American Legion Apple Valley Post 1776 News For God and Country WWW.POST1776.COM June 2013 Commander s Chatter Dick Watland Post 1776 Commander The Election has been completed, Bob Nelson will be the new Commander for 2013-2014 congratulations Bob. Let's all support the newly elected officers. Installation of the newly elected will be at the June 18, membership meeting (7;00 PM) Memorial Day Services was held in the Banquet room. Everyone was happy to stay dry. Lloyd Cybart had put together a great program with a lot of community support. Thanks to all that participated. Bob Nelson and myself attended the 3rd district convention in New Prague in May 17-19. A large turn out with many reports on activities given. I would like to acknowledge all the committee and membership support, this past Legion year. The employees and Management and community support has been appreciated. The Thursday coffee meetings at (9:00) each week organized by the (Grumpys) I would like to say (Thank You for your volunteer efforts) A special thank you to the Ladies Aux, the SAL and the Legion Riders for their support. The Dakota County Voiture 1457 (40/8) also meets here the 4th Thursday of each month (10:00 AM) The July 4th being the next big event, should you like to volunteer for this event call Duff Defina at 612-859-4184 Please have new membership applications with you at all times and ask for Veterans to join the Apple Valley American Legion. See page 3 for a membership application, a complete application is available at www.post 1776.com All Apple Valley Post 1776 Legion members are welcome to attend any of the following meetings. Gambling Operations Executive Membership For God and Country, 1st Tues at 7:00 PM 2nd Tues at 4:00 PM 2nd Tues at 5:00 PM 3rd Tues at 7:00 PM Dick Watland Commander Chaplain s Chat Rich Davey Post 1776 Chaplain Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands, protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need, Amen For those who have recently lost a loved one, my heartfelt condolences for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Loss of a Post Member is posted in the Club upon family request. For those that may be ill at this time, I wish a speedy recovery. Please say an extra prayer for those serving our country in foreign lands and are in harms way, defending our freedom. Please Pray for Peace, your Family and the Future of our country. This will be my last Chaplain s Chat. It has been an honor and a pleasure to be your Post Chaplain for the past several years. Your new Post Chaplain is Joe Tappanier and I am sure he will do a great service to our Post. May God Bless you all and God Bless America! For God & Country, Chaplain Rich Minnesota Civil War Commemoration For a list of events commemorating the 150 th anniversary of the Civil War and Minnesota s participation, visit www.mncivilwar150.com. Newsletter 1
SAL Stuff Bruce Bigler Commander Howdy folks First of all.. congrats to all the newly elected Post and SAL officials. I think we have a great staff coming up, and great things will happen! A special thanks to Mark Miller for taking charge of the SAL meeting when I was delayed in God's country (Nisswa). Another special thanks to Rich Jensen and Rick Williams for attending the 3rd district convention... and accepting positions of Vice Commander (Rich) and Chaplin (Rick). UP COMING SAL EVENTS 4th of July...SAL Raffle SAL FISHING LAUNCH.. JULY 27 on Lake Mille Lacs. Anyone interested, please contact Gary Seline (asap).. there are limited openings for the Great Time. SAL CAR SHOW... AUGUST 17.. FROM 12-4 PM If you want to enter a car.. please contact Bob MacDonald We will have great cars to see and great music from our D.J. UNTIL NEXT MONTH... REMEMBER FLY YOUR AMERICAN FLAG PROUDLY AND REMEMBER THOSE WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE REMEMBER TO THANK OUR VETERANS... WE HAVE OUR FREEDOM BECAUSE OF THEM!!!!!!!!!!! Bruce Bigler American Legion Post 1776 SAL Road Less Traveled As Mother Nature still does not want to end its PMS mood, and let winter be a bye gone thought, we need to pull our skirts, get our panties out of a bunch and enjoy riding. Maybe it s time we let her know, we cannot be held back. It is only a matter of time before the sun is beaming down on us as we are flying down the road on our bikes with our friends. Give a Friend a hug and a Smile, all will be better soon. Mark your Calendars for July 20th, 2013 for this year s 1776 American Legion Riders Annual Fallen Heroes Memorial Ride. It is going to be a blast. Remember "A veteran is someone who, at one point in his/her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America for amount of up to and including my life. That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." Support us on Facebook by going to the 1776 American Legion Riders Annual Fallen Heroes Memorial Ride page. Leave a comment and commit to attend, even if you do not ride as there will be a silent auction and other activities. Check Out the 1776 Legion Riders New Website!! You can even make a donation to the 1776 legion riders on the website. God Bless!!!! Riding and Still Serving.. Mark Ceminsky Commander/Director 1776 American Legion Riders www.1776legionriders.com Important Dates for June 4 th - Battle of Midway begins. Today in 1942, the Battle of Midway begins. It is called the most decisive battle with Japan during WWII. The four day sea and air battle put an outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet against the Japanese. 14 th Flag Day. This day commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened today by resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777 22 nd - FDR signs G.I. Bill. On this day in 1944, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill. It was an unprecedented act of legislation designed to compensate returning members of the armed services for their efforts in World War II. Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans: Military Appreciation Day at the Minnesota State Fair As the flag rises and the 34th Infantry Division Red Bull band begins to play, a mid morning parade of Vietnam Era Veterans will march from the base of the flag pole on the east side of the fair grounds to Carousel Park to be recognized in Minnesota's Offical Vietnam War Commemoration. Vietnam Era Veterans must register to be part of the parade to be mailed 4 free state fair enterance tickets. Deadline to register is July 31st. All tickets and maps will be mailed out the first week of August. Visit http://vietnamveterans.eventbrite.com/ for more information and to register. Newsletter 2
