Summer, 2010 Volume 27, No. 1 AMVETS—American Veterans who have served or are serving in the Armed Forces of the United States during and since World War II THE ARIZONA Arizona Department of AmvETs, Inc. Commander’s Report Submitted by Department Commander Jim Hostetler G reetings to all AMVETS members and as mentioned during last year’s March SEC meeting, once again my sincere congratulations to every one of you for another great, successful calendar year. I commend all of you for your hard work and dedicated time to our great Organization. IVC Bernice Aris raised the membership to a new all-time high and she is to be commended. To all of you, your hard work continues to make my commander’s job that much easier. During the past few months I have been ac- tively involved with quite a few veteran events, many of which I have attended and participated in. The month of November started off with the quarterly SEC meeting in Phoenix and was held at the Radisson Phoenix City Center Hotel on November 7, 2009. The Annual Vet- erans Day parade in Phoenix happens to be one of my favorite because one sees many, many veterans having fun and demonstrating their proud veteran heritage. The November Parade is such a huge success in Phoenix and I com- mend all those responsible for making the event what it is. February 20, 2010, I along with PDC Goode, ALT NEC Epps, NDC Don Downing were Sacaton, Arizona attending the Gila River Reservation Ira Hayes Parade and Ceremony. Our Vice Commanders Bernice Aris (1st) and Tom Dingwall (2nd) con- tinue to do an excellent job and they have taken the charge and have excelled in their performance. Yes, we often forget to report post activities and the lack of reporting is reflected in the National Headquarters reports Post 002 in Yuma has submitted their documents for chartering and it won’t be too long before they receive their charter. Great work, Mike. The March 2010 SEC was held in Tucson at Post 770, Tucson Estates Community center on March 13. In closing, I would like to thank all of you for being so supportive during my term as Department Commander. GO VETERANS.NEC DEPARTmENT REPORT Submitted by John L. Hines, NEC membership: Congratulations to the newly established AM- VETS Post #2 of Yuma, AZ. We all wish them well. Also congratulations to the AZ Quality AMVETS Post Winners: Post #3 of Dolan Springs, Post #66 and Post #5268 of Phoenix. Third time in a row for Post #3. All of us in Arizona AMVETS will be working with our Department First Vice Command- er Bernice Aris, and all of the Post 1st Vice Com- manders to recruit new members, and improve our renewal rates and establish new posts in spite of the current economic conditions. Programs: Many members of the department participated in the Haiti Relief Program with cash and supplies. Members of the Phoenix area posts marched in the Martin Luther King Day Parade, and they also plan to attend the 65th Iwo Jima Memorial presentations on 2/19 in Ira Hayes’ hometown of Sacaton. Posts within the Southern District gave turkey dinners for Thanksgiving and Fry’s supermarket gift cards to members of the 162nd Fighter Wing in Tucson. Post #65 and other posts within the department held Christmas parties for children and helped feed the homeless. 100% participation in programs is the goal of the Department 2nd Vice Commander Tom Dingwall, and all the other Post 2nd Vice Com- manders. service: Phone cards were handed out by Tucson VAVS Representative Jon Burleigh during the past holiday Season to the patients at the Tucson VA Hospital, to Operation Exodus at the Airport for Service Mem- bers going home, and to service members being de- ployed from the 162nd Fighter Wing. Department Commander Jim Hostetler, AMVETS Manny Ma- drid, Jr. and Albert Martinez, and Auxiliary member Lawanda Darrough handed out phone cards to pa- tients at the Phoenix VA Hospital. The posts within the department all participated in VA Stand Downs, Veterans Day Parades and Pearl Harbor Day Memo- rials. My Post #11 of Tucson contrib- uted gifts to Post #39 for their Santa at the VA Hospital Program. We also had our Annual Fund Raiser with Super Bowl Party. Congratulations Saints. Members also attended the open house at the Tucson VA Hospital on 2/10. Upcoming Events: Arizona Department of AMVETS, Inc. will be holding its State Executive, Membership, Finance and Constitution & By-Laws Committee meetings on Saturday March 13 at Post #770 in Tucson. Our Department Commander Jim Hostetler, Alternate NEC Charles Epps, Auxiliary Member Lawanda Darrough, and I all plan to attend the Spring NEC/ Silver Helmet Dinner in Virginia 03/18-03/21. A Carrillon is planned to be established on Memo- Continued on page 3
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Summer, 2010Volume 27, No. 1
AMVETS—American Veterans who have served or are serving in the Armed Forces of the United States during and since World War II
THE ARIZONA
Arizona Department of AmvETs, Inc.
Commander’s Report Submitted by Department Commander Jim Hostetler
Greetings to all AMVETS members and as mentioned during last year’s March SEC meeting, once again my sincere
congratulations to every one of you for another great, successful calendar year. I commend all of you for your hard work and dedicated time to our great Organization. IVC Bernice Aris raised the membership to a new all-time high and she is to be commended. To all of you, your hard work continues to make my commander’s job that much easier.
