NEWSLETTER
for
June & July 2006
POST
COMMANDER
This year is coming to a close and we’d like to thank all of our officers, committee chairmen and members for their hard work. The Post is still solvent as a result of hard work and some difficult changes. Please be patient and support the canteen manager as she works with the House Committee to hopefully reopen the kitchen for dinners and breakfasts. Keep in touch with the Post and ask what you can do to help. Elections were held at the April meeting and the following are your 2006–2007 officers:
Commander: Cecil Pierce President: Kathy Naff
Sr. Vice Cdr: Keith Wooldridge Sr. Vice Pres: Amy Hannold
Jr. Vice Cdr: Fred Smyth Jr. Vice Pres: Joan Vogelman
Quartermaster: Bill Conklin Treasurer: Sandy Sill
Chaplain: Dennis Morath Secretary: Gina Riggles
Surgeon: Brian Asaback Chaplain: Achsah Haun
Judge Advocate: Darrell Small Conductress: Sherry Meredith
Adjutant: Skip Johnson Patriotic Instructor: Angela Holland
OOD: Ken Kesler Guard: Delia Pierce
Guard: Stan Gearheart Flag Bearer: Rene Arnold
Service Officer: Joe Dixon Banner Bearer: Debbie Morris
May is our marathon month:
May 5: Cinco de Mayo, $12 per person – 6 PM cocktails – 7 PM dinner – great food, door prizes & live music – please come and bring your friends. This is a fund raiser for the Ladies Auxiliary. May 7: Texas Hold–em, 1 PM – sign up sheets in the Canteen. May 13: 60th Anniversary Celebration for Post #7392, 2 PM till closing, Open House 2–5 PM, ceremony 5–6 PM, 6–8 PM Social Hour with live music to follow until midnight. Please come and enjoy the good food and fellowship. May 20: Installation Dinner – 6 PM cocktails & 7 PM dinner. Installation & music follow dinner. All members are expected to attend. May 22: Blood Bank 11 AM – 1:30 PM and 2:30 PM – 5 PM. Need cookies and donors. May 26, 27, 28, 29, 30: North Bound Coffee Stop. Fund raiser for Post Scholarship program. Please sign up to help. We’ll also need lots of cookies. May 29: Memorial Day Services and Buddy Poppy Distribution. Check at the Post for times and locations. We need lots of volunteers. If any members are planning to attend the Department Convention, it will be held in Yakima, Wa. from June 21 – 24 at the Yakima Convention Center. We enjoyed working with you this year and ask that you continue to support our Post and it’s role in the community and in it’s support of our Veterans. God Bless You.
In Comradeship, Loyally,
Fred McDaniel Joann McDaniel
Dates To Remember
| May 1 Post and
Auxiliary Meetings 7 PM |
June 2 & 3
Relay for Life |
Quartermaster
We are coming up to the end of year for membership, to obtain 100% ; it must reach nationals by mid May. If there is anyone out there, we could us the help, Membership is at 92% and we need about 72 members to reach goal. Remember, National has a payment plan for life membership. They give you 4 installment plan. If you are interested please leave a message at the post and I will get with you. There have been a lot of changes at the post. Bear with us as we are trying to make things profitable while providing a good service to the members. Stop by and say hi to the new canteen manager; Christine Wright. She is working hard for all of you.
Bill Conklin
Auxiliary Treasurer
As of April 1, we were at 90% paid membership and we would like to be 100% by 31 May. If you haven’t renewed yet, please take this opportunity to drop your renewal by the Post or mail it to 3037 N Goldie Rd, Oak Harbor, WA 98277, Attention Treasurer. Your continued membership in the VFW Ladies Auxiliary not only affords you many benefits but also helps keep us strong in Washington DC to work for Veterans benefits and other related programs. Just a reminder, if your dues are not current, you lose your eligibility for many such programs as the Cancer relief fund. Some upcoming events that have been planned are the 60th Anniversary of our Post on 13 May. We are planning a nice celebration with many dignitaries as guests. This is a potluck event so bring your favorite dish(es). Look for the Cinco de Mayo fund raiser on May 5 with live music, tickets $12.00. Also, look forward to the Mother’s and Father’s day breakfasts in May and June, $6 all-you-can-eat. All of which we will need VOLUNTEERS to help out with the planning and execution. We would hope that you might donate a few volunteer hours to make these activities a success. Elections were held at the April meeting—congratulations to all the newly elected officers and thank you for stepping up for the call. If you have recently changed your name or address, please stop by the Post and fill out a change form, or call me and let me know the changes. I can be reached at 675-6453. Please leave a message.
Yours In Loyalty—
Sandy Sill
Auxiliary Chaplain
How great it is to have Fred and Joanne back from their trip. We are looking forward to seeing all of you at our Cinco de Mayo party fund raiser on Friday, May 5. You can get your tickets for you and your friends at the Post or ask us ladies. We are planning great food, games, music, and a fun time for all. Hope everyone is enjoying the beauty of spring and the earth coming alive again after its winter rest.
Chaplain Achsah Haun
(360)-675-0070
Chaplain
May 5th
See flyer at the Post for more details.
House Committee
We CAN NOT use the kitchen doors to enter and exit the Post. As directed by the Island County Health Department, the traffic through the kitchen has to STOP! We need your help with this to break old habits and to keep us out of trouble. We would like to welcome our new Club Manager, Christine Wright. Since her first day she has been taking notes and making changes. She knows what it takes to run a business and is not afraid to make a decision. We are looking for great things from Christine and our new bartenders, Debbie and Heather. As everyone knows, we had to close the kitchen as it was not productive. We are working on a menu and pricing so we at least break even on our expenses and we put out a quality meal. Anyone having ideas, please submit them to Christine ASAP. We would like to provide the service that we have become accustomed to over the years. The House Committee will be holding two meetings a month so we may identify and update the canteen to the ever–changing laws, rules and regulations that have happened over the years. We would like to invite everyone to attend and give us your input first hand as to how the canteen may better serve you.
Myron Brundage
60th ANNIVERSARY!
We celebrate the 60th anniversary of our Post on May 13, 2006. There will be an open house from 2–5 PM, ceremony 5–6 PM, social hour 6–8 PM with live music to follow till midnight. If you have any pictures that you would like to put on the collage, please bring them to the canteen and put your name & phone# on them so that we can return them to you. Have them addressed to Pete Sill, Fred McDaniels or Cecil Pierce.
Change of
Address
If your address has
changed, please fill out and mail
to:
V.F.W. Post 7392 3037 N. Goldie Rd., Oak Harbor, WA 98277
Name
Old Address
New Address
City State Zip
Phone No. Effective Date
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