MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, SENCLAND CHAPTER

P.O. BOX 10015 • WILMINGTON, NC 28404 • SENCLAND.ORG EDITOR: J. ALLAN TURNER TURNERJA@EC.RR.COM • (910) 540-1865

June Meeting POSTPONED to August! - Submitted by Jim Jackson, Program Chair

Due to current status of Covid-19 restrictions, the annual “Pig Pickin” with presentation of

Scholarships scheduled for 5 June at Hugh McRae Park has been postponed to 7 August. Unfor-

tunately, this date is also tentative. We will be monitoring the changes in restrictions as the State

moves thru the Phases of Reopening to confirm the feasibility of the 7 Aug date and will keep

you advised.

The remaining dates for 2020 are outlined below; all meetings will be at the Bluewater Grill.

Speakers for September, October, and November 2020 are being planned. Some of the speakers

that we had planned for canceled meetings in April and May will likely be rescheduled for later

this year. Stay Tuned!

01 Sep Speaker TBD. Note date: We have also changed the September Luncheon from 8

Sep (the day after Labor Day) to 1 Sep (1st Tuesday) in order to reduce the impacts on Labor

Day plans.

06 Oct Speaker TBD

03 Nov Speaker TBD

01 Dec Holiday Luncheon featuring a special menu and the return performance

of The Harmony Bells

Message from Chapter President, Jim Carper to SENCLAND Members:

It’s hard to believe that half of May has passed and it will soon be Memorial Day. I hope that this

newsletter finds you and your Family well and gradually easing back into some normal routines.

I have several bits of Chapter news to share.

First some sad news:

Longtime member/sponsor of our Newsletter, Elaine Shappell and former member/ USPHS Di-

rector CAPT. Mac McCasland, USPHS (ret), have passed away this month. We are sorry to lose

these old friends.

Now for the good news:

I recently received an email from LtGEN Robert (Boomer) Milstead, USMC. He has been home

from the hospital for about 3 weeks and is continuing to improve.

The Chapter received notice of award of a $2500 MOAA Community Grant to support our Vet-

eran Scholarship and Outreach programs along with several incentive bonuses and Grants for

various items from MOAA, USAA, and the NC Council of Chapters. Due to financial impacts

the virus restrictions are having, the Board, during its 2nd Quarter meeting, made the decision to

increase funding for Veteran scholarship for the next school year, which will help many Veterans

meet expenses and be able to continue their pursuit of their Degrees.

Our JROTC Committee has completed presentation of Leadership Certificates and Medals to an

outstanding Cadet at each of the High Schools in our Chapter area. Lee Hanna and Larry Wilson

have worked with JROTC Instructors to select & present scholarships to 8 graduating seniors

(see the details in the JROTC Scholarships &Leadership Section).

Each of our programs are successful due to the generous donations of our Chapter members.

Please continue during these uncertain times to help us reach out and assist our Veteran Commu-

nity.

Several final items: The SENCLAND SENTINEL will feature each month a profile of one of our

members. This month features Surviving Spouse Anna Stinson, our oldest member who turns

101 this July. Enjoy the story of Anna and her husband, Col Fred Stinson, USAF (ret).

Because of COVID-19 Virus restrictions, several program changes have been made (Please note

in Programs Section and on the Chapter Calendar at www.SENCLAND.org ).

The Board is looking at the possibility of setting up some special programs during the summer as

restrictions allow. They will be intended to give us a chance to reengage, relax, and catch up. If

you have any ideas for a special event, please let Jim Jackson or myself know. We will put out

further information as plans develop.

Volunteers – If any of you, Member or Spouse are interested in assisting with Veterans Programs

or Chapter operations, please get in touch with me.

Potential Members – As things begin to open up, and you run into friends, neighbors, or new ac-

quaintances who are eligible for Chapter membership as an Officer of the Uniformed Services or

a Surviving Spouse of a former Officer, please let them know about SENCLAND Chapter and

invite them to join you for one of our programs, once they can resume.

Remember those who have given their lives in the service of their Country and the Families who

have lived with their lost this Memorial Day. Have a good and safe summer. Hope to see all

soon; it has been too long.

Jim Carper, President

SENCLAND Chapter of MOAA

senclandchapter@gmail.com

Notice from NC Dept. of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS)

Please note the Poster below from the NC Dept. of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) for

your information. DHHS is encouraging Physicians and Medical facilities to ask patients if they

or any of their family have served in the Armed Services in an effort to help and identify and

treat Military/Veteran-related injuries, illnesses, and disabilities.