Gambling Updates Post 1776 Hello again Fellow Legionnaires and Legion Family, hope this finds you all in the best of Health and Spirits. Here in Gambling as I tell the girls Sell, Sell, Sell. Bar Bingo did well adding about $2000.00 to the check book. May 22nd will be our last Session until September 18th where we will start right off from where we left off. Yes, it s a great revenue maker, but the crowd is slowly dwindling as summer and its activities take precedence. The Wednesday night people need a break and this is a good time. BARGO will take its place so we are hoping that this too takes off, but only time will tell. This is not a part of our Gambling Operation but will be run by the Ladies Auxiliary. This month saw some greater than usual expenses. Help to the Post Home $20,000.00 to help with a Post Home Lighting Upgrade and some help in getting our kitchen up to standard. The 4th of July (as the City of Apple Valley calls it FREEDOM DAYS) we gave $9500.00 for our usual donation, ISD 196 $1500.00 for the Rocket Team that went to Nationals for their competition finals. Rounding it off, Scouting and the Food Shelf each received a $1000.00 check. The elections were held at the May General Membership meeting. As I write this, the meeting hasn t been held but the postings will be made by the Post Adjutant or another Officer. Happy, or not Happy; If you didn t attend and vote, let there not be one single complaint from anyone. Till next month, yours in Comradeship! Marv Jarvis Gambling Manager Post 1776 Newsletter 3
Club Events for Coming Months NOTE: Bingo will be discontinued through the summer and start up again in September Club Activities Jorie Heder, Club Manager June June 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th. Patio Entertainment 6 to 8:30 June 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th Bargo Starting at 6:30 Monday - Friday 3-8pm Saturday & Sunday 12-6pm June 10th, 17th and 24th Texas Hold em 7pm 20th Lia Sophia party 7-9pm 26th Old Time Music 1:30 to 4:30 Lunch served at 4:30 Cost $5.00 27th Conceal & Carry Class 5-9pm 30th Conceal & Carry Class 8-noon July 4th will be the BBQ Chicken, Auxiliary will have Brats & Hot Dogs, Raffle Tickets, Kids events Monday Challenge Coin Texas Hold em ½ Price Apps & 1.75 Tap Beers 7-9pm Tuesday Taco Tuesday $1 Domestic Tap Beer 12-8pm BBQ & Live Music on the Patio! 6-8:30pm Wednesday Windsor Wednesday 12-3pm Bargo! Thursday GOMCCAR 9am Friday 10am Fleischman Friday 12-3pm Friday Night Fish Fry 5-9pm Saturday 11am Prime Rib Specials 5-9pm Sunday 12pm COMMANDER Dick Watland 612-670-9004 1 ST VICE COMMANDER Bob Nelson 2 ND VICE COMMANDER Carla Tappainer - 952-240-7849 OPERATIONS GROUP CHAIR Lowell Huber OPERATIONS GROUP John Lenvik - Membership Bruce Bigler Don Hereau -- 954-432-4270 Dick Tollefson -- 952-913-2953 ADJUTANT / FINANCE OFFICER Gary Odegard -- 952-686-7924 Leadership Directory American Legion Apple Valley Post 1776 14521 Granada Dr. Apple Valley, MN 55124 June 2013 CHAPLAIN Lloyd Cybart SERVICE OFFICER Rich Davey HISTORIAN Tom O Connor SERGEANT-AT-ARMS Don Hereau 952-432-4270 GAMBLING MANAGER Marv Jarvis -- 952-432-4452 NEWSLETTER EDITOR / WEBSITE David Hammer 651-454-0254 webmaster@post1776.com Newsletter 4
June 2013 Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Breakfast Friday 7-10 Saturday 7-11 Sunday 7-1 Patio = Patio Entertainment 1 2 9 16 3 10 Texas Hold em 7pm 17 Texas Hold em 7pm 4 S) Split Pea Gambling 7pm 11 S) Chicken & Rice Operations at 4:00 pm Executive at 5:00 pm 18 S) Cream of Broccoli Membership at 7:00 pm 5 S) Cream of Mushroom L) Hot Beef D) Spaghetti & Meatballs 12 S) Tomato Basil L) Hot Turkey D) Spaghetti & Meatballs 19 S) Pizza Soup L) Hot Meatloaf D) Spaghetti & Meatballs 6 S) Garden Medley L) Chicken Stir Fry ALR Meeting 6:30 pm 13 S) Navy Bean L) Liver & Onions 20 S) Black Bean L) Chow Mein Hotdish Lia Sophia party 7-9 pm 7 L) Tuna Melt 14 L) Tuna Melt 21 L) Tuna Casserole 8 15 22 23 24 Texas Hold em 7 pm 25 S) Chicken Dumpling 26 S) Corn L) Hot Pork D) Spaghetti & Meatballs Old Time Music 1:30 to 4:30, Lunch at 4:30. $5.00 27 S) Veg Medley L) Orange Chicken Conceal & Carry Class 5-9 pm 28 L) Fish Fry 29 30 Conceal & Carry Class 8- noon July 4 th : BBQ Chicken, Brats & Hot Dogs, Raffle Tickets, Kids events S=Soup L=Lunch D=Dinner Newsletter 5
American Legion Apple Valley Post 1776 Apple Valley, MN 55124 July 4 th OBSERVANCE Join Post 1776 in celebrating our nation s birthday. There will be BBQ Chicken. The Auxiliary will have brats and hot dogs. Buy raffle tickets and win. Fun events for the kids. Watch the website for more information. Military Family Tribute The Military Family Tribute will be located at the State Capitol Mall in St. Paul, Minnesota and will forever stand as a personal thank you to each spouse, significant other, child, parent, grandparent, sibling and any other person a soldier defines as family who provides the true foundation of support to our military personnel. For more information on this project and how to donate, visit www.militaryfamilytribute.org. American Legion Post 1776 6