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THE COUNCIL COURIER Brevard Veterans Council, Inc. & Veterans Memorial Center, Inc. 400 South Sykes Creek Pkwy. • Merritt Island, FL 32952-3547 Office 321-453-1776 • Service Office 321-452-1774 • Fax 321-453-1152 Web Site: www.veteransmemorialcenter.org Volume 26 • Issue 5 • NOVEMBER 2014 CONTACT NUMBERS Your Brevard Veteran Services Team 633-2012 or South Area (Toll Free) 952-4700, ext. 2012 YOUR BREVARD VETERANS SERVICES TEAM Correction of Military Records: Veterans who discover 1-800-273-8255 errors on their Discharge Documents, or wish to upgrade a Veterans Crisis Line and press 1 for confidential help Less than Honorable Discharge, have a right to request such action from the branch of Service that issued the E-mail: [email protected] Discharge. National Veteran Service Organizations OTHER NUMBERS OF INTEREST provide representation to Veterans seeking to change or 637-3788 upgrade their Discharge. Application for Discharge Review Brevard VA Outpatient Clinic or if long distance (Toll Free) 1-877-878-3878 is mad eon the DD Form 293. A Request for Review must 637-3788, push 0 be made within Fifteen (15) Years after the Date of Brevard VA Clinic Enrollment and ask for Eligibility Enrollment Discharge or Dismissal. Application for Corrections to Military Records to include Level and Type of Decorations, Training, and other errors is made on the DD Form 149. Application must be filed with the Service Secretary within Three (3) Years of discovery of the error or injustice. For more information on Discharge Review Boards and Correction of Military Records, contact a Nationally Accredited Veteran Service Officer. Brevard VA Clinic Volunteer Services VA Regional Office (Toll Free) DEERS Enrollment-TRICARE for Life Enrollment CHAMPVA for Life 637-3517 800-827-1000 494-2276 1-888-289-2411 USEFUL VETERAN WEB SITES Brevard Veteran Services Team: www.brevardcounty.us/veterans/ The VA’s main Web Site: www.va.gov The Florida Department of Veteran Affairs: www.floridavets.org Requests for Military Records: All requests for Military The St. Petersburg VA Regional Office: Records to include Medical, Personnel, Discharge (DD www.vba.va.gov/ro/south/spete 214), Awards and Decorations can be submitted on a Standard Form 180 (SF 180). You can also request Reminder: Is your beneficiary information current? To check, call the VA Insurance Center at Military Records on the Internet via the National Archives 1-800-669-8477 by visiting www.archives.gov/veterans/military-serviceAnd, don’t forget - on Saturdays from 11:00 am to Noon records/index.html. on WMEL-AM 1300, listen to “American Warrior Radio.” This is a radio show dedicated to providing up-to-date VA claims information and other important Veteran/ Survivor VA and Military Retiree information. Dennis Vannorsdall, Brevard County Veteran Service Officer A Veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check, made payable to “The United States of America” for an amount of “up to and including my life.” 1 Brevard Veterans Council 2014 / 2015 CHAIRMAN’S REPORT Officers Chairman Vice-Chairman Secretary Treasurer Chaplain Patrick Clendenning Bill Vagianos Ray Norman Charlie Zecman Dan Mix 720-5851 431-0364 452-5376 223-6529 759-6837 Directors Director-1 Yr Director-1 Yr Director-1 Yr Director-2 Yr Director-2 Yr Director-2 Yr Director-3 Yr Director-3 Yr Director-3 Yr David Brand Margie Collins Rod Smith Paul Spescia George Stringfellow Alex Terrero Mel Mueller Lou Rossi Robert Doyle 453-6907 632-6702 978-5359 636-1148 267-4142 453-4526 453-1605 455-9743 452-3824 I am still amazed at the Veterans Memorial Center. Our Museum, Library, and Outside Memorial Plaza are second to none in the State of Florida. The amount of time put in by countless hundreds of members over the 20 plus years have made all this possible. I hope to, at least, be equal to my predecessors. I am very proud of my position and will work to help all I can. Patrick Clendenning Council Chair ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brevard Veterans Memorial Center Chairpersons Operations Director Security Watchdog Chairman Judge Advocate Facility Expansion Vets Outreach Assist (North) Assist (Central Assist (South) Finance/Audit Women Vets Liaison Legislative Historian/Librarian Public Relations Membership Museum Curator Asst. Curator Consulting Curator JR ROTC Liaison Cemetery VA Hospital Com Speaker’s