SENTINEL POST 36 TUCSON, ARIZONA MEMBERSHIP

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1 MEMBERSHIP Membership is approaching 100% for the first time in years. I want to give thanks to Mr. Kenny Dowse. He has been a great mentor and I have learned a lot. We will be in good shape for the new incoming 1 st Vice Commander, Dax Carlisle. The elections played out in close fashion with the two contested positions being won by Mr. Al Young as your incoming Sergeant at Arms and myself as your new Commander. I would like to thank you all for your confidence and support. As I leave the Rider presidency and 1 st Vice Commander duties, I look forward to the new responsibilities as Commander of the Post. As always, I am a Legionnaire first, a Son of the American Legion and Rider, second. Your incoming Elected Board is as follows: POST 36 TUCSON, ARIZONA SENTINEL AMERICAN LEGION SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION JOHN P. BURNS AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY POST 36 SQUADRON 36 UNIT 36 JOHN RICHARDSON DAVE MCKEE ALYSSA NEAL COMMANDER COMMANDER PRESIDENT Commander-Steve Sperl 1 st Vice-Dax Carlisle 2 nd Vice-Rich Schweiss Finance Officer-Robbie Robinson Judge Advocate-Duke Snyder Service Officer-Patrick Gipson Sergeant at Arms-Al Young Chaplin-Vacant Historian-Vacant E-Board-John Prichard & April Merriman If you are interested in any vacant position, please contact me directly. Thank you for all that you do. For the good of the Legion Steve Sperl, Ist Vice Commander, Post 36 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!! June 27, :00 AM TO FOLD AND ASSEMBLE THE JULY SENTINEL FOR MAILING! COME JOIN US AND GET IN ON THE FUN! THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR THE PRECIOUS GIFT OF YOUR TIME. REMEMBER, YOU GET A DELICIOUS PIZZA LUNCH TOO! JUNE, 2017 JOHN P. BURNS POST #36 Issue #182 The Sentinel is published monthly by the American Legion Post E.22nd Street, Tucson AZ

2 1 Post Officers Commander John Richardson Adjutant Dax Carlisle 1 st Vice Commander... Steve Sperl 2 nd Vice Commander.. Dax Carlisle Finance Officer.... Robbie Robinson Sergeant-at-Arms... Chris Caylor Chaplain... Gary Schuldt Judge Advocate... Duke Snyder Service Officer.. Patrick Gipson Historian.... Jessica Johnson Past Commander..... Gary Reid Executive Board April Merriman Rick Shultz Property Trustee... Steve Motherwell Unit Officers President.... Alyssa Neal 1 st Vice President..... Lori Bean 2 nd Vice President... Shelley Merritt Treasurer...Karen Thompson Secretary Natalie Kasic Chaplain.... Marilyn Zabowsky Sergeant-at-Arms.... Marcia Bracken Historian..... Barbara Engi Executive Board... Dee Duggins Marla Gianforte Stacey Gregg Theresa Collins Jr. Past President..... Kathleen Medalen Squadron Officers Commander Dave McKee 1 st Vice Commander... Lance Bymers 2 nd Vice Commander.... Don Jones Adjutant Douglas Northrup Finance Officer Kevin Smith Chaplain Father George Parrish Historian..... Victor Ickes Sergeant-at-Arms.... Dave Lillie Advisor..... Richard Schweiss April Merriman ( YOUR AD HERE ) ( YOUR AD HERE ) Post 36 Information Club Manager Kevin Smith Post Secretary Mike McArdle Editor... Kevin Smith Office Phone Lounge Phone

