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Post 136 Family, We had an eventful meeting on Monday, Dec 5. If you read nothing else, please take note of the final subject and help us. Tis the Season: Membership approved a $500 donation to the McConnell Enlisted Spouses Club, to assist low ranking enlisted families with the purchase of holiday meals. This event has been supported by the Post as well as the Riders for the past 4 years and is

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Post 136 Family, Here are the highlights from our discussions at Novembers monthly Legion Meeting: Veterans Day: This Friday, Nov. 11, we will be holding our traditional Veterans Day ceremonies, beginning around 5:30pm with a flag retirement at the pavilion. When complete we will be going inside where the Ladies Auxiliary will provide all veterans with a free meal. The kitchen will be closed this

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Post 136 Family, Below are the highlights from the monthly Legion meeting held Oct 3, 2011. National Commander Fang Wong, will be at Post 136 for a luncheon on Wed., Oct 19. He will be here from 11:45 – 1:15 and all members are invited to join and hear him speak. The Ladies Auxiliary will be assisting with the lunch. It is an honor to have the National Commander at our Post and we need to

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Post 136 Family,   The American Legion monthly meeting was held Monday Sept. 12.  Highlights follow:   NEW OFFICERS/ BOG:   With the recent resignation of Commander Art Beale due to health, Jake Defrees is now Commander.  The following have been elected to serve the open positions:   1st Vice Commander – Rick Babinger 2nd Vice Commander – Chris Hummel BOG – (Replacing Jake until Dec

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American Legion Family:   Sick Call: Wishing a speedy recovery to our Commander, Art Beale; Life Member, Wayne Lewis; and former member of our Post, Ferrel Belt.  We all hope you’re up and around soon.   Life Membership: In the past year a number of Legion members have chosen to forgo the yearly hassle of paying dues and have purchased a Kansas Life Membership (or received it as a

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Life Membership:  There are two new Life Members at the Post. Jake Defrees and Doug Lehman. Congratulations to both. Friday Dinner and Sunday Breakfast: Come to the Post and have dinner on Fridays and Breakfast on Sunday mornings. Raina has some really good specials available for your enjoyment. ALR Report:  Jerry Berry reported that the Riders are having a Pancake and Sausage Breakfast

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Mid Winter Forum:  This years Mid Winter Forum is hosted by Arkansas City Post 18. The dates are February 4th thru the 6th. Friday Dinner is back: The dining room is open again for Friday night dinner. Come by the Post and have dinner and enjoy Raina’s specials. Supplementary Fund: The Post wants to thank the members of the Supplementary Fund for the $500 donation for the new Big Screen TV in the

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Early Bird Dinner:  Saturday, October 9, come and eat a great Lasagna dinner.  If you have paid your dues for 2011 (Legion, Auxiliary, S.A.L.), or you pay at the door, you eat free.  Guests over 10 years old will pay $6.00, 3 to 10 years old $3, under 3 free.  Please call the Post and let us know how many will be in your party (777-4301). ALR News:  Sunday, October 17, the ALR will escort

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American Legion Family:·       The Auxiliary was invited in to hear Zack Ketteman, who is running for the State House of Representative seat for the 81st District, speak. ·        Rick Babinger moved, seconded by Tom Knight, to move the remainder of the money set aside for the bar remodel into the Building Fund. Motion passed. ·        The names of four veterans applying for membership and seven

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American Legion Family: New Business: Post Dance Classes: There will be dance classes held at the Post on Thursday nights for 8 weeks: Clogging – 6:30 to 7:30 Line Dancing – 7:30 to 8:30 McConnell AFB  Open House: McConnell AFB would like to honor WWI vets at the air show on Sept. 25-26.  Operation Holiday: The McConnell Enlisted Wives Club will once again conduct their Operation Holiday.  We

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American Legion Family: Meeting Minutes July 12, 2010 The meeting was opened with the McConnell Enlisted Wives Club.  Mellisa Flint presented the legion with a large card that they made for us.  It was signed from many of the Airman that we helped with Operation Holiday.  Pictures of some of the families were also on the card. Phill Kutzwiel returned form Boys State and addressed the

