family oriented evening, that will help you relax after a day of learning and give you a chance to spend some time with both of your families.

So come out an spend the weekend with the Legion Family in Des Moines.

Airport Holiday Inn, 6111 Fleur Dr.,

Des Moines, Iowa (515) 287-2400

The changes keep happening here in the Detachment, so Mid-Winter is no different.

We are going to still be having our leadership school for potential leaders and current leaders, but it will be in the afternoon instead of the morning. You can learn more about the leadership school later in this newsletter.

Mid-Winter Conference is all about learning more about the Legion, Auxiliary, and SAL programs. The Legion brings in experts from the Legion Headquarters as well as from around the state to help educate the Legion Family on the programs and activities concerning the

Legion Family.

There will also be a FREE Childrens Activities Room all Day on Saturday. Expert care givers are brought in to entertain and teach your kids all day while you are with your Squadron members learning more about this great organization. See the article on page 4 in this newsletter for more information or sign up your kids using the application on the back of the newsletter.

Mid-Winter is also about having fun, fellowship and comradery with fellow Legionnaires during the evenings hospitality rooms and fun activities in the courtyard. This is a great

MID-WINTER 2015 IS FEBRUARY 13TH-15TH

DETACHMENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING The Detachment Executive Committee will hold its Mid-Winter meeting on Saturday February 14, 2015 at 9:30 AM in the Boardroom.

Currently on the agenda is: recommending national committee appointment,

renew online calendar, approve donations to Child Welfare Foundation and National Emergency Fund for Spring NEC Conference, recommend a student to National Management Institute; and Spring District Conference Assignments.

We also will be continuing our discussion on procedure changes in the Detachment.

SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, DETACHMENT OF IOWA

MID-WINTER 2015 FIRST IN THE NATION WINNER OF THE TRIPLE NICKLE AWARD!

NEWS, NOTES

SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST:

x Mid-Winter schedule in this issue.

x VA looking for VAVS Representatives

x Children Active Center Information

x Operation Back To God is beginning

x Snapshots of Service A Photo Contest

x Register for Detachment Leadership Seminar

x Check out your Squadrons membership

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

MEMBERSHIP CORNER

2

COMMANDERS UPDATE 2

VA&R UPDATE 3 PUBLIC RELATIONS 4 CHILDREN S ACTIVITY CENTER 4

NATIONAL COMMANDERS FUND 5

SNAPSHOTS OF SERVICE 6

Leadership Seminar 6

Mid-Winter Conference Schedule

10

Membership 11

Hello all Sons members. How many have gotten a renewal notice from National? If you paid your dues at your Squadron why are you getting a notice? All you out there can go to www.bobboomer.com and see if your Squadron has membership turned in. If not then I would be asking questions. December 5, 2014 membership report shows First District Goose egg free why is this the only one? The reason I pose these Questions is in response to

some things I hear from calling to see if your Squadrons will mail in membership. I will tell everyone not to hold membership, get it in to headquarters. Do any of our members know that National has percentage goals to meet every month. You can go online to SAL National website and see when these dates are. I encourage you as SONS of the AMERICAN LEGION to do this. A lot of Squadrons out there have no membership again I ask why? Look at all the things you are able to get with paid

membership discounts at Sears, Lens Crafters and there are more. So why havent you got your dues paid. You should be HONORING your VETERAN by paying and renewing. Your dues pay for things like the Childrens Activity Room at Mid-winter and a lot more. For GOD and COUNTRY, Mike Blanchard Membership Chairman

goes for guests going to both conferences.

Everyone will be asked to sign in during registration according to your Squadron and your office. Registration is a way for the Detachment to know who was at our Conference and to help us know what areas we need to get information too.

