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ABOVE, THURSDAY NIGHT, APRIL 5, '18, LOWELL SCHROEDER AND</div>
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TERRY CREEGAN AT MCHS GYM BEFORE THE NEW LARGE FLAG</div>
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25 BY 40 FEET COST AROUND $1,500 (FROM DONATIONS) AND WILL</div>
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BE AVAILABLE IN THE AREA FOR A FREE-WILL DONATION. BELOW,</div>
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AROUND 30 KIDS TO HOLD THE FLAG. CAN BE DONE WITH A </div>
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<b style="color: red; font-size: xx-large;">AT THE APRIL 19 (2017) MEETING, A </b><br />
<b style="color: red; font-size: xx-large;">GOOD TURN-OUT OF 13 MEMBERS.</b><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">NEW OFFICERS WERE ELECT<span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="color: red;">ED FOR THE 2017-2018 YEAR.....MOST WERE RE-ELECTED:</span></span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>COMMANDER: ROGER SCHNOOR</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>SR. VICE: SCOTT HANSEN</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>JR. VICE: MARY CREEGAN (NEW) </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>QUARTERMASTER: BOB LAUGHLIN</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>CHAPLAIN: LOWELL SCHROEDER</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>JUDGE ADVOCATE: MARY CREEGAN</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>SURGEON: CLIF MERRICK</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>TRUSTEE 1-YEAR: TERRY CREGAN</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>TRUSTEE 2-YEAR: SAM CAVEN</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>TRUST 3-YR: LORIN MEDINGER(NEW)</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>ADJUTANT: BOB LAUGHLIN</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">SERVICE OFFICER: TERRY CREEGAN </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>AT THE MEETING IT WAS VOTED TO GIVE A FREE FLAG (2 if needed) TO </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>RIVER VILLAGE SR. APARTMENTS. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">THEY REQUESTED A REPLACEMENT FOR THEIRS. </span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">WELCOME TO POST MEMBERSHIP MIKE AND CARLY BROWN, WHO JOINED 3633 THIS YEAR OF 2017. </span></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> </span> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: x-large;">POST 3633 AT THEIR FEBRUARY 2017 </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: x-large;">MEETING, $600.00 WAS DONATED TO</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: x-large;">MAQUOKETA YOUTH TRAP TEAM AND</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: x-large;">$500.00 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF IOWA VFW FOR VARIOUS FUNDS THAT</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: x-large;">ARE IN NEED OF MONEY DURING THE</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">UPCOMING YEAR.</span> </span> </span></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-large;">AT THE DECEMBER 2016 MEETING, OF</span></b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-large;">THE VFW POST 3633, THE POST VOTED TO GIVE $600.00 TO THE AVENUE OF FLAGS FOR NEW FLAGS IN MAQUOKETA. AND THE POST AUXILIARY ALSO DONATED $200.00 <br />FOR NEW FLAGS AND HELPED WITH THE REPAIR OF SOME FLAGS, ASSISTING THE LEGION AUXILIARY.</span></b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: blue;">AT THE AUGUST 17, 2016 MEETING, BILL CLARK OF MONTICELLO JOINED</span></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"> OUR POST. HE WAS IN THE NAVY DURING LATE 1960's....SERVING ONE TERM IN VIET NAM IN 1969, NEAR THE END OF THE WAR. </span></span></b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">AT THE JULY 20, 2016</span></b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">MEETING, JOHN FRANZEN JOINED.</span></b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">HE IS IN THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK. LOOK HERE LATER FOR A PHOTO OF HIM AND INFORMATION ABOUT HIS MILITARY SERVICE HISTORY.</span></b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">TOM WATTERS WAS SWORN IN AS THE STATE OF IOWA VFW COMMANDER AT THE STATE CONVENTION IN DUBUQUE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2016. HE IS THE FIRST EVER STATE COMMANDER FROM POST 3633.</span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">POST 3633 ELECTION HELD AT THE</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">APRIL 20, 2016 MEETING. OFFICERS FOR 2016-2017 ARE:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>COMMANDER: RODGER SCHNOOR</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>SR. VICE COMM: SCOTT HANSEN</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>JR. VICE COMM: CLIFF MERRICK</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>QUARTERMASTER: ROBERT LAUGHLIN</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>CHAPLAIN: LOWELL SCHROEDER</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1 YR TRUSTEE: DENNIS VOY</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2 YR TRUSTEE: MARY CREEGAN</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>3 YR TRUSTRE: SAM CAVEN</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>APPOINTED POSITIONS:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>JUDGE AVOCATE, MARY CREEGANA</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>SURGEON, CLIFFORD MERRICK</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>SERVICE OFFICER, TERRY CREEGAN</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ADJUTANT ROBERT LAUGHLIN</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;">HATS-OFF TO DALE HENRY OF VFW POST 8884 IN VINTON, IOWA, WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED ALMOST 2,100 VOLUNTEER HOURS OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS WITH THE IOWA CITY VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">THE O'CONNOR-REGENWETHER VFW POST 3633 HAS TWO WEB SITES.