Eagle Pride

Volume 2019, Issue 8

August 2019

Eagles Aerie #595

1674 US-50

Grand Junction, CO 81503

Paul Hyde, Editor

Dates For Your Calendar

Saturday, August 3rd Chicken Fry

Charity Bake Sale 6:00-7:30 pm

1st and 3rd Fridays Karaoke 8:00 pm

.

Sunday August 4th

“A Benefit for Lexi”

Breakfast Burritos

Car Wash

9 to 11 am

Texas Hold’em

Tournament

1 pm

Live Music: Sunday, August 11th

2 to 6 pm The Twelve Step

Dropouts

Sunday, August 25th 2 to 6 pm

Gerry Goodman Unplugged

Friday, August 23th Tiki Party 5:30 pm

By the Junior Eagles

Active in Grand Junction Since 1904 We Are “People Helping People”

Madam President Deb Conrad shared a few

pictures from the F.O.E International

Convention held in Louisville, KY during early

July.

She reports that she learned at lot at the

business sessions and also managed to have a

great time. She promises a report of the

Convention in her Madam President’s message

for September.

August Charities Special Olympics for Kids and Suicide Prevention for Kids

Chair: The Junior Eagles

Pictures From the International F.O.E. Convention

The Junior Eagles are supporting two

charitable organizations this month.

Special Olympics Colorado provides

year-round training and competition in 22

sports for athletes with intellectual

disabilities who are living in the state. With

the support of volunteers, the generosity

of Colorado citizens, corporations and

local businesses, they are able to offer kids

the chance to participate with other

athletes. This helps builds confidence and

creates opportunities to participate as

productive and respected members of

society.

According to the Western Colorado

Suicide Prevention Foundation, the

leading cause of death for the ages 10 to

14 is suicide.

Please come out and support the Junior

Eagles and their fundraising activities for

these two fine endeavors.

Deb attending a Business Session.

Left: Deb with upcoming country star Jenny Tolman at Auxiliary Ladies Night Out. Center: Deb (with an autographed tee shirt for Jim in her left hand) with Justin Haley, NASCAR driver of the F.O.E. sponsored #77 car. Right: Checking out Churchill downs in Lexington KY with Sue Reigles.

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Worthy President’s Message

Hello Again,

I hope everyone is staying cool and

enjoying their summer. We have a lot

happening in August so read your

calendar and come support our charities.

We are still cooking 1/3 lb hamburgers on Tuesday

nights and scrumptious breakfasts every Sunday. If you

haven't been in a while, come on down and enjoy.

We have a new Winchester rifle with a Vortex scope in

30.06 up for grabs, so get on in and buy some raffle

tickets. Don't forget we have live music on two Sundays

this month to enjoy. The Junior Eagles have the charity of

the month and it is twofold: Special Olympics and Suicide

Prevention for kids. Make sure we all support them.

Come see us at YOUR aerie.

Fraternally Yours,

Joe Burns, Worthy President

Aerie Volunteer of the Month

John Moore

John is always willing to help serve,

bartend or cook as well as serve as

the Aerie’s Worthy Vice President.

During July, John manned the grill for the Presidents’

picnic and jumped in more than once at the last

minute to cover and cook for someone who had to

cancel their scheduled snack night in July.

Thank you John for all you do for the Aerie.

Joe Burns, Worthy President

Auxiliary Volunteer of the Month

Verna Murphy

Verna has been an auxiliary member

for 17 years. She is the sweetest,

kindest person you'll ever want to

meet and is one of the backbones that makes our Eagles

Nest shine from top to bottom. She literally cleans,

organizes and makes sure everything is in its place

before we open the doors. Thank you for all you do for

the Auxiliary and Aerie.

Deb Conrad, Madam President

Greetings brothers and sisters

What a great month of June we had.

The #595 Eagles Riders B.A.D. Ride was amazing. They

did a great job raising over $2,000 for diabetes. We had a

good turnout for Colorado State Convention June 20th

through the 23rd. A big thank you to Joe Burns and Sue

Reigles for chairing the event, It was a great success.

Also thank you to all who worked behind the scenes to

make it possible.

I want to send out a big Welcome to our new Auxiliary

sisters: Mellisa Sedillo, Linda Roper and Lorna Woodwell.

Don't forget them after they have been initiated. Always

try to greet each new and old sister and make them feel

welcome. Your friendliness may help them decide to

become a more active member. Happy birthday to all my

sisters and brothers that have birthdays this month.