SENCLAND Chapter Embroidered Apparel - Submitted by Jim Carper, Chapter President

SENCLAND Embroidered LOGO Shirts, Caps, & Outerwear are now available at our

Chapter Online Store hosted by Queensboro Shirt Co. You can access the store using:

https://senclandmoaa.qbstores.com

You can save shipping cost if you are willing to pick up at Queensboro Shirt Co at 1400

Marstellar Street in Wilmington. Call Queensboro at 800-847-4478 after you have placed

your order and tell them you want to pick up when ready. They will credit back the ship-

ping cost and call you when ready for pickup.

Notice of SPECIAL SALES of SENCLAND apparel will be sent out by email to all

SENCLAND members as soon as received from Queensboro.

If you have a problem, call Queensboro at (800) 847-4478.

Legislative Affairs June 2020 – by Barry Coyle, Legislative Affairs Chair

Well, another month has passed and most of us are still staying at home and social distancing.

The NC State of Emergency to enforce social distancing and other restrictions was extended until

8 May. On that day Gov. Cooper began Phase 1 of the NC plan to reopen the NC economy.

Phase 1 permits more retail stores to reopen, but still limits restaurants to take-out and carry-out

service. Most close-contact businesses like bars, barber shops and salons remained closed.

Beaches are allowed to reopen, subject to local restrictions. Social distancing and wearing of

masks are mandatory. Phase 1 is scheduled to last until 22 May and it’s unclear what will happen

then. Please keep up with news regarding this dangerous and highly contagious virus. Older peo-

ple have been particularly susceptible. So it is important to follow evolving rules and guidelines

for avoiding it.

Congressman David Rouzer (NC 7th) has, for several weeks, been distributing a daily email up-

date on COVID-19 news covering local, state and national items of interest. They also provide

links to various Web sites where you can obtain additional information. I have found these up-

dates to be informative and factual. You can sign up to receive these daily reports on Congress-

man Rouzer’s Web site at https://rouzer.house.gov/.

This year MOAA has converted its annual in-person “Storming the Hill” lobbying campaign into

a Virtual Storming the Hill event. MOAA members in each state have been tasked to contact

their Federal elected officials via video or tele-conference to discuss this year’s single Congres-

sional priority issue. That issue deals with Military Health System (MHS) reforms and MOAA’s

desire for more complete analysis and transparent reporting regarding on-going MHS changes.

Your Chapter President Jim Carper, Chapter Member and NC Council of Chapters President Jim

Brumit and myself will interview Congressman David Rouzer sometime in May. I will report the

results next month. I encourage you to get involved in virtual grass-roots communication in sup-

port of MOAA’s priorities. You can find details on these priorities as well as tools to help you

contact your legislators at MOAA’s Legislative Action Center at: www.takeaction.moaa.org/.

Please feel free to contact me if you need assistance.

Legislative activity in Congress is still dominated by COVID-19 relief and stimulus activities.

Some routine business is continuing in Washington but is being made more difficult by the clo-

sure of some buildings and social distancing rules. Most members of the House of Representa-

tives are staying at home which makes voting very hard under current House rules. The FY2021

Defense Authorization and Appropriations bills are in work with Committees and Staff in both

Houses and some hearings on these bills are in progress.

The NC General Assembly reconvened on 28 April and immediately went to work on two large

bills providing COVID-19 relief for NC residents. The House bill concentrated on funding is-

sues – proper distribution of Federal relief funding to specific agencies, appropriation of addi-

tional

NC funding to assist counties, cities and school districts, etc. The Senate bill concentrated on

operational changes for various agencies throughout the state to allow better service during the

COVID-19 crisis. This bill included a 5 month extension until 1 August 2020 for all expiring

state-issued credentials such as driver’s licenses and plates, auto inspections, etc.

Both bills were passed unanimously in both Houses and signed into law by the Governor on

May. No pending bills of interest to MOAA members have yet been taken up during this Short

Session. But it remains possible.

Interview with Mrs. Cathy King, Daughter of MOAA SENCLand Senior Member Mrs.

