Welcome Home, SSgt Christopher Petty, Austin, TX, 14 May 2010

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Revised Staging Location

The PGR has been invited to join with family and friends in welcoming home US Marine SSgt Christopher Petty. SSgt Petty is returning to his wife and young son from a deployment to Afghanistan, and we get to be there for the fun.

Date/Time: Friday, 14 May 2010. Expected arrival home sometime after 5 pm.

Staging Location: Staging Location: Austin area riders will stage at the Brushy Creek Rec Center, 16318 Great Oaks Drive, Austin, TX. Map link: tinyurl.com/BrushyCreekRec

Directions: From RR 620 go north on Great Oaks Drive to the first stop sign at Racine Trail. The Rec center is immediately on the right, just past the fire station.

Timeline:
4:30 – 4:45 pm staging
4:45 pm briefing
Flag line established when appropriate.

Wx: Cloudy, high 83 deg, 30% chance of showers. Bring your own drinking water.

Notes: In addition we will send some big flag bikes to meet the cars coming from the airport at the convenience store on the corner of RR 620 and Great Oaks and accompany them to the house.

Ride Captain: Steve von Roeder, svroeder@sbcglobal.net, work phone 512-972-7746; home phone 512-837-3843; cell phone 512-466-5769
Flag Wrangler: TBD

Come out and take this opportunity to celebrate with SSgt Petty's family and friends his brave service and safe return.

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Relocated post by Military Moms of Texas:
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Thank you on behalf of Military Moms Of Texas for assisting us with our members welcome home this Friday. We have confirmation that KVUE news, Austin American Statesman, Round Rock leader , and the county commissioner will be attending. We also have the Great Oaks elementary school coming out that support the troops we adopt. We will have SSGT Petty stopping on the way in at the Brushy Creek Community Center for a gift and interview with us. Thanks and we hope to see everyone there.

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Thanks to everyone who came out to Brushy Creek for the welcome home for SSGT Petty. The family appreciated our support.

Good job with the flags, Bob!

the PGR got positive press on both TV stations that covered the event.

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