Thank you Cheryl for doing July's charity for diabetes and

liver cancer. The August charity will be Special Olympics

for kids and suicide prevention for kids chaired by the

Junior Eagles. Please help them make August a successful

month.

I was very fortunate to be able to go to the National

Convention in Louisville Kentucky and will have a report

in my next letter. I would honestly say I'm the turtle in

the race and the race is a marathon.

Deb Conrad, Madam President

Madam President’s Message

“If I cannot speak well of an Eagle,

I will not speak ill of him.”

-The motto of the F.O.E.

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Volume 2019, Issue 8

April 18th Board Meeting

Eagle Pride is an official publication of

Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie #595

located at 1674 US-50,Grand Junction, CO

81503.

Eagle Pride Staff:

Editor: Paul Hyde Copy Editor: Lonnie Crown

Layout: Paul Hyde Proof Reader: Gabe DeGabriele Photographer: Vacant Publication: Linda Cruz Distribution: Linda Cruz

Editorial Policy: The purposes

of Eagle Pride, published monthly,

are to promote the agenda of the

Worthy President and Madam

President and their administrations,

the programs of the Colorado State

Fraternal Order of Eagles and the

International Order of Eagles; to

inform the membership about

newsworthy happenings related to

Aerie #595 in a concise, and factual

manner; to publicize upcoming

events and activities; to give credit

where due; and to provide a forum

for the discussion of issues

concerning the Aerie. The editorial

staff gladly accepts articles/photos

from any member of the Aerie in

digital form provided that the item

relates to some legitimate purpose

of the Aerie/Order and does not

exceed 200 words. The editor of

Eagle Pride reserves the right to

edit, change or reject any

article/photo submitted.

Please note that the deadline for

submission of photos or articles is

the 15th of the month for

publication the following month.

Photos submitted should always

include people; they should depict

more than one person, but no more

than ten. All individuals in photos

must be identified from left to right

(with full names and titles). Your

input and feedback are always

welcome.

Casino Night Deemed a Success A nice crowd turned out for Casino Night on Friday, July 19th and sent

Helen Alley off to California with a big Aerie #595 farewell.

The banquet room was filled with gaming tables and a festive crowd. Thank

you to Barbara Bornschein and all who helped make this event happen.

Aerie #595 Is The Place where Dealers Wear White shirts with Black Vests and Ties while Croupiers

Wear Ball Caps and Tee Shirts

A Thank You From Helen Alley To all of my brothers and Sister of #595,

Thank you just does NOT begin to say how I feel inside for all of you.

Loosing Larry was such a shock. Each day is a new beginning. The bumps in

the road of life are sometimes a little trying, but life goes on. All of the

cards, phone calls and visits have really helped a lot. To the guys who

helped move my furniture out for the sale, helped load the moving truck

and to all my sisters who came and helped me with the estate sale, thank

you from the bottom of my heart. God Bless you for the event you had for

us. My life feeling so up side down and you have all been so loving and

supportive You just don't know how grateful I am. I could not have made it

without you.

I will be leaving on the 21st of July for California. But I will becoming back

for a visit in October. I will keep in touch and just know that I will still be a

part of this GREAT Aerie. Till October, I send you all Hugs, Love and

Kindness and God's Grace. My cell number will be my phone number now

(970-210-3615). My address for now will be 7257 Lower Wyandotte Rd.,

Oroville, Ca. 95966

Love to all

Helen

Left: Paul Tolman working as a dealer at Casino Night and (right) Roger Martin is

working the floor as a Croupier. Thank you both for volunteering to work Casino Night. It’s not the clothes that count on a volunteer, it’s their presence and the

smile on the face that counts.

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April 18th Board Meeting

Junior Eagles to Chair August Charities

The Junior Eagles are raising money for our August

charities: Special Olympics for Kids and Suicide

Prevention for Kids. They are planning a number of

fundraising events during the month. Your support will

help them be a success raising money for these worthy

organizations!

Desserts- Every Tuesday Night

On every Tuesday hamburger night during August, the

Junior Eagles will have pies and desserts for sale.

Snack- Friday, August 2nd at 5:30 pm

A snack of Italian rigatoni with garlic bread and a salad

for $6.00 served by the Junior Eagles.

Breakfast- Sunday, August 18th from 9 - 11 am

The Junior Eagles will be featuring French toast with

scrambled eggs and bacon. Biscuits & gravy will be

available as well.

Tiki Party- Friday. August 23rd at 5:30 pm

The Junior Eagles have a Tiki party planned and will

serve shish kabobs with delicious side dishes and

pineapple upside down cake for dessert for $10.00.

There will be special Tiki drinks at the bar available too.