When you come to Mid-Winter Conference this year, you will need to go register at Legion/SAL registration desk in the Ballroom Foyer. Registration fee is $10.00 for members and guests over the age of 18; for those younger than 18 there will be no charge. Duel members will only have to pay the registration fee once and that

Registration is also where you will be able to pick up your membership buttons and ribbons. These buttons are given out based on your Squadrons membership totals at Mid-Winter Conference. If your Squadron reached the National Membership goal of

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Membership Corner

REGISTRATION PROCEDURES & MEMBERSHIP RIBBONS

COMMANDER S UPDATE watch. The SAL had a great turn in of over 100+ memberships. We had 6 of the DEC members present at Van Meter. We are really going to have to shift membership into high gear or we are going to come up short again this years and that is not acceptable to me under my watch. At this point if they havent paid up

yet its time to grab those membership cards and hit the road. Drive to their house and pay them a visit. Have them meet you for a cup of coffee. Whatever it takes it to get that member paid up and all these goose egg Squadrons off the list. Last I counted there were still 43 goose egg Squadrons left. The first district to be goose egg free is

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Well the National Vice Commanders Tour and the Membership Turn In are complete. I was able to make the final day of the tour at Lacona on Friday evening and then onto Van Meter on Saturday for Membership turn in. Congratulations to 1st District on winning the Unity Award and to 2nd District Commander Bob Jones on winning the membership

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REGISTRATION FEE IS $10.00 FOR MEMBERS AND GUESTS

OVER THE AGE OF 18

Mike Blanchard Detachment of Iowa

Membership Chairman

Michael E.Sypherd Sr. Detachment Commander

The VA&R provides direct assistance to veterans and their families in a variety of ways.

One of the ways is the VA&R staff maintains an active voice in Congressional deliberations regarding veterans issues. So we need everyones help, We Need Volunteers. We need more hours on our Consolidated Reports. This is what Commander Mike Helms will take to Congress to get the Benefits our

Veterans Deserve. Not all volunteer hours have to be at the VA Hospitals or the Marshalltown Home, you can volunteer in your community. So Go Out and Volunteer get those hours on your Consolidated Report and get it turned in.

If everyone in the SAL of Iowa would go out and Volunteer just 1 hour each that would be 3851 Hours. This is from the Membership numbers from last year. So

go out and Volunteer and Please get your Consolidated Report turned in.

Also our VA Hospitals need local Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service Representatives and Deputy Representatives. You need to be registered as a Regularly Scheduled Volunteer. You will attend quarterly VAVS Committee meetings at the VA Medical Center, review

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100% goal and for those that reach 105% and beyond.

So bring one and all to Mid-Winter Conference and collect your Membership Goal Pins and Ribbons for you Squadrons hard work on membership.

75% then you shall receive a blue color ribbon. If your Squadron is reach 100% goal by Mid-Winter Conference you shall receive a purple color ribbon. Then you bring these pins to Detachment Convention and ribbons will be added for those reaching

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Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation Committee

REGISTRATION PROCEDURES & MEMBERSHIP RIBBONS CONT.

SQUADRON OFFICERS REPORT PROBLEMS Report correctly and completely. Then there are others who left off phone numbers, duplicate phone numbers from one officer to another, left off complete addresses or gave me an officers address for the location of the Post/Squadron home. See my problem, how can we the Detachment contact you, come visit you or even send you information

or awards if we dont have the correct information.

So the Detachment voted to require all the correct information on the Squadron Officers Reports each year or you wont receive your membership for the coming year. So in an effort to help you fix those reports or get us the correct information I am

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Commander and Adjutants I need your help as the Detachment Adjutant. We are trying to get all the information correct for your Squadron and this is causing me to send out postcards trying to get this information.

Now not all the Squadrons are lucky enough to get these cards, because you filled out your Squadron Officers

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Bobby Jackson Veterans Affairs and

Rehabilitation Chairman

Brian Kessler Detachment Adjutant

Lots of things enter into the realm of PR. There is a letter in this newsletter, from the National PR Committee, about the Snaps Shots of Service we, here in Iowa are asking much the same thing. Weve, for a number of years had trouble coming up with someone to take on the Historian Office. That being said, it now becomes everyones job, Commander Mikes Mother has volunteered to do his history book, so now up to us to help

her complete this undertaking.

