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The Scuttlebutt The Newsletter of the Korean War and Service Veterans of Lake County (FL), Inc., Chapter 169, Chartered 1998 www.cid169.kwva.org P.O. Box 491428, Leesburg, FL 34749-1428

Vol. 17. No 09 September 2014

W e were most honored to

have Congressman Dan

Webster visit the Chapter and

make a presentation at our Sep-

tember Member Meeting.

Congressman Webster shared an

update on the VA and the current

situation with ISIS. He also

brought us up to date on the status

of VA Hospitals effort by Congress.

He also provided a status report on

H.R. 318 and H.R. 2794. The for-

mer needs a new sponsor while

2794 is proceeding through the

House. He stated he is a sponsor of

both.

Perhaps most importantly he

talked about his Constituent

Services wherein he offers his

assistance to constituents of

his 10th District on a wide

variety of needs, especially

with the Federal Government.

His Constituent Services Guide is

reproduced on Pages 5 and 6 here-

in. A group photo of most of those

in attendance with Congressman

Webster is below. Photos by Becker

Congressman Daniel Webster

Honors Us

Governor Scott Presents Veter-

ans Service Awards

to Herb Gobel (left) and Art Canale right

Continued page 7.

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Vol. 17. No 09 September 2014 The Scuttlebutt

I t always amazes me

that once July is

over, the rest of the

year just buzzes by.

Just think, we are al-

ready getting set for our

Christmas Luncheon at

the Mission Inn, La

Hacienda Restaurant,

FRIDAY, DECEMBER

19th, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Frank Keaser is collecting funds and issuing tickets.

Cost per person is $18.00.

I have been personally assured that we will not have

the snafu we experienced last year. Ken Vandernorth

will be our Disc Jockey. He has promised “sing along”

songs for all to enjoy.

There will be no Membership Meeting in December

due to the Christmas Party.

This leaves October 22nd and November 19th (to

avoid conflict with Thanksgiving) for Member Meet-

ings.

The November meeting will include election of Offic-

ers to serve in 2015-16.

The effort continues to find and attract younger Kore-

an Defense Veterans to join our Chapter 169. This is

why Art Iversen has set up a meeting in conjunction

with Harold Sievers and Art Canale to be held at 2:00

p.m., Saturday, October 18th in the Eisenhower Cen-

ter located in The Villages (see Art’s article next

page).

It is our sincere hope to find new and younger Village

member Veterans to join even if it means two mem-

ber meetings per month (one on the usual 4th

Wednesday at the Senior Center, the other at the Ei-

senhower Center each 3rd Saturday). We don’t know

the outcome, but thanks to Art for his effort.

No question about it, our September 24th meeting

was very interesting as Representative Daniel Web-

ster’s speech was very in tune with events in the Mid-

dle East. He also brought us up to date on the status

of VA Hospitals effort by Congress.

You can be proud of Chapter 169. To date we have

collected $16500 and donated $11,000 to schools,

“SOS”, and “honor Flights”. We have conducted 15

“Tell America” and 25 “Color Guard” events.

We held a successful “61st Armistice” Celebration and

participated in two baseball games between the South

Korean University Baseball Confederation and the

Florida Collegiate Summer League.

The above represents only examples of the many ac-

tivities and doesn’t mention the “Walkathon” or the

many days of successful “Fund Drives.” To be sure,

we have a very active group of people who volunteer

their time and effort.

Wally

President’s Column by Wally Jones

Call for Members to Serve as Officers and Directors:

T his is the first call for members to serve your chapter as an officer (elected) or director. The Nominating

Committee is seeking members to serve in all positions (see Officer and Director table on page 11). Elec-

tion will be at our November Member Meeting. Your Chapter needs you so give it a shot. Please let either

Don Van Beck* or Art Iversen* know if you are willing to serve. Returns on your efforts will be beyond

belief; I speak from personal experience. Tom Thiel. * also see Page 11 for their phone and email addresses.

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W e need new members to sur-

vive as an organization. Ko-rean Service Veterans provide a ma-

jor hope for KWVA.

Here is something the Chapter is ini-

tiating to address this opportunity.

I invite you to come to the Eisenhow-

er Recreation Center, in The Villages

on October 18, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.

