POST 44
PO Box 1073 – 1005 Hwy. 195 – Elephant Butte, NM 87935
575-744-4144
WEBSITE – americanlegionelephantbutte.com

COMMANDER – Al Norton
April has been a rather slow month. Participation in Post activities is a must to keep the entertainment. The Wednesday night bands are being asked to start at 6:00pm per your requests. Except for the one night we have the people from the Vets home; it will start at 5:30 pm. We did have a new band audition; after we got the volume turned down they were very good.

Karaoke is in jeopardy again. We need to have singers here to keep it fun. Destiny Mitchell has started running some karaoke, boy, can that girl sing. Welcome Destiny.

Many people believe that Post 44 will go totally non-smoking as soon as the patio is complete. Our main goal is to be prepared when state law requires us to do so. No one knows when that will happen. We will encourage people to use the patio. It will give us more room for more seating capacity especially for larger events. We all know it can get very crowded in here.

Please continue to enjoy our activities. Come on down visit friends & members, have fun and drink responsibly. Use a dedicated driver when you need to.
God Bless all of you. God bless America.

Charity & Education:

A total of $3,977.24 was distributed by the Charity & Education funds generated by our gaming proceeds for the month of April.

Recipients include: American Legion New Mexico Department, T or C Memorial Trust, Post 44 Auxiliary for care packages and Department Assessments, Down Under Sports to help sponsor a student to participate in Track & Field events, T or C Elementary School Kindergarten and the first grade students for field trips, Friends of Elephant Butte Lake State Park for fireworks and Sierra County Sheriff’s Posse for free youth programs.

Finance Officer- Bill Conklin

No report

Activities Committee – Kathy Norton and Linda Amdal

Thank you, Bob Nellis and Bob Acre for fixing the juke box!!

Sunday, May 8th, Post 44 Mom’s will be honored with a complimentary pork loin meal, from 1 to 4 p.m. For other guests, the meal is $8.00.

Congratulations to Bill Laswell and Lucy Newton for being selected as our volunteers of the month! Besides working in the kitchen, Bill has volunteered to help fix things that need fixin’ at the Post. Lucy is always willing to lend a hand where ever and whenever we need her! Thanks, you two, for all you do!

The Lucero Challenge, Saturday May 28th has been cancelled because of the holiday. It will resume next month. Also that day at 9 am, we will be setting flags at the New Cemetery, then on to the Old Cemetery. Many hands make fast work, so plan to come out to help. The ceremonies will be on Memorial Day, Monday the 30th, 9 am, starting at the New Cemetery, then on to the Old Cemetery, T or C Memorial Wall and Ralph Edwards Park. Tuesday at 9 am, we will be retrieving the flags from the cemeteries.

Thanks to all of you for supporting the Post and we look forward to seeing you!