For the first time after a three-year Covid pandemic disruption, military members of a wood carving club presented eagle-headed, insignia-emblazoned walking canes to combat-wounded veterans. Roughly ...

COLUMBUS — Twenty-five canes lined a small table just outside the community room at Prairie Village Retirement Center. The canes, each topped with a symbolic eagle’s head, took anywhere from hours to ...

PLEASANTON — Michael De Lia’s World War II memories come and go in glimpses at the sight of the cane. In advance of Memorial Day, a Pleasanton woodcarver presented De Lia, a World War II veteran who ...

Ruben Archuleta walks into a bedroom of his Pueblo home which he calls his "Medal of Honor" room. No, Archuleta is not a Medal of Honor recipient himself, though he did serve in the U.S. Navy. Rather, ...

Thomas Jones methodically felt his new hand-carved wooden cane, inch by inch, from its eagle-head handle to its red, white and blue shaft. “It feels real nice,” said Jones, 82, who lives in the Glen ...

VALPARAISO — John Ohler's one-of-a-kind hand-carved cane was back home Friday night. A Times reader saw the story in Friday's newspaper about how Ohler, 88, had left his cane in a shopping cart Oct.

Bryant Shephard's canes are his calling card. He says thank you, offers support for an unsteady gait, or lets you know he's glad to have met you with a hand-carved cane that's art and function. At 77, ...