Way - Whitehouse Memorial AMVETS Post 35 Inc Amvets, Ladies Auxiliary, Sons’, and Riders’ 105 John King Road Crestview, FL 32539 850-682-8435 www.amvetspost35fl.com February 2015 VETERANS HELPING VETERANS Commanders Message Auxiliary President Well here we are, already in the second month of the New Year. February promises to be fairly busy starting with the Super Bowl Chili cook-off on February 1st. February is now here and before you know it will be time for nominations of the new Board at the April and May meetings and the elections will happen at the May meeting. Please check the Auxiliary #35 current By-laws for the specifics. It was adopted on May 6, 2014 and there were some changes in areas. If you don’t have a copy, please let the 1st Vice/Membership Chairman, Mary Hafner, know and she will get you a copy. February 8th will the Quarterly District meeting that will be held at Post 231 in Fountain. That same weekend starting on the 13th some of us will be in Orlando for the SEC. The Golf Scholarship Committee will be meeting soon; date TBD but check the web page for further info. We need committee members so if you are interested please attend the meeting or contact me for information. This year’s tournament should prove again to be an outstanding success. The tournament will be on Saturday May 9th at Blackstone Golf Course. Check the calendar for other events happening at the Post and come on out and have a good time. Yours in Service Craig The Auxiliary is looking for some members to help call bingo at the post on the 4th Wednesday of each month. You will having training on how it is done and it is a great way to help the Auxiliary out. It starts at 6:00pm and it usually takes about a half hour to set up before it starts. If interested, please contact me or any other board member. The Annual Soup and Salad Dinner was a success. Many thanks goes to the members who made all the wonderful soups, salads, breads and desserts. It was great to see all the people who came and enjoyed the dinner. Tickets are now on sale at the post for the February 21st Mardi Gras and Steak Night. The price is only $12.00 per person and it covers your meal and all the enjoyment that will be going on during the evening. There will be wonderful entertainment starting at 8:00 pm by the name of Paradise Bayou. The bartenders have the tickets. Hurry up and purchase by the 19th of Feb- ISSUE 2 ruary because we need a count for purchase of the steaks. There will also be a 50/50 and a Mardi Gras themed basket which will be raffled off that night. Instead of a King and Queen being named that night there will be a prize for the best costume. The proceeds will go toward the Auxiliary #35 Scholarship that we do every year. Come out and have a great time and help such a worthy cause! In March the “Sheriff” will be back in town! Pam Sparks will be the Sheriff and the jail will be out back. For only $5 a person you can pay to have your favorite person put in jail for a short time. It was done last year and everyone truly enjoyed it. This great time will be on two Saturdays during this month. The 21st and 28th. It will be an evening of good time from 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm. Come out and enjoy the fun! The proceeds will go to “Paws for the Cause”. Just a reminder that our next meeting is Tuesday, February 3rd at 6:30 pm at the post. Hope you see you at the meeting! Yours in Service, Anna Skelton Post Officers 2013-2014 Commander Craig Sarrasin 1st Vice Commander Lois Flitcraft Membership 2nd Vice Commander Elizabeth Westby Programs Chairman Board of Trustees Bill Hafner Finance Dave Skelton Adjutant Teresa White Judge Advocate Rick Brack Provost Marshall Kevin Hicks Chaplain Dennis Wise Quartermaster Vacant Historian Bill Hafner PRO Darren Cogan Sons Coordinator Suzy Taylor Lounge Manager Sherrie Scanlan Trustees 1 Yr Member Virgil Talbott—Earl Van Valkenburg 2 Yr Member John Wolford — Kevin Sparagowski 3 Yr Member Clayton White— Dennis Wise Ladies Auxiliary President Anna Skelton 1st Vice President Mary Hafner 2nd Vice President Pam Apelskog 3rd Vice President Pam Sparks Secretary Joyce Anderson Treasurer Jerri Devoll Chaplain Karen Mofford S.E.C. Jerri Devoll Scholarship Americanism Chairman of the Board of Trustees Riders No input at time of printing. Your