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American Legion Family:Special GuestSSgt Quinton from the KSANG presented request for donations for the 184th Golf Tourney which proceeds go to the American Cancer Society /Wichita. He was looking for a total of $200 from the post to sponsor a hole. The Legion, SAL and the Auxiliary voted to donate $50 each for a total of $150.Old BusinessFIRE WORKS….. SAT 12th 1:00 at the Riverlawn Christen

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http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:Post Elections were held at the April 5 meeting and the officers leading the post for the 2010-2011 year are as follows:Commander-Dan Benson1st Vice Commander-Dennis Scuffham2nd Vice Commander-Art BealeAdjutant-Terry KnightFinance Officer-Dwane StewartChaplain-Carroll EverestSgt. at Arms-Andy WebbService Officer-Ron HerndonHistorian-OpenAt Large E-board

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http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:Special Guest Larry Roney (former Post 136 Commander-class of 1958) discussed with the membership, the WWII Honor Flight program. Due to the agenda, discussion on donating to the cause was tabled to the April meeting. We have some applications for any veteran wishing to go to DC on the Honor Flt., as well as applications for the guardian.American Legion

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http://www.al136.comAmerican Legion Family:Mid Winter Forum will be held this weekend at Hutchinson Post 68 located at 730 W. 4th. If you go, registration is on Friday 4-8, Sat. starting at 7:30. This meeting gives a year end update of the activity of your Legion in the past year and guest speaker will be Jimmie Foster, Alaska, the leading candidate for National Commander. Everyone is invited.5th

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American Legion Family:2010 Post Elections will be held at the April 5th meeting. Nominations, election, and induction will take place at that time. Major changes are scheduled and everyone needs to be involved and look to the future. After four years, I will not run again for Commander. In addition, Dave Stewart-Chaplain, Tom Knight-Service Officer, and Rick Johnson-Historian are stepping down

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http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:Membership-Important: Post 136 has been number one in the state, for Posts with over 500 members, the past two months. If we are still in first place at the beginning of Jan., we will receive a monetary reward from Department. As of now we are at approximately 90% of quota. The only way we can hold on to first place is for everyone that has not yet

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http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:Veterans Day Ceremonies: We will be holding our annual Veterans Day flag retirement and Legion initiation ceremonies next Wed, Nov. 11. As always, it will kick off out back at the pavilion around 5:30pm. Hoping to have the Cub Scouts to assist, which is always special. After the flag retirement and Legion initiation, (this is for all veteran Legion

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http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:Post 136 Scholarship- We have completed work on the requirements for the new Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Scholarship. Rather than repeat the requirements again which were listed in the last newsletter, I have attached the completed document. If you have a child, grandchild, etc., that is a senior this year; they are eligible for this $1,000 scholarship

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http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:This will be a shortened version of the normal newsletter due to time constraints.Old Settlers Summary: We had a very successful Old Settlers weekend in August. Give or take a few bucks, we managed to make more toward our post operations and veterans programs than we have in recent memory. I do not like to put totals on the internet but will get a copy

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“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”Veterans Serving AmericaSince 1919Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter –Aug. 2009 http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:Special Thank You to Members of Post 136:Dan Cane has requested his thanks be published to the entire post for the generous gift of a scooter that has been purchased. This scooter has given him back his mobility and if you look close, you

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http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:Old Settlers Update: Thursday, July 9, we will be stuffing the envelopes with raffle tickets for our annual fundraiser at Old Settlers. If you can spare an hour or two, come by the post at 7pm. This is not hard duty and kind of fun once the assembly line gets rolling but we need people for the assembly line. The raffle prizes are increased to $300 and

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http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:If you missed the last meeting, we have begun a series of history facts at the beginning of each meeting. A few months ago, the Preamble to the American Legion Constitution was dissected. Last month the Emblem Flag of the American Legion was explained in detail and in May, the history of the American Legion Auxiliary was given. Future meetings will have