This should be lots of fun!!!

Thank you for all you do to support the

Junior Eagles!!!

News from the Eagle Riders Wow, summer is flying by fast but there is still a lot

of good riding ahead of us. Our monthly “Fun

Runs” will continue in the upcoming months so

watch for flyers in the Aerie and announcements

on Facebook.

In July we raised over $330 with our Thursday

night snack and a Friday night Lasagna. Proceeds

from these types of events during the 2nd half of the

year benefit Colorado Discover Ability. Kelly

Albright is the mastermind behind most of our

meals and she sure knows how to cook. Please

come give us a try, you won’t be disappointed.

August events include: Thursday August 1st, we

will be serving “Pork Street Tacos” at 5:30pm. On

Saturday Night, August 17th at 5:00pm, we will be

hosting another “track Concession Stand” during

the Bristol NASCAR race. We cook and serve

track favorites like burgers, chicken tenders, fries,

corn dogs and, of course, Kelly’s Funnel Cake in

the Social Room

Thanks to everyone who has supported our

efforts! If there is a way that our group can help

any of you with your fund-raising efforts, don’t be

afraid to ask.

Keep the shiny side up and the rubber side down.

Tom Vogt – President

Don’t Forget August Breakfasts by

Tom & Kelly and Gary Crown

Sunday Aug 11th 9 to 11 am

Regular Breakfast w/Kelly’s Grits By Tom & Kelly

Sunday Aug 25

9 to 11 am

Breakfast by Larry Crown Watch for Posters

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Volume 2019, Issue 8

Save a Tree Read The Eagle Pride in Color

The digital version of Eagle Pride is available

by email. If you wish to request email delivery

of the digital version, send an email to

phyde891@gmail.com with your request and

zip code. Visit Our Facebook Page facebook.com/eaglesaerie595/

Our Facebook page is a great source for late breaking

news and photos of Aerie activities. Please contact

Kristen Buckley at 970 644-2591 or Tom Vogt at 508

726-7114 with any Facebook submissions.

The Calendar and Newsletter Are Posted on Our Website;

eaglesaerie595.com

Life Line Screening is scheduled to be at the Aerie on

August 12th offering to provide people in the Grand

Junction area five non-invasive health screening

methods to identify risk factors that can lead to

cardiovascular disease, stroke, peripheral artery

disease and osteoporosis. They are offering these five

screens for $149. Look for posters at the Aerie with

instructions on how to register for the screening and a

$10 off coupon.

Are preventive health screenings right for you?

Preventive health screening for cardiovascular disease,

stroke and other chronic conditions are extremely

valuable for adults age 50+, or age 40+ with risk

factors for these conditions: diabetes, high cholesterol,

high blood pressure, obesity, a history of smoking, and

a family history of stroke and/or heart disease. The

health screenings offered by Life Line Screening are

only part of your health story—when combined with

the care provided by your doctor, they provide a full

health screening picture.

“If you haven't got any charity

in your heart, you have the

worst kind of heart trouble.” -Bob Hope

F.O.E. Member

Aerie to Host Dart Competition Event for 19th Annual Western

Colorado Senior Games Aerie #595 will host the steel-tip dart competition for

the Senior Games on August 23rd. Steve Nicely is

looking for players and scorekeepers that know how to

run a computer. If anyone is interested, they can

register with Grand Junction Parks and Recreation

department. Competition is open to players 50 and

older.

Registration

Early bird registration deadline is August 2, 2019 at

5:00PM. Registration closes August 9, 2019. No

registrations will be accepted after this date at

5:00PM.

There are three ways to register for the Western

Colorado Senior Games:

Online Form can be found at http://bit.ly/

westerncoseniorgames19

Request a registration form via phone at 970-254-

3866

In Person at 1340 Gunnison Avenue

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Play Eagles Bingo at Gold Mine Bingo 511 28 1/4 Road

(off North Ave. by Eastgate)

Every Sun - 7 pm and Wed - 1 pm

Progressive Jackpots up to $15,000

Open to the Public

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

August 22, 6:00 PM

Barbequed Burgers, Drink and Raffle. $20 for Food and a Drink.

Door Prizes, Yeti Cooler and Never Ending Raffle.

Open to the Public.

If you have questions, contact Dwight at 970-623-5349.

Live Music at the Aerie

Sunday August 11th 2-6 pm

The Twelve Step

Dropouts Rock-n-Heavy Blues

Sunday August 25th 2-6 pm

Gerry Goodman

Unplugged

A Fundraiser for Lexi August 4th

Breakfast 9-11 am Breakfast Burritos w/Green Chili and

Biscuits and Gravy $6.00

Car Wash 9-11 am - $8.00

Naomi and her softball team will wash your car out in the parking lot.

