Ballard Eagleson VFW Post 3063’s July 2017 newsletter is available for download here. Highlights include Commander Krawitz’s first column; Post Members Participate in Area Memorial Day Events; Redding VFW Post 1934 Goes Above and Beyond; Post to Host Shredding Truck July 8, Noon to 3 p.m.; In Memoriam; Spaghetti Raffle Flyer.
Category: News
Post and Auxiliary Officers Take Office this Month
Post 3063 2017-2018 officers will take office this month. First nominations were made in March, followed by second nominations and an election in April. Installation happened in May but officers do not take office until the department commander is installed.
Congratulations and good luck to the new leadership team!
Commander: Pete Krawitz
Sr. Vice Commander: Joe Tiffany
Jr. Vice Commander: Joe Fitzgerald
Chaplain: Bill Griffith
Quartermaster: Harold Rodenberger
1-Year Trustee: James Williams
2-Year Trustee: Aaron Stoltz
3-Year Trustee: Russ Seelig
1-Year House Committee: Gail Engler
2-Year House Committee: Doug Maines
3-Year House Committee: Jordan Houghton
The following members were installed as auxiliary leadership:
President: Margaret Philips
Secretary: Jo Ann Anderson
Treasurer: Marge Hestad
Trustees: Alice Voyce, Agnes Demyanovich, and Karen Flynn
The following individuals were appointed by the new commander, Pete Krawitz:
Adjutant: Alyson Teeter
Judge Advocate: Norm Limric
Surgeon: Dan Stokke
Service Officer: Gail Engler
Parliamentarian: VACANT
Librarian: Norm Limric
Historian: VACANT
Officer of the Day: VACANT
Guard: VACANT
Webmaster: Alyson Teeter
Manager, Facebook Page: Bob Kettle
Newsletter Editor: Alyson Teeter
Honor Guard Captain: Joe Fitzgerald
Chair, Membership Committee: Joe Tiffany
Chair, Americanism Committee: VACANT
Chair, Community Affairs: VACANT
Some positions are still vacant and if you’re interested in volunteering for a position, please contact the commander at [email protected].
Flag Day 2017
In Memoriam (July 2017)
During the June business meeting on June 1, 2017, the post charter was draped with a black cloth for the following comrades who recently passed away. The charter will stay draped for 30 days in their honor.
James A. Kessler, U.S. Army, World War II
Jimmie B. Souther, U.S. Army, Vietnam War
Gerald L. Yager, U.S. Army, World War II
Redding VFW Post 1934 Goes Above and Beyond
By Jon Guncay
On May 15, 2017, my family and I were in Redding, Calif. for a wedding. While visiting around the town, I happened into the local VFW, Post 1934. My son and I were looking at some of the photos on the wall when a picture of an Armored Security Vehicle (ASV) caught my eye, as it was my vehicle in Iraq. Upon a closer look, I noticed that the bumper number not only had my company’s number on it, but it was in fact MY exact vehicle from that deployment. I was so taken aback by this, as no one from that unit was from this part of the country, so I have no idea how it came to be there in this high plateau town.
In seeing this, I asked the post if they wouldn’t mind adding “In memory of 1LT Ashley Henderson-Huff” to the photo, to honor my platoon leader we lost that deployment.
To make a long story short, the post invited my family and I back the next day, prior to having to make a flight home, to hold a dog tag and flag folding ceremony in her honor. Complete with a chaplain rendering a prayer, honor guard with military police (our job in Iraq), and dog tags made with Ashley’s information on it, the post made sure to pull out all
the stops to honor my LT as if she and I were life members of their post. I was moved to tears, which made telling her story in front of that impromptu crowd all the more difficult, but important.
This VFW post was a stout reminder that we are all brothers and sisters — that we share each other’s pains and joys. My family, 1LT Henderson-Huff’s family, and I will never forget this post’s outpouring of support and above expectation hospitality. While post 3063 is our home, this only goes to prove that we are welcome to hang our hat at any VFW post that we happen into.