Well, September is here!
Maybe a little cooler weather? At
least the snow birds will start to return.
August was a slow month with an event for the JROTC at Dixie High. We had more than fourteen of our members in
attendance. We also took part at the
flag raising at the Washington County Fair.
With summer nearly over, the detachment will be involved in
a number of projects. A picnic for Marines
and their families is scheduled on September 15, 2012 from noon until 1400
hours at the 2450 East Park, the pavilion located at 2450 E. and 130 N. We will provide soft drinks and food. We will have items also for children. If you know any Marine families in the area,
please be sure to invite them to the event; the event will be called "1st
Annual USMC Appreciation Day for Washington County."
The Dixie Book will also be available for sale in the next
few weeks. The books have been a good
fund raiser for the detachment. The
problem is that more groups sign up to sell them each year. So, it is important for each of us to contact
our friends to advise them we will have the books again this year.
The other big event is the Marine Corps Ball on November
10th at SunRiver’s Community Center ballroom.
The ticket price will be the same low price of $25.00 per person. The committee has been meeting all year and
they have planned another great event.
The tickets are now available from Ken Olsen. We will also have the tickets at the
September meeting. There will be no
tickets sold at the event. As part of
the event, we will again sell ad space in our program this year. The selling of ads is also a great fund
raiser. The ad committee has prepared a
very informative letter for you to present to businesses telling them about our
detachment along with an order form. All
you have to do is go out and give them to businesses you deal with for your
insurance, medical, auto repairs, dental etc.
Bill Feeney has agreed to chair a committee formulate a plan
for distribution of funds to different groups which we would like to
support. If you would like to help spend
our money, please contact Bill Feeney.
I do not have the name
of the speaker for the September meeting, but Steve Ikuta has provided a great
speaker since he has taken on the task.
So, I feel sure that we will have another great speaker in
September. I do hope you all attend the
meeting to show the speaker that we appreciate them giving up a Saturday
morning.
We continue to look for new members and to get old members
to attend the meetings. We can also use
a few more members for the color guard.
We need members who will step up when needed. It has been great that we have not been
needed for a lot of funerals but we need to be ready if called upon to
serve. I hope to see everyone at the
meeting and the picnic.
Carl Kulyk, Commandant