To make it very easy, on the home page of the Commanders Website bobboomer.com there is a button about the history book, click on it and it will set you up with an email that you can attach pictures with captions about what your Squadron is up to. Its then sent to Mikes Mom and the Webmaster, you can also just send it to historybook@bobboomer.co

m That puts your good work in the History book, it also will more than likely, make it onto the new Detachment Facebook page, something else for you to take a look at. On Facebook we are listed as Iowa Sons of the American Legion. We, as a Detachment, need to put our best foot forward, and show our pride for whoever made the sacrifice that gives us our eligibility to be members of the Sons of the American Legion.

PUBLIC RELATIONS ASKS YOUR HELP!

MID-WINTER CHILDREN S ACTIVITY CENTER Zoo - complete with 4 animals and education specialists! As of press time we have lined up Senegal Parrot, Alligators, Bull Snake and a European Ferret. Swim time will move to the morning, so that the afternoon face-painting wont wash off! The group will continue its tradition of decorating cookies for our Mid-Winter veterans and SAL attendees. The afternoon will also include a bicycle safety class this year, given specially by Department Vice

Commander Bob Wenger. Arts and crafts to make special Valentines for the Iowa Veterans Home residents is always a special activity with a great deal of appreciation from the residents who receive them! With a busy day of fun, organizers request all children be pre-registered (See back page) and arrive by 8 a.m., and make plans to be picked up by 4 p.m. Excerpts from the Winter issue of the Iowa Legionnaire.

Continuing tradition, and in hopes of attracting even MORE families to the Mid-Winter Conference, the Department Children and Youth Committee, along with Sons of The American Legion, have announced a new agenda! The Childrens Activity Center will be active from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for all American Legion of Iowa families! The group this year, with thanks to the SAL for the funding, will have visitors from Des Moines Blank Park

THE CHILDREN S ACTIVITY

CENTER WILL BE ACTIVE FROM 8 A.M. TO 4 P.M,

SATURDAY FEB. 14, 2015.

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Bob Rosenboom Public Relations

Chairman

National Commander Mike Moss has selected two assistance programs of The American Legion for his Commander's project for the upcoming year. Commander Moss is asking members of

NATIONAL COMMANDER S PROJECTS the Sons of The American Legion to raise awareness of these programs through promotion and has set a goal of $50,000.00 for the National Emergency Fund and $90,000.00 for The

American Legion Endowment Fund. The widely known National Emergency Fund assists members of The American Legion, Sons of The

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Mike Ross National Commander

Greetings and I hope that everyone had a Wonderful Thanksgiving, spent with Family and Friends.

I have been asked to write an article regarding the need for a Detachment of Iowa Cam-paign Fund for potential Na-tional Officers.

Ever since I have belonged to this Detachment, I have found that Iowa always does their very best to do a First Class Job in promoting their mem-

bers for such offices. I was very fortunate to be National Commander in 2004-2005. I was only able to achieve this with the strong support of this Detachment, both through encouragement and financially.

Running for a National Office is a great undertaking that requires the person to put strains on their family and their Job. In the midst of this, that person should not need to worry about where

the money for his campaign trips will be coming from. We all know that we will never get back what we spend in our travels for our organi-zation, but it would be nice to know that the entire Detach-ment is behind our goal to advance and succeed in The Sons of The American Le-gion.

With this in mind I believe that our Detachment needs to

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NATIONAL CANDIDATE FUND

SERVICE TO GOD AND COUNTRY 2) Awarding and recognizing the work of our Chaplains.

3) To publicize what our Chaplaincy does and how it can affect the very nature of what The American Legion Family stands for, using all resources at our disposal.

However its not just the duty of our Chaplain to bring God back into the lives of our community, it takes everyone joining together. We, as American Legion Family Members, must get behind these groups and help them succeed. Get involved with our youth, community service work programs and Memorial Services that include your community. You can even take it one step further and have your American Legion Post host a Church opened for everyone.

This time of year most

everyone thinks of helping those less fortunate than ourselves. We do Thanksgiving baskets for the needy, Christmas parties for the children, stocking stuffing programs, going to the VA and passing out socks to our Veterans. Its not a one time of year thing, we need to bring the presents and presence of God year round.

As a resource we can take a page from another Americanism Program, the Boy Scouts of America. BSA has a program called Duty to God, within this program every boy and adult can earn the religious emblem for their own faith. You can go to any Scout office, or go online @ http//www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/512-879_WB.pdf to learn more about this program.

