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2010 Jim Thorpe Courage Award

August 18, 2010 - As many of you are aware, Rick Bacon has been named as a recipient of the 2010 Jim Thorpe Courage Award. The awards event will be held at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum on August 28, 2010 beginning at 6:00 p.m., dinner served at 7:00 p.m. with a dance afterward. Tickets for the event are $150 each and Rick needs to know by tomorrow if you would like to attend. If interested please contact Rick at 703-0790 or 831-0914.

The INTEGRIS Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation Hospital Courage Awards were established in 1994 to recognize and honor individuals who have overcome disabilities caused by injury or illness by facing the physical and mental challenges of rehabilitation with courage and determination.

The awards are named after the man known as the World's Greatest Athlete. Jim Thorpe, a Sac and Fox Indian, won gold medals in the 1912 Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden, in the pentathlon and decathlon events. Those medals were confiscated in 1913 on the grounds that Thorpe had been a professional athlete. The medals were presented again to the Thorpe family in 1983.

Thorpe went on to establish a career in professional football, and was a founding father of the National Football League.

The Courage Awards are presented yearly to one national and two local recipients (one adult and one child)

In 1995, INTEGRIS Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation Hospital was designated the rehabilitation facility of choice for retired and active NFL players by the National Football League Players Association.

The national award represents the ongoing relationship between the Jim Thorpe Association in Oklahoma City, INTEGRIS Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation Center and the National Football League Players Association. National recipients are active or retired NFL players.

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IAFF2067 Connections
"Maybe extremist politicians who try to take advantage of a tough economic time for our country by targeting the basic core values and rights of those who work for a living will finally start to work toward real solutions that move this country forward through cooperation and bipartisanship, because that's what the American people want and that's what this vote reinforced," - IAFF President, Harold Schaitberger

"...the International Association of Fire Fighters [...] is first and foremost about the health and safety of firefighters in the United States, not wages and benefits.

They lobby for federal grants that provide adequate staffing levels and much needed equipment, including fire trucks and gear. Thanks to their efforts, Congress created a section in the CDC that investigates firefighter deaths in order to prevent future fatalities. I am proud to be a part of an organization that works to protect those who protect others." - Mike Whited, Firefighter - Muncie, IN

"...The firemen located the problem in the heating unit, shut it down, aired out the house and installed two smoke alarms and made the house safe and habitable once again.

We would like to pay tribute to these unsung heroes who help make Norman a wonderful place to live." - Martine & Arline Krimsky, Norman Citizens

“The battles labor won over the years not only raised the standards of labor but for everyone. The other side has declared war on labor’s house and it’s about time we stand up and understand it for what it is. They’re reopening fights we thought we settled fifty years ago.

The middle class is under attack, but labor is under the most direct assault in a generation! Without organized labor the fight for working America is lost. You are the only non-governmental power that has the power and the capacity to stop this onslaught. Without you there, there is no restraint." - Vice President Joe Biden

"...I hope the next time there are negotiations between the city and the firefighters, the “powers that be” will remember this hot, dry time. Our firefighters are stretched to their limits physically and mentally trying to keep us safe. On any given day, especially during this drought, you will see fire trucks racing to save property and lives. Most of us can stay in our cool homes or businesses, but these heroes must be out in the heat to fight hot, nasty fires that threaten our cool homes and businesses. These fire personnel should be thanked by being paid well. Also, if you see one, tell him/her “thank you.” - IVANELL MEEK, Norman Citizen.