VVA Chapter 1069 Meeting Report for: July 7-11-2018
[posted on: 10-9-2018]
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The meeting was held at Mikeska’s BBQ, El Campo, TX.
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President, Leonard Sternadel, declared the meeting open.
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The Pledge of Allegiance to the flag was recited and a prayer was said.
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President Sternadel then recognized all members who were having birthdays in July.
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The meeting was then recessed for the meal.
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President, Leonard Sternadel, re-opened the meeting open at 1945 hours and the following business was transacted.
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The minutes of the last meeting were approved as presented.
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Mike Harbaugh (see photo below), Chapter member and the Wharton County Veteran Service Officer,
gave his Veterans Benefits presenation.
The topics for his presentation are listed below...
- Review/Discuss the 2005-2017 VA Benefits Expenditures Chart for Wharton County
- Review/Discuss the 1-pg Summary of the VA MISSION ACT of 2018
- Review/Discuss all the Benefits you may be eligible for on VA's "ExploreVA" Website
Use the link below to visit Mike's 'Meeting Handouts' webpage:
CLICK HERE to Visit Mike's Meeting Handouts webpage
Use the link below to View or Print the 2005-2017 VA Benefits Expenditures Chart for Wharton County.
Much thanks to chapter member, Dwight Winkler, for updating and providing the chart.
CLICK HERE to View or Print the Chart
Use link below to View or Print the 1-pg Summary of the VA MISSION ACT of 2018.
CLICK HERE to View the VA MISSION Act of 2018
Use the link below to visit the VA's "ExplorVA" (explore.va.gov) website.
CLICK HERE to Visit the VA's ExploreVA website
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President Sternadel then introduced all new members to the group.
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Dana Sternadel, our chapter's PX store manager, made an announcement that the second
order of 15 of the VVA 40th Anniversary commemorative coins were in (see coin image below).
Unless there are more requests for wanting to purchase this commemorative coin, we will not be
ordering any more. With the 1st order of 30, we have ordered and sold about 45-50 of the coins.
If you wish to order some of these coins yourself from VVA National, use the link below to Print the order form.
Note that the order form is located on the VVA WebWeekly publication's website, and not on the VVA National website.
CLICK HERE to View or Print the Coin Order Form
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President Sternadel then announced that a special election to fill the 27th district congressional seat vacated by
Blake Farenthold was held Saturday, June 30th. Newcomer to politics, Michael Cloud won
with 54% of the votes (see photo below). Sternadel then announced that Cloud would be the special guest speaker at
the August chapter meeting.
Click on the link below to visit Michael Cloud's website on house.gov.
CLICK HERE to Visit the Congressman's website
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There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
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