Omaha Post 1 Newsletter
September 2010 HAPPENINGS
Food Service each September Friday, 5:30pm to 7:30pm. A special each Friday night and serving hamburgers, cheeseburgers, pork tenderloin, fish and chicken sandwiches, fries, onion rings, mac & cheese, salad, soup and Shrimp basket.
Friday night specials, Sept 3rd, Hot Pork Sandwich w/mashed potatoes & gravy, Cream of Potato Soup, Sept 10th, Liver & Onionsw/mashed pot & gravy (by reservation) or French Dip Sandwich, Chili Soup, Sept 17th, Taco's, Taco Salad or Chicken Strip Basket, Vegetable Beef Soup, Sept 24th, Chili Dogs or Chicken Fried Steak w/mashed pot & gravy, Chicken & Rice Soup. Please remember to thank all of our volunteers for all they do for our Post and our Club. We COULD NOT survive without them. HELP: We are in need of one kitchen crew. Please contact Bob Schwer, 681-2723, if you would like to volunteer.
Afternoon Dancing to CD's Wednesday, Sept 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Singles Welcome.
Dance to live music, Friday, Sept 3rd, with High Country, 7:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., $5.00 cover charge.
Karaoke, Saturday, Sept 4th, 7:30 - 11:00 p.m.
Football - Western Kentucky vs Nebraska, 6:00 p.m., Saturday, Sept 4th
All you can eat Spaghetti Dinner, Wednesday, Sept 8th, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Dance to live music, Friday, Sept 10th, with Stan Galli & Stuff, 7:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. $5.00 cover charge .
Football and Potluck - Idaho vs Nebraska, 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept 11th. Club opens at 11:00 am today.
Karaoke, Saturday, Sept 11th, 7:30 - 11:00 p.m.
Dance to live music, Friday, Sept 17th, with Syncopated Swing, 7:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. $5.00 cover charge .
Football and Potluck - Nebraska vs Washington, 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept 18th.
Dance to live music, Friday, Sept 24th, with Leonard Eby, 7:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. $5.00 cover charge .
Football and Potluck - South Dakota State vs Nebraska, time tba, Saturday, Sept 25th.
ELVIS performs Sunday, Sept 26th, 3:00 p.m.. Don't miss this great performer! Cover charge member- $10.00, non-member $15.00. Club opens at 1pm today.
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POST 1 CLUB HOURS
Sunday - open 2pm, close 9pm, Monday, Club closed, Tuesday - open 2pm, close 9pm, Wednesday, open 1pm, close 10pm, Thursday, open 2pm, close 9pm, Friday, open 2pm, close midnight, Saturday, open 2pm, close 10pm. These will be the normal operating hours, however, there may be some exceptions.
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PLEASE SUPPORT POST 1! POST 1 IS A GREAT PLACE AND WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT IN ORDER TO SURVIVE IN THESE TIMES. NEW MEMBERS ARE A REAL NEED! FOR THOSE CURRENT MEMBERS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN IN POST 1 FOR AWHILE, PLEASE STOP IN AND ENJOY ALL WE HAVE TO OFFER. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU...
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PARKING LOT NEEDS
Anyone who has been to Post #1 lately knows how bad our parking lot has become. We must get it repaved and striped and the estimates are approaching $6,000.00. We would like to have it completed before Veteran's Day in November. Any help you can give to accomplish this will be greatly appreciated. NOTE: All donations are tax deductible!
Thank you. Fred, Post #1 Commander
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August 2010
HONOR-COLOR GUARD NEWS
This past month, the Honor Guard provided military rites for Jerry Garza, Jr., William Sedlak, George Bartuska and poster Guyles D. Edgerton. The Color Guard marched in the Ashland Annual Stir-Up Days Parade.
We are now participating in the National Guard Military Funeral Honors Program. If the deceased was an Army or Army Air Force veteran, the National Guard will provide up to 3 Guard members to fold, present the flag, and play taps. This will help on those days when we are short-handed and not able to provide military rites for a departed comrade. For veterans of other branches, we need to contact them individually to see if they are available to assist with the rites. We recently were assisted by the Marines and National Guard and they worked out very well.
