Commander - Orcutt Post 534
Volume 15 No. 3 - Monthly Publication March 2015 Commander Thank You(s) this month. Thanks to Manny Hernandez and his family for the great Santa Maria Style BBQ pit they donated to our Post. It made our first “Friday Night Hamburger Dinner” a very successful one. Thanks again to Manny for the wonderful donation. A big thanks to Bob Bumann our Post Finance Officer for many years. Bob has done terrific job with our books and keeping us out of the red. Due to personal reasons, Bob has decided to step down as our Finance Officer. When you see Bob, shake his hand and thank him for all of his dedication and work he did as the POST Finance Officer. We wish him and his wife the very best. Maybe with a little coaxing we can get him to stay on as our POST Chaplin, which he does a great job at. Neil Brown, who we all know as a hard worker for the POST, ALR, and Honor/Color Guard has stepped up to the plate to take over as Finance Officer. Bob is currently training Neil to do the job. We can rest easy knowing Neil is in good hands. Rick Pushies has decided to move on; He has shown an interest in transferring to Post 1000. We wish Rick the best and thank him for being our Old Town Report Editor, Post Historian, and Webmaster. Thanks again Rick and we wish you the best of luck. Web Site: OrcuttPost534.org By renewing your membership, it helps our POST to meet some of its obligations. The new goals of our Orcutt Post 534 is to be at 110% membership by 3/31/15. Our members is what keeps us at 534 strong. Kerry Brooks First Vice-Commander Second Vice-Commander Friday, February 13, was our first BBQ’ed Hamburger Night hosted by the POST. It was a huge success. I would like to personally thank Theresa Ruffoni, Neil Brown, and Commander Dennis Maher for making it all possible. Remember, the second Friday of the month, come on down to the POST and enjoy a great meal and some wonderful conversation. Ron Eickholt Second Vice-Commander 805-878-0450 or e-mail rone@tslseed.com Auxiliary Unit 534 This year is coming to a close, nominations and elections are coming up. Please take time to consider an office in your post. Our Auxiliary breakfast will be on Sunday, April 12 from 9 to 11: a.m. We are having it on the second Sunday due to Easter being the first Sunday of the month. The price is only $8.00 per plate which includes; ham, scrambled eggs, country style potatoes, toast, fruit, coffee and orange juice. Hope to see you there. "Semper Fi" Dennis Maher Commander, Orcutt Post 534 Also, don’t forget our infamous “Fiesta Night” every last Tuesday of the month from 6 to 7:00 p.m. For only $5.00 per plate, you will receive; 2 tacos and all the fixings. The plate also includes rice and beans. First Vice - Commander “We have the best tacos in town!” As your First Vice Commander, I would like to thank all our members who helped us reach our goals of 100% before the District meeting which was held on 2/22/15. We still have some members who have not renewed their membership. Gloria Alvarez President, Auxiliary Unit 534 The Old Town Report American Legion Riders On Presidents Day, Ride Captain Ty Olivar set up a ride to go to Morro Bay the back way and have lunch at The Waterfront Grill. It was KSU at 1000 with 13 bikes assembled at the Post. Those members riding were Don Bailey, John Pope, Rick Campbell, Grant Meyers, Ty & Linda Olivar, John Archuleta & I, with guests Rob Freyer, Pernell Ritoh, Pat Casarez, Mark Salinas, Geary Olivera, Dave Mann & Marie LaFlame. The route took us up to A.G., up Hwy 227 to just before SLO Airport, over to S. Higuera St, onto Los Osos Valley Rd. to Los Osos, then to Morro Bay State Park area, through the Golf course and into Morro Bay & the restaurant. The food was very good and the company even better. Great day riding the roads with friends! On Saturday March 28th, there will be a Welcome Home Veterans Day event put on by VVA 982 being held at the Guadalupe City Hall building. The opening ceremony starts at 11:00am. There will be a BBQ, raffle, live music, etc. Also on Saturday March 28th, personnel from VAFB are putting on a Special Olympics Poker Run fundraiser that will start & end at Lompoc Post 211. The run departs at 1100, goes to Santa Ynez Elks, Ghost Riders, Orcutt Post 534 and back to Lompoc Post 211. There will be a BBQ there as well. At our February meeting we left it up to our members to decide which event they will attend but we did send a donation to each group from our ALR Chapter 534. Don’t forget the ALR State Convention being held on April 17, 18, & 19th. The Convention location is the Clovis Veterans Memorial Building. I believe the convention is hosted by Sanger ALR Chapter 23. All the Convention information is available at www.alrdoc.com - Once there, click on ALR State Convention 2015 to get more information. The next ALR meeting will be Wed. March 11th at 7:00pm. The Post General Membership meeting is at 6:00pm, so please plan to attend both. Until next month, get the wind in your face but ride safe. Jim Banakus President ALR Chapter 534/District 16 Sons of the Legion Thank you everybody who joined us on Super Bowl Sunday for the Sons Of The American Legion "All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast". Myself