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Volume XXV  Issue IV                            THE POST                   April 30, 2025

Jr. Vice Commander’s Call

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The parking areas, starting by the Parks garage is being resurfaced all will continue going north to the main parking area. When that is completed the south road to the main parking area will be done. If all goes well the resurfacing should be done the first of the month.

 

When the parking areas are done the two trailers will be moved to a location close to our garage. We then should be able to move items out of the trailers and into our storage area or into the garage. 

 

The two display cabinets in the meeting area have had a number of items put back. There are still more items to be gone through and placed in the cabinets or put in storage.

 

Attached are the Poppy Fund Raiser store signup sheets which there are still openings where more people are needed. Please note the dates for the store manning. Most have May 16th and 17th.  One store has May 9th and 10th, the other has store has a June 6th and 7th date. The signup sheet has an asterisk by the openings where manning is needed.

 

The post will be open for the for the Poppy fund drive at 0800 for coffee and sweet rolls. The aprons, donation containers, and Poppy’s can be picked up at that time. The stores need to be manned by 0900 to 1400 (2:00pm).

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Respectfully,

Bob Reger, Junior Vice Commander

Senior Vice Commander’s Call

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This intro is beginning to sound like a broken record. Remember them in our youth. State set our membership goal at 154 for this the 2025 legion calendar year. Thanks to your strong response and dedication to duty we achieved that several months ago. In fact, you put us as one of the top performing posts not only in our district, but in the division (Cook County) and the entire state of Illinois. 


Officially we sit at 161 members. Which puts us at 105%. However, sadly with the loss of several members over these past 60 days that number has been reduced. We have a predominately older membership. So, when nature takes its course, these things will happen. I knew all these men. Some better than others. They all had a common denominator of serving our country with honor, residing in the community for a long time, being married with children and grandchildren. You might say that they were the backbone of our society for their contributions and service. 


You cannot really replace these individuals. Being active in this post for over 20 years now I know there are always men and women of honor that we can bring into the ranks. Let us endeavor to do so. Finally, it is good to see some of our members who have been battling illness out and about. For those who are still dealing with the effects of surgery and recovery please keep these members in your thoughts and prayers. Kindly check sick call and Chaplains Corner. God bless and take care.

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Take care and as always God bless,

Dean Morrell, Senior Vice Commander




24 year 101st Airborne Veteran Bob Hoyt models the legion beret with Senior Vice Commander Dean Morrell.

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