POST 24 NEWS AND VIEWS
SEPTEMBER 2009
Post Commander, Frank Molina
Auxiliary President, Deirdre Nye
SAL Commander, Chuck Klein
ALR President, Michael Smith
Lead Bartender, Jeff Sweet
Bingo Chairman, Barb Klein
Adjutant, Don Aiton
Editor, Karen Goodman
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Meetings
Auxiliary Meeting, Sept 2
E-Board Meeting, Sept 9, 7p
ALR Meeting, Sept 12, 9a
SAL Meeting, Sept 16, 6:30p
Post Meeting, Sept 23, 7p
District Meeting, Sept 27, 1:30 pm, Bisbee
Special Events
9/11 Memorial Parade, Sept 12, 11a
Dance, Supporting the Food Bank, Sept 12, 7-11 pm
ALR Picnic Ride, Sept 13, 9am
Pot Luck, Sept 14, 6:30 pm
Sock Hop, Sept 19, 7-11 pm
Rita and the Vets, October 3, 10am
Bizarre Bazaar, October 10
Pot Luck, Monday, September 14, 6:30pm - Bring a dish to share or a $4 donation. The theme is English. Note the date change due to Labor Day!
Shuffleboard Night, every Monday night @ 6p, except for Pot Luck night. Entry fee, $5.
Pool Night, Every Tuesday @ 6:30p. Happy hour drink prices for all players. The entry fee is $5. Cafe Legionnaire is open and will serve pool night specials.
Karaoke and Taco’s, every Thursday @ 5:30p.
Bingo, Every Friday, Doors Open @5p, Early Birds @6:30p, Regular Games @7p. Enjoy Café Legionnaire’s Friday Fish!
Play SLINGO, Saturday 3-5p, sponsored by the SAL and Sunday 3-5p sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary.
Café Legionnaire is open Tuesday, 6-8p, Wednesday thru Friday, 11a - 8p, Saturday, 9a – 8p (Breakfast 9 – 11a) and Sunday 2-6p. Thursday is taco night and there is a fish fry each Friday.
POST COMMANDER
Frank Molina
Well Legionnaire’s, here we are again. The month of August is gone and September is here. As many of you may know the Post is sponsoring a 9/11 Memorial Parade. It will be held on Saturday September 12 beginning at 11am. Please join us at 10:30 am by the Silver Nugget and Bird Cage Theater to line up to march. The parade will be followed by a memorial on the front lawn of the Post. A special thanks goes to Mike Stout and Al Jepson for their hard work on this special event.
A special thanks also goes out to Adjutant Don Aiton and all of his helpers for the wonderful job they are doing on membership. Also, thanks to all Post Officers, especially Terry, for keeping up on the odds and ends of the Post. ’Til we meet again, for God and Country, Commander Molina.
Auxiliary President
Deirdre Nye
I hope every one has had a wonderful summer. It surely has been a hot dry one for Tombstone.
Unit 24 may have gone dark for the summer, our caring for our Veterans and Community did not stop. We were on call for all of those in need.
At the Department Workshop in Phoenix the officers learnt that any member that is out of Arizona can still turn in her Community Service hours served in another State to her home Unit. This is wonderful for members that are hoping for an award. For our out of State members please keep track of those hours and give them to Sandi Freeman Vice President of Unit 24 when you return to Tombstone. Many of our year round members would be eligible for pins at the end of the year so please keep track ladies and give Sandi your Community Service hours. Examples of Community Service; Volunteer at your Church, at the library, at museums, hospitals, elderly assistance homes, at blood drives, helping the Red Cross, helping at the Senior Center, helping with meals for others, community cleanup projects and all children’s’ programs.
September 2nd is the first meeting after going dark for the summer.
Labor Day Weekend, please have a fun and safe weekend.
