Holiday Get-Together: As stated in the last newsletter, a Holiday Get-Together was held at the Veteran’s Memorial Hall by Post 169 and the Post’s Auxiliary

American Legion Monthly Dance: The American Legion invites everyone to our monthly dance on the first Friday of each month from 7–10 p.m. at the Roseville Veterans Memorial Hall, 110 Park Drive (Royer Park), Roseville. Cost is $8 per person. Please come and tell your friends. We have a large ballroom and we play ballroom, Latin, swing, and nightclub music by DJ Bob Wayman. So, please invite your neighbors, friends, or people you just met to come and enjoy a couple of hours of good music and dancing. You do not need to be a veteran to come and have fun. We also have an open bar for refreshments

New Members Night: There was a new members night at our regular post meeting on Thursday, Mar 4. The post served dinner to welcome all new members for 2009/10. Approx 42 members attended to witness 10 new members being initiated into the American Legion.

American Legion Birthday: As in the past couple of years, the Post hosted and celebrated the 91^st birthday anniversary of our American Legion on Thursday, Mar 4, during the New Members Night welcome and dinner. The Post Auxiliary Unit 169 provided the Birthday cake

and decorated the tables. Our thanks to the Auxiliary and all who attended.

2010 Membership Dues: The membership fiscal year is from 1 July to 30 June. Check your membership card. If it does not state 2010, your dues are past due. Our dues are only $27 a year. Remember, our dues and all donations are tax deductible. Pay your dues directly to the Post and not to national. If you have paid your post dues for the current year, disregard any late dues notices you may receive from either Department of California or from National HQ. PLEASE CHECK YOUR CARD TO SEE IF YOU HAVE A A 2010 DATE. IF NOT YOUR ARE DELIQUENT.

Pre-Meeting Dinner Social: At our last meeting, our post served lasagna and salad. We normally serve freashly baked pizza. We will try and change our menu to give everyone a change. The Post is hosting a light dinner before each meeting starting at 6 pm. Refreshments will also be available. A small donation for drinks would be appreciated. Come and join us before the meeting and have a social get together.

Nomination and Election of Post Officers for 2010 -2011: In accordance with our National, Department, and Post By-Laws, first nomination of post officers will be at

our upcoming April meeting on Thursday, April 1^st. The second nomination and election of officers will be on jour regular meeting on Thursday, May 6. Your attendance and support in nominating new post officers and in the election process is crucial to our post and upcoming year. Please come and nominate your choice for our post officers for this upcoming year.

Memorial Day Service: Memorial Day Service will be held on Monday, 31 May, from 1030 AM to 12 noon, at the Roseville District Cemetery, Berry Street, Roseville. As in the past, our Post will host this year’s service. Please come and remember our past veterans of all wars who served our country.

Blue Star Mothers Casino Nite: Our BSMs will present a casino night on Saturday, May 15, at the Roseville Veterans Memorial Hall, 110 Park Dr, Roseville. This is a big time casino event and lots of fun for all. Refreshments will be available for our no-host bar. Come and join in the fun and games.

Post Everlasting and Sickness Notification: Our

deepest sympathy to the families of our departed comrade. May he forever rest in peace !

Robert Pearsol

Sickness Notification:

None reported this period

If anyone knows of our Post’s members or Auxiliary Unit members that are infirmed or passed on, please let us or Auxiliary Unit know as soon as possible.

Post 169 and Auxiliary Unit 169 REGULAR Meetings: The regular Post and Auxiliary Unit meetings are held on the first (1^st) Thursday of each month. All Post and Unit members are invited and strongly encouraged to attend. The meetings are held at the Roseville Veteran’s Memorial Hall, 110 Park Drive, Roseville. The meetings start promptly at 7:00 PM, with a social at 6 PM. See calendar.

Post 169 and Auxiliary Unit 169 EXECUTIVE Meetings: Post and Auxiliary Unit Executive Meetings are held on the third (3^rd) Thursday of each month starting at 7:00 PM at the Veterans Memorial Hall, 110 Park Drive (Royer Park) Roseville. See calendar. All Post/Unit members are invited and are encouraged to attend.

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Passing and Sickness Notification: Our deepest sympathy to the families of our departed sister. May she forever rest in peace !

None reported this period

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST:

Cemetery Availability for Post Members: The Post has burial plots at both the Roseville Community Cemetery and at Citrus Heights Sylvan Cemetery for any post member in good standing and who has been a member of our post for one year. There is no cost except for opening and closing costs. Contact Kathy Schance or Don Chapman for information and assistance.

Post Members Funeral Service: Our Post will provide an American Legion Service for our Post member on request of either the mortuary or family. This service could be tailored to a church, memorial, or graveside service. We will assist the mortuary in arranging for a Military Honor Guard, if requested. The mortuary and the Post will need a copy of our departed comrade’s DD Fm 214 discharge, or equivalent. We will also attempt to arrange for the departed’s service member for presentation of the flag to the family. Contact Kathy Schance, Don Chapman, or Post Adjutant Robert Richard.

American Legion Service Officer – Mather VA Hospital: The AL Department of California has an American Legion Service Officer stationed at the Mather VA Hospital to help any and all veterans. If you need assistance in filing a claim or processing an appeal, contact the following: His office hours are 9 am to 3 PM, Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays.

