Next Meeting
Who: Chapter Membership and Guests
Where: Lakeland, Florida at the Comfort Inn and Suites, 3520 North 98, Lakeland, Florida. Phone Number, 1-863-859-0100. Identify yourselves as "Special Forces Chapter Xii, or Green Berets". Special rate is $69.00 plus tax per room. Hospitality room is on second floor across from elevator. More details are on page 6 of the current Newsletter.
When December 4th thru 6th, 2009. Cost of Dinner Saturday Night is $20.00 per person. Send your checks to J.D. Bath, 1925 Duff Rd., Lakeland, FL 33810.
How With Camaraderie. More information to follow in subsequent Newsletter.
Click on one of the map sites below, for driving directions
Spring Meeting, Mike and Mary Ann Stover and Jim and Cretia Braddock will act as hosts for this Meeting scheduled for April 24th, 2010 in Cocoa Beach, Florida.
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Listen Up...Hot Info
10/10/2009: Noitice from Chris Zetz, Assistant Secretary,: " The E-mail address SFAHQ@aol.com is a personal email address and should no longer be used for administrative business for the SFA. If you have administrative business for the National Headquarters, please use hq@specialforcesassociation.org as noted in the DROP
10/9/2009: Memorial Building Site Nominees; Charlie Gray of the SFA Memorial Building Fund, has requested each Chapter to nominate one name as the possible candidate for name inclusion into the Memorial Building Site. At our August meeting three names were recommended; Sam Bass, Bob Salzman and Chuck Hoagland. Chapter XXI members are urged to vote for one of the three and mail their choices to Speedy Gaspard 816 Mill Pond Court, Fruit Cove, FL 32259 or send via email to gwgsrg@aol.com .The cut-off date is December 1st, 2009. The selected deceased member's name will be announced at the December meeting in Lakeland, and Chapter XXI will contribute $200.00 to the Building Fund, plus the identity of the selected name.
It's time to vote for new Chapter XXI Officers. In the event you didn't get one with your Newsletter, or have misplaced it, a ballot is attached to our current Newsletter below, which you can download and print out if necessary. It is important to return all ballots to Al Bowman who is acting as Teller, by November 15th, 2009. The Officers will be sworn in at our Christmas Meeting for the oncoming two years.
Sick Call
9/29/2009: Bill Parlon suffered a heart attack, had two stints implanted and has returned home to Barbara's care
Taps
9-29-2009: Donald Hayakawa, 76, passed away on Saturday, September 5th, 2009. A Memorial Service was held at 3:00 pm, September 9th, 2009 at Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Winter Park. Don is survived by Daughter Donna Brokop and her Husband Ken Brokop, Daughter Karen Fisher, Stepson Milton Reidhead and his Wife Bonnie Reidhead, Grandchildren SSG Adam Hendrickson, Sarah Reidhead, Heather Davis, Ryan Fisher and Great-grandson Leighland Davis.
Don's Daughter Donna requests that in lieu of flowers, that contributions should be made to the Special Forces Memorial Building IMO of Don.
Members attending Don's Memorial Services were, Mike Stover, Ed and Ingrid Currier, Mauri and Dorothy Price, Duane and Frances Vierk, Ken Gardner, John Elridge and Jack Miller.
Don's SFA Plaque will be presented by Duane Vierk.
Click on the link below for a beautiful rendition of Taps.
Old
Soldiers Never Die
There is an old cookhouse, far far away
Where we get pork and beans, three times a day.
Beefsteak we never see, damn-all sugar for our tea
And we are gradually fading away.
Old soldiers never die,
Never die, never die,
Old soldiers never die
They just fade away.
Privates they love their
beer, 'most every day.
Corporals, they love their stripes, that's what they say.
Sergeants they love to drill. Guess them bastards always will
So we drill and drill until we fade away.
Special Forces Soldier
