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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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FLAGS ARE AVAILABLE We have United States and Iowa flags available in several sizes and materials. The first price after each flag is for non-members and the second price is for members.
United States Flags 3 X 5 COTTON $12.00 $12.00 12” X 18” NYLON $ 8.00 $ 6.00 3 X 5 NYLON 100% $20.00 $17.00 4 X 6 NYLON 100% $32.00 $28.00 3 X 5 KORALEX II $31.00 $26.00 4 X 6 KORALEX II $39.00 $32.00 Iowa Flags 2 X 3 NYLON $18.00 $16.00 3 X 5 NYLON $26.00 $23.00 4 X 6 NYLON $30.00 $27.00 3 X 5 DURALITE $26.00 $23.00
All above flags have canvas headings and brass grommets. All flags are individually boxed. To get one of the above flags, contact Vern Oberheu at 319-352-4617. |
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Bi-monthly
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**************************************************** DISTRICT ORATORICAL CONTEST A Third District Oratorical Contest is scheduled to begin at
2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 8, in Gilbertville. Host for the contest is
Nugent-Demuth Post # 714 in their Legion Hall at 1110 Sixth Street in
Gilbertville. Snow date, in case of inclement weather, will be January 15 at
the same time and place. LEGISLATIVE DAY If you are interested in state legislative issues relating to wartime military veterans, Legislative Day Wednesday, January 18, is for you. Activities begin with an orientation meeting at Department Headquarters, 720 Lyon Street, Des Moines, at 8:00 a.m. From there everyone is shuttled as a group to the State Capitol for a group presentation and individual meetings with representatives and senators. The purpose is to maintain and improve veterans’ benefits by the state of Iowa. BREMER COUNTY LEGION MEETING The next meeting of the Bremer County Association of American Legion Posts is Thursday, January 19, 8:00 p.m., at the Waverly Post 176 Legion Hall, 208 Eighth Avenue Southwest, Waverly. One item on the agenda is endorsing Brent Wightman for Department Vice Commander. Another item is approving a resolution received from Waverly Post 176. All members of this Post are encouraged to attend. DEPARTMENT MID-WINTER CONFERENCE The Department Mid-Winter Conference will be Friday to
Sunday, February 10-12, at the Airport Holiday Inn, 6111 Fleur Drive, Des
Moines, IA 50321-9906. Members, especially some officers, are encouraged to
attend. Reservations should be made soon. Ask for American Legion room
rates. Call (515) 287-2400. AMERICAN LEGION BIRTHDAY PARTY Sunday, March 11, is the day for our
celebration of the birthday of The American Legion.
Social gathering begins at 5:00 p.m. with potluck
dinner at 6:00 p.m. Bring one hot dish and one cold
dish (only one of the two for one person), and bring
your own table service. Birthday cake, ice cream and
beverage will be provided.. CHILI AND OYSTER SUPPER Since the March date worked well in 2009 the
decision was made to use the same time in 2012. It is still not too late for
a good turn out and the weather is less likely to cause a postponement or
cancellation. Further planning will be done at our February meeting. LEGION HALL RENTAL Anyone wanting to rent the Legion Hall should contact Hubert Barber at 352-3112 or Martin Heering at 352-4509. Check with one of them for rates, availability, and terms of use. POST MEMBERSHIP The target for our post for 2012 is 155. On December 16 our membership was 118, 76.13% of target. Dues are $30.00 per year. Please pay yours as soon as possible. HAWKEYE BOYS STATE We have made reservations for two to
attend Hawkeye Boys State at Camp Dodge June 10-15. Our
two delegates will be selected later from candidates
selected from High School Juniors in Waverly-Shell Rock
High School who apply to our selection committee. Two
will be selected and one or two alternates will be
designated. Richard Miller is our Boys State Chairman.
For more information contact him at 352-9085 or
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*************************************************** AUXILIARY UNIT #176 NOTES FROM THE PRESIDENT Thank you to the 27 who came to the December meeting. We
need good attendance to keep our programs going. MEMBERSHIP Membership for 2012 is 100 as of December 16, 86.967% of goal. Membership goal for our unit is 115. AUXILIARY PROJECTS 1. Save grocery coupons. (DISCONTINUED immediately;
money used to ship the coupons will be placed in a local welfare fund for
veterans.) MID-WINTER PARTICIPATION More unit members should go to the Mid-Winter Conference in Des Moines in mid-February. It is a great opportunity to learn more about the Auxiliary mission and activities and exchange ideas with other Auxiliary member in the state of Iowa. Time is short this year but consider it next year. Talk to those who have attended. It concentrates more on activities and less on meetings. It is worthwhile for those who would rather do things beside sit in meetings. Broaden your personal horizons in The American Legion Auxiliary. You may be surprised at how much you can learn. ANNUAL FOOD BASKETS We are continuing our tradition of giving food baskets in the form of food certificates to 15 families or individuals who need help with getting enough to eat. They are distributed in early December to people needing help identified by helping organization without revealing their identities. This year the certificates are distributed by Cedar Valley Friends of the Family. We sometimes get thank yous from some of the recipients although that is not required. We do, however, identify ourselves as the giver.
*************************************************** ASSISTENCE FOR WOUNDED WARRIOR Our Post and Unit provided monetary help with living expenses for a recent wounded veteran of the war in Afghanistan. He needs treatment for war wounds, his one daughter had complications with a tonsillectomy and he was removed from the National Guard payroll. He was deactivated from federal duty without adequate medical treatment. His application for treatment by the Department of Defense and parallel restoration to the federal payroll are still pending. Until then he is in need of financial assistance from other sources including us.
DEPARTMENT SYMBOLS, SLOGANS AND PROJECTS The Legion Symbol is the American Eagle. __________________________________________________ Richard Miller, Post Commander 352-9085 Burton Boevers, Post Adjutant 352-4513 Donna Kay Oberheu , Auxiliary President 352-4617 Marvin Behrens, Newsletter Editor 352-0798
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