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.”
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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
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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.
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(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
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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
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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
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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.
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“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)
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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.
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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
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Welcome to New Members
Stephen G. Bodie
Merritt Island
US Army
James Rhoads
Merritt Island
US Air Force
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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.
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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.
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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
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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!
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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)
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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.
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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