august 2018 - american legion post 116 · our breakfast's will resume next month, september...
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It has been a crazy summer so far. Too cool some days, too hot on oth-er days, and too much rain in be-tween, all surrounding a wonderful Fourth of July!
Congratulations are in order. We are already sold out for this years’ Crab Feast on September 29th. I am looking forward to a GREAT time and hope that everyone who wanted to attend got their tickets! Congratulations also for $1.00 beers on Mondays’. This has been very successful, and hope that it will continue through-out the remainder of the summer. I know our bartender, Nancy has been happy to see such a good turnout Don’t forget the Auxiliary Golf Tournament coming up on August 3rd. This should be a very fun day. Also, don’t forget our open to all meeting on the 5th Thursday of August. I am hopeful for a big turnout to discuss anything beneficial to the legion. On a very positive note, Richard Erat has stepped up to fill our vacant Chaplains position. I know Richard has filled this position in the past, and look forward to his continued success in the future. Thank you. On a personal note, I want to thank all of those members who have continuously asked how my wife is doing after her fall and broken arm. She is pro-gressing on a daily basis. Again, thank you. Alan Kaplan, Commander 2018-2019 443-413-3788
Email: [email protected]
COMMANDER’S MESSAGE
Reisterstown American Legion Post 116
1090 Westminster Road
Reisterstown, Maryland 21136
410-833-9605 Website: www.post116.org
2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2003, 2000 & 1999 Winner of the Department of Maryland John Sloan Newsletter Award
AUGUST
2018
THE POST
Thursday, August 2 ALR Mtg. 7:00pm Thursday, August 9 SAL Mtg. 7:00pm Monday, August 13 V-J Day WWII Thursday, August16 Post Meeting 7:00pm Friday, August 17 Reporter Cut-off Thursday, August 23 Auxiliary Mtg,7:00pm Thursday, August 30 Joint Mtg 7:00pm
(Cut this out or mark your calendar)
Please support this event and help our Riders!
President’s
Message
Greetings Everyone
First a big thank you to John Quick for stepping up and taking on the chaplain position. While we did have to cancel the
luau due to a scheduling conflict there is still plenty going on. By the way, our plans are to have the luau back next year…just couldn’t fit it in this year. Coor-dinating these events around other schedules can be difficult.
The riders are at Timonium state Fairgrounds on Fridays (see ad on front page) for motorcycle races. Check it out, it could be an exciting event.
The Auxiliary has the golf tournament on August 3 and the post has their crab feast on September 29, back at the post this year.
A new round of our Ace of Diamonds game has
started up on Fridays at 8:00 at the lounge. Come
on by meet old friends and make new ones, and
maybe you could win something while you are
there! Please come out and support this event be-
cause it is one of our important fundraisers every
year.
This time of year, the thing that is always on our
mind is DUES! It’s time to renew your membership
for the 2019 administrative year. Please pay early to
help us plan our year. Remember that you get a
$2.00 discount for being an Early Bird.
We have a great membership at 116, but we can
always use a few more helpers for our projects.
Make an effort to join us at a meeting to find out
how you can help. August meeting on the 9th at
7:00pm
Leo Wolff Commander, 2018-2019
...from the
Squadron Here we are in August the ‘Dog Days’ of Summer!
Put on your calendar our First Joint Meeting 08/30/18 at 7 pm for up-dates.
Thanks to Phyllis Outten and Robin Miller for participating at the Depart-
ment Convention in Ocean City.
Thanks to Robin Miller and Georgette Hill and everyone else who participated and of course the golfers to make the Golf Tournament a huge success and fun for all.
Thanks to the ALA Unit members for volunteering at the Race Track Event along with Riders on 07/20/18, 08/03/18, 08/10/18, 08/17/18.
Be sure to put the Reisterstown Festival on your calen-dar 09/08/18 and walk in the parade to support the Post and the community.
Put on your calendar Friday September 21 for our Karao-ke all proceeds will be for the Reisterstown Mustang Cheerleaders.
Looks like the New Summer Lottery is a great success. Thanks to Tina Shipton for Chairman on this project we are on the third batch to date. Tickets are $ 5.00 for 10 chances for $250.00. Please stop at the Post for your tickets. “Ya gotta pay to play!”
Save your Coupons there is a box in the Lounge waiting for them; contact Jan Gately phone 443-597-7075 for details. Jan has been real busy cutting coupons for our overseas military!
Please continue to recruit, retain, renew your member-ship – Seniors $ 23.00 (Early Bird to 09/03/18) $25.00 Juniors -$8.00 Membership Chairman Robin Miller Phone 443-7889-4568 or email [email protected].
