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Next Meeting: Saturday, Oct 24, 2026

Menu: Buffet Breakfast $11

scrambled eggs, bacon or sausage, biscuits and gravy, hash browns and toast

American Legion Post #178

 1655 Simms Street, Lakewood, CO 80215

Buffet Breakfast/Social Hour 0900

Meeting 0930

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Morning All,

Sorry for the delay in this update, but Sunday was a great day for watching football with family and friends. We watched from early morning to late evening. Go Broncos.

So our meeting went off great we had 23 members with a total of 26. Andrew had his two kids there and Ed Tomlinson gave out geodes for our kids and grandkids. A geodes is a round stone that had crystals inside. I just have to figure out how to cut them in half. If you smash them you just end up with pieces. 

So now onto the meeting:

1. Ed gave his talk about sub vets stories and how it can generate a lot of publicity for our base and USSVI. PLEASE think about submitting a short story of your experiences, no matter how mundane. I sent out an earlier email with more info. PLEASE participate. It will only work with our input.  See the button below for the information.
2. Broomfield parade went off great. Afterward we spent a couple hours at the Veteran's Museum. While there I learned about their Veterans Honor Board. It is a large touch screen that has hundreds of Colorado's veterans stories and pictures going back to WWII. You can put in your bio/picture/video or a family members. See the button below for the link.
3. We have had several email scams this week. REMEMBER I or any member will not ask you for gift cards or to talk to you via email only. Everyone has my phone number from the Address Book, so please call if something looks fishy.
4. Next K4Ks will be in December at Children's Hospital. More info to follow.
5. Veterans Salute by the City of Aurora will be November 12th at 1730 to 2030 in the Wings over the Rockies museum. Last year we had 20 people attend. So the way it works, I purchase the tickets for the event and meal at $15 per person and you reimburse me when you can. We NEED to order tickets as soon as possible. I buy them for a 10 person table so we can choose our location. SO IF YOU ARE GOING PLEASE LET ME KNOW NOW.
6. Remember Dues are due by December 31st. $15 for base and $30 for national if you are not a life member. If it goes past Dec. 31st national will drop you from their roster. Pay Grant your dues.
7. Our Annual Picnic for 2027 will be May second with a time of 1200 (this is a Sunday) at Post 178 next year. If you have not seen out back, it is just awesome. 
8. Our Annual USS Grayling Memorial Ceremony for 2027 will be September 11th at 1100. I will be trying to get a fundraiser lunch at American Legion 161 for after the ceremony. It will be similar to what we previously did at the Post.
9. Joanie McGowan's service will be Oct 22nd at 1000. Location West Metro Chapel, 901 S. Sheridan, Lakewood. She was our base secretary and newsletter editor for 15 years. Her husband was a diesel boat sailor. Please lets give her a proper sent off.
10. Buy your qual boat's challenge coin for our base display -- www.silendservicechallengecoins.com. only $25 per coin.
11. Craig told us about a YouTube guy who knows a lot about retirees, social security and all stuff that most of need to know. You can find him on YouTube by searching "Holy Schmidt"
12. Here is important information on HundredX fund raiser
13. They have 5000 companies with 85 categories for surveys and gave out $39 million in the last 6 years.
14. 1)  Survey what you have experienced in the last six months.
15. 2)  Start 9 AM November second; End 9 AM December first
16. 3)  You must log in to have surveys count. Max is 75 per person.
17. 4)  One person One email address
18. 5)  They will be sending out an email each week on our progress.
19. 6)  Max money is $5000. We get $1.60 per survey. If we get 50 people with 50 surveys that is $4000. We have 30 days to reach our goal. Do five a day for 15 days makes 75.
20. 7)  We need to set up an account with the company and Grant is working on that.
21. 8)  If we post on Facebook we have to tag their company. Patrick is aware of this.

That is about it . If you have any question just contact me.

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).