June 2018 Fellow legionaries, Commanders Corner It is an honor From and the desk privilege of the Commander to have been Hardin selected Post 113 as your new Commander. I look forward to working with returning and newly selected board members this upcoming year. As a team, I believe we can continue moving forward supporting the legion, its members and creating events that will keep you coming back to your legion more often to enjoy. I want to personally thank previous Commander John Saunders for his efforts and the accomplishments both he and his staff has done these past two years! I will be officially retiring 1 August after a total of 38 years in the Army. I first joined Regular Army in 1976 as a Missile repairman for the Nike Hercules missile system. Took a small break in service, joined the Army Reserves for a few years and returned to Active Duty status in 2003. I have served in many positons over my career to include Sr Drill Sergeant both Active and Reserve. Sr Career Counselor and currently assigned to Army Careers Division as the HQ First Sergeant / Executive NCO. I am married to my beautiful wife Ileana, who is also active duty for another year or so. She herself has served over 28 years in the Army. I have 3 boys, Nick 38, Eric 32 and Sean 28, all who are back home in Los Angeles, CA. Nick and his fiancée are expecting their first baby mid-june (our 1st grandchild)! Eric works for the Postal Service and Sean my youngest recently got married to Heidi this past November on veterans weekend. Prior to returning to active duty, I worked for Krogers Grocery Manufacturing Facility for 18 years back home in Los Angeles and during that tenure, I spent the last 5 of the 18 years as the union steward representing fellow employees when dealing with grievances between the company and union contract disputes. First and foremost, we will continue to support veterans by working with our local community and its officials. I believe that we (Board Members) will create events that you will enjoy year round. Events such as, monthly dances; working with local casinos (1 day bus turn-around trip); upgrading the bar area; working with distilleries for in-house bourbon events and more. All ideas are welcomed!! Larry W. Magana, Commander, Hardin Post 113 1 William Graham Norman Lynch John Nowak Walter Brewer, Jr. Donald Holbrook Donald Osborne Samuel Arredondo Sr. Robert Wright Auxiliary Unit 113 From the desk of the President Auxiliary Unit May was a very busy month with the election of your new officers; Legion breakfast; Hooray for Heroes; National Poppy Day activities; breakfast for BBQ, Bikes & Blues; Memorial Day Services and the awarding of scholarships. I thank ALL the volunteers that helped make this month a great success for our military, veterans, citizens and their families. June is also a full month with our monthly meeting; Girls State and Convention. Girls State is a wonderful program that helps educate our young ladies in the workings of government and becoming leaders by working together to settle differences to accomplish the mission. Please come to Convention and support our own Jerilynn Kabel as she becomes Department President! We also have the Legion breakfast, Flag Day on the 14th and remember to honor our Fathers for Father s Day on the 17th! Please check the Legion calendar for all the events for this month. Please continue to support our raffle fundraiser. Tickets are $1.00 each with a chance to win $500-1st Place; $250-2nd Place or $100 for 3rd Place. Drawing is on July 4th. Let s get out and sell, sell, sell!! On a personal note, I will do my best to help lead this Unit successfully for the next year; but, I won t be doing it alone. I have a great Executive Board and especially great members who have my back! Thank you all for your support and together we ll make this year a great success! Jan Fulkerson, President, ALA Hardin Unit 113
Page 2 Bugler Garyoke in the Lounge! Saturdays on June 2d, 23d and 30th Hey!...we re planning to have food trucks! The fun starts @ 7pm! Good folks, good food, and mostly good singing! Consider being something more. American Legion Hardin Post 113, Color Guard, is a unit that presents the colors at various public events such as parades, school activities, veteran functions, and patriotic programs. The Color Guard stands guard and honors the Veteran at funerals. Ceremonies with the Color Guard may be as simple as carrying the American, POW/MIA, and Legion flags or it may consist of a full color guard unit that adds all of the military branch flags, as well as all of the Legion family flags. All legion families are invited to join. Reach out to Color Guard Director, Mark Kennedy, 270 300-2111 or email mwkennedy88@yahoo.com 2 LINE DANCING Monday Nights Starts at 7:00 Only $3.00! OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 2017 2018 Officers Commander, John Saunders Cdr_hardinpost113@comcast.net 1st Vice Cdr, Joe Garrett 2d Vice Cdr, Randy Cote Adjutant, Randy Harris Adjutantpost113@comcast.net Finance Officer, Brian Knoch Service Officer, Al Maruszewski skiman02@comcast.net Chaplain, Randy Crank Child &Youth Officer, Ivy Taylor Sgt-At-Arms, John Crow Asst Sgt-At-Arms, Glen Walters Publicity Officer, Beverly Watkins Publicity113@outlook.com Historian, Rick Crouch Athletic Officer, Kat Sampfle Property Book Officer, Tom Folsom Auxiliary President, Jan Fulkerson SAL Cdr, Steve Curry ALR Director, Anthony Dohnert dcdante03@gmail.com Color Guard Cdr, Mark Kennedy mwkennedy88@yahoo.com Manager, Post 113, Manager_post_113@comcast.net When you purchase a car from Andy, he will donate $100.00 to the American Legion. Just mention this ad! July 2018 Happy 4th of July 5th Aux Exec Mtg & Gen Mbr Mtg 12th SAL Exec Mtg/Aux Gen & SAL Mbr Mtg 14th Aux Breakfast 19th 40&8 /8&40 24th Exec Mtg /Career Job Fair 26th ALR Mbr Mtg Why not volunteer just once a month for Bingo! Come out on a Friday night or Sunday afternoon and join the fun! Contact Mark Kennedy 270 300-2111 or email mwkennedy88@yahoo.com for your preferred time slot! August 2018 2d Aux Exec Mtg & Gen Mbr Mtg 9th SAL Exec Mtg, Aux & SAL Mbr Mtg 11th Aux breakfast /ALR Poker Run 16th 40&8/8&40 23th ALR Mtg 28th Exec Mtg September 2018 3d Labor Day 6th Aux Exec Mtg & Gen Mbr Mtg 8th Aux Breakfast / Cdr, President Home Coming 13th SAL Exec Mtg / Aux Gen & SAL Mbr Mtg 16th Mbrs Apprec Night 20th 40&8 / 8&40 Mtg 25th Exec Mtg 28th ALR Mbr Mtg
