American Legion Post 225 Forest Lake, MN

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1 American Legion Post 225 Forest Lake, MN American Legion Post 225 Club and Lounge, Auxiliary Unit 225, Sons of American Legion, Forty and Eight Legion Riders OFFICERS (area codes 651) Commander: Robin Kunkel 1st Vice Commander: Paul Seibert nd Vice Commander: Pat Silovich rd Vice Commander: Ashley Venburg Adjutant: Mary Jo York Chaplain: Ron Miller Sergeant-at-Arms: Pat Carpenter Finance Officer: Vicki Petry Past Commander: Ted DeGraw Auxiliary President: Kathy Dunaway Service Officer Dwight Dupey Legion Riders Director: Robin Kunkel SAL Commander: Ron Weiss Editor at fault: R.F. Doyle Fellowship in the Company of Equals October Specials: Sunday Super Bloody s, Bingo 2 pm Tuesday Free Zingo 6 pm Wednesday 50 cent wings, Meat Raffle, Bingo 6 pm Friday Meat Raffle 6 pm, DJ & Karaoke music Saturday Meat Raffle 12 pm, DJ & Karaoke music Happy Hour 2 PM to 6 PM every day Post 225 Breakfast All you can eat for $8. 9 am til noon. Best in Forest Lake Scrambled Eggs, made to order Omelets, Sausage, Bacon, potatoes, Biscuits & Gravy, Toast, Fruit, and French Toast...yum!! Sponsored by Legion Riders on the 3rd Sunday, and by the Post on the 4th Sunday of the month. Meetings: 1st Tuesday 6 pm Junior Auxiliary 1st Wednesday, 7 pm Legion Riders 2nd Monday, 5:30 pm House Committee 2nd Monday, 6 pm Gambling Committee 2nd Monday, 6 pm Sons of American Legion 2nd Monday, 7 pm Executive Board 3rd Monday, 7 pm Membership, Auxiliary 3rd Thursday, 7 pm 40 & 8 Cheminot & Promenade Manager message: The club will be raising prices at the bar for all drinks. Basically all drink and beer prices will be raised by $.50. With that, our membership discount will also be raised by $.25 to $.50 per drink for all purchases. Our Happy hour will also be changed. The times remain the same from 2:00PM to 6:00PM but we will be using tickets to "Pick your Own Price" discounts. These cannot be used in addition to the member discount. Thank you for your continued support.

2 Commander Welcome Legionnaires' to October. My how September flew by so fast. It is a very busy month at the post; we have Octoberfest 2-3, Booya the 10th, along with a craft show and football games every weekend. Come in and cheer your team on with the rest of the post fans. We are updating the post by repainting. It is looking so nice and fresh inside. Dues has been raised by $5.00; this will take effect in January, so you want to pay your membership before January to save and be paid for the year Our volunteers are great; the Wednesday crew has been very busy. We are getting ready for our Spring 3rd District Conference in May. If anyone would like to help them just come in at 0900; they will let you know where they need help the most; lunch will be provided. Please contact Terry Larson at Please watch out for the kids when they are out trick or treating at the end of the month. We will be having a Halloween party at the post too, so get dressed up and come on out and have some fun with other big kids!! Robin Kunkel, Commander Auxiliary At the September meeting two of the girls who attended Girls State joined us. The girls talked about events they participated in during their week at Girls State. They enjoyed their experience and will encourage other girls to apply for an opportunity to attend next year. An American Flag, flown over the U.S. Capitol, was presented to each girl. September s bake sale was a success. Thank you to all who donated baked items. Additional bake sales will take place on the third Sunday of each month. Please contact Lorry Houle at if you are able to drop off cookies, bars, pies, etc. Also, continue working on craft items for the annual Shop Till You Drop sale held on Saturday, December 5. Annual membership dues are being accepted now. Auxiliary members birth-17 years old are $5, years old are $25, and 62 years and older are $20. I encourage you to renew your membership and find a couple more people to join! We can sure use more help, join us as we help serve Veterans and their families through our planned activities. We would love to see more of you at our meetings. Join us at 7 p.m. on the third Monday of each month. Kathy Dunaway, Auxiliary President Junior Auxiliary Members, Do you know that daughters, granddaughters, great-granddaughters, and sisters of all men and women who were in the Armed Forces of the United States during specific wartime periods, and are members of the American Legion, are eligible for membership in the American Legion Auxiliary! Do you know of any girls interested in learning about Americanism, patriotism, citizenship, and loyalty to America? A membership is as close as the Forest Lake American Legion Post 225. Eligible girls 17 years and under may join the Junior Auxiliary. (Note: Those 18 and older may join the Auxiliary.) Junior Auxiliary meetings held the first Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. Amy Dunaway, Junior Activities Chairmen Legion Riders Hello Legion Riders, I hope you have been out riding and enjoying your bike as much as you can. Our meeting is on October 7th; I hope we have as many members as possible. Our breakfast last month was a great success! I hope to see you at the post Booya; it will be very nummy. The Wednesday rides are done for this year. If we have some nice weather lets get those bikes out before it gets too cold. There is a ride Ride for the Wreaths on Oct 17th. 2nd Brigade is putting it on. It starts at Lino Lakes and ends at the post. I will get more information out on it. Stay Warm and Ride Safe! Robin K, Director

