POST 44
American Legion NEWSLETTER March 2015
PO Box 1073 – 1005 Hwy. 195 – Elephant Butte, NM 87935
575-744-4144
COMMANDER – Al Norton
What an awesome month February has been. Sold out 80 Valentine’s Day dinners. Our volunteers in the kitchen have excelled yet again. All of our participation in these activities is what makes this a great family to belong to.
The open auction was just flat out fun, and profitable. Thank you TD Knull for the outstanding performance as auctioneer. To all who donated the goods to be sold, job well done. These types of successful activities are what we need to keep our Post a wonderful club to belong to.
Remember it takes all members of every unit within our club to make this a great Post.
The suggestions I’ve received regarding Karaoke has been turned over to the activities committee for further review as it is their decision to make those changes.
The new business hours for the Post are a result of discussion & vote by our Executive Committee which, as we know, is the board elected officers of Post 44. The Executive Committee is constantly working on ways to cut costs and increase profit to make us a successful Post. Everyone’s input is needed. Please submit your ideas in the suggestion box or better your attendance at the monthly meetings.
EFFORTS BY ALL 4 UNITS OF THIS POST IS REQUIRED to make us a great family unit. I am looking to future events and seeing all of you at Post 44
P.S. Lead bartender, Brittany (The Brat) is leaving us for bigger and better opportunities on March 5th. Come by and say thank you for your service and good luck in the future.
Finance Officer– Bill Conklin
Would like to start off on a good note, thanks to Linde and Kathy we made it through the I R S audit with minor problems and are now in good standing with them. They also came across 940 and 941 taxes that hadn’t been paid, once again we are up to date. The back Property taxes in the amount of $3400.00 were paid in full on 13th of February. As you can see progress is being made. Now for some of the highlights in January, the post turned a profit of about $ 1500.00 so for year to date it’s a positive almost 4000 dollars. Gaming was up slightly over the last couple of months and the pull tabs are doing well. The post has gone to new operating hours effective 1 March, closed Sunday, Monday thru Thursday 12:00 to
10:00pm and Friday, Saturday 12:00 to 12:00 so please make note of the changes. A lot of activities are scheduled for march please pick up a calendar. We will start posting the financials on the board, if you have any questions please feel free to contact me. I’m working on a quarterly report October- December for next months news letter, to keep all informed. Thanks and see you around the post.
Activities Committee – Kathy Norton and Linda Amdal
Let It Snow…Somewhere Else!! Are you snowbirds thrilled?? (Let’s think spring!!)
Hip-Hip-Hooray to Maurene & Bill Probst, Ginny Lucero, Johanna Roberts & Mae Benjamin for the daunting task of cleaning our oven!! Yikes, what a project!! And, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to Candy Holmes & Papa Vince for their donations for Valentine’s Day!! Ya’ll ROCK!!
Please note that the Post will now be closed on Sunday’s. Monday through Thursday we will close no later than 10:00 p.m. and Friday & Saturday, no later than midnight. These hours do include the gaming room, as well.
Thursday, March 5th will be our Brittany’s last day bartending. Thank you, Brat, for your service and friendship!!
Also, that day, we would like to recognize the “Cedar Cove Group’s” 6th year anniversary of playing pool on Thursdays!! There will be a pot luck that day at 5:00 to honor them all!!
Saturday, March 7th, please join Linda Ross & family at 3:00 in a Celebration of the Life of Steve Ross. A pot luck will follow the service.
Since we will be closed on Sundays, Sue Barr will hold Jam Sessions on the first, second and fourth Tuesdays in March. That has been a fun event, so join us to enjoy some of our local talent!
We also will be holding Bunco twice this month: Thursday, March 12th @ 1:00 and Tues, March 24th @ 1:00.
Monday, March 23rd @ 2:00 we are having a baby shower for Nichole Ahumada, our bartender. She is registered at Toys R Us & Target. (Wal-mart doesn’t register for gifts here) We will be having finger foods.
The Lucero Elephant Trophy is still in “absentia!!”, so plan on supporting our team on Sat, March 28th, 1:30, to get it back!! The Grill will be open.
The auction held on Sat, Feb 21st was a great success!! Thanks to all that donated and purchased!!
Please see the calendar for meetings & meals. We appreciate your support & look forward to seeing you at the Post!!