AMERICAN LEGION POST 113

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019 A Message from the Commander Leroy “Buster” Furman

It is with great anticipation that our new year will be one of the best for Post 113. New flooring will have

been installed in the lounge early in August and new flooring will be installed and repairs made in the

dining room prior to November 1st. A new kegerator will be in place in the dining room. The prior one

was beyond repair. Additional information about these improvements will follow in this issue. The Post

will be closed July 29– Aug. 9 and reopen August 10th. Grand Reopen Party will be Sat. Aug. 17th with a

Pig Roast/Luau starting at 1pm. Hope to see you there!

We, the officers of the Post, want to thank everyone who has been involved in these projects inside and

outside the building. The grounds around the Post have seen substantial improvement. Billy Brown has

brought in many loads of fill, which also included the leveling and grading around the outside of the

dining hall. Thanks go to all of you for your assistance which has made it possible to make these

improvements. Charlotte County has some additions and improvements in the planning stages for their

area around the Post. We are on the move. We are going to need volunteers to assist in the

improvements in and around your Post.

By the time you receive this issue of the Soundoff, Fall will be just around the corner and planned

activities will be taking shape and many of our members and guests will have returned or are busy

making plans to do so.

Check the enclosed calendar for scheduled events and other activities. This year we plan to observe

Veterans Day and celebrate the American Legion’s 100th anniversary on November 11th. This should be

a rather momentous occasion. Plan to attend them. Details will be furnished in articles in this

publication.

God bless you, your families, our troops and first responders wherever they may be and

God Bless the USA.

LEGION FAMILY MEMBERSHIP DUES

Legionnaires $55

Sons of the American Legion $30

Auxiliary $40

Legion Riders $20

SOUND OFF

Believe you can and you’re half way there.

—Theodore Roosevelt

Post 113 Phone:

(941) 697-3616

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Fax:

(941) 697-5507

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Website:

www.alp113.com

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Newsletter Editor

Emily Stefanik

eestef_2000@yahoo.com

MESSAGE FROM YOUR CHAPLIN--PHILLIP KOLBE

Dear Veteran,

I am saddened to report that Avery Dingmam, Bill Ryanand (June) and Dick Merrill

(July) passed away.

I am happy to tell you that Larry Ault has been released from the hospital and

has returned home. Please continue to pray for his healing.

If you know of any members who pass away or are sick or in the hospital, please

let us know by writing their names on the board to the left of the bar door or call/

email the Post.

This fall will have a veterans benefits fair to tell about the local benefits available

to veterans. If you know of any businesses that give benefits to veterans, please

drop a note to me at pkolbe@memphis.edu or put it in my box at

the Post.

President George Washington said: “It is impossible to rightly

govern the world without God and the Bible.”

House Manager - Tina Brown

GREAT THINGS ARE COMING

YOUR WAY! By the time you receive this,

YOUR POST will be undergoing

some much needed renovations.

You may not recognize your “old”

post, but you will certainly enjoy

the new look! Your post will be

closed from July 29th to Aug. 9th

and reopening Aug. 10th. If you

can spare a few hours, this will

help tremendously.

We will be kicking off the new

look on Saturday, August 17th

with a Pig Roast and Luau. Bring

your grass skirt and party shoes.

While waiting for our Northern

friends to come back, we are

putting together the finishing

touches on some great events

coming this fall and spring.

Don’t miss out on the fun!

We will once again be celebrat-

ing our First Responders on

Patriots Day, Sept. 11 with a

luncheon. Feel free to attend

and celebrate with us. Volunteers are always needed. Stop in

at the Post to see when you can help.

Sons of the Legion - Eric Stefanik-Commander

We continue to have Texas Hold’em on Wednesdays from 5 pm-9 pm.

We can use 1 or 2 more SONS to step up and help on a rotating basis.

Those who are interested, please contact me at estefanik@icloud.com.

Meeting are SUSPENDED until October Meeting. Have a great Summer!

See you at the “NEW” Post!

