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June 2020 Minutes

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MINUTES OF  MEETING – POST 281,  DEPARTMENT OF TENNESSEE, THE AMERICAN LEGION 

COMPILED BY:  Adjutant Terry Ward
DATE:     June 9, 2020 
APPROVED BY COMMANDER: Max Wix

CONVENED: 1900
ADJOURNED: 2005

  • VISITORS: 6
  • MEMBERS PRESENT: 19
  • OFFICERS: 5
  • TOTAL: 29

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VA Appointment Information when visiting their facilities

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                  Veterans Administration Services

Questions and procedures you can expect when visiting the VA.  

Based on my pre-appointment phone call the questions will be:

  1. Do you have a fever of 100.4 or higher?
  2. Do you have any unexplained coughs?
  3. Have you been in contact with anyone who has tested positive for Covid-19?
  4. How do you feel today?

 Below are the general procedures.

  1. The entrances are limited so be sure to look out for the signs directing you where to enter. It may different than you are used to. 
  2. From your car, you’ll be asked a handful of questions about any symptoms you might be having.  This is to keep anyone who may be sick out of the facility.  Once you answer the questions, you’ll be given an armband and will need to wear it throughout your stay. 
  3. We expect everyone in our facility to wear a mask.  If you don’t have one, the screener will provide you one when you arrive. 
  4. We currently have a no visitor policy.  Only patients with a scheduled appointment are permitted in the facility.  If you have someone with you, they are welcome to wait in the car, but we want to be sure you know before you arrive that a visitor will not be able to come to the building with you.
  5. Due to our limited waiting space, we ask you to not arrive any more than 30 minutes before your appointment.  You will not be able to park at Nashville until after 6 AM and York 7 AM so please do not arrive before those times. 

All the satellite clinics are closed and all services are being done at the main hospitals. 

Tom Buckton, Veteran Service Officer for Post 281

June 2020 Newsletter

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From Post Commander Max Wix:

Fellow Legionnaires,

Thank You ALL for the confidence you have placed in our newly Elected Officer’s and me. I intend to follow the American Legion’s Officer’s Guidebook and Manual of Ceremonies to the extent possible. I will reach out to our Past Commanders and other American Legion leadership for guidance continue with focus on our four pillars.

  • Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation
  • National Security
  • Americanism
  • Children and Youth

I want to express our heartfelt thanks to the citizens of the Mount Juliet Community and Wilson County for their continued contributions and participation in our 8th year to Honor America’s Flag, sponsored by American Legion Post 281 and the West Wilson Exchange Club…

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Wilson County Fair for 2020, cancelled.

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Members of Post 281, the following is for your information.  

 

FROM CHELSEA HICKS  WILSON COUNTY FAIR

Dear Fair Partners,

Due to the ever-evolving situations, the impact on community health and well-being, the traditional Wilson County Fair as we have known it in Lebanon, TN, will not take place in 2020. If conditions improve, we will consider other options for a 2020 event. The safety of the Wilson County Fair’s volunteers, participants, visitors, and community is the highest priority in producing the annual fair. After seeking guidance from the State of Tennessee, the CDC, and other organizations and taking direction from the Tennessee Pledge created as part of Tennessee’s Economic Recovery Group, it became clear that not having the traditional Wilson County Fair was the responsible decision.

“The impact of the fair’s cancellation will be felt far beyond the loss of our annual celebration,” said Randall Clemons, President of the Wilson County Fair. “We are heartbroken for the effect this has had on all businesses, family farms, adult and youth competitors and exhibitors and sponsors who rely on the income and exposure the Wilson County Fair brings them.”

Provided the situations improve to the point where it’s safe to hold mass gatherings, the traditional Wilson County Fair will return August 12-21, 2021. “We look forward to brighter, better days ahead when we can gather again to celebrate all that is exceptional about Wilson County,” Clemons said. “Until then, stay safe, be well, and support each other. We will miss you.”

Mike Myer