Anna Stinson – Allan Turner, SENCLand Sentinel Newsletter Editor

On Friday 1 May, I had the honor of talking with Mrs. Cathy King who lives in Wrightsville

Beach. Her Mother, Anna Stinson is the senior member of the SENCLand MOAA Chapter. Mrs.

Stinson turned 100 last year and will be 101 in July. She is living at Bradley Creek Health Center

and has some health issues that prevent her from being interviewed. Cathy was gracious enough

to tell me the story of her parents and her growing up in an Air Force family. Her Father was

Colonel Frederick Stinson, USAF (ret) who passed away in 1999. Here is her story:

Both of my parents were born in Mississippi. My father was born in Greenwood in 1917 and my

mother was born in Meridian in 1919. My father’s family was not well to do and his father

worked as a salesman for Whittington Dry Goods for many years. My mother grew up in a beau-

tiful plantation house which was unfortunately lost during the Great Depression and was later de-

stroyed in a fire. So both of my parents were greatly influenced by the events of the depression

and as a result they had a habit of collecting things.

My father obtained a BA from the University of Iowa, and his first job was teaching at Sun-

flower Junior College which later became Mississippi Delta University in Moorhead, MS. He

also coached the girls’ basketball team there. At some point he went through Officer Cadet train-

ing and was commissioned in the Army Air Corps. He was subsequently assigned to Key Field

in Meridian. My mother had a civilian job at the same base and they met in 1943 via a mutual

friend who was actually an ex-boyfriend of my mother! They apparently had a fairly short court-

ship as they were married in February of 1944. They were married for over 55 years at the time

of my father’s death.

Anna Stinson’s ID Badge and Cover for her job at Key Field, Meridian, MS where she and

Fred Stinson met.

Fred and Anna Stinson’s Wedding Day, February 1944

During the latter part of World War II, my father was assigned overseas in Persia, which is now

Iran. His main specialty was meteorology, and prior to this assignment he was sent to MIT for

that training. After the war he returned to Meridian where my mother had given birth to my old-

est brother. Shortly after that he was ordered to New Orleans for around two years on a training

assignment. One evidence we have of that tour was that he and my mother bought a several

pieces of furniture that I now have.

Fred Stinson in Persia 1944-45

Side Trip to Egypt. Fred Stinson is in the first row, third from the left 1945

In 1947, the US Air Force was formed and my father transitioned from the Army to the Air

Force. The next set of orders took them to Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma. There my next

oldest brother was born. From there they were sent to a very interesting assignment in New-

foundland for two years. One memorable fact with the apartment building they lived in was they

had to share the bathroom with their neighbors!

From Newfoundland, the next set of orders was to downtown Baltimore. At this station my older

(3rd child) brother was born at Ft. Meade. Once this tour was completed the Air Force sent my

Father to Indiana University in Bloomington to work on an MBA. We lived at the Naval Base at

Crane Indiana and this is where I was born in 1955.

After he completed his studies and received his MBA, my father was assigned to Andrews Air

Force Base to the Air Force Systems Command, the major command that acquired weapons sys-

tems like new airplanes, and all kinds of technology. The next set of orders (mid to late 50’s)

took us to his first tour at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois near St. Louis, Missouri. We lived first

in base quarters and then in Lebanon, Illinois where my father built their first house. Dad worked

for the Headquarters Air Weather Service.

In 1960, we were transferred to England for three years. This was a wonderful time for all as we

did a lot of travel in England and Europe. We lived in a charming British home in the town of

Thames Ditton and I attended a British school. My husband and I took a trip to England on va-

cation many years later and I was so pleased that the house was still there and the school I at-

tended was still in operation. Amazing that we were able to find this as I was 8 years old when

we left.

In the summer of 1963, we were transferred back to Scott Air Force Base for the next four years

and this formed some of my happiest childhood memories. I spent my days at the Officer’s Club

swimming pool, I had a very close best friend, and my parents were very involved in the social

life on the base with the other military families. He was the director of Intelligence and Security

for the Air Weather Service.

My Father retired from the US Air Force in 1967 as a Colonel. I think Mom really was disap-

pointed when he retired as she had greatly enjoyed and embraced the military lifestyle. Our first

move in the civilian world was to Chattanooga, TN. Dad had gotten a job at a local bank but un-

fortunately that was not a good fit and ended after only 9 months. So from there, we moved back

to Mississippi for the next four years– this time to Columbus where he worked first at the Ten-

nessee Tombigbee Waterway. This is a manmade waterway that covers Northeast Mississippi,

Alabama, and Tennessee. He then went to work at Mississippi State College for Women – which

later became Mississippi University for Women as their Director of Development. Mom also

worked for the college while in Columbus which was her first return to the work force since be-

fore marriage.