and our crew thank you for your support. I'm sorry to say but our membership is not at 100% but close, I myself will be mailing out reminders to the few who haven't or forgotten to renewed membership and will be asking them to do so A.S.A.P. All S.A.L. members will be receiving paper newsletters, members receiving their newsletter is important to us and it's contents and we apologize for the inconvenience and confusion that was brought to our S.A.L. members thank you S.A.L. Commander COMMITTEEMAN REPORT This is a first notice to the American Legion Post #534 Current Membership (2015 card holders) that the 2015 Picnic for Post #534 Legion, Auxiliary, SAL and ALR will be on Sunday, August 9th, 2015 (11AM to 3PM) at Pioneer Park, 1000 West Foster Road, Orcutt, CA. Silvester Hernandez will be performing live Country music. Buffet style Picnic lunch will start at 1PM with Barbecue beef, side dishes, (1) soft drink and dessert available. For Post #534 2015 card holder and spouse, with immediate family children under 12 yrs. of age, the lunch is free. Other individuals, 12 Years and older, will be charged $10. per lunch by the cashier. Adults (21 Yrs. or older) can also purchase liquor based drinks, wine or beer. Soft drinks other than lunch soft drink will be available for purchase. Complimentary tap beer is available for adults. The 15 acre park amenities include oak shaded picnic area, pavilion, horseshoe pits, softball diamond, and children play equipment. Rest room facilities are in the Picnic area. Remember to bring your Post #534 2015 card with you. Any recent transferees to or joining Post #534 will be resolved. Due to our ABC permit, liquor, wine and beer brought into the park is not permitted by others then by the Post #534 Picnic caterers. Other individuals can bring their own soft drinks if they wish. Don Alt, Executive Committeeman Volume 15 Issue 3 — M a r c h 2 0 1 5 — Page 2 The Old Town Report WE DID IT! #1 DISTRICT IN MEMBERSHIP Commander Voting Members of Executive Committee Dennis Maher 480-558-6956 jarhead1942@gmail.com Adjutant Keith Mason 805-345-7538 cyclingbum@yahoo.com 1st Vice Commander 2nd.Vice Commander Finance Officer Kerry Brooks Ron Eickholt Bob Bumann 805-714-5452 kdbrooksx1@yahoo.com 805-878-0450 rone@tslseed.com 805-344-2172 rcbumann@aol.com Sergeant-at-Arms Dave Maher 805-714-7027 onquecatering@Gmail.com Judge Advocate Larry Thomas 805-934-5985 larpegthom@yahoo.com Veteran Service Officer George Torbert 805-937-3960 torbertgk@yahoo.com Junior Past Commander Jim Keleman 805-260-0136 Exec. Committeeman Derrell Stagner 805-934-2355 None Exec. Committeeman Don Alt 805-937-8286 donald.alt@exelisinc.com Non — Voting Member of Executive Committee Americanism Chair Alan Munch 805-937-8598 munchfmy@gmail.com District 16 achieved 1st PLACE in the Department for membership at 90.47% of goal. I could not be more proud of all the efforts of our Posts. My thanks to Paul Brown, Assistant District Adjutant and Post 1000 Transfer Guru as well. Without Paul's tireless efforts in support of our District membership initiative we would not have become. #1 District in membership for the Department of California. We are also very close to reaching 100% of our 2014-2015 membership goal! Keep up the good work and we will soon exceed that goal! Dave Forney District 16, Commander Auxiliary President Gloria Alvarez 805-934-1218 gloriaalvarez4286@comcast.net SAL Commander Sal Cruz 805-710-1878 stratman007@yahoo.com ALR President Jim Banakus 805-714-9630 Harley4Jim2@aol.com Highwayman Newsletter Editor Other Post Leaders Grant Meyers 805-657-7232 None Dave Maher 805-714-7027 onquecatering@Gmail.com Sgt-at-Arms To my Post 534 Brothers and Sisters, I have recently volunteered to provide you with our monthly newsletter. First of all, I want to apologize for my first issue. I promise to be better at it in the future. I have some very BIG shoes to fill. Rick Pushies is without a doubt the best editor we could have asked for. I personally am sad to see him go. Thanks for everything Rick and best of luck with your endeavors. I will also be taking over our Facebook account and in the near future, our post website. Thank you for your patience. Dave Maher Sgt-at-Arms Volume 16 Issue 4 — M a r c h 2 0 1 5 — Page 3 The Old Town Report Orcutt Post 534 The American Legion, 145 W. Clark Avenue Orcutt, CA 93455 March 2015 Volume 14 No. 12 - Monthly Publication Return Service Requested Orcutt Post 534 — March 2015 — Activity Calendar Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Biker’s Breakfast 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Daylight Savings Time Starts 9 Darts 10 11 6 p.m. Post Meeting 7 p.m. ALRiders 12 13 Friday Burgers by Post 534 14 Depar tment 15 Depar tment 16 Darts 17 6 p.m. Executive Committee 18 7 p.m. Meeting Legion Auxiliary 19 20 Newsletter Deadline 21 22 23 Darts 24 35 26 27 Fiesta Night 28 29 30 31 1 April 2 3 4 Executive Committee Post 56 7 p.m. Meeting Sons of Legion Executive Committee Post 56 March 1 - Biker Breakfast, March 28 - Special Olympic Poker Run, August 29 Post Picnic, Pioneer Park Post Hours: Happy Hour: M-F. 4-6 p.m. Post Phone: 805-937-0651 Web Site: orcuttpost534.org
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