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REETINGS FROM THE Commander. It will mark my tenth From the Commander ..................... 1
Post-303 Family. There are a straight year, when all is said and done. The Chaplains Corner .................... 2
few dates to keep in mind when Its hard to believe it has been that
Special Notice................................... 3
you are marking your calendars. long. I am looking forward to this last
From the Historian........................... 4
First, there will not be a Legion year and looking forward to making it
Meeting in July. We will resume our a memorable one for all at 303. Having
regular meeting schedule on August said that, now is the time for others to
8, 2017. Meeting dates are usually the get involved and step up and become
second Tuesday of the month. The active in your Post.
Executive Committee meets at 6pm Finally, I have been asked by many,
and the General Meeting takes place for updates on the young Veteran I
at 7pm. This is a great opportunity to spoke of in my last Echo article. First,
learn about what YOUR Post is doing. I want to thank everyone for their
It is also the forum to express concerns support and positive feedback regarding
this young man and what the Post was Dyngus Day Photos........................... 5
and become active within the Post.
Next date to remember is July 29, able to do for him. Its our mission
2017. This is our Installation of Officers to support our fellow Veterans and it
for the Post Legion Family. Cocktails has meant the world to me to have so
from 3pm to 4pm, with the Installation many of you express your support. As
starting at 4pm. Dinner to follow with with any type of addiction, the road
entertainment by Colton James. to recovery is never an easy one. Our
Last date to know is September 12, young man however is continuing to get
2017. Our new District Commander is assistance with rehabilitation and thus
encouraging all Posts within the 13th far, though it has been a rocky road,
he is doing okay. I have been asked by From the Auxiliary......................... 6-7
District to bring it up to their Post Le-
gion Membership, to go No Smoking. him and his family to pay him a visit
This will be voted upon on September during my vacation, so by the time you
12, 2017 by a closed ballot. More infor- are reading this, I will have been able
mation is included in this edition of to spend some time with him and his
the Echo. family while on my trip up north. I am
I want to take a moment to thank looking forward to seeing firsthand how
all of those who served as Officers this he is doing and meet his family that I
past year and those who also volun- have spoken to numerous times on the
phone. Memorial Day Photos....................... 8
teered their time. I am so proud of all
we do, not only in the Post, but also in I look forward to seeing you at the Flag Day Photos................................ 9
the Community. Post. Mark Your Calendar....................... 10
As some may have heard, this Post 303 Caf Menu....................... 11
upcoming year will be my last as your Adam A. Prentki III, Commander A Special Salute.............................. 12
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The Chaplains Corner
POST 303
SHIRTS
God of power and might, thank you for the service of men and women who
protect the United States now and who have served in the past. Bless them and
their families, strengthen and encourage them, and let them know that they have
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not served in vain. Amen.
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HANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR Through the dog days of summer the
Patriots who participated in the Me- schedule is slower. Our seasonal residents
morial Day service at the park and at have migrated back to the North. Please
the Post. In our Flag Day Service we retired continue to patronize OUR POST. The
non serviceable U.S. Flags with dignity and prices and the service at our bar cannot be
respect. beat. Chef Randys meals, Pipe Mike Pizza
My cousin went to a carpenter. Can you and all our kitchen does tends to be not only
build me a box thats two inches deep, two outstanding but a value with a great price.
inches wide and 50 feet long? Well, says Add to that a dash of Comradeship.
the carpenter, it could be done, I suppose, Ok! One more attempt at humor. My
but what would you want with a box like cousin went from Ireland to NYC. He is
that? standing on the corner waiting to cross the
Well said Murphy, my neighbor street. The policeman, directing traffic tells
ORDER YOUR
Murphy stays on the curb. Traffic resumes.
to make the Post building a complete Non After a few minutes Murphy shouts out, Sir,
Smoking facility. If the change does not pass
CUSTOM SHIRT
when are ye going to let us Catholics cross?
by a majority vote of those present, there In the meantime, if you are aware of
will be no change to existing policy. See the
TODAY!
someone who is hospitalized or confined, let
Commanders notice in this newsletter. me know. My cell phone is (239) 450-5366.
I pray that the outcome of the election May God bless you and keep you safe and
will be for the good of the Post and all mem- healthy.
SEVERAL COLORS
bers of our Legion family. . Jay Murphy, Chaplain Post 303
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NOTICE:
VOTE ON SMOKING POLICY
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 4PM-7PM
The Post will be holding a vote to determine if the
Post should go non-smoking or leave the smoking policy as is.
1. Must be a current, paid up member, in good standing with American Legion Post-303 to
be eligible to vote. Must present card at time of voting.
3. Voting will be held at American Legion Post-303 on September 12, 2017. Voting will be
opened from 4pm until the start of our General Meeting at 7pm.
5. Votes will be counted immediately following the voting by the voting committee under
the direction of Ed Jakstavich.
6. Results will be presented during the September 12, 2017 General Meeting during the
business portion of the meeting.
