VFW MO Post 5168 - Forsyth

Dept of Mo November General Orders

Posted at 07:33 PM on Friday, October 23, 2009 by post5168

Mo November General Orders -

VFW WASHINGTON WEEKLY, October 23, 2009

Posted at 12:37 PM on Friday, October 23, 2009 by post5168

In This Issue:
1. President Signs Advanced Funding Bill
2. Retroactive Stop Loss Payments Begin 
3. VFW Urges Russia to Support POW/MIA Commission
4. FY11 IB Critical Issues Now Online
5. VFW Testifies on Key Senate Bills
6. House VA Subcommittee Action

To read the full text go to: Mo Legislative Updates

October Activities:

Posted at 09:38 AM on Saturday, October 3, 2009 by post5168

10/1: Game Night 6PM

10/2: Special Dinner Fundraiser...$7...6PM see newsletter... Game night...

10/3: Auction 4PM

10/4: October Birthday Celebration...Down Home Boys...Food and Fun... 4PM...

10/5: Men's Aux Meeting... 6PM...

10/6: Game Night 6PM...

10/9: Game Night  6PM...

10/10: Ladies Dinner...Meatloaf...sides...desserts... $7... Karaoke...

10/13: Game Night ...6PM...

10/14: Chili Night at the Canteen...5PM... Shuffle Board...Wayne & Roy Pickin N Grinnin...

10/16: Game Night 6PM...

10/17: Veteran Of The Month, Bruce Hawley, Roast Beef...sides...desserts... Karaoke...

10/19: Post and Ladies Meetings...7PM...

10/20: Game Night ...6PM...

10/23: Game Night...6PM...

10/24: Men's Aux Dinner...Ham & Beans...cornbread...sides...desserts...Karaoke...

10/27: Game Night ...6PM...

10/30: Game Night...6PM...

10/31: Happy Halloween...

October Veteran of the Month -

Posted at 10:01 AM on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 by post5168

Commander Walker Sumner presents Rich Peters with Veteran Of The Month for October with Presentation and gift certificates.

  

Richard Peters has been performing Military Honors at Military Funerals since 1997.  First with the Tri-Lakes Honor Guard -- which was a combination of VFW, American Legion and Korean War Veterans Assn.  When The State of Missouri enacted law to form the Missouri Military Funeral Honors system, in 1999, the KWVA formed their own Honor Guard and most of their members dropped out of the Tri-Lakes Honor Guard.  Both of these Honor Guard Teams were certified by the Missouri Army National Guard to perform Military Funerals.  Rich was, and still is, a member of both Teams.  However, in mid-2002 Funeral Directors started asking for the KWVA Honor Guard and the Tri-Lakes Team has pretty much went dormant.  They now only do one or two a year.  As a matter of fact the Missouri National Guard just notified them that they will have to be re-certified.

 

Until a couple of years ago the KWVA Honor Guard covered several Counties and of course went to Springfield area Veteran's cemeteries quite often.  For years they were the only Honor Guard that would work on Saturday & Sunday.  For the first 6 years of their existence they had about 20 members to call on.  However, in the last 3 years their numbers have dwindled (due to injury, illness & death ) to 12 in uniform of which 8 or 9 are available, most of the time.  Although the Missouri Military Honors Program allows a minimum of three rifles (for the volleys) they always take a minimum of 5 and preferably 7.  It's getting tougher to keep a Team of this size in the field.  Rich believes their guys don't want to quit but realistically, they should.  Some of them just can't perform  "up-to-snuff" anymore Rich says.  It's really difficult for them to admit that, but it's a fact.  Rich believes, "it's time."  He informed his guys in January that he was retiring on June 30th.  He still doesn't think they believe him but for Rich it really is "time."  He doesn't really want to, but "it's time."

 

To keep an Honors Guard Team in this area (when the KWVA do stand down) Rich started talks with the VVA about a year ago to get a team started among the VVA.  And, with the assistance of the Missouri Funeral Honors people in KC, they are well on the way to being certified.  Their uniforms have been approved and they're just waiting on the rifles from the US Army, Rich thinks.