Forum Scholarships Stand Down Service Officer Christmas Party Memorial Plaza Brevard VSO Commission on Aging Robert Doyle Robert Doyle Skip Bateman Joe Hershey Bill Vagianos Chaplain Dan Mix George Stringfellow Joe Hershey VACANT Jim Strickland Mary Bevan Steve Crisafulli Tim Scott Dean Schaaf Margie Collins Alex Terrero Dean Schaaf Mel Mueller Paul Spescia George Stringfellow John Howard Rod Smith Dean Schaaf Bill Vagianos DAV 123 Chaplain Dan Mix Bill Kowalczyk Dennis Vanorsdall Charlie Antoni 276-7814 276-7814 454-7363 639-6478 431-0364 759-6837 267-4142 433-3426 453-0330 255-1173 449-5111 632-2550 452-0365 225-4069 453-4526 452-0365 453-1605 636-1148 267-4142 693-8666 978-5359 452-0365 431-0364 453-1776 759-6837 302-4077 633-2012 773-3398 Veterans Memorial Center – Executive Board President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Chaplain Board Member Board Member Board Member Board Member Board Member – 1 Yr Board Member – 1 Yr Board Member – 1 Yr Board Member – 2 Yr Board Member – 2 Yr Board Member – 2 Yr Board Member – 3 Yr Board Member – 3 Yr Board Member – 3 Yr Bill Vagianos Patrick Clendenning Ray Norman Charlie Zecman Dan Mix Alex Terrero Tim Scott Joe Hershey Dean Schaaf David Brand Mel Mueller Kim Koplar Ty Furbish John Howard George Stringfellow Lou Rossi Rod Smith Harry Beaver 431-0364 720-5851 452-5376 223-6529 759-6837 453-4526 632-2550 639-6478 452-0365 453-6907 453-1605 704-6712 N/A 693-6666 267-4142 455-9743 978-5359 501-9158 President’s Message Sweet November, when Florida temperatures drop briskly into the mid-seventies, politicians are smiling and waving on street corners as they nudge the discount furniture and pizza smiling kids who are waving signboards aside, and the Snowbirds return, challenging our driving skills to the max. Personally, I would love to see the politicians dance like the advertisers. Some of those kids are pretty good! . October was a typically productive month for both the Center and the Council with on-going developments, both inside (Museum) and outside (Memorial Plaza), Troop Support, Veteran Outreach, and a wide range of other activities. But it was a break from all the public events of September and a lull before a flurry of November activities. Words cannot describe the pride I feel in leading the Veterans Memorial Center! But all the credit is due to our Operations, Plaza, Museum, and Library Directors, and also Brevard County, which has wholeheartedly supported us since the beginning, and Brevard County Supervisor Fred Ameigh, who has performed his duties in a highly admirable manner and has responded in a professional, timely, and solution-focused fashion. Our Annual Veterans Day Ceremony will take place on Tuesday, November 11th at the VMC Memorial Plaza at 9:00 am. (Continued on Page 3) 2 (President’s Message – Continued from Page 2) The Keynote Presenter will be R. Norman Moody of Florida Today. Mr. Moody covers Veteran issues and has long remained a Veterans advocate (read: Support the Veteran, not necessarily the War!). Brevard County Sheriff Ivey, who will be brief as he has a full agenda that day, will impart encouraging words . . . and his words are always encouraging and patriotic. Don and Jeanne Weaver, American Gold Star parents, and I cannot fathom their loss, will speak to all of us. Todd’s brother, Glenn Weaver, will speak and all will be privileged with words of Todd’s Battalion Commander, Colonel David Flynn. I tear up out of respect as I write this message. Reverend Scott T. Holcombe will officiate the Dedication of this Monument to 1st Lt. Todd Weaver and others who served, some of whom committed the ultimate sacrifice in Service to our Country, in Afghanistan. A free luncheon will follow the Veterans Day Ceremony in Honor of Chuck Nelson’s and Elizabeth Alward’s Service. The luncheon will be catered by Chick-Fil-A. And finally . . . Turkey Day. I wish each and every one of you a very Happy Thanksgiving and a wonderful beginning of the Holiday Season. But wait . . . there’s more! Our Annual Christmas Party will take place after a short General Membership Meeting on Wednesday, December 10th and Christmas Lunch will be around 11:00 am. Tickets for the Luncheon are $12 and are available now at the MOD desk. I would love to see you there. Bill Vagianos, President Brevard Veterans Memorial Center ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Book of the Month - October “Blind Man’s