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Next Meeting: Saturday, May 10, 2025

(date change due to American Legion conflict)

Menu: Brats/Hot Dogs & Fries

American Legion Post #17

1901 N. Harlan St.

Edgewater, CO 80214

Lunch/Social Hour 1100

Meeting 1200

Park behind the post building and go thru the double doors on the back of the building.

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IMPORTANT NEWS

Morning All,

I guess that I was not paying close attention. It was pointed out to me that we have the final information on Dick Life's Memorial Ceremony. It will be held on April 26th at 1100. Location is Estes Park American Legion, 850 North St. Vrain Ave, Estes Park. We have a few people attending but we really need a big turn out for Dick. He has been a member for many years and one of our favorite shipmates. He really deserves a big Final Salute.

This date conflicts with our trailer working party, so we have canceled the working party for Saturday the 26th. We will still do the of the lift move on this Wednesday at 1300 and then we will take it to Dale/Tami's home to place it onto its base. We may not get everything done but we will get a good start. 

Please seriously think of attending Dick's Memorial ceremony.

Thanks

Paul

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Update From April 12th Meeting

We had a great turnout again. Total of 37 people showed up with 27 members. Good job everyone. I think it is the largest total since I have been going to meetings. On top of that we had another new member show up, Lee Frame. He has been a prospective member for a couple years. That is four new members in just three meetings.

After the meeting I was talking to Leslie about our next meeting for May 17th and she said that she forgot to put us down for all our meeting for the remainder of the year and she scheduled a graduation party on May 17th. She said she was sorry and she how has us down for the third Saturday of the month for the remainder of the year with the excepting of July which we already knew about. So with all that said our May meeting will be the second Saturday May 10th. 

Second issue is the working party for the trailer on Saturday April 19th is rescheduled for Saturday April 26th. The 19th is the day before Easter and Grant has rehearsals all day in preparations for Easter services at his church. Tami/Dale's home -- 107 Aspen Dr. Fredrick. We are still going to put the lift into Grant's truck this Wednesday the 16th at 1300. We have Grant, myself, Chris Pace and Andy there to get it into the truck. Location is 7608 Upham St., Arvada.

Topics discussed:

1. Our Annual Picnic is May 3^rd at Ruby Hill Park, 1200 W. Florida, Denver. Pavilion #4. (if traveling west on Florida it is the second left turn into the park) Time 1100, Base will provide hamburgers/hot dogs, condiments, sodas and some beer. Everyone else bring a side dish or dessert. Bring family and friends. If the show of hands is correct we will have 30 or more people show up. Temperature will be a lot better .
2. We have had three inputs for our 50th anniversary plaque -- Bill Anderson (his idea was important because it honored the WWII veterans who designed, developed and commissioned the memorial). Myra Meverden, and Tami Bowman. So Grant combined the good points from each design and came up with a final working design. Click below for design. Please send any inputs or comments to me.
3. We are having a USS Colorado Crew visit in May. They will be at the USS Grayling memorial on May 15^th (Thursday) from 1530 to 1630 then onto dinner at Odell Brewing Sloans Lake, 1625 Perry St, Denver. People are welcome to dine with the crew, we just need a good head count. We had about eight people saying that they would be at the memorial
4. Next Meeting (MAY 10th) is our annual voting for base officers. If you are interested in running for an office please talk to any officer.
5. BINGO --Colorado State Veterans Home 1919 N. Quentin St Aurora 80045 19^th of April 16th (Wednesday) TIME1000.
6. Below you will also find Dick Life's obituary. Celebration of Life - April 26th at 1100. Location is Estes Park American Legion, 850 North St. Vrain Ave, Estes Park.
7. Finally, we do have new cards with our new information. Please pick up some at the next meeting.

Thanks,

Paul

USSVI and RMB award annual scholarships!



Click on the link below for scholarship information:

National and Base Scholarship Submissions:   2025 - 2026

Asbestos Alert!

Written by T. Michael Bircumshaw and is in the last publication of the American Submariner on pg. 29.  It is important enough to be read to the members as they may have missed it.  “If you served any time between years 1900 and 2000 and did any time at sea or at certain Military installations, then you have been exposed to Asbestos.  Please get at least a high definition, no contrast needed, cat scan of your lungs.  Do it with a civilian pulmonologist, not the VA, and ask them to specifically look for pleural plaques and interstitial scarring in your lungs.  Once you have finally done that, call me at 951-775-4549.  Call me to tell me the results and we are hoping that your lungs are clean.  But, if like me, you have pleural plaques or/and asbestosis, then I can offer you some guidance on what to do about it.  It cannot be cured, but it can be compensated for, call me.  Don’t make me repeat myself, because I will.  Please do this for you and your family.”



  For more information about " Mesothelioma Plural Plaques " Click on the Red Link

Here are the links of how to make a claim to VA on PACT Act issues.

The first one is off the VA website and it is the actual form to make a claim. It does require you to be registered with the VA health System. The second one is a link to a VFW website to ask for help on applying for a claim. They do step by step instructions. The phone number is the VA hot line to ask VA help in filing a claim. The last is a YouTube on all this information. He is an ex-marine with info on all the agent orange and toxic exposure acts. Good info.

https://www.va.gov/disability/file-disability-claim-form-21-526ez/introduction

https://www.vfw.org/assistance/va-claims-separation-benefits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qNkMWTmOc8

1-800-MY-VA-411 (1-800-698-2411).