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Athletic News
Post 162's
coed softball
team is doing great. As of this writing, they are
going gangbusters
with 8 wins and only 2 losses. Keep up the great work Coach Robbie
DaCosta. (update 2 Jul: Team
now 10-2 and in 1st place.)
Post 162's
American Legion League Baseball team is starting it's season. Coach Andy
Ihle is a
capable teacher and we are hoping for a good season. Their schedule
can be found on our website: http://www.valegionl
62.org
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Auxiliary
Hello all you ladies!!
Well it's time to wind down a bit. Poppies have been given out and the
ladies have a grand total of $2,502.67 that has been collected - great job
everyone.
Membership is at 115
for 2004. Last year we closed at 129. Maybe it was just a slow year,
but I know we can do better next year. Don't forget, the 2005 cards should
be in next month. They should reflect a good address for mailing in your
renewal.
We all wish
Brenda
Sigmon a speedy recovery from her surgery now
that she is home - get well soon
We will be sending 8
members to the Department Convention this year. We can read all
about it in the next newsletter.
Remember ladies, there will
not be an Auxiliary meeting in either July or August. Maybe we can get
some sun on our vacations. We will meet again on September 9th
promptly at 7:00 p.m.
Happy (belated or not) Birthday goes out to
Sheila Grimes 4
August; Dorothy Hall 7 April; Janet Jacobs 13 May;
Glenda DaCosta
29 August; and Marci Vogel
5 April.
Please don't forget that the annual
Lorton
Independence Day Parade is on Saturday 3 July this year. The Auxiliary has
always participated - please, if you're interested be at the Post Home not
later than 10:15 a.m. on Saturday morning.
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Club News
On the first
Saturday in May, Wendy
Card and Laura Johnson
engineered a Kentucky Derby Party. Wendy even went to Maryland to place
some wagers on some of the members favorites. Wendy and Laura
acquired the food, ran the grill, and otherwise made sure everyone had a
good time.
Thanks to Jim
Byrne,
our Wild Game Bar-B-Q
was a success. He stayed with the grill for the
duration and the heat. Steve McCarthy provided
DJ music, first
outside and then later, at Vickie's urging, brought the equipment inside
and kept our patrons around for a little while longer.
Also thanks to
Paul and Rich Szala
for donating the main courses. What a day and night.
We have a monthly
50/50 losing holder drawing on every 3rd Saturday. Winner need
not be present to win. This money is used for parties and other patron
events.
We will be having a
Bar-B-Q on 3 July starting around 1:00 p.m.
Don't forget
every Friday is Free Pizza night and our weekly 50/50 drawing. Also
Betty's Jukebox Nite's are 16 July and 6 August;
Megan's
Chili
Nite's are 19
July and 23 August. We will be having Karaoke on 17 & 30 July and 13 and
28 August.
Ann
Kuntz, Manager
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Membership
For those of you who
don't know me, let me provide you with my philosophy - Membership, both
renewals and new member gains, is the most important American Legion
Program that there is. If you are doing the things that keep your members
renewing and doing the things that attract new members, you will always
have the members that you need to do the other programs such as Boys
State, Oratorical, Junior Law Cadet, Junior Shooting Sports, etc.
This past year
for the first
time in 4 years we did not make our membership goal. While I am hoping
that this is just a small hiccup, we must take action now to prevent this
from happening again.
If you like the
American Legion (you must since you are still a member) talk to
non-members about joining. If everyone would recruit just one new member
this year, we would double our membership.
Soon
after you receive this newsletter, you will be receiving your first
2005 renewal notice. National Headquarters spends over $2.2 million
dollars sending out renewal notices. Please renew with the first notice!!
For 2005 let's get Post 162 back on the 100% membership track. For your
information we now have the 2005 cards and they are beautiful. The
background this year is the WWII
Memorial!!
I feel it
appropriate that not only I address the membership, the Operations
Manager, Ms Ann Kuntz,
should have an active input.
She works very hard for the membership and their needs and Ann sees many
of you on a daily basis.
Bill
Strawsburg,
1st Vice Cmdr
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Finance Corner
Hello
Legionnaires, first
I would like to give my thanks to those who supported me for a second year
as your finance
officer. I would also like to give appreciation to those who came to vote
in opposition to me! Why? It shows you care and want to be heard. Your
voice counts at elections, membership meetings and when properly
presented, in daily conversations. You are the American Legion! Never
forget that.
We have many things
to try and accomplish this year. Some are trailing us from last year such
as the Audit. This has not been forgotten, but with elections, Memorial
Day events, Installation of Officers and other events, the Audit was
slipped into the beginning of June. The Auditor has been contacted and it
has been initiated. Once we have the findings and conclusions they will be
presented to the membership in either the July or August membership
meeting.
Another item that must be addressed is the loan we
had approved last year. Establishing this loan will provide us needed
capital to make immediate repairs and improvements, i.e. our
undependable
A/C
system, the kitchen's fire
suppression system (by law) and other necessary post improvements. The
loan will also help establish a workable budget by having a set payment
each month. These monies shall only be used for Post improvements and
priorities recommended by committees, subject to Executive Committee
scrutiny and approved at a membership meeting.
There are many other
things I wish to convey to the membership but I cannot do it all in this
one message. I will try to become a regular part of the Legion news and
keep you informed as much as possible. Do you have ideas for the Legion?
Write us, e-mail us, or come to the meetings and speak with us. Your input
is important. Again, thank you for your support and let us all pull
together for Post unity …
Raymond E.
Nagel
Finance Officer
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Post Clean Up
Many
thanks to Betty & Katie O'Connor,
Leroy Dodson,
Tommy Castaldo,
Dennis LaPorte,
Charlie Voccio,
Ray Harrigan,
Paul Goodin,
Alan Amos, Fred Hanson
and Bill Strawsburg
for participating in our Post Clean Up on 8 May. Not only did they
accomplish the normal yard work, they cleaned out the storage shed,
Bar-B-Q, lawn
furniture and many other things that had been neglected. A special thanks
to Ann Kuntz,
our Chef for the Day.
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Fairfax County
Our
representative to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Mr. Gerry
Hyland, has announced that his website has been completely revamped and
updated with current information. The site will be used to relay
information on events happening around the County, and especially things
that affect our Mount Vernon District residents. The site is located at:
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/gov/bos/mvd/mvd.htm.
Also a new
service is available from the Fairfax County Office of Public
Affairs. You may now sign up for a Great Newsletter - "News to Use", the
e-newsletter from the Public Affairs Office that includes useful
information about recreation, public safety, press releases, upcoming
meetings and more!! Visit the "News to Use" page and subscribe:
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/opa/n2u.htm.
If the first try fails, click "try again" and scroll down to news to use
line.
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Post Web Site
As some of you
know, our web site is being updated and new content is continually being
added. The Post calendar is an example. The calendar page is intended as
the single source of all Post activities and events. A quick review of the
calendar will keep you current on Post activities. Another page
contains photo albums of most post activities by or at the Post.
These pictures may be downloaded and/or
printed by your browser. The "Installation of Officers" page lists all
Post Officers
installed at the June 4th ceremonies.
You are invited to
use the website to stay current with Post activities and to share this
site with your family and friends. Also be sure to refer potential members
to this site. If you have a personal website, be sure to send me a
link to your site and include a link to the Post website on yours. This
will improve search engine position for both linked sites.
We are always
looking for comments, suggestions, links and content. Please use the
"e-mail me" link at the bottom of the page to contact me.
Ray
Harrigan
IT Dude
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