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Cocio ~ Estrada Post 59

750 N. Grande Ave.

Tucson, Arizona 85745

(520) 622-9513

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American Legion Cocio-Estrada Post 59

Quarterly Newsletter, 7/2011 - 9/2011

Membership Report

Once again we exceeded our yearly membership drive quota ending at 102%. However, membership is the bases of our American Legion Organization and we must again start recruiting for our next Legion year 2011-2012. Everyone will start receiving 2011 renewal reminders from national headquarters starting in July. Everyone paying dues prior to November 11 are recognized as ' EARLY BIRDS' members. Your 2011 cards are still good until December 31, 2011. Be an EARLY BIRD and send in dues today.

Calendar of Events

• July 2,10:30 A.M, general membership meeting, SAL food sale following Post meeting

• July 4- Independence Day, Fly your American flag. Beat the heat at Post 59, free hot dogs

• July 6, August 10, September 7-SAL pool tournament and Wednesday night dart tournament

• September 3 , 10:30 A.M, general membership meeting, Auxiliary taco food sale following Post meeting

• September 5, Labor Day, end of summer, free dogs and goodies at Post S9

• August 6, 10:30 A.M, general membership meeting, Auxiliary taco food sale following Post meeting

• September 3, 10:30 A.M, general membership meeting, Auxiliary taco food sale following Post meeting

• September 10- ALR 9/11 poker run. Stop at Post 59

• October 1, 10:30 A M, general membership meeting, Auxiliary taco food sale following Post meeting

Post Activities

• Memorial Day: The Memorial Day service at Holy Hope Cemetery was well attended and Angel Carranza was this year's honoree. Thanks to everyone that helped put down the 1,400 flags on veteran gravesites.

• The 2nd annual Post 59 golf tournament on May 28 was very well attended. This year's Memorial Tournament was in honor of Martin Lugo Jr and Angel Carranza. The tournament was a grand success thanks to the dedicated effort of the Post 59 Golf committee. Tournament proceeds will be used to upgrade Post facilities.

• Post Elections 2011-2012 Post 59 officer elections were held at general membership meeting on May 14th. Five of 7 officer positions were contested. The new elected officers are: Commander- Steve Aguirre, Sr. Vice Commander- George lopez, Jr. Vice Commander- Robert Garcia, Finance Officer- Allende Almazan, Chaplin- AI Aguilar, Historian- Frank French, Sgt at Arms- John Garcia.

Legion Riders

Post 59 Legion Rider elected officers for 2011-2012. ALR officers are: President- Warren Allison, Vice Cmdr- Buddy Waters, Secretary/Treasurer- Rene Allison, Sgt At Arms- Joe Flurer, Historian- Shannon Flurer, Chaplain- Phil Mason, , Adjutant-Steve Aguirre, Security- Marcelino Aguilar, Road captain- Warren Allison Jr.. ALR meetings are held on last Saturday of the month at 11:00 AM.

SAL Corner

SAL 2011 membership ended at 74 members which is 93% of quota. SAL elected new officers for 2011-2012. They have a host of activities planned for the upcoming year. Let's join in and support the SAL activities! The new officers are: Commander- Tony Pesquieria, 1st Vice Cmdr- Marcelino Aguilar, 2nd Vice- Lucas Mireles, Historian- Leonard Gastello, Chaplain- Mike Perez, Finance Officer- Jesse Lugo, Sgt at Arms- Richard Fisher. SAL meetings are held on 3rd Saturday of the month at 1PM..