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Every American Legion Post, Unit, and Squadron that has a Chaplain, ask yourself this: Were they given the position because there was nobody else? Are they able to give spiritual help? Are they there just to give a prayer before and after our meetings? Religious emphasis has taken a back seat in America for some time now, we The American Legion Family, need to help bring it back.

The 2014 Chaplains' Conference of The American Legion came up with an action item, Operation Back to God. Three working groups were organized for the purpose of placing this initiative before all members of The American Legion Family.

1) Developing a training curriculum for our future Chaplains.

OPERATION BACK TO GOD

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In order to bring an emphasis to the efforts that our membership does for our veterans and our communities the National Public Relations Commission is creating Snapshots of Service, a photo contest. This contest is open to all Squadrons. This contest should also help spread ideas as to what will or could work in your region of the country. Another benefit of these photos will be to use them on our website and

Facebook page to highlight our accomplishments. Submissions are due 30 days prior to the 2015 National Convention. Awards will be given presented at the 2015 National Convention. Below are the rules and criteria:

Photos must be based on the Four Pillars of the American Legion: Americanism, Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation, Children and Youth &National Security.

Photos must be in a digital jpg or tiff format.

Photos to become the property of the Sons of The American Legion.

Photos must not have a right of restriction

Photos must contain members of the Sons with their covers or identifiable clothing on during the activity or event and a brief history of

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reaching membership goals.

DEC approved supporting the Childrens Activity Center and placing a wreath at a National Memorial during the Washington Conference.

The DEC voted to donate $500.00 to each VA Hospital and Home for Christmas Gift card for the canteens. Since the meeting the DEC has learned that the VA Hospital

The Fall Conference was held in Washington Iowa on October 26; here are some highlights of the meetings.

NEC Richard Young asked for volunteers to serve on National Committees and let the Detachment by the Mid-Winter meeting.

The DEC voted to do buttons and ribbons instead of target coins to award Squadrons for

in Omaha NE doesnt use the Christmas Gift Cards and thus decided to give them the donation for use in their recreational account to entertain the Veterans.

Then the group in attendance was given training on mySAL.org, forms on the computer and how to submit them to the Detachment.

SNAPSHOTS OF SERVICE A PHOTO CONTEST

FALL CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

DETACHMENT LEADERSHIP SEMINAR Michael Deacon and Detachment Adjutant will be conducting the seminar. This seminar is open to everyone and we mean everyone in your squadron.

We will be covering how the organization is organized down to a sample of how squadrons are organized all over the country. We will also go over what each

officers responsibilities are as well as ways Squadron members can get more involved in the Squadron activities.

We also have the membership secretary come in and refresh us and teach the new members on membership processing.

We are also excited this year (Continued on page 7)

With winter upon us, and we move into doing more things indoors, its time to get a refresher course in community leadership.

The Detachment of Iowa Leadership Seminar will be held Saturday Feb. 14, 2015 in the Boardroom at the Airport Holiday Inn at 1:00 PM.

Past National Commander

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REGISTER FOR THE SEMINAR AT BOBBOOMER.COM

THE DETACHMENT COMMANDERS

WEBSITE.

American Legion and Posts, in declared emergency situations. Established in 1989 the NEF can supply up to $1,500.00 for a member or $5,000.00 for an American Legion Post, as a onetime grant, for immediate assistance not covered by insurance. The Endowment Fund, established in 1925, provides assistance to Veterans and their children through programs such as department service officer's Schools, National Veterans Legal

(Continued from page 4) Services and the Temporary Financial Assistance program. The Children & Youth Committee established The American Legion Temporary Financial Assistance (TFA) program which awards cash grants to minor children of veterans who are eligible for American Legion membership. These grants help families in need meet basic needs such as the cost of shelter, food, utilities and health expenses, thereby keeping the child or children in a more stable environment. The Veterans Affairs &

Rehabilitation Commission distributes funds to conduct two annual department service officers training schools and training for staff assigned to the Board of Veterans Appeals. Additionally finances are made available for the National Veterans Legal Service Program for consultation and advisory opinions on pending legislation before Congress involving programs and benefits administered through the V.A. Both the NEF and the

some pointers on how to write resolutions that effect change in the Legion Family and get noticed in Congress.