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“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”Veterans Serving AmericaSince 1919Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter –May 2009 http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:Your Post Helping Others:What better way to start our monthly newsletter than to talk about what the membership has voted on to help those in need?1) Children in need: Mikayla and Chantz George, age 3 & 4, have a rare form of Muscular

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http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:Post Elections were held at the General meeting Monday. Both the Legion and Auxiliary meetings were full and the membership responded in filling all Officer positions.Results follow:Commander: Rick Babinger1st Vice Commander: Dennis Scuffham2nd Vice Commander: Greg LenagarAdjutant: Terry KnightFinance Officer: Dwane StewartChaplain: Dave

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Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter –March 2009http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:Reminder for this Saturday: There will be a memorial for Past Post and District Commander, Larry Banks, this Saturday from 1-3 pm. This will be held at our Post home and a light lunch and desert will be served. Please stop in to pay you respects and keep Reggie and the rest of the Banks family

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Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter – Feb. 2009http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:With our Post elections in April, it’s time to think about your role in our future. Last year we did not fill the 2nd vice and Historian roles. We were not better for it and need to correct it. Members deserve officers dedicated to the American Legion and its programs. Willing to make the

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“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”Veterans Serving AmericaSince 1919Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter – Jan 2009http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:Happy New Year!Membership:Right now we are sitting at 88.4% of our membership quota for the year. Mulvane is #3 in the state for Post’s of 500 members or more so while we are doing well, there is a gap of about 60 renewal or new memberships

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“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”Veterans Serving AmericaSince 1919Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter –Dec. 2008http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:Ho, Ho, and once again, HoComing up this week:Ladies Auxiliary will hold their Basket Auction from 5-8pm this Friday. This will be a silent auction so your dinner will not be disturbed in any way. These baskets are worth much more than the

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“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”Veterans Serving AmericaSince 1919Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter – Nov. 2008http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:Veterans Day Ceremonies begin about 5:00 on Nov. 11. We will break in our new Flag Retirement Incinerator recently constructed out back near the pavilion. The Boys and Girl Scouts will be present and Dan Morgan will hold the American Flag.

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“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”Veterans Serving AmericaSince 1919Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter –October 2008http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:Early Bird Dinner will be held at the post Sat, Oct 18 starting at 6 pm. If you have paid your 2009 dues, are a life member, or pay your dues at the dinner, you eat for free. We will have spaghetti and stuff that goes well with spaghetti.

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“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”Veterans Serving AmericaSince 1919Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter –Sept. 2008http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:My thanks to Vice Commander Bill Logan for again leading our meeting while I was out on business. I am hoping it will be the last meeting I miss but it’s a good feeling to know the post is in good hands. I will be traveling for the next

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“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”Veterans Serving AmericaSince 1919Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter – August 2008http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:Due to business, I was absent at the last meeting and will again be absent at the next one. This will be an abbreviated newsletter based on feed-back from the meeting.Old Settlers:We are approaching the deadline to get your Old Settlers

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“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”Veterans Serving AmericaSince 1919Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter – July 2008 http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:Membership:While the membership year is from January 1 to December 31, you are now able to pay your 2009 dues. You should have, or will shortly have your renewal notice. It helps our membership numbers and quota control if we pay before the

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“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”Veterans Serving AmericaSince 1919Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter – June 2008http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:Memorial Day, according to a number of spectators in attendance, gave us one of the best ceremonies in recent memory. The weather cooperated long enough for post membership to raise 216 flags long enough to observe the day. We would not

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“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”Veterans Serving AmericaSince 1919Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter – May 2008http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:The open position on the Board of Governors has been filled by Dan Benson. We now have a full board and I would like to give my personal thanks to Dan for coming forward and taking on a leadership position in the Post.Post Historian: Anyone

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“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”Veterans Serving AmericaSince 1919Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter –April 2008http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:A record meeting was held Monday evening and all business was concluded in less than one hour. If only we had a national championship game every month, we could make it a habit. But I digress.5th District Convention will be held at the