In the summer of 1972, my father took a job with the Environmental Protection Agency in

Durham, NC – which was how we ended up in North Carolina. This was extremely disappoint-

ing to me as I had to spend my high school senior year at a brand new school where I knew no

one. However, the silver lining to that cloud was that from there I attended and graduated from

UNC Chapel Hill with a BS in Nursing, and it was there that I met my husband Hal in my senior

year. (The nursing and pharmacy schools were close and shared a snack bar which is where we

met.)

At the EPA, my father worked in an office that planned and orchestrated grants to various re-

search organizations, mainly universities to perform environmental research. He worked for the

EPA until around 1983 where he finally retired. During this same time, my mother worked at

Duke University in their office of Continuing Education and she retired from that job in 1985.

My parents were very active in the MOAA Chapter in Durham when it was then known as

TROA. In fact my father was the newsletter editor! He loved to write and was very talented in

that field. He was also a very talented wood worker and created many beautiful pieces of furni-

ture and owned a lot of woodworking tools and equipment. As I mentioned earlier my parents

were big collectors. They owned a lot of Lladro porcelain figurines and also liked to purchase

antiques. I have a beautiful silver service that they purchased during our time in England and

also during our time in England, my father bought me 16 place settings of Spode china knowing

that I would need it later in life, and I still own those place settings.

They also loved to travel and continued to do so as long as they were able to. They traveled to

almost every continent and were actually in Berlin on a trip when the Berlin Wall came down.

Dad immediately ventured outside as he wanted to personally witness this historic event. My

mother, however was terrified of all that was transpiring and stayed inside!

My older brother David, continued the military tradition for our family. He graduated from West

Point in 1974 and due to a rule that was in place at the time was able to be commissioned as an

Air Force Officer. The rule was that if you had a parent that had served in another branch you

could actually join that branch of the service instead of the Army. He served for 28 years as a

communications officer and currently lives in San Antonio, TX. My next oldest brother lives in

Georgetown, TX where he retired after a career in human resources, and my oldest brother lives

in Florida. He retired from the DC area where he worked for the National Institutes of Health. As

for me, I was a home health nurse for half of my career and worked at New Hanover Regional

Medical Center in their IT department for the last half.

My father unfortunately passed away on Christmas Day in 1999 when he and my mother were

visiting us here in Wrightsville Beach. My mother made the move to Wilmington in August of

2000 where she affiliated with our MOAA Chapter and is today the oldest member. She resided

at Brightmore Independent Living until October 2016 when health issues necessitated her move

Bradley Creek Health Center.

Anna and Fred Stinson in their later years

Membership Update – Submitted by Al Schroetel, Membership Chair

TAPS:

Former member and newsletter sponsor Elaine Shappell, 82, passed away Tuesday, April 14 in

Mentor, OH.

Also, long time member CAPT Truman L. (Mac) McCasland, USPHS (ret) has died. Mac was

for many years the rep for USPHS to the board.

We Love Guests! Although the current health crisis has resulted in the cancellation of the

monthly luncheons, we will resume hem as soon as the current restrictions are lifted and it is safe

to gather. When that happens, we hope you will invite friends and neighbors to a luncheon, an-

nual picnic or special event.

Chapter Membership Dues & Donation Information – Submitted by Dave Gould, Treasurer

Donations

In order to meet budgeted scholarship awards and grants, the chapter welcomes donations from

its members.

Please consider donating to the Chapter's Outreach Program that provides support for local vet-

erans and military members and their families and/or Junior ROTC and Veterans Scholar-

ships.

There are two ways to pay your dues and make donations:

On-Line:

Open the Chapter's website, http://www.sencland.org, Click on the word “Membership” in the

menu on the left side of the home page.

On that new page, there are two separate choices; one is to pay Chapter Dues, the other is to

make a Donation.

Continue by clicking on the appropriate "Buy Now" button and follow the prompts.

If you have questions about this process, please contact the Chapter Treasurer, Dave Gould, at

dgould321@yahoo.com or 910- 319-7021.

