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American
Legion Post 56
P.O.
Box 1056
142
N. Broadway
Albert
Lea, MN 67007 |
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American
Legion Post 56 Monthly Bulletin
March
2008
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Commander's
Message
Please
bear with me as I am the fill in for Commander Gary as he and his wife
Sharon are on a well deserved vacation in warmer weather enjoying themselves. He should be back the first week in March.
As you all know we have been very busy trying to find a replacement for Heidi
Watson our club manager. We wish her well at her next job and thank her
for all the things she has done for the betterment of Post #56. She will
be missed! Thank You, Heidi!!
Todd Utpadel started as Club Manager on Feb. 18th. If you don’t know
Todd, stop in and introduce yourself and visit with him. He would like to
meet everyone he doesn’t know! I am sure he will be busy.
Hope everybody had a wonderful Valentine’s Day. Thanks to all the people that
came up for supper and supported the Club.
Please pay close attention to the March Calendar and bulletin board as things
have had to be changed. Also watch the bulletin board as who knows what
Todd has in mind for events at the club to fill up days in March with events.
We can still use some people to sell Herbergers Community Days Coupons
before March 1st. Post Everlasting will be on March 10th starting at 6pm. Please
be prompt! This ceremony is held each year to place the names of deceased
members to the Adjutant of the Post Everlasting. Other than spouses of the
deceased there will be a $6.00 charge for dinner. Bernie is working hard
on that so everyone gets notified of the event. March 17th is St.
Patrick’s Day so stop in for stew, corn beef and cabbage and a glass of green
beer. Don’t forget the 4th Sunday, March 23rd, is our Post Breakfast.
This has been very good and helps the club financially. Bring a
friend and enjoy a wonderful breakfast.
We still need volunteers to help with Bingo on Wednesday nights. If you
would like to help give Billy Christenson a call or leave your name at the club
and someone will get in touch with you. You will see a change in the Mega
Bingo. Mega Bingo has upgraded to a Progressive Mega Bingo which means it
is possible to win now three different ways. The winnings will be much
bigger than before. Come up and give it a try! This is exciting, a
lot of fun and also is another way to help the Club financially. See you
on Wednesday nights!
I will also take this opportunity to let you know about the membership renewal
update. We are now at 990 which is 93% of the total membership. Bernie
will be sending out postcard reminders to those that haven’t yet renewed their
membership. If you are one that hasn’t, please get it in the mail ASAP.
If we don’t hear from you after the mailing someone will be calling you.
Thanks again, for those that have already been paid up for their 2008-2009
membership.
Next years slate of officers is slowly coming into place. I will be moving
up to the Commanders Office, Rex Stotts will be 1st Vice and Bill Goette has
graciously said he would move into 2nd Vice Office. We will be in need of
some Trustees to step into those vacant positions. As you will know we
will have to find a Historian/Editor as well. Ed Shannon has said that he
would like to retire from that job. Thanks again Ed for everything you
have done. If you would like to serve on the board or as an officer,
please submit your name to Adjutant Bernie.
Keep the Military Troops in your prayers! We are so lucky to have the
freedom that we have here!
See you at the Club!
For God and Country
1st Vice Commander Post 56 Dave Mullenbach
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Club
Update
Hello Everyone;
My name is Todd Utpadel, I am your new club manager. I am very excited about
this opportunity. In March we are going to have a very busy month here. On
Saturday nights we are going to feature fine dining, with a special menu each
week. At the end of the month we will be having the Jack Schultz Orchestra. St.
Patty’s day will be a fun day with an all Irish menu, Karaoke with Laurie and
a Danny Boy Contest. And, don’t forget Green Beer. Please stop in and
introduce yourself, I am very excited to meet all of you.
Have A Great Day,
A Special Thanks To All Our Service Men and Women;
Todd Utpadel
Club Manager
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F.Y.I.
The following news report was submitted by Dave Mullenbach:
ALBERT LEA’S FIRST MEGA BINGO WINNER!
As her bingo card filled up on a recent Wednesday night at the American Legion
Club Post #56 in Albert Lea, Sandy Mullenbach got excited.
“I could hardly believe it! I was really nervous, I’m down to one number”,
she said to herself.
Sandy was playing Mega Bingo Even and Odd Blackout game, linked with other bingo
facilities across Minnesota, all playing simultaneously, when the next ball came
up - “I knew it was a ‘G’”, she said - and began to hope it might be the
number she needed.
“Let it be 56, let it be 56”, she kept repeating to herself.
As her final number was called out, she called out, Arnie...Arnie...Arnie...instead
of calling “Bingo”. Arnie who was near by asked if she had a Bingo and she
replied yes! She was so nervous Arnie had to call out “Bingo” for her.
“You just get so flabbergasted”, Sandy said. “You just don’t ever
expect it to happen.”
She won about $140, splitting the nearly $1122 jackpot with eight players across
Minnesota. DSL lines provide the link and at 8:30 pm every Wednesday night
the game is played.
The concept was developed in October and is played four nights a week throughout
the state.
