Well, April is here.
It is time to nominate new officer’s to replace those ending their
term. Mike Ernsten, the one man
nominating committee, seems to have some problem with finding people to fill
the positions. Here is your chance to
step up and make the Detachment better.
It is important that we find the right people to do the job, so please
attend the meeting.
The detachment handled three funerals in March. I do appreciate the members who continue to
attend and assist with the funerals. We
have lost another one of our members with the passing of Art Archambault. The family has requested that we provide
military honors for him. The memorial
service will be on April 8 at the Dixie Elks Lodge. We will provide the time as soon as
possible. We need at least fourteen
color guard members to do a full service.
If you are one and can attend, please contact Larry Mineer. Since Art was a charter member of the
Detachment, it would be nice if all members could attend. You should wear our meeting uniform with
cover.
The committee, headed by Bill Feeney, for Detachment giving
has recommended that we donate $500.00 to the Dixie Elks/City of Saint George
to support a swim program for special needs persons.
It has also been recommended that we donate $317.00 to the JROTC for one of their award programs which we have supported in the past. You can provide your input at the meeting on these donations.
Our second Marine Appreciation Day has been arraigned by
Steve Handy. It will be held on May 18 at the Vernon Worthen Park in St.
George. He will have flyers with all the
details at the next general meeting. We
have completed the Dixie Books sale this year.
We were able to raise more than $1,500.00 and this was with a lot of
members not even buying a book for themselves.
I guess that I can understand why they don’t sell any when they can’t
even sell themselves one.
Based on the above, it is hard for me to try to get members
to support our golf tournament. But it
is set for June 1 at Sun River. I know
how hard a few members work to try and make it successful. It is our main fund raiser. At the last general meeting, it was announced
that there were flyers for the tournament and tee signs on the front table for
you to take. They were for you to try
and find golfers and tee sign sponsors.
I saw only one person come up and take a flyer. I guess you have no problem letting Clyde and
Larry find the golfers and tee sign sponsors to make the tournament a
success. It would be nice if everyone at
least tried to help. We do need raffle
prizes and I have no excuse that I can make for you if you can’t even try to
obtain a few. The flyers tell how we use
the money we raise so all you have to do is give them out. You should plan on
hearing a lot about the golf tournament in the next two months.
Steve Handy and Jim Haney, with Bill Feeney as
supervisor-project manager and material provider, were able to redo the Veteran
Display at the Dixie Elks Lodge. If you
are up there, you should check out the great job they did.
Terry Hansen was able to build a needed speaker’s podium at
the veteran’s center. Our members
continue to serve the community.
I have received a report from Dennis Cory’s wife that his
surgery on April 1 went well and they are hopeful that they were able to remove
all the cancer. They think he will be in
the hospital about three days, and he is scheduled to be moved into a regular
room on April 2.
I hope to see you all at the meeting on April
13. If you sponsored someone and they
are not attending meetings, please call and invite them to attend.
Carl Kulyk, Commandant
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