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Title Pirates

Written by Jeff Mattingly on . Posted in American Legion Post 281 News, Announcements.

Have you ever heard of property theft by using a Quitclaim Deed? Did you know you can help protect yourself against this kind of crime?

I thought I had taken these steps a few years ago but I found out today you have to go back and do it again if you change or do away with your primary email address (the email address you use to set up alerts with the Register of Deeds).

The alert service is free. You just need to enter your name, and other versions of your name as well as other names on your property title/deed, and an email address. Then as I understand it, if any records with those names are accessed you will receive and email alert. With the alert you can get ahead of this terrible crime that could cost you a ton of money to fix after the fact.

You may have heard about someone trying to sell the Presley mansion a couple years ago?

The law allows a ‘buyer’ to transfer interest in the property away from the owner without their knowledge. Sounds like something needs to change, in my opinion.

Here are some links for your convenience:

Wilson County – Register of Deeds – https://www.wilsondeeds.com/# You’ll see a button there that’ll take you to the Fraud Alert system.

Also there on the Wilson County – Register of Deeds page, you’ll see a button for “Thank a Vet“. Here there are 15 pages of Wilson County business Honoring Veterans with discounts on their services.

Just something ‘Good to Know’

Wilson County & Tennessee State Fair

Written by Jeff Mattingly on . Posted in American Legion Post 281 News, Announcements.

Sign Up

Free Admission to the Fair (only for you). Drop your guests at the gate and then you might tag team with your partner to spend some time enjoying the fair while the other holds down the fort. All you have to do is show up, smile, greet folks and ask about/listen to their service stories. And then offer our Membership Brochure/Application and Opportunities to Serve document.

Sign Up, Click Here

Plan to wear your Post 281 hat, an American Legion shirt or a shirt with your branch of service on it.

Mt. Juliet Veterans Wall

Written by Jeff Mattingly on . Posted in American Legion Post 281 News, Announcements.

Here’s some more information about the veterans wall our Service Officer Patti Whitmore was talking about at our meeting last night.

Here’s a link to take you directly to the page in order to get your name on the wall: https://www.mtjuliet-tn.gov/1629/Mt-Juliet-Veterans-Wall

In one place on their page they say “$3 per letter” and in another place they say $3 “ for each name submission“, so you may want to call them for