This is the monthly meeting of Kore-

an Veterans started by Harold Siev-ers and Art Canale who are members

and former presidents of our Chap-ter.

They know that there are a lot of vet-erans who served in Korea living in

the Villages, and have been holding

these meetings just for the fellowship of Korean Veterans.. Most of them

are still working and cannot attend our meetings.

I have talked with Harold and Art, as well as officials in the Villages about

our members being able to meet at

the Eisenhower Center, and all agree that this could be a place where we

might pick up new and younger members.

The Chapter 169 Color Guard will present the Colors, and we will do a

MIA/POW presentation.

If this works we will continue to meet

every third Saturday of the month at

the Eisenhower Center. This would be in addition to our meeting on the

forth Wednesday at the Senior Cen-ter. We will try to get them to join

our chapter and help us with our var-ious projects and fund raising. We

will hold regular meetings just like

we do in Leesburg.

It would be great if we could get as

many of our regular members to be there in their Chapter Shirts at this

first meeting on Saturday, October 18.

The Eisenhower Center is located on Buena Vista Blvd, and just north of

44 (close to the Brownwood Shop-ping Center). You do not

need to reside in The Vil-

lages to attend.

The Center has a real at-

traction of Military arti-facts, and has been draw-

ing lots of visitors.

If you can, either come ear-

ly or stay after our meeting and look around, you will

be impressed.

Art Iversen

Ed Note: As we engage on

this most laudable new ef-fort, we need to always

keep in mind that our mis-sion statement says we are

KWVA 169 Inc., of Lake County—all of Lake Coun-

ty!

Join in our new effort to expand membership

Sick Call* We are aware of a number of members who are ailing

in one way or another.

Don Barron has moved to Tampa, 13806 N 46TH ST RM 418-A

TAMPA, FL 33613-4921, Ph: 352-272-9828.

Sam Leanza reports he has had and will have more open heart surgeries.

Keep all in your thoughts and prayers.

* No new report for this issue.

Reminder: Please

keep in mind that this is

your chapter; when there is

a serious illness or death of

the Member or Spouse,

please notify the Chapter

President so that we can no-

tify all members and can

properly prepare to assist

you.

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Marilyn LaVerne Jansen, 82,

of Leesburg, FL, died Tuesday,

September 9, 2014 after a four-year

battle with colon cancer. Born in

Melvin, IL, she and Ted moved to

Leesburg in 1963. Marilyn helped

Ted as a bookkeeper in the family-

owned Jansen Truck and Equip-

ment for 32 years and upon retire-

ment, worked part-time as a

bookkeeper at Lake County Paper

and Products. She was a member of Morrison United

Methodist Church since 1963 and served on the

Church Council, Finance Committee, Staff Parish, as

a youth counselor and many other church activities.

She was a member of The Order of The Beauceant;

former Chairman of The Leesburg Neighborhood Girl

Scouts; Co-Leader of Girl Scout Troop No. 15; Eustis

No.8087 V.F.W. Auxiliary and Past President of the

Orlando Scottish Rite Ladies. She enjoyed playing the

piano, keeping in touch with friends and spending

time with her family. She is survived by her loving

husband of 63 years, Theodore S. “Ted” Jansen,

Leesburg; daughter, Rita Clymer (Woody), Ocala;

son, Kurt T Jansen, Sanford; seven grandchildren,

and four great grandchildren. She is preceded in

death by daughter-in-law Brenda Jansen of Sanford.

We will miss Marilyn’s warmth and smile, and extend

to Ted our deepest sympathies.

Marjorie Louise Reyn-

olds

“For I am now ready to be

offered; and the time of my

departure is at hand” I have

finished my course, I have

kept the faith. Marjorie

Louise (Skeen) Reynolds,

age 80, of Leesburg went to be with her Lord Jesus

Christ on Monday, September 1, 2014. She was born

September 25, 1933 in Lawrence County at Bedford,

Indiana to Roy and Imogene (Davis) Skeen. She was

preceded in death by her grandparents, her parents,

aunts and uncles, a brother, Michael Skeen (whom

she raised), and a granddaughter, Amber Brooke. She

married Jackie Dean Reynolds on November 26, 1953

at Bedford, IN. She is survived by her husband, Jackie

Dean Reynolds of Leesburg, FL; daughter, Jan Gless-

ner and husband Brad of Eustis, FL; son Jeffrey

Reynolds of Ft. Lauderdale, FL; 3 grandchildren. She

has been a “Mom” to many younger people who loved

her and called her Mom. She loved her children,

grandchildren and extended families. She had worked

and retired from the Department of the Navy at

Crane, IN. She was a member of long standing of

First Baptist Church of Eustis. We will miss Marjorie

at our fund drives and chapter activities and extend to

Jack and family our deepest sympathies.

