Greetings Comrades,

Officer’s installation for 2008-2009 was held May 17th with dinner held by Ladies Auxiliary and a dance afterward with music provided by Simpatico. Following is a list of the Officers installed:

Commander Praxedes Salazar

Senior Vice Commander James Garcia

Junior Vice Commander Estevan Portillo

Quartermaster Felix Coca

Chaplain Jimmy Gallegos

Surgeon Lynn Riggs

Adjutant Robert Conn

Judge Advocate AJ Salazar

Trustees are: Dave James, Robert Perea and Leonard Garduno

Memorial Day will have come and gone by the time the newsletter is delivered. The Honor Guard will again be involved in Memorial Day ceremonies at the National Cemetery. Afterwards I’m sure we will have a great crowd at the Post Luncheon provided by the Ladies’ Auxiliary.

The State Convention will be held at VFW Post 7686 in Alamogordo, NM. The dates are June 20th through June 22nd. Hope we will have a great attendance from our Post. For more information please call our Post @983-9045 or for hotel reservations call Comfort Inn 1-800-255-5061. Registration is on Thursday 4 pm - 7 pm and installation of new Department Officers will be on Saturday afternoon.

July 4th we will be open from 12pm till the last patron leaves. The Post Men’s Auxiliary will serve hot dogs and hamburgers again this year. So if you are in town come by and enjoy a hot dog or hamburger with condiments.

Don’t forget our next general meeting on June 3rd at 7:30 pm. Let’s we have a great turn out and support our new incoming Commander Prax and all his new officers at the next meeting.  

Post Business Cards are attached with our Web site address plus a Post Golf Tournament this year on September 6th. Let’s round up some golfers to join us at our golf tournament.

Post Picnic is scheduled for August 2nd will give information in next newsletter.

Hasta Luego,

Dave James

Nominations and elections of Officers for 2008-2009 will be held at our next regular Meeting April 1st, 2008. Members please show your support at our next meeting for nominations and elections of officers. Please come out and vote. Installation of Officers tentatively scheduled for May 17, 2008.

Senior vice has shown his interest in running for Commander and he has started the application process for Gaming and Servers permit. My support is for Prax.

We are also accepting new memberships for our VFW Post. My thanks to the annual members for making us a 100% for this year, please consider paying for a Life Membership. VFW National organization has installment plans for Life member applications. Questions contact Post Quartermaster at 983-9045.

Greetings Comrades, 

 December was a very busy month. The children's party held on December 15th was a huge success.  We had about 90 kids. Thanks to Santa Claus (Mike Sisneros) who brought so much joy and presents to the kids. The Adult Christmas party was also held the same night. Entertainment provided by Bonifacio Benavidez was great success. For New Year’s Party music was provided by Reflections.