Please go online to www.bobboomer.com and register for the seminar. This will give us a count on how much reference materials we need to create. Also we will be streaming the class to

to have a representative from the Des Moines VA coming to give incite into the VA Health Care system that is so important to our Veterans.

And you dont know who else might stop in and bring us their insight into better our Squadrons.

If there is time we will give

(Continued from page 6) those of you that register but for some reason cannot make it to Des Moines for the seminar.

NATIONAL COMMANDER S PROJECTS CONT.

DETACHMENT LEADERSHIP SEMINAR CONT.

SERVICE TO GOD AND COUNTRY CONT. America was founded upon the idea that The Great Creator of Man had endowed each and every human being with certain unalienable rights"'; among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Our brave men and women, of the armed forces, have served around the world protecting these God-given rights. Taking time from our busy lives we

can bring God back into our lives and into our community. We just have to open our eyes and see what is already there.

Submitted by Thomas Chebro on the National Sons of The American Legion Website

The American Legion isnt alone in bringing God back into the community. Civic organizations like the Masonic Lodge, and the Knights of Columbus, are groups based on, or take part under the guidelines of churches. Nearly every church has Bible study, Sunday School and other activities where our children are shown how and why we need to have God in our lives.

THE AMERICAN LEGION ISN T

ALONE IN BRINGING GOD BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY .

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Endowment Fund can make a tremendous impact on the lives of individuals stricken with hardships beyond their control. Anyone of us, or our comrades, can be affected by unforeseen, catastrophic events. We, as members, have the ability to make these times much more tolerable by supporting these programs through continued donations and support. Please adopt these two fantastic programs and conduct fund raisers to support the ongoing efforts to provide emergency assistance to our fellow members and families. Thank you in advance for your donations!

the event. Squadrons may submit a maximum of 3 photos per category.

Plaques will be awarded the three best entries in each category.

Submit your entries with entry form found on the National Sons of The American Legion website to National SAL web master at w16wills@prodigy.net.

Contest will run each year

(Continued from page 6) from the 1st of August to thirty days prior to national convention. Photos need to be from this time period.

Judging

Quality of photo.

Best symbolizes the support for the Four Pillars by the Sons of The American Legion.

Have Sons of The American Legion member or members in it.

Must be submitted from a Squadron or Detachment.

Questions can be sent to the National Public Relations Commission member:

Sanford Lipman 248-542-3187 Sandylipman95@hotmail.com

SNAPSHOTS OF SERVICE A PHOTO CONTEST CONT.

COMMANDER S UPDATE CONT. shown interest. If you know of a post that would be interested in starting a Squadron please forward the info to me or any member of the DEC (Detachment Executive Committee) and we will get the ball rolling to a chartered Squadron. Remember Mid-Winter is coming up and as always it will be a good time with lots of fellowship and even a little learning if you are not careful. Mary and I would like to wish every one of you and your families a Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year. All the food and presents are nice but lets not forget those that cant be with us for one reason or another. Please, please, please remember the real Reason for the Season. You can contact me anytime you need at iowasantacollector1@gmail.com or 319-863-3893 from 5pm to 11am. Proudly Serving Those That Served For Us Michael E. Sypherd Sr. Detachment Commander

the 1st District. Congratulations on all your hard work 1st District in accomplishing this task. All 100% percent Squadron will receive the yellow 100 % Membership ribbon to hang on your colors or however you choose to display it. Recruit 5 new members, fill out the paper and send it to Dennis Theobald to receive your 2014-15 Recruiter Pin. Several Squadrons are in the process of chartering and we have a couple more that have

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REMEMBER MID- WINTER IS

COMING UP AND AS ALWAYS IT

WILL BE A GOOD TIME WITH LOTS OF FELLOWSHIP

AND EVEN A LITTLE LEARNING IF YOU ARE NOT

CAREFUL .

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Michigan Veterans Foundation Homeless Vets Stand Down,

July 18 &19.

