COMMANDER – Al Norton

We are moving in the right direction.  Its all due to everyone’s participation.  Keep suiting up and showing up at our functions.

I want to give a special thanks to the Auxiliary and SAL’s for the help in the kitchen activities.

Due to popular demand we are back open on Sundays until 6:00 pm.  Please join us to support Sundays!

Let’s give our blessings to Bill Conklin, our Financial Officer.   He is undergoing another surgery.  I am sure he will be back with us next month!

Finance Officer– Bill Conklin

Due to unforeseen circumstances Bill was unable to submit an article.

Post Activities Committee – Kathy Norton and Linda Amdal

Happy Spring to You All!!

We will celebrate Easter here on Saturday, April 4th with a Ham Dinner @ 5:00.  Wear your Easter Bonnet!!  Best hat wins a free dinner!!  Be sure to buy your Easter Eggs!!  Chances to win an overnight stay at “The Lodge” in Cloudcroft, a Legion, Auxiliary, SAL or Riders Jean Jacket (your choice/gift card), Buy 1 Get 1 Breakfast, Buy 1 Get 1 Dinner, Libations, $1.00 off Grill, Legion or SAL Beer Koozies, Legion or SAL Window Decal & a Legion Hitch Cover!!  $1.00 per egg or 6 for $5.00.  The drawing for the overnight stay will be Sat, April 4th after dinner.  The drawing for the jean jacket will be on Mother’s Day.  More raffle tickets are available at the Bar.  $1.00 each or 6/$5.00 ($69.96 value!)

Congrats to Ginny Lucero as our Volunteer of the Month!!  You Rock, Ginny!!  Thanks, so much, for all you do for us at the Post!!

We will have Bunco twice this month; Thursday April 9th at 1:00 and Tuesday, April 28th at noon!!  Come join the fun!!

Every Tuesday this month, Sue Barr is heading up the Jam Sessions from 4 to 6.  It’s been fun with a variety of talented folks!!  Come join & enjoy!!  It is also $2.00 Tuesday!

The Post needs cleaning, inside and outside, so please mark your calendar for Sunday, April 19th, 9 am & come lend a hand.  The more, the merrier!!

Last, but not least, we want our Elephant Trophy Back!!  So support our team in the Lucero Elephant Challenge Saturday

April 25th at 1:30 @ our American Legion.

POST 44

American Legion NEWSLETTER March 2015

PO Box 1073 – 1005 Hwy. 195 – Elephant Butte, NM 87935

575-744-4144

COMMANDER – Al Norton

What an awesome month February has been. Sold out 80 Valentine’s Day dinners. Our volunteers in the kitchen have excelled yet again. All of our participation in these activities is what makes this a great family to belong to.

The open auction was just flat out fun, and profitable. Thank you TD Knull for the outstanding performance as auctioneer. To all who donated the goods to be sold, job well done. These types of successful activities are what we need to keep our Post a wonderful club to belong to.

Remember it takes all members of every unit within our club to make this a great Post.

The suggestions I’ve received regarding Karaoke has been turned over to the activities committee for further review as it is their decision to make those changes.

The new business hours for the Post are a result of discussion & vote by our Executive Committee which, as we know, is the board elected officers of Post 44. The Executive Committee is constantly working on ways to cut costs and increase profit to make us a successful Post. Everyone’s input is needed. Please submit your ideas in the suggestion box or better your attendance at the monthly meetings.

EFFORTS BY ALL 4 UNITS OF THIS POST IS REQUIRED to make us a great family unit. I am looking to future events and seeing all of you at Post 44

P.S. Lead bartender, Brittany (The Brat) is leaving us for bigger and better opportunities on March 5^th. Come by and say thank you for your service and good luck in the future.

Finance Officer– Bill Conklin

Would like to start off on a good note, thanks to Linde and Kathy we made it through the I R S audit with minor problems and are now in good standing with them. They also came across 940 and 941 taxes that hadn’t been paid, once again we are up to date. The back Property taxes in the amount of $3400.00 were paid in full on 13th of February. As you can see progress is being made. Now for some of the highlights in January, the post turned a profit of about $ 1500.00 so for year to date it’s a positive almost 4000 dollars. Gaming was up slightly over the last couple of months and the pull tabs are doing well. The post has gone to new operating hours effective 1 March, closed Sunday, Monday thru Thursday 12:00 to Continue reading →