The following article by Tim Engstrom was posted on the Lakeshore Weekly website June 29, 2017:
Photos by Tim Engstrom
ON BIG ISLAND — Despite being part of the negotiations for selling the veterans camp on Big Island in 2006 and despite being on the board that oversees the funds from the sale of the property, Tom Tweet of the Bloomington VFW Post had never set foot on the island.
Finally, on Wednesday, June 21, he did.
And he brought the commander of the Bloomington VFW, Doug Doerfler, with him.
“I really appreciate the opportunity to see what it looks like,” Doerfler said.
Tweet said the trip was good because of the connections the island has had with veterans over the years.