Bill Morem
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Bill Morem writes for The Tribune. Reach him at 805-781-7852 or bmorem@thetribunenews.com .
A chance to give back to our vets
Between 130,000 and 200,000 veterans are homeless on any given night nationwide; 16,500 of those unfortunates live in California; it’s believed that of the 4,000 homeless in San Luis Obispo County, 10 percent are veterans.
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BILL MOREM
Helping veterans heal from post-traumatic stress
This is the last in a series of columns dealing with men and women who have gone to war and returned with the never-ending nightmare of post-traumatic stress.
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BILL MOREM
In struggle with post-traumatic stress, vets reach for their pens
A report by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs last fall found that since Sept. 11, 2001, almost 30 percent of the 834,463 vets who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress.
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BILL MOREM
Help is slow in coming as echoes of war linger
The 2010 census found that 22,514 veterans live in San Luis Obispo County, nearly a tenth of the total population. No doubt that number has grown with troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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BILL MOREM
Distant battles still haunt these soldiers
‘I stood looking at a man I didn’t recognize: Eyes sunken, hair disheveled, face left unshaven for weeks. There was a hollow, disconnected look in his eye; something scary and uncertain lay in that look. I stood looking in the mirror at what I’d become.” — Former...
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BILL MOREM
For these SLO County World War II vets, a special trip to honor them
Honor Flight flies WWII veterans to Washington D.C. where they spend time at that war’s memorial, reuniting, honoring and remembering the courage of those with whom they served.
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BILL MOREM
The story of Officer Honey
As a journalist, and all-around curious being, I’ve come to the point of discounting nothing; anything is possible.
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BILL MOREM
New 'Monster of Piedras Blancas' movie emerges at San Luis Obispo film festival
New 'Monster of Piedras Blancas' movie emerges at San Luis Obispo International Film Festival.
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BILL MOREM
Remembering a larger-than-life friend and his love of words, music
Ross Sears was a trim tab in life, a compact dynamo that moved and stabilized larger forces around him until his untimely death last spring.
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BILL MOREM
Greeks take their case to Washington
Consider the Collegiate Housing & Infrastructure Act, aka CHIA. If, like me, that sounds like Greek to you, you’re not far off the mark: It’s pending federal legislation that could have a major impact on the Greek system of college fraternities and sororities around the country &#...
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BILL MOREM
Why you should help Prado Day Center — and how
Let’s get something clear from the get-go: Contrary to popular belief in certain circles, not all of the unfortunate souls who are homeless on the Central Coast are panhandlers bumming bucks downtown; who have come to San Luis Obispo for the weather.
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