico, Calif. Contact: 916-427-2779 / ability1st@yahoo.com
19–22 WSUSA Sanctioned Track & Field, Archery & Air Rifle Event. Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, Mich. Contact: 888-988-2553 / www.thunderinthevalleygames.com
20–22 Vaughan PVA Trapshoot. Whittington, Ill. Contact: PVA Sports and Recreation, 800-424-8200, ext. 687 / www.pva.org
23–28 American Wheelchair Bowling Association Nationals. Fountain Valley, Calif. Contact: Al Uttecht, 714-527-6986

July 2008

11–13 Wisconsin PVA Trapshoot. Green Bay, Wis. Contact: PVA Sports and Recreation, 800-424-8200, ext. 687 / www.pva.org
11–13 National PVA Bass Tournament (Potomac River). Waldorf, Md. Contact: PVA Sports and Recreation, 800-424-8200, ext. 738 / www.pva.org
11–12 WCD Expo. The Greater Reading Convention Center, 2525 N. 12th St., Reading, Pa. Contact: Mark Dineen, 201-722-9233, ext. 114 / mark@wcdexpo.com
18–20 Buckeye 5th Annual U.S. Open Wheelchair 8-Ball. Northfield, Ohio. Contact: Alan Earl, 800-424-8200 / alane@pva.org
18–20 Southern Open Bowling Tournament. Dallas, Ga. Contact: 770-443-1096
18–19 North Country Access 2008 (water sports clinic). Clayton, N.Y. Contact: 315-686-4104 / www.ncaccess.org
19–27 2008 National Junior Disability Championships and Junior International Wheelchair and Amputee Championships. Piscataway, N.J. Contact: 908-301-5424 / tyurochko@childrens-specialized.org
19 Honoring Our American Heroes 3-Man Bass Tournament (for New England PVA members only). Lake Champlain, Plattsburgh, N.Y. Contact: Bill Decoteau, 413-566-3961
25–29 28th National Veterans Wheelchair Games. Omaha. Contact: PVA, 800-424-8200

August 2008

7–9 NWSA National Championship Tournament. Both adult and junior tournaments. Council Bluffs, Iowa. Contact: Bruce Froendt, 402-305-5020 / nwsainfo@yahoo.com
15–17 Mid-America PVA Bowling Tournament. Oklahoma City. Contact: 405-721-7168
18–23 PVA Convention and Annual Meeting. Doubletree Hotel Portland Lloyd Center, Portland. Contact: PVA Meeting Services, 800-424-8200
20–25 National Veterans Golden Age Games. Indianapolis. Contact: Dewayne Vaughan, 202-745-8615
29–31 4th Annual MSCPVA Invitational Wheelchair Bowling Tournament. Colorado Springs. Contact: Mark Shepherd, 303-322-4402

September 2008

5–7 North Central PVA Trapshoot. Sioux Falls, S.D. Contact: 800-424-8200, ext. 687 / www.pva.org
5–7 Mountain States PVA 2nd Annual Rockey Mountain Shootout Pool Tournament. Colorado Springs. Contact: Alan Earl, 800-424-8200 / alane@pva.org
6–17 2008 Paralympic Games. Beijing, China. Contact: en.beijing2008.cn/paralympic
11–14 Adaptive Paddling Workshop. Big Bay, Mich. Contact: 906-345-9314 / baycliffhc@aol.com
12–14 Abilities Expo/Minnesota. Minneapolis Convention Center. Contact: 800-385-3085 / www.abilitiesexpo.com
12–14 Mid-America PVA Bass Tournament. Keystone Lake, Mannford, Okla. Contact: 800-424-8200, ext. 738 / www.pva.org
12 Rancho Los Amigos Spinal Injury Games. Novice or beginning wheelchair sports events. Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Downey, Calif. Contact: Adam Wilson, 562-401-6322
13 NEPVA Bass Tournament. Lake Winnipesaukee, Camp Robindel, Moultonboro, N.H. Contact: Tiny LaFontaine, 781-935-2480 / www.nepva.org
26–28 Northwest PVA Trapshoot. Seattle. Contact: 800-424-8200, ext. 687 / www.pva.org
26–28 Corporate Sponsored Bass Tournament. Contact: PVA Sports and Recreation, 800-424-8200, ext. 738 / www.pva.org
26–28 Vaughan PVA Billiards Tournament. Darien, Ill. Contact: Alan Earl, 800-424-8200 / alane@pva.org

October 2008

3–4 Shoot for the Future. Trap and sporting clay for wheelchair shooters. Nashville, Tenn. Contact: B. Dale Wiley, 615-504-9765 / www.shootforthefuture.net

November 2008

21–22 WCD Expo. The Prime Osborn Convention Center, 1000 Water St., Jacksonville, Fla. Contact: Mark Dineen, 201-722-9233, ext. 114 / mark@wcdexpo.com

March 2010

12–21 Paralympic Winter Games. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Contact: www.vancouver2010.com

 

 

 
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