During the past few months I have been ac-tively involved with quite a few veteran events,
many of which I have attended and participated in. The month of November
started off with the quarterly SEC meeting in Phoenix and was held at the Radisson Phoenix City Center Hotel on November 7, 2009. The Annual Vet-erans Day parade in Phoenix happens to be one of my favorite because one sees many, many veterans having fun and demonstrating their proud veteran heritage. The November Parade is such a huge success in Phoenix and I com-mend all those responsible for making the event what it is.
February 20, 2010, I along with PDC Goode, ALT NEC Epps, NDC Don Downing were Sacaton, Arizona attending the Gila River Reservation Ira Hayes Parade and Ceremony.
Our Vice Commanders Bernice Aris (1st) and Tom Dingwall (2nd) con-tinue to do an excellent job and they have taken the charge and have excelled in their performance. Yes, we often forget to report post activities and the lack of reporting is reflected in the National Headquarters reports
Post 002 in Yuma has submitted their documents for chartering and it won’t be too long before they receive their charter. Great work, Mike.
The March 2010 SEC was held in Tucson at Post 770, Tucson Estates Community center on March 13.
In closing, I would like to thank all of you for being so supportive during my term as Department Commander. GO VETERANS.
NEC DEPARTmENT REPORT
Submitted by John L. Hines, NEC
membership:Congratulations to the newly established AM-
VETS Post #2 of Yuma, AZ. We all wish them well. Also congratulations to the AZ Quality AMVETS Post Winners: Post #3 of Dolan Springs, Post #66 and Post #5268 of Phoenix. Third time in a row for Post #3. All of us in Arizona AMVETS will be working with our Department First Vice Command-er Bernice Aris, and all of the Post 1st Vice Com-manders to recruit new members, and improve our renewal rates and establish new posts in spite of the current economic conditions.
Programs: Many members of the department participated
in the Haiti Relief Program with cash and supplies.
Members of the Phoenix area posts marched in the Martin Luther King Day Parade, and they also plan to attend the 65th Iwo Jima Memorial presentations on 2/19 in Ira Hayes’ hometown of Sacaton. Posts within the Southern District gave turkey dinners for Thanksgiving and Fry’s supermarket gift cards to members of the 162nd Fighter Wing in Tucson. Post #65 and other posts within the department held Christmas parties for children and helped feed the homeless. 100% participation in programs is the goal of the Department 2nd Vice Commander Tom Dingwall, and all the other Post 2nd Vice Com-manders.
service:Phone cards were handed out by Tucson VAVS
Representative Jon Burleigh during the past holiday Season to the patients at the Tucson VA Hospital, to Operation Exodus at the Airport for Service Mem-bers going home, and to service members being de-ployed from the 162nd Fighter Wing. Department Commander Jim Hostetler, AMVETS Manny Ma-drid, Jr. and Albert Martinez, and Auxiliary member Lawanda Darrough handed out phone cards to pa-tients at the Phoenix VA Hospital. The posts within the department all participated in VA Stand Downs, Veterans Day Parades and Pearl Harbor Day Memo-
rials. My Post #11 of Tucson contrib-uted gifts to Post #39 for their Santa at the VA Hospital Program. We also had our Annual Fund Raiser with Super Bowl Party. Congratulat ions Saints. Members also attended the open house at the Tucson VA Hospital on 2/10.
Upcoming Events:Arizona Department of AMVETS, Inc. will be
holding its State Executive, Membership, Finance and Constitution & By-Laws Committee meetings on Saturday March 13 at Post #770 in Tucson. Our Department Commander Jim Hostetler, Alternate NEC Charles Epps, Auxiliary Member Lawanda Darrough, and I all plan to attend the Spring NEC/Silver Helmet Dinner in Virginia 03/18-03/21. A Carrillon is planned to be established on Memo-
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rial Day at the veterans cemetery in Sierra Vista. Our 29th Annual De-partment Convention is tentatively scheduled for the Inn Suites, 475 Granada Avenue, Tucson, 05/14-05/16. We are again looking for-ward to the visit of our National Guest.
Other:I hope that everyone had a very
Merry Christmas and has a happy and healthy New Year 2011.
We were all shocked to hear of the passing away of PNC Joe Vann. Our prayers go out to his family. May he rest in peace. GOD BLESS THE TROOPS. May them come home safely and soon.
As Executive Director and Finance Officer my work continues to focus on audits, financial reports, correspondence, newspaper articles
and mandated organizational reports. I have tentatively scheduled for the annual 2008-2009 audit as well as the first six-month of Fiscal Year 2009-2010 for Sunday, February 28, 2009. Department Commander Jim Hostetler and First Year Trustee Albert Martinez will be conducting the audit. I intend to have the audit findings for the March SEC meeting in Tucson.
As has been prior occurrences, I continue to see a de-crease in not only the number of articles submitted but featured stories as well. There is a parallel issue with a lack of post reporting activities to the Department 2nd VC, who ultimately collates the data and forwards to National Headquarters. There are numerous community activities that we undertake yet there is no reporting. I believe that all post minutes and community activities should be reported and publicized. As previously asked: Where are you AM-VETS? Where are my newspaper articles and pictures for the entire AMVETS world to read and see?
