Good Day Post #57 Member!
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDER:
Well
it’s that time again, time for the annual Halloween Dance!!!! Come one, come all and have some fun with us
on 30 October at the Legion. Tickets are
$20 per couple and $10 for singles. Costumes
are optional but you will need one to try and win the 1st, 2nd
or 3rd place cash prizes for the best costume. There will also be door prizes (no costume
required). One of our members, Bonnie
Lou and her Stealth Band will be playing.
Bonnie was our entertainment for the past two Independence Day BBQ’s and
she is good, so come out and have some fun and enjoy the atmosphere!!! The bar will be open so even non-legionnaires
will be able to attend and have a soda or alcoholic beverage.
In
addition it is also time to vote, so leave your hanging chads
at home and make sure you perform your civic duty and get out there and
vote! If you’re still undecided and
would like some information on the presidential candidates please stop by the
post and read their answers to the questions posed to them by the American
Legion and the Disabled Veterans organization.
If you live in town or Juniper Woods, the Post is your polling
place. If you live in
Although
some members have not renewed their dues as of this date, thanks to those that
have renewed and new members, we have reached our goal to be the first Post in
District 7 to reach their membership goal set by State. For those of you that haven’t renewed your
membership, please do so as soon as you can but please, not later than
A
call for assistance from the American Legion Nation Headquarters requesting
donations for the National Emergency Fund to help the Posts in
Douglas Gorniak
Commander
POST NEWS
Our
post meeting was on 19 October and our next meeting is 16 November at
Haven’t
been to the Post lately? Then it’s time
for you come to the
The
Post is having a 50/50 drawing for Christmas.
At the current rate of sales, the prize should be $50 for the
winner. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for
$5. Buy them at the Post. Drawing will be on 12 December during
Bingo. (Note: no tickets will be sold during Bingo.)
A
lot of folks have been asking when are we going to
have another rummage sale. I thought we
were going to be able to have one in November or December but it looks like it
won’t be till spring. The Auxiliary will
be hosting it so stay tuned.
LADIES
AUXILIARY
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT:
Auxiliary
Sisters and Comrades,
The
holiday season is here, there’s a nip in the air and this is the time of the
year I would like to go into hibernation but can’t, too much to do. Maxine Bowling and I are looking forward to
Fall Conference. Five Auxiliary members
are planning on going, which is great.
This
is a very busy season for all of us. If
you could take a moment to say a little prayer for our veterans and our men and
women still serving our country, it would be great. Also, remember our homeless vets. If you could send a donation to homeless
vets, it would be wonderful, we will forward it to the VA Hospital in
We’re
all looking forward to the New Year’s Eve Party December 31st. Tickets will be in December’s newsletter or
sold at the door, $10 per person. Come
and have a safe New Year’s and a wonderful time. We will be drawing the winning tickets for
the raffle at the party. The prizes are
a beautiful Indian oil painting, a fantastic stain glass sun catcher, a $50
cash prize and an American Flag pillow.
Tickets are $1 each or 6 tickets for $5.
Good luck!
Many,
many thanks to Maxine for her scary décor for our Halloween Dance this Saturday
night, 30 October. Come by and see the
Post, it looks great!
Hope
all of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
God Bless one and all.
Peggy
Gasdorf
Auxiliary
President
LETTER
FROM THE EDITOR:
Due
to the high cost of ink, this newsletter will be entirely in black and white
starting with the December newsletter. Thanks
to Al and Kelly Walsh, we now have a Canon copier at the Post. The newsletter will be copied on the copier
rather than printed from my printer. By
the way, if you need a copy of something, you can come to the Post to copy
it. Reasonable number
of copies for Post and Auxiliary members are free. Non-members, the charge is
10 cents a copy.
MONTHLY
TRIVIA: October Newsletter: What 1960’s television sitcom star served in
WWII as a commissioned Lieutenant in the Coast Guard and served on the USS Pocatello? Answer:
Buddy Ebsen.
This
month’s question: Are you required to
destroy the
ITEMS
OF INTEREST (if interested in an item listed, contact the Post for further
information)
Social
Security, Supplemental Security Income, Retired Military Pay, Survivor Benefit
Plan annuitants and VA compensation to see 2.7% Cost-of-Living Increase
effective January 2005.
New
law sinks “check floating” practice.
Effective
Attention
Retirees Action
Office (RAO) Bulletins, dated 30 September (Combat Related Special Compensation
pay—applications encouraged!; TRICARE Prime; VA
Benefits of Woman Vets; VA Las Vegas Medical Center) and
DFAS expands automated services for retirees and annuitants. [Source: Air Force Retiree News, 5 Oct 04]
MyPay adds new capabilities. This is the internet access for all those receiving retiree pay. [Source: AF Retiree News, 10 Oct 04]
TRICARE for Life and Medicare. Need information or contact points? [Luke Retiree Appreciation Newsletter, October 2004]
UPCOMING
EVENTS TO PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR:
5-7 November 2004, Fall Convention,
12-13 November, Post social,
26-27 November 2004, Post Social,
24-25 December 2004, NO POST SOCIAL
If
you have an article or piece of information that you think would be of interest
to the whole Post, let me know and I will include it in the first newsletter
after receiving the information. You can
get me the information by emailing me, dropping it off at the Post or mailing
it to the Post at
Do
you have an email address? Have you sent
it to me? If not, please do so. My email address is rockin_g@netzero.com Make sure you let me know who you are when
you send me the email so I know whom the email address belongs to.
Yvonne Gorniak
Yvonne Gorniak
Editor
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