Bluff” by Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew This is a story of the “cold war” that wasn’t so “cold”. America’s latest submarines playing blind tag with Soviet submarines to determine noise signatures. The game got so serious that collisions occurred. How did these events affect the “cold war”? The ebb and flow of hostilities of both the U.S. and the Soviet Union teetering on the edge of open conflict. The paranoia of the U.S. showed as we considered the loss of the Scorpion submarine. A detailed analysis shows what really happened in that tragic event. This is a fascinating subject, full of tension and human emotion, of fear, anger, and grief. Well-written and hard to put down. Tim Scott, VMC Librarian 3 BENEFACTORS SPOTLIGHT Our sincere “Thanks” to the following individuals and businesses that have made contributions to various projects within the Veterans Memorial Center and/or Brevard Veterans Council VETERANS MEMORIAL CENTER OPERATIONS Joan Anderson, Cocoa Skip & Ruth Bateman, Merritt Island Allan W. Davidson, Rockledge Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Grunert, Hendersonville, NC (In Memory of Junior Cameron) John Kaufmann, Merritt Island Mel Mueller, Merritt Island VMC/MEMORIAL PLAZA Skip Bateman, Merritt Island Catherine Madigan, Merritt Island Mel Mueller, Merritt Island Residents & Friends of the Villager Condo Assn., Indialantic TROOP SUPPORT Charlie Antoni, Satellite Beach Skip & Ruth Bateman, Merritt Island Anna Corcoran, Cocoa Beach Bob Doyle, Merritt Island William “Hutch” Hutchison, Rockledge Jack Jackson, Melbourne Merritt Island Moose #2073 Mel Mueller, Merritt Island MUSEUM & FACILITY EXPANSION PROJECT Jim Barfield, Rockledge Luke & Associates, Inc. Mel Mueller, Merritt Island HOMELESS VETERANS STAND DOWN 2014 AMVETS Post 27, Dept of FL Service Foundation, Key Largo Joan Anderson, Cocoa Richard Awe, Melbourne Phil Black, Dir. of Music, Our Saviour’s Catholic Church, C.B. HOMELESS VETERANS STAND DOWN 2014 (Con’t) Donna Blankmann-Alexander, Merritt Island Boeing Employee Veterans Assoc., Titusville Brevard County Commissioners Ken Canterbury, TX DAV #129, South Brevard Beaches Barbara Falck, Cape Canaveral Floyd B. Huddleston American Legion Post 81, Melbourne Island Lakes Ladies Bunco, Merritt Island Jewish War Veterans Post 639, Suntree KRS Spiritwear, Merritt Island Laureate Alpha Sorority, a Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Mead MX420-XI Master Club, Cocoa Beach Publix, Cocoa Beach Ray & Phyllis Tenkku, Merritt Island Simply Delicious Café & Bakery, Cocoa Beach Space Coast Area Transit (SCAT) Space Coast Unit 76 Waves, Melbourne Joe Eagan (State of FL Div of Emergency Management) Target, Merritt Island Ed Venable, Merritt Island VFW Men’s Auxiliary Post 10130, Cape Canaveral Waste Management, Melbourne Waves SPU #75 Winn Dixie, Cocoa Beach Edith Withrow, Titusville Women’s Marines Assoc. FL 8 Spaceport Chapter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remember, if you move or are away for a couple of months, please let the Center know. It costs the Center 57¢ to find out you are not in town and the Post Office does not forward the Council Courier to you – they throw it away. Also, please let us know when you return and give us your current address. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “In my many years, I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.” (John Adams) 4 2014 Annual Brevard Veterans Council & Veterans Memorial Center Christmas Lunch Wednesday, December 10, 2014 Brief Meeting at 10:00 Special Entertainment – 10:30 to 11:15 am Lunch – 11:30 am Cost Cost - $12.00 per Person Tickets are now available If you would like ticket(s) on hold to be picked up and paid for at the door, please call 453453-1776. 