Commander’s Column

The 2019 Membership Cards are in! Our annual dues are $35.00
The Early Bird has ended. The Early Bird Dinner will be November 2nd, FREE to those with a 2019 Membership Card with an Early Bird Stamp. Do not forget to bring your 2019 Membership Card.

If you can donate a Turkey or a Ham to get us through Thanksgiving, please drop it off at the Legion. We have the entire community to serve on Thanksgiving Day and lots of Hams and Turkeys are needed to make it happen. You can also give a Tax Deductible Monetary Donation for the event. Just make your check out to “American Legion Post 79″ and mail it in or drop it off at the Legion. No donation is too small.

On Tuesday the 6th, in our Dining Room at 11:00am, there will be a Health Insurance Broker here to review Medicare Supplement Plans. This is something I do every year. I am inviting the Entire Community to come up to the Post to listen and talk with him about your options. No Pressure, No Cost, the Public is Invited. The Bar is Not Open to the Public for this meeting.

A Memorial Plaque for Jay Bostwick has been mounted by the power pole, just outside our patio. Thanks to Gil Newton for lending a hand.

Monday Night Football is going strong. Come on up and watch the Game, Open to the Public. The Halloween Party was a Hoot, Thank You to all that attended, it is always a great day when we can invite the public to join us. There is a lot happening in November, Taco Tuesday is Back! 5:00 till 7:00pm on Tuesday. Also, Karaoke is back! After our Friday Dinner, from 7:00 till 11:00pm. Taco Tuesday, Friday Dinner and Karaoke are Open to the Public. Sunday the 11th is Veteran’s Day, join us at the Peeples Valley cemetery at 11:00am when we honor our fallen Veterans. Afterwards, at the Post we will be hosting a Patio Party from 12:00 till 3:00pm. Burgers and Brats on the wood fired pit. The Ceremony and Patio Party are Open to the Public. Saturday the 17th, after our Post meetings the Ladies Auxiliary will be hosting Feather Bingo. From 2:00 till 6:00 PM, Open to the Public. Come on down you might win a Turkey. Thanksgiving Day we will have our Free! “Community Appreciation Dinner”. Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner with all the fixin’s, No-Charge! Our way of saying thanks to our community and the people that support us. Donations to the Post will be gladly accepted. Sorry, but there will be no take-out dinners. Meals on Wheels will be delivering. Our Kitchen will be closed the day after, no Dinner on Friday, the 23rd. We really do need some help with our Thanksgiving Dinner. If you can donate an hour or two of your time anytime during Thanksgiving week it would be greatly appreciated. Our Kitchen services will be limited during Thanksgiving week, due to all the cooking and cleaning that will be going on, All Week. Please bear with us.

If you show your membership card before the bartender asks to see it, you get 25 cents off your first drink! “RED SHIRT FRIDAY”; if you are wearing a red shirt you get 25 cents off your first drink!

For God and Country,
Gary Adams, Commander, American Legion Post 79

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Commander’s Quote:

“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”

– Thomas Jefferson

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VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED FOR THE FOLLOWING:

Taco Tuesday needs people
To be in the Legion Honor Squad
To run Texas Hold ‘Em
To help out with special events
To contact businesses to sell ads for the newsletter
To help with Friday night dinners & 50/50
To help with Quarterly cleaning of the post

IF YOU CAN HELP OUT WITH ANY OF THE ABOVE, PLEASE LET ONE OF THE OFFICERS OR YOUR  BARTENDER KNOW. THANKS!

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