Mail in a Hard Copy:

Please print the following form and mail your dues and donations to:

SENCLAND CHAPTER MOAA

P.O. Box 10015

Wilmington, NC 28404

Name: ____________________________________Address:_____________________________

_____________________________

Email Address: _____________________________

Telephone number _________________ Dues $__________

Donation $__________

Total $__________

Please indicate where there are changes such as phone number or a new address.

You may also bring the completed form and payment to the monthly luncheon

JROTC Scholarships & Leadership - Submitted by LTC Lee Hanna, Leadership/Scholarship

Chair

We would like to thank everyone who donated to the scholarship/outreach programs since Febru-

ary:

Mary Baggett Eva Cooper Ronald Fields

Barbara Foley Joseph Foley LeeRoy Hanna

Lieve Morris Leslie Petty J. Allan Turner

Please considering a donation to these worthwhile projects now. We are always accepting appli-

cations for outreach support. Thank you again to all our generous contributors.

JROTC Leadership Awards Support

This year is truly different for our Leadership Awards Program. The social distancing and clos-

ing of our schools is a first that we hope will also be a last. Since there are no programs with

groups to present awards we have provided our JROTC Leadership Awards either directly to the

recipients or to their instructors. Here is a list of the recipients we have at this time:

School Cadet

JT Hoggard HS NJROTC Ashton Warren

Eugene Ashley HS NJROTC Tyler Wendel

North Brunswick HS AJROTC Zachary Parker

West Brunswick HS AJROTC Logan Wilkie

South Brunswick HS AJROTC Cristian Wells

Lejeune HS MCJROTC Nathan Lerczak

Northside HS AFJROTC Jason Cramer

Heide Trask HS AJROTC Reilly Edge

Pender HS AJROTC Luis Mota

Wallace-Rose Hill HS AJROTC Cesar Henriquez

East Duplin HS AJROTC Connor Dumm

James Kenan HS AJROTC Jeime Anahy Diaz Casco

South Columbus HS AJROTC Parnell Cammi

East Columbus HS AJROTC Noyola Guillen

Whiteville HS AJROTC Stefhanye Reyes

2020 SENCLAND JROTC Scholarships

This year presented us with some unique challenges with our JROTC Scholarship program.

With schools closed and social distancing we did our interviews by email and called applicants

for any additional information we needed. Each student will receive a $750 Scholarship. This

year’s recipients are:

Alexis Wells * North Brunswick HS North Carolina Central Pre-law/Criminology

Jared Williams Wallace Rose Hill HS North Carolina A&T Political Science

Caleb Hughes ** West Brunswick HS Virginia Military Institute Mechanical

Engineering

Joy Yunju Nam E. A. Laney HS North Carolina State Aerospace Science

Engineering

Abigail Fairchild ** JT Hoggard HS James Madison University Health Sciences

Macaiah Robertson* E.A. Laney HS University of South Carolina Global Studies

Liana Slade* North Brunswick HS UNC – Greensboro Chemistry

Bart Williams Jr. E. A. Laney HS East Carolina University Undecided

* Military Dependent

** 3 year ROTC Scholarship Designee

We did receive appreciative comments from some of the recipients:

Alexis Wells “Thank you so much!”

Joy Yungu Nam

“LTC LeeRoy Hanna,

That is such a fantastic news! This has just made my day. I feel truly grateful that I am a recipi-

ent of this award! I look forward to keep serving others in my life and promoting excellent citi-

zen/ leadership values. I really appreciate your organization and this scholarship towards my ed-

ucation, I will make it worthwhile. Thank you again. Wish the best for all your future endeav-

ors.”

Yunju Nam

Macaiah Robertson “Thank you so much! I am honored, sir.”

Abby Fairchild “Thank you so much!!”

Caleb Hughes “I am so humbled with being chosen for this scholarship. I realize there are many young people

my age who have worked hard just as I have. I truly appreciate your time in assisting me through

this. I will do my best to make myself worthy of this opportunity as I begin my time at VMI and

then onto the United States Army.

I will forward a photo with the certificate to you as soon as possible. Thank you again.”

Very Respectfully,

Caleb Hughes

COL Joe Calisto West Brunswick HS Senior Army Instructor

“Great news Lee, very happy for Caleb.”