5 Happy Birthday November Birthdays Eugene Abruzzos Al Harter Frank Marhon, Sr. Kevin Ryniewicz John Berthold Peter Hartshorne Robert McCoy James Sanders, Sr. Arthur Bookhart Joseph Hershey Dennis McGammon Larry Schaible James Bourke Robert Hood Howard McGee William Schick Mark Braun Ed Hollandsworth Ed McGuire, IV Glenn Shriver James Brown Erin Hutchings Emma Meisner Jeanie Snyder William (Billo) Burch Herman Jackson Maurice Meisner Jim Strickland Bryan Burns George Jenkins James O’Neill, Sr. Nathan Thomas Alfred Cave William Jolly, Jr. Charles Owens Sandy Noble Bill Chaisson Sylvester Jones Robert Parzek, Sr. Jay Vasbinder Ralph Chappell Catherine Kind Christopher Pastirik Adam Watson Margie Collins Rudolph Korda Ailene Picheco John Watson Bed Densley William Leonard Roger Pollock Gerry Watkins Nicholas Desocio Richard Leonard Johon Porter Donald Weaver Walter Figley Richard Leonart Jerry Reed Thomas Wetterer Conrad Gamez John Malpass Chester Rice Ted Whitlock David Gilchrist Conrad Wholtmann The names are taken from the Enrollment Cards on file. If you do not see your name, it is because your birth information was not entered. If you wish your name to be added, please let me know. Margie Collins, Membership Chair ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome to New Members Stephen G. Bodie Merritt Island US Army James Rhoads Merritt Island US Air Force ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Veterans Outreach Please remember the following in your prayers. Lou Rossi and George Stringfellow are recovering from recent back procedures. Continued prayers are asked for Anna Corcoran, Enrique Barnes, and Ron Ryan. If you know of anyone who needs our prayers, sympathies, or help, please call the Center and give the message to the MOD on Duty. Let us not forget to pray for the caregivers of all those who are struggling with health issues, that they may continue to be strong in health and faith. Pray for all our members who are homebound, confined in a nursing home, or some other health care facility. Pray for our men and women who are in the service, especially those serving in a war-torn country, may they be brought home safely, and soon. 6 To the Shores of Tripoli Most Americans are unaware of the fact that over two hundred years ago, the United States had declared war on Islam, and Thomas Jefferson led the charge! At the height of the eighteenth century, Muslim pirates were the terror of the Mediterranean and a large area of the North Atlantic. They attacked every ship in sight, and held the crews for exorbitant ransoms. Those taken hostage were subjected to barbaric treatment and wrote heart breaking letters home, begging their government and family members to pay whatever their Mohammedan captors demanded. These extortionists of the high seas represented the Islamic nations of Tripoli, Tunis, Morocco, and Algiers – collectively referred to as the Barbary Coast – and presented a dangerous and unprovoked threat to the new American Republic. Before the Revolutionary War, U.S. merchant ships had been under the protection of Great Britain. When the U.S. declared its independence and entered into war, the ships of the United States were protected by France. However, once the war was won, America had to protect its own fleets. Thus, the birth of the U.S. Navy. Beginning in1784, seventeen years before he would become president, Thomas Jefferson became America’s Minister to France. That same year, the U.S. Congress sought to appease its Muslim adversaries by following in the footsteps of European nations who paid bribes to the Barbary States, rather than engaging them in war. In July of 1785, Algerian pirates captured American ships, and the Dey of Algiers demanded an unheard-of ransom of $60,000. It was a plain and simple case of extortion, and Thomas Jefferson was vehemently opposed to any further payments. Instead, he proposed to Congress the formation of a coalition of allied nations who together could force the Islamic states into peace. A disinterested Congress decided to pay the ransom. In 1786, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams met with Tripoli’s ambassador to Great Britain to ask by what right his nation attacked American ships and enslaved American citizens, and why Muslims held so much hostility towards America, a nation with which they had no previous contacts. The two future presidents reported that Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja had answered that Islam "was founded on the Laws of their Prophet, that it was written in their Quran, that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as Prisoners, and that every Musselman (Muslim) who should be slain in Battle was sure to go to Paradise." Despite this stunning admission of premeditated violence on non-Muslim nations, as well as the objections of many notable American leaders, including George Washington, who warned that caving in was both wrong and would only further embolden the enemy, for the following fifteen years, the American government paid the Muslims millions of dollars for the safe passage of American ships or the return of American hostages. The payments in ransom and tribute amounted to over twenty percent of the United States government annual revenues in 1800. Jefferson was disgusted. Shortly after his being sworn in as the third President of the United States in 1801, the Pasha of Tripoli sent him a note demanding the immediate payment of $225,000 plus $25,000 a year for every year forthcoming. That changed everything. 