Greetings friends, in the name of the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  I pray that you all are doing well. I hope that many of you celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ this Easter.  He was crucified, and shed his blood on a cross for the forgiveness of the sins of the world.  Crucified on Friday resurrected on Sunday.  (for God, so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16).  Bill Fiedler is now at Brookdale assisted living, 780 Harrington Way, Folsom.  Room 123. It is within walking distance of his son, Erik’s home and Family! Please go and visit him. He really enjoys the time with us. Good time to share stories.  You can also phone him at 530-391-3520. Until next time, may the Lord bless you and keep you and make his face shine upon you and give you peace.  with Jesus love and ours for you, Doug and Liz.

         

           

NEWS LETTER PAGE 1 Commander Seth Culver

Greeting Comrades,

I hope you are all happy and well.  This month of course is the Memorial Day weekend kick off to the summer vacation.  Kids are out of school, and everyone is getting ready for a great time of summer.  But I would like to remind everyone about Memorial Day and what it means to the veterans and their families.  

Memorial Day was originally called Decorations Day and started after the Civil War to remember those whose died in battle and was proclaimed to be May 30th and was celebrate by the citizens who would visit the graves of veterans, have parades and speeches commemorating the fallen veterans.  This tradition continued on May 30 until 1971 when it was officially declared as the last Monday in May (giving federal workers a three-day weekend.)  We, VFW celebrate the day in numerous different ways but the most common one the public sees are by passing out red poppies as way of remembrance for all of those who died in defense of our nation.  We will be out again passing out the poppies so please stop by and get one to show support of the veterans.

On a legislative note, for retired veterans who live in the state, there is a bill currently going thru the state legislature that concerns tax relief for retirees.  It is Assembly Bill 46 and would remove some of the tax liability on your retirement pay.  The bill has broad support but does need to get some more traction.  Please contact your representatives and tell them to support this bill.

Thank you,

Seth Culver Commander.

Auxiliary President_____________________ ____Anita Hibbard__

Greetings friends in the name of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!  I hope you all are enjoying this warmer weather.  For me it is time to start wearing a different uniform of the day.  That would be tank top, shorts and flip flops!

Sadly Tony who had Cancer passed away.  He is a great guy who was always willing to help. He had faith in Jesus Christ!  For those who share that faith we will see him again.  He was a member of the Auxiliary and I always looked forward to seeing him at the Post.  I considered him my friend.  Anita was able to take family leave from her job and care for him at home.  Please pray for comfort for Anita, family and friends.  There will be  a Celebration of Tony's Life at Indian Rock Christmas Tree Farm at 3800 North Canyon Road in Camino. It will be on June 25th at approixmately 2:00p.m.   Indian Rock is a beautiful place to gather and Celebrate Tony's life.  I hope you all can come!  "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;  who comforts us in all our affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.  For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.  (II Corinthians  1:verses 3-5.)  Until next time, with Jesus Love and ours for you, Doug and Liz

Greeting Comrades,

I hope this newline finds you all happy and healthy in the coming spring season and you are not sneezing too much with all the fresh pollen.

We are still working on the day of service in May, we are planning on helping Save the Graves organization in cleaning and repairing gravestones in the local area.  One project they really need some help with is researching grave sites to see if the interned person is a veteran and if so if their headstones are marked as such.  Come to find out the VA will provide a headstone to a veteran for free and if they do not want a headstone, they will provide a medallion to attach to the headstone.  The kink in the project is if there are family members in the area, we would have to get their permission first to have them recognized as veterans.  I know not everybody wants to swing pick and shovel to help, so this is a great way to help in air-conditioned comfort…aka the USAF.  Let me know if you would like to help either way.

I am sure many of you have seen or heard the advertisements to help with claims for the water issues at Camp Lejune.  As with anything involving money there are people out there taking advantage of other people, Claim Sharks, is the name for them.  Currently there is a bill in front of the California Senate to catch and stop these people from fraudulently filing claims and charging people.  Contact the Senator below to express your views on this matter and be sure to tell them you are a member of the VFW.

Senator Umber’s Capitol Office
1021 O Street, Suite 6530
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4034

People often ask why they should join the VFW this is a great example of strength in numbers, even if you do not regularly attend the meetings there is still strength in your participation as a member of the VFW.

Finally, there has a been a call to duty on Memorial Day 05/27 at 1000 at the Mather VA Medical Center for a remembrance ceremony.  If you are interested in participating in this event, please contact Tim Whalen at tim.whalen@va.gov

Thank you.

Seth Culver