“All Gave Some and Some Gave All”
Sharon Hurtt Georgette Hill Auxiliary President Secretary Phone 443-694-1108 Email [email protected]
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Title: The Post Reporter Issue: Vol.XXVIII No. 8 Frequency: Monthly Organization: Reisterstown Post 116 American Legion 1090 Westminster Rd. Reisterstown, MD 21136 Cost: Free
OFFICERS 2018-2019
POST Commander . ….….A.Kaplan 1V Cmdr ..…….….M.Morton 2V Cmdr……….…......D.Ball Adjutant…….….....M.Morton Finance Officer….....T.Clarke Sgt at Arms…..….….R.Kuter Chaplain……………...R.Erat Judge Advocate.....K.Betskoff Service Officer…….M.Simon Sr. Color Bearer….......J.Hurtt Color Bearer….......B.Scruggs Historian………...........R.Erat S.A.L. Commander….......….L.Wolff 1V Cmdr………….…..B.Hare 2V Cmdr………...C.Armacost Adjutant………….M. Morton Finance Officer….…..B. Stem Chaplain……….….…J.Quick Sgt at Arms………...A.Wright Historian………..…... Judge Advocate…...M.Morton AUXILIARY President……..….........S.Hurtt Jr. President……….....K.Piper 1V Pres…….……......R.Miller 2V Pres……….…......F.Insley Secretary………............G.Hill Treasurer…...…....M.L.Griffin Chaplain………........C.Carder Sgt at Arms…........A.Worthen Historian…...…….…..P.Wills Exec. Committee…...M.Wolff …….....…..T.Shipton …….…...T.Armacost
LEGION RIDERS Director………....R.Wilkerson Asst. Dir……..E.Bouloubassis Secretary & Chaplain...S.Hurtt Treasurer………...….T.Miller Sgt at Arms……..…E.Somers Road Captain……..M.Hartzell
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Chaplain’s Corner
Please keep Post member
Steve Tapper in your prayers
as he continues to recover
from a recent back surgery.
Also remember our Com-
mander’s wife, Marsha, who
is recovering from a broken
arm.
Best wishes for a speedy re-
covery to all who are seeking
to get past injuries or illness-
es.
Please contact your chaplain
or the Post so that we can
know of illness or deaths in
your families.
Your 116
Chaplains
Squadron Chaplain
John Quick
Unit Chaplain
Carole Carder
ALR Chaplain
Sharon Hurtt
Post Chaplain
Richard Erat
Congratulations to
Tim ‘Squid’ Clarke for completing the Veterans Hike
Across Maryland
For those of you who don’t know, the Veterans Hike Across Maryland, is a se-ries of 5 hikes totaling 41 miles on the Appalachian Trail. It is the inaugural pro-gram of the Mid-Atlantic Hiking Group’s Veterans Hiking for Health initiative. The purpose of these hikes, which are free to veterans who have registered and agreed to complete a short survey, is to intro-duce veterans to the physical and mental benefits of hiking in a wilderness setting. Hikes were led by trained, volunteer hike leaders from the Mid-Atlantic Hiking Group, in small groups of approximately 15 to 20 hikers per hike leader.
Costco warehouse shopping is com-ing to Owings Mills. There will be a reception at our Post on August 24th beginning at 7:00pm, to sign up new members. Costco representatives will be here to answer questions and pro-vide refreshments. There will be in-centives for those who sign up at the reception, based on the level of mem-bership.
Randy Wilkerson Legion Rider Director 2018-2019
VETERAN VICTOR & VETERAN VICTORIA
“BENEFITTING AMERICA’S VETERANS”
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Mark Simon [email protected]
For Reisterstown Post 116
Legion Riders
An awesome Assortment of Amalgamated Announce-ments Aimed At a Fairly Attentive Audience for August!
First & foremost, I’d like to extend a gracious “Thank You” to Mr. Doug Lawrence!, our newsletter editor (& my boss), for pinch hitting for me last month as I recovered from a minor illness. Also, I’d like to correct an inaccuracy from July because Independence Day commemorated America’s 242nd birthday.
ITEM! Monday, August 19th is Presidents’ Day. Similar to Veterans Day, this non-federal holiday commemorates a day for all our nation’s presidents. To learn more, visit “Presidents Day Wikipedia”
ITEM! The President signed an “Executive Order” allowing both employees & certain veterans permitting those eligi-ble to use military-based commissaries & exchanges (similar to retail stores) as a new benefit.