3 FROM THE CLUB MANAGER Report for the month April, 2017 Total Sales $29, Cost Of Liquor: $11, Cost of Doing Business: $ 9, (Payroll,Taxes,Entertainment,Janitorial Etc.) NET PROFIT FROM BAR : $ 6, Transferred to General Fund $ 6, June is upon us and the desert heat is ramping up so remember to stop by on your travels around town and cool off with some cool air and a cold beverage or two! June marks the time of year that new officers will be taking over to start their term of hard work and volunteering to make this Post continue to shine. I hope that everyone supports all of our new officers. Special congratulations to our new commander Steve Sperl, our new Auxiliary President, Shelley Merritt and our new SAL Commander Joe Roberts! Also congratulations to our new Riders President Don Bracken. We are very fortunate to have all of our groups here at Post #36 that remain very active. I look forward to working with all of you in the coming year to continue to achieve our goals. The new Officer Installation ceremony is slated for Saturday June 10 th at 5:00 pm. Dinner will follow and all members and guests are most certainly welcome to this celebration. A very big thank you goes out to outgoing Commander John Richardson for the awesome job he did for the past year! Special thanks also go out to SAL Commander Dave McKee for all of his hard work for the past 7 years, and also outgoing Aux. President Alyssa Neal. All of the officers deserve a big round of applause for their service! Please mark your calendars for Wednesday June 14 th at 6:00pm. That date marks Flag Day and we have our annual flag burning ceremony. It will be held in the front parking lot and we will have an Honor Guard contingent present to perform as well as the Navy Sea Cadets. Please join us for this most sacred ceremony. It is very nice to know that a great many people in our society know the proper way to dispose of our national flag. We literally take in thousands of flags here at this Post every year and a huge thanks go out to Adair Funeral home who so gratuitously donate their crematory services to properly dispose of our national symbol. Special thanks go out to Don Detberner for the donation of a 55 screen TV. Thank you very much Don! As always, many thanks go out to so many people that do so many things to help make this Post function. I for one, am proud to be a part of this organization because of you all. For God and Country, Kevin J. Smith COMMANDER'S MESSAGE I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE THANKS TO EVERY MEMBER OF AMERICAN LEGION POST 36. ALL OF YOU MADE MY TERM AS COMMANDER AN EASY ONE, AND REPRESENTED POST 36 TO THE ULTIMATE. I COULD HAVE NEVER DONE THIS JOB WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT. EVERYONE WHO VISITED THIS POST FOR THE FIRST TIME FELT WELCOME AND ENJOYED HIS OR HER VISIT. THEY EXPRESSED TO ME THAT THIS IS THE BEST POST THEY HAVE EVER VISITED. BEING COMMANDER I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO MEET MEMBERS THAT I WOULD NEVER HAVE MET IF NOT FOR THIS POSITION. DEBBIE TELLS ME WE HAVE A BACK ROOM POST AND A FRONT ROOM POST. WE HAVE A MORNING, AFTERNOON, AND EVENING CROWD. I AM LUCKY TO HAVE MET AND ENJOYED ALL. YOU ALL HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY GENEROUS TO ALL CAUSES THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED TO YOU. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS. I KNOW THEY WILL DO A GREAT JOB. JUNE 10 TH IS THE INSTALLTION OF THE NEW OFFICERS. FLAG DAY IS ON JUNE 14 TH. PLEASE JOIN US. PLEASE CHECK YOUR SENTINELS EACH MONTH FOR ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES. SOME THINGS DO CHANGE BUT IT IS RELATIVELY TRUSTWORTHY. I WILL BE ATTENDING THE STATE CONVENTION ON JUNE 23 RD THRU THE 25 TH WITH PLEASURE AND HONOR. THIS WILL BE MY LAST OFFICIAL ACT REPRESENTING POST 36. I HOPE YOU ALL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS OF POST 36 WITH THE SAME EXUBERANCE THAT I EXPERIENCED. ALWAYS REMEMBER WE ARE FAMILY. HI-OOOOH!!!!!!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS AMERICA COMMANDER : JOHN RICHARDSON Be sure to check the calendar for more details and other scheduled events and meetings happening in June.

