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September 2018

PWP Jerry ‘Obie’

Wilkerson has been

chosen to go on his

Honor Flight. Obie will

be joined by his guardi-

an, PWP Don Gregg.

An Honor Flight is con-

ducted by non-profit

organizations dedicated

to transporting as many

US military veterans as

possible to see the me-

morials of the respec-

tive war they fought in

Washington DC at no

cost to the veterans.

Obie and Don will be

taking this trip Septem-

ber 15th. Looking

forward to hearing all

about your trip Obie!

Enjoy yourself and be a

good boy for Don!!

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Want to raise funds for our Auxiliary just

by shopping? Just give the Club phone

number when you shop (206-938-4426)

at Bartell’s and up to 4% of your total bill

will be allocated to our Auxiliary!

Simple as that!

+ =

2018-2019 Aerie Officers

Jr. Past President Armando Juarez PWP

Worthy President John Ledeman

Worthy Vice President Jim Bals

Worthy Chaplain Marcus Higbee

Worthy Secretary Bret Meaker

Worthy Treasurer Renea Thelin

Worthy Conductor John Michael Schmidt

Worthy Inside Guard Thomas Alonzo

Trustee Chair Grant Varney

Trustee Dennis Snell

Trustee Cam Orgaard

Trustee Hal Jones

Trustee Vacant

Aerie Father Harry Arthur

2018-2019 Auxiliary Officers

Jr. Past President Barbara Hulslander PMP

Madam President Linda Fittro PMP

Madam Vice President Diane Bals PMP

Madam Chaplain Debbie McGee

Madam Secretary Holly Gregg

Madam Treasurer Shirley Stubben

Madam Conductor Gisela Grieb

Madam Guard Debra Van Ryn PMP

Trustee Yvonne Davalos

Trustee Barbara Ball

Trustee Marsha Honda

Auxiliary Mother Yvonne Davalos

TACO WEDNESDAY

HARD SHELL OR SOFT SHELL

$2 each or 3 for $5

5 to 7:45 pm

Social Room Hours

Monday—Friday 2pm—12am

Saturday 12:00pm—12am

Sunday 2pm—10pm

Steak Night September 14th 5:30pm till sold out $15.00

Steak cooked to order, potato, veggie, salad

By WP John and his awesome crew

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West Seattle #2643 Calendar of Events

September 2018

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

2 3 4

Aerie Mtg

7:30pm

5

Taco

Night

6

Auxiliary

Mtg 7pm

7

Baked

Potato Bar

5:30-7pm

8

9

Seahawks

1:25pm

Hot Dogs

10

MNF

11

Jambalaya

Dinner

5-8pm

12

Taco

Night

13

Book Club

7pm

14

Steak

Night

5pm

Karaoke

15

Pork

Chop

Dinner

5pm-7pm

16 17

Meatloaf

Dinner

Seahawk

MNF 5:15p

18

Aerie Mtg

7:30pm

19

Taco

Night

20

Auxiliary

Mtg 7pm

21

Sloppy

Joe

Dinner

5pm—7pm

22

Philly

cheese-

steaks

5pm-7pm

23

Seahawks

1:25pm

24

MNF

25 26

Taco

Night

27

JOM Mtg

7pm

28

Schnitzel

dinner

Karaoke

29

30

Seahawks

1:05pm

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Dear Brothers & Sisters:

Our Aerie is coming into the 21st century and have implemented texting as a

way to communicate with our membership. Over the next few days we will be

sending out the messages to establish who wants to be included or excluded in

our messages. We will be using the messages to inform you about upcoming

events, remind you about important discussions and to keep you in the loop

with what is happening at #2643.

If you do not receive a message in the next few weeks, it may be because we

don’t have a cell number for you. If you would like to update your contact

information to include a cell number please let the Bar Manager or Aerie and

Auxiliary secretaries know.

Aerie Trustee meetings are held every Tuesday at

6:00pm. All members welcome

Aerie Meetings are held every first and third Tuesdays

at 7:30pm. All Aerie members welcome.

Auxiliary Meetings are held every first and third

Thursdays at 7:00pm. All Auxiliary members

welcome.

Come join us on Thursday

September 13th

for our first ever book. We will

be meeting in the hall at 7pm.

Please bring a book suggestion

and fun ideas

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SUNSHINE BULLETIN

Dan Ball—PSWP, PNWP of Alaska passed away.

Card sent to PSMP, PNWMP Nancy Ball, Wife of Dan

Have a nice trip Obie!

God Bless and stay safe

Mary Lou Wilkerson

Sunshine Chairman

Rikki & Stan playing

scrabble in the

Social Room

District 5 Meeting

September 15th 11am

Burien # 3523

920 SW 150th St

Burien (206)246-3350

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Aerie Brothers and Auxiliary Sisters,

Summer is coming to an end, some may be looking forward to the Seattle rain, others may miss the sun, and many are excited about football sea-son. I want to say thankyou to our members. It’s because of you that our membership is continuing to grow, the Aerie initiated 14 new members this past month!

The Aerie and Auxiliary have continued to come together time and time again in an effort to bring more dinners and entertainment into the club. Every month it seems more and more members, Aerie and Auxiliary alike, are attending the monthly calendar meeting. Please come to those meetings, it is a great way for all of us to come together and share our ideas in an informal setting.

We have Meatloaf Mondays to look forward to starting on September 10, and I don’t know about you, but I am looking forward to some tasty dinners! We also have a dinner or two on the calendar on a Tuesday and Thursday which is exciting. I encourage you to stop by for a bite to eat at a reasonable price. Enjoying meals at the club is a great way to support charity. I would also like to thank Madam President Linda Fittro for placing a whole host of board games in the social room.

