MAY 2006
COMMANDER’S CORNER: Hello. I am going to try this again, MEMBERSHIP, MEMBERSHIP. We are doing a little better, but we’re still behind. Without 100%, we are going to miss a lot of recognition for OUR Post. FINAL NOTICE: Elections will be held by ballot at Post 327 on 21 May at 6:00 p.m. Please remember to bring your 2006 membership card. Our Memorial Day picnic will be held on Sunday, 28 May 2006 from noon until 6:00 p.m. Please come out and enjoy the picnic with your family and friends. We had the Veterans from the VA Hospital over on the 27th of April for some fun and relaxation. As always, everyone enjoyed the visit. The Awards Night was a big success. I would like to thank everyone for coming out and supporting it. For God and Country, Jim Dunning
FIRST VICE COMMANDER: Membership is just under 87% with 1,085 members, but we still need the other 13% to renew in order to make our 100% goal for 2006. If you haven’t done so, please RENEW as soon as possible. For God and Country, Byron L. Pianalto
SECOND VICE COMMANDER: No input. For God and Country, Todd Baitis.
ALA UNIT 327 PRESIDENT: Hello Ladies! May is here, and it’s election time. Please come to our meeting and vote for your new officers on May 2nd at 8:00 p.m. I just want to say thank you to all who helped this year. On Friday, May 5th, we will serve a Mexican dinner. All of our reports have been done and sent. Our District meeting will be in May, and that will tell what or if any awards we bring home for all the hard work we did for the 2005-2006 year. We still have time to get our 100% membership, so please, if you know someone who has not yet paid his or her dues, help us out. Please help us meet our goal. For God and Country, Dawn Thomas
C&Y Chairman: Thanks for participating in the children’s Easter party. The Memorial Day Parade will be in downtown Portsmouth on Monday, 29 May. Post 327 Honor Guard will march in the parade that will kick off at 10:00 a.m. Hopefully, all Legionnaires will come out and support this parade. I have invited the Norfolk Sheriff’s Department to come to the Post to give a presentation on the IDENT-A-KID program on 20 May from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. The age group for the IDENT-A-KID program is toddlers through 16-years old. For God and Country, Johnnie A. Maples, II.
Post 327 Sergeant-at-Arms: A Special “THANK YOU” from all the members of Post 327 goes to Brenda and James Fishel, Robert Perkins, and Patrick and Victoria Carney for the numerous hours they volunteered cleaning our Banquet Hall from top to bottom including washing the walls, ceiling tiles, and pictures on 13 April 2006. For God and Country, Carl Carney
SQUADRON 327 COMMANDER: Hello Everyone! Elections are just around the corner. Please vote for the right ones and give them the respect that you gave to all the officers of the Post, Unit, and SALs. Membership great, but we only need 10 more members for a 100%. Try to get your membership dues in. Thank you. The Easter party went very well thanks to all the volunteers. Playground clean up is in May. Please try to help before the picnic. Dinner is coming up also in May. Please check the menu board. Thanks to all of the officers for a job well done. For God and Country, Dave Samson
ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT: Please adhere to the new NO PARKING areas in our parking lot. The end spot to the left as you walk out the front door is not a parking area. Also, the last spot as you leave the parking lot at the back of the Legion is not a parking spot. We did not do this to take away parking spots, but for safety reasons. If you park in these spots you will be asked to move your auto. We have a check policy in effect, which states no checks will be cashed prior to 4:00 p.m. We would like to get out of the check cashing business, and the board of directors is looking for a way to do this and still keep you, the customer, happy. The Association has a safe it would like to sell. It’s a small safe in excellent condition and would be great at home for personal use. We will take sealed bids until the Memorial Day Picnic. The highest bid will get the safe. If you would like to see the safe, please see Sandi, our Club Manager, or me. With summer fast approaching, please remember our dress code after 9:00 p.m. in the Clubroom. Dress code is available in the lobby of the Clubroom. For God and Country, Jim Norton
CLUB MANAGER: The Friday night dinner schedule is 5 May – Mexican (ALA), 12 May – Ribs, 19 May – Spaghetti, 26 May – Cabbage Rolls. Saturday, 20 May – Prime Rib Dinner ($8.00 for members and $10.00 for non-members) – FUNDRAISER IS FOR GIRL’S STATE – “CERTIFIED ACOUSTICS” will be performing in the Meeting Hall. The Karaoke schedule is as follows: 6th – Mary Frost, 13th – Mike & Linda Rios, 20th – Walt DeGraaf, 27th – Patrick. Anyone working in the Commander’s kitchen will be required to take a food handler’s class. Class will be held on Saturday, 27 May at 9:30 a.m. Cost is $6.00. Thank you. For God and Country, Sandi Wright.
EDITOR: I want to thank everyone who has helped me in the position of Adjutant for the past year. Without your help I couldn’t have done the job along with doing membership prior to Byron Pianalto filling the First Vice Commander position and taking over the membership. I want to thank Byron for doing such a great job with membership and helping me with the newsletter, Post dinners, and numerous other things. Please remember when you vote for a Post Officer, pick someone who is going to do the job RIGHT and that’s going to be available to attend the meetings, conferences, and conventions.
HUMOR:
DO NOT TALK TO MY
PARROT!!!
Wanda's dishwasher quit working so she called a repairman. Since she had to go
to work the next day, she told the repairman, "I'll leave the key under the mat.
Fix the dishwasher, leave the bill on the counter, and I'll mail you a check."
"Oh, by the way don't worry about my bulldog. He won't bother you. But,
whatever you do, do NOT, under ANY circumstances, talk to my parrot!" "I REPEAT,
DO NOT TALK TO MY PARROT!!!" When the repairman arrived at Wanda's apartment the
following day, he discovered the biggest, meanest looking bulldog he has ever
seen. But, just as she had said, the dog just lay there on the carpet watching
the repairman go about his work. The parrot, however, drove him nuts the whole
time with his incessant yelling, cursing and name calling. Finally the
repairman couldn't contain himself any longer and yelled,
"Shut up, you stupid, ugly bird!"
To
which the parrot replied, "Get him, Spike!"