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When: August 13

Where: Eisenhower Center, The

Villages.

Will it be available again? I do not

know.

Clockwise from left: Harold Siev-

ers, Frank Keaser, Joel Briggs, Glo-

ria and Jimmy Corbet, Art Iversen,

Gordon Talbot, and Tom Thiel.

Governor Scott Presents Veterans Service Awards

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Selected photos from the Corbet’s Revisit Korea trip

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W e were busy in Sep-

tember.

On Sept 11 (Remembrance

Day) Art Iversen placed our

Chapter Colors at Station 44

in The Villages.

On Sept 19, I posted our

Chapter Flag at The Village

Mem Park for POW/MIA.

Then on Sept 27, we held a

flag ceremony at the

Bayview Center in Eustis.

This is the fourth time we

have been there and the

crowd was great. We were

met by M/Sgt Young of the

Eustis High School ROTC

with about 25 of his cadets.

They had a yard sale and

entertainment and a petting

zoo. It was attended by Al

Schuetz, Frank Keaser, Gor-

don Talbot, Bill Shumaker,

Carol Becker and myself.

Gene Zender couldn't find

the place and went home

before he ran out of gas.

Carol Becker donated about

25 quilts and pillows to the

Vets who stay there. See the

three photos at right.

As you all know, we also had

two funerals that we attend-

ed.

So far, we have nothing for

the month of October, but

that could change.

Color Guard

Donation to Leesburg Senior Center We made our annual donation to the Senior Center in the

form of items they said would be of great value to the Cen-

ter. We give these items directly to the Leesburg Senior

Center rather than to donate an equivalent amount of

money.

Items included were:

a Panasonic KXTGE244B Dect 6.0 4 Digital Cordless

Handset $99.45, and

five (5) Honeywell TurboForce Fans HT-900 @$15.99.

Item Subtotal: $179.40, Shipping & Handling: $0.00; Total Before Tax: $179.40. Estimated Tax: $12.56. Or-

der Total: $191.96. Photo shows President Jones making the presentation to Charlie White’s niece.

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A s this goes to press membership is 80 —

77 Regular Members and three chapter-

paid Associate Members.

We are slipping in our effort to retain our

members. Eight have been removed in the last

two months!

Membership down. tjthiel Funds by Gloria Corbet, Membership Man-ager and Treasurer.

Member Mbr No

BABCOCK, RAYMOND E. LR43586

BOUCHER, ARTHUR G. R042107

CAHILL, WALLACE P. R044407

CORBET, GLORIA L. A044658

CORSCADDEN, JACK C. R043710

DEROSA, THOMAS A. R045719

FREEDMAN, RONALD K. LR14062

HICKEY, JOHN G. R043844

JACOBS, THEODORE H. R044824

KEASER, FRANK W. R045061

KOUH, YONG C. LR43179

LALIBERTE, JOSEPH E. 'JOE' LR20953

LEANZA, SAM P. R043734

MARKLE, FRANK J. R043593

MASON, SUSAN 'SUE' R039301

MCBROOM JR., JOHN B. LR34827

PESKI, DANIEL 'DAN' R044945

PETERS, ROBERT J. A043813

SABEL, MILTON W. R043713

SAGE, SAMUEL D. R045570

SEIDELMAN SR., LEONARD A. R024568

SIMUNEK, WILLIAM C. R007055

SINAI, DAVID R044568

SJOBERG, WAYNE W. R043715

STRAUSBAUGH, HARVEY E. R041951

TENCH, WILLIAM N. R043315

THOMPSON, GEORGE E. R043594

VELIKY, DONALD J. R041034

VIENNA, CHARLES V. LR45359

WIKANE, GEORGE D. R030801

ZENDER, RICHARD E. R045142

ZETTLEMOYER, DOREEN M. A044570

ZETTLEMOYER, RICHARD P. R041226

Code of Conduct tjthiel

KOREAN WAR VETERANS ASSOCIA-

TION CODE OF CONDUCT

I will uphold and defend the Con-stitution of the United States.

