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Polar Bear Dates to Remember

6 NOV—Daylight Savings Time—TURN BACK your Clocks! 7 NOV—D-Co Lunch Fundraiser @ Company Area @ 1130-1300 7 NOV—A-Co Bake Goods Sale @ Company Area @ 1000-1300 8 NOV—F-Co FRG MTG @ Bowling Al-ley @ 1830 9 NOV - Trevor Romaine Appearance hosted by USO @ MPA @ 1830 15 NOV—A-Co Hot Dog Sale @ Com-pany Area @ 1000-1300 16 NOV—C-Co FRG MTG – Welcome hosted by Mrs. Buckingham - Wives Only @ The Commons @ 1800 17 NOV—Division Volunteer of the Month (VOM) Ceremony @ The Com-mons @ 1030. The BN VOM is Angie Smith of D-Co

Congratulations Angie!

18 NOV—D-Co FRG MTG @ USO @ TBA 22 NOV—BN Turkey Bowl—Officers against Enlisted @ Carthage High School @ TBD 2 DEC—C-C0 Change of Command @ TBA @ 1030

4 DEC—BN Holiday Party @ Monti Gym @ 1400-1700

10 DEC—F-Co FRG MTG @ Skiing & Tubing @ Dry Hill

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

4-31 VOLUNTEER in the

SPOTLIGHT

NOVEMBER 2011

Jessica Sabo of Blackhawks

She volunteers as a Key Caller,

for B-CO

Thank you for Volunteering and

Supporting the Polar Bears!

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Thanksgiving Day Meal

Served by 4-31 Battalion and Company Command Teams

@ 1230-1255

SECERTART OF the ARMY

The Honorable John McHugh

Visits the POLAR BEARS

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November 2011

11/5 Veterans Day Celebration 1200-1400 NY State Fairgrounds

11/6 Daylight Savings Time Ends

11/9 USO Trevor Romain Event 1830- MPA

11/10 Veteran Day Ceremony 1100-1200 Memorial Park

11/11 SU Football Tickets v. South Florida 2000 Contact BCT rep for tickets

11/12 21st Annual OSC Craft and Antique Fair 1000-1600 Monti Gym

11/11-14 Veteran’s Day/DONSA Weekend

11/16 63rd EOD Change of Command 1000-1100 Magrath Gym

11/16 Snowmobile Safety Classes 1000-1100 Parks & Recreation

11/17 Volunteer of the Month Ceremony 1030-1200 The Commons

11/17 National American Indian Heritage Observance 1130-1300 The Commons

11/17 Mountain Remembrance Ceremony 1630-1700 Main Post Chapel

11/18 1-87 INF 70th Anniversary/Holiday Celebration 1800-2200 Magrath Gym

11/18 Grand Opening Ceremony Guthrie Clinic 1300-1600 Guthrie Clinic

11/18 10th CAB Redeployment Ceremony 1000-1100 Bldg 2070 WSAAF

11/18 USO Home for the Holidays Event 1900-2400 The Commons

11/18 Retirement Ceremony 1600-1700 MPA

11/19 ACS Clothing Giveaway 1000-1200 ACS

11/23-25 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC 0700 departure Parks & Recreation

11/24 BOSS Home for the Holidays 1100-2300 BOSS Building

11/24-27 Thanksgiving Day/DONSA Weekend

11/26 SU Football Tickets vs. Cincinnati TBA Contact BCT rep for tickets

11/30 Snowmobile Safety Class 1000-1100 Parks & Recreation

FMWR COMING ATTRACTIONS & ITEMS OF INTEREST

NOVEMBER November 23-25 – BOSS Home for Holiday’s

November 23 - 25 – Trip to Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in NYC – Parks and Recreation

November 26- SU Football vs. Cincinnati – contact BCT rep for tickets

DECEMBER December 1- Snow People In The Library begins- McEwen Library

December 1 – Fort Drum Christmas Tree Lighting – Main Post Chapel

December 2 – 4 – The North Country Festival of Trees – Dulles State Office Building