Adjutant - Royce Tyler

Hello Fellow Legionnaires ,

The New Membership year is upon us. Once again I will plead with everyone to send in your dues as soon

as you receive the notice.

Please do not use your snowbird address but your address that you are living at during the Aug. - Sept. time

frame.

By the time most of you receive this News Letter the improvements to the Post will be underway.

We are replacing all of the flooring in the Lounge, both hall ways to the dining Room, sanding and refinishing

both dance floors, and the bathrooms plus one or two more minor changes.

The Post has been needing an upgrade for some time. We hope that everyone will enjoy the changes.

Just remember MEMBERSHIP ---- MEMBERSHIP ---- and more MEMBERSHIP: is the major key to a

successful Post.

Auxiliary President Robbie Brown

American Legion Auxiliary District 8 has a new president, congratulations to Theresa Walls!

Four officers of Unit 113 Auxiliary attended the Convention in Orlando this year. We learned a lot in

break-out classes and enjoyed the general sessions.

The “It Ain’t Yo Mamas Chicken Dinner and Red Neck Fashion Show” in June was a great success.

Thank you to all who participated and attended. See the pictures at the Post. Our next Unit 113 general

meeting is October 9th at 7pm After the meeting we will have a social hour… Look for more information on

this next month.

The newly appointed Chairpersons for unit 113 committees:

Cavalcade of Memories - Mary Gleason Children & Youth - Elisabeth Patierno

Community Service -Tina Brown Constitution & Bylaws - Gerry Genessen Girls State - Mary Gleason

Membership - Helen Ferron Poppy - Laura Wine Public Relations - Mary Ann Zipp

Veterans Affairs & Reh - Shirley Hornagold

Please come and be a part of our unit: The next unit 113 Auxiliary general meeting is October 9, 2019

at 7:00 PM. The next Ways and Means Committee Meeting is Wednesday, October 2nd at 11:30 AM

“Attitude is a little thing that makes

a big difference.”

– Winston Churchill

Legion Boosters

January 2019 February 2019 March 2019 Knobby & Nancy Tom & Gini Moore Ron & Bron Guiliano Richard Rice

Dave & Pat Allstaedt Morgan & Cheryl Justice Tom and Linda Jackling Harold & Marge Feasel Phillip & Virginia Kolbe Capt. Bob Siporski Ron & Sandy Jaros

Penn State Barb Jim & Gail Daniel Bob & Lois Krout Joseph & Theresa Coulombe Paul Colicci & Joyce Sousa Paul & Paula Colicci

April 2019 May 2019 June 2019 Michael Mansell

Barney Jimerson & Cherokee Robert & Elisabeth Patierno Dody Hillman Candy Zaharias Bob & Lois Krout Bob Walker Don & Beth Warling Carlos & Lucille Alicia Royce & Linda Tyler

Taff & Viv Canada Paul & Pat Callanan

July 2019 August 2018 September 2018 Judy Gault

Bill Mc Hale Ron Kuban Jim Ford Sr. Virginia Morgan

Carlos & Lucille Alicea Andy & Donna Leonard

October 2018 November 2018 December 2018 Dottie Thomas John Bowman Buster & Carolyn Furman Mike & Jane Kenjorski Bill & Judy Doody Joan Olson

Jim Ford, Sr Dan Taylor Don Plotner

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOW

Oct. 26, 2019 SHOW

March 21, 2020

Keep an eye on the calendar for dates and details

Sept. 11

noon—2pm

Honoring our

First Responders

100th Anniversary

Celebration

November 11, 2019

(time and details to follow)

Oct. 19, 2019

9am-2pm

VENDORS WANTED

CALL Delores

941-830-8396

“IN THE KITCHEN”

Always OPEN to the Public

Taxes are included in meal price.

EVERY MONDAY 5-7 PM

In Lounge (summer)

A.U.C.E.SPAGHETTI DINNER

$8

MEATBALL

$1 each

INCLUDES:

Salad

Bread

Dessert

Stop in the lounge for great music on Monday and Friday

Nights!