I will adhere to the National Bylaws of the KWVA, my Department, and my Chapter.

I will not engage in any unlawful or unethical conduct, nor attempt to deceive in any manner, my Chapter,

my Department or the National KWVA.

I will fulfill my obligations and will be responsible for my actions to the Chapter, Department, and National

Organization of the KWVA.

I will render service and comfort to bereaved families of fellow Veter-ans, in time of need, to the best of

my ability.

I will respect the rights of others in regard to politics, sex, race, reli-gion, and ethnic background.

I will hold an open mind to the thoughts and opinions of others in

any discussion or problem.

I will at all times conduct myself with proper decorum and dignity

and, while a member of the KWVA, will commit no act or actions that

would dishonor the KWVA, our Flag or our Country.

THE MISSION OF THE KWVA/USA

DEFEND our Nation

CARE for our Veterans

PERPETUATE our Legacy

REMEMBER our Missing and Fall-en

MAINTAIN our Memorial

SUPPORT a free Korea

KWVA has a Code of Conduct; it is reproduced below.

Many of our members are already subscribed to it, but newer ones especially

are not. At right is the list of members that are not now subscribed according

to Association records.

If your name is in the list, please tear off the last page of this Scuttlebutt,

place your name and member number on the form, place an “X” in the high-

lighted box (with arrow), and send it to the address on the form or bring it to

the October Member Meeting. Thank you.

24SepTreasRpt 24‐Sep‐14Totalasof28Aug2014 $6,430.51

+Augdeposits $89.00 dues,donations,50/50,pins‐Augexpenses $0.00

Totalasof31Aug2014 $6,519.51+Sepdeposits $79.00 Dues&Booster‐SepExpenses ‐$389.41

Totalasof24Sep2014 $6,209.10

Shirts.

No orders last two

months.

Does that mean everyone has a Chapter

shirt? If not please contact me and I can

order one for you. Shirts are $28.00 and

up.

Art Iversen (352) 753-0139

Quartermaster Art Iversen, 1st VP, QM

Tell America Fundrais-ing Report by Art Iversen

I have contacted the new Publix in Villages

Brownwood, which will open first of October.

We have been given either Oct 18 and 25. You will be advised of

the final date when we have it.

Officers and Directors POISITION LNAME NNAME City PHONE CELL E‐Mail

President Jones Wally Clermont 800‐400‐5959 904‐716‐3360 [email protected]

VP 1st Funds Iversen Art The Villages 352‐753‐0139 352 408 4593 [email protected]

VP 2nd Mem Lynch Don Wildwood 352‐748‐7009 [email protected]

Secretary Thiel Tom J Eustis 352‐408‐6612

Treasurer Corbet Gloria Umatilla 352‐483‐0570 [email protected]

Imm Past President Thiel Tom Eustis 352‐408‐6612 [email protected]

Dir Photo Historian Becker Carol Clermont 352‐394‐5451 321‐231‐1465 [email protected]

Dir Color Guard Briggs Joel Summerfield 352‐233‐9320 [email protected]

Dir co Tell America Briggs Joel Summerfield 352‐233‐9320 [email protected]

Dir co Tell America Corbet Gloria Umatilla 352‐483‐0570 [email protected]

Dir Jdg Adv, Founder Gleason Jackie Belleview 352‐245‐9691

Dir Quartermaster Iversen Art The Villages 352‐753‐0139 352 408 4593

Dir Sgt at Arms Keaser Frank Leesburg 352‐314‐9351

Dir Chaplain (acting) Lynch Don Wildwood 352‐748‐7009 [email protected]

Dir Editor Thiel Tom Eustis 352‐408‐6612 [email protected]

Dir Historian Thiel Tom Eustis 352‐408‐6612 [email protected]

Dir Webmaster Thiel Tom Eustis 352‐408‐6612 [email protected]

Dir Activities Van Beck Don Tavares 352‐343‐1529 [email protected]

Dir At Large Gruber Joe The Villages 352‐750‐0286 [email protected]

Dir At Large White Charlie Fruitland Park 352‐787‐1885 352‐630‐0825

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Become a CoC (Code of Conduct) Member by signing the

Membership Renewal form on the last mailing page and giving

or mailing to Tom Thiel.

