Brett Riestad, National Commander of The American Legion, will be visiting Florida February 1st through 7th. He is an Army veteran from Virginia. His visit will be to the Northern Area which is the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 17th Districts.
He will be in our District the 6th and 7th. Commander Riestad is scheduled to visit Post 316 for lunch on Wednesday the 6th at 1230. Everyone is invited to come visit with him.
We are well into the 2019 membership year and are over 83% at this time. Please renew your membership soon as the mailing lists will be purged in February. When the March newsletter is ready for distribution, all delinquent members of the Legion Family will be removed from the email/snail mail lists. Please don’t let that happen.
Super Bowl Sunday the 3rd will see our annual chili cookoff. Judging will be at 4 PM and prizes will be awarded.
The Auxiliary is planning a Valentine’s Day celebration for Saturday the 16th that will include a prime rib dinner, cake walks and entertainment.
Events:
February 2nd: Groundhog Day
February 2nd: Riders and SAL meetings
February 3rd: Super Bowl Chili cookoff and game
February 6th: National Commander visits Post 316 for lunch
February 10th: 5th District meeting at Middleburg Post 250
February 11th: Legion and Auxiliary meetings
February 12th: Lincoln’s Birthday
February 14th: Valentines’ Day
February 16th: Auxiliary Valentines’ Day celebration-prime rib dinner, cake walks and entertainment by Back Alley Cadillac
February 18th: Presidents’ Day
February 22nd: Washington’s Birthday
Clarence
1st Vice Commander
