American Legion - Post 225

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) Fellowship in the Company of Equals Commander: Krista Goodyear 214-7745. July Specials: 1st Vice Commander: Sundays Bar Bingo 2PM FREE Pool 6PM-10PM: Tony Larson 612/963-6883. Mondays 4p- 8p SAL Burger Night 2nd Vice Commander: Tuesdays Bar Zingo 6PM, Fabulous Prizes . Ted Degraw 2 for1 9 PM-11 PM: Northcountryembr@ Wednesdays 6PM Bar Bingo 3rd Vice Commander: Thursday Thrifty Thursday, Miller bottles $ , 3-7 Mike Timmermans 788-6805 FREE Pool 6 PM-10 PM: Adjutant: Fridays Steak or Fish Fry Joe Denbeste Saturdays Meat Raffle noon til gone.

2 Saturdays & Sundays Super Bloody's $ til 5 PM: Chaplain: Tap Beer of the Month Miller High Life, $ every day Ron Miller 464-5549. Sergeant-at-Arms: Post 225 Breakfast Robin Kunkel Every 4th Sunday of the Month, 9 till Noon -- All you can eat for $7. Scrambled Eggs, made to order Omelets, Sausage, Bacon, Hash Service Officer/Historian: Dick Carter 464-3670. Browns, Biscuits & Gravy, Toast, Fruit, and French Toast ..yum!! Finance Officer: Vicki Petry 343-8520. Meetings: Legion Riders Director: 1st Monday, 6 pm No House Committee meeting Russ Miner 2nd Monday, 7 pm Executive Board 2nd Monday, 6 pm Sons of American Legion Auxiliary President: 3rd Monday, 7 pm Membership Tracey Boicourt 3rd Monday, 7 pm Auxiliary SAL Commander: Rick Daschel 1st Wednesday, 7 pm Legion Riders 464-9090 3rd Thursday, 7 pm 40 & 8 Cheminot &Promenade Editor at Fault: Rich Doyle < The foregoing schedule not applicable until July 5th >.

3 Commander Hello Everyone, Well it's here - our biggest event of the year! Our 4th of July Celebra- tion is in full swing as I write this. What an amazing Legion family we are you all de- serve a round of applause (I'm clapping). This is a huge event for our Post and the city of Forest Lake, and everyone at the Post has stepped up to the plate and knocked it out of the Park!!! Sunday, July 29th is our Post Installation; please call the Post to let us know if you will be attending - 5 pm Social hour, 6 pm Dinner. We have even more great events coming up here are some of them: Wednesday, July 25th - Military Appreciation Picnic sponsored by the Forest Lake Yellow Ribbon Group.

4 Lakeside Park, Forest Lake. Saturday, July 28th July 4th of July Fundraiser Golf Tournament August 3-5 - Gold Star Family Weekend Sunday, August 12th - American Legion and VFW Family Picnic M*A*S*H Party watch for more details Watch for more details for these great events. Please check or Fa- cebook. Thank you to everyone for all that you do. Still Serving, Krista Goodyear, Cmdr. Auxiliary Sons of the American Legion Elections for new officers for the year 2012-2013 were held Tuesday June 12, 2012. The results were as follows: Commander-Ivey Borgwardt, Adjutant Doug Hansen, Fi- nancial Officer Mark Reinsberg, Sgt-at-Arms Doug Bowman, Historian Ron Weiss.

5 GOOD LUCK to all the New Officers. Monday, July 2nd there will be NO BURGER NITE due to the 4th of July Celebration. BURGER NITE will commence again on Monday July 9th. Commander Rick Legion Riders Hi Legion Riders. We will not be having a meeting in July, but we will start our regu- lar meetings again in August. I hope everyone is getting time to get out on their bikes and have some fun. The Fourth of July is a very busy time for us with security, helping with the bar and the parade, there is a ton of things going on here at the Legion . Also, make some time to come out and have some fun.

6 I know I will see everyone at some point during these 6 days. There is a ride in Apple Valley on the 14th if anyone is inter- ested. I know some people don't like to volunteer, but we need everyone to step up to the plate. We are a TEAM, there is no I in TEAM. Those of you that are volunteering, Thank You; we lead by example. Yes I know, we all have jobs and very busy lives. Look forward to getting together for a group ride after the 4th; if anyone has any suggestions call or email and we can try to set something up. Keep the rubber on the road and the shiny side up!

7 ! Ivey Borgwardt Assistant Director and Robin Kunkel Secretary Chaplain We provided funeral honors to the following: Richard A. Plain, June 2nd (age 58); Rob- ert G. Valenty, June 21st (age 91); Julius Ed Thorp, June 21st & 22nd, (age 92) and Oliver Reimer, June 28th (age 88). Area veterans passing on recently were: George Ston- er, June 5th, (age 97); George L. Stockdill, June 10th (age 73); and not technically a vet, but a previous bar manager, Gabe Pittman, June 11th (age 75). As you commemorate and celebrate our Independence from Great Britain, come in and help out at our Legion .

8 Be safe in the water, on the road and everywhere. Remem- ber how the framers of our Independence relied on God, and based many of the docu- ments on their Biblical worldview. If you know of a homebound veteran let me know. Do you know where your soul is going after you pass on? If not, talk to me about it. Ron Miller, 651-464-5549. For beautiful patriotic TV viewing over the 4th of July period, be sure to watch the Twin Cities Public television stations. SPECIAL EVENTS: Post 225 Family: Everyone knows someone who is planning a Grad Party, Reunion or Recep- tion this year.

9 Be sure to let them know about our Halls and Catering Services. Any Member re- ferral that leads to a booking will get a $ Legion Gift Certificate! Free hall rentals in Janu- ary, February and March. Please call the Club Manager today 651/464-2600 to book your special event! Lucky Buck Don't forget our weekly raffle that pays out $250 every Friday at 8:30 PM. $1 per chance. Buy as many as you like. Need not be present to win. Members with e-mail capability, please send your e-addresses to Adjutant, Joe Denbeste: Gold Star Family Weekend August 3-5, 2012. Friday Dinner at the Forest Lake VFW Post 4210.

10 Weekend events at Veterans Campground on Big Marine Lake. Gold Star Family Weekend, Inc. is made up of patriotic Americans who have joined forces to honor, share, remember, and celebrate the heroism and lives of our military fallen heroes by bringing together their families for Gold Star Family Weekend events. Thanks, Ron Weiss Post 225 2012 Baseball Schedule Date Time Location Visitor Home Jun 19/12 6:00pm SCHUMACHER EAST RIDGE 4 FOREST LAKE 7. Jun 19/12 8:00pm SCHUMACHER FOREST LAKE 9 EAST RIDGE 5. Jun 21/12 6:00pm Schumacher St. Paul Park Forest Lake Jun 21/12 8:00pm Schumacher Forest Lake St.