I am excited and looking forward to the Ad Fund Rais-ing Campaign and the planning for the May, 2010 State Convention. Once again we will have RFPs for the 2011 Convention Site and I expect some strong competition amongst the hotels. I intend to have a submittal from the Cocopah Resort and Casino from Yuma/Somerton.
Some posts have experienced changes in their organi-zational structure and I have not received Officer Form(s) indicating said changes from those respective posts. The only way that we can keep current mailing rosters is by having an updated listing. So, please send them as soon as possible.
In closing, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all Auxiliary and Sons members for your dedicated hard work, for it is you who help AMVETS become a better organization.
See you soon.
Respectfully submitted,Ralph Velez, Executive Director
NEC REPORT, cont.
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF AMVETS, INC.EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT
SUBMITTED BY: RALPH VELEZ
Arizona Department of AmvETs, Inc.
sEC Annual Report Prepared by Department Commander Jim Hostetler
First and foremost, welcome to our 29th Annual AMVETS State Convention in Tucson, Arizona. As has been the case for the past three years, it seems like yesterday that I was reelected as your Department Commander. I would
also like to extend my congratulations to the Ladies Auxiliary in celebration of their 27th Annual State Convention.
It is with great excitement and enthusiasm that I take this opportunity to welcome our National Guest, National Commander Mr. Duane Miskulin. The Arizona department of AMVETS, Inc. is very fortunate to have pour National Commander attend our state convention.
I have had an excellent four year run as Department Commander and as I have mentioned before, I would be remiss if I didn’t take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you who have assisted me during this time. From Ladies Auxiliary members, to District Commanders to Department, SONS and Post Officers - I thank you all.
One of my goals as Department Commander was to increase our membership by 10 % and the goal was reached this past Membership Year. IVC Bernice Aris was able to recruit a new high of 1,438 members. Kudos and a job well done to Bernie.
We lost Post 99 this past year however as regards Post Development we have a new Post in Yuma, Arizona. Post 002 was Chartered this past year and we very much welcome Commander Mike Condon to the AMVETS Family. I am convinced that we can expand and enhance our our number of Posts and membership. Touring the state will be of great benefit towards that goal.
I look forward to seeing you during the convention and hope that all of our AMVETS members have a great time.
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Arizona Department of AMVETS United Southern District has been busy since September. The officers and members attended the VA’s Welcome Home at Tucson Electric Park on October 17th all officers were in
attendance along with members from AMVETS Post #11, #39 and #770. Then in November Southern District delivered four Thanksgiving dinners to the 162nd fighter wing, Air National Guard through the Family Readiness Coordinator Barbara Gavre and MSgt. Carla Cusam. In December Barbara Gavre helped Southern District deliver two Fry’s $50 gift cards to families of the 162nd F.W. Southern District passed out a silhouette to each post in the Southern District each posts will be selling tickets to raise money for Southern District’s operating funds.
mINUTEs Minutes of the regular monthly general business meeting of AMVETS
Headquarters United Southern District held at AMVETS Post 39 at VFW POST 10015 AT 5768 S. Fontana St., Tucson, AZ. The meeting was held on Sunday February 14, at 10:30 a.m.
Commander Richardson called the meeting to order at 10:30a.m.Past SD Commander Don offered the opening prayer.Commander Richardson appointed as USD 1st Vice Bill Vanasdale.Commander Richardson turned in his letter of resignation and left the
meeting. 1st Vice Vanasdale asked all if they would keep the positions they were
holding. Everyone said yes.Pledge of Allegiance was lead by Provost Marshal Alex Bell.Preamble to the AMVETS National Constitution was passed.Roll call of officers:Finance report: Fred didn’t have a total except we were out of money. Totals
will be given next month.Minutes: Motion made and seconded to accept the minutes as received
passed.Bills and commutations: Commander Bill has still not been able to get in touch with Post 2 Commander
Mike Condon in Yuma. Denise spoke about the Salute to Veterans at the VA. Southern District was
represented at this event. This event is held at every VA Hospital in the country every year. Children at schools across the country make cards for the veterans and they are passed out at that time.
Reports of Officers:2nd Vice: Alex spoke of the knelling soldier they raffled at 770 that raised
$125.VAV Rep. Jon Burleigh talked about the new housing sponsored by the VA.
Also there will be a ground breaking at the VA on March 18 at 1:00. Post Business:Post 11: Commander Don said that they only sold two tickets for the Soldier
and Post 11 decided to donate $100. They had their super bowl party with raffles.Post 39: The ladies had a chili dinner. The men will be having a wet burrito
dinner on the 20. Bryan also gave Southern District a check for the Soldier for $150 they will raffle it later since they have a mini refrigerator raffle at this time going on.
Post: 89: Bill asked Denise to call their Commander and see if they were going to have someone attend these meetings.
Post 770: Mitch Wilson gave report. Something going on every night. The Color Guard is available to attend any function you need. They now have new uniforms. They are working on getting a charter for the riders.
Good and Welfare:Meeting closed at 11:30. Chaplain’s fund collected $12. Next meeting will be
after SEC on March 13 at Tucson Estates Community Center.
Southern District delivered 4 Thanksgiving Dinners to the Air National Guard 162nd Fighter Wing. Pictured from the left is Commander Bill Vanasdale, Fred Jervis and Alex Bell.
