Next Meeting of Central Coast Chapter of SAR

The next meeting of the Central Coast Chapter of SAR will be Saturday, June17, 2017, 1:00 PM, at the IHOP Restaurant, Madonna Rd, SLO.

The guest speaker will be Si Tenenberg.  Si has been preparing troop care packages for our troops for many years.  The packages contain necessary personal items.  Si depends on donations and the good hearts that pay the postage to mail the packages.  You can visit Si's web site to get the entire message:
http://troopcarepacks.org/

Si Tenenberg

Central Coast Chapter SAR Minutes for May 20, 2017

Central Coast Chapter Minutes for May 20, 2017

 Meeting to Order: 1:04 PM

Attendance: 13 including two guests

Pledges of Allegiance & SAR

Invocation by N. Maas

Sunshine Report: None

Secretary’s Report: Minutes for April meeting were read aloud. Motion (D. Tissue) to accept minutes as read, seconded (E. Rader). Motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report: Account balance presently $3118.29.

Guest Speaker: John Lindsey, Chief Meteorologist for PG&E at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant. John completed the Naval Aviation Meteorology program at Pensacola, FL then spent 24 years in the Navy. John also has a weekly column in the SLO Tribune.

John explained how southerly Pacific temperatures and currents can deliver an El Nino i.e. warmer than normal temperatures weak 0.5-0.9, moderate 1.0-1.4 degrees Celsius and strong 1.5-1.9 degrees Celsius. El Nino is typically a wetter year but in 2015 with all indicators trending toward the strongest El Nino on record, rainfall was far below normal. La Nina results from cooler Pacific temperatures and is typically drier in terms of rainfall. All indications are this year will be neither which is referred as an El Nada.

John also discussed micro climates, the abnormal high pressure that stayed over the western U.S. for five years causing draught, weather models and patterns. John included that Diablo Cyn would be operated at a high level until 2025 and prior to its decommissioning.

John’s presentation was warmly received and he was presented a certificate and cannon in appreciation.

New Business: Bill Harris is our newest member and he was presented his certificate. Also, June is our last meeting until October.

Old Business: None

Closing Pledge

Benediction by N. Maas

Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2017

                                                          Memorial Day

May 29, 2017
Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day, was borne out of the Civil
War and desire to honor our dead. It was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by
General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in
his General Order No. 11. “The 30th of May 1868, is designated for the purpose of
strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in
the defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in
almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land,” he proclaimed. The
date of Decoration Day, as he called it, was chosen because it wasn’t the
anniversary of any particular battle.
On the first Decoration Day, General James Garland made a speech at Arlington
National Cemetery and 5,000 participants decorated the graves of the 20,000
Union and Confederate soldiers buried there.
After World War I, Decoration Day it was extended to include all men and women
who died in any war or military action.
The current name Memorial Day did not come into use until after World War II.
Decoration Day and then Memorial Day used to be held on May 30, regardless of
the day of the week, on which it fell. In 1968, the Uniform Holiday Bill was
passed as part of a move to use federal holidays to create three day weekends. This
means that from 1971, the Memorial Day holiday has been officially observed on
the last Monday in May.
At dawn on Memorial Day, the flag of the United Sates is raised briskly to the top
of the staff and then solemnly lowered to the half-staff position, where it remains
only until noon. It is then raised to full-staff for the reminder of the day. The halfstaff
position remembers the more than one million men and women who gave
their lives in service their country. At noon, their memory is raised by the living
who resolve not to let their sacrifice be in vain, but to rise up in their stead and
continue the fight for liberty and justice for all.
The “National Moment of Remembrance” resolution was passed December 2000
which asks that at 3 p.m. local time, for all Americans “to voluntarily and
informally observe in their own way a Moment of Remembrance and respect,
pausing from whatever they are doing for a moment of silence or listening to
“Taps.”
Memorial Day 24 April 2017 Page 2
Just for many of us, in addition to decorating graves, is attending one of the
thousands of parades held on Memorial Day in large and small cities all over the
country. Most of these features marching bands and an overall military theme with
National Guard and other servicemen and women participating along with veterans
and military vehicles from various wars.
Regardless of where or how you plan to spend your Memorial Day don’t forget the
true meaning of behind the day, a day to remember those military men and women
who died while serving in our armed forces regardless of the conflict.
J. Michael Tomme, Sr.
President General 2016-2017
National Society Sons of the American Revolution

Next SAR Meeting, Saturday, May 20, 2017

Next meeting of the Central Coast Chapter of SAR will be Saturday, May 20, 2017, at 1:00 PM, at IHOP Restaurant, Madonna Rd, SLO

The guest speaker will be John Lindsey, Senior Meteorologist for PG&E.  John will speak on everything weather for the Central Coast.