September 12th is the 9-11 Memorial Parade. The Parade starts at 11am. The Commander wants us to be at the rallying point at 6th and Allen by 10.30 am. Our Legion has asked The Auxiliary to supply the finger food for the participants after the Memorial Parade. Finger food, cookies, any easily made and easily cleaned up dish as we do not want to burden the kitchen. Thanks to the donation of mass quantities of various breads by Marge Bouton we will be making sandwiches starting at 9am. Three members already have volunteered to bring egg, cucumber and tuna for fillings. We have been told that there will be a great many participants in the Parade, so we will be in need of more sandwich fillings, perhaps cheese, meats etc. and if you can only donate time that is fine with us, as we will have to work quickly to set up and be ready for the Parade.
September 12th from 7:00pm until 11:00pm in the American Legion hall the Food Bank of Tombstone is hosting a “Support the Food Bank of Tombstone” fund raiser. There will be dancing to the music of J-Bird a well-known and appreciated local band.
September 14th we will be having Pot Luck. The first Monday is a holiday so pot luck will be on the second Monday. This month’s theme is “English”, as always it starts at 6.30 pm.
September 19th from 7.00pm until 11pm is the second Annual Sock Hop. It was a great success last year; Post 52 took away most of the prizes. We will enjoy dancing to the music of the 50’s and 60’s with our own Taco night Mike as D.J., with more fun and prizes this year. It is going to be great. September 19th is also the day that Jim and Brenda Diekman will be renewing their vows. The Café Legionnaire will of course be closed for the event; however Jim and Brenda will be donating from the Café, platters of food for the Sock Hop.
September 27th There will be a District meeting in Bisbee at 1.30. The 27th is a Sunday. District 3 President Sencie Patchin will post the location as soon as she is informed.
October 10th is the second annual Bizarre Bazaar. Tables are still available, a table rents for $15.00. To reserve a table please call Sandi Freeman at 508-2737.
God Bless
Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation
Susan Schubert
On Saturday, August 29, our Legion hosted a Silver Rose award ceremony honoring six area veterans: Don Bush, David Dubois, Dennis Giles, Ron Heilman, Ernest Molina, and Frank Stone.
Thanks to the mutual efforts of the Legion, the Auxiliary, the Sons of the Legion, the Legion Riders, the Honor Guard, Cafe Legionnaire, the VFW Riders, and basically everyone wearing many different hats, the hall was packed. Riders in the motorcade were from ALR Post 24, ALR Post 52, San Pedro VFW Riders, Thunder Mountain VFW Riders, Sky Islands VFW Riders and Picacho Peak VFW Riders. Special thanks to Mike Smith, Jim Bugg, Frank Biscardi and Ken Thorp for coordinating more than 40 motorcycles into a cohesive motorcade. Thanks to Marshall Talvy for providing a very effective police escort. To Cindy and Ron Cole and Deb Stone for providing water to all the riders. To Deidre Nye for using her snazzy new convertible to carry 2 honorees in the motorcade, as well as giving an introductory prayer. To Legion Sgt. at Arms Chuck Klein, Mike Stout, and Russ Freeman for an excellent Honor Guard presentation. To Commander Frank Molina for introducing the speaker. To Buffalo Rick Galeener, Arizona Coordinator for the Order of the Silver Rose, who conducted the ceremony and provided the awards. To Anne Bliss for her invaluable assistance in properly setting the room and during the ceremony. To Brenda and her kitchen for the heroic production of hamburgers. To bartenders Ken Seifert and Kathy Weed who efficiently ran a bar packed full of soda pop drinkers.
But, most especially, thank you to the honorees for allowing all of us to finally say, "Welcome Home".
DISTRICT 3 PRESIDENT
Sencie Patchin
I sure hope that everyone has had a wonderful summer. I just want to remind everyone that this months District 3 Meeting will be held on Sept. 27, at 1:30PM in Bisbee. I did attend the Department Presidents workshop in Phoenix in August and Unit 24 President Deirdra Nye will be talking to us about the Department President Special Project. We will also be having another quest speaker and I will get that information out to everyone when I get all of the details. Also a reminder that Our Department Presidents visit will be November 8 at 1:30PM in Sierra Vista. See you in Bisbee.
GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND GOD BLESS AMERICA
ALR PRESIDENT
Michael Smith
Our next meeting is 12 SEP. at 0900. That same day we will be riding in the 9/11 remembrance parade in Tombstone. On 13 SEP Post 24 ALR will be riding to Parker Canyon Lake for our first annual ALR Post 24 picnic. On 29 AUG we had a good turn out to show support for our honored Veterans with the Order of the Silver Rose. Thanks for the support of ALR Post 52 and the VFW Riders.
POST AND UNIT NEWS AND VIEWS
Minutes of Executive Committee
12 August 2009
1900: Commander Frank Molina called the meeting to order.
Roll taken, all present.
Minutes of the last meeting, Posted and approved.
Discussion/Action; Motion made and tabled to rewrite the Legion Hall lease agreement, will be presented at next meeting.
Discussion/Action; Motion made and passed to Support Tombstone Wild West Celebration for the USO and Military on 12 and 13 December 2009.
Discussion/Action; Motion made seconded and passed to publish our check cashing policy. Checks will be cashed with the following conditions; a. Limit is $40.00 per day. b. Check cashing privileges will be extended to all American Legion members only with Arizona state bank accounts. Members from posts other than Post 24 will have their Legion membership number placed on the check. c. American Legion members belonging to Post 24 may be allowed to cash checks from banks other than Arizona.
Discussion/Action; Motion made and passed to pay Ron Cole for rewiring exhaust system.
Discussion/Action; Motion made and passed to let the Commander authorize money for Billy Clanton funeral from his emergency fund.
Discussion/Action; Motion made and passed to allow hot dog sales on Legion property by the kitchen contractors.
Discussion/Action; Motion made and passed to allow Kenny to buy and be reimbursed for a small portable vacuum cleaner for use on the shuffle board in the amount of $30.00
Discussion; Support Dick Perry run for State Department Commander with full page ad in the Fall Conference Program.
2000: Motion to adjourn; Commander Frank Molina closed the meeting.
Minutes of Regular Meeting
26 August 2009
1900: Commander Frank Molina called the meeting to order.
Roll taken, all post officers present.
Minutes of last meeting approved, posted on bulletin board.
Finance Officer briefed on state of A.L. accounts, finance report approved subject to audit and posted on bulletin board.
Discussion/Action; Motion made and passed to accept new and transferring members.
Discussion/Action; Motion made and passed to donate $250.00 to Tombstone high school “Spirit Line” for New York trip.
Discussion/Action; Motion made and passed to buy full page ad in Fall Conference booklet for Dick Perry and the Post.
Discussion; Silver Rose event on 29 August, 9-11 Parade on 9-12 need volunteers, supporting Tombstone Wild West Days celebration salute to the Armed Forces with proceeds going to the USO, Sponsor/support for Tombstone Cemetery grave markers.
Reminders; Fall Conference to be in Lake Havasu, 29-31 October.
1945 Commander Frank Molina closed the meeting.
SICK CALL
Please remember Evelyn Holder and Van Curtis as well as all other sick and infirmed Members in your prayers.
HAPPY SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAY
Tim Buchanan 9/2, Dona Kern and Amanda Seifert 9/5, Darlene Couse 9/10, Jeanette Hunt 9/11, Stu Ross and Evelyn Leighlitner 9/12, Jack Hess, Art Branham and Sandi “Pick Me” Freeman 9/13, Vanessa Chadwick, Eric Martin and American Legion Day 9/16, US Air Force 9/18, Ann Bliss 9/20, Nancy Chadwick 9/22, Conny Despain 9/26, VFW (1898) 9/29.
FROM THE EDITOR
Karen Goodman
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