About Email Please be judicious about the

emails you forward; what you think

important or funny is likely just

junk or spam to someone else, and

never, never use the Chapter’s ad-

dress list for your forwarded mes-

sages.

And if you do insist on sending

emails to a large number of recipi-

ents, please, please, do the follow-

ing: place your own email address

in the To: field, and put all the re-

cipients email addresses in the

T he Department of Florida

Fall Council meeting was

held September 20 at Merit Is-land Veterans Memorial Park.

Art Iversen, Carol Becker, Joel

Briggs and President Wally Jones, represented us (see pho-

to below). Here are some of the

most interesting items:

The 2015 DoF Convention will

be May 16, 2015 (I believe it will be in Orange Park at the VFW

hall where Chapter 189 meets,

ED)

The number of DoF meet-

ings has been reduced to just two, and the Conven-

tion from two days to one

(the latter so moved by Car-ol Becker at the 2014 annual

member meeting).

The 2015 Fall Council meet-ing will be on October 25,

2015.

Chapters were asked to if they were bona fide 501C19

Veterans Non-Profit (Chapter 169 is so certified,

but it needs to be brought

up to date).

There was a roundtable dis-cussion of ways to attract

KDV veterans.

It was mentioned that Tom Thiel was missed due to his resignation as Secretary,

Webmaster, Editor, and

Historian.

Judge Advocate stated that

bylaws/procedures need to be revised

Dept. of Florida by Wally Jones

Graybeards:

Articles to look for in next issue:

Our 61st Anniversary event.

The Baseball Games for Chapters 169, 189, 153, and 173, and for DoF.

TJThiel

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American Legion, Post 18 located on Hwy 44 just

east of Hwy 301 in Wildwood will have a luncheon October 10,

open to the Public. Donation $6.50.Info (352) 748-7009.

Why you should wear your CID169 golf shirt!

I decided to stop at my local AT&T cell

phone store as I returned from the last

Member Meeting. A nice Hispanic man

greeted me warmly and we discussed the

phones he had available.

Mid-way in our session, he looked at my

shirt and asked if I was receiving their 15%

veterans discount on my monthly bill. I

wasn’t aware that AT&T offered a Veter-

ans Discount.

He next asked “Did you have a Veterans

Card?” I told him I didn’t have one.

“Never mind” he said, “I will take care of

it.” His only proof was the emblem on my

chapter shirt!

I just looked at my account online and in-

deed it now says I am receiving the 15%

discount! My annual savings will be more

than enough for me to get the new Sam-

sung Note 6 phablet when it is available

on October 17!

Any guess which sales person I will look

for then?

Tom Thiel

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The mission of the Scuttlebutt is to publish all information that is of relevance to all members of CID 169. It is published on the last day of the month it bears.

BoD Meeting, Oct. 8, at 2:00 P.M.

Oct. 22, Nomination of Candidates for 2014-2016; Speaker, Speaker for October 22 is Tony Shaw, “How Weather Affects your energy consumption.”

Members whose dues—

Association, Department

and/or Chapter—that are

payable anytime up to De-

cember 31, 2014 are

shown here.

Dues Total $37.00; that

covers $10 for Chapter, $2

for DOF, and $25 to the

Association. Unless we have

your dues in-hand by the

end of the month shown,

you will be removed from

the membership roster. As-

sociation Life members

must still pay Chapter and

Department Dues.

The Chapter Due date is 30

days prior to the Associa-

tion Renewal date.

DO NOT wait for your As-

sociation notice as that is

too late!

All questions about your

membership should be ad-

dressed to Gloria Corbet.

Please use the Renewal

Form on the last page.

Pay to KWVA Chapter 169.

Mail to:

Gloria Corbet, Treas,

16035 Umatilla Place,

Umatilla FL 32784.

If you cannot maintain your

membership with all the

economic difficulties,

please call me before letting

your membership lapse.

Wally Jones.

Membership—Dues Dates—Assoc., DoF, & Chapter—to Dec. 31, 2014

If you have a story to tell, call Bob!