Texas Hold’em Tournament 1 pm

$20.00 Initial Buy-in

Re-buys until 2:30 pm

Taco Bar

Come out and support Lexi in her fight with brain cancer.

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Volume 2019, Issue 8

Membership Reports

Aerie

Members May 31, 2019: 415 Members May 31, 2019: 444 YTD Net Gain/Loss: Application Fee $15 Member Dues $45 Questions? Call (970) 986-2188 Duane DeBord, Aerie Secretary

Auxiliary

Members May 31, 2018: 279 Members May 31, 2019: 307 YTD Net Gain/Loss: +28 Application Fee $20 Member Dues $29 Benefit Member Dues $30

Questions? Call (970) 986-8796 Wanda Ghigliano, Auxiliary Secretary

Your first drink is free on your

birthday.

Come by the Aerie and we’ll celebrate with you !!

October Birthdays

Sunshine Corner

To Esther Sanchez, Lois Cramer and Carol

Angelbeck… We hope you get well soon. To

Arlinda Alire, Helen Alley and Betty

Kempton, you are in our thoughts and prayers.

Auxiliary Visiting Chairman

Judy Goode 242-9113

Change of Address?

Please notify Duane or Wanda with any changes to your address,

phone number or email so they can update their Aerie records.

Please Note

It’s time to start recruiting new members and re-

enrollments. The Aerie had to drop 70 members

in July for non-payment of dues.

We have our work cut out for us if we hope to

see a net membership gain during the 2019-2020

year.

(New members and re-enrollment dues pro-rated to May 31)

1st- Rose Williams

3rd- Chris Schnell

5th- Scott Kaufman, Larry Schafer

6th- Gail Davidson, Melvin “Mac” Cobb, Ron Rogers

7th- John Furton, Corey Marcella

8th- Pat Blaney, Megan Joslin

9th- Judy Stanton, Tammy Summers, Kerry Carmack, Ryan DeGabriele, Jack Shumacher

10th- Robert Lynch, Dwayne Stevens, Ross Transmeier

11th- Steven Floyd

12th- Christina Bybee, Daniel Trujillo

13th- Danielle Totcky, Dennis Page

14th- Richard Harder, Charles White

16th- Wanda Ghigliano

17th- Leah Kitson, Bena Maez, Linda Neesham, Jacob Hannon

18th- Connie Cox

19th- Rose Fitzgerald

20th- Judith Connor

21st- Geri Manzanares, Anett Harp

22nd- Kim River

23rd- Mary K. Jones, Bill Barnett, Robert Emery, Kim Wright

25th- Patty D’Annibale, James Spiegel

26th- Suzann Gakins , Andrea Langland, Dwight Cleland, John Heineke, Benny Lloyd

27th- Terri Carter, Kari Fennell, Mary Anne Romisch, Lonny Lampshire

28th- Tony Montoya

29th- Carl Desrolsiers

31st- Helen Alley, Phyllis Beard, Tina Hren, Kenny Fowler, J. Sigrist

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Gail (Lunceford) Davidson was living in Alhambra, CA in

1973. She was a little bored and worried that life might

be passing her by when she listened to the pitch from a

U.S. Navy recruiter, “Join the Navy and see the world.” A

few weeks later, she was inducted into the Navy during

November in Los Angeles, CA followed by 10 weeks of

boot camp at the Naval Training Center in Orlando, FL.

Reflecting on her boot camp training, Gail said, “I loved

boot camp. Physical training wasn’t a big deal. We spent

time on the obstacle course, but if we didn’t like the

obstacle, we could just walk around it.“ She was proud to

be in the Navy, but her father was even prouder. On her

first leave after boot camp, her father (a navigator in the

Army Air Corps during WW2) picked her up and it was

straight to the American Legion Post so he could show

her off in uniform.

After boot camp,

Gail was assigned

to VAQ Squadron

130 (the Home of

the Whales) based

at Naval Air Station

(NAS) Alameda,

California as an

o p e r a t i o n s

specialist. The

squadron's primary

mission was operating KA-3B tanker aircraft that were

often assigned to carriers. After Gail completed flight

training for air crews, she was occasionally allowed to go

on flight missions. The highlight was landing on a carrier

in a KA-3B.

In July of 1974, Gail was one of the first 400 female

sailors to be assigned to NAS Adak, Alaska. She describes

NAS Adak as her worst duty station. Her Senior Chief

ordered her to “dig some worms” so he could go fishing.

