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Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient Jason Rzepa and his 5-year-old son Collin reel in a kokanee salmon on Friday during a fishing trip put on by Boats for Heroes on Lake Pend Orielle. Boats for Heroes, founded by Vietnam veteran Keith Mathews and his wife Cathy, takes veterans and their familes out on free fishing trips in Washington and Idaho.

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Fishing trips on Pend Oreille offer retreat for vets, families
July 28, 2016 1 a.m.

Fishing trips on Pend Oreille offer retreat for vets, families

LAKE PEND OREILLE — In between fish bites, Ryan Rogers reflected how therapeutic it is was to be on a relatively calm and scenic Lake Pend Oreille on Friday morning.