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Rehabilitation Center. With his mother
and wife at his side, Jerral navigated in
and out of many medication regimes
and agonizing physical therapy.
It was during this time (July 2007)
that Jess Maxcy, CMHI members and
the CMHI Foundation found out about
Jerral’s traumatizing ordeal. Through
a charitable campaign, the CMHI
Foundation and CMHI membership
raised significant funds to pay off the
mortgage to Hancock’s manufactured
home, which he was purchasing for
his young family when his body was
ruined in the explosion and, to the
conversion of making it accessible for
his wheelchair. “That Jess Maxcy did
all right,” Hancock said. “He came to
visit me up in Palo Alto.”
life as possible. “I can’t sit around the
house all day. I’ve got to be out and
moving around,” Jerral states.
Source: Blue Star Riders Newsletter –
November 2011
Bob Huff Elevated to Senate
Republican Leader
Business Properties Association,
the American Council of Engineering
Companies, California and the
Inland Empire Caucus, which serves
citizens with disabilities. He was also
recognized as the 2011 Job Champion
of Anaheim by the Anaheim Chamber
of Commerce and received a perfect
score in the 2011 California Chamber
of Commerce Legislative Scorecard.
One of Senator Huff’s proudest
accomplishments is getting SB161
signed into law in 2011, which places
the health and welfare of California
schoolchildren first, by allowing trained
volunteers to administer emergency
medication to students with epilepsy
when they suffer a seizure at school.
CMHI Foundation President Jess Maxcy visits
with Army Spc. Jerral Hancock at the Palo Alto
Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center.
Jerral Hancock continues to trudge
forward. For a man who survived
a blast of the type that has killed
thousands of American troops, he
operates outside the bounds of selfpity.
His humor is tough-minded and
ironic. These days he can manage
movement in his specialized wheelchair
that looks about the size of a riding
lawnmower. He has an advanced
prosthetic arm custom made for him.
The micro-processor driven appendage
is state-of-the-art. Because Hancock
was so severely burned it makes it
difficult for the sensors to interface
with his muscle movements. But, with
lots of work and help from prosthetic
experts, it will hopefully be useful to
him.
And that is how life is proceeding
now for this American soldier brave
enough to go to the world’s most
dangerous combat zone. Hancock
remains hopeful for as near a normal
Senator Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar)
has been elected Senate Republican
Leader following a vote of the Senate
Republican Caucus. The 29 th District
Senator, who previously served as
Republican Caucus Leader and Vice
Chair of the Senate Budget Committee,
was a unanimous selection to succeed
Senator Bob Dutton.
“I’d like to thank my Senate
Republican colleagues for their
unwavering support and look forward
to working with Majority Leader Darrell
Steinberg and the Governor on the
state budget and other issues facing
California,” said Senator Huff. “The
Governor had indicated that he will
work with Republicans when possible,
and Senate Republicans are open
to compromise and crafting true,
bipartisan solutions.”
Senator Huff was first elected to the
State Assembly in 2004 after serving
nine years on the Diamond Bar City
Council, including two stints as Mayor.
He was later elected to serve the 29 th
Senate District in 2008.
Senator Huff was recognized as
Legislator of the Year in 2011 by the
League of California Cities, Citizens
Against Lawsuit Abuse, the California
Rebates for Energy Star
Homes
2012 is the
last year to
claim the
$500 incentive
from Pacific
Gas & Electric
Company
Since January 2010, Pacific Gas &
Electric Company (PG&E) has provided
a $500 per home rebate to retailers and
communities for new ENERGY STAR
manufactured homes connected to
PG&E service. For more information,
contact Gwynne Koch, Program
Manager, Systems Building Research
Alliance, at (212)496-0900x120 or
gkoch@research-alliance.org, or visit
the SBRA website www.researchalliance.org/pages/es_PGE.htm.
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