She refused on the grounds that this activity was not part

of her duties and it went downhill from there.

Fortunately, she was transferred to NAS Long Beach,

California two months later.

During early 1975, she was deployed to NAS Guam

where she was one of a staff of 27 operating the fuel

farm. She remembers this as her best duty station of her

Navy career. She said, “I was the only female at the fuel

farm. For the first few weeks they were playing a lot of

practical jokes on me and I really had to be alert so I

wasn’t fooled. After a few weeks they accepted me as

“one of the guys,” and it became like having 26 brothers

looking out for me.” While on Guam, she was also

involved with intake screening for Viet Nam refugees

after the fall of Saigon. She remembers that it was really

sad to see the poor medical conditions and lack of

nutrition of the refugees as they arrived on Guam in C-5

cargo planes.

Gail enjoyed her time on Guam, but developed a terminal

case of island fever and was happy to leave when she

was honorably discharged from the Navy in Guam during

November 1977 as a Third Class Petty Officer. She did,

however, spend the next 10 years at various Navy bases

as a civilian while married to a career Master Chief.

Summing up her Navy career in a sentence, she said, “It

was the best experience of my life.”

She moved to Grand Junction in 1993 while working with

Disabled American Veterans (DAV) helping disabled vets

file and follow-up claims for their benefits. Gail medically

retired from DAV in 2003 and joined the #595 Auxiliary

in 2002.

Aerie #595 salutes Gail for her service in the Navy. She is

a frequent visitor at the Aerie (usually accompanied by

her sister Loretta). The next time you see her at the

Aerie, take a minute and thank her for her service.

Editor’s note: An Aerie #595 Veteran Salute is scheduled to appear in the Eagle Pride on monthly basis. If you are an Aerie #595 veteran, we hope to run your story. Please submit a photo, sit down and tell us your story.

An Aerie #595 Veteran Salute

Left: Gail (Lunceford) Davidson at boot camp early 1974. Right: Gail at Eagles Aerie #595 during July 2019.

Gail (second from left) learning the finer points of a barracks inspection at boot camp.

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Volume 2019, Issue 8

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On Sunday, August 4, 2019 Jaye Baugh and Heidi

White are organizing fundraising events to

raise money for Lexi’s fight with cancer. Lexi is

11 years old and has a tumor on her brain

stem and is beginning chemo. Her motto is

“Fight like a girl!” She and her family are

wonderful people who we want to help.

They will be hosting breakfast from 9 to 11 featuring

breakfast burritos for $6.00 with green chili and

biscuits and gravy. While breakfast is going on, Naomi

and her softball team will be out in the parking lot

hosting a car wash for a $8.00 donation. Then at 1:00

pm, we will be having a Texas Hold’em Tournament

with a $20.00 initial buy in and for the first hour and

half you can re-buy. We will also have a Taco Bar. If

you are unable to attend and would like to make a

donation for this family, please contact Jaye Baugh or

Heidi White.

Please come out and support this family and also say lots of prayers for this sweet girl.

Jay Baugh

Aerie #595 Benefit Events for Lexi Scheduled for August 4th

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Duane DeBord, Aerie Secretary.

Back from left: Jaye Baugh, Lexi, Lexi’s mom Casey,

and Heidi White. Front: Lexi’s brother Tyler.

(November 2018)

“Attitude is a little thing that

makes a big difference.”

– Winston Churchill

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FOE #595 Aerie and Auxiliary Officers 2018-2019

Jr. Past Worthy President Doug Cleveland

Worthy President Joe Burns

Worthy Vice President John Moore

Worthy Chaplin Mike Austin

Worthy Secretary Duane DeBord

Worthy Treasurer Russ Williams

Worthy Conductor Dallas Hanson

Worthy Inside Guard Kevin Kne

Worthy Outside Guard Jim Stepsinik

Aerie Trustees Jon Carrol

Tom Vogt

Mike Emery

Jim Conrad

August 2019

Jr. Past Madam President Linda Cruz

Madam President Debbie Conrad

Madam Vice President Becky Smith

Madam Chaplin Cecilia Cruz

Madam Secretary Wanda Ghigliano

Madam Treasurer Judy Kelley

Madam Conductor Janet Meisner

Madam Inside Guard Lois Kramer

Madam Outside Guard

Auxiliary Trustees Judy Goode

Teri Dilts

Sue Reigles

August Charities

Special Olympics for Kids and Suicide Prevention for Kids

Chair: Junior Eagles