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The Scuttlebutt The Newsletter of the Korean War & Korea Defense Vet-erans of Lake County (FL), Inc., CID169, Charter 1998 www.cid169.kwva.org P.O. Box 491428, Leesburg, FL 34749-1428

Vol. 18, No. 7 July 2015

O n a very hot July 21 night, the South Korean

Collegiate baseball team again made an appear-

ance at Pat Thomas Stadium on Dixie Avenue,

Leesburg. The game was great, as are the 169 excel-

lent photos provided by Bob Peters.

As they did last July, the Chapter Color Guard looked

sharp as they presented colors. Above, from left: Joel

Briggs, DJ Lynch, Ron Psonak, and Wally Jones.

They shared the Color

Guard duties with the

Thomas R. Norris Battal-

ion of the U.S. Naval Sea

Cadet Corps of Fruitland

Park.

Bill Shumaker presented

Chapter Pins to the South

Korean baseball team

while Frank Keaser did

likewise to the Leesburg

Lightning players (see

photos in continuing column).

Frank, as he also did last year, threw out the first

pitch; the year’s practice did Frank well as he was

able to get it close enough so the catcher could pull it

in this year (see photo in continuing column). See

Baseball, continued page 7

(Continued on page 7)

S. Korea vs Leesburg Lightning!

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Vol. 18, No. 7 July 2015 The Scuttlebutt

C hapter 169 is not only the

largest in the State, it’s the

best in the State!

We have asked several State and

Association Officials to look into

the 90 percent rule that we have

been fighting for years.

I asked Brian Welke, one of our

“new” members (reinstated), to

look into it and see what could be

done.

Within a week he showed me a no-

tice from IRS that was updated 25

March 2015 which states: “At least

75 percent of its members must be

past or present members of the

USAF (United States Armed Forc-

es).

It appears that we have no 90 per-

cent rule problem.

I contacted James Fisher of the

KWVA Association Board, and he

asked me to send him the infor-

mation. After reading it he agreed

that the problem has been solved.

The last issue of the Graybeards

had a lot of information about his

phone contacts with IRS and not

one word from them about this no-

tice.

So, when you see Brian, tell him

thanks.

The Korean Baseball team was

here last Tuesday and lost to the

Leesburg Lightning 3-2. Our Color

Guard presented the Colors. Frank

Keaser and Bill Shumaker passed

out our Chapter Pins to each player

on both teams. Frank also threw

out the first pitch; it was not a

strike but the catcher caught it.

Monday the 27th we were at both

Memorial Parks, Leesburg and The

Villages. Our own Al Schuetz was

the Key Note Speaker in the Villag-

es. I hope most of our members

attended one of the two locations

We still need volunteers for the

Tell America Fund Drives at the

local stores. It is always the same

members every drive, and some are

working double shifts because

there are not enough volunteers.

The shifts are only three hours and

the time goes by fast (unless you

are doing a double shift) and it’s a

great way to meet and greet and

get new members.

The VA cell phone man was at our

meeting and I think 15 more mem-

bers ordered new phones. Do we

need him back?

Which reminds me, if you are try-

ing to call me please use my home

number first. I don’t have the cell

phone on if I’m home and if you

leave a message on the cell phone I

don’t get it.

If you are having trouble with your

phone talk to Joel, he can help you.

I am very proud of our Chapter, we

are not only the largest Chapter in

the State but the BEST. But, we

always can improve

Art

President’s Column by Art Iversen

A s of June 2015,

it is estimated that 7,850 of

our fellow G.I.s still lie silent in the

foreboding landscape of North Ko-

rea. What is our Chapter doing

about it? What is KWVA doing

about it? What are you doing about

it? We are preparing Chapter let-

ters to our elected representatives

asking them what they are doing

about bringing these heroes home.

We will invite them to speak to us

to explain what they are doing. I

plan to personally contact them as

well. The Chapter has motivated

the Association and the Depart-

ment to action. And we plan to

publicize the fact that there are still

7,850 MIAs with ceremonies on

Sept. 18, National POW/MIA day.

More later; Please help. TJThiel

7,8507,850

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M embership is still our big story. We continue to

gain new members, and we have not lost any

members in recent months. Let’s keep it that way!

We have gained four new members since the last

Scuttlebutt; three at the Senior Center and one at the

Eisenhower Center.

I anticipate that we will really gain many more new

members at the Eisenhower Center next month as

Brittany Van Heyningen, Senior reporter of The Vil-

lages Daily Sun is doing a story about the Chapter be-

fore the next meeting. Also, I hope to do a “Boy Spy”

article before Eddie Ko’s appearance in October.

Now let me introduce our four new members:

The first two I’m presenting as

a couple—Jack Kennedy on

the left, and below him is Sha-

ron Wernli. Jack served in

Korean waters with the US Na-

vy 1951-52.

Sharon joined us as an Associ-

ate member, which of course

we really welcome to our

Chapter.

If you haven't guessed by now,

Jack and Sharon are married,

to each other, they live on Big

Oak Lane in Wildwood.

Next is Andy Whippple,

who served in Korea 1951-52

with the USAF; Andy is a Navy

retiree. He and Judy live on

San Diego St in The Villages.

The fourth new member is Laura Brown for whom

we still do not have a photograph. Laura is also join-

ing as an Associate member, and lives on N. Bobwhite

Rd, in Wildwood. She shows that her father served in

Korea with the 24th Infantry Division. I should also

tell you that Laura is the daughter of Doreen Zettle-

moyer, and I suspect that Doreen had a persuasive

hand not only with Laura, but Jack and Sharon as

well. Thank you Doreen!

Yes, we are just one shy of the Century Mark, 100,

which we said we had publically at our July 22 Senior

Center meeting; however, it turns out that indeed we

are short the needed paperwork for that 100th mem-

ber. He will be on board next time for sure.

Ninety-nine places us in a three-chapter tie for #7

rank nationwide—see below. (I was wrong about #5)

Membership now ‘99’ by Tom Thiel, Secretary and Membership Manager

Welcome Sharon, Laura, Jack and Andy! We hope you will be pleased with your new ‘family’!

Special Guests at our July 22

Member Meeting:

Maxine Parker, President, Department of Flori-

da, and

Brittany Van Heyningen, Senior reporter of The

Villages Daily Sun.

LakeFrontTV. Bob Peters reported that LFTV

has been showing its presence in Chapter activities. This

includes the recent baseball game, the Vietnam Veter-

ans travelling wall, and will be there Monday to record

the events at Veterans Memorial Park Leesburg.

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T he meeting was called to order at 2:00 p.m. July

18 by President Iversen. Colors were presented,

the Pledge of Allegiance rendered, our MIA/POW Re-

membrance conducted and an opening prayer deliv-

ered.

President Iverson introduced guests, and urged mem-

bers to participate in either of two JULY 27 at 10:00

AM Korean War Armistice events at either Veterans

Memorial Park in the Villages or at Veterans Memori-

al Park Leesburg; the Chapter will have full Color

Guards at both events.

Iversen then installed members Brian Welke and

Pat O'Hanlon, who had become members last

month, and new member Andy Whipple who joined

today.

He urged members to become active in the Tell Amer-

ica and Honor Guard activities of the chapter and in-

vited members to attend the July 21 ballgame be-

tween Korean Collegiate All Stars and Leesburg Light-

ing.

Since the scheduled speaker was late, several guest

speakers were asked to make short presentations.

First was John

Schuch , who is with

The Villages’ Commem-

orative Air Force (CAF),

a Texas-based non-

profit organization ded-

icated to preserving and

showing historical air-

craft at airshows pri-

marily throughout the

U.S. and Canada. John described how they restore

and fly aircraft from by-gone years. They are currently

flying a fifty-year old WWII bomber to air shows

around the country.

Pat O'Hanlon then

spoke a bit about his

career in the Counter

Intelligence field, both

for The U.S. State De-

partment and Army

Intelligence, and his

own personal role in

catching and exposing

spies both here in the

United States and Korea. Pat will be the featured

speaker for our September 19 meeting.

The scheduled speaker,

David Booth, found-

er of Combat Veterans

to Careers, which has

an office in the Villag-

es, was next to speak.

David gave some dis-

heartening Veteran

statistics—1 out of 5 are

homeless, 22 commit suicide each day, only 20 per-

cent use their GI Benefits. There are over 200,000 in

need of assistance of some sort.

The Careers For Combat Veterans provides Career

Workshops where they help develop veterans’ resume

skills, and follow-up after applying for a position.

They offer community support for vets by providing

360 degree support case management and are a na-

tional outreach group. He then provided examples of

local success in the Villages and surrounding area.

The next Eisenhower Center meeting is August 15;

The Chapter’s Tell America program that goes to Lake

County high and middle schools will make a demon-

stration of the presentations they make.

Eisenhower Center Membership Meeting by Al Monahan and Tom Thiel

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Nephew links up with Disabled 7th ID Korean War Vet uncle.

O n a recent New England trip , Bob Peters

(standing) paid a visit to his disabled Uncle

Tony Peters in a New York Veterans Home.

As you know, Bob recently signed Tony as a member

of Chapter 169.

Bob learned that his uncle served in the 7th Infantry

Division during the Frozen Chosin battle where the

Division suffered over 2,000 casualties to the Chi-

nese in battling their way south-east to the port of

Hungnam. There, it along with the 1st Marine Divi-

sion and HooJung’s ancestors, were all evacuated by

sea.

Tony, we are happy to have both you and your Neph-

ew in CID169!

UCF Veterans Histo-ry Project by Tom Thiel

Its still not too late for you

W e still have not set a date for the UCF VHP

interviewers to come to Lake County; I will

contact UCF’s Tiffany Rivera as soon as I finish the

Scuttlebutt. But I will try to delay it for our snowbirds

to return—snowbirds please let me know.

Tiffany would like to have a “Lake Veterans History

Day.” As you can see from the next page, The Lake

Sentinel has already published one article.

President Iversen says we can obtain a room at the

Eisenhower Center, now I will need to determine

whether another will be needed at the Leesburg Li-

brary.

Jimmy Corbet, Lynch, Reynolds, Schuetz, Corscad-

den, Stover, Vanas and Wood, Jr. are scheduled for

the first interviews this fall. Wally Jones, Gene

Zender, Joel Briggs and Bob Peters have added their

names to the list as well.

IF YOU ARE ON THIS LIST AND HAVE NOT REG-

ISTERED AT

https://richesvhp.cah.ucf.edu/register/

PLEASE DO SO NOW; OR LET ME KNOW IF YOU

NEED HELP TO REGISTER. SOMEONE FROM UCF

WILL ASSIST YOU OVER THE PHONE.

For those of you still on the fence about being inter-

viewed, please also let me know and register online

soon. If you are a non-computer person and would

like to be interviewed, again let me know.

These interviews are being compiled online at

http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/veterans/

You can view mine at: http://digital.library.ucf.edu/

cdm/singleitem/collection/VET/id/552/rec/1

(I have had buffering problems though.)

[email protected], 352-408-6612

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Final Score: Lightning 3, SK 2.

Right: Shumaker (L) and Keaser

[R] present pins.

Below: Keaser, Shumaker and Wel-

ke.

Below right: Frank 1st pitch.

(Baseball Continued from page 1)

QUARTERMASTER:

Made in the U.S.A. caps for Korean

War Vets, and Korean Service Vets

(after 1955) are now available for

$15.00 ea.

Chapter golf Shirts are available in

Ultramarine and Navy Blue; men’s

with pockets S/M/L/XL $28.00; XXL

$30.00 ea. Women’s without pockets

in Ultramarine and Navy Blue, S/M/L/

XL $ 28.00 XXL $30.00 ea.

Contact Gene Zender 352-748-0112

www.cid169.kwva.org/

2015 INCOME & EXPENSE REPORT for JUL

CHECKING BUDGET Comp w/Budg

INCOME Apprvd Jun 2015 7/22/2015 needed

FundDriveTA $14,700.00 $11,946.00 $2,754.00

Dues $2,700.00 $2,224.00 $476.00

Inc‐other $1,000.00 $639.50 $360.50

Inc‐other/conv $635.00 ($635.00)

Xclude $1,000.00 $484.00 $516.00

Total $19,400.00 $15,928.50 $3,471.50

EXPENSES to be spent

CGeneral $5,200.00 $2,370.00 $2,830.00

CScholarship $3,500.00 $3,250.00 $250.00

KWVA $2,000.00 $1,755.00 $245.00

Operating Expenses $5,500.00 $4,399.03 $1,100.97

Xclude $1,000.00 $587.00 $413.00

Trf to MM $1,000.00 $600.00 $400.00

Total Expenses $18,200.00 $12,961.03 $5,238.97

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Left, from left: Al Stover, Captain of the Sat, Jul, 11, drive at

Publix Colony Plaza 466A, store manager, and Art Iversen

delivering a Certificate of Appreciation to the store for al-

lowing us to conduct the drive.

TELL-AMERICA FUND DRIVES: Gene Zender, VP

DATE LOCATION AMOUNT CAPTAIN TEAM MEMBERS

Total to date 11,619.00$

Sat, Sep, 19, 15 Winn‐Dixie LA Plaza

Grande

900.00$ Jones 904‐716‐3360

Sat, Oct, 17, 15 Walmart (2 doors) 466 2,000.00$ Briggs 352‐233‐9320

Tell America Fund Drives are our Chapter’s main

means of surviving, of maintaining a highly active and

visual program in our area, and of leading Florida’s

and most of the nation’s Chapters. We call them Tell

America drives because they enable us to present our

Tell America programs to schools and elsewhere, and

because in conducting the drives we also inform the

public about the Korean War.

We have taken in almost $12,000 so far this year. But

there are two drives still to go: Sept. 19 at La Plaza

Grande Winn-Dixie, and Oct. 17 at the Walmart on

466. I am certain that more members are needed to

complete the teams, and so urge you to make your-

self available for a three-hour stint. Call Wally Jones

and/or Joel Briggs to schedule when you can help. It

is easy to do, yes you can sit if you need to, but do

it—please!

To those of you still wondering why our guys do Fund

Drives, below photo was taken at the Sat. Jul, 11, drive at

Publix Colony Plaza 466A. From left: Art Iversen, Gene

Zender, a very nice lady who wished to be photographed

with a bunch of old vets, Al Stover, Frank Keaser and DJ

Lynch. Who’s manning the tables guys?

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(Joel was again the only one to give me the re-

quested written report at the member meeting;

thanks Joel);

July 21, at Baseball Game. Iversen, Jones, Lynch,

Shumaker, Keaser, Psonak, and Briggs. Welke,

Gloria and Jim Corbet, and Bob Peters were in

attendance. Gave out 64 lapel pins to players.

July 27 VMPL, 10:00 a.m., Briggs, Jones, Shu-

maker, Lynch, possibly Furie.

July 27 VMPV 10:00 a.m., Iversen, Zender, Tal-

bot, Keaser, possibly Selph.

Color Guard by Joel Briggs

I am part of an American Flag. I have proudly flown over a home in the U.S.A. I can no longer fly, the Sun and the

Winds have caused me to be tattered and torn.

Please carry me as a reminder that our veterans should never be forgotten. We owe our free-

dom to their sacrifices.

KWVA of Lake County Chapter 169, Inc. P.O. Box 491428

Leesburg, FL 34749-1428

D oreen Zettlemoyer and several other members are

making small favors to use at Fund Raisers and oth-

er events. The favors consist of a star from a well-worn

flag on one side, and a poem on the other (see below).

These are enclosed in small plastic poly sealable bags.

The group needs your old tattered flags. They will care-

fully cut the stars out of the flags, and have the flag re-

mains ceremoniously burned. Please bring your old flags

to Chapter meetings, or contact Doreen Zettlemoyer at

[email protected], 352-748-0549; 352-568-5239.

Your Flag Stars are Needed

Sick Call

Sick Call : Jack Reynolds is serving as

Chaplain for Ted Jansen until Ted returns.

Ted is home now and says he is getting

along fairly well. But he cannot drive yet.

Andy Whipple is in the hospital.

Bill Shumaker will be in surgery early Aug.

Lorne Gruber, Alma Goebel.

If you know of anyone ailing please let your

ED know.

Joel on “Guard Duty” at The Villages July 4;

photo courtesy of Joan Bernat.

Chantel Buck, Life after vision loss was Speaker at the July 22 Senior Center Member

Meeting. Contacts: 352-435-5040. [email protected],

www.newvision fl.org. Excellent presentation on how to

cope with vision loss. Used Wally Jones to demonstrate

how to pour water, and Jim Corbet to demonstrate one way

vision impaired count money. New Vision receives one-half

of their funding from the State and the other half through

donations and fund drives.

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Chapter Lapel Pins The Chapter has a very nice 3/4-inch

pin designed by Don Struhar, they are

suitable for every KWVA member!

Pins are $4.00 each.

They are available at every meeting

from Joel Briggs, 6560 S.E. 173rd

Place, Summerfield, FL, 34491, (352) 233-9320, briggs.joel[at]

aol.com.

DATE EVENT PLACE TIME DESCRIPTION, SPEAKER, etc.

12‐Aug BOD Senior Center 1:30 PM

15‐Aug Member Meeting Eisenhower Center 2:00 PM CID169 Tell America Presentation

26‐Aug Member Meeting Senior Center 2:00PM Scott Bruinsma, My 1996‐97 Korean Ranger

Experience

9‐Sep BOD Senior Center 1:30 PM

11‐Sep Remembrance day Fire Station 44 6:00 PM One Guard, Morse Blvd Just south of 466A

18‐Sep POW/MIA Day VMP Leesburg TBD We need a simple ceremony to recognize and

publicize and to gain visibility; Guard

19‐Sep POW/MIA Day VMP, The Villages 10:00 AM Full Guard, All Members

19‐Sep Member Meeting Eisenhower Center 2:00 PM Pat O'Hanlon, Finding N. Korean Spies

23‐Sep Member Meeting Senior Center 2:00 PM Gary Kadow, SOS Save Our Soldiers

14‐Oct BOD Senior Center 1:30 PM

17‐Oct Member Meeting Eisenhower Center 2:00 PM Eddie Ko, Boy Spy

28‐Oct Member Meeting Senior Center 2:00 PM ????

4‐Nov BOD Senior Center 1:30 PM

11‐Nov Veterans Day VMP, The Villages 10:00 AM One Guard, All Members

18‐Nov Member Meeting Senior Center 2:00 PM ????

21‐Nov Member Meeting Eisenhower Center 2:00 PM Veterans Choice, Program, Deborah Reagan

Chapter Program Activity Schedule

Alum Can Pop Tops

Frank Keaser would like you to save the pop tops of all your alu-minum drink cans and bring them to our meetings. He will collect and submit to Ronald McDonald House in our name where we can receive some recognition. Thanks

x Asch‐Peski Mary

x Babcock Ray

x Brown Laura

x Packwood, Jr Gene

x Thompson George

x Vaream Nick

Photos Needed

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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 pub-lished on the last day of the month it shows. Dead-line for receipt of material submitted is Friday fol-

lowing each Member Meeting.

We welcome member letters and emails for publishing in Scuttlebutt (non-political)

M embers whose dues—Association, De-

partment and/or Chapter—that are

payable anytime up to January 1,

2015, are shown at right.

Dues Total $37.00; that covers $10 for Chap-

ter, $2 for DOF, and $25 to the Association.

Association Life Members are also shown as

they owe Chapter and DoF Dues, or a total of

$12.00, due on December 2.

Unless we have your dues in-hand by the end

of the month shown, you will be removed

from the membership roster.

The Chapter Due date is 30 days prior

to the Association RENEW date.

PLEASE DO NOT wait for your Associ-

ation notice as that is too late!

Questions about your membership—

contact Tom Thiel, Membership Man-

ager, at 352-408-6612 or

[email protected].

If you cannot maintain your membership

with all the economic difficulties, please call

me before letting your membership lapse. Art

Iversen, 352-753-0139.

Pay to: KWVA Chapter 169.

Mail to: Gloria Corbet, Treas, 16035 Umatilla Place, Umatilla FL 32784.

Membership—Dues Dates—Assoc., DoF, & Chapter—to Jan. 1, 2016

LNAME FNAME MBRNO CRDATE AMOUNT

BABCOCK RAYMOND E. LR43586 12/02/15 12.00$

CANALE ARTHUR B. 'ART' LR38775 12/02/15 12.00$

FREEDMAN RONALD K. 'RON' LR14062 12/02/15 12.00$

GOEBEL HERBERT M. R002010 08/01/15 37.00$

GRUBER JOSEPH J. R040778 11/09/15 37.00$

HALL DUANE L. R024656 12/02/15 37.00$

HORVATH BERT A. R042556 09/19/15 37.00$

LAJEUNESSE EUGENE C. R041623 12/06/15 37.00$

LALIBERTE JOSEPH E. 'JOE' LR20953 12/02/15 12.00$

LITTLE HAROLD K. R046368 12/06/15 37.00$

LYNCH DONALD J. R029963 12/02/15 37.00$

MARKLE FRANK J. R043593 12/11/15 37.00$

MCBROOM JR. JOHN B. LR34827 12/02/15 12.00$

MCCLELLAN CARL E. R046331 11/15/15 37.00$

MCGINTY ROBERT A. LR10362 12/02/15 12.00$

MILLER RICHARD E. R046421 12/26/15 37.00$

MORAN EDWARD K. 'ED' R046423 12/27/15 37.00$

PFAHLER RICHARD N. R040780 12/21/15 37.00$

RIVER JR. HENRY G. R045249 07/27/15 31.00$

SEIDELMAN SR. LEONARD A. R024568 12/02/15 37.00$

SIEVERS HAROLD E. R027799 12/02/15 37.00$

SINAI DAVID R044568 12/30/15 37.00$

TALBOT GORDON G. R042682 11/06/15 37.00$

THIEL THOMAS J. 'TOM' R032530 12/02/15 37.00$

THOMPSON GEORGE E. R043594 12/11/15 37.00$

VANAS ROBERT R032137 12/02/15 37.00$

VIENNA CHARLES V. LR45359 12/02/15 12.00$

WATERFIELD ROBERT B. R046422 12/27/15 37.00$

WHITE CHARLES W. R033792 12/02/15 37.00$

WIKANE GEORGE D. R030801 08/31/15 37.00$

The Scuttlebutt Korean War and Korean Service Veter-

ans of Lake County, Chapter 169

Tom J. Thiel, Editor

19147 Park Place Blvd.

Eustis, FL 32736

Baseball 1

President’s Message 2

Chapter 169 POW/MIA Policy 2

Membership 3

Eisenhower Center Meeting 4

Nephew links with uncle. 5

UCF VHP 5

UCF VHP Lake sentinel 6

Funds Report; QM 7

Sick Call; Color Guard; Stars 9

Activity Sched; Pins; Pop Tops 10 Dues Dates; Pay My Dues 11

Boosters; Photog. Ad 12

TA Fund Drives 8

Inside this issue

* * * Boosters * * * Wanted—Chapter Photographer. Must have email, and be able to transmit photos electronically. Need to attend meetings and most Chapter Functions such as burials, Tell America, TA Fund Drives, etc. Call 352-408-6612.

Boucher,Art $25.00Briggs,Joel $3.00Corbet,Gloria $27.00Corbet,Jim $13.00Corscadden,Jack $20.00Corscadden,Jack $17.00Corscadden,Jack $55.40Furrie,Frankcash $15.00Gruber,Joe $16.00Kennedy,Don&HoJung $20.00Selph,Joeycash $2.00Stover,Al $20.00Vanas,Robert $2.00Zender,Genecash $2.00

Total: $274.40 7,8507,850

7,8507,850

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