7 Jefferson let the Pasha know, in no uncertain terms, what he could do with his demand. The Pasha responded by cutting down the flagpole at the American consulate and declared war on the United States. Tunis, Morocco, and Algiers immediately followed suit. Jefferson, until now, had been against America raising a naval force for anything beyond coastal defense, but having watched his nation be cowed by Islamic thuggery for long enough, decided that is was finally time to meet force with force. He dispatched a squadron of frigates to the Mediterranean and taught the Muslim nations of the Barbary Coast a lesson he hoped they would never forget. Congress authorized Jefferson to empower U.S. ships to seize all vessels and goods of the Pasha of Tripoli and to “cause to be done all other acts of precaution or hostility as the state of war would justify”. When Algiers and Tunis, who were both accustomed to American cowardice and acquiescence, saw the newly independent United States had both the will and the might to strike back, they quickly abandoned their allegiance to Tripoli. The war with Tripoli lasted for four more years, and raged up again in 1815. The bravery of the U.S. Marine Corps in these wars led to the line “to the shores of Tripoli” in the Marine Hymn, and they would forever be known as “leathernecks” for the leather collars of their uniforms, designed to prevent their heads from being cut off by the Muslim scimitars when boarding enemy ships. Islam, and what its Barbary followers justified doing in the name of their prophet and their god, disturbed Jefferson quite deeply. America had a tradition of religious tolerance; the fact that Jefferson, himself, had co-authored the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, but fundamentalist Islam was like no other religion the world had ever seen. A religion based on supremacism, whose holy book not only condoned but mandated violence against unbelievers was unacceptable to him. His greatest fear was that someday this brand of Islam would return and pose an even greater threat to the United States. This should bother every American. That the Islams have brought about women-only classes and swimming times at taxpayer-funded universities and public pools; that Christians, Jews, and Hindus have been banned from serving on juries where Muslim defendants are being judged, Piggy banks and Porky Pig tissue dispensers have been banned from workplaces because they offend Islamist sensibilities. Ice cream has been discontinued at certain Burger King locations because the picture on the wrapper looks similar to the Arabic script for Allah, public schools are pulling pork from their menus, on and on in the news papers…. It’s death by a thousand cuts, or inch-by-inch as some refer to it, and most Americans have no idea that this battle is being waged every day across America. By not fighting back, by allowing groups to obfuscate what is really happening, and not insisting that the Islamists adapt to our own culture, the United States is cutting its own throat with a politically correct knife, and helping to further the Islamists agenda. Sadly, it appears that today’s America would rather be politically correct than victorious. Now they are beheading innocent foreigners in the name of Allah, killing thousands of Christians in their own country, and proclaiming their intent to dominate the world, because the Quran dictates it. Those who do not know history are doomed to relive it. Any doubts, just Google Thomas Jefferson vs. the Muslim World God Bless the U.S. Marines 8 Something to think about before you make contributions: As you open your pockets to do a good thing and make yourself feel good, please keep the following facts in mind: The American Red Cross – The President and CEO, Marsha J. Evans’ salary for the year was $651,957 plus expenses. March of Dimes – It is called the March of Dimes because only a dime for every 1 dollar is given to the needy. The United Way – President