A sample of the pictures they are looking for in the contest.

reinstate a Campaign Fund for National Officers in the Sons of The American Legion. This would be a dedicated account that could receive donations from members, Squadrons, fund raisers, etc. This way everyone can help the Candidate achieve his Goal. Once established this could be an ongoing account for any of our members who are pursuing a National Of-fice.

(Continued from page 5) With all this being said, we do have a future Candidate. Iowa has been asked to pro-vide a candidate for National Vice Commander in the near future. We have approached one of our members who we feel will be the right person to represent our Detachment and the Central Region. That person is Richard Young from Washington, Iowa. Richard is very respected at the na-tional level and we believe that he would be a great Vice

Commander.

The National Vice Com-mander works with the eight Detachments in the Central Region, to help them achieve the goals of the National Commander. Those Detach-ments are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wiscon-sin. This is a rather large responsibility as the Central Region represents approxi-mately 1/3rd of The National Membership. I believe that

opportunities identified by the VAVS program manager. This may sound like a lot but its not. As Members of the SAL we are part of the Greatest Veterans Organization in the World and they can use our Help.

Have You Thanked a Veteran Today

quarterly VAVS assignments and donation needs list provided by the VAVS staff, fill assignment vacancies when possible and develop recruitment strategies for regularly scheduled and occasional volunteers. This might include drivers for transportation or administrative roles or other

(Continued from page 3) Bobby Jackson VA&R Committee Chairman

NATIONAL CANDIDATE FUND CONT.

Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation Committee cont.

SQUADRON OFFICERS REPORT PROBLEMS CONT. If you see your name listed but never received the letter and card, please contact me at kesslerb@mchsi.com and I will resend you the information I need in an email so you can get your name off the list.

Gentleman I thank you for your help in getting in your Squadron Officers Reports and those that have not gotten

them in yet, what are you waiting for.

Brian Kessler Detachment Adjutant

sending out those postcards.

Currently I need postcards back from Dubuque #6, Guthrie Center #124, Mt. Vernon #480, Paullina #95,Allerton #379, Decorah #163, Farmington #231, Gowrie #431, Hiawatha #235, North Liberty #1976, Greenfield #265 and Kellogg #355.

(Continued from page 3) DETACHMENT

VOTED TO REQUIRE ALL THE

CORRECT INFORMATION ON THE SQUADRON

OFFICERS REPORTS TO RECEIVE YOUR

MEMBERSHIP FOR THE COMING

YEAR .

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this National Candidate Fund needs to be implemented as soon as possible, with the appropriate guidelines for its use.

Michael J. Deacon Past National Commander

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THE AMERICAN LEGION SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION

& AMERICAN LEGION RIDERS Holiday Inn-Airport ~ 515-287-2400 6111 Fleur Dr. ~ Des Moines, Iowa

FEBRUARY 13, 14, 15, 2015 American Legion Headquarters

Room 298 LEGION and SAL REGISTRATION:

($10 Fee) Ballroom Foyer February 13, 2015

9 a.m.-12 p.m. & 2 p.m.-7:30 p.m. February 14, 2015 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Thursday, February 12, 2015 3 p.m. Dept. Finance Commission Boardroom

Friday, February 13, 2015 MEETINGS: 9 a.m. Convention Commission Boardroom 2 10 a.m. Internal Affairs Commission Ambassador Room 10 a.m. VA & R Commission Room 396 10 a.m. Legislative Commission Room 398 10 a.m. Americanism Commission Westview Room 10 a.m. National Affairs Commission Room 292 12 p.m. Department Executive Committee LunchBoardroom 1:30 p.m. Department Executive CommitteeWestview Room 5:00 p.m. Liaison Committee Meeting JOINT SESSION Ballroom - 7:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER Ron Struble, Dept. Commander PRESENT COLORS

AMERICAN LEGION RIDERS SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION

AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY THE AMERICAN LEGION

INVOCATION Erlene Lekwa, Dept. Auxiliary Chaplain POW/MIA EMPTY CHAIR - Dept. Sgt-At-Arms James Meyer Dept Vice Commander PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Dept Vice Commander PREAMBLE TO AMERICAN LEGION CONSTITUTION Dept. Vice Commander WELCOME Ron Struble, Dept. Commander

