Navy League of the United States Metropolitan Detroit Council September 2013 Volume 13 Dawn Novak, Editor Navy League Of the United States A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT... METROPOLITAN DETROIT COUNCIL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Inside this Issue Letter from Our President Kevin D. MacFarland, Sr. SE Navy Ball Invite/Registration METDET Members Did You Know? Memo from Membership Council Chairman METDET Social Club 2013 METDET Officers and Board of Directors Calendar of Events Greetings to all of the METDET Navy Leaguers! I hope you all had a great summer! As Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer we are getting ready for the cooler months and a very active fall for our great Navy League Council. I hope this edition of the Wave finds you and yours doing well. Membership continues to grow, thanks to Will Kuypers and our dynamic team of recruters! As of this writing, we added 3 new members in the month of August: Mr. & Mrs. James & Mary Cieslak, and Mr. John English. We welcome you to one of the most outstanding Navy League councils in the organization. For the year, we stand at 19 new members and 72 new members since March of 2012. We welcome all our new members and look forward to seeing you our meetings. I encourage everyone to recruit a new member today. This month John McCandless and the Blue and Gold Committee are hosting a reception of the Prospective Commanding Officer of the new LCS7 Detroit. Commander Michael Wohnhaas, USN will be with us for a few days in early September to visit our city and council. We eagerly anticipate his visit and a visit from the Ships sponsor, Mrs. Barbara Levin, the wife of Michigan US Senator Carl Levin. A special reception will be held for them at the Detroit Athletic Club to thank them for their efforts and to recognize the importance of the Navy s new LCS vessel. As a reminder, in accordance with our council by-laws, in June I appointed Executive Vice President Gerald Moskwa, Vice President Mark Petroff, and Vice President William T. Kuypers as our Nominating Committee for Officers to lead our Council for 2014. Our Annual Meeting as you know is in October. Please consider running for a MetDet office, the experience is very rewarding and our council needs fresh leadership to keep progressing. As we continue to work together as a TEAM, we are steadily building a strong record of success. We urgently need your help and support. Come down to the V for dinner and the meeting, and see what YOUR council is doing. Moving Forward, Kevin D. MacFarland, Sr. President, Metropolitan Detroit Council First of the Freshies 2012 Join us on 16 SEPTEMBER 2013 at 1830 (6:30 pm) For the next METDET meeting! VFW Shafer-Rachelle-Latham Post 6782 17645 E. Nine Mile Road Eastpointe, MI 48021 1
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METDET MEMBERS DID YOU KNOW The MetDet Council meets monthly (typically the third Monday of every month) and welcomes ALL members to join us. Not sure where to find us? The MetDet Council meets at: VFW Shafer-Rachelle-Latham Post 6782 17645 E. Nine Mile Road Eastpointe, MI 48021 The VFW Shafer-Rachelle-Latham Post 6782 is located one mile west of I-94 off Exit 227. Please park in the rear of the building and enter the clubroom door (For VFW Members and Guests Only) and ring the doorbell. The VFW Clubroom is also the MetDet s Clubroom not just on meeting nights but ALL the time. If you re a veteran of NLUS member, all you have to do is show your NLUS membership card. You have full clubroom privileges, including bringing an unlimited number of guests with you! So come early and grab a bite to eat, something to drink and enjoy the cozy atmosphere in one of the area's nicest private clubrooms. SEE WHAT YOUR COUNCIL IS DOING! 3
Show your support for the men and women of the Sea Services and their families today! For less than a dollar a week, you can become a member of the Navy League by going to www.navyleague.org/join. Sponsors since January who recruited new members through August 2013 are: Will Kuypers 9 John McCandless 2 John Peracchio 1 Richard Tschirhart 2 Jerry Van de Vyver 4 Total 18 New Members Since March 2012 the sponsors who have recruited 71 new members are: Al Brata 1 Will Kuypers 29 John McCandless 4 Doug McDonald 1 Kevin MacFarland 19 Jerry Moskwa 7 John Peracchio 1 Richard Tschirhart 2 Jerry Van de Vyver 7 Total 71 New Members Our Council continues to sign up at least one new member each month. Think of the Power of One. One new member for our Council per month. Will Kuypers Vice President Membership Freedom is not free. Remember those who paid for it. Ask a friend to join the Navy League today! 4
Happy Birthday! 02 SEP Cheri Bourdeau 05 SEP Lois MacFarland 08 SEP Jim Semerand Happy Anniversay! 09 SEP 89 Kevin and Lois MacFarland 11 SEP Christ and Lisa Stoyanovich 16 SEP 95 Jim and Dawn Novak We d also like to Welcome Aboard new member Jack English. Glad to have you join us! If you would like to include your birthday and wedding anniversary in our newsletter please send Lois MacFarland your information. Please send it to loismac51@gmail.com or call 586-321-6619. WANT TO STAY CONNECTED? LIKE US ON FACEBOOK AND FIND OUR PAGE AT Metropolitan Detroit Council Navy League of the United States 5
2013 METDET OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Executive Vice-President Vice President, Naval Affairs Vice President, Youth Programs Vice President, Membership Treasurer Secretary Judge Advocate Public Affairs Social Activities Budget Adopt-A-Ship Historian Parliamentarian Chaplain Board Emeritus Kevin D. MacFarland Sr. Jerry Moskwa Mark Petroff Jerry Van de Vyver, NSCC Will Kuypers Mitch Dangremond Bill Gripman, CAPT (ret) Doug McDonald, CAPT (ret) John McCandless, CAPT (ret) Lois MacFarland Joe Wortman Gary Golomb, CAPT (ret) John Peracchio, Esq. Jim Semerad, CDR (ret) Lee Landes, ADM (ret) THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE! 6
METROPOLITAN DETROIT COUNCIL CALENDAR 2013 MON 16 SEP 6:30 PM METDET COUNCIL MEETING VFW POST 6782 EASTPOINTE 17-20 OCT NLUS BOARD MEETING CRYSTAL CITY VIRGINIA MON 21OCT 6:30 PM METDET COUNCIL MEETING VFW POST 6782 EASTPOINTE ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS SAT 26 OCT 6:00 PM SE MICHIGAN NAVY BALL GROSSE PT YACHT CLUB GROSSE POINTE SHORES SAT 09 NOV TBA VETERANS DAY PARADE WOODWARD AVENUE DETROIT MON 18 NOV 6:30 PM METDET GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING VFW POST 6782 EASTPOINTE SAT 14 DEC 2:00 PM NAVY/ARMY GAME PARTY HARD ROCK CAFÉ DETROIT NO COUNCIL MEETING IN DEC ALL COUNCIL EVENTS AND MEETING DETAILS TO BE CONFIRMED VIA EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS PRIOR TO EVENT TENTATIVE FUTURE EVENTS DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED 2014 USS DETROIT (LCS-7) CHRISTENING MARINETTE, WI 2015 USS DETROIT (LCS-7) COMMISSIONING DETROIT? 2015? USS GERALD R. FORD (CVN-78) COMMISSIONING VIRGINIA? As with all Navy League Metropolitan Detroit events your full participation is being requested and encouraged. We ask that you make arrangements ahead of time to attend the events and drills. Do your part in supporting our council by participating! Thank you! 7