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">THE <span style="font-size: x-large;">ORIGINAL <span style="color: orange; font-size: medium;"><b>WEB SITE</b></span></span> IS AVAILABLE AT www.maquoketavfw.webs.com</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">IT HAS SEVERAL PHOTOS AND SEVERAL VIDEOS, INCLUDING TWO FROM THE TIME THE VIETNAM MOVING WALL VISITED MAQUOKETA...ONE TAKEN</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">AT THE VFW 75TH ANNIVERSARY... AND ONE OF VFW MEMBER ASHER SCHROEDER TELLING ABOUT HIS TIME IN A PRISONER OF WAR CAMP DURING WORLD WAR II. WHEN YOU HAVE TIME, BE SURE AND VISIT OUR LOCAL MAQUOKETA VFW WEB SITE AND WATCH THE VIDEOS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">THIS IS THE MAQUOKETA VFW <span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>BLOG</b></span></span> </span></span>(enter at KMAQ home page) THAT WAS ESTABLISHED ALSO BY DENNIS VOY (VFW MEMBER) AND SON DAVID AND WILL FROM NOW ON (MARCH 2015) BE UPDATED REGULARLY AND LIST VFW MEMBERS, NEWS, COMING EVENTS, AND RECENT PHOTOS. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">WELCOME!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: red;"> <b><u>FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11TH </u></b>WILL BE THE POST/AUXILIARY</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: red;">CHRISTMAS DINNER AT THE EAGLES....</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: red;">SOCIAL STARTING AT 6 P.M. WITH FREE DINNER AT 6:30. BRING SALAD OR DESSERT IF YOU WANT. AND THE</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: red;"><u><b>DISTRICT</b> </u>MEETING WILL BE HELD IN</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: red;">MAQUOKETA AT EAGLES ON <u><b>SAT. JAN</b>.</u></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: red;"><b><u>16TH </u></b>STARTING AT 11 A.M. </span></span></span><br />
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<b>FOUR OUT OF FOUR IN-STEP.................................. HOMECOMING PARADE, 2015</b><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">AT THE 94TH ANNUAL VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF IOWA STATE CONVENTION HELD IN EARLY JUNE AT BETTENDORF THIS YEAR, PAST COMMANDER OF MAQUOKETAS' O'CONNOR-</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">REGENWETHER POST 3633, TOM WATTERS OF RURAL MAQUOKETA, AFTER HAVING SERVED FOR THE PAST YEAR AS STATE JR. VICE COMMANDER WAS ELECTED TO THE POSITION OF STATE SR.</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">VICE COMMANDER. ALSO DURING THE CONVENTION, PRESENTATIONS WERE HEARD FROM MANY SPEAKERS INCLUDING CHARLIE BECKER OF CAMP COURAGEOUS, PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL LINDSEY GRAHAM AND THE STATE COMMANDER OF AMVETS. OTHER EVENTS INCLUDED RAFFLES AND AN AUCTION TO BENEFIT THE HOMELESS AND HOSPITALIZED VETERANS. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE V.F.W. CONVENTION, THE STATE "COOTIES" (THE HONOR DEGREE OF THE V.F.W.) ALSO HELD IT'S STATE CONVENTION WHERE TOM WATTERS WAS RE-ELECTED AS STATE JUDGE ADVOCATE. NEXT YEAR'S STATE CONVENTION WILL BE IN DUBUQUE, AND TOM WATTERS OF RURAL MAQUOKETA WILL BECOME STATE COMMANDER OF THE IOWA VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS. </span> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">THE PURPOSE OF VFW...</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED AT THE <u>APRIL 15TH MEETING</u>....</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>ELECTION OF OFFICERS WAS HELD.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>ALL WERE RE-ELECTED FOR ANOTHER YEAR.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">THEY ARE:</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">COMMANDER....ROGER SCHNOOR</span></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">SR. VICE....SCOTT HANSEN</span></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">JR. VICE....CLIFF MERRICK</span></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">QUARTERMASTER...BOB LAUGHLIN</span></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">CHAPLAIN....LOWELL SCHROEDER</span></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">1 YR TRUSTEE....SAM CAVEN</span></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">2 YR TRUSTEE....JOHN CLARK</span></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">3 YR TRUSTEE....DENNIS VOY</span></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">JUDGE ADVOCATE....MARY CREEGAN</span></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">SURGEON....CLIFF