Volume 13 Issue 3 November 2016

2016-17 District Officers Bonnie Hanson, Commander 763-477-5513 Paul Orson, Membership Director 612-325-2899 Bob Locker, Adjutant 763-786-5415 Bill Johnson, Jr Past Commander 763-424-2229 Vice Commanders Daryl Harmon, No.R. Hennepin Co. 763-421-2317 Ron Pierce, So. R. Hennepin Co 952-474-1068 Bob Larson, Wright County 763-682-4804 Ron Wolford, Anoka/Chisago 763-712-1287 Jerry Whitcomb, K.I.M. Counties 763-389-1911 Walter Sarvela, Pine County 218-372-3472 ************************** John Torma, Chaplain 612-749-3704 Bruce Kottom, Finance Officer 763-682-3465 Bill Stump, Judge Advocate 612-201-5151 Cliff Newman, Sgt.-At-Arms 763-757-2034 Jim Copher, Historian 952-472-1428 Melissa Weise, Americanism 320-260-8044 Gloria Burt, Children & Youth 763-951-3505 Ted Farnam, Rehabilitation 763-295-5129 **************************** Linda Deschene, Auxiliary Presdent 612-242-6682 **************************** Larry Daml, SAL Commander 763-257-4967 **************************** Steve Sullivan Legion Riders Dir. 952-237-8592 ****************************

THE ‘MIGHTY 10th’ DISTRICT

‘Greetings

10th District’

As you read this I had gone to Camp Ripley for

the National Security meeting. That was only

the second time that I had been up there. It

was a great meeting, learning about the Camp

and touring and visiting with the other District

Commander’s and the National Security

Chairperson. Then we had Fall Conference in

Marshall, MN and learning how the other

District were coming along with the member-

ship. As you all can see we are in 7th place

this week. How can we do better? I am ask-

ing first off all the Vice Commanders please

contact all your Posts and see what we as

Legionnaires can do to help get the Member-

ship numbers up. Everyone has gotten their

2nd renewal notice at the end of October,

then have each Membership Chairperson in

your Posts call or visit the members that have

not paid yet?

Election Day is coming up on 8 November and

I hope everyone gets out and vote.

Next I want to say Happy Birthday to the

U.S Marine Corps, 241 years old.

We have Veteran’s Day coming up on 11

November and thank you to the Posts that

invited me to their Dinners. Also, remem-

ber to thank a Veteran, Freedom is not

freeand support those who defended your

right to live free.

The 10th District has a Rally’s in Milaca on

12 November at 2:00. Department Pearl

Harbor Rally 3 December will be in Waite

Park, membership turn-in is at 3:00 and our

Christmas Rally is in Buffalo on 17 Decem-

ber starting at 1:00 PM (time change) and

then a New Year will be starting.

I do want to wish each of you and your fam-

ilies a very blessed and Happy Thanksgiving.

Let us never forget those who have served

and those who are still serving.

Just a reminder that my motto is “FAMILY

FIRST” and my project is “Helping PAW’S”.

Your District Commander

Bonnie,

Bonnie Hanson

MEMBERSHIP

Veterans Day is upon us. Let us all remember to ‘Thank’ a veteran this month

and especially on the 11th. Talk to them and get to know them. Show them what

we, the Legion Family is all about.

Oct 19-20 six members spent hours calling expired members and those in post

1982, Department-at-large for a District Revitalization for Pine, Miles Lac, Kana-

bec, Isanti and norther Anoka and Chisago counties. We called hundreds of members and did

get over 20 to transfer to local posts that had paid for 2017 and better yet some delinquent

members decided to renew their membership. Individual Posts can log into mylegion.org

and search for members in your area on your own. (cont’d on page 2)

Paul Orson

Membership (cont’d page 1)

Membership continues to come in and we all need to work on

the expired members who last paid in 15 and 14 and those who

were paid for last year. The District is in 8th place at 70.84%. We

are down almost 400 renewal from this time last year. I know we

can make up this up and also increase our numbers within the

district.

Any questions, please feel welcome to contact me.

10th District Membership Director

Paul

Steve Sullivan

Well it’s November and riding season is coming to an end for the year. It all depends on you and the weather. Vet-erans Day is an annual United States holiday honoring military veterans (November 11). Everyday should be Veterans Day and I like to take this time to Thank all Veterans for your service.