trustees are still busy. Bad news: Our distributors have been slowly raising prices for the past 8 months. Good news: we’ve found a way to keep from raising prices. Bad news: Butt bingo is no longer being held to compensate. We are now having a 9-ball tourney the 4th Saturday each month and thank you Chris Everman for conducting this, first one went very well. Once again please try to watch our language and cooperate with the bartenders, they have a real tough job as it is. Thanks to all for a great start for 2015, watch the calendar. Lois Flitcraft looking good for New Years Eve In Service, Bill Hafner, Chairman Tonya Bryant Son’s Of AMVETS Commander Kelly Durgan 1st Vice Commander Joel Hughes 2nd Vice Commander Hippie Reynolds Adjutant Vacant Finance Dean Westby Provost Marshall Joel Givens Judge Advocate Jim Meager Chaplain Vacant PRO Kevin Fitzgerald Historian Brian Simonds AMVET Riders President Robert Mofford 1st Vice President Jim Meager 2nd Vice President Biff Walls Secretary Betty Maurer Treasurer Vacant Chaplain Vacant Sgt. at Arms S. Anderson Judge Advocate Clayton White Editor’s note: The deadline for articles in the newsletter occurs at 6:00 PM the Thursday following the general membership meeting. Articles may be submitted before deadline if so desired. Members may offer text content for the completion of this newsletter, but it must meet the standards of goodwill towards all members. Negative content will not be accepted for print. Send comments pertaining to the Newsletter directly to the Editor: Our Bartender Suzy Taylor Bill and Mary Hafner [email protected] Page 2 Way-Whitehouse Memorial AMVETS Post 35 Second Vice Commander Programs 2014 was a good year for our Programs reporting, but I know we can do better. I know that we get busy and forget about it, but the Post needs those reports! At the General Membership meeting in January, I asked everyone to turn in a report on their Angel Tree donations and other community service they had done - and received over $6000 just from those members present! Think you don’t do anything that would be reportable as a program? Think again. Have you helped a neighbor with lawn work? Did you take a bag of clothing up to Goodwill? How about dropping off some dog food at the local shelter? Did you look after someone’s pets while they were on vacation? Visited an elderly person to check on them? Gone on a benefit poker run? Have you done anything, for anyone, without being paid to do it? If so, you’ve got something that’s reportable. There are some misconceptions about programs. The Post doesn’t get any money from the reports turned in. Instead, the benefit is that our community service allows us to remain a nonprofit organization. Our reported programs need to match or exceed the amount that the canteen takes in – if not, we risk losing out non-profit status. There are many ways to report your programs. You can do it yourself by going online to the AMVETS National web site. Select the Programs dropdown, click on “Programs Reporting”, then scroll down to the blue “Report Your Programs”. You’ll use your membership number and set your own password. Once you’ve done that select “Add New Program Data” and put in your information on the spreadsheet. If you’re not sure what category your report goes in, just select “Other”. You’ll need a brief description of what you did, how many people did it, how many hours it took, how many miles you drove, the amount it cost you and any cash you donated. Then select “Preview Data” to make sure you don’t need to make any changes, then “Submit Data”. Canteen Manager No input at time of printing. To AMVETS Post #35 I would like to thank my brothers and sisters for their prompt and deliberate actions on 11 January. The way everyone pitched in to help me was unforgettable. Again, thanks and I am proud to be a part of this family. Sincerely, Earl VanValkenburg If you don’t want to do the report on line, just fill out a report form (located in the Post) and leave it with the bartender and I’ll take care of the rest. Or you can just drop me an e-mail with your information and I’ll do the rest. Bottom line, I know that everyone is doing so much for others. By reporting this information you’ll be able to help the Post. Think about it – what did you do this week? Yours in