7. T
he ballot will ask the question: Should American Legion Post-303 change to a No
Smoking Policy?
9. If No the Policy will remain the same with the front room still remaining a no
smoking room as in the past.
Mao Tse-tung,
historys deadliest murderer
M
AO TSE-TUNGS TENURE AS Julis and Ethel Rosenberg. The Rosenburgs
the Chairman of the Central Com- were tried, convicted and executed for their
mittee of the Communist Party of espionage. To obtain the money to pay for
China ranks as the top incidence of excess the aforementioned a-bomb plans, Mao
mortality in human history. Experts estimate forced the peasants to work very long hours
that Mao was responsible for 40 to 70 million and compelled them to turn over their crops
deaths through starvation, prison labor and to him. Mao, in turn, gave the Russians the
executions among his own countrymen, wom- crops as payment for the a-bomb informa-
en and children more than Hitler and Stalin tion. Cadres constantly checked to see that
combined. Mao was often quoted as saying, the crops were turned over. Peasants were
Killing is good for the soil. left with very little food and millions died of troops were lost as a result of Maos doings.
The facts you are about to read are starvation. The value of the crops that Mao Mao had five wives and six children.
incorporated here-in from a 700 page novel, supplied to Stalin was one billion dollars. It Mme Mao, was his first wife, but they did
available to all Post members to read upon took Mao 10 years to develop an a-bomb, but not live together. She had to receive special
request to your historian. the bomb had a short range and lacked an permission from Mao to be in his presence.
Maos long trail of murders began when effective guidance system. Mao lived in one room in which he stayed in
he met Josef Stalin in 1920. It was decades Mao proceeded to build additional weap- bed, read and took all his meals. His room
later that Mao received weapons from Russia ons, tanks, planes, atomic submarines and a was very large with a bevy of nurses who took
with the help of Stalin. Mao became Supreme navy. He continued to pay with the proceeds care of his medical and sexual needs when
Ruler in 1949. He reached that goal after from the peasants crops, billions to the Rus- requested. Mao loved sexual orgies in his
decades of war with Chaing Kai-Shek and sians for their assistance. Millions more died. bed. He had a cadre of servants who traveled
his fighting with the 20 member Politobor. Eventually, Mao became quite disappointed throughout China looking for pretty young
Chaing had a sizable nationalist army that in the Russian weapons, saying that the girls for him.
controlled approximately half of China. planes wouldnt fly and the tanks wouldnt In 1976 Mao was diagnosed with Neurone
Chaing fought for the poor and was also drive straight. Then, Mao and his armies disease otherwise known as Lou Gehrigs Dis-
regarded as an Ally to the United States, became involved in a four-year war with Tibet ease, a very rare illness. Mao became paralyzed
England and Russia during WWII. He even- over a land dispute. The costly war reached in the muscles, in the legs arms and throat.
tually retreated with his army to Taiwan giving a stalemate and a truce was signed. Mao had He could not speak, eat or walk. He died of
Mao sole power over China. the Chinese population build huge moun- respiratory failure in 1976 at age 82. His last
Cho En Lai was the Foreign Minister for tains around Beijing so high that no army wish was that his first wife, Mme Mao be
Mao for decades until his death due to gall would be able to enter its territories. This put to death after his death, she committed
bladder cancer at age 74. Lin Biao was Maos took years, causing the death of 24 million to suicide in 1991.
number two man for decades until Mao sus- exhaustion, starvation and disease. In the West, Mao is understood chiefly as
pected he was attempting to overthrow him. Eventually, Mao attempted to buy Chinas Red Emperor a vicious dictator
Biao attempted to flee by flying from China nuclear reactors from America and was who fostered an extreme personality cult,
to Russia. His escape attempt was detected denied. Subsequently, France sold Mao the launched the disastrous Cultural Revolution
and his plane was blown up in the sky with reactors. Mao, then sought an alliance with and masterminded a Great Leap Forward
his son, Tiger piloting the aircraft. Russia was the United States, and was, again, denied. that resulted in the worst famine in history.
notified of Biaos flee attempt, but did not Mao started to purge the entire country of Most of the other totalitarian dictators of
believe it. Lin Biao had a close relationship China. Women were no longer permitted to the 20th century were repudiated after their
with Russia and requested that the body be wear fancy dresses jewelry, makeup or jackets. deaths, Mao remains a central figure in
sent to Russia for examination. Before the Homes were raided and anything considered modern China. The Communist party he
body was transported to Russia, Mao had the to be of value was confiscated and turned helped found in 1921 and the political system
corpse boiled until all that remained were the over to the government, including books. he established in 1949 still run the country,
bones. Those were then shipped to Russia Mao assisted the North Koreans during and, since 1999, his face has adorned most
where Lin Biaos remains were identified and the War. He wanted the United States to banknotes A huge portrait of Mao is still
authenticated. know that China was assisting North Korea. displayed in Tienanmen Square, Beijing.
