Volume 18 - May 2015 Commander – Post 534 The Orcutt post would like to welcome John Archuleta as a new member of our post. John comes to us with a vast knowledge of fund raising. We are hoping that John takes over as our ways and means chairman. First round of nominations for delegates and alternates for our State Convention were held at our last meeting as well as nominations for post officers. Second round of nominations and voting for both post officers and convention delegates and alternates will be held at our next post meeting May 13th at 1800 hrs. Our post breakfast will be on Sunday May 3rd. Breakfast will include; Pork chops, scrambled eggs, fried potatoes , biscuits, along with juice and coffee all for $8.00. So come on down for breakfast and support your post. By the time you receive this newsletter, we hope to have a new roof on our Post building. The new roof is scheduled for April 23rd. Even though we received a great deal on it, the costs are still there so, we are asking for donations to assist in the amount. The State Convention will be held in Ontario, Calif. June 25th thru the 28th. So please try and make it. You'll have a great time. "Semper Fi" Dennis Maher Commander, American Legion, Orcutt Post 534 First Vice-Commander I would like to thank all of the American Legion Orcutt Post 534 Life Members and our Annual members for renewing their membership for 2014-2015. Special thanks goes out to our early bird renewals and a heartfelt welcome to our Orcutt Post 534, Post 1000 transfers as well as other post member transfers. The support of our members during this membership drive has set us in motion to reach our established goals as we had set forth. In the next few months, we will start the membership drive again for 2015-2016 Membership. With the state of the economy locally and worldwide, along with the needs of our Post and the National, District and local programs we support our 2015-2016 membership dues will be $40. The breakdown is as follows: $28.50 to National, $.50 per member to the District, leaving Post 534 with $11 per member to operate and support our local programs. Your support for our great Post is always appreciated as we maintain the strength of our Post through your membership. Kerry Brooks, First Vice-Commander Sargent-at-Arms Our annual Memorial Day celebration will once again be held at the Pine Grove Cemetery on May 25, 2015. The Cemetery is located on Bradley Rd adjacent to Pine Grove Elementary School. The gates will open at 10:00 a.m., the opening ceremonies will start at 11:00 a.m. Master of ceremonies this year will be yours truly. I have been asked of this by our Post Commander. I feel privileged and honored to do so. Please take a moment on this very special day and thank a vet for all they have either done or are doing for this beautiful country we live in. Freedom isn’t always free. All gave some, some gave all. Thanks, and may the Good Lord keep and bless you all! Dave Maher American Legion Auxiliary Jeri Kruger – Vice President Our Post 534 received some recent news I would like to share with everyone. Our Auxiliary President and good friend Gloria Alvarez is currently undergoing chemotherapy. Please keep Gloria and her family in your prayers as she endures this process. We love her dearly and miss her with all our hearts. We had our breakfast on April 12, 2015. Everyone who attended had a great time a loved the food. Keep an eye out for the next one, we wish for all to attend. On April 12, 2015, Barbara and I (Jeri) attended the Girls State Luncheon. We were there to honor our two sponsored girls. A reminder, May is “Poppy” month. Please donate generously to the Auxiliary Poppy fundraiser. We have finally come with a good date for our “Annual Auxiliary Golf Tournament”. We will hold the event on September 19, 2015 at Rancho Maria Golf Course. Please call Sue Hale at 805937-2882 for additional information and sponsorships. Thank you and God Bless. AMERICAN LEGION RIDERS AMERICAN LEGION RIDERS At our April meeting, we opened nominations for 2015-2016 ALR Chapter 534 officers. The following were nominated: President: Rick Pieprzycki, Vice-Pres.: Don Bailey, Treasurer: Keith Mason, Secretary: Bob Bumann, Sgt. at Arms: Gene Baird, Suze Cody & John Archuleta, Road Captains: Ty Olivar, John Pope & Grant Meyers. We will reopen nominations at the May meeting & vote for our new officers. If you would like to run for a position, please plan to attend. If you haven’t paid your 2015-2016 ALR dues they are now due. Current dues expire as of May 31, 2014. Renewal is $12.00 for the coming year! You must be a current paid up member in the AL Family to maintain your membership in the ALR and to participate. On Saturday, April 11th, Adopt-a-Highway was held. ALR member and Post Highwayman Grant Meyer said those that helped included 8 ALR members, 1 Post member & 1 guest. Friday - Sunday, April 17 -19th several of our members attended the ALR State Convention held in Clovis. We had 5 delegates & two alternates. Those that attended the ALR State Convention included Bob Bumann, Rick Pieprzycki, John Pope, John Archuleta and I. I thank all those ALR 534 members that attended as the cost to attend came out of their pocket but they represented us! The new ALR DOC officers for 2015-2016 will be President James Adames, Vice President Mick Sobczak, Sgt. at Arms Steve Story. Our Area 6 Vice President