MERRICK</span></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">SERVICE OFFICER...TERRY CREEGAN</span></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">ADJUTANT....BOB LAUGHLIN</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: red;"> <span style="color: yellow;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span style="color: yellow;">ABOVE, CLIFF</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #660000;"> <span style="color: yellow;">ABOVE, ROBERT LAUGHLIN</span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="color: yellow;">ABOVE, LOWELL....EMAIL ADDRESS: lsbs07@hotmail.com or </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: yellow;">isbs07@msn.com </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ABOVE, TERRY CREEGAN, POST 3633 SERVICE OFFICER. HE IS ALSO THE PART TIME EMPLOYEE OF JACKSON COUNTY, HEADING THE JACKSON COUNTY VETERAN'S AFFAIRS OFFICE IN THE COURT HOUSE. HIS WIFE MARY IS ALSO A POST 3633 MEMBER AND SERVES AS A TRUSTEE.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ABOVE, DAVID VAZQUEZ OF MAQUOKETA.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>HE IS A MEMBER OF VFW 3633. HE SERVED IN </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>VIET NAM IN 1972 AND 73. HIS WIFE IS SHAWN WHO IS VERY ACTIVE IN LITTLE THEATRE PRODUCTIONS. THEY HAVE THREE REDHEAD DAUGHTERS. ONE IS MARRIED AND THEY HAVE 3 GRANDSONS.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">ABOVE, MARK LIPPENS OF MAQUOKETA, ONE OF THE NEWER MEMBERS OF POST 3633.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WILL BE ATTENDING THE STATE CONVENTION THIS JUNE 4-7 AT BETTENDORF AND A YEAR FROM JUNE, AT THE STATE CONVENTION AT</span></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">DUBUQUE, HE WILL BE ELECTED</span></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>STATE OF IOWA VFW COMMANDER</b>!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #660000;">MEMBER WAYNE FRANTZEN BELOW,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #660000;">WHO SERVED IN THE NAVY FROM 1956-1959. HE SERVED ON AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC AND ARCTIC CIRCLE</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">We meet the third Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Eagles Club on Highway 64 East.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">HONOR FLIGHTS SCHEDULED FROM CEDAR RAPIDS WILL BE HELD APRIL 21, MAY 19, SEPTEMBER 15 AND OCTOBER 20. THE BEGIN AT 7 A.M. AND END AT 10:30 P.M. ANY WWII, OR KOREAN VETERAN INTERESTED SHOULD CONTACT THEIR LOCAL VETERANS GROUP OR CALL BILL GOODMAN OF LEGION POST 13 AT ANAMOSA....PHONE 319-462-2472.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1/ CORN BOIL LUNCH OR</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2/ CORN BOIL DINNER OR</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>3/ CORN BOIL PICNIC (OR ALL 3)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>YES SIR!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>YOU TOO CAN HAVE A LIFE MEMBERSHIP, JUST</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ABOVE,GINA LAUGHLIN, VFW AUXILIARY</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ABOVE PHOTO TAKEN AT CLOVER RIDGE ON NOV. 11, 2015. LEFT, VIVIAN MILLER, RECOGNIZED </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>FOR BEING A VFW AUXILIARY MEMBER FOR 70 YEARS. RIGHT, AUX. PRESIDENT PAT SCHNOOR,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>WITH PIN TO BE PRESENTED TO VIVIAN. VIVIAN AND LATE HUSBAND CURLY FOR MANY YEARS OWNED AND RAN THE "SOUTH INN SUPPER</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>CLUB" ON S. MAIN STREET.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>TOM WATTERS, MEMBER OF VFW 3633 POST (PAST COMMANDER) AND VICE-COMMANDER OF THE 2ND VFW DISTRICT OF IOWA.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">AVENUE OF FLAGS AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY, 2015</span></b></span><br />
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ABOVE, JIM RANKIN OF MAQUOKETA, AT THE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE AT<br />
MT. HOPE CEMETERY 2015. HE IS 91 AND A VFW MEMBER. HE SERVED<br />
IN WWII FROM 1941 TO 1945 AND WAS A BOMBADIER ON A B-29.<br />
GO TO THE VFW WEB SITE (WITH ITS OWN ADDRESS ABOVE) (THIS SITE<br />
YOU ARE ON NOW IS A "BLOG" OFF THE KMAQ HOME PAGE) AND YOU WILL SEE AT THE WEB SITE, THE VIDEO TAKEN AT THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF POST 3633. THE VIDEO WAS TAKEN AT THE GRAVE OF JIM'S FATHER, W.C. RANKIN, WHERE THE SPECIAL MT. HOPE 75TH CEREMONY TOOK PLACE<br />
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ABOVE, THE 2ND DISTRICT VFW COMMANDER, DALE HENRY, FROM VINTON.<br />
HE VISITED THE POST ON JULY 15,2015 SHORTLY AFTER TAKING THE JOB<br />
AS DISTRICT COMMANDER.<br />
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THIS FLOAT WAS DECORATED ON JULY 26, 2011, AT THE KMAQ TRANSMITTER<br />
SITE NORTH EAST OF MAQUOKETA AND KEPT IN THE SHED THERE. IT WAS FOR THE JULY 27TH FAIR PARADE. THOUGH NOT ON THE FLOAT, THEN<br />
1ST VICE-CMDR. DENNIS VOY AND SPECIAL FRIEND NANCY JO MOORE HELPED DECORATE IT. IT WON 1ST OR 2ND PLACE IN PATRIOTIC<br />
DIVISION.<br />
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EDITOR SGT E-5 DENNIS VOY<br />
"HELL ON WHEELS"<br />
2ND ARMORED DIVISION<br />
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