Changing Gears a little, I would like to do a lot of bragging about The American Legion Family here in Minnesota. Minnesota is the #1 state in the nation in contributions to The American Legion Scholarship

Fund. With $148,367.70 turned in at National Conven-tion in Cincinnati, OH with a grand total of $1,155,363.03 Nation wide. And I would also like to Thank The American Legion Riders that Volunteer many hours, pay for their own gas & hotels and pay for many of their meals. Plus paying their own up keep on their bikes. In the 2016-2017 MN Legacy Run year, we have to make an adjustment to our two weekends Run. We have to back-up a weekend do to National’s changing the date of National Conven-tion. So we well be starting the last weekend of July and the first weekend of August. Mark you calendars. And talking about marking your calendars add April 8th 2017 @ 2pm we well have the 10th District ALR Hosted Member-ship Rally at Clearwater American Legion Post 323. That’s about all for this newsletter. Oh Yeah, have a very nice Turkey Day (Thanksgiving). Until next time,

Riding with a Smile

10th District ALR Director,

Steve “Sully” Sullivan

ALR Greetings Mighty Tenth District

Greetings from the Sons of the American Legion

My report is that we are still working on trying to get our quo-tas and/or memberships in and it hasn't been to good. The base commanders need to get out there and get the mem-bership soon. They can get hold of Colby if anybody has questions about your membership 10th District SAL Commander Larry S Daml

Larry Daml

Looks like our Commander was having a lot of fun! NEC Marland us all latest information from Nation-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Dayhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Day

Cmdr. Denise & Leading Candidate Denise Rohan Cmdr. Had a good group supporting the walk

Cmdr. Presenting check to Legionville. Judy accepting Bill’s ‘Legionnaire of The Year’Award

Nation Commander Schmidt is continuing

the Walk for Awareness to raise aware-

ness of Veterans issues.

The walk was in downtown Marshall

from the Legion to the community’s 9/11

Memorial.

Great turnout and raised money for the

program.

10th District Rally & Event Schedule

2016 – 2017 *Department

2016

Date Time Theme Location

Jul 31 [SUN] 1 PM Potluck Rally ] St. Francis

SEP 10 [SAT] 2 PM Dist. Legionville Rally Legionville

SEP 10 [SAT] *Harvest Rally Legionville

OCT 28-29 [FRI-SAT] *Fall Conference Marshall

[ SAL Mtg, SAT xx ]

NOV 12 [SAT] 2 PM Veterans Rally (AUX) Milaca

DEC 3 [SAT] *Pearl Harbor Rally Waite Park

(Turn-in 3-4:30pm, Dinner 5pm, Program to follow)

DEC 17 [SAT] 1 PM Christmas Rally Buffalo

2017 JAN 7 [SAT] 9 AM Mid-Winter Conference Anoka

JAN 27/28 [FRI-SAT] Snowmobile Rally Lino Lakes

FEB *National Commander's Tour*

FEB 4 [SAT] *DEPT Sweetheart Rally TBD

(Turn-in 1-2pm, Program 2:30)

FEB 18 [SAT] XX PM Sweetheart Rally (SAL) Mound

MAR 4 [SAT] *DEPT Appreciation Rally TBD

(Turn-in 3-4:30pm, Dinner 5pm, Program to follow)

MAR XX [FRI/SAT] Spring Conference (SAL) TBD

(Finance & Exec Comm. FRI night, General Mtg SAT 9:00am )

MAR 17 [SAT] XX PM St. Patrick Rally Fridley

MAR 25 [SAT] XX PM Dept. Pres Testimonial Buffalo

APR 1 [SAT] XX PM 8th & 10th District Rally West Duluth

APR XX [SAT] XX PM *Spring Rally TBD

APR 8 [SAT] 2 PM District Rally (ALR) Clearwater

APR 15 [SAT] XX PM Dist. 10 President Testimonial Osseo

APR 22 [SAT} XX PM Dist. 10 Commander Testimonial Buffalo

4rd Draft 10/12/2016

Upcoming Events 2016 - 2017

Event Location Date

Veteran’s Day Rally (Aux.)

Milaca

November 12th, Saturday 2 PM

Pearl Harbor Rally Waite Park December 3rd, Saturday

Christmas Rally Buffalo December 17th, Saturday 1 PM

Midwinter Conference Anoka January 7th, Saturday 9 AM

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Adjutants Thoughts

Let’s make sure we have a great turnout at Milaca for the Veteran’s Day Rally. This is the

Auxiliary’s rally and President Linda looking for a good rally with lots of membership turn

in.

This is a good chance to interact with our friends in the northern part of our district.

We thank Milaca for sponsoring this rally. See you there!

In a couple of days I will have a version with more Fall Conference pictures.

We had a great representation in the ‘Grand March’.