Local AMVETS Hold Installations AMVETS from most of the Phoenix and Tucson packed James C. Foster Memorial
AMVETS Post 65 this weekend to attend the Post 15 and Post 65 installations of the AMVETS and Ladies Auxiliary Officers. Denise Campbell, AMVETS Auxiliary
Department President came all the way from Tucson to install the Ladies Auxiliaries of both posts. AMVETS Department Commander Jim Hostetler installed both the Sons and Post members of both posts.
AMVET Past Department Commander Bob Boyd opened the ceremony with prayer followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Millard Connor sang a beautiful version of America. Outgoing Auxiliary President Jeanetta Brooks-Garland came forward and presented Certif-icates of Appreciation to several of her Auxiliary members for their efforts during the year with special gifts to Tara Blume-Ross and Debra White for service above and beyond the
United Southern District members pose for a picture. L to R: Bill Graves, Alex Bell, Department President Denise Campbell, SD Commander Bill Vanasdale and Post 39 Commander Bryan Cassel.
call of duty and Etta Foster as Treasurer. Department President Campbell then installed both Auxiliaries respectively. Beverly Hill will lead Auxiliary 65 this year and Jean Watson will re-main as President of Auxiliary 15.
Commander Hostetler installed both Sons Squadrons first. Glen Beasley is Commander of Squadron 65 and Alto Wil-liams is Commander of Squadron 15. George Rogers was rein-stalled as Commander of Post 15 and Homer Washington was reinstalled as Commander of Post 65. Commander Washing-ton made a surprise presentation of a Life Membership to post member Ronnie Robinson for his special efforts toward the post this year.
PDC Boyd closed the ceremony with prayer. Members then enjoyed a delicious dinner prepared and served by Post 65 Aux-iliary and spent the afternoon fellow shipping and listening to good music. Special thanks to Department President Denise for coming all the way from Tucson to install the auxiliaries.
Department President Denise Campbell joins newly installed Post 15 President Jean Watson and Post 65 President Beverly Hill. Post 65 Commander Homer Washington surprises Post member Ronnie Robinson with a Life Membership to AMVETS Post 65.
Local AMVETS Receive Awards at Department ConventionBy Ima Denmon
Members of the American Veterans , (AMVETS), its Sons and Ladies Auxiliaries traveled from all over the State to the Inn Suites in Tucson, Arizona for the annual Department
Convention held May 21-23, 2010. The weather in Tucson was perfect for the occasion. Members began to arrive Friday and were ready to go work on year end business, receive awards and elect new officers on Saturday.
AMVETS National Commander Duane Miskulin, District 6 Com-mander Terry McCarty and Sons National Commander Dave Spencer were guests of the AMVETS and NEC of Wisconsin who was the fiancé of National Commander Miskulin was the Auxiliary’s guest. Post 39 and Post 65 both received awards for entrants in the National Flag drawing contest. Auxiliary 65 received the most awards of the Phoenix locals. Awards included 3rd place awards in scholarship, community service and child welfare, 3rd place in the flag drawing contest and 1st place in Americanism. They also received a Super Star Award from NEC Sheila Atchison for recruiting the most new mem-bers. Newly elected President Beverly Hill won PDP Etta Foster’s personal Membership Award for signing up the most new members.
Auxiliary 5268 received 2nd place in community service, 2nd place in scholarship, and 3rd place child welfare. NEC PDP Sheila J. Atchison gave out Star Membership Awards: Celebrating every member because every member counts and filling out the member-ship application completely. Every member who signed up at least one member received a certificate. Twenty-two members from various auxiliaries received certificates.
Other awards she presented were: Super Star Auxiliary Award to Post 770 for having most new members - 42. All Star Auxiliary Award to Post 65 for having at least 10 new members. Super Star Sponsor Award to Jill Devine, Post 3 for signing five new members. All Star Sponsor Award for member signing up the next highest: (tied) Virgin-ia Liggins, Auxiliary 5; four new members and Etta Foster Auxiliary 65, four new members. Auxiliary 15 also received several awards. Elections and installations were held on Sunday. National Command-er Duane Miskulin installed the AMVETS. Jim Hostetler retained his
position as Department Commander; Robert Atchison is the new Northern District Commander. Billy Jenkins of Post 5 is the new Provost Marshall, Charles ”Doc” Sagre of Post 5 is the new three-year trustee and Charles Epps of Post 66 is the Department NEC. Freddy King is the new Depart-ment Commander of the Sons.
Past Department NEC Tommy Epps installed Auxiliary officers. Elaine Owens of Auxiliary 770 in Tucson is the new Department Presi-dent. Beverly Hill of Auxiliary 65 was elected as Department 1st Vice President. All other officers retained their positions. NEC Tommy Epps increased her work by accepting the position of Department Secretary.
Yolanda Harry (right) personal award for recruiting the most members and NEC Sheila Atchison’s Super Star award for Auxiliary 65 recruiting the most members.National Commander shakes hand with newly elected Department
Auxiliary President Elaine Owens while Department Commander Jim Hotstetler looks on.