 

Tonight we honor Richard Peters for devoting 12 years to honoring fallen Veterans and serving families of fallen Veterans in the southwest Missouri area.  We wish Rich a well deserved retirement and many wonderful years with Post 5168 to which he just transferred.

 

Veterans clinic will be dedicated today - Sept 28th, 2009

Posted at 07:50 AM on Monday, September 28, 2009 by post5168

    A new community-based outpatient clinic at 5571 N. Gretna Road in Branson will be dedicated today by the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks.
    Keynote speaker for the 1 p.m. ceremony will be George H. Gray Jr., network director. Mayor Raeanne Presley also will make remarks.The expanded clinic will offer a 23,000-square-foot facility to provide primary care, mental health services, audiology, optometry and home-based primary care for veterans living in the area.

Source: Springfield News-Leader

Roger Ellis - September Veteran Of The Month

Posted at 03:44 PM on Monday, September 21, 2009 by post5168

 

Commander Walker Sumner presents Roger Ellis with Veteran Of The Month Certificate for September and gift certificates.

Roger joined the US Army just after graduating from High School in Redding California.  He enlisted on August 23^rd 1966 for 3 years, signing up for Airborne Infantry, serving his Basic Training and Advanced Infantry Training in mock Viet Nam Villages at Ft Lewis Washington.  After Roger Graduated from Ft. Benning, Ga. as a Paratrooper, he was sent to Camp Hovey Korea for 1 year where he specialized as a M-60 Machine Gunner in a recon infantry platoon and later was promoted to Sergeant and assigned as the HHQ Arms Room Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge.  Roger served near the DMZ’s “cold field” for about 3 months when the North Koreans seized the USS Pueblo in January 1968.

 

Roger was re-assigned to Ft Bragg, N.C. where he served in the 3^rd Battalion 505^th Airborne Infantry as a Squad Leader, & company security NCO / company Fire NCO / until he was transferred to Battalion Headquarters as the Battalion S-1 NCOIC .  Roger was discharged on Aug 23, 1969.  Roger returned to Redding, went to College, receiving Degrees in Police and Fire Science.  Roger met Debbie and they drove to Alaska where Roger worked for Loomis Armored Car for 6 months, joined the Alaska State Troopers and retired after 20 yrs 3 months / Moved to Protem Missouri and on Oct 1, 1999 was hired as a Deputy Sheriff in Taney County / promoted to Detective in April of 2004 and presently serves in that position.

 

Wife: Deborah of 32 years on August 19^th. Children (in previous marriage) Nina, living in TN.; Louise (killed at 18 in auto accident); Naomi (Step-daughter living in Nevada); Lonnie (Step-son, living in TN.)

 

MILITARY MEDALS AND COMMENDATIONS: Paratrooper Wings / National Defense / Korean Service Defense / Order of the Bayonet Medal / Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation / Missouri Viet Nam Era Service Medal / M-60 Machinegun & M-79 Grenade Launcher Expert Badges / Rifle Marksman Badge.

 

LAW ENFORCEMENT MEDALS AND COMMENDATIONS:  Alaska State Trooper’s Medal of Bravery / Alaska State Trooper’s Meritorious Service Medal / Alaska State Legislature Commendation for Meritorious Service / Alaska Department of Public Safety Trooper of the Year Commendation / Alaska State Trooper’s E Detachment Outpost Trooper of the Year twice awarded.

 

V F W Post 5168 honors Roger B. Ellis as our Veteran of the Month.

 

Post contact information:

Posted at 03:30 PM on Thursday, June 26, 2008 by post5168

Taney County Memorial VFW Post 5168

113 Columbus Road

Forsyth, MO 65653

Phone: 417-546-5869

Commander: Walker Sumner

E-mail address: post5168@centurytel.net

Website address: http://www.vfwwebcom.org/mo/post5168