WELCOME - Michael E. Sypherd, Sr., SAL Detachment Commander ADDRESS - SAL National Guest WELCOME Diana Shadduck, ALA Dept President ADDRESS - Paige Copple, ALA Dept. Junior President ADDRESS - Janet Jefford, ALA National President PRESENTATION - ALA History Book & Chaplain Books AWARD PRESENTATION - Membership - American Legion of Iowa Foundation Donors - Department Historian Presentation - Legacy Run Donation Awards ADDRESS - Paul O. Sanford, TAL National Vice Commander MEETINGS (After Joint Session): - Liaison Committee Westview Rm Growth Goal Post Reception Room 258 Social - District Hospitality Rooms

Saturday, February 14, 2015 IOWA FOUNDATION BOARD

7:00 a.m. Breakfast, Westview Room PROGRAMS FAIR Iowa Hall A - Workshops in Iowa Hall B 7:30 a.m. Obtain information on The

American Legion family of programs with special mini presentations on American Legion Hawkeye Boys State, Color Guard Competition Rules for Department Convention, and Computer Skills/Information with Roger Norfolk!

CHILDRENS ACTIVITY CENTER Room 160 8:00 a.m. Games, Contests, Activities, Ages 4 13. Sponsored by the

Americanism/Children & Youth Committee and Sons of The American Legion! Registration form is available on Page 16 of the Jan./Feb./March edition of the Iowa Legionnaire! Kids picked up by 4 p.m.!

S.A.L. MEETINGS 9:00 a.m. SAL District Advisors Meeting - Room 292 9:30 a.m. Detachment Executive Meeting - Boardroom 1:00 p.m. SAL Leadership Seminar - Boardroom LEGION COLLEGE Ballroom South/Central 9:00 a.m. Internal Revenue Service

for Posts 9:30 a.m. Veterans Employment & Education 10:30 a.m. Veterans Employment Awards 11:00 a.m. VAVS 11:30 a.m. Lunch 1:00 p.m. Drill and Ceremonies, Dean Brand 1:30 p.m. Legislative Lobbyist Kent Hartwig 2:00 p.m. Veterans Benefits, Darlene McMartin 2:45 p.m. Junior Shooting Sports Program, Gary Palas 3:15 p.m. National Legion College, Marvin Carr PAST DIST. COMM. LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m. Westview Room TAL DISTRICT CAUCUSES 3:30 p.m. FIRST - Westview North SECOND - Ballroom South THIRD - Room 396 FOURTH - Room 398 FIFTH - Room 175 SIXTH - Ballroom Central SEVENTH - Westview South EIGHTH - Room 292 NINTH - Westview Central

LEGION RIDERS STATE MEETING 4:30 p.m. Westview Room RELIGIOUS SERVICES 5:30 p.m. Catholic Services - Ballroom South 5:30 p.m. Protestant Services - Ballroom North PAST DEPT./DET. COMMANDERS, PRESIDENTS DINNER 6:30 p.m. Ambassador Room SOCIAL EVENTS 7:00 p.m. Social - Courtyard

Sunday, February 16, 2014 MEETINGS 7:00 a.m. Iowa American Legion Press Association, Rm 398 DEPT. ORATORICAL FINALS 8:00 a.m. 78th Annual Department of Iowa American Legion High School Oratorical Contest JOINT SESSION - Ballroom - 9:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER Ron Struble, Dept. Commander Memorial Service Dr. Dan McClure, Dept. Chaplain PRESENTATIONS - Girls/Boys Nation Senators