See Calendar for who‘s playing.

EVERY FRIDAY 5-7 PM

In Lounge (summer)

FISH FRY $12

Baked or Fried

SHRIMP PLATTER $15

INCLUDES:

Salad or Cole Slaw

Choice of Potato:

Mashed or French Fries

Bread

Alternate meal –Fried Chicken $8

LUNCH SERVED 11am-2pm

MON. WED. THURS. FRI

BAR MENU

5 pm-7 pm

From the bartender

Hot Pretzel Pizza Popcorn

Chips Ice Cream

SUNDAY BREAKFAST

8 am– Noon

Your Servers and Bartenders are Volunteers. Please treat them with respect and tips are greatly appreciated.

Please show your 2019 Membership

Card when ordering at the bar.

If you are not a member, please sign in.

Membership applications/transfers can

be found at the bar.

HALL RENTAL INFORMATION

The Post Main Hall is available to rent for meetings

or special functions.

Contact the office for additional information

and rates at: (941) 697-3616

(The room seats 216 people and has a dance floor& stage)

Plan Your Next Event at YOUR American Legion

Post 113!!!

WE WILL NOT BE REDEEMING DRINK CHIPS AFTER MAY 1st

!!! NEW !!!

ROTONDA AMERICAN LEGION POST 113

LUNCH PUNCH CARD 2019 Have lunch with us (min. $5) 9 times and

receive your 10th lunch FREE (max $7)

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VALID UNTIL OCTOBER 1, 2019

From 11 am—2 pm Mon/Wed/Th/Fr only

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

Always ready to serve our Veteran's

and Active Military and their families

CELEBRTY CHEF

Email me your favorite

recipe you want to share

and find it here.

eestef_2000@yahoo.com

Summer Peach-Basil Grilled Chicken

Summer Tortellini Salad

Ingredients

20 oz cheese tortellini fresh or frozen

1 cup halved grape tomatoes

1 red bell pepper seeds removed and chopped

1 ear sweet corn kernels removed (about 1 cup)

1 medium cucumber chopped

3 green onions sliced

Basil vinaigrette

Kosher salt and black pepper to taste

Shredded Parmesan cheese and chopped basil for garnish

Finish the salad with Parmesan cheese

and fresh basil. Serve cold or

at roomtemperature.

Mermaid Lemonade

2 c. ice

1/4 c. blue curacao

1 c. white rum

2 c. lemonade

4 lemon slices

8 maraschino cherries.

Put 1/4 cup ice in each glass, then add a splash of blue curacao, 1/4 cup rum, and another 1/4 cup ice. (The ice helps with the ombre.) Pour over 1/2 cup lemonade.

Skewer a lemon slice and 2 mar-aschino cherries on a paper umbrella or toothpick and garnish drinks before serv-ing.

FOR THE SANGRIA SWIRL

1 c. red wine

Juice of 1 orange

Juice of 1 lime

2 c. ice

Blend sangria mixture. Trans-fer mixture to the freezer while you blend margarita mixture.

Rinse blender and blend margarita mixture.

FOR THE MARGARITA SWIRL

1 can frozen limeade concentrate

2 shots tequila

2 c. ice On a small plate com-bine sugar and salt. Run a wedge of lime around the rim of a glass and dip in sugar and salt. Alternate layers of sangria and margarita.

Garnish with lime and serve.

Cook the tortellini according to pack-

age instructions. Rinse with cold water

and drain well.

Place the cooked tortellini in a big bowl. Add

the tomatoes, bell pepper, corn,

cucumber, and green onions. Drizzle with

basil vinaigrette and stir until the

ingredients are well coated. Season with salt

and pepper, to taste.

4 (approximately 6-ounce) chicken breasts, boneless, skinless

14 Saturn peaches, washed and dried (see notes)

2 cups loosely packed basil leaves, washed and dried

½ cup water

2 teaspoons brown sugar

1 large garlic clove

olive oil

2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice salt, freshly ground black pepper and brown sugar to taste

basil leaves and peach for gar-nish if desired

Trim any excess fat off of the chicken

breasts and then put them in a large,

heavy-duty zip-lock bag. Set aside.