Just a reminder, if you desire Post 1 to provide military rites for a departed veteran, you need to request Post 1 through your funeral home when making final arrangements. Also, an additional item to consider is a motorcycle escort or a motorcycle missing man formation from the church to the cemetery by our Post 1 American Legion Riders. This should also be requested through the funeral home. And don’t forget, show your pride and support our troops-FLY YOUR FLAG.Bob Ruff, Captain, Honor-Color Guard
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July 2010
NEWS FROM THE SERVICE OFFICER
The new law, Omnibus Bill for Veterans and Caregivers will bring unprecedented support for Caregivers of seriously injured veterans, veterans in rural areas, and women veterans. In addition to providing for caregivers, the law will expand health care services for women veterans, eliminate copayments for veterans who are catastrophically disabled, reaches out to rural veterans, improvements to the mental health care, enhancements to VA Medical Services, enhance services for homeless veterans, and construction projects.The VA will use up to $4.4 million in funds from the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act program to repair and preserve historic monuments and memorials at VA-operated national cemeteries, soldiers’ lots, and other facilities throughout the nation. The VA operates 131 national cemeteries in 39 states and Puerto Rico, and 33 soldiers’ lots and monument sites. More than three million Americans, including Veterans of every war and conflict are buried in VA’s national cemeteries on more than 19,000 acres of land.
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"THE FOX HOLE""The Fox Hole", the name for the newly remodeled downstairs room, is now open for business. It really looks great and several people spent a lot of volunteer time and work to accomplish this renovation. It is most certainly a job well done. Please, the next time you are at the Post, make a trip downstairs to see "The Fox Hole". You will be pleasantly surprised...And, if you know of anyone needing to rent a room this size, please have them contact us.
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VA OFFERS HEALTH CARE TO PREVIOUSLY INELIGIBLE VETERANS
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced plans to re-open enrollment in its health care system by July 2009 to about 265,000 veterans whose incomes exceed current limits.
"We're pleased to be able to offer what has been called 'the best casre anywhere' to many more new veterans," said Dr. James B. Peake, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs. "We'll be able to provide these newly enrolled veterans with the kind of timely, high quality health care veterans who already use our system are accustomed to."
The change affects veterans whose incomes exceed the current VA means test and geographic means test income thresholds by 10 percent or less. Congress provided funds in VA's fiscal year 2009 budget to support the new enrollment.
In 1996, Congress established a priority-based enrollment system for VA and a uniform package of medical benefits for all enrollees. The legislation opened enrollment in VA's health care system to all eligible veterans and required that each year the Secretary of Veterans Affairs assess veterans' demand for services and determine if the necessary resources are available to provide timely, quality care to all enrollees.
Enrollment for the lowest priority of the eight groups--veterans who are not being compensated for a military-related disability and who have incomes above a set threshold--was suspended on January 18, 2003, although veterans in that priority group who were already enrolled for care were permitted to remain enrolled.
VA originally suspended enrollment for Priority 8 veterans because it was unable to provide all enrolled veterans with timely access to its health care due to a tremendous growth in the number of veterans then seeking enrollment. VA now plans to reopen enrollment for a portion of these veterans without compromising the Department's ability to provide high quality health care services to all enrolled veterans who are eligible for care.
VA's computer systems are being modified to accomodate the changes, and the Department is preparing communication and education materials to ensure that Congress, veterans service organizations, and the public are aware of the coming changes.
"The rule will take effect by June 30, 2009, if the regulatory process proceeds smoothly," Peake said. "We look forward to welcoming these newly eligible veterans into the VA system. VA will continue to monitor wait times to ensure the quality of care is not adversely affected."
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WE HAVE K* E* N* O*...
Come on in & play!! We have had a lot of big $$$ winners.
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♦ We are now serving Nathan's Hot Dogs/chips at the bar, every day and any time we are open for business at only $2.00, along with the Pizza we have been serving.
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VETERAN PHONE SCAM ALERT
Returning veterans should be aware of a phone scam in the Midwest (Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Michigan and Minnesota). The scam begins with a phone solicitation asking about deployment and post-deployment related questions, then a second caller on the line asks for their social security number.Last year in October, another similar Midwest scam involved callers identifying themselves as working for the "Patient Care Group", and added that the Department of Veterans Affairs recently changed protocols for dispensing prescriptions and asked for the veterans's credit card number.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs added, "VA does not call veterans and ask them to disclose personal or financial information over the phone and warned veterans not to give their social security numbers or credit card numbers over the phone."
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