ITEM! Several months ago, this column listed (“The”) Ten benefits veterans may not know about. I’d like to again list 2 that are of definite significant importance: •Any homeless veteran can contact an “Outreach Social Worker” at the VA Maryland Health Care System to learn about services that may be available to assist them. An Outreach Social Worker can be contacted Monday-Friday; 8:00am-4:30pm,except federal holidays. •Brittany White, LGSW 443-721-4930 •Brandan Pippens, LCSW-C 410-925-4310 •Jason Zick, LCSW-C 443-223-4133 •Scott Kutkat, LGSW 443-743-9409
•American Corporate Partners: Connects veterans with top companies to help them ob-tain a job (in their chosen field of interest) after their time of service. Visit www.militarybenefits.info/ (pick any topic) ITEM! I’d like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of Post 116’s newly elected officers. I’m sure they all will per-form outstandingly!
SEPTEMBER 15th
SATURDAY
7:30AM-10AM
Halfway through the year, have you been rid-ing? Flood our "American Legion Riders Post 116 Maryland" Facebook page with pictures of you on "2" or "3". There were a number of us who participated in the 2018 Hero Dog's ride, put on by Towson Post 22. This was a very nice ride & event for a great cause. Special thanks to all who helped setup and run our 1st night of Flat Track Racing, which was a major suc-cess! We have 3 more events taking place August 3rd, 10th & 17th. Please come on out and support these events, which support us. Our breakfast's will resume next month, September 15th, and we can use your help. Ride hard, ride safe, ride often.
Come on out for an early morning Breakfast
prepared for you by your very own American Legion Riders
Breakfast for children under 10 is just $4.00
all others are $8.00
Menu includes; Unlimited Scrambled Eggs, French Toast, Biscuits, Gravy, Bacon, Sausage, Dessert, Coffee, & Juice
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Cell: (410) 294-8614
EMAIL: [email protected]
STEVEN A. WOJOCIECHOWSKI 16200 Four Points Bridge Road Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727
at Our Post home
1090 Westminster Road Reisterstown 21136
We will be providing the standard fare,
CRABS, CORN and BEER and
all the fixin’s (of course)!
Contact: Post Home at 410-833-9605 or John Hurtt at 443-507-6017
(Limited to the first 150 crab eaters!)
The Post will be holding it’s annual
Crab Feast
On September 29th
Only
$45/person
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POST
MEMBERSHIP
2018
Yours in Legion Service Moe Morton
Membership Chairman
DEADLINE
The deadline for the September Newsletter is:
Friday, August 17th
Please e-mail your article or information to me on or before the deadline date.
Thanks to the Carol & Jay Payne & Phyllis Outten who helped stuff, fold and address the June Reporter, so I could get it to the Post Of-fice on time. Also thanks to Squid for keeping the mailing labels up to date. (It’s a difficult task) I will be addressing the Newsletter on Sun-day, August 26th at 12:30 p.m. If you can be there, your help will be appreciated! Doug Lawrence (Editor) 410-833-8404 (home) 443-858-3046 (cell) [email protected]
THE POST
RICK SHANEYBROOK PRESIDENT
144 WESTMINSTER RD REISTERSTOWN, MARYLAND 21136
Michael D. Hartzell
Brokerage Director Registered Representative
tel: 410.773.8361 cell: 410.469.0091 fax: 443.492.6706
mail: [email protected] website: tidecreek-fg.com
Come to the Post on August 29th between 8:30am and 5:00pm and get a screening that could save your life. Speak to health professionals to determine which sort of screening would be best for you.
(These are not free screenings)
We are starting the 2018-2019 Administrative Year off quite well. I want to thank the 75 members who have already remitted their 2019 dues. For those who have not sent in their check yet, please consider doing it now. It’s nice to get it out of the way, and it is the right thing to do. After all, just like with your household budget, the Legion has its bills to pay. Your payment of jest $34 helps the National and State Organizations meet their obligations. There are several ways to pay your dues. You may pay online, mail your renewal notice to the Posts with your check or drop by the Post Lounge and pay in person. If you pay at the Post or send your check in to the Post, you may take a two dollar ‘Early Bird’ discount, if desired, prior to Veterans Day. Thanks for helping to make the American Legion the largest veterans organization in the world!
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AUGUST 2018
Auxiliary Unit 116 Annual Golf Tournament
To be held at
Applications available at the Post Sign up NOW!
$75.00 entry fee per golfer
8:00 am start Team play- Captains choice
♦ Greens Fees ♦ Cart ♦ Coffee ♦ Donuts & Bagels prior to event
♦ Hot Dog & Beverage coupons at course
♦ Beer & Soda with luncheon after event
at American Legion Post 116
For more information Contact Robin Miller RMTM2222@ Yahoo.com or 443-789-4568
Your participation supports
American Legion Auxiliary Programs