3 Chaplain We provided funeral honors to the following: James B. Dunn, September 12th, (age 57). Area veterans passing on recently were: Erbon J. Salokar, August 31st, (age 84); James Richard Hoppe, Sept 3rd, (age 84); Ronald M. Randklev, Sept 5th, (age 87); Einar Clifford Stromquist, Sept 7th, (age 92); Gary J. Gorton, Sept 15th, (age 70); Patrick M. Moline, Sept 17th, (age 68); and Arden W. Nelson, Sept 24th, (age 89). If you know of a homebound veteran let me know. I visited the following: Bill (Willard) Olson in Birchwood room 120, Morris Carlson room 119, Jack Mitchell room 117, Leonard Blaeser and Charles Chic Nickelson 2nd floor memory care, Alton Knutson and wife at #309 Arbors asst. living, Harvey Morgenstern at Parmly asst. living Fairway Ln #310, Reuben Hill at Parmly room 123, Irene Skow at room 120, Gladys Love at room 117, and Charles Love at Meadows. I also phoned Aloysius Nogowski in Elk River at Guardian Angels by the Lake. Do you know where your soul is going after you pass away? If not, talk to me about it. Ron Miller, Voiture 44 Greeting fellow Voyageurs; hope this finds everyone in good health. This is my first newsletter; hope it comes out good. We are selling pumpkins again this year, the first time will be Saturday the 10 th of October. We will be selling for the next three weekends. Along with that, you can come up and buy some of the Legion s great Booya. Other activities will be going on. PLEASE come out and support your Voiture; buy your pumpkins and also help sell. Remember the third Thursday of every month is Promenade at 7pm; please plan to attend. Enjoy this weather and keep healthy. Chef de Gare, Ted DeGraw Check out what s Happening at Your Legion Upcoming Events 10/10 American Legion Booya 10/31 Halloween Bash 11/26 Happy Thanksgiving from Post Open at 2 p.m. 12/5 Auxiliary Shop Til You Drop 12/4 12/20 weekends dinner theatre. "A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol!" Masquers website: 12/19 Legion Children s Christmas Noon 12/24 Free Tom & Jerry s from /25 Merry Christmas from Post 225 Open at 2 p.m. 12/31 New Year s Eve Bash Senior Dance 3rd Friday every month, 1 to 4 PM Jerry Biersback, October 16th $6. Lunch included Jam Session every Sunday night. Best dinner theatre in Forest Lake (Order off the menu)

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5 AMERICAN LEGION POST W. Broadway Forest Lake, MN Phone 651/ Return Service Requested Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Paid Forest Lake, MN Permit 67 Though this Post newsletter, as well as previous ones, are available at the Post website (Post225.com), some members prefer to have it sent to them by . editor at the address on page one. The Flag Arthur Macy Hail it! Who dares to drag Or trail it? Give it hurrahs - Three for the stars, Three for the bars. Uncover your head to it! The soldiers who tread to it Shout at the sight of it, The justice and right of it, The unsullied white of it, The blue and red of it, And tyranny's dread of it! Cheer it! Valley and crag Shall hear it. Fathers shall bless it, Children caress it, All shall maintain it, No one shall stain it, Cheers for the sailors that fought on the wave for it, Cheers for the soldiers that always were brave for it! Tears for the men that went down to the grave for it!