Thanks

V/R

Joe

LTC William Jeffers Wallace-Rose Hill HS Senior Army Instructor

“On behalf of the Wallace-Rose Hill JROTC, I would like to thank you. Jared’s parents were

tickled to death.”

Jared Williams

Scholarship Report - Submitted by COL Chrissy Sanford, USA (ret), 3rd Vice President

It gives me great pleasure announcing the Board of Directors approved a budget increase for

Veteran Scholarships to be awarded in December. Our organization now has $11,000 to distrib-

ute toward eligible, deserving Veteran students at Cape Fear Community College, Brunswick

Community College, and UNC Wilmington. I know these recipients will be grateful for educa-

tional, financial assistance during this difficult, tumultuous time.

Also, this year we will have one "pot of money" instead of breaking it down into two separate

sources of "Nursing, Allied Health" and "other areas of study". If you desire to earmark your do-

nations to a specific discipline, we will accommodate your request and make that happen.

As always, thank you for your generosity, patriotism, and commitment to these special, unique

individuals and their families. I encourage you to attend and participate in the ceremony when

we distribute these awards. It is very gratifying to observe their appreciation for Sencland

MOAA.

Chrissy Sanford, COL, USA, (ret), 3rd VP

Outreach Initiatives - Submitted by LtCol Larry Wilson, Outreach Chair

The 2020 budget for our chapter Outreach program was increased from $1,800 to $2,200 by the

Board of Directors at a meeting on 12 May. In this time of economic hardship as a consequence

of the coronavirus, the 22% increase enables the chapter to make a greater positive impact in the

lives of veterans within the community. To date, working through the Cape Fear Chapter MOAA

in Fayetteville, an Outreach grant of $400 has gone to the Armed Services YMCA Fort Bragg

and the American Red Cross – Womack Army Medical Center to support military personnel,

their families, and medical professionals at Fort Bragg. Next, we anticipate supporting the Cape

Fear Purple Heart Association’s annual dinner originally planned for August. Last year’s dinner

honored 70 Purple Heart recipients: seven World War II veterans and 63 from more recent con-

flicts.

Donations from members are critical to sustaining the chapter’s Outreach program, as well as

JROTC and Veteran Scholarships. Thank you for your past benevolence in supporting these pro-

grams. In this time of high stress and economic need within our community, if you are in a finan-

cial position to do so, please give to the chapter so that these programs can assist veterans who

may be struggling to get by.

Membership Rosters

Several years ago the Chapter leadership decided to change the Chapter's Membership Lists from

a paper "hard copy" to an on-line version. There were two primary reasons for this; the cost of

printing the membership rosters and mailing them to the Chapter's 250+ members and the fact

that they were out of date almost as soon as they were printed. Since then, the membership ros-

ters have been available on the Chapter's website (https://sencland.org/. These rosters are updated

every month so that they always have the most current list of members. To ensure privacy the

membership roster is in a password protected section of the website. If you need assistance ac-

cessing the roster please contact:

Ken Klassen at kwkswk@att.net or 910-616-9614 or

Al Schroetel at downeast@bellsouth.net or 910-686-6905

SENCLAND Chapter Website Information

If you have logged onto the Chapter Website (www.SENCLAND.org) over the past few

months, you have read coverage about many special events plus legislative updates. There are

numerous pieces in the News and Events, Legislative Affairs, Photo Gallery and Our Heritage

tabs for your review. Also, numerous new members have joined and their contact info is availa-

ble in the roster that is available to members only. If you need help logging onto the website for

roster info, please call or email Ken Klassen, Webmaster, at 910-791-3999 or kwkswk@att.net.

SENCLAND Chapter Facebook Information – Dianne Jinwright, Administrator

Did you know that SENCLand MOAA has a Facebook page? Dianne works hard to have rele-

vant information and updates posted to this social media platform. Viewing this page, “Liking”

and “Sharing” the information helps to get it in front of other members and prospective mem-

bers. If you are a Facebook user, simply enter “Sencland Chapter” in the search bar and you can

view all of the postings. If you don't have a Facebook account just google on “Facebook

Sencland chapter”.

MOAA National and NC Chapters Website Information Our national website

(www.MOAA.org) is a wealth of information for current, former, retired officers, and surviving

spouses. Every chapter member is encouraged to visit and explore this site and take advantage of

the resources available. Similarly, the North Carolina Council of Chapters website (www.moaa-

nc.org) is also a great resource for what MOAA is doing at the state level as well as information

on other NC Chapters.