Cut all of the peaches in half, remove

the pits, and add them to a powerful

blender or food processor. Add the basil

leaves, water, sugar and garlic and pu-

rée on high until you have a relatively

smooth consistency.

Pour about half of the peach mixture into

the bag with the chicken breasts. Move

the chicken around to be sure all sides

are well coated. Remove the air from the

bag, seal, and then refrigerate for at

least 6 hours and ideally overnight. (Save

the other half of the peach mixture in a

tightly sealed container in the refrigera-

tor for the sauce.)

Remove the now marinated chicken

breasts from the bag and place them on

a large plate. (Discard the bag with any

excess marinade).Once the grill is hot,

season both sides of each breast with

salt and pepper.

While the chicken is grilling, add the

remaining peach mixure to a small

sauce pan. Add the lemon juice, simmer

and let it thicken a bit, about 5 minutes

Season to taste with a bit more brown

sugar. Grill chicken through. Garnish

with fresh basil leaves and peach slices.

SUN MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT

No Legion

Membership

Mtg Until

October

No Auxiliary

Membership

Mtg until

October

NO SONS

MTG UNTIL

OCTOBR

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POST REOPENS

Karaoke 6:30pm

Al & Marilyn

11

Breakfast 8am-noon

Bingo 6:30

Food Available

12 Pasta Dinner 5-7pm

Music 6:30

pm

TBA

13

Aux. Penny Bingo Noon

14

Line Dancing 9:30

Lounge Card game

2pm

Texas Holdem

6:30pm

15

Line Dancing

9:30am

Cornhole 7pm

KOD 7:30p

16

Line Dancing

9:30am

FISH DINNER

5p-7p

Music 6:30pm

ROCKADIALS

17

Karaoke 6:30pm

Al & Marilyn

Pig Roast and

Luau Grand

Opening 1pm

18

Breakfast 8am-noon

Bingo 6:30

Food Available

19 Pasta Dinner 5-7pm

Music 6:30

pm

TBA

20

Aux. Penny Bingo Noon

21

Line Dancing 9:30

Lounge Card game

2pm

Texas Hold’em

6:30pm

22

Line Dancing

9:30am

Cornhole 7pm

KOD 7:30p

23

Line Dancing

9:30am

FISH DINNER

5p-7p

Music 6:30pm

ESCAPE

24

Karaoke 6:30pm Al & Marilyn

25 Breakfast 8am-noon

Bingo 6:30

Food Available

26 Pasta Dinner 5-7pm

Music 6:30

pm

TBA

27

Aux. Penny Bingo Noon

28

Line Dancing 9:30

Lounge Cards 2pm

Texas Hold’em

6:30pm

Quarter Auction

7pm

29

Line Dancing

9:30am

Cornhole 7pm

KOD 7:30p

30

Line Dancing

9:30am

FISH DINNER

5p-7p

Music 6:30pm

FIRE & ICE

31 Karaoke 6:30pm Al & Marilyn

CHECK OUT

OUR NEW

LUNCH

PUNCH CARD

Good until Oct.

