I am happy to announce that on Saturday, May 16th the long awaited flagpole was at last raised at West Seattle Eagles #2643! Thank you for your patience! When I took on the Patriotism/Flagpole Chairmanship it sounded like a great idea at the time, but I really had no idea what I was getting myself into. Not only was it my first time chairing anything, I had no concept of what purchasing and installing a flagpole would entail.

In the end I think the timing is perfect. When it is making news that people around the country are stomping on and burning flags, West Seattle #2643 can be proud to say that we have a shiny, gor-geous, new 35 foot flagpole with our American flag waving a top adorning our front parking lot.

I want to say thank you to everyone that donated time and/or money and to those who purchased stars to help raise funds for our flagpole. The wall of the lounge covered in stars was really a sight to see. I also want to give a special shout out to Albert Glencross who surprised us with a very nice size donation and to Obie Wilkerson who recently donated the proceeds of one of his steak nights to the cause. Without all of you, this undertaking would not have been possible.

I also would like to give a shout out to West Seattle Construction for digging the 5 ft. hole and in-stalling the foundation sleeve for the flagpole. I really was at loss on how I was going to get this done. Cheryl Wilson (I love you, Cheryl) jokingly asked them if they wanted to dig the hole for us and they stepped up and did it. Also, thank you to our brothers and sister Don Gregg, Chad Schmidt, Jason West, Dean Overton, Rich Renn, Jeff Sell, Zane Fitterer and Marty Kilgore who helped raise the pole. Again, I was at a loss on how we were going to get a 227 pound pole from horizontal to vertical. There was one scary moment, but these brothers came through for me. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!

Please join us on Flag Day Saturday, June 14th at 2:30pm for the official flag raising ceremony.

Holly Gregg Patriotism/Flagpole Chairman

Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie & Auxiliary #2643 4426 California Ave SW Seattle, WA 98116 Phone: 206.938.4426

www.westseattleeagles.org

Volume X, Issue I June 2015

Inside This Issue: WP Message 2 MP Message 3 June Events 4 June Calendar 5 Events/Sunshine 6 Events & Officers 7

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Greeting Aerie Brothers and Sisters,

It is with great excitement that, again, I begin my term as your president. I look forward to representing you and our Aerie. As a quick recap, I finished my term as YOUR Worthy President a year ago, and after much searching and asking the general Membership to no avail, I was asked to reprise my role as Worthy Vice President, and therefore again, Presi-dent. I do look forward to Service, and Responsibility, and I hope that in the coming year, we can reveal your drive for leadership.

Don Gregg, Jr. Past Worthy President. Thank you so much for your enthusiasm, leadership and Service to our beloved club for the past year. You have done a wonderful job. Enjoy the fruits of your labor! We have an excellent slate of officers for the coming year. Some are new faces, some are more well known and I know that ALL of you are ready to roll up your sleeves and pitch in a hand when ever and where ever necessary. Please become familiar with our Officers, their faces and introduce yourself, we would love to hear your thoughts and ideas. More on that later.

I have not selected a charity yet, and am more than willing to listen to suggestions.

I look forward to serving you in the coming year. Most importantly, and in the short term is Street Fair. Every year, the Officers have the hardest time in agreeing in what to do for this frenetic, frantic weekend. Our volunteer list is always severely lacking and the onus always falls on very few people-many of those Auxiliary (this is historically and Aerie function) It is NOT the Auxiliary's event and it is improper to continue to rely on them for filling out the volunteer schedule. Brothers!! - let us finally staff this event in the spirit of People Helping People. Sign up sheets will soon be in the Social Room for Security, Door Staff, Cooking, Cleaning, All Around Assistance. Your participation is not only requested, but needed most urgently. The lack of volunteerism may see a different experience during Street Fair.

On that note Brothers, Street Fair is but ONE event thought out the entire year. There are some in this club who give and give of themselves in betterment of our beloved Club. We ALL pay the same dues for membership. We ALL have been through the same initiation. We should ALL have the same enthusiasm for the betterment of our Club, of our communi-ty and of society in general. In that vein, I ask you all. Every-single-one of you...Commit. Commit yourselves to an event. Commit yourself to a charity, commit yourself to a cause greater than yourself. Come to the club for dinner. For breakfast. Any event. As you all receive the same calendar I do, I know there are ALWAYS fun things going on here. We are working on ways to speak a more technological language when it comes to Club event, more to come on that front.

It can NOT be said enough. We NEED you. Your Club NEEDS you. The Membership NEEDS you. I know that times are hard, and that giving of time and of yourself is difficult. The friendships that are struck during a stint in the kitchen are legendary. The funds you raise are satisfying in the knowledge that you are giving back to a need greater than your own. In short, volunteerism in itself is a grand reward.

