APRIL 7, 2017, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A5
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By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Thanks to the Oregon
Paralyzed Veterans of Amer-
ica and volunteers from
Home Depot, Terry Lowell
of Keizer can now do some-
thing most people take for
granted—take a shower.
Lowell, who served in the
military for 22 years, begin-
ning with the Marine Corps
and then the Army Reserves
before retiring as a master
sergeant in the Air Force, had
knee replacement surgery in
2010.
However, the new knee
didn’t last and Lowell had to
go back under the knife in
2014.
Due to a staph infection,
Lowell’s had three more sur-
geries just since August and
hadn’t been able to get over
the lip in the shower in those
eight months.
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Volunteers from Home Depot built a new shower and did landscaping work for Keizer veteran Terry Lowell, who’s had three knee surgeries since August. Below is
the new fi nished shower and a volunteer hard at work.
That’s where PVA and
Home Depot came in, in-
stalling a shower with a lower
lip and bench.
“It means an awful lot
to me to have a little bit of
comfort,” Lowell said. “My
bath so far has just been wash
cloth and towel, trying to
keep yourself clean, but it’s
not the same as a real show-
er, just that feeling of being
clean. You can only do so
much with a towel and wash
cloth.”
Terry’s wife Sherry con-
tacted Home Depot to check
on the program, which
through a group of employ-
ees volunteering their time
helps veterans all over the
country.
Along with the bathroom,
the volunteers also put down
bark and planted fl owers in
the yard.
“They came out right
away and checked it out and
told us what they could do,”
Terry said. “They just make
you feel good about the
whole process, which made
me feel good because I didn’t
want to feel like I was get-
ting a handout either. But
they don’t make you feel that
way.”
Name about any sum-
mit in Oregon, Washington
and California, and Terry
has probably climbed it, in-
cluding Mt. Hood 21 times.
But doctors don’t believe
the climbing or military ser-
vice are the cause of his knee
life in hospice. He takes all
their medals and pictures and
mounts them in a shadow-
box for the family.
“They’ve turned out very
beautiful and they are keep-
ing him occupied,” Sherry
said.
problems but instead the 40
years working on concrete as
a fabricator.
Not being able to leave
the house very often, Terry
is giving back by making
shadowboxes for veterans
who are at the end of their
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