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Eight years have gone by since Marion County's last push to house a veterans' nursing home. Now, local officials say, the timing is right.

L.C. Stevenson, now 91, recalls the 1960s, when he and others helped protect the Rev. Frank Pinkston, a civil rights leader.

The North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health Care System and the Dream Foundation teamed to get a special chair for Ocala Navy vet Milo McNew.

Gathering to celebrate a birthday Jehle's three children — Paul, 68, with wife Charlene of Sagamore Beach, Massachusetts; Dave, 66, with wife Annalou of Statesville, North Carolina; and Jinnie DeHaan, with husband Roger — gathered Saturday with Arthur Jehle and his wife, Sara, at the Citra home where he has lived since 1979. The Jehle family celebrated Arthur’s birthday with a dinner at an Ocala restaurant. Also in attendance were Suzanne McGuire, representing state Sen. Keith Perry's office, and retired U.S. Army Col. Craig Ham, president of the Marion County Veterans Council an...

The park, established in 1997, “is a lasting memorial to all veterans who served, fought (and) died for our individual freedoms,” according to MarionFl.org, where information is posted about park events including the Quarterly Memorial, Memorial Day and Veterans Day events, band concerts and other programs. The Vietnam War Traveling Memorial Wall has also been hosted at the park. The park contains 5,000 memorial bricks, 200 benches and 100 commemorative plaques, the website indicates. "I'm blessed. The park is a beautiful and peaceful place and I can stop and talk to people. The park als...