The meeting schedule for the Aerie has not and will not change (at least in the near future) Meetings are the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:30, right upstairs from the social room. Many of you are here during meeting times. Take a half hour and come and see what the closed door is all about! It is your RIGHT as members, as well as your RESPONI-BILITY. The Junction is a living, breathing, changing thing. Please become a part of our Club's future.

Fraternally Yours, Zane Fitterer Worthy President

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Brothers and Sisters,

I am honored to serve as your Madam President for the coming 2015-2016 Eagle year. Thank you for this opportunity.

The chairs for the Auxiliary are filled with awesome sisters, and I am looking forward to an exciting year serving

(working) with them.

I would like to thank Amy McGrath for again serving as Madam President this past year. I have learned a lot from her,

and will carry that information with me into the coming year. I, again, will have large shoes to fill following her, but I

know I will be able to lean on her experience for continued success. With the help and support of our Auxiliary Sisters, I

will endeavor to be the best Madam President I can be.

I look forward to working with Worthy President, Zane Fitterer, and the Aerie Officers to accomplish our goals, while

having a great time together.

My goal for this year is to create a team environment where everyones voice is heard as long as the voice is well in-

tended for the good of the membership. Keep in mind, Sisters and Brothers, there is no I in TEAM. Its best that we

all work better together to achieve a common goal.

My charity for this year is Sacred Heart under the umbrella of Catholic Community Services. It is a shelter for domestic

violence victims. If you would like to know more information about this wonderful organization, their website is

www.ccsww.org.

Sisters, if you havent already paid your dues they are past due. The dues are now $36.00 per year. You can either

mail them in or come down the club to pay them.

Dont forget: EMOALONMTHAEY!! Every member owes at least one new member to his/her Aerie/Auxiliary

every year. If we all sign up just one new member to our order, we can accomplish so much!

Again, thank you for the opportunity of letting me serve as your Madam President. I look forward to seeing each of you

at the club, during a meeting, or out and about in the community. If you would like to get involved in any way or have

questions or concerns, you can always reach me by email at goofygirl40@earthlink.net.

Yours in Sisterhood, Diane Bals Madam President

Membership Dues: $36.00

Golden Age Eagle Dues: $13.70

West Seattle Eagles

Attn: Auxiliary Secretary

4426 California Ave SW

Seattle, WA 98116

Checks should be made payable to West Seattle Eagles Auxiliary #2643

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Sat. June 6th

9am-4pm

@ WS Eagles Parking Lot

Support the West Seattle Lutheran

Cheer Squad and get your car washed!

BBQ Rib Cook-Off Benefit Sat. June 6th, 2015

11:30am-2:30pm

Daystar Retirement Village

2615 SW Barton Street Seattle, WA Community party and BBQ rib cook-off to benefit local food banks. Live music, activities for the kids, and all you can eat pulled pork, burgers, hotdogs and sides galore. Just $7.50 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and under. The West Seattle Aerie is participating in the cook-off, so come down and cheer them on. All monies raised will benefit the West Seattle and White Center Food Banks.

Friday, June 12th

Menu:

Broasted

Chicken,

Cole Slaw

& Fries

$8

:

/

5

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Sub Sandwich

& Chips $6

King of

Hearts 7PM

2

Aerie

Meeting

7:30PM

3 4

Hanging Basket

Pick-up 4PM

Auxiliary

Meeting 7PM

5

6

Car Wash

9am-4pm

Hall Rental

No Dinner

7

Breakfast

8

Hamburger

Goulash $6

King of

Hearts 7PM

9 10 11

*Auxiliary

Meeting

7PM

12

Broasted

Chicken

Dinner $8

13

Rock n Roll

Benefit

$7

-details pg. 4

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Breakfast

Flag Pole

Dedication

2:30pm

15

Chicken &

Red Potatoes

$6

King of

Hearts 7PM

16

Aerie

Meeting

7:30PM

17 18 19

20

21

Fathers Day

Brunch

10AM-1PM

22

Tuna Salad

& Chips $6

King of

Hearts 7PM

23 24 25 26

27

28

Breakfast

29

Sloppy Joes

& Salad $6

King of

Hearts 7PM

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Happy Hour Sun-Thur. 4PM-6PM

Friday Night Menu 5:30PM-7PM

Friday Karaoke 7:30-11:30PM

Saturday Dinner 5:30PM -7PM

Sunday Breakfast 9AM-12PM

Washington State Convention Yakima, WA

*PLEASE NOTE. The Auxiliary meeting scheduled for June 18th has been moved to July 11th.