Being Albert Lea’s first Mega Bingo winner makes Mullenbach somewhat of a
celebrity at the American Legion, according to Arnie Mulso, who oversees play.
Mullenbach isn’t complaining though, that she had to split it eight ways.
She thinks that is good that more people get to benefit from the
winnings’. I will probably use it when we go on our winter vacation.
Ed Shannon
Editor
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Auxiliary
News
It seems like it didn’t do much good to get through January when February was
just as bad, weatherwise, huh? But be grateful if you haven’t slipped
into a ditch, and you have a warm home to sit out the end of the winter. As
veteran Minnesotans, we know spring will come.
Our February 5 meeting had a rather small attendance, what with the weather, and
it being Ash Wednesday. With so many things coming up, and Easter being so
early, it was decided to postpone the spring salad luncheon until Wednesday,
April 2. So we will have our March 5 meeting to get organized for it.
I hope you get this before February 27...and don’t make that hotdish
yet!!
The Red Cross has asked us to furnish the food for the workers at the Monday,
March 10 Bloodmobile, to be held at Crossroads Church. Happily, we had
enough people sign on the donation sheet at the February 5 meeting. So
this is just a reminder to those generous volunteers to get your food to the
Legion Club by noon on Monday, March 10, and Pat Johannsen has volunteered to
take it all out to Crossroads before 1:00 pm.
Our membership chairman tells me there are a number of women who have not sent
in their membership renewal and some of them are long-standing members who
probably just forgot. So please send your $18 to Bonnie Schneider or just
drop it off at the club. They have a “mailbox” for us and we check it
frequently.
We were happy to install some new members in our Legion Auxiliary at the
February 5 meeting. We look forward to seeing them at our meetings and
other functions.
Due to weather and some other conflicts, none of us went to the District 1
meeting in Mabel January 26. But we have commission reports to keep us up
to speed. And we do have the annual reports for each committee to prepare.
They have to be in by April 15 so on Monday, April 7 we will meet at 1 pm
to prepare the annual reports and get them sent in. If you are a committee
chair, please mark this on your calendar and join us that day to complete this
important annual task.
Our next regular meeting will be at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, March 5, with the
Board meeting at 5:00 on Monday, March 3.
For
God and Country
Joyce
Rhody, Auxiliary President
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The Flag flown is in Memory of Earl Dahl from his wife
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Debt Elimination:
Thank you for your donations to help eliminate the debt. Eighty-eight
members or organizations have donated so far so can more of your join the ranks?
Please consider a donation and increase the amount given to more than
$26,116 and eliminate debt. Thank you again.
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Taps
JAY FENWICK
Born Jan. 3, 1925. Died Jan. 26, 2008. He served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II and was a member of the American Legion and the Elks Club.
WILLIAM (BILL) JON HAMMER
Born May 15, 1946. Died Feb. 1, 2008. He served in the Minnesota
Army National Guard and was a member of the American Legion.
LOREN D. MURRAY
Born Oct. 3, 1929. Died Feb. 11, 2008. He served in the U.S. Army
during the Korean War and was a member of the American Legion.
HENRY WILLIAM SCHAPER
Born Nov. 3, 1935. Died Jan. 21, 2008. He served in the U.S. Army
during 1958-60 and was a member of the American Legion.
Cleon (Click) Harold Westrum
Born Jan. 22, 1924. Died Feb. 1, 2008. He served in the U.S. Army
during World War II and was a member of the American Legion, VFW, and the Elks
Club.
VICTOR “VIC” ZAJICEK
Born Jan. 11, 1918. Died Jan. 27, 2008. He served in the U.S. Army
during World War II and was a member of the American Legion, VFW, and the
Eagles.
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Dollar-A-Month
(D.A.M.)
Southern Gateway Chapter Minn. Deer Hunters Assoc In Memory of Bill Hammer
Dave and Sue Olson In Memory of Bill Hammer
Mr and Mrs August Johnson Donation
Wanda Doyle In Memory of James Doyle
Barbara O’Connor In Memory of Lucian Trumble
Duane and Sonja Troe In Memory of James Doyle
LeAnn and Glenn Juveland In Memory of Lucian Trumble
Family of Kenneth Fischer In Memory of Kenneth Fischer
Thelma Zajecek and Family Donation to Honor Guard in Memory of
Victor Zajecek
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Thank
you for your contributions to the Dollar-A-Month fund. All
contributions support the Post 56 club facilities, maintenance &
continued growth of our organization.
Judi
Olson,
D.A.M.
Account Manager
To make a donation, click on the link to our D.A.M.
Fund Account Page.
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The
deadline for the April issue will be the Wednesday following the
post meeting. This will
be the deadline in the future!
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Veterans
Memorial Update
As of Feb. 20 a total of 2,427 of the paver bricks and 46 sponsorships have been
sold to honor those who served in the nation's armed forces. There's still
room for more paver bricks and more sponsorships!
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Post
447 VFW and Auxiliary meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of every
month at the American Legion Post 56 Clubrooms @ 7:00pm. Come and
join VFW Post 447.
Veterans
helping Veterans.
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this page is edited from American Legion Post 56 monthly newsletter
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