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“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”Veterans Serving AmericaSince 1919Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter – March 2008http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:Post Officers for 2008-2009 were elected and/or appointed at Monday’s meeting. The following have stepped up to lead the Post for the next year:Commander-Rick BabingerVice Commander-Bill LoganAdjutant-Terry KnightFinance Officer-Richard

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“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”Veterans Serving AmericaSince 1919Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter –Feb. 2008http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:Four Chaplains Ceremony was held at the Post this past Tuesday, Feb. 5. I mention this only to tell everyone, if you have never seen this before, it was a short, but one of the most impressive honor ceremonies I have seen. If you ever get the

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“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”Veterans Serving AmericaSince 1919Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter –Jan. 2008http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:Post Election of Officers:At the general meeting on March 3, we will be nominating, electing, and inducting officers to lead Post 136 for 2008. A nominating committee, consisting of 1st Vice Commander Bruce Simmons, and Sgt. at Arms Chuck

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American Legion Family:Bar/Dining Room Info and Financials: It’s been awhile since we have been able to report good news regarding the bar and dining room operations as well as a positive financial outlook. Well now we can. When the Board of Governors went on a search to find two managers to work part time instead of one full time, one of the goals was to find individuals that could put the

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“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”Veterans Serving AmericaSince 1919Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter – Nov. 2007http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:First, three important upcoming events:Veterans Day, Nov. 11, Post 136 will be holding its annual Flag Retirement ceremony at dusk. (Approximately 5-5:30pm). This will be in back at the pavilion. Following the ceremony, we will move inside

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“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”Veterans Serving AmericaSince 1919Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter – October 2007 http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:IMPORTANT NOTICE TO POST:THE POST IS TAKING ADVANTAGE DURING THIS PERIOD OF ROOF AND CEILING REPAIR, TO REVIEW AND REVISE THE FOOD SERVICE PROVIDED TO OUR MEMBERS.THE FRIDAY MEALS AND SUNDAY BREAKFAST WILL BE SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHUR

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American Legion Family:Lots of things happening at Post 136, so lets get started.POW/MIA recognition day is Friday, Sept. 21. We will be holding the ceremony in honor of these hero’s at 7:00pm during the dinner hour. Department POW/MIA Chairman, Mike Shock, will be conducting the ceremony, with assistance from MSGT Frank Cook.ALVA Tour (American Legion VA Tour) will be coming to Mulvane on

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American Legion Family:Due to a death in my family, this newsletter is being written prior to the monthly general meeting. I will have to leave early Tuesday morning and will not be available until after Aug. 20. I did not want, however, to leave without letting everyone know what is going on. Some things may change after the meeting, so I will not be specific with all details. I apologize in

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American Legion Family:My apologies for the timing of the June newsletter. I was traveling out of state the first week of July and am just now getting caught up. This will be a compressed version of the normal newsletter and will be back on track next month.New air conditioners have been installed and our loan is secured. If you have been up the post lately you will notice the comfort level

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American Legion Family:Flag Day ceremonies this year will be held at 7:00pm on Thursday, June 14. We will have an honor guard from McConnell to perform a flag folding ceremony, followed by a community Pledge of Allegiance. If you have never seen the folding ceremony with the explanation of what each fold represents, it is a moving experience. Bring family and friends. It will be short but

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“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”Veterans Serving AmericaSince 1919Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter May. 2007http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:5th District News: We congratulate two of our own for their election to higher office within 5th District at the convention last month. John Thomas has been elected 5th District Commander, and Sheryl Carpenter is repeating as President of 5th

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American Legion Family:New Post officers were elected and installed at Monday’s meeting. The membership chose the following to lead us for 2007-2008:COMMANDER: Rick Babinger1st VICE COMMANDER: Bill Foster2nd VICE COMMANDER: Bruce SimmonsADJUTANT: Terry KnightFINANCE OFFICER: Richard CarpenterCHAPLAIN: Ron HerndonSGT. AT ARMS: Leon RobertsSERVICE OFFICER: Tom KnightHISTORIAN: Rick JohnsonAT LARGE