4 S.A.L. Commander Listed below are the new S.A.L. officers for 2018 and I wanted to extend my congratulations to the following individuals: Commander Joe Roberts; 1 st vice commander Lance Bymers; 2 nd vice commander Don Jones; Finance officer Kevin Smith; Adjutant Doug Northrup; Chaplin Fr. David Milam; Sergeant-atarms David Lillie. Please support these people as you have supported my tenure for the last seven years. Officer installation is Friday June 10 th at 5pm. S.A.L. Freedom golf tournament will be held on July 2 nd at Rolling Hills golf course. $50.00 per player with a 7am shotgun start. Raffle prizes and lunch at Post 36 following the round. Water and chilled towels provided during golf. Last year we used the Stableford format, 4 man modified scramble and I believe we will do the same this year. We were through playing by 10:30 am so we beat the heat of the day. Make plans now to enter the tournament. Sign-up sheets are on the S.A.L. wall at Post 36. S.A.L. Commanders golf tournament will again be held at Canoa Ranch on October 22 nd. Rooms are available now, but beat the deadline of August 1 st to make reservations. Ask for the S.A.L. block of rooms. Call Canoa Standard room (queen beds) $111.20; Standard room (King bed) $119.20; One BR suite $159.20; Two BR suite $ All rooms plus tax. Shotgun start 8:30 am. $65.00 per player. Four person scramble. Lunch at Post 36 following the round of golf. As always, prices are going up due to supply prices going up. Therefore, starting in June, there will be an additional charge for onion rings of $1.00 and frings will cost $.50. The next S.A.L. Poker tournament will be held July 1 st at 5pm in the annex. Non-smoking agenda. The next S.A.L. meeting will be June 11 th at 2:00 pm at the Post. For God and Country and Post 36. Be kind to one another! Dave McKee, S.A.L. Commander. Greetings, HOW ARE WE DOING? A report from our Finance Officer, Robbie Robinson: Income Expenses Profit/(Loss) February $24, $21, $ 3, March $26, $25, $ 1, April $22, $22, $ ( ) Profit/Loss varies due to dates of deposits, purchases.etc. AUXILIARY NEWS June is here, this year is flying by so fast. I have had the amazing privilege of being your unit president this past year, and what an amazing experience it has been! I have learned so much about this organization and what the auxiliary does for the greater good. I want to thank all my officers, without them this year would not have happened. All of us here at the post worked together and really grew together as a family. We raised a good amount of money this year for our different charities, Girls State and Fisher House just to name a couple. I believe Kathleen would have been proud. I wish she could be here to see it. This post and all the members here have been my family for many years and without their support it would not have been a success. It has been an honor to serve as your unit President and to be able to work so closely with the Riders, SAL and Legion. Debbie was amazing to work with and really helped me and our unit in the kitchen. It truly has been awesome. We have new officers coming in this month Shelley Merritt is your newly elected Auxiliary President, she has been here a lot of years and I have no doubt in my mind she is going to rock this year! I can t wait to see what this year brings. Remember we would not exist without all the hard working volunteers here at the post and our unit. We all do it because of the love we have for this great organization, and what it stands for. It really is one of my great passions and the people here and the unity we have makes it all worth it! Thank you again for giving me the opportunity to serve you as Unit 36 President. Alyssa Neal

5 NEW MEMBERS Antonio Quintanilla, Air Force Elymas Ward, Army Eric Bradley, Army Jack Tam, Air Force Ryan Breen, Navy Daniel Brys, Air Force TRANSFERS Sandra Pineda, Army Kenneth Hollett, Navy Joseph Bucyk, USMC William Barrett, Air Force Vern Spohn, Air Force COW PASTURE GOLF JUNE SCHEDULE: June 7th 49 er 7:30 AM June 11th Haven 7:30 AM June 18th Canoa Ranch 7:30 AM June 25th TBA Any Questions, call Rich Schweiss John P. Burns Post 36 American Legion Riders June is here and the hot weather is upon us. Please continue to keep an eye out for motorcycles. They are out. It seems like every day I hear about a motorcycle accident. Let s all try to break that trend. The month of June, will be a busy one for the Riders. There are a few of us heading up to Carefree to represent Post 36 at the Convention. Others will be riding in the Run to the Wall (what we call Rolling Thunder), putting on a lot of miles enroute to Washington D.C.. God Speed and let s bring everyone home safe. As I write this, I find myself a bit sad knowing that this will be my last article as Rider president. The last 3 ½ years have been quite the ride. I know I can say that the Riders are heading in the right direction, as I took what Mr. Al Young started when he was the president and tried to make us, the Post and our Veterans better. I hope you do as well. Although sad, I am also happily looking forward to leading from the position of incoming Commander. A different avenue to make a difference in our organization. I can t wait to get started. In closing, I know the Riders will be in good hands with Mr. Don Bracken as president. Please support him as you have me. Thank-you, Steve Sperl, ALR 36 President Auxiliary Poppy Update I would like to Thank those of you that have already sent in or dropped off an envelope with your poppy donation. It is never too late and our funds are low. We still have self-addressed envelopes at the Legion or you can mail a check to: American Legion Auxiliary Unit#36 PO Box Tucson, AZ Remember 100% of your donations go back to the Veterans programs through the VA hospital. SPECIAL EVENTS June 3- Vendor Fair 8 AM June 10 Officer Installation Ceremony-5:00PM Jun 14 Flag Burning Ceremony-6:00PM June 18 Father s Day-Breakfast Buffet-8:00-12:00 Be sure to check the calendar for more details and other scheduled events and meetings happening in June Poppy Chairman