December 2 – Hearts Apart Group – ACS

December 3 - Trip to Children’s Nutcracker – Parks And Recreation

December 3 – A Homemade Holiday – McEwen Library

December 3 – A Cartoon Christmas Parade – Clayton, NY

December 3 – I am Alone Training – Youth Center

December 3 & 10 – Operation Tribute Toy Distribution – Parks and Recreation

December 6 – Fort Drum Family Holiday Celebration - Commons

December 8 – Trees For Troops Distribution – Family and MWR

December 8 – Madden 12 Gaming Tournament - Boss

December 12 – 16 – Mountain Of Toys Distribution – Monument Ridge Community Center

December 17 – Snowmobile Safety Course – Adventure Training

December 31 - New Years Eve

December 31 – New Year’s Eve Trip to Niagara Falls – Parks and Recreation

DATES TO REMEMBER

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THE EXCHANGE

Fort Drum Movie Theater SAT NOV 12 - 1400 Happy Feet II Studio Appreciation Advance Screening – Free Admission – Rated PG. Tickets available at your local Ex-change Food Court. Seating open to non-ticket holders 30 minutes prior to ShowTime.

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Change to Access Control Point (ACP) Operations:

To help alleviate traffic congestion caused by the construction on NYS

Route 11, DES will extend the hours at 45th Infantry ACP.

The current hours are 0600-0800, closed weekends, holidays and DONSAs.

The new hours are 0600-1900, closed weekends, holidays and DONSAs.

This ACP is open for personnel with a DoD ID card, government vehicles

and school buses only.

Visitors, contractors (to include those with RAPID Gate) commercial vehi-

cles, and those personnel who do not have their DoD ID Card in their pos-

session are not allowed to access the installation using this gate.

These new hours will begin on 7 November and will remain open until further

notice.

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MEDDAC We are having an open house on

Friday the 18th in the afternoon.

6 NOV 2011—

Daylight Savings Time Ends—Turn Back your Clocks

This year, throughout most of the United States,

Daylight Saving Time, ends on Sunday Nov. 6,

at 2 a.m. (your local time), so treat yourself to

an extra hour of sleep after turning back the

clocks Saturday night.

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ACS Mobilization and

Deployment 2011 Classes

FRG Leader 9am-1pm

22 Nov

Key Caller 2-3:30pm or 5-6:30pm

10 Nov

13 Dec

Informal Funds 2-3pm or 5-6pm

22 Nov

Care Team 9am-12:30pm

12 Dec

Event Planning

1 Dec—10-11:30am

OPSEC & Social Networking Safety for

Families

2 Nov—10-11:30am

Master Resilience 9am-2pm

14 Nov

5 Dec

9 Jan 2012

To make a reservation, please call

772-0470 or 772/2848.

Childcare is available on a first come ~ first

served basis.

Need To Talk To Someone?

Military & Family Life Consultant (MFLC)

2BCT MFLC

Marsh Caraway

315-955-4823

Financial MFLC

Rick Bertsch

(315) 489-2466

Military and Family Life Consultants (MFLC) provide solution-oriented consultations to individu-

als, couples, families, and groups.

The Military and Family Life Consultant (MFLC) Program is designed to provide support and assis-tance to active duty Soldiers, National Guard & Re-serves, military Family Members and civilian per-sonnel. Military and Family Life Consultants can help people who are having trouble coping with

concerns and issues of daily life.

Contents of this Newsletter are compiled from multiple military family news

sources and local area event sources. Material presented does not represent the

views or endorsement of the 4-31 IN, 2BCT or the Army. This material is for

personal use by the readers. All readers are encouraged to do further research

for all applicable restrictions and guidelines.

POC for FRSA Flash Newsletter

BN FRSA

Tracey.m.jones1@us.army.mil

315-772-8416

Fort Drum Newcomers Orientation @ ACS

Dates for 2011:

7 NOV; 5 DEC: 0930-Noon Information: 315-772-6566

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Infantry-Polar-Bears/239135106115186

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