Edward L. Hoxworth JR, / AL Service Officer

VA Medical Center Sacramento / Building T-3

10535 Hospital Way, Matter, CA 95655

Office: 916-843-7077

Placer County Veterans Service Office: The Placer County Service Office moved from Auburn to 1800 Sunset Blvd, Suite 150, Rocklin. The Auburn and Roseville offices have closed. Take St Rte 65 north from Roseville to Lincoln. At the Sunset Blvd overcrossing, turn right on Sunset Blvd. The county facility is approx 2-3 blocks on right. Business hours remain the same.

NOTE: Address Changes: If you move or relocate, please either email us at hondo1@surewest.net, or mail a slip to our post office box at American Legion Post 169, PO Box 446, Roseville, CA 95678. You may also call in your address change to 916-797-0169 and leave a message on our voice mail.

Member’s Email Addresses Needed: The Post would like all members who have an email address to send it to our Adjutant for sending our American Legion news items and our Newsletter. The cost of printing and mailing our newsletter comes to several hundred dollars each mailing. If we could reduce the number of mailings by using email, it would help our post with other post donations. We will NOT give out your email address to anyone. This information will remain confidential. Please email your email address to hondo1@surewest.net.

PlaPlacer / Auburn Area (including Greater Roseville Area) Honor Guard: Our Post needs volunteers to serve on our Honor Guard. The Honor Guard is a DoD Certified Honor Guard to render final military honors to our departed veterans. Our Post participation is mainly to augment the honor guard for the greater Roseville area. Participation in the honor guard is on an “as available” basis. There is no obligation to attend or participate on a regular basis. Uniforms and training will be provided. The Honor Guard is commanded by CSGM Terry Crouson, USA Retired. He has asked for volunteers for our area. The following members of our post already belong to the Honor Guard: John Schance, Kathleen Schance, Jerry McColley, Dan Mendoza, Phil Jordon, Charles Peterson, and Bobby Carr with Don Chapman, Jim Berg, and Bob Bartholomew filling in when necessary. The Honor Guard meets the second Wednesday of each month at the Auburn Veterans Memorial Hall, 100 East St., Auburn at 1 pm. The meetings last for about an hour. Please come and volunteer as we need to give our departed veterans the final honors they deserve. Contact John Schance, 916-782-6906 for information.

Post Blood Donation Program: The Post has a program to donate blood for our post members and family in need of blood at no cost. You may attend any BloodSource location or blood drive and say you wanted to donate to American Legion Post 169 Account Nr. 7198. As we never know when we may need blood, it is critical to have blood available for you and your family needs. Your help and support in this much needed program would be greatly appreciated by our membership. You do not need to be a member of our Post or Auxiliary to donate blood to our program. So bring a family member, a friend, or a neighbor to the nearest BloodSourse Blood Bank and they will be happy to have you donate.

Boys State Interviews: The Post completed the interviews with our 5-local high schools (Roseville, Oakmont, Woodcreek, Granite Bay, and Antelope). Five-delegates and 5-alternates; one from each high school, were selected along with one delegate at large from Roseville High School. The delegate at large was sponsored by our post member, Mark Edwards, representing RE/MAX Reality. Our thanks to Mark for stepping up again this year to sponsor a delegate. Boys and Girls State Orientation will be held on Saturday, April 24, 2010 at the Auburn Veterans Memorial Hall, 100 East Street, Auburn from 10 am to11:30 am. Refreshments will be served immediately following the orientation. All delegates, alternates, and their families are invited to attend. Our thanks to Jerry McColley, our Post Boys State Chairman, John Schance, Dan Mendoza, Phil Jordon, and Robert Gregory for volunteering for our Post’s interview team.

Beer Booths – Fund Raisers – Volunteers Needed: The Post was successful in being selected for the Placer County Fair’s main beer booth adjacent to Jones Hall at the Fair Grounds from June 24-27. We will need several members to help man the beer booth for the 4-days from 10 am – 9:30 pm. Also, we are helping the 115^th Family Support Group of the 115^th Regional Support Group of the Roseville Army National Guard to man their NASCAR beer booths on Mar 27, April 3, and April 10 at the NASCAR track from 2 pm – 9:30 pm at the Placer County Fair Grounds in Roseville. Volunteers are needed to help man the beer booths in support of our Guard unit.

CALENDER – APRIL 2010

1 April Thursday Post Regular Meeting

2 April Friday Good Friday

Post Dance

3 April Saturday Beer Booth Support

4 April Sunday Easter Sunday

8 April Thursday PCVAC Meeting

10 April Saturday Beer Booth Support

14 April Wednesday Honor Guard Meeting

15 April Thursday Income Tax Day

Post Executive Mtmg

CALENDAR – MAY 2010

6 May Thursday Post Regular Meeting

7 May Friday Post Dance

8 May Saturday VE Day 1945

9 May Sunday Mother’s Day

12 May Wednesday Honor Guard Meeting

13 May Thursday PCVAC Meeting

15 May Saturday BSMs Casino Nite

Armed Forces Day

20 May Thursday Post Ex Meeting

31 May Monday Memorial Day Service

The AMERICAN LEGION Newsletter

Alyn W. Butler Post 169

110 Park Drive

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