Mao was seeking to become a world pow- He also assisted the North Vietnamese with
er by producing an atomic bomb. He sought Chinese troops and Ho Chi Min in over- HISTORIANS NOTE: This novel contains
help from StalinMao was willing to buy throwing the French in Dienben Fu. Mao many incidents of torture and execution in the jail
Russias blue print. So ... where did Russia yearned to have a war with America. This of a thousand knives. I chose to exclude these brutal
get blue print? From two American spies, novel does not specify how many of our and inhumane incidences from this article.
W
hat a year this has been.
Honestly, I did not know FROM THE INCOMING PRESIDENT :
I
what I was getting into when WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS
I agreed to serve as your President. To opportunity to thank Amy Serdahl for
everyone who pitched in, helped out taking so much time to mentor me
and graciously volunteered your time, this past year. She has always been a step,
money and skills, I am truly and sincerely a message or an e mail away. Ive truly
appreciative. Thank you, also to all the enjoyed working together and will probably
new faces gracing our meetings this year. continue to seek her expertise and guidance
In my honest opinion, there is no limit often and when necessary. Secondly, I
to the accomplishments we could achieve want to thank everyone who has offered
and people we could help if each and every Auxiliary is about, what our Constitution their support and help so farespecially,
capable member gave just a little of one of and Bylaws are, the wonderful causes we Kay Piruckiwith her vast knowledge and
the aforementioned things. What I have support, etc. Those of us educated in our guidance. I would also like to thank Deb
witnessed is that the things we do achieve aims and purposes could spend a little time Hurd, Cathy, Julie, Nicole and Barbara for
are done so by a few of our members. The educating other member who arent as always being willing to help do whatever is
reasons for this, in my opinion, vary. involved, and welcoming them with open asked.
I believe several things could open up arms and helpful hearts. And, if we happen I would like to extend a special thanks
opportunities for our Auxiliary to get more to notice someone not following meeting/ to our 2017-18 E- Committee officers: Cathy
of our members involved. procedures correctly, adhering to our bylaws Young, Julie Sorenson and Nicole Sorensen
Firstly, COMMUNICATIONoften and constitution, or incorrectly doing for stepping up and filling our available
knowledge of events/opportunities to something in any way, we should NEVER openings. I look forward to working with
volunteer are not communicated to the call them out and embarrass them in front you along with our seasoned officers: Judith
membership body as a whole. We need of others. Instead, as is encouraged by our Sova, Barbara Kresnye, Krista Thomas,
to improve communicating ALL of our National organization, we should wait until Mary Miller, Ginger Searle and Kay Pirucki
activities and practices to our sisters. after our meeting/event/situation and this year. Lastly, I would like to extend a
Instead of keeping knowledge of certain offer, in a positive way, an education of the special thanks to Patricia Marsh, who, is
things to a certain few. This often is proper way or error. also starting her first year in our Auxiliary,
interpreted as a sign that something shady I look forward to helping Jan in the for stepping up to the position of Historian
is going onan assumption that open following year however is needed. and hitting the ground running with
communication would quash. Serving as your Auxiliary President this enthusiasm, team spirit and her camera.
Secondly, POSITIVE SUPPORTthere year is and experience I will remember. It We have many projects in the works,
are enough negative influences and forces helped me grow as a leader and a person. and many ideas to help make Post 303
against goals we aim to accomplish that It was encouraging to see new faces and the best it can be. If you are interested in
when we gossip, talk behind each others increased attendance at our Auxiliary hearing more about them, our meetings
backs and propagate negativity towards our meetings, and I hope the numbers increase are the second Tuesday of each month at
fellow unit members/officers, we stifle the and more of you get involved and support 6:30 p.m. We would love to see you there
progress of our unit as a whole. I believe Jan. She is a wonderful and energetic and give you more information on how
that if we took time to encourage our person who I know in my heart will be a you can help! Visit our Auxiliary Facebook
fellow Auxiliary members, and limited our truly great leader and President. group page, www.facebook.com/groups/
tongues to only speaking positive words Please support one anotherLadies, lets Auxunit303, where we post our ongoing
about our sisters that we would become build each other up! activities!
a group of which other women would
willingly want to help and be a part. For god and Country, See you at the meetings!
Lastly, EDUCATIONMany of our Amy Serdahl, 2016-17 Auxiliary President
members simply dont know what the For God and country,
Jan Farrington, 2017-18 Auxiliary President
6 Special thanks and photo credit to Jan Farrington, Auxiliary Historian Third Quarter 2017
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Constitutional Conference
May 20 - 7 of our Auxiliary members attended this years District 13
Constitutional Conference. This is the year-end wrap up ceremony for
District 13 where awards and certificates are given to the Units in the
district who excel in the various American Legion Auxiliary Programs.
Our district is made up of 15 units in the Southwest Florida region.
Third Quarter 2017 Special thanks and photo credit to Jan Farrington, Auxiliary Historian 7
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Memorial Day
May 29, 2017