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Washington State Convention

June 18-20th Yakima, Washington

Hotel Reservations:

Red Lion 509-248-5900 Holiday Inn 509-494-7000

FOE Grand Convention

July 13-16th Milwaukee, WI

The Wisconsin Center 400 W Wisconsin Ave

Milwaukee, WI

Sunday, June 21st

Served 10AM-1PM

FREE for #2643 fathers

$5 for kids 10yrs. & younger

$10 for all others

Get Well cards sent to: Debbie McGee and Gregory LaMothe

Thinking of You sent to: June Jensen, Mary Ann Niemi, Sue Thomas and Carol Williams

Sympathy cards sent to: Bob and Sue Haggbloom-loss of son Scott and to Larry Luke-loss of sister

Aerie and Auxiliary Sunshine Chairman: Agnes (Aggie) Keltner Keep Well and God Bless!

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2015-2016 Aerie Officers

Jr. Past President Don Gregg, PWP Worthy President Zane Fitterer, PWP Worthy Vice President Vacant Worthy Chaplain Alfonso Aguirre Worthy Secretary Sean McGrath, PWP Worthy Treasurer Jason M. West Worthy Conductor Armando Juarez Worthy Guard Vacant Trustee Paul Leonardo, PWP Trustee Sean McGrath, PWP Trustee Dean Overton Trustee Rich Renn Trustee Obie Wilkerson, PWP Aerie Father To be announced.

2015-2016 Auxiliary Officers Jr. Past President Mary Lou Wilkerson, PMP Madam President Diane Bals Madam Vice President Barbara Hulslander, PMP Madam Chaplain Michelle Murillo-Renn Madam Secretary Holly Gregg Madam Treasurer Shirley Stubben Madam Conductor Amy McGrath, PMP Madam Inside Guard Aggie Keltner, PMP Madam Outside Guard Sheila Valentine Trustee Yvonne Davalos Trustee Debbie McGee Trustee Vacant Auxiliary Mother To be announced. Auxiliary Grandmother Agnes Keltner, PMP

Edit Your Member Information Online The Fraternal Order of Eagles is proud to now offer you the ability to change your member contact information via our Members-Only website. If you've changed your address, phone number or e-mail address in recent months and are worried your member record may not be up to date, you now have the ability to edit your information. To take advantage of this great new tool, visit www.foe.com and log into our Members-Only section. (You must have a Members-Only account to edit your information. If you do not currently have Members-Only access, simply click Reg-ister to create one.) Once you're logged in, click on your name inside the toolbar at the top of the page. From there, click on Change Mailing Address, fill out the form below and click Submit! Our system will take your changes and input them in our Member Management System (MMS) to ensure you continue to receive the information you need as a member. If you have any questions, please call the Grand Aerie Headquarters at 614-883-2200 or e-mail help@foe.com.

Want to raise funds for our Auxiliary just by shopping?

Great, pick-up your Bartell Drugs B Caring Card today

and choose the Fraternal Order of Eagle Auxiliary 2643

as your non-profit of choice. The B Caring Card is

FREE and once registered, just have the cashier swipe it

at checkout or give the cashier your phone number and

up to 4% of your total bill will be allocated to our Auxil-

iary. Simple as that!

You can also give the clubs phone number at check-out.

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Need a one of a kind gift for your friends or family mem-bers ? Well, the West Seattle Eagles Cookbook, benefiting the Diabetes Research Center, make great gifts!! The cookbook boasts 250 scrumptious recipes all submitted by you, the mem-bers of West Seattle #2643. It is a padded 3-ring binder, with tabbed dividers. And while sup-plies last, you can purchase cookbooks in the lounge for just $10 each.

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FOE WEST SEATTLE AERIE #2643

4426 California Ave SW

Seattle, WA 98116-4109

The West Seattle Talon

Tribune is published monthly.

Some articles may have been edit-

ed. Materials within can be re-

produced without permission.

Please credit the source identified

or FOE 2643 as applicable.

The newsletter is one of the best

recruiting tools you have. Pass a

copy to a friend, then ask them to

enjoy one of our great events.

Have an Idea for the Newsletter? Please direct all questions or suggestions regarding the publication to:

Amy McGrath at editor@westseattleeagles.org; call 206 938-4426; or

place your suggestions in the newsletter box located in the lounge.

Newsletter deadline is the 15th, no exceptions.

Lounge Hours:

Sunday 2 PM - 10PM

Monday 2 PM - 12AM

Tuesday 2 PM - 12AM

Wednesday 2 PM - 12AM

Thursday 2 PM - 12AM

Friday 2 PM - 12AM

Saturday 12PM- 12AM

The lounge may open earlier for

televised sports or special events.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Hanging Basket Pick-Up Thursday, June 4th 4-7pm

Flag Pole Dedication Saturday, June 14th 2:30PM

WA State Convention June 18th-21st Yakima, WA

Fathers Day Brunch Sunday, June 21st 10AM-1PM