Brian Gallagher receives a $375,000 base salary along with numerous expense benefits. UNICEF – CEO Caryl M. Stern receives $1,200,000 per year (100K per month) plus all expenses, including a Rolls Royce. Less than 5 cents of your donated dollar goes to the cause. GOODWILL – CEO and Owner, Mark Currant profits $2.3 million a year. Goodwill is a very catchy name for his business. You donate to his business and then he sells the items for PROFIT. He pays nothing for his products and pays his workers minimum wage! Nice Guy. $0.00 goes to help anyone! STOP GIVING TO THIS MAN. Instead, give your money to any of the following: Go “GREEN” and Put Your Money Where It Will Do Some Good! The Salvation Army – Commissioner, Todd Basset receives a small salary of only $13,000 a year plus housing for managing this $2 billion dollar organization. 96% of donated dollars go to the cause. The American Legion – National Commander receives a $0.00 (zero) salary. Your donations go to help Veterans and their families and youth! The Veterans of Foreign Wars – National Commander receives a $0.00 (zero) salary. Your donations go to help Veterans and their families and youth! The Disabled American Veterans – National Commander receives a $0.00 (zero) salary. Your donations go to help Veterans and their families and youth! The Military Order of Purple Hearts – National Commander receives a $0.00 (zero) salary. Your donations go to help Veterans and their families and youth! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Life is like a quilt; it’s what you make of it. (Anonymous) without “Life with out God is like an unsharpened pencil – it has no point.” (Billy Graham) 9 We Believe In and Support Our Brevard Veterans Council & Veterans Memorial Center Become a Booster today and help defray the cost of printing and mailing our newsletter. Only $10.00 per name per year! Show Your Support! Our Booster Club Frank & Mary Alverson (Sept) Warren A. Barnett (Sept) Skip & Ruth Bateman (Jan) Barbara Best (Feb) Mary Bevan (Aug) Kimi Bloodworth (Dec) Doris V. Brown (Mar) Donald & Patti Bullen (Sept) Gloria & Joe Caldiero (July) Leo & Mary Carter (Mar) Garrett L. Clark (Aug) Margie & Gary Collins (Aug) Anna & Teresa Corcoran (Aug) Tom Daley (Dec) William F. “Bill” Dias (July) Major Peter Diaz (June) Kirk Dodo (Dec) Eleanor S. Fadok (Feb) Fleet Reserve Assoc., Br. 263 (Jan) Betty & Bob Glanville (Jan) Mark Graul, USMC (May) Joe & Florence Hershey (Jan) John D. Howard (Sept) Paul Ill (Sept) Jack Jackson (Mar) Cindy & John Kaufmann (Mar) Stan & Dorcas Keller (May) Capt Ed & Shirley Lanni (Aug) Joseph F. Lendle (Dec) Rick Leonhart (Dec) J.P. & Donna Longway (Aug) Richard McConaughy (Dec 2016) Steve Meadows (Jan) Maurice & Emma Meisner (May) Lucille Misurella (Sept) Rev. Daniel & Betty Mix (Nov) Ms. Sharon Mix (Nov) Mel & Dora Mueller (Oct) John R. Newman, Sr. (Aug) Wendell Newton (Dec) Joyce M. Olafson (Mar) Ailene Picheco (Sept) Gary W. Rapp, USMC (Aug) Don & Barbara Rathbun (Feb) Gary & Amy Reinhart (Jan) John & Gayle Richardson (Sept) Ike & Kathryn Rigell (Jan) John A. Sabella (Mar) Dean & Susan Schaaf (Jan) Jewell & Bill Schick (Aug) George & Sherry Schlossnagle (May) Jerry & Dinah Schwartz (Mar) John Scott (Dec) Bobbie & Mary Lou Smith (May) Glenn E. & Jane A. Snodgrass (Jan) CMS & Mrs. Paul S. Spescia (June) George & Donna Stringfellow (Aug) Ray & Phyllis Tenkku (Aug) Debra & Nathan Thomas, Jr. (Jan) Zane & Nancy Tomilson (Aug) Sylvia & Dick Trzasjoma (Aug) Bob & Pat Urbano (Sept) Ed Venable (Dec) William Weimer (Aug) John & Mary White (July) Ted Whitlock (Feb) Robert Willett (July) Conrad J. “Low-Rider” Wohltmann (Sept) In Memory of Noel Lee Bateman (Mar) In Memory of Robert M. Best (Apr) In Memory of Bella R. Hershey (Feb) In Memory of Florence Jackson (Mar) In Memory of Florence Lynch (Sept) In Memory of John Lynch (Sept) In Memory of Robert (Bob) Smith In Memory of T.J. Snyder (Sept) In Memory of Alice “Linea” Wohltmann (Sept) In Memory of John D. Wohltmann (Sept) Next to your name, you will see a month. That is the month that your Booster Club expires for the year 2014. 