American Legion Riders From the Saddle Bags of Hardin Post 113 ALR Director 3 May was a busy month for the Riders as we start into the riding season. A steak dinner was held prior to the meeting and concluded with elections being held. The new Officers installed for 2018 2019, are eager to continue the traditions of the Riders in supporting the Legions Pillars, Veterans, community involvement and enjoy some great riding. The weather finally cooperated for the Bike Safety Day Picnic was very informative, successful and fun for all the riders. If anyone has any suggestions for rides, they all are welcomed. We have some nice rides planned within Kentucky and some longer rides planned as well. On the 24th of June we have been asked by the Blue Knights to accompany them to Camp Quality in Indiana to spend a day with the children, showing them our bikes and having a day of fun. The Department of Kentucky will be holding the Department Convention June 21 23 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Louisville. This is a time for camaraderie with other American Legion Riders and the elections for the Department of Kentucky and American Legion Riders. After that there will be a ride and a ride to somewhere with a stop for dinner. Thank you to all the members and the past leadership team for all you have done and you are the best American Legion Riders in Kentucky! Next meeting is June 28 at 7:00 pm. Dinner starts at 5:30 Richard Gano, ALR Director NASCAR SuNdAy S At the Legion Come join us for an afternoon of racing, door prizes and drink specials and food! BREAKFAST Saturday, June 9th
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5 Chaplains Corner Humility Please pray for: Dave Hayes / Ron Atkinson / Jeff Hall / Herb Ritchie / Jonah Grogan / Gary Dalton / Charlotte VanKirk / Mary Archambault / Chris Barnes / Gary Daniel / Don Reynolds / Brandon Cianchetti / Darlene Probus Be completely humble and gentle, be patient, bearing withone another in love. Ephesians 4:2 A lot of times we are living these secret lives - hiding certain aspects of ourselves because we are afraid we will lose respect from people. Although that might be true for some people, for most, the opposite will actually happen. Your loved ones will appreciate that you are showing them your heart and they will probabl y show you theirs too. There is an incredible power that comes from living from a place of humility. Humility is strong. Ver often we think to be a humble person means to be self-deprecating, to say bad things about hyourself, to never talk and to not be ambitious. But that s not what being humble means. Humility and shame are opposities. Shame causes you to hide things in hour life while humility causes you to be vulnerable and to lift other people up. I think I would rather be humble. What about you? Pray: Dear Father, give me the courage to be humble. I want to be vulnerable and to show my hear to other. Amen Please feel free to contact Post 113 Chaplain Randy, for prayer needs and also to share our legion blessings: Contact him @ 270 300-7288 Send an email to: james.crank@twc.com Celebrate Flag Day It's the day that marks the adoption of the flag of the United States which happened on June 14, 1777, thanks to a resolution of the Second Continental Congress. Display the Red, White and Blue in front of homes and businesses! Flag Day is also a special day for the United States Army because it's the day they celebrate their birthday. Happy Birthday United States Army! Post Family Clean Up Day / June 9th, Saturday, 0930 hrs 2d Vice Randy Cote, Leading the charge to beautify Hardin Post 113! Have a hearty breakfast and then let s all give a little of our time to help make our Legion Family Home a place we can continue to be proud of!
American Legion Hardin Post 113 P.O. Box 147 Elizabethtown, KY 42702 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED June 2018 6 Phone: 270-737-9949 Fax: 270-765-6347 www.hardinpost113.com June 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 7:00 Line Legion Families now on Facebook: American Legion Hardin Post 113 / American Legion Riders Post 113 / Hardin Unit 113 American Legion Auxiliary / Hardin County Sons of the American Legion Squadron 113 1 2 7pm Garyoke in the Lounge 3 4 5 6pm Color Gd Mtg 6 7 6pm Aux Exec Mtg 7pm Gen Mbr Mtg 8 9 8am-11am Legion Breakfast 0930 Post Clean Up 6pm Jimmy Buffet Night 10 11 12 1030am Senior Bingo 13 1030am Dept Fin 14 FLAG DAY 6pm SAL Exec Mtg 7pm Aux & SAL Mbr Mtg 15 16 5:30 Member Appreciation Night! 17 18 19 20 21 7pm 8/40Mtg 7pm 40&8 Mtg 22 23 7pm Garyoke in the Lounge Department Convention - Crowne Plaza 24 25 26 6pm Exec Mtg 27 10am Central Ky Hd Start 28 7pm ALR Mbr Mtg 29 30 7pm Garyoke in the Lounge POST HOURS: Mon 2pm-9pm Tues-Thurs. 2pm-11pm Fri. 2pm-12am Sat. 12pm-12am Sun. 1pm-8pm Monthly Breakfast 2d Sat 8am KITCHEN HOURS: Sunday 12:30-4:00pm Tuesday & Wednesday 5:00pm-8:00pm Friday 5:00pm-8:00pm SERVICE OFFICER HOURS: Tuesday 9am-1:00pm Enter by glass door entrance front left of building.