Plan to be there and bring a friend or relative who is interested in joining SAR.

Russell Haynes, President

Central Coast Chapter Minutes for April 15, 2017

Meeting to order: 1:03 PM

Attendance: 12 Members, 1 Guest

Invocation

Pledges of Allegiance & SAR

Guest speaker John Lindsay, Chief Meteorologist for PG&E had to cancel but will be the featured speaker in May.

Secretary’s Report: Motion (E. Rader) to accept the March minutes as read. Seconded (Tissue). Motion carried.


Treasurer’s  Report: Current account balance remains at $3093.29.

Pres. Haynes also reported that our chapter is no longer required to file with the CA Attorney General as a charitable trust.

Our new member is William Harris and we have two pending.

A general discussion ensued covering such disparate topics as the weather, power outages, the Boy Scout essay competition, merit badges and Eagle Scouts.

John Siler announced that there would be a Bill Siler remembrance during the week of May 5^th. Probably to be held at the French Bakery on The Embarcadero in Morro Bay. The exact date and time to follow.

Closing Pledge

Benediction ( Maas)

Adjournment @ 2:20 PM

Respectfully Submitted,

Chris Scrimiger

Chapter Secretary

Central Coast Chapter Minutes for March 18, 2017

Central Coast Chapter Minutes for March 18, 2017

Meeting to Order: 1:03 PM

Attendance: 13 (10 members & 3 guests).

Pledges of Allegiance & SAR

Sunshine Report: None

Secretary’s Report: February Minutes read aloud. Motion (Siler) to accept minutes as read. Seconded (Mummert). Carried.

Guest Speaker: Alan McKean, a Veteran’s Affairs representative with the State of California Employment Development Department was our speaker. Alan has a military background and provided some history attached to veteran’s issues. 179,000, at one time or another, served in the Continental Line during the Revolutionary War and most had some expectation that they would receive a pension and/or land bounty. Only 3100 actually received full benefits. The Society of Cincinnatus represented 2300 veteran officers but only 420 received full benefits. Thus, began an uneven history between war veterans and their government.

In 1818, the first bill was enacted to authorize revolutionary pensions but only if the veteran was indigent. Veterans of the Mexican War had to wait until 1887. WWI veterans, who experienced a 23% suicide rate, had to undertake bonus marches in order to finally receive $1000.00 bonus payable in 1945.

Today, numerous organizations provide services to veterans. Locally, the SLO Co. Veteran’s Collaborative provides a myriad of services in a one stop setting. The Collaborative is tailored to San Luis Obispo Co. and a good deal of cohesion is required. There are 61 providers on board but the Collaborative could use volunteers. They convene the second Tuesday of each month.

There are approximately 2700 homeless vets in SLO with only 67 housing units designated. Alan stated that most vets don’t know U.S. History and that EDD does teach some history along with its main mission which is employment. The VA has been plagued with backlogs. In 2007, the average length of a claim was 4 years, three months and 28 days. Now waits are 3 ½ months from receipt of the initial letter. There is shuttle from SLO to Los Angeles VA Hospital. Cuesta College is also very engaged.

Alan’s presentation was warmly received and President Haynes presented him with a certificate and cannon.

Treasurer’s Report: Current account balance stood at $3173.29 but as of today it is $3093.29.

Old News: The Women’s Auxiliary are looking for local quilters to help complete a statewide project.

Closing Pledge

Adjournment.

Respectfully Submitted,

Chris Scrimiger

Chapter Secretary

Next meeting of the Central Coast Chapter of the CASSAR/NSSAR is Saturday, March 18, 2017...

Next meeting of the Central Coast Chapter of the CASSAR/NSSAR is Saturday, March 18, 2017, at 1:00 PM, at IHOP Restaurant, Madonna Road, SLO.



The guest speaker will be Alan McKean:  Mr. McKean's talk will be about assisting disabled vet's.

“Alan McKean is a Disabled Veteran Outreach Program Specialist for the State of California and San Luis Obispo County and is an Atascadero resident.

He has been involved in veteran issues and has been helping veterans in various capacities with several organizations since 1978, and has been in his current capacity here in SLO for the past four years.

He is a Navy veteran, serving with the Brown Water Navy in Viet Nam from 1968 to 1970 as a gunner and heavy weapons specialist, and later as recruiter and finally as a public affairs officer with the Navy Special Warfare staff and Military Sealift Command.

As a civilian, he has served in various for and non-profit positons in the advertising, printing ,educational, media and public service communities including that as Executive Director for the American Red Cross of Eastern Iowa, and Director and Founding Trustee of the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, CA.”

Plan to attend the meeting and bring a friend or family member who might be interested in joining SAR.

If you have any questions, please advise.

Russell Haynes, President and Registrar