Our first evening meeting had a pretty fair turnout. We had 29 members attending the meeting and at least 5 members who normally attend, out of town on various tasks. Had just a few of them been able to attend, we would have exceed the 30 threshold.
Terry Crabtree has taken over as the House Committee chair but can use help in the future organizing dinner and cleanup.
Dennis Peterson and Terry Crabtree have come up with a way to personalize the American Legion Hall for our VFW meetings. As most of you know, there is an American Legion symbol that is approximately 6 feet in diameter behind the podium. While a number of us (and all us should be) are members of the American Legion, having a backdrop of the American Legion symbol during photo ops with speakers, students, or other guests at our VFW meetings is a bit confusing. We submit a number of pictures to the local newspapers and it is nice to push VFW when it is a VFW activity. The cover can quickly be removed and the Hall put back into the American Legion décor when the VFW meeting is finished.
Hopefully, everyone will get the word that we will not be holding our meeting at the Senior Center on July 11th. That facility will be having renovations to its HVAC system and will not be open to the public. American Legion Post 66 has extended an invitation to us to hold our meeting at their Post home on 117 6th Ave. S. For those of you who not familiar with Edmonds, That is a block up the hill from the “fountain”, take a right and the building is on the left. A couple of key landmarks, a sign that is about 15 feet long on the lawn say Frank Freese Post 66 and a flag pole flying the US and POW/MIA flags. Hopefully, most of you can find it. We will be serving lunch—either subs or pizza.