LNAME NNAME ASSOC C DUEDT AMNT

Vienna Chaz LR45359 08/30/14 12.00$

Tiesman Claus R042616 10/10/14 37.00$

Cahill Wally R044407 10/14/14 37.00$

Pfahler Dick R040780 11/09/14 37.00$

Corriveau Ben R040801 11/16/14 37.00$

Sherwood Bill R044492 11/28/14 37.00$

Babcock Ray LR43586 12/01/14 12.00$

Hall Duane R024656 12/02/14 37.00$

Lynch Don R029963 12/02/14 37.00$

McMahon Murray R024785 12/02/14 37.00$

Seidelman, Sr Len R024568 12/02/14 37.00$

Sievers Harold R027799 12/02/14 37.00$

Simunek Bill R007055 12/02/14 37.00$

Thiel Tom R032530 12/02/14 37.00$

White Charlie R033792 12/02/14 37.00$

LaJeunesse Gene R041623 12/06/14 $ 37.00

Noder Guenther R041624 12/06/14 $ 37.00

Markle, Jr Frank R043593 12/11/14 37.00$

Thompson George R043594 12/11/14 37.00$

Sage Sam R045570 12/15/14 37.00$

Canale Art LR38775 12/23/14 12.00$

Sinai David R044568 12/30/14 37.00$

Zettlemoyer Doreen A044570 12/31/14 16.00$

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President Jones called the meeting

to order at 2:00 p.m.

The Color Guard led by Joel

Briggs, Leader, posted colors. Joel Briggs led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Acting Chaplain Don Lynch led in

member prayer, and Sgt At Arms,

Frank Keaser posted the POW/MIA symbol. Twenty-nine mem-

bers signed the log book; a quor-

um was present.

Speaker: U.S. Representative Daniel Webster

Congressman Webster gave a short

presentation on the current situa-

tion in the Middle East, including history of how we got to where we

are today with ISIL. He also of-

fered the services of his office to

assist all members on any issues they may need assistance with the

Federal Government. See pages 5-

6 of this Scuttlebutt for a copy of

his Constituent Services Program brochure.

DOF Report of Fall Council

Meeting, by Wally Jones: held

Sept. 20 at Merit Island and was attended by President Wally

Jones, Art Iversen, Joel Briggs and

Carol Becker.

The 2015 DoF Convention will be May 16, 2015, and the Fall

Council meeting will be on Oc-

tober 25, 2015.

Chapters were asked to if they were bona fide 501C19 Veter-

ans Non-Profit (Chapter 169 is

so certified (but needs to be

brought up to date).

There was a roundtable discus-sion of ways to attract KDV

veterans.

It was mentioned that Tom

Thiel was missed due to his resignation as Secretary, Web-

master, Editor, and Historian.

Judge Advocate stated that by-

laws/procedures need to be revised

The 4th Annual Veterans

Charity Ball, will be at the

Leesburg Armory, Nov. 1, at 5:00 p.m. Color Guard will attend.

Chapter donated $250, for which

it received two admissions to the

event. These tickets will be auc-tioned off to Members at October

Meeting.

Reports:

Secretary (Thiel), nothing to re-port

Treasurer (Corbet, G): Total as

of Sept. 24, 2014, $6,209.10.

Quartermaster (Iversen): noth-ing to report.

Fundraising (Iversen): Have

contacted Publix in Villages

Brownwood, which will open first of October. We have been given

either Oct 18 and 25. You will be

advised of the final date when we

have it.

Tell America (G. Corbet and

Briggs): nothing to report.

Color Guard: Will be at Bay

View Nursing Home, 301 S Bay St, Eustis, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00

p.m. on Sat. Sept 27. And also at

the Eisenhower Recreation Cen-

ter, The Villages, October 18, 2014, at 2 p.m.

Webmaster (Thiel): Added pages

to www.cid169.kwva.org Art

Canale article, S. Korean baseball series, and photo of Congressional

Roundtable attended by President

Jones. I am maintaining

www.ciddfl.kwva.org the Depart-ment of Florida site.

Editor (Thiel): Scuttlebutt needs

all contributions by BoD, Presi-

dent etc. ASAP.

Graybeards submissions (Thiel):

In Jul-Aug Graybeards: Photo of

DJ Lynch on pg. 10, Reference to

Thiel on pg. 7, Article by Thiel on pg. 12, and DoF article by Thiel on

pg. 45. Articles to look for in next

issue: Our 61st Anniversary event,

and an article on the Baseball Games for Chapters 169, 189, 153,

and 173, and for DoF. One addi-

tional article to be submitted soon.

Korea Defense Veterans: Con-tinued efforts to attract younger :

Thiel reported that we had empha-

sized KSV in both our 61st Anni-

versary and our Baseball Series. (Continued on page 15)

Minutes, September 24 2014 Member Meeting

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We got good coverage in the Daily Commercial prior to the events

leading to more than a dozen

phone and email contacts. Some

said they still worked and therefore could not come to daytime meet-

ings. However, the net result of all

this effort was zero, nada, no new

KSV members. We did however add Yong Kouh to the CID169

membership roster.

Art Iversen reported that he has

arranged for the chapter to extend itself to The Villages, more specifi-

cally to the Eisenhower Recreation

Center, October 18, 2014, at 2 p.m.

Chapter Members Harold Sievers and Art Canale have been hosting

monthly meetings at the Center,

and have agreed to Chapter 169

initiating a second monthly meet-ing in association with their meet-

ings. Our Chapter 169 Color Guard

will present the Colors, and we will

do a MIA/POW presentation. Siev-ers and Canale state that they knew

there were a lot of veterans who

served in Korea who live in the Vil-

lages. They just meet for the fel-lowship of Korean Veterans. Most

of them are still working and can-

not attend our meetings. This

could be a place where we might pick up members. If it works we

will meet every month there on

their meeting date (the

third Saturday) in addition to our current meeting on the forth

Wednesday and try to get them to

join our chapter and help us with

our various projects and fund rais-

ing. We will hold regular meetings

just like we do in Leesburg. It would be great if we could get

many of our members to be there

in their Chapter Shirts. The Eisen-

hower Center is located on Buena Vista Blvd, and just north of 44

(close to the Brownwood Shopping

Center). You do not need to be a

Villager to attend. The Center is a real attraction of Military artifacts

and has been drawing lots of visi-

tors. If you can, either come early

or stay after our meeting and look around, you will be impressed. In

doing this we need always to re-

member that our Charter is for all

of Lake County (and surrounding areas).

Donation to Senior Center

(Jones & Thiel): Thiel order via

Amazon.com. Items included were: 1) a Panasonic KXTGE244B Dect

6.0 4 Digital Cordless Handset

$99.45, and 2) five (5) Honeywell

TurboForce Fans HT-900 @$15.99. Item Subtotal: $179.40,

Shipping & Handling: $0.00; Total

Before Tax: $179.40. Estimated

Tax: $12.56. Order Total: $191.96. We give these items directly to the

Leesburg Senior Center rather

than to donate an equivalent

amount of money which then goes to Brooksville Headquarters.

Membership : As of Sept. 26,

2014, we have 82 Active Members

and one inactive member Tony Skees. Of the 82 several will be re-

moved soon, so we continue to spi-

ral downward from the high of 90

members in 2012.

Nomination Committee: (Don Van Beck). No report. Will vote in

November

Christmas party, Friday, De-

cember 19th Mission Hills, 11:30 AM –1::30 p.m. Tickets are $18.00

each. Obtain yours from Frank

Keaser.

Old Business: none

New Business:

Korean War DVD sets by new

member Yong Kouh. Members

contributed $33.00.

American – South Korean lapel

pins offered by Jimmy and Glo-

ria Corbet to members for a

contribution. Total of $45.00 donated to the Chapter.

Speaker for October 22 is Tony

Shaw, “How Weather Affects

your energy consumption.”

Good of the Order:

Sick Call (Lynch): Mailed cards

to deceased spouses.

50/50 drawing: Won ($21.00) by Alan Stover. Note Alan won last

month also and donated his

$23.00 from that meeting to the

Chapter Booster fund.

POW/MIA Chair Cover Removal

procedure, Prayer, Salute Colors

(Color Guard retires Colors.

Meeting Adjourned approximately 4:00 p.m.

/S/ Tom J. Thiel

(Continued from page 14)

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