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“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”Veterans Serving AmericaSince 1919Paul Stewart Irwin Post 136 Monthly Newsletter –March 2007http://www.al136.com/American Legion Family:The Feb. general meeting was long and full of information; however, there was not the usual variety of subjects covered. One thing discussed was the upcoming Post elections that will take place at the next general meeting on April 3. If you

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American Legion Family:BOG elections were held to replace the position left vacant by Mike Hall. I am honored to announce Bill Foster, Post PR officer and now Board member, has been chosen in a close three way vote. Our thanks to Ron Herndon and Tom Knight for also stepping forward to fill the void.5th District Oratorical will be held this Sunday, Feb. 11, at 1pm. The contest will be at

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American Legion Family:Post Chaplain/BOG: At the Monday meeting, we were informed by our Post Chaplain, Mike Hall, of his pending move to Virginia. Mike is soon to be retired from the AF and his and Rachel’s family live back east. This is a huge loss for all of us as both have been so active in the post activities and ALR. While the actual move time is still to be determined, Mike has decided

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American Legion Family:Veterans Day: On Nov. 11, we retired 134 American Flags, 9 POW, 2 Ks. and 5 Service Flags at our Veterans Day ceremonies. Twenty-one Legion members were then sworn in at initiation ceremonies before the Auxiliary POW program and dinner. Thanks to all who attended and participated in honoring our Vets.$1,575 was raised at the Auxiliary sponsored cake decorating contest.

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American Legion Family:50/50 on sale now: We are now selling 50/50 tickets full time at the canteen. Each ticket is $1 and the proceeds will go for a designated project. First up is a new big screen for the post. Be sure to put you name and number on each ticket. A drawing will take place once a month at the general meeting. With one drawing/month, the take can be significant so play

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American Legion Family:National Commander: A personal thanks to all who made the National Commander’s visit to our Post a memorable one. It was standing room only and the Commander was impressed with the entire event, starting with the Legion Rider escort and ending with the final prayer. You set the bar high for others to follow.2007 Dues Increase: Membership has voted to increase the yearly

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American Legion Family:National Commanders Visit: We are honored to host a dinner for the new American Legion National Commander, Paul Morin, on Tuesday, Sept. 26 at 7:00 pm. The Post will supply the Brisket and anyone attending should bring a dish. There is a sign up sheet or you can call Karen Babinger at 777-0344. She has a list of needed items. We are figuring on 100 guests but with any

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American Legion Family:Dedication: Hopefully everyone can attend the Patriot Guard dedication on the 13th. It should be one of the proudest moments of this post, and I can’t say enough about all who worked tirelessly for the past six weeks. A motorcycle ride in will start it off. Recognition of POW/MIA, ALR & the Patriot Guard, will take place. The Gold Star Families will be present and will

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American Legion Family:FACILITY UPDATE:As of this writing, here is an update on the Post home improvements:Flag Pole-completeNew Post Lettering on outside of building-completePost clean up-ongoing as neededCeiling in meeting hall-completeLight kits in meeting hall-completeTwo additional fans with light kits in meeting hall-in progressPainting in meeting hall-in progressCeiling in

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American Legion Family:With the Forth of July holiday delaying our meeting until July 10, a shortened newsletter and calendar will be issued now. An update will be sent after the July meetings.Flag Day:Thanks to all who came out for the short ceremony on June 14 to honor our country’s flag. We had a few members of the community, and hope to build on this in the years ahead. It is a terrible

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American Legion Family:Memorial DayI want to take a moment to thank all who assisted in making the Memorial Day ceremonies such a success. Behind the scenes work starts months before, and I cannot begin to name all who made it happen. Let it suffice to say, this is one of the most honorable missions our post undertakes each year, and I hope all who gave of themselves and their time, felt as

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American Legion Family:NOTE: It is cost prohibitive to use the postal service to mail this newsletter on a monthly basis. This is the only month it will be mailed. If you have an e-mail address and receive this newsletter by mail, please respond to this link: rbinger50@cox.net with your name and e-mail so you can receive the newsletter in the future. If you do not have E-mail, and would like

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