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Volume 2012 Issue 9 - Sep 2012

See You at the Fair

August 23 - September 3

2012/2013 Legion Officers

Commander…….Mark Adams

1st Vice…….Fred Stone

2nd Vice…….Sam Solitto

3rd Vice…….Brian Sanford

Adjutant…….Doug Herrmann

Finance Officer…. Pat Kearney

Service Officer...Richard Holava

Sgt At Arms…….Vince Natali

Chaplain…….Heidi Heidenreich

Historian……..Frank Puettner

Trustees:

Jack Sheehan

Ron Amyot

Jean Reynolds

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The new 2013 membership cards are here, so be on the

lookout for your renewal notice. Anyone who hasn’t received a

renewal letter please let me know ASAP. If you have a new ad-

dress let me know so I can get your renewal out to you. Remem-

ber you cannot drink at the Legion if you do not have a current

card. I will give the list of unpaid member to the bartenders and

they will not serve you until you pay your dues. We still have a

few sons’ emails that are not working. If you are not getting

yours by email please let me know. Anyone who is not receiving

your news letter via e-mail please drop me a note and we will get

it fixed.

Attention all sons we have the third Wednesday night

bingo at the legion. We need more help 3-7:30. We need help

with set up as well as in the kitchen.

We need more sons to attend our meetings we have a

busy year ahead of us.

If any son’s member would like anything put in our

news please let me know. You can leave me a note in our mail-

box or call me 679-8361 and we will get it in the newsletter. We

would like to see as many sons attend these meeting so we can get

some new ideas of things to do. We have a very busy year ahead

so please come and help.

Here is a list of the next few meetings. THEY START AT 7:00,

NOTE THEY ARE ON TUESDAYS NOW. The next meeting

will be September 25th.

I would also like to extend my thanks to all of the Sons

who have helped with our fund raisers. There seems to always

be the same few members who help. The beach party was a great

success thanks to all those who helped. I would like to send a big

thank you to jack brown for donating all the sand for the beach

party and our horseshoe pits. We hope to have it again next year.

The family picnic will be august 19th 1-5 hope to see you all there.

We hope to do more fundraisers like this soon and hope to get

the same amount of help it really goes smoother with more help

thank you. Please sign up to help Mark at the legion booth at the

fair. I would like to thank Dave k for helping with the cooking

for bingo. I would like send a big thank you to Peter Sansone

from Paul DeLima for donating coffee to our troops.

Lastly and most importantly everyone keep the 427th

Brigade in your prayers and thoughts. Some of these troops are

our own members.

I’m looking forward to seeing you around at the post

and our meetings.

Thank you,

Bill Bell

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Adjutant’s Agitation By Doug Herrmann

363 Have renewed so far – 59% of our Goal of 615

We are going ahead with our renewals, and I am asking

everyone to renew as soon as possible and lets try to

reach 100% by the end of the year instead of late spring.

One thing I want to bring out is this: When you leave a

note or phone call message for me at the Post, please put

your full name and phone where you can be reached on

the note. I get notes for replacement cards or asking

about a paid renewal and am not going to waste time

trying to find out who “Jack” or “Tom” or “Buster” is.

If I get notes like that, don’t expect a reply because after

spending 1 ½ hours going through lists and on the web

trying to match a nickname with a member, I gave up

and threw the note away. I also plan on going through

the mailing list, and eliminating members who have not

yet paid for 2012. I am still holding about 40 renewals

for that year and will drop them from the rolls.

Doug Herrmann

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Hope everyone is enjoying their summer. I would like to thank everyone who helped with the beach party. The community once again was extremely forthcoming with support. Its made me very proud of all the previous members and all the new ones stepping up. Yes it was the hottest day of the year. Everyone that came enjoyed the food and exp. Skippy stopped by, music was terrific, thanks Gary. Its so nice to see all the old friends and the new ones we have made. Hope we'll see all of you at the legion family picnic, Bring a dish to pass.

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Hello fellow Legion members, The summer is flying by, but there is still plenty of riding left for the season! I want to welcome our newest members, Ginger Gersbacher, Eduardo Gonzalez, Ken Yackel and John Ryan. Welcome aboard! As of this writing our membership stands at 75 Legion Riders. I want to thank all those who participated in the Travel-ing Wall escort on July 25th from Phoenix to the Mexi-co VFW. I had the honor of being Ride Captain, and worked with Jen Lane and VFW Commander Russ Marsden who both did an outstanding job bringing the wall to our area. The Riders were represented at the opening ceremonies by myself and Ned Barnes. This was a very moving weekend for those of us who served during the Viet Nam War. Our Vets held their first benefit ride on Aug 19th at Long Branch Park. The ride traveled through Victory to the Hannibal American Legion, back through Granby to 690 and Long Branch. There were approximately 43 bikes. Food was donated by Wegman’s and prepared by the Dinosaur BBQ. This is a great cause and should only grow in the future. The scrap drive we recently had netted Feed Our Vets about $250.00 after expenses. Thanks to all who partic-ipated. The Riders have a new web site created by Chad Waybright, alr787.com, check it out. If you are interest-ed in joining the Legion Riders contact me at brdauer@gmail.com. Rides and events are on the web-site, and on our board at the Legion. Our next meeting is September 11th at 7pm Remember, Freedom isn't free! Support our troops Bruce Dauer V. Pres. ALR 787

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