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ADDRESS - Dale Barnett, Leading Candidate for TAL National Commander Oratorical Results/Awards Ceremony CLOSING REMARKS Diana Shadduck, Auxiliary President CLOSING REMARKSRon Struble, Department Commander BENEDICTION Dr. Dan McClure, Department Chaplain SWEEPSTAKES DRAWING Following Close of Joint Session Ballroom This report reflects membership recorded as of December 5, 2014. GOAL RECEIVED FIRST DISTRICT 104 Bennett 49 39 430 Durant 73 50 76 Marengo 48 49 721 Coralville 34 27 17 Iowa City 10 8 457 Lone Tree 59 15 1976 North Liberty 16 10 537 Oxford 45 30 460 Solon 65 35 671 Swisher 88 65 41 Keokuk 41 25 100 Columbus Jct. 34 33 27 Muscatine 117 77 509 West Liberty 98 64 231 Farmington 33 37 593 Crawfordsville 11 10 29 Washington 38 48 427 Wellman 22 17 District 1 Totals: 881 639 SECOND DISTRICT 381 Lost Nation 35 19 6 Dubuque 61 36 137 Dyersville 35 34 735 Hiawatha 10 9 109 Lisbon 35 0 298 Marion 147 62 480 Mt Vernon 11 25 331 Springville 38 0 154 Bettendorf 22 5 26 Davenport 27 10 639 Eldridge 12 0 District 2 Totals: 433 200 THIRD DISTRICT 217 Atkins 25 19 39 Belle Plaine 30 0

GOAL RECEIVED 166 Shellsburg 29 12 237 Cedar Falls 11 0 207 La Porte City 12 8 223 Sumner 10 0 285 Parkersburg 33 24 183 Hampton 20 24 242 Reinbeck 41 0 252 Ackley 30 25 46 Marshalltown 43 47 71 Garwin 16 0 72 Toledo 33 0 523 Dows 23 0 District 3 Totals: 356 159 FOURTH DISTRICT 208 Rockwell 54 0 279 Lawler 98 62 45 Manchester 67 45 9 Oelwein 42 21 15 West Union 13 0 174 Charles City 0 0 278 Osage 61 0 358 St. Ansgar 61 0 163 Decorah 17 8 District 4 Totals: 413 136 FIFTH DISTRICT 407 Unionville 24 15 355 Kellogg 33 17 111 Newton 84 68 34 Oskaloosa 79 42 172 Mt Ayr 47 0 70 Creston 24 0 96 Lorimor 36 42 3 Ottumwa 49 16 379 Allerton 20 19 68 Corydon 0 0 District 5 Totals: 396 219 SIXTH DISTRICT 464 Adel 29 14 419 Dexter 29 20 85 Perry 10 0 737 Waukee 10 0 632 Melcher 0 0 731 Des Moines 17 0 374 Des Moines 13 0 274 Des Moines 32 14 232 Polk City 31 30 663 Urbandale 23 10 37 Ames 189 124 249 Maxwell 14 0 307 Roland 22 0 59 Story City 33 0 165 Indianola 10 3

GOAL RECEIVED District 6 Totals: 462 215 SEVENTH DISTRICT 265 Greenfield 14 13 350 Brayton 0 0 128 Sidney 19 0 124 Guthrie Center 51 51 695 Modale 23 0 141 Glenwood 32 0 88 Shenandoah 19 12 2 Council Bluffs 91 41 422 Walnut 10 0 164 Bedford 14 18 250 Lenox 0 0 District 7 Totals: 273 135 EIGHTH DISTRICT 510 Farnhamville 15 11 607 Breda 32 32 357 Coon Rapids 21 0 20 Dedham 210 149 191 Webster City 42 36 229 Corwith 34 38 420 Goodell 17 10 415 Livermore 58 38 627 Fenton 18 17 428 Wesley 12 0 425 Whittemore 60 0 162 Graettinger 23 6 202 Palmer 62 60 130 Fort Dodge 16 12 431 Gowrie 36 27 District 8 Totals: 656 436 NINTH DISTRICT 115 Storm Lake 14 0 230 Cherokee 23 13 10 Peterson 13 0 1 Spencer 22 10 454 Galva 36 0 61 Ida Grove 30 17 481 Whiting 27 26 288 Hartley 46 19 95 Paullina 14 14 290 Ashton 10 0 186 Akron 20 0 724 Brunsville 32 23 140 Kingsley 13 0 241 Le Mars 88 57 254 Hawarden 35 30 199 Sioux Center 24 4 492 Hornick 18 17 64 Sioux City 19 19 District 9 Totals: 484 249

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