Good Day Post #57
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MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDER:
Hello
to you all and let me wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! As this year comes to an end I hope everyone
will reflect on all the blessings they have received and take the opportunity
to thank the Lord for what we have. I
know I have and will continue to do so everyday. As a reminder, don’t forget about the New
Year’s Eve Gala at the post that the Auxiliary is hosting, it sure to be a
great one. Get your tickets early so the
ladies can ensure there will be enough of everything. We will have a couple of designated drivers
in case someone celebrates a little too much and shouldn’t drive. So there is no excuse not to be there, so
come one; come all.
On
another note, we donated over 75 stuffed animals to the Ash Fork Head-start
Program. They were ecstatic to receive
them and we also donated some oranges and candy canes to the
Well
that’s it for now, so until next year I leave you with this quote: “My kind of
loyalty was loyalty to one’s country, not to its institutions or its
officeholders. The country is the real
thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over,
and care for, and be loyal.” – Mark Twain--
Douglas Gorniak
Commander
POST NEWS:
Our
post meeting was on 21 December and our next meeting is 18 January at
Enclosed
also are five Spaghetti Dinner tickets for January 7. The dinner is from
The
Post’s 50/50 drawing was won by Dolly Sharp for $85. Dolly generously donated $15 back to the Post
to bring the Post’s half up to $100.
The
next 50/50 drawing will be at the 4th of July BBQ. Tickets are on sale now at $1 each or 6 for
$5. They will be sold any time the Post
is open (except during Bingo).
CONGRATULATIONS
go to Lucy Kreutzer for being selected
LADIES AUXILIARY:
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT:
Boy,
what a hectic month! With the holidays,
the New Year’s Eve Party and my son’s wedding, I just haven’t had any time to write
something for the newsletter. I hope
everybody had a great Christmas and will have a Happy New Year. See you at the party!
Peggy
Gasdorf
Auxiliary
President
AUXILIARY
NEWS:
Don’t
forget our New Year’s Eve Dance on 31 December.
The tickets are for $10 each.
Each ticket will admit one adult to the Dance. Additional tickets are available if needed. If you purchase the tickets but don’t plan to
attend, please advise us. This will help
us in planning seating arrangement, appetizers and champagne. If you have a favorite song on CD or
cassette, feel free to bring it. Be sure
you have your name on both the case and the music. If you have any questions, please call Maxine
Bowling at
LETTER
FROM THE EDITOR:
If
you weren’t at the Christmas Party on 11 December, you missed some good food
and a lot of fun. The team of Lucy
Kreutzer and Yvonne Gorniak were unbeatable at the shuffleboard table!! Five teams tried and five teams failed to
beat this deadly duo. Thanks Lucy for
being such a great partner!! Thanks to
Lucy Kreutzer, Ed Newcomb and Dolly & Barry Sharp for preparing the
delicious food. Barry says he’s still cleaning
mashed potatoes out of his shoes. And
thanks to Maxine Bowling and her crew for the wonderful decorations.
MONTHLY
TRIVIA:
December Newsletter: Are there penalties
for the physical desecration of the
This
month’s question: How many steps does the guard take during his walk
across the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and why?
ITEMS
OF INTEREST (if interested in an item listed, contact the Post for further
information)
VA
improves "My HealtheVet" web site: Under the latest improvement to VA's "My
HealtheVet" Web site, veterans will be able to
update personal information and record medical data such as prescriptions. In the near future, we'll be adding other
helpful features. "A new capability
now added to the site allows veterans to record their personal information and
medical data - including emergency contacts, health care providers and
insurance, prescriptions, tests and allergies - in a private, secure Internet
environment”. Eventually, veterans will
be able to receive their medical records from VA online. Another new feature
will be a "Learn About" tab, which will lead veterans to a variety of
topics in health education. The site is
located on the Internet at www.myhealth.va.gov
<www.myhealth.va.gov> .
Western
Region Support Our Troops Rally,
DoD Officials Say
No To Flea, Tick Collars in Care Packages For Troops:
They’re not approved for use on humans as their use hasn’t been
tested for either safety or effectiveness on people plus they are ineffective
in preventing sand flea bites.
Individuals and groups who still want to show their support to the troops
by sending a care package may want to consider including items such as pre-paid
worldwide phone cards, lip balm, sunscreen, chewing gum with xylitol, travel size toiletries and a disposable
camera.
VA To Contact Vets Who
Faced Harm: The U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs says it will begin contacting veterans exposed
to dangerous levels of chemicals during World War II and will invite them to
apply for benefits if they were harmed. [Source: Military.com, Charlotte Observer,
VA Funds
New Limb-Loss Research: Creating "biohybrid" limbs that use human tissue and space-age
technology to assist amputees is the major goal of a $7.2 million grant by the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a special research center in
Rhode Island. [Source: Dept of VA News
Release, 17 Dec 04]
TRDP eligibility includes "Gray Area"
retirees: Eligibility for the TRICARE Retiree Dental Program (TRDP) extends
to all retirees of the Reserve and Guard and their family members, including
"gray area" retired Reservists who are entitled to retired pay but
will not begin receiving it until age 60.
[Source: Air Force Retiree News,
UPCOMING
EVENTS TO PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR:
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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