By Gil DevinePost 3 ReportARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF AMVETS, INC. DR. LAUREL CLARK AMVETS POST 3Also honoring the Memory ofLee D. Todacheene of Lukachukai, AZPO Box 1655Dolan Springs, AZ 86441FAX [929]-767-3172 / [email protected] Gil Devine
may, 2010 NewsletterApril 8, 2010The installation of the new Post#3 went great; the
officers from Post #39 from Tucson [Commander Bryan Cassels and Aux. Pres. Denise Campbell] came up here to install the new post officers. Again, thank you both. Post #3 Auxiliary did a great job on the dinner. Thank you ladies.
Coming EventMay 1st is the Loyalty Day parade for the V.F.W. We
“AMVETS” will not have a float this year, as many of our members are either out of town or on another float in the parade.
So we volunteered to help out on the “Red Hats” float. Your Aux. President was the “Statue of Liberty” with the gown and torch [also a green face] and the Dolan Gents were there also [3].
The Red Hats got 2nd place for most creative.
May 8th is The Sue Long / Gene Gordon Chloride Cemetery Clean up, 8 a.m. till?
Let’s all make an effort to come out and weed our veterans graves, as most of them are our own veterans.
May 9th Mother’s Day—O.k. Guys don’t forget—take them out for the day.
May 15th Congratulation to Post Member Robert Silver-graduation ceremonies at Mt. Tipton School-May 15th time 2 p.m. He graduates with a State Fire Certification. Good job Robert.
If you would like to send him a card. The mailing address is P.O. Box 32, Dolan Springs, AZ 86441.
May 21-23, 2010 was Dept. Convention in Tucson, AZ.
Post Commander and Auxiliary Pres. will be attending. They will be delivering over 350 books and wheel chair bags to the Veterans Hospital.
We will also have B.B.Q. aprons for sale—made by Vic’s tease shirts.
Looking forward to seeing all our AMVETS friends.
SICK CALLWe have a couple members under the weather, Richard Terrill and Walter Woods, get well
quick and see you at the Post meetingswhen you are feeling better.We took a bed side commode to one of our
sick members, and if any one has any walkers, commodes, canes, etc. that you are not in need of- WE COLLECT THEM FOR THE DISABLED THAT DO NEED THEM, SO CALL US AND WE WILL PICK THEM UP.
We keep them in good shape so if someone needs something and we have it-they get it.
May, 28-31, 2010—It’s coffee break time again.
We will be up and going for four days.We need people to sign up for the shift they
want to volunteer for and you need a food handler card. This you can get for free [as you are a volunteer]. You must take the class in Kingman. Kimberley Humphrey just got her new card and so can you. Remember these are four-hour shifts, and your volunteer hours count toward our community service hours.
We are in need of donation of soda if possible.If and when the weather clears up we will be
setting a date for our two-mile road clean-up. Will be setting a date to paint the “Fire 911”
rock with the Boy Scouts at Fire Station #41. This will be done with volunteers. It will be weeded and the rocks painted red.
Talking about volunteer work, big special thanks goes out to Jim and Debbie Schrader
in Phelan, Calif. [both life members] for all their hard work to send care package to our troops. They support our veterans in a big way. Thank you and all your volunteers for their work.
2011 AMVETS Post 3 officers are:Commander—Gil DevinePresident—Jill Devine1st Vice--------Charlene Starker1st vice------Erma Musick2nd Vice------Victor Musick2nd vice-----Mercedes StoutAdjutant-------David Tobin3rd vice-----Kimberley HumphreyFinance Officer—Michele Nissel Secretary----Judith TurchenJudge Advocate—Scott KeyTreasurer----Judith TurchenProvost Marshal---Dennis WiseSgt. at Arms—Jan HumphreyService Officer---Mark Shaver Chaplain----Norma RupertChaplain---Norton Turchen1st Trustee---Robert Silver2nd Trustee---Easter Angellayna3rd Trustee---Richard TerrillPublic Relation Officer,Quarter Master---Dennis Wise The Dolan Springs Red Hat Society “The Dolan
Dolls” have a new part to their club. They are called the “Dolan Gents”. These are the husbands who always come to the meeting with their “Dolls”. So far there are six members. The April 19 meeting was held at the Redneck B.B.Q. in Kingman. The next meeting was in Oatman and lunch was at the Avi Casino across the river in Nevada. We are hoping to get enough members to fill the Dolan Springs Bus, it takes 8 to 10 people.
Fire Station #41 got another treat- Auxiliary post #3 –donated a big cake to them-One time it will go to station #41[in town] then to #42[19st.] them to #43[in Meadview].
We got a call from Tom and Pat Williams in Okla. They said they are doing fine and have requested a bunch of Lifelegacy forms for their friend and family. I called my contact and they have a big package on the way.
We all owe a giant thank you to Fran for starting Lifelegacy up with us here in Dolan Springs.
From Commander gil:Last week we had a visitor at our gate. It was Bill
Long all the way from Wister, Oklahoma. He was passing through and stopped by to say “Hello” then went on his way home. He sure looked good. All that fishing must be good for him.
Any ideas for Post #3-good or bad- just give me a call. 928-767-3167.
Remember, your Commander and Auxiliary President are working to make Post #3 known all over. We post Post #3 information all over the web.
From Auxiliary President Jill;Ladies, we will be having a rummage sale soon,
we will set date at next meeting.
Also, start thinking about what shift you can volunteer for at the coffee break, remember shifts are only 4 hours long and we will be open for 4 days. We need people with food handler’s cards. One per shift. Call Jill with the shift you want, 928-767-3167.
I will be going to Dept. Convention on May 21-22-23-in Tucson.
Hoping to bring back lot’s of information for you.I have turned in all reports to Department, so
we will see if we [Post#3 Aux.] can bring back any awards.
We have worked very hard this year and your hours show it. Keep up the good work Ladies. Thank you again, Jill Devine, AMVETS Post #3 AUXILIARY PRESIDENT.
We know that April showers bring May flowers and weeds---But what’s with this wind?
Can’t do yard work, pollen too thick and wind has a nip to it and will blow you over if you’re not tied down, oh and don’t forget to tie a boulder to your dogs and cats so they won’t blow away.
BUT REMEMBER WHEN SUMMER GETS HERE WE WANT THE WIND TO BLOW.
April, 2010 NewsletterEaster is just around the corner—so to all “Happy
Easter to all”.Nominations and elections for new post officers
are here. This April 8th meeting [2nd. Thursday] will be at 5:30 p.m. at the community hall. The days are getting longer and warmer and our meeting will go back to the 5:30 p.m. meeting time.
Some of us ladies here in Dolan Springs are members of the Red Hat Society, known as the Dolan Dolls. We get together once a month and go different places. Now some of our hubbies have started to join us ladies as we do carpool and the hubbies do the driving. We have about four hubbies [one of whom is Gil].We haven’t named them yet, but we will come up with a name for them soon.
Dolan Springs is going “Western”. The chamber will be working with the townspeople to redo the store fronts and make some changes to the look of our town.
We all know times are hard now but we are not dead, a little paint goes a long way-weed-repair etc. At the Chamber’s meeting last week, there were six members of AMVETS Post #3 in attendance.
We have all the tour buses driving up and down Pierce Ferry Rd. If we want them to stop in our little town, we have to make it appealing for them to stop and shop.
From Your Commander:Our April 8 meeting will be nominations and
elections. So far, we only have one person running per office; this means it will be a white ballot-so be at the meeting April 8th / 5:30 p.m.
Remember, it’s your post and your officers who will run it.
The AMVETS new officers will be installed by Bryan Cassel, 1st Vice Commander of Post 39 Tucson, Az.
The Ladies will provide a spaghetti dinner afterwards.
Anything else pops up; I will call or email all.Thank you all, Commander; Gil Devine
BIRTHDAYS1ST--GORDON WEAVER, ----24TH--LEE
MACWILLIAM---25TH--ALLEN TOBLINSICK CALLNorma Rupert to have surgery this coming month.Azalea Truesdell recovering from surgery at
home.Gil Devine to have a cyst removed.
Upcoming events----AprilWe will be painting the “911 FIRE” rocks at the
Fire Station [AMVETS, Boy Scouts and Chamber].Date pending.
April 3rd –The Easter Egg hunt at the park at 9 a.m.
April 4th –Easter Sunrise service at 6 a.m. off 16st and Lost Mine rd.
April 15th –Income Tax Day. Good luck!!May 8th --Chloride Cemetery Clean-up day at 8
a.m. snacks and water will be provided. Bring your own tools.
13th --AMVETS meeting—5:30 p.m.21st –23rd AMVETS DEPT. CONVENTION in
TUCSON. Anyone who wants to go –it will be at the INNS SUITE, a very nice place-come to learn and meet the rest of the group.
28th –31st –It’s coffee break time again. Now we starting a new year, and we will have our highway signs.
From your Auxiliary President:Ladies, remember April is election and
installations and we will have our AMVETS Dept. Ladies Auxiliary President “Denise Campbell” from Tucson, will be here to install us lady officers. So please wear your post shirts and hats.
We Ladies will provide a spaghetti dinner after the ceremony.
People remember- you must have a “Food handlers” card to work the Coffee Break, it’s easy to get, AZ. I.D. or Driver Lic. and go to the health dept. in Kingman and sign up for the class. You are a volunteer so the class is free. We need one person for each shift with a Food handler’s card.
Need help with this? Call me –928-767-3167.I want you all to know how proud you all made me
last year. It’s not easy to get people to volunteer 4 to 8 hours a day for four days or more and to put up with the weather we have up here and we did have some weather-didn’t we? We lost a canopy to a monsoon-down shear and some days it was so hot or cold it was hard to cope. But we made it through it all. Now we start all over again. Fun was had by all.
Ladies, please get your service hours in to me by the April 10.
Thank you all again, Jill DevineAuxiliary President
AMVETS Post 11 has been busy since the last SEC Meeting. Here are some of the things that our Post 11 has been doing since the
Convention.
1. Our post has designed and maintains a web site at www.freewebs.com/amvets1
2. As always, we donate time and donations to our host home DAV Chapter 18. We are very grateful for them allowing us the call their home, our home.
3. We had another Super Bowl Sunday fund raiser on February 7, 2010.
4. Post 11 donated a box of stuffed toys to Post 39’s “X-Mass” at the VA Hospital in Tucson.
5. Post #11 donated $60 to American Legion for their Golf Tournament Fund Raiser.
6. We will have another Spring Fest fund raiser some time in March or April.
7. We will continue to donate time and funds to any worthy cause that comes our way. After all, the name of the game is “VETERANS HELPING VETERANS!”
Not to shabby for a post that only has about 60 members.
Howard Kozda
Howdy all, happy to see we all made it through the holiday’s and are getting on track to benefit all our various causes. We at Post #11 have been as busy as the rest of you. Without stepping on
John or Howard’s toes, I’ll keep this one short...As usual we helped our fellow veterans, at the hospital (VAMC), in the shelters (Stand Down) & at the transitional housing (Esperanaza & Commin’ Home). We contribute to other veterans organizations (Legion, DAV & VFW) in their efforts to stand out in the community be it with cash or physical assistance, Post # 11 will always help where & when we can.We help with scouting, veterans, food drives,clothing drives you name it we are somehow involved. We are represented at all department meetings by one of our officers and keep informed as to what and how AMVETS should get things done. Again as always. I want to personally thank all those in my post who make all of this possible. Thanks and wishing you all a good year and good health.
Don Schmitt
We have been very busy at Post 39 since convention. Auxiliary and AMVETS made it the last day of school to give
the children of Santa Clara elementary the awards they received from the AMVETS Department for entering the Americanism contest. For the second year with the help of librarian Denise Cabello the auxiliary had 14 students enter the contest. The auxiliary hopes next year with Denise’s help they will have more students enter. For our 5th straight year we participated in the Memorial Day Service at South Lawn Memorial Park with members from Post 39 & 11. We had Christmas in July at the Veterans Hospital and then again in December we had Santa at the VA. There were eight members AMVETS and Auxiliary with Santa Claus armed with Christmas cards, stuffed animals and lap robes visiting every patient at the VA hospital. A good time was had by patients and members. There are dinners once a month held by AMVETS or Auxiliary served at the VFW 10015.
I’d like to thank everyone who came out to vote at the elections. We had a pretty good turnout for the elections this year.
We are having a steak dinner at the VFW on Fri-day, June 18 from 5-8 PM. Price is $7, come on out and join us for a great dinner and good company.
Our next meeting is on June 19 at 10:00 am. The State Convention is 21-22-23 May at the Inn Suites on Granada and St. Mary’s.
Your Post officers for 2010-2011:Post Commander Bryan Cassels 1st Vice Commander Sandy Phillips 2nd Vice Commander John Burleigh
Finance Officer Joe Moxley Adjutant Joe Moxley Provost Marshall Larry Phillips 3rd Year Trustee Gus Arnold On a sad note, Don Schmidt passed away
the morning of May 3. He was the past Southern District commander and worked with our post a lot. He will be missed.
Monday, May 31, we will be at Southlawn Cemetery at 8:30 AM for the Memorial Day ser-vices. This is an annual event for our post, and we’d like as many people to attend as are able.
Ladies AuxiliaryHi ladies, I hope a few of you make state conven-
tion. We need four votes so let me know. We will go dark in June and come back in September. Every-one have a nice summer. Thanks for a good year
Our next meeting is on May 1 at 10:00 am. We will be conducting the third round of nominations and then go right into the elec-tions. Please come out to vote for next year’s Officers. The time is 11:30 am to 1:00 PM.
The State Convention is 21-22-23 May at the Inn Suites on Granada and St. Mary’s. If you want to come, please let me or Sandy know on May 1.
On Monday, May 31, we will be at Southlawn Cemetery at 8:30 AM for the Memorial Day ser-vices. This is an annual event for our post, and we’d like as many people to attend as are able.
Hope you enjoyed the luncheon last week. Need to see a few of you at the Swap meet on the 24 of April. This is for St. Jude Children hospital. We will decide if we are moving up the date for May’s
meeting on the 17th due to Department conven-tion. I hope a few of you make convention we need four votes so let me know. We will go dark in June and come back in September. Everyone have a nice summer. Thanks for a good year
As you know elections for our post are here again. During our last meeting we had our first round of nominations.
On Friday, April 16, we are having cheeseburg-ers and hot dogs with beans and potato salad from 5-7 PM at the VFW. Donation is $5 per plate, and we will be having raffles and door prizes. Come on out and join us for a little socializing.
Our next meeting is April 17, 2010 at 10 am. We need for everyone to come to the meeting this month.
June BirthdaysCharles Good 06/01 William Marshall 06/01 Sandra Phillips 06/05 Jon Burleigh 06/16 Pedro Gonzales 06/29May Birthdays John Hargadon 05/03 Derrell Rose 05/04 Pete Cano 05/24 April BirthdaysJimmy Miller 04/01 Dew Wyrick 04/01 Michael Reggio 04/01 Bruce Nazarovich 04/15 Michael Sheppard 04/20 Feburary Birthdays David Watts 02/01Kenneth Vernon 02/04
Ralph Romero 02/05Edward Cooper 02/08 Richard Kessler 02/16Nils Nilsen 02/16 Mary Ann Parent 02/17Jose Felix 02/20 Patricia Hitchcock 02/29 Please join me in wishing these
members a Happy Birthday!
Ladies AuxiliaryThe lasagna dinner went well;
we all had a good time.We are having our annual dinner at Tex-
as Roadhouse @ I-10 and Cortaro Farms on the 10th of April at 1:00 PM.
Our next meeting is April 17 at 10:00 AM, see you all there.
Remember we are going to the swap meet on April 24 for “St. Jude” we need items, so get them together and bring them over.
FEBRUARY, 2010 I would like to express my appreciation to all
those members who come to our meetings and/or participate in our post activities. You folks are the stuff that keeps our post going. We have ac-complished many good and worthwhile projects this year, and I’m hoping for even more during this year.
We are going forward with starting a Sons of AMVETS squadron in our post.
1st Vice Commander Sandy Phillips is co-ordinating that effort, and will be keeping ev-eryone posted on how that is progressing.
We will be having a dinner on Friday, Feb-ruary 19th from 5-7. The planned menu is “Wet Burritos,” and the cost will be $5.
1st Vice Commander For those annual members who have
not renewed, it is with regret that this will be the last newsletter you will receive.
With regard to the Sons of AMVETS: Eligibility in the Sons of AMVETS shall be
limited to all male descendants, grandsons, adopted sons and stepsons, fathers, husbands, widowers, and brothers of members of AMVETS, and deceased members of AMVETS, or service personnel who died and would have been eligible for member-ship in the parent AMVETS Organization, and are at least eighteen (18) years of age and is not eligible for membership in the parent organiza-tion. This is not to include in-laws of any type.
This is from the CBL for the Sons of AMVETS. If you know anyone who meets these qualifications and would like to join, please get in touch with me.
Adjutant I want to give everyone a brief report of
Post 0039 activities and accomplishments for the 2009. In the interest of keeping our member-ship informed of our Post’s status it is important that everyone know how and what we are doing. We had a good year in 2009 and we are going to work harder than ever to make 2010 even better.
We did well financially in 2009. Please come to our meetings to learn the details or our progress. During every meeting, I give a re-port on our financial status and welcome ques-tions. As always, our financial records are open for examination by members at every meeting, with our Commander’s approval.
Our tax reporting obligation under section 501(c)(19) of the tax code is current and we are recog-nized by the IRS as a tax exempt organization.
We still have a food donation box located at VFW Post 10015 which is always in need of ad-ditional non-perishable items. We, and I include myself, need to work harder on this. This food is turned over to the VA for distribution. During these especially difficult times, this is more important than ever. Please help if you can! Santa Claus visited inpatients in the VA Hospital again in July and in December, 2009. Stuffed animals, get well cards, lap robes and good wishes were given out. Our veterans really enjoyed the visits and interest.
We participated in Memorial Day services at South Lawn Memorial Park. This also is an annual event for Post 39. Post 39 and Post 39 Ladies Aux-iliary volunteered and participated in distribution of food at Community Food Bank in Tucson and volunteering for work in the Food Bank’s garden. Post 39 members also volunteered service to our community by helping out during the Postal Work-ers Annual Food Drive. Post 39 and out Ladies Auxiliary put on several fund raising dinners this past year also. We enjoyed lots of good food and drink, entertainment, games, and we raised some money for our programs. Come on in for good food and friendship! Again this year, we contributed to the Arizona Sportsmen’s Fund by donating money to Send-A-Kid-To-Camp fund. This is a program that benefits all children, many of whom are chil-dren of members of our armed forces, who other-wise might not be able to attend this type of event.
We have forged an alliance with the U.S.A.F. 162nd Fighter Wing and are doing more things with our military personnel and their families now
Our building fund continues to Grow, albeit slowly. Please attend our meetings to see how you can help. If you can help, please do.
AmvETs 65 sons Entertain mothersEdited by Ima Denmon
On Mothers’ Day, Sons of AMVETS Post 65 sponsored A Mothers’ Day Dinner for the Ladies Auxiliary of the post. The
affair started without a hitch. The Band, “The Sounds of Badness,” featuring Larry Bailey and Bam filled the air. The decor was most warming with pink tablecloths, candles, and Mothers’ Day balloons all around. All women were given a long stemmed rose, as all sat and conversed with one another. The meal was delicious. There was a nice serve yourself salad bar. After dinner, a champagne toast was given to all mothers. Ms. Etta Foster was presented a beautiful bouquet from the Sons.
Tickets were sold for the raffle of a large Mothers’ Day Basket, sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary. There were other door prize bags won from the raffle drawings as well. The evening continued with dancing and conversation as ev-eryone ate and enjoyed themselves. The Auxil-iary would like to thank the Sons for a very enter-taining affair.
ABOVE: These lovely ladies had a wonderful Mothers Day at AMVETS Post 65.
LEFT: Etta Foster, holding bouquet presented to her by the Sons is flanked by Sons member O. Frazier (left) and AMVET Danny Jones.
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