10 Fill in your names and send to the BVC along with your check Please make your check payable to: Brevard Veterans Council Single Name - $10.00 Double Names – $20.00 Name(s) _______________________________________________________________________________ (Please print legibly) Send payment with this slip to: Brevard Veterans Council, Inc. 400 S. Sykes Creek Parkway Merritt Island, FL 32952-3547 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AFGHANISTAN MEMORIAL FUNDRAISER $20,000 $19,000 $18,000 Attention, all DAV, AL, VFW, etc. We are planning to have the dedication of the Afghanistan Memorial on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2014, and we need your help. If your association is not listed below as a donor, please ask your leaders to donate or sponsor a fund raiser. $17,000 $16,000 $15,000 $14,000 $13,000 The Korean War Veterans Chapter 210 has issued a challenge to all member associations. They are in the middle of their fund raiser and have promised a four figure donation. How about adding your name to the donor list. Donations should be made payable to: VMC/Memorial Plaza, earmark for “Afghan. Mem.”. $12,000 Respectfully, $11,000 Bill Kowalczyk, Chairman, Memorial Plaza $10,000 $ 9,000 $ 8,000 $ 7,000 $ 6,000 $ 5,000 $ 4,000 $ 3,000 $ 2,000 $ 1,000 Donors: Allstar Printing, Melbourne American Legion Post 200, Sat. Beach Skip & Ruth Bateman, Merritt Island Barbara Best, Merritt Island Mary Bevan, Melbourne Jim Browne, Cape Canaveral Anna Corcoran, Cocoa Beach Gary & Karen Estes Jack Jackson, Melbourne Ed Madigan, Merritt Island John Malpass Maurice & Emma Meisner, Cocoa Beach Lucille Misurella, Titusville Ray Norman, Merritt Island Pete O’Neil, Merritt Island John Richardson, Cocoa St. David’s by the Sea Episcopal Church of Cocoa Beach George Stringfellow, Titusville Residents & Friends of The Village Condo Assoc., Indialantic “I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” (Winston Churchill) 11 TABLE TENNIS CLUB 3 DAYS OF PARTY BRIDGE Meets Tuesday 12:30 Wednesday 12:30 Thursday 12:30 Every Monday 7:30-10:30 pm & Every Wednesday 7:00-10:00 pm For more information, call Danny Nail (784-2152) or Bill Durban (799-3878) MEETING ROOMS & RECEPTION HALL FOR RENT For information, Jewell & Bill Schick at 452-2387 Hourly or Daily Rates At the Beautiful Veterans Memorial Center Call 453-1776 for information The Council Courier is the Monthly publication of the Brevard Veterans Council, Inc, and the Veterans Memorial Center, Inc. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily that of the organization. News items, poems, and letters of interest to Veterans are encouraged. We reserve the right to edit anything submitted. The Council is not responsible for content of fliers inserted by our members. This Newsletter is recyclable, pass it along to a friend, mail it, copy it, post it on a bulletin board, copy articles into your newsletter This Newsletter is mailed at reduced rates and the Post Office will not forward it. Please give any address changes or corrections to Margie Collins at 225-4069, or mail it to her at The Brevard Veterans Council, Inc., 400 S. Sykes Creek Pkwy., Merritt Island, FL 32952 BVC Board of Directors Meeting & VMC, Executive Board Meets 9:00 am • 1st Wednesday Every Month Brevard Veterans Council Meeting 9:00 am • 2nd Wednesday Every Month MUSEUM HOURS Monday thru Saturday: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Sunday: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm ROLLING THUNDER FLORIDA ONE – A POW/MIA & Veterans Advocacy Group meets at the Veterans Memorial Center on the 4th Sunday of each month at 2:00 pm Everyone is welcome to attend. Cocoa Beach Sail & Power Squadron st 1 Tuesday of each month 6-9 pm at Veterans Memorial Center - Public Welcome CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES st Nov 1 Nov 2nd Nov 4th Nov 5th Nov 10th Nov 11th Nov 12th Nov 27th Dec 3rd Dec 10th Sat Sun Tue Wed Mon Tue Wed Thur Wed Wed Dec 16th Dec 21st Dec 24th Dec 25th Dec 31st Tue Sunday Wed Thurs `Wed All Saints Day Daylight Savings Time Ends – Turn Clock forward Election Day – VMC is a polling place. All activities cancelled. 9:00 am B.V.C. / V.M.C. Board of Directors Meetings 239TH Marine Corps Birthday Veterans Day Ceremony – 9:00 Speakers/Luncheon to follow at 11:00 9:00 am General Membership Meeting Thanksgiving Day – CENTER CLOSED 9:00 am B.V.C. / V.M.C. Board of Directors Meetings 10:00 am Brief General Membership Meeting with Entertainment and Luncheon to follow (Cost $12.00) (See Page 5 for details) Hanukkah Begins at Sundown Winter Begins Christmas Eve Christmas Day New Year’s Eve All Articles for the December Newsletter must be submitted by November 15th 12
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