As always I leave you with this: I truly love this organization. The Frater-nal Order of Eagles spends countless hours supporting, and raising money for the neighborhoods and charities which we love. It is my opinion that the West Seattle Eagles Aerie 2643 can set the example for what all clubs should strive to be. Let’s be friendly and welcoming to our guests, to our visitors, and to our new membership. If you see someone who might be a new face, chances are they are a new Brother or Sister, say “hi” and let them know why you love your club.

Submitted in Liberty, Truth, Justice, and Equality:

Worthy President: John S. Ledeman

206.793.0922 JohnL938@msn.com

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Brothers & Sisters:

Well, it seems Fall came quite early this year. That along with the smoke made for a

tough month of August. Hope you all survived.

Lots of fun things going on at the club. We are getting the calendar filed out with great

meals and happenings. Our first book club meeting is September 13th at 7pm. I’ve nev-

er really done this before so we will be welcoming all ideas. Come with a book selection

so we can pick and get to reading.

Our first District 5 meeting is September 15th at 11am at Burien #3523. Their address

is 920 SW150th St in Burien. The meetings do not last real long and it gives us all a

chance to see Eagle friends we may not have seen for a while and finding out what is

happening on the District level. Please come take in a meeting if you haven’t in the past.

Karaoke is back! The second and fourth Fridays of the month. Please come and partici-

pate so we can keep Karaoke. Bring your friends. Me, I cannot sing so I enjoy coming

and watching everyone who can sing :)

The Aerie Trustees and brothers have been hard at work doing improvements at the

club. We all have noticed the beautiful paint job that was done in July. It makes the club

look so much more inviting. The outside cameras are all working again! Wahoo! They

are looking into some improvements in the women’s restroom. I’m personally excited

about that. Remember, if you have any suggestions for the Aerie trustees, please put a

note in their box at the bottom of the stairs going up to the hall. Sign and date it! You

are also welcome at their meetings, every Tuesday at 6pm.

We are going to skip the calendar meeting in September staring again in October. We’ve

gotten September’s calendar about full and October’s calendar is well on the way to be-

ing full.

We initiated two new sisters in July; Beth Berube and Patricia Acklin. We initiated 4 in

August; Kristina Hein, Jennifer Gibson, Teri Ensley, Tuyet Phan & Erin Braun. Please

join me in welcoming them. That makes 11 for the year! I love new members.

We are working to make sure there is some sort of food sold on Seahawk Sundays. If

you’d like to help out, please let WP John or myself know. Remember, to work in the

kitchen you must have a current Food Handlers Permit. Very easy to get. Go here:

https://www.doh.wa.gov/CommunityandEnvironment/Food/FoodWorkerandIndustry/

FoodWorkerCard..

Yours in Sisterhood

Linda Fittro

Madam President

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MEATLOAF AND FOOTBALL!!!

Meatloaf, potatoes, veggie, salad

and dessert $8.00

5pm till sold out

Come watch the Seahawks beat da

Bears on MNF and have a great

home-cooked meal!

All proceeds to the Alzheimer's Fund

By Yvonne and

Crew

PHILLY CHEESE

STEAK

SANDWICHES

AND TATER TOTS

$8.00

5PM—Till sold out

All proceeds to

Lambert House

www.lamberthouse.org

Friday September 21st

Sloppy Joes & Salad $7.00

5pm—7pm

Benefitting the Diabetes Fund

Barbara Hulslander—chairman

Friday September 7th

Baked Potato Bar

w/ all the fixings

$6.00

Benefitting the Cancer

Fund

Debra Van Ryn—chairman

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September Football Schedule

Sunday September 9th @ 1:25pm

Seattle Seahawks @ Denver Broncos

Monday September 17th @ 5:15 pm

Seattle Seahawks @ Chicago Bears

Sunday September 23rd @ 1:25pm

Dallas Cowboys @ Seattle Seahawks

Sunday September 30th @ 1:05 pm

Seattle Seahawks @ Arizona Cardinals

Cell Phone Recycle Project

Brothers and Sisters

Our State Madam President Karen Hildebrand's project for 2018-2019 and

District 5 is to collect old cell phones and repurpose them for 911 calls.

If you have any old cell phones collecting dust please drop them at the club

and we will pass them along to help someone. Please bring the chargers

should you still have them.

Thanks in advance—Barbara Hulslander, Chairman

October Fest Dinner

Friday September 28th 5—7pm

Schnitzel Fries & Salad $9.00

Benefitting the Heart Fund

Chairman—Barbara Hulslander

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FOE WEST SEATTLE AERIE #2643

4426 California Ave SW

Seattle, WA 98116-4109

The West Seattle Talon

Tribune is published monthly.

Some articles may have been edit-

ed. Materials within can be repro-

duced without permission. Please

credit the source identified or FOE

2643 when applicable.

The newsletter is one of the best

recruiting tools you have. Pass a

copy to a friend, then ask them to

enjoy one of our great events.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Steak Night

September 14th Book Club

September 13th Taco Nights

9/5, 9/12, 9/19 & 9/26 Karaoke

9/14 & 9/28

Have an Idea for the Newsletter? Please direct all questions or suggestions regarding the publication to:

Linda Fittro at iamcoolestlala@comcast.net; call 206 938-4426; or place

your suggestions in the newsletter box located in the lounge.

Newsletter deadline is the 15th

Lounge Hours:

Sunday 2 PM - 10PM

Monday 2 PM - 12AM

Tuesday 2 PM - 12AM

Wednesday 2 PM - 12AM

Thursday 2 PM - 12AM

Friday 2 PM - 12AM

Saturday 12PM- 12AM

The lounge may open earlier for

televised sports or special events.