Sons of the American Revolution
Meeting Notice and News,
May 2012
Contents
Meeting notice
Meeting agenda items
Misc. notes from chapter officers
Revolution History note
ROTC notes
April minutes
Program Schedule
Misc. reminders and information
Compatriots,
Our next meeting will be held on May 19th in the
private meeting room of the Piccadilly Cafeteria, located at
May meeting
agenda items.
An agenda will be provided
for members at the beginning of the meeting. Chapter Website:. http://www.patriot-web.com/
Brief note/request—please initial the sign in
sheet that will be circulated at the beginning of the meeting so the secretary
can have an accurate attendance record.
One of the duties of the
Chapter Chaplain is to send cards to our members that are sick. If you know of
anyone that I need to send a card to, please mention it at our next meeting.
Another duty is to send a sympathy card to the family of a member who has
passed away. I have been remiss in these areas and am asking your help. I need
your input.
Jack C. Bolen
Chaplain
American
Revolution Notes.
This month we have two,
non-military items. On
Twenty-two years later, on
(ed.
Note: Dick Young is chairing a committee
to plan how we will celebrate Constitution Day in Sept. and what, if anything,
we might do differently at out meeting in Sept.
Anyone with ideas or suggestions is asked to pass them along to Dick.)
ROTC notes:
Thanks are extended to all of
the members for their attendance and flexibility at the ROTC luncheon last
month. Additionally, thanks are extended
to Jack Bolen and those members who functioned as liaisons with the various
schools for their time and effort.
Lastly, special thanks are extended to Jack Bolen for chairing the
meeting in the absence of both the President and Vice-President, both of whom regret
personal issues kept them from attending.
Pictured here are the cadets who
attended our ROTC Luncheon.
Thanks
also go to Dwight Tetrick, who presented Silver ROTC
awards at area Universities.
MINUTES of Chapter
Meeting
Meeting date: April 21,
2012
Compatriot Luke Lloyd gave
the invocation. Compatriot Charles Klug led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Compatriot Jack Bolen led the SAR Pledge.
Members in attendance:, Chuck Bearss, Alan Bell,
Jack Bolen, Ed Clark, Robbins Denham, Terry Doan, Paul Ergler,
Paul Farley, Mike Frayn, Cy Gamber,
Chuck Hawley, Charles Klug, Luke Lloyd, Marty Miller, Gray Reese and Dick Young.
Guests in attendance: June Bolen, Lisette Young,
Jean Lloyd, Glenn Clepper, Kathy Browning, Cadet Jon Browning, Cadet
Chase Torres, Cadet James Cavalli, SgtMaj Oscar Cunningham , USA (Ret), Cadet Dominic Hill,
Andre' Hill, Damian Hill, Ida Trainum, Aliyah Hill, Marie Hill, Sommer
Hill, Scott Tielemans, Martha Tielemans,
Cadet Kenneth Tielemans, Heiki
Broussard, Kevin Balladin, Gerri Balladin,
Jimmy McAuley, Cadet James Riggs, Brian Riggs, Andrea
Riggs, Shirlie Cavalli, LCdr Larry Jordan, USN (Ret), Ruben Medina, Breann Medina, Mike Mistretta,
Pete Colangelo, Cadet Bryce Colangelo,
Carla Colangelo, Steve Shaw, Cadet Stephany Shaw, Marliena Shaw,
Brandon Scott, Larry Rogers, Cadet Kianna Rodrigues,
Bridget Rodrigues, Lorenzo Rodrigues, Cadet Jordan Torres, Cadet Suresh Ballandin, Cadet Brandon Sickles and Clifford Wright.
Compatriot Jack Bolen
explained the schedule and called a recess for lunch at 12:05pm.
LtCol Guy Walsh, USA (Ret) Senior Army Instructor of the
Brandon High Junior ROTC Program spoke on the topic of the history and
achievements of the JROTC.
Compatriots Jack Bolen and
Alan Bell awarded the ROTC Medal and certificate to cadets from local high
schools. These cadets are selected for having a high degree of merit with respect
to leadership qualities, military bearing and general excellence. The
recipients are selected by the Commanding Officer of the JROTC unit. The
following cadets received awards; Jordan Torres, Jon Browning, Stephany Shaw, Kianna Rodrigues,
James Riggs, Dominick Hill, Bryce Colangelo, Kenneth Tieleman, Chase Torres, Suresh Ballandin,
James Cavalli and Brandon Sickles.
Compatriot Jack Bolen thanked
the guests and invited them to stay for the brief business portion of the
meeting and then to take photos at the conclusion of the business meeting.
Officers' reports:
Secretary: No
report
Announcements:
President John Skillman, Luke Lloyd, Charles Klug and Mike Frayn will be attending the May Board of Manager's meeting
in Kissimmee.
Awards:
Compatriot
Jack Bolen awarded Compatriot Chuck Bearss the
Military Service Medal.
Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 1:42pm.
Mike Frayn
Secretary Date:
21 April 2012
Sons of the American
Revolution
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PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Below is the tentative program schedule for the
2011-2012 year. As always send along any
suggestions for speakers.
May Speaker from
Sept. Constitution Day speaker (TBA)
October
November TBA
December TBA
Misc.
Reminders and notes.
Chapter Website—always remember you can find information about the chapter and
programs on the chapter website. http://www.patriot-web.com/
VETERANS’ LEGACY ARCHIVES
The Veterans’ Legacy Archives is a local
organization founded by (ret.) Congressman Bilirakis. The Archives are housed at the library on the
Tarpon Springs Campus of St. Petersburg College. The goal of the archives is to preserve the
stories and experiences of veterans of
OPERATION HELPING
Operation Helping Hand, a visitation program at the
V A hospital. Operation
Helping Hand (OHH) is a local program begun in 2004 to help the wounded and
their families who are at James A. Haley VA Hospital in