Service, Liz Westby [email protected] Ron Brackett & Kim Bril From The Editor I would like to let everyone know that we are going to start emailing the newsletters to members who would like one. If you are interested in this please email me at [email protected]. In the subject line please put Newsletter so I know what it is for. If you do not receive one the following month, please email me again. I am only human and sometimes I do make mistakes. Looking forward to your emails. Yours in Service Duan Marie Byrd Craig and Marjorie Sullivan dancing the night away!! Page 3 January 8 Ball Pool Tournament Winners January 9 Ball Pool Tournament 1st place Craig Sullivan and dale bouley 2nd place Earl V. and norm hullinger 3rd place Craig Sarrasin and Suzanne scanlan We would like to Welcome our New Members Thomas Wilken Richard Nilson Wanda Bridges Linda Conner Tanya Goodwin Cathy Ramsey Lisa Stack Tina Weiss Navy Air Force Auxiliary Auxiliary Auxiliary Auxiliary Auxiliary Auxikiary Welcome to our AMVETS Family Page 4 Our 1st nine ball tournament participants. Congratulations to the 1st place winner Bill Hafner Trivia Question First 5 people to tell the bartender on duty the correct answer will receive a free beer. For two years the nation was run by a President and Vice President who were not elected “By the People”. Who were they? Way-Whitehouse Memorial AMVETS Post 35 Commander Craig Sarrasin with “Sparky’s Crew” Ken “Sparky” Sparks Craig Sarrasin and Leroy McRae Our Crestview Dart League team out of Amvets post 35 presented Commander Craig Sarrasin with a first place trophy for the Second Division. Our own Ken “Sparky” Sparks brought darts into our post with the Crestview Dart League about 15 years ago. And it continues today. In remembrance of Sparky the team has officially changed their name from “The Crew” to “Sparky’s Crew”. And the 1st Place Medal they earned will be hanging over “Sparky’s” picture between the two dart boards. Congratulations to “Sparky’s Crew” on their first place win. New Years Eve Party John & Marcia Wolford Michelle Brack. Jerry Devoll, and Lorie Clark Rick & Michelle Brack Dale Bouley and Chris Earl Van Valkenburg & Carol Bleigh Jeff & Gina Heckert Page 5 HIGHLIGHTS!!! Drink Specials 11:00 am to 4:00 pm Only 2/2 Well Drinks 2/3 Crown 2/4 Wine 2/5 All Bombs 2/6 Draft Pitchers 2/9 Well Drinks 2/10 Canadian Mist 2/11 Wine 2/12 Well Drinks 2/13 Long Island Iced Tea 2/16 Captain Morgan 2/17 Crown 2/18 Wine 2/19 Jager Bombs 2/20 Bacardi Rum 2/23 Well Drinks 2/24 Jack Daniels 2/25 Wine 2/26 Captain Morgan 2/27 Vegas Bombs Page 6 1.50 3.00 1.75 2.50 3.00 1.50 2.00 1.75 1.50 3.00 2.00 3.00 1.75 2.00 2.00 1.50 2.75 1.75 2.00 2.00 ENTERTAINMENT Friday – February 6th MUSIC 5:00pm – Midnight “Open Juke Box” Saturday – February 7th BAND 8:00pm – Midnight “331 South” Friday - February 13th DJ/Karaoke 8:00pm – Midnight “U-R-1-2” Saturday– February 14th DJ/Karaoke 8:00pm – Midnight “Steve Bowles” Friday – February20th MUSIC 5:00pm – Midnight “Open Juke Box” Saturday – February 21st BAND 8:00pm – Midnight “Paradise Bayou” Friday – February 27th DJ/Karaoke 8:00pm – Midnight “U-R-1-2” Saturday – February 28th BAND 8:00pm – Midnight “Aftermath” Way-Whitehouse Memorial AMVETS Post 35 Way - Whitehouse Memorial AMVETS Post 35 Inc 105 John King Road Crestview, Fl 32539 Return Service Requested Chartered by Act of Congress July 23, 1947 Place label here Mark Purvis Joseph Richardson Lewis B Ibaugh III Edward A McDonald Earl Van Valkenburg John Davis Crystal C Kistler Howard Wells Martin Cordery JD McKaye Misty A Zabriskie Kevin Sparagowski Richard Beeman Michael R Cole Larry Frazier Ivan V Goodwin David Paquet Arnold J Hauger Christian L Carnevale Johnny Howell 2/1 2/1 2/4 2/4 2/5 2/6 2/6 2/6 2/7 2/7 2/7 2/8 2/9 2/9 2/10 2/10 2/10 2/11 2/13 2/13 Harmon S Ferguson Josh Lankton Richard B Lovering Beverly A Smith Jonathon P Giddens Kenneth J Heckert Lawrence R McKeon Christopher W Carter Carlton N Williams Arthur Cheamitru Douglas K Morrill Morgan J Werlitz Thomas Keefe Kyle Massengale Linda K Martins Noel R Murphy Roger Quintero John Davis Wayne C Erickson Casey Lee 2/13 2/16 2/16 2/17 2/18 2/18 2/19 2/20 2/20 2/21 2/21 2/22 2/23 2/23 2/24 2/24 2/24 2/26 2/26 2/26 Eugene G Rein Jr Rickie Gander 2/26 2/29
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