will be Don Marriott replacing Dan Dale. On Saturday our convention went from 0900 to around 2115(7:15pm) and we still didn't complete Saturdays agenda! Final outcome regarding ALR vests, they will have to meet the ALR DOC guidelines which were voted on but have been delayed for 60 days, so the ALR Uniform Committee can hopefully agree on placement of patches and what can or can't be worn on the vest! Stay tuned! We sent in an application for the Elks Rodeo Parade being held on Saturday, May 30, 2015. Hopefully our starting location will be available at our May meeting. It was decided a couple years back to ask everyone riding in a Parade to wear a long sleeve ALR “GREY” T-shirt with “Legion Riders” going down the arm. Let’s look sharp as an ALR Chapter unit! Wednesday, May 13, 2015 will be the ALR monthly meeting at 7:00pm. The general Post membership meeting with voting for Post officers, starts at 6:00pm, so please plan to attend both. ALR nominations will reopen, followed by voting on new ALR officers! Please be there! Until next month, get the wind in your face but ride safe! Jim Banakus – President ALR Orcutt Chapter 534/District 16 Until next month, get the wind in your face but ride safe! Jim Banakus President – Orcutt Chapter 534 / District 16 Sons of the American Legion (S.A.L.) I would like to thank everyone that came out to our "Good Friday - Fish Fry" as well as thanking everyone for their patience and apologize as we struggled a bit with some minor equipment failure. We tried hard to serve everyone as promptly as we could. Hopefully we can do another fish fry soon. All in all, it was a good turnout. Special thanks to Dave Perez, former owner of “Stinkys Restaurant” for lending us the fryer. We thank you for supporting the all Post 534 S.A.L. functions. New elections of officers will be held May 6th. I encourage all S.A.L. members to attend this meeting. The S.A.L. future doesn't look good, as the present Commander at this time. I will not be running this coming year for personal reasons. That being said, I am asking someone to step-up to the plate and prevent us from losing our Post 534 S.A.L. chapter. So that is why it's important that all S.A.L. members be present May 6th our future as S.A.L. members are at stake. Sal Cruz, S.A.L. Commander Americanism Committee The Post's Americanism Committee conducts the most community relevant programs of the Post, including the National High School Oratorical Competitions, the School Citizenship Awards, the Chartered Organization for Boy Scout Troop 91 and Cub Scout Pack 91, (including re-construction of the Troop's meeting place - the Scout "Hut"), and in past years the Boys' State program. The Committee needs new members if it is to continue providing these programs to our community's young people. Please give me a call if you would like to be part of these important programs of the American Legion - 937-8598. Boy Scout Breakfast The Post's Boy Scout Troop is conducting a fundraiser breakfast at the Post on Saturday, May 9th from 8:00am to 10:30am. For just $5, you can have a breakfast consisting of sausage and all you can eat pancakes, coffee and/or juice. Please help your Post's Boy Scouts Troop earn money for their “Summer Camp” fees by purchasing a breakfast. Alan Munch Americanism Chairman Voting Members of Executive Committee Commander: Dennis Maher 480-558-6956 [email protected] 1st Vice Commander: Kerry Brooks 805-714-5452 [email protected] 2nd.Vice Commander: Ron Eickholt 805-878-0450 [email protected] Sergeant-at-Arms: Dave Maher 805-714-7027 [email protected] Adjutant: Keith Mason 805-345-7538 [email protected] Finance Officer: Neil Brown 805-344-2172 [email protected] Veteran Service Officer: George Torbert 805-937-3960 [email protected] Ways and Means Officer: Ron Eickholt Eickholt 805-878-0450 [email protected] Judge Advocate: Larry Thomas 805-934-5985 [email protected] Chaplin: Bob Bumann 805-344-2172 [email protected] Historian: Vacant Parliamentarian: Vacant Junior Past Commander: Jim Keleman 805-260-0136 First Exec. Committeeman: Derrell Stagner 805-934-2355 Second Exec. Committeeman: Don Alt 805-937-8286 [email protected] Non — Voting Member of Executive Committee Americanism Chair: Alan Munch 805-937-8598 [email protected] 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] Other Post Positions Highwayman: Grant Meyers 805-657-7232 Newsletter Editor: Dave Maher 805-714-7027 [email protected] Santa Maria Community Based Outpatient Clinic 1550 East Main Street Santa Maria, CA 93454 Phone: 805-354-6000 Parent Facility: los Angeles VAMC(GLA) Phone: 310-478-3711 Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Santa Barbara County Office Rhonda Murphy, County Veterans Service Officer 511 E. 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Thanks, Vera Orcutt Post 534 — May 2015 — Activity Calendar Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 POST Breakfast Pork-Chops 4 Darts 5 6 7 pm meeting S.A.L. 7 8 BBQ Burgers Post 534 9 Boy Scout Breakfast 9:00 a.m. .10 11 Darts 12 13 14 15 16 18 Darts 19 Executive Meeting 20 21 22 23 25 Memorial Day “Pine Grove” 11:00 a.m. No Darts 26 27 28 29 Fiesta Night “TACOS” 30 Rodeo Parade 17 24 31 6 pm Post Meeting 7 pm A/L Riders Meeting 7 pm Auxiliary Meeting Newsletter Due American Legion Orcutt Post 534 145 W. Clark Ave. Santa Maria, Ca. 93455
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