1st

LUNCH SERVED

M/W/TH/F

11AM-2PM

DUCK RACES

SUSPENDED

UNTIL

OCTOBER 15

POST CLOSED

POST CLOSED

SUN MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT

1

Breakfast 8am-noon

Bingo 6:30

Food Available

2 LABOR DAY Pasta Dinner 5-7pm Music 6:30pm TBA

3

Aux. Penny Bingo Noon AT EASE 6PM

Euchre Starts

7pm

4

Line Dancing 9:30

Lounge Card game

2pm

Texas Holdem

6:30pm

5

Line Dancing

9:30am

Cornhole 7pm

KOD 7:30p

6

Line Dancing

9:30am

FISH DINNER

5p-7p

Music 6:30 pm

ESCAPE

Monthly

Birthday Party

7

Karaoke 6:30pm

Al & Marilyn

8

Breakfast 8am-noon

Bingo 6:30

Food Available

9

Pasta Dinner 5-7pm

Music 6:30pm TBA

10

Aux. Penny Bingo Noon

11

Line Dancing 9:30

PATRIOTS DAY

LUNCHEON-

NOON

Lounge Card game

2pm

Texas Holdem

6:30pm

12

Line Dancing

9:30am

Cornhole 7pm

KOD 7:30p

13

Line Dancing

9:30am

FISH DINNER

5p-7p

Music 6:30 pm

HEART & SOUL

14

Karaoke 6:30pm

Al & Marilyn

15

Breakfast 8am-noon

Bingo 6:30

Food Available

16 Pasta Dinner 5-7pm

Music 6:30pm TBA

17

Aux. Penny Bingo Noon

18

Line Dancing 9:30

Lounge Card 2pm

Texas Holdem

6:30pm

19

Line Dancing

9:30am

Cornhole 7pm

KOD 7:30p

20

Line Dancing

9:30am

FISH DINNER

5p-7p

Music 6:30pm

JAY SMITH

21

Karaoke 6:30pm

Al & Marilyn

22

Breakfast 8am-noon

Bingo 6:30

Food Available

23 Pasta Dinner 5-7pm

Music 6:30 pm

TBA

24

Aux. Penny Bingo Noon

25

Line Dancing 9:30

Lounge Card game

2pm

Texas Hold’em

6:30pm

Quarter Auction

7pm

26

Line Dancing

9:30am

Cornhole 7pm

KOD 7:30p

27

Line Dancing

9:30am

FISH DINNER

5p-7p

Music 6:30pm

FIRE & ICE

28 Karaoke 6:30pm Al & Marilyn

29

Breakfast 8am-noon Bingo 6:30

Food Available

30 Pasta Dinner 5-7pm Music 6:30pm TBA

Watch for

details on

Auxiliary

Holiday Bazaar

and Drag

Queen Show in

October!

DUCK RACES

SUSPENDED

UNTIL

OCTOBER 15

CHECK OUT

OUR NEW

LUNCH

PUNCH CARD

Good until

Oct. 1st.

LUNCH

SERVED

M/W/TH/F

11AM-2PM

No Legion /

Aux./SONS

Membership

Mtg Until

October

Supporters

American Legion Riders Officers

Director Bill Vanderbilt Ass’t Director Jerry Faught

Sgt.-at Arms Rick Gornall Treasurer Jerry Faught

Secretary Tina Brown Chaplain Brian Armen

Sons of the American Legion Squadron Officers

Commander Eric Stefanik Finance Officer Joe Sgriccia Adjutant Mike Woodman Chaplain Dick Buszka

1st Vice Commander Dave Eikenbury 2nd Vice Commander Dan Taylor Executive Committee Mike Fickies ,Ray Tafelski, Doug Doble

Auxiliary Unit 113 Officers

President Robbie Brown

1st Vice President Helen Ferron

2nd Vice President Laura Wine

Secretary Gerri Genesse

Treasurer Judy Doody

Chaplain Dorothy Thomas

Ass’t Chaplain Virginia Morgan

Historian Mary Gleason

Sgt.-at Arms Judy Gault

Ass’t Sgt.-at Arms Elisabeth Patierno

Committee at Large

Roma Merrill Marge Feasel Mary Gleason

Post 113 Officers

Commander Leroy Furman

1st Vice Commander Jerry Faught

2nd Vice Commander Bill Doody

3rd Vice Commander Rick Carlson

Chaplain Phillip Kolbe

Finance Officer Rick Ellis

Adjutant Royce Tyler

Historian Jackie Steinbacher

Judge Advocate Mike Herron

Stg.-at Arms Mike Kenjorski

Service Officer Terrilynn Ratzel

Past Commander

House Manager Tina Brown

Members at Large Committee Andy Leonard

Mike Ratzel, Robert Patierno

American Legion Post 113

3436 Indiana Road

Rotonda West, FL 33947