MOAA Newsletter – MOAA National members can easily take advantage of this free email

newsletter which publishes news and information that is taking place at the national level. If you

would like to receive this go to www.moaa.org, click on the “News & Info” pulldown menu on

the upper right hand side and then click on “Newsletters”.

Wellness Coordinator’s Corner – Leon Rooks

Reminder regarding hospice: Inform Lower Cape Fear (LCF) LifeCare (formerly Lower Cape

Fear Hospice) if a MOAA family member is admitted to Hospice home care or the LCF facility

so they can be properly recognized via their Veteran’s Recognition Ceremony.

Notify Leon at leon.rooks@hotmail.com or 910-799-2488 or our Chaplain, Charles Lewis at

travelerschl@grmail.com or 910-794-6962 regarding any member deaths, hospitalizations, or ill-

ness.

New Hanover County Veterans Council (NHCVC) – Bob Doleman, Chapter Representative

It seems most veteran groups (VVA, DAV, VFW, AL, etc.) "Veteran service officers" - VSOs)

are not functioning right now. Two sources of help for claims, both to initiate and to follow up

(if the person with the claim "power of attorney" is not available) is the Fayetteville VA office

(contact thru the VA clinic at ILM (910-343-5300) and the New Hanover County veteran service

office; open for telephone and on-line assistance until further notice: 910-798-7611, 230 Govern-

ment Center Dr., Ste. #36 (website: www.nhcgov.com ). I believe you can get an appointment

for "curbside service" at Ste. #36 by telephone or on-line communication.

Also, consider logging on and getting updates from https://www.military.com/ on matters of in-

terest.

Stay home and stay safe! Bob can be reached at doleman1936@hotmail.com or 910-399-2404.

To All SENCLAND MOAA Members – Sandi Adams, Surviving Spouse Coordinator

Please let Sandi know if there is anything she can do for you or your spouse at any time. She can

be reached at:

Email: earlsandi@gmail.com

Phone: 910-443-0470

Editorial Policy and Comments

The SENCLAND SENTINEL Newsletter is published by the SENCLAND Chapter, which is an

affiliate of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA). MOAA and its affiliated

chapters and councils are independent, nonprofit, and politically nonpartisan organizations. As a

part of MOAA’s efforts to advance legislation and budgets that would be in the best interests of

military members, retirees, and their families, there is an ongoing initiative to create awareness

on many important topics, and to provide members with easy ways to give their input to state and

national legislators. The following link will take you directly to MOAA’s legislative activities

and provide access to congress……. http://capwiz.com/moaa/home/.

SENCLAND Sentinel – Our Chapter’s Voice

Our newsletter is published monthly (except July & August) in sufficient time to provide infor-

mation on upcoming meetings. We want this newsletter to be of value to you, but we do not aim

to compete with established print, broadcast, or online media, and we do not simply distill what

MOAA National is publishing in Military Officer each month. What we want to do here is keep

you informed about the chapter and our SENCLAND efforts to stay connected with each other

and support our local military and veteran communities.

To that end, we encourage you to provide content for publication in our newsletter and online.

Simply send your notices, letters, articles, and photos to our editor, Allan Turner,

(turnerja@ec.rr.com ) as you collect them. Everything submitted by the 15th of the month will be

considered for inclusion in the following month’s newsletter. All items are subject to editing.

SENCLAND Sentinel accepts sponsorships from our members and other supporters. You can

see a full listing of current sponsors at the end of each newsletter. Soliciting sponsorship in this

way provides a way to recognize our sponsors while allowing us to keep our dues the lowest in

the state. If you would like to discuss sponsorship opportunities for yourself, your company,

other veteran fraternal and support organizations, or anyone else that appreciates the mission of

SENCLAND MOAA, please email Allan Turner turnerja@ec.rr.com . Please note, we have

dropped our subscription rate from $200.00 for the first advertisement block to $150.00. As done

previously, each subsequent block will receive a 10% discount. Cash sponsorships in excess of

the cost of publishing this newsletter in its current format will augment our local military and

veteran outreach activities, increasing the positive effect that we have on our local community.

Consider inviting your neighbors to participate by sharing this newsletter with them and talking

about MOAA SENCLAND. Whenever possible, please patronize our sponsors and let them

know we all appreciate their support of our important initiatives.

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