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President's Message  December 2007 If you missed our quarterly luncheon, you missed a treat! SGTMAJOR Wimberly, USMC was our featured speaker and he was outstanding! Our thanks to him and to Vice President Pat Hoggard for a program we won’t soon forget. I represented our Council at the Navy League of the U.S. Annual Convention in Desert Palms, California, early in November. It was an interesting meeting, especially when we were awarded three plaques for our perform-ance in 2006. We were designated an “Outstanding Council”, and received plaques for the “Highest Member Retention – Large Council” and “Second Place – Large Council Newsletter” Mackie Award. This last award is due to the outstanding, dedicated and continuing efforts of Bill McCathern and Jackie Willey in producing our monthly newsletter, the Lucky Bag. We were the only council to receive three major awards at the convention. As always, I was extremely proud to represent Richmond Council. Our Annual Meeting is scheduled for January 10, 2008, at the Willow Oaks Country Club. We will also be celebrating a major event in the history of our council – our 50th Anniversary! Plan on attending and helping us celebrate this momentous occasion. It will be a festive and enjoyable time for all. Don’t miss it! Before our next issue of the Lucky Bag, we will have celebrated Thanks-giving, Christmas, Hanukkah and several other special days, depending on your religion. Thanksgiving is a unique American holiday to give thanks for the many blessings we, as Americans, receive on a daily basis. We Americans have our challenges and problems but there is no better place to live in this world. Have a safe, joyful and blessed Holiday Season! Chaplain's Corner My Crowd at Last by Anonymous Theme: Community / Belonging A stranger moved to a new city and started looking around for a church to join. He was about to give up finding just the right one until one Sunday he dropped into a church and heard the preacher say: “We have left undone the things we ought to have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done.” The newcomer slipped into a pew, and with a sigh of relief, said to himself, “Thank goodness! I’ve found my crowd at last.” Father Adrian Harmening
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December 2007
New Members
The Richmond Council Navy League is proud to welcome you as a member! In the weeks ahead when you attend one of our Navy League events, please let the person in charge know that you are a new member at your first function.
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Come and help celebrate our 50th anniversary!!
PRESIDENT ROY MARTIN HAS PLANNED A SPECIAL PROGRAM which will commemorate the founding of our Navy League Council on its 50th anniversary. An invitation is extended to all, so come and join fellow members as we “launch” our 51st year, a new incoming president and the 2008 . . .more
Directors Gilchrist and Allen Board Northland
On a cold and windy Friday in November, Council received a warm welcome from NORTHLAND’s Executive Officer, LCDR Spolodoro. It was the week before Thanksgiving and a very busy time for the crew preparing for their upcoming deployment. . . .more
Planned “Tiger Cruise” was cancelled by Captain Kerno, as tropical storm Noel was on a collision course with the Florida coast. Apologies were extended to the families who had made plans to board NORMANDY in Mayport, Florida for . . .more
The Marines Have Landed! At Willow Oaks Country Club
Sergeant Major Wimberly, a 24-year member of the Marine Corps, had the situation well in hand at Council’s luncheon celebrating the 232nd birthday of the Marine Corps. . . .more
The “Beast of the East” Celebrates
Navy Recruiting District Richmond, also known as the “Beast of the East” celebrated their fiscal year ‘07 accomplishments with an “All Hands” Award Ceremony and . . .more
Homecoming: USS Carter Hall (LSD 50)
November 7, 2007, the USS CARTER HALL returned from an eight-month deployment. This lengthy mission carried the crew . . .more
USS Winston S. Churchill Joins the List of Deployment Dollar Recipient Ships
Thanks to a very generous donation of one thousand dollars from Mr. Hilaire E. Beck, III, in memory of his father, LCDR Hilaire E. Beck, Jr. USN, who served during World War II, the Council has added the destroyer USS WINSTON S. CHURCHILL . . .more
WAZUP
After the opening ceremonies, the minutes of the November 2007 meeting were approved, as was the Treasurer’s Report, summarized as follows: . . .more
Holicky-Sitter Luncheon
Meets second Tues. of every month at the Golden Corral restaurant, Midlothian Turnpike at Providence Road. Chow (on your own) @ 1130.
Council Board Meeting:
The regular monthly meetings are held at 2:00 PM on the 2nd Tuesday of the month in the Retail Merchants Association Board Room. All members are welcome to attend.
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