Commander – Al Norton
I am pleased to say Post 44 is still operating in a positive direction. This is all due to member participation. Thank you all.

Our election of Post officers was held at the April general membership meeting. We only had one nomination for each office except Commander, there was no one. Because of this I am obligated to remain as your Commander. The elected officers are:

1st Vice Commander: David Thibeau
2nd Vice Commander: Bob Acre
Finance Officer: Ellen Penington
Sgt. at Arms: Gary Burrows
Chaplain: Vince Hadley
Historian: Bill Conklin
Service Officer: Dan Lanquist
Judge Advocate: Orlando Saavedra
Trustees:
1 year: Warren Rainwater
2 year: Brian Nikiforow
3 Year: Richard Kouldelka
Adjutant is reappointed: Tom Cleveland

Second notice of amendments to our by-laws: eliminating term limits of officers and omitting that officers cannot be paid employees. This is due to the limited amount of members available to help operate Post 44 on a regular basis. I congratulate all the members who stepped up to be officers.

Please continue to read newsletters and calendars to keep up on the happenings at our post.
Remember to pray for our troops, Veterans and all Americans.

God bless America and all Patriots

Finance Officer – Bob Nellis
March saw the largest gaming contribution ($7,500) to the Post for the first nine months of our fiscal year and April is tracking close to that figure. The bar continues to do exceptionally well. Overall the Post continues to run in the black.

The bar has almost reached their goal for the Happy Feet fundraiser. The new bar mats should be ordered in the near future. This should improve the aching feet and safety concerns.

This month will begin a Lucky Diamond prize giveaway presented by New Mexico Gaming. This promotion will begin May 1st and run through July 6th. Flyers and rules for the promotion will be posted throughout the Post and your bartenders will provide the tickets.

Activities Committee – Kathy Norton
Well May is here! For all who came in last Wednesday the 25th we had Reggie Brooks performing from Ruidoso, he was awesome!!

Coming up we have a Cinco De Mayo event to include yard and craft sales, benefit lunch for Sue Barr and Karaoke by Bob Acre, come join the fun! Look for the Sunday pool schedules and Kamikaze Karaoke by Bob on the 19th!! The Memorial Day ceremony begins at 9:00 at the new cemetery the schedules are posted at the entry of the club!

Commander – Al Norton
The Nominations for Officers was closed as of the March General Meeting. The election will be at the April Meeting.

The Executive Committee has recommended changes to our By-Laws. They were reviewed at the March meeting. Notice of these changes is being given in the April & May newsletters. An election will be held at the Junes General Membership meeting. The changes are 1. To drop term limits on elected officers. 2. Eliminate the article that says a paid employee cannot be an elected officer. We feel these changes are needed due to small amount of people wanting to become officers.

Bob Acre has been selected as Volunteer of the Quarter for the amount of work he does on electrical issues and smoke eaters just to name a few. Thank you Bob!

Don’t forget to pray for our Troops, Veterans and all who serve our Great Nation. God Bless everyone.

Charity & Education
April’s budget was $5878.01.

$435.22 American Legion Department
$250.00 T or C Memorial
$230.00 Auxiliary
$140.93 Memorial reimbursement
$250.00 K-9 Forensics
$350.00 T or C Elementary
$500.00 Sue Barr
$300.00 NM Parks
$250.00 SCCA
$100.00 Eagles
$100.00 Post 18

Total issued out to charities is $2906.15. This leaves a balance of $2971.86.

Activities Committee – Kathy Norton
Well folks this month is action packed again! Beginning with Easter on the 1st!! The District meeting is on Saturday the 7th of April. The canteen will be closed until after the meetings are through approximately 2:30pm. The National Auxiliary President will be here for lunch on the 11th. And then we will close the month with Liz Fosters homecoming on the 28th!

Remember pool is every Sunday except Easter this month and begins at 3:00. Thank you Bob Acre for keeping these tournaments fun! Wednesday the 18th will not have live music but we will put credits on the juke box for you to pick out your favorite music! On the 25th we will be having Reggie Brooks to perform for us and I did get to sample his stuff on utube and this should be great!

We are getting ready for Memorial Day cemetery clean up! Grab your rakes, shovels and energy and join us on Monday the 30th at 10:30.