From Commander Bill Graves

First and foremost, I would like to thank Jeff Weaver for putting together the Breakfast and Kick-off for the 6th Annual Jaimie Cox Memorial Motorcycle Run. Thanks to Anita for the sausage gravy, Corky for scrambling the eggs, Gene for cooking the sausage, JoAnn for making biscuits, and to Cathy, Lou, Tom, Tasha, Adam, and Ann for serving the breakfast. Also, thanks to Mike, Rick, Morrie, and Michelle for washing dishes. Over 350 people attended the event. Thanks also to Mindy, Bonnie, Anita, and Val for coming in early to tend bar. 

Another BIG Thanks to Jeff for heading up a VERY successful Corn Boil again this year. Thanks to Adam & Natasha Hale for making the Corn Dogs – they were a hit again this year! Also, to Corky for cooking the delicious brats, and hot dogs. Thanks to all the other people who worked all afternoon to make the event successful. 

Don’t forget to volunteer for the Fall Festival September 6th - September 8th. Also don’t forget the parade on Sunday, September 8th at 11:00 AM.

You are reading the Post newsletter for the month of September. That means you are interested in what’s going on at the Post this month. You have paid your yearly dues, or have made the decision to be a Life Member, OR you are just checking things out on what is happening at the VFW!

We welcome your interest, but you are missing out on a lot that this Post can offer you. It all starts by YOU taking the next step by attending the monthly Post meeting, which is held at the Post Home on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM.

You do not have to volunteer to be a committee chairman, or take on a job that will take up your family time. At the Post meeting, ideas and projects are presented and voted upon by the members who are in attendance. This means YOU have a say in what is happening at our Post. 

Our Post membership is well over 250 members, but we only have 12 to 15 members who are submitting suggestions and ideas at the Post meetings. The members who are attending the meetings have been doing a fantastic job carrying out all the activities and improvements you see at the Post and read about in the newsletter.

Just think what we could accomplish by adding 10 or more active members who would attend the Post meeting and give us new ideas and suggestions! Take the time to come to a Post meeting, and take part in the process. The Post meeting is the most important activity of the VFW!