Volume 15 No. 3 - Monthly Publication
March 2015
Commander
Thank You(s) this month.
Thanks to Manny Hernandez and his
family for the great Santa Maria Style
BBQ pit they donated to our Post. It made our first
“Friday Night Hamburger Dinner” a very successful one.
Thanks again to Manny for the wonderful donation.
A big thanks to Bob Bumann our Post Finance Officer for
many years. Bob has done terrific job with our books and
keeping us out of the red. Due to personal reasons, Bob
has decided to step down as our Finance Officer. When
you see Bob, shake his hand and thank him for all of his
dedication and work he did as the POST Finance Officer.
We wish him and his wife the very best. Maybe with a
little coaxing we can get him to stay on as our POST
Chaplin, which he does a great job at. Neil Brown, who
we all know as a hard worker for the POST, ALR, and
Honor/Color Guard has stepped up to the plate to take
over as Finance Officer. Bob is currently training Neil to
do the job. We can rest easy knowing Neil is in good
hands.
Rick Pushies has decided to move on; He has shown an
interest in transferring to Post 1000. We wish Rick the
best and thank him for being our Old Town Report Editor,
Post Historian, and Webmaster. Thanks again Rick and
we wish you the best of luck.
Web Site: OrcuttPost534.org
By renewing your membership, it helps our POST to meet
some of its obligations. The new goals of our Orcutt Post
534 is to be at 110% membership by 3/31/15. Our members is what keeps us at 534 strong.
Kerry Brooks
First Vice-Commander
Second Vice-Commander
Friday, February 13, was our first BBQ’ed
Hamburger Night hosted by the POST. It
was a huge success. I would like to personally thank Theresa Ruffoni, Neil Brown,
and Commander Dennis Maher for making
it all possible.
Remember, the second Friday of the
month, come on down to the POST
and enjoy a great meal and some
wonderful conversation.
Ron Eickholt
Second Vice-Commander
805-878-0450 or e-mail [email protected]
Auxiliary Unit 534
This year is coming to a close, nominations and elections
are coming up. Please take time to consider an office in
your post.
Our Auxiliary breakfast will be on Sunday, April 12 from 9 to 11: a.m. We are
having it on the second Sunday due to
Easter being the first Sunday of the
month. The price is only $8.00 per plate
which includes; ham, scrambled eggs,
country style potatoes, toast, fruit, coffee and orange
juice. Hope to see you there.
"Semper Fi"
Dennis Maher
Commander, Orcutt Post 534
Also, don’t forget our infamous “Fiesta Night” every last
Tuesday of the month from 6 to 7:00 p.m. For only $5.00
per plate, you will receive; 2 tacos and all the fixings. The
plate also includes rice and beans.
First Vice - Commander
“We have the best tacos in town!”
As your First Vice Commander, I would
like to thank all our members who helped
us reach our goals of 100% before the
District meeting which was held on
2/22/15. We still have some members
who have not renewed their membership.
Gloria Alvarez
President, Auxiliary Unit 534
The Old Town Report
American Legion Riders
On Presidents Day, Ride Captain Ty Olivar
set up a ride to go to Morro Bay the back
way and have lunch at The Waterfront Grill.
It was KSU at 1000 with 13 bikes assembled at the Post. Those members riding
were Don Bailey, John Pope, Rick Campbell, Grant Meyers, Ty & Linda Olivar, John Archuleta &
I, with guests Rob Freyer, Pernell Ritoh, Pat Casarez,
Mark Salinas, Geary Olivera, Dave Mann & Marie
LaFlame. The route took us up to A.G., up Hwy 227 to
just before SLO Airport, over to S. Higuera St, onto Los
Osos Valley Rd. to Los Osos, then to Morro Bay State
Park area, through the Golf course and into Morro Bay &
the restaurant. The food was very good and the company
even better. Great day riding the roads with friends!
On Saturday March 28th, there will be a Welcome Home
Veterans Day event put on by VVA 982 being held at the
Guadalupe City Hall building. The opening ceremony
starts at 11:00am. There will be a BBQ, raffle, live music,
etc.
Also on Saturday March 28th, personnel from VAFB are
putting on a Special Olympics Poker Run fundraiser that
will start & end at Lompoc Post 211. The run departs at
1100, goes to Santa Ynez Elks, Ghost Riders, Orcutt Post
534 and back to Lompoc Post 211. There will be a BBQ
there as well.
At our February meeting we left it up to our members to
decide which event they will attend but we did send a donation to each group from our ALR Chapter 534.
Don’t forget the ALR State Convention being held on
April 17, 18, & 19th. The Convention location is the Clovis Veterans Memorial Building. I believe the convention
is hosted by Sanger ALR Chapter 23. All the Convention
information is available at www.alrdoc.com - Once there,
click on ALR State Convention 2015 to get more information.
The next ALR meeting will be Wed. March 11th at
7:00pm. The Post General Membership meeting is at
6:00pm, so please plan to attend both.
Until next month, get the wind in your face but ride safe.
Jim Banakus
President ALR Chapter 534/District 16
Sons of the Legion
Thank you everybody who joined us on Super Bowl Sunday for the Sons Of The American Legion "All You Can
Eat Pancake Breakfast". Myself and our crew thank you
for your support. I'm sorry to say but our membership
is not at 100% but close, I myself will be mailing out
reminders to the few who haven't or forgotten to renewed membership and will be asking them to do so
A.S.A.P. All S.A.L. members will be receiving paper
newsletters, members receiving their newsletter is
important to us and it's contents and we apologize for
the inconvenience and confusion that was brought to
our S.A.L. members
thank you
S.A.L. Commander
COMMITTEEMAN REPORT
This is a first notice to the American Legion Post
#534 Current Membership (2015 card holders) that
the 2015 Picnic for Post #534 Legion, Auxiliary, SAL
and ALR will be on Sunday, August 9th, 2015 (11AM
to 3PM) at Pioneer Park, 1000 West
Foster Road, Orcutt, CA.
Silvester Hernandez will be performing live Country music. Buffet style
Picnic lunch will start at 1PM with
Barbecue beef, side dishes, (1) soft
drink and dessert available. For Post
#534 2015 card holder and spouse, with immediate
family children under 12 yrs. of age, the lunch is free.
Other individuals, 12 Years and older, will be charged
$10. per lunch by the cashier. Adults (21 Yrs. or older) can also purchase liquor based drinks, wine or
beer. Soft drinks other than lunch soft drink will be
available for purchase. Complimentary tap beer is
available for adults.
The 15 acre park amenities include oak shaded picnic area,
pavilion, horseshoe pits, softball diamond, and children play
equipment. Rest room facilities
are in the Picnic area. Remember to bring your Post #534
2015 card with you. Any recent transferees to or joining
Post #534 will be resolved. Due to our ABC permit,
liquor, wine and beer brought into the park is not permitted by others then by the Post #534 Picnic caterers. Other individuals can bring their own soft drinks
if they wish.
Don Alt,
Executive Committeeman
Volume 15 Issue 3 — M a r c h 2 0 1 5 — Page 2
The Old Town Report
WE DID IT!
#1 DISTRICT IN
MEMBERSHIP
Commander
Voting Members of Executive Committee
Dennis Maher 480-558-6956 [email protected]
Adjutant
Keith Mason
805-345-7538 [email protected]
1st Vice Commander
2nd.Vice Commander
Finance Officer
Kerry Brooks
Ron Eickholt
Bob Bumann
805-714-5452 [email protected]
805-878-0450 [email protected]
805-344-2172 [email protected]
Sergeant-at-Arms
Dave Maher
805-714-7027 [email protected]
Judge Advocate
Larry Thomas
805-934-5985 [email protected]
Veteran Service Officer George Torbert 805-937-3960 [email protected]
Junior Past Commander Jim Keleman
805-260-0136
Exec. Committeeman
Derrell Stagner 805-934-2355 None
Exec. Committeeman
Don Alt
805-937-8286 [email protected]
Non — Voting Member of Executive Committee
Americanism Chair
Alan Munch
805-937-8598 [email protected]
District 16 achieved 1st PLACE in
the Department for membership at
90.47% of goal. I could not be more
proud of all the efforts of our Posts.
My thanks to Paul Brown, Assistant District Adjutant and Post
1000 Transfer Guru as well. Without Paul's tireless efforts in support
of our District membership initiative
we would not have become.
#1 District in membership for the
Department of California.
We are also very close to reaching
100% of our 2014-2015 membership
goal! Keep up the good work and we
will soon exceed that goal!
Dave Forney
District 16, Commander
Auxiliary President
Gloria Alvarez
805-934-1218 [email protected]
SAL Commander
Sal Cruz
805-710-1878 [email protected]
ALR President
Jim Banakus
805-714-9630 [email protected]
Highwayman
Newsletter Editor
Other Post Leaders
Grant Meyers
805-657-7232 None
Dave Maher
805-714-7027 [email protected]
Sgt-at-Arms
To my Post 534 Brothers and Sisters, I have recently volunteered to provide you with our monthly newsletter.
First of all, I want to apologize for my first issue. I
promise to be better at it in the future. I have some very
BIG shoes to fill. Rick Pushies is without a doubt the
best editor we could have asked for. I personally am sad
to see him go. Thanks for everything Rick and best of
luck with your endeavors. I will also be taking over our
Facebook account and in the near future, our post website. Thank you for your patience.
Dave Maher
Sgt-at-Arms
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Orcutt Post 534
The American Legion,
145 W. Clark Avenue
Orcutt, CA 93455
March 2015
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Orcutt Post 534 — March 2015 — Activity Calendar
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Biker’s Breakfast
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 Daylight Savings
Time Starts
9
Darts
10
11
6 p.m. Post Meeting
7 p.m. ALRiders
12
13
Friday Burgers
by Post 534
14 Depar tment
15 Depar tment
16
Darts
17
6 p.m. Executive
Committee
18
7 p.m. Meeting
Legion Auxiliary
19
20
Newsletter
Deadline
21
22
23
Darts
24
35
26
27
Fiesta Night
28
29
30
31
1 April
2
3
4
Executive
Committee
Post 56
7 p.m. Meeting
Sons of Legion
Executive
Committee
Post 56
March 1 - Biker Breakfast, March 28 - Special Olympic Poker Run, August 29 Post Picnic, Pioneer Park
Post Hours:
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Happy Hour: M-F. 4-6 p.m.
Post Phone: 805-937-0651  Web Site: orcuttpost534.org
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