DECEMBER 2019 Bryan, TexasPublished Monthly by Earl Graham Post 159

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The Christmas party is De-cember 7th. Come join us fordinner and dancing with ourvery own OJ Rick Hill. De-cember 8th is the BCS Christ-mas Parade. If you havenever ridden our float, comeon out and bring the family,it's a great time. Unless ofcourse they but us behindsome horses. Then it's some-thing else. Be proud of beinga Legionnaire and belongingto this post. We do so muchin the community, and wemake a difference.

My Fellow Post 159 Family,

Every Thursday, Veterans Coffeeby ALA, 0800 - 1000 hrs

Every Tuesday, BSA Troop 159meeting, 1800 hr.

Post Eternal

Daniel Ruiz (93)

1 Nov 19As always thank you for al-lowing me to serve as yourCommander.

It's the Holiday season, areyou ready? Thanksgiving,Christmas, Hanukkah, or anyother that you and your familycelebrate. I wish you andyours all the best during thistime of year. As we all knowfrom our time in the service,some of our service men andwomen are in foreign lands, farfrom the homes and familiesthey so dearly love and miss.Please keep those in yourhearts and prayers during thisjoyful time of year. I would liketo congratulate LegionnairesLeah Morales, Susan Marty,T J Robie, Glenn Burnside,Don Ling, Jan Rueschhoff, andJohn McGuire. They all re-ceived the 2019 VeteransCommunity Award from USRepresentative Bill Flores.Rep. Flores presents this an-nual award to veterans in thecommunity that are still servingthe resident of the Brazos Val-ley. I hope when Bill stepsdown, his replacement willcontinue the outstanding pro-gram. On Veterans Day No-vember 11th, at 11 am our posthosted a joint VSO ceremony.Thanks to all that had a hand in it,because it was a great show.Our post has so much to beproud of and the Veterans Dayceremony was just another ex-ample of how we work togeth-er to shine. I'll close withthese reminders.

Army WW II

31 year memberTom Marty

Commander Post 159

AMERICAN LEGION POST OFFICERS2019-2020 Adjutants Call

COMMANDER: Tom Marty1ST VICE CMDR: Bret Humphrey2ND VICE CMDR: Larry FikesFINANCE OFF: Heather HumphreyADJUTANT: Dale HutchcraftCHAPLAIN: Gerry HinceSERVICE OFF: Pamela RobertsonHISTORIAN: Susan MartySGT -AT-ARMS: David RiceJUDGE ADVOCATE: JD LangleyPAST COMMANDER: Steve Kim

(714)586-7348(979)820-4401(979)324-7831(979)820-3819(979)571-1290(817)266-6893(713)301-6426(714)309-2449(979)220-0599(979)574-3213(979)676-2228

The holidays are upon us andmost of us look forward tobeing with family and friends!I hope that you will drop bythe post and say hello to yourmilitary family too!

If you are unsure if you'verenewed or not for next yearlook at your membershipcard, if it says 2019 you havenot! December 31 S is fast

approaching, after that yourmembership will be past due.You can renew any timeonline or stop by the postduring coffee and donuts onThursday mornings and I'll behappy to help you. I've evenmanaged to take a renewalby credit card completely overmy cell phone while talking tothe member! Please considerrenewing soon, it's a gift toyourself, to the post and toihe community thatwe serve.

Brazos Co Vet. Service Off: Pat Patterson 361-4360

Veteran Affairs Outpatient Clinic

1651 Rock Prairie Road, Suite 100 680-0361

Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial 696-6247

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT-LARGE

Gary Banta(979)218-0807

Jacqueline Swann(979)739-9604

Charles Rathke(979)690-5144

Rick Rogers(979)703-6595

Tmcey Rueschhoff George Weber Charles TeITy(979)587-5981 (979)822-9128 (979)774-1453

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folks to be thankful for.

WE NEED EVERYONE TOHELP DELIVER THE CHRIST -MAS BASKETS TO OUR RE-TIREMENT HOMES! Lists areavailable at the Post to sign upto deliver the holiday bags tothe veterans locally and weneed folks to sign up to deliverthe baskets.

We will deliver them the firstThursday of December follow-ing donuts!

In addition, please let us knowif you know any veterans whoare in their own homes or withfamily and might like a holidaybag. We can make the deliverywhere and when our vets are!

Just call and we will add toSanta's list!

Happy Thanksgiving andremember to always givethanks

£OR GOD-AND COUNXR¥. -

GERRY HINCEDon Hutchcraft

(979)204-0000

Jac Morse(979)703-4665

Steve "Catfish" Thomas

(979)255-8032 Blessings to you and yourfamily, hince57@msn.comRoger E Smith

(979)220-6616John Ogden(979)324-6614

Dale Hutchcraft 817 266-6893Riders Director: Don Hutchcraft (979)204-0006

Sons of the American Legion

Squadron Commander: James Collins (979)690-0592

Squadron Adjutant David Jones (979)229-4741

Chaplain's CornerEARl GRAHAM POST 159

Phone: (979) 778-1936e-mail: post159@alegion159.org

www.alegion159.orgP. O. Box 326, Bryan. TX 77806-0326

As Thanksgiving approaches,please know that yourChaplain is ever grateful forthe support given by the Post159 Leadership to anyprojects we take on. TheBryan Legion Family is knownnear and far for our numerousactivities and all the work isdue to great planning andsuper execution of thetraditional programs. ThisChaplain is very blessed tosharing the faith in this kind ofa positive environment andour leaders are on my list of

AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARYPRESIDENT Marjean Neve 913~3-4140VICE:TREASURER: Licia Kim 979-676-2227SECRETARY: MaryAnn Mcloud 979-739-5061SGT-AT-ARMS: Sharon Rosedahl 979-922-5489CHAPLAIN/HIST: Jeanne Prestwood

MEMBERS-AT -LARGE

I Judy KingSheridan Humphrey

EDITOR/PUBLISHER: James Hunnjameshunn@suddenlink.net - 778-3779

fax.778.3479

Juan Bosquez

(979)224-4997

David Marion

(979)693-4648

LaITy Reichart

(979)574-8906

Jan Rueschhoff

(254)291-5069

John Hince(817)308-7979

Terrence Nunn

(979)777-5924

TJ Robie

(979)492-6131

Paul Salas

(979)776-2836

Auxiliary News consequences" if the "other" side isallowed to prevail. While I havedefinitely "picked a team" in the currentideological divide, I remainunconvinced that a "two teams battlingeach other to the death" approach togoverning our country will ultimatelytake the nation anywhere that is worthgoing.

Those of us called to service to God& Country know the profound price thatservice to God and to country can cost.In our service to country, we've seenour fellow service members not make ithome, or not make it home completelywhole. In our service to God, we'veseen graphic images of Christians inthe Middle East and elsewhere whonever made it home, and some ofthose who did return home weregreatly harmed in the course of theirservice to God.

December activities will bring manyopportunities for family and friends togather together and discuss the issuesof the day. As I consider thepredictions of dire consequences if the"other" side wins, I increasingly findvirtue in challenging myself toapproach the problems this nationfaces from the perspective of, "Can wejust disagree, agreeably?" I don'tintend to surrender my beliefs, nor do Iexpect others to do so. But can we beagreeable while disagreeing? If notus, as those who have served andknow the cost of freedom, and whoknow the tragic cost of chaos andincivility, then who shall lead our nationback to civility?

I intend to find joy in service to Godand country this holiday season. Forme, that intention begins with an actgrounded in my faith to God. As asinner saved by grace, having put myfaith in Jesus Christ, the savior whosebirth is celebrated by Christians duringthe Christmas season, my love for you,my brother or sister in arms, is notconditional on my agreement with youon political issues. I wish you themerriest Christmas ever and peacethroughout the holidays, and I do so,as an act of faith and in obedience toGod. Merry Christmas!For God & Country,James Andrews

A big thank you to all of youwho made the poppies and aneven bigger thank you to thosewho distributed them. Eventhough the totals were down,we still made our presenceknown in the community.

Post 159'sChristmas partyis Saturday, December 7t1i at 6pm (social hour) with dinner at7 pm. We are asking Auxiliarymembers to bring appetizers.Post members will bring des-serts. Decorating the hall willeither be after coffee on De-cember 5th or on the morningof December 7th. The Auxiliarywill once again have a silentauction with proceeds beingsplit between Girl State andgeneral funds.

Our Ten for Education box-es will be going to Fannin Ele-mentary where member RondaOgden teaches.

Our unit will be making ourannual visit to Temple for theVeterans Gift Shop. If you areinterested to going, pleasemeet in the parking lot at 7:30am on Wednesday, December4th and we will carpool. Pleaselet me know if you are going,so we don't leave you behind.

Please note that there willbe no coffee and doughnuts onThursday, December 26th.

The Auxiliary now havethree spouses in our unit. Wewant to welcome John Hince,Glen Burnside, and Dane Rob-ertson.

Our membership is at 58%,do if you haven't done so,please get your membershipdues paid.

Happy Thanksgiving,

Junior Shootin~ Sports Pro~ram

Thank you to the entire Legion familyfor a wonderful year. You have manyreasons to be extremely proud of thework our JSSP youth have put in thisyear. This program is impacting youthand advancing Americanism. If you wishto add just one more Christmas gift toyour list, the Junior Shooting SportsProgram would like you to pleaseconsider:A. Send a donation to the AmericanLegion and write" JSSP" on the check.Or help underwrite the program byadding your name to the 2020 JSSPbanner on the wall. Contact James @JSSP159@amail.com or 979-571-7834.B. Order a present fromMidwayUSA.com Click the "wish list" tabat the top and search club emailJSSP159@amail.comC. Donate to the club's endowmentaccount at midwayusafoundation.orgFrom the Fundraising tab click "donate toa team" and type in R15663 in the"Team 10" box.

I'd also like to thank my lovely wifeKathy for putting up with me for 25years. I married way above my paygrade and I know it. I'm thankful to Godfor all the experiences we've sharedthrough good times and tough times.We've learned much, loved much, grownin our faith, and in our service to ourcommunity, and we've been blessed withtwo great kids who helped keep ushumble through it all. As a non "gun gal"your enthusiastic support of my shootingsports service makes the time I invest inyouth programs a true source of joy inmy life.

The holidays are now upon us, andwe are presented with challenges andopportunities as we considet theelements of faith, hope and love. Duringthis time, Christians reflect on the birth ofthe child Jesus, who would become thesavior of the world to those who believeand follow his teachings, and this is theperspective from which I consider theholiday season.

Our community and our nationhave recently seen great divides on anynumber of issues in the political arena.The name calling and speculation aboutthe future of the republic are often filledwith provocative illusions to "dire

Marjean Neve, President

www.alegionI59.orgEarl Graham Post No. 159P.O. Box 326Bryan, Texas 77806-0326

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