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Monthly Meeting

Fourth Thursday at the Kirby Stewart Americal Post on 75th Street. W at 10:30 am.

NOTICE

E-BOARD MEETING DAY AND HOUR CHANGED

E-Board will no longer meet on the second Monday of the month.

We will now meet @9:00 AM, prior to our general meeting, on the fourth Thursday of the month. All elected officers are required to attend and all appointed officers are requested to attend.

PresidentThomas G. Hannon 795-5061

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1st Vice CommanderJoseph Manna 741-9632

2nd Vice Commander Ralph Hager

3rd Vice Commander Walter "Scotty" Blomeley

Treasurer Henry "Hank" Buhlinger

Secretery Carl Block

Chaplain Kenneth W. Sullivan

Sgt. at Arms Richard "Dick" Roehr

Judge Advocate Ted Czerwinski

Veterans Council Rep

Terry Willis

Scotty Blomeley

Meetings: Executive Board,4th Thursday of each month at 9 AM.

Members 4th Thursday of each month, meetings are at Kirby Stewart Post 24 at 10:30 AM.

Our annual picnic/meeting was held on Thursday, October 27 at Coquina Beach, under sunny skies on a beautiful, warm day. Scotty Blomeley was in charge, ably assisted by Joe manna and by Rich Caverly and Bill Gilkerson who manned the grill. Everyone seemed to have a very enjoyable day. Prior to the picnic we held our regular E Board meeting, at which a motion was passed for us to contribute two hundred dollars to the Coalition On Homelessness. We also agreed to hold our annual Christmas dinner at the Elks Lodge on 75th St. in Bradenton. The date of that dinner appears elsewhere in this Viewpoint. All members are invited to this dinner, at no cost, however this year guests must pay $15 for their dinner.

We have again been invited to Braden River Middle School to present Our Tell America Program on Monday, November 7 at 9 AM. During the same week on Thursday, November 10 at 8:30 AM we have been invited to participate in the raising of the flag ceremony at B.R.M.S.

The annual Veterans Day parade sponsored by the Manatee Veterans Council, will form at 8 AM on Friday, November 11 at the Fairgrounds in Palmetto on 17th St. Billy Skinner has volunteered to drive his pickup truck for those of us interested in participating in the parade. Ceremonies will take place at Sutton Park in Palmetto.

All veterans have been invited to the Sahib Shriners, Tribute to Veterans Program on Friday, November 11 at 7 PM at 600 N. Beneva Road , Sarasota. We have also been invited to present our Tell America Program, At State College of Florida in Venice on Tuesday, November 15th at 9 AM. Volunteers are always needed to participate in these school presentations.

We welcome our newest member Robert H Lewis, a veteran of the united states Air Force.

The officers that have been nominated for the year 2012 are as follows:

Commander – Skip Hannon

First Vice Commander – Roy Robertson.

Second Vice Commander – Ralph Hager

Third Vice Commander – Scotty Blomeley

Treas. – Hank Buhlinger

Sec. – Billy Skinner

Voting for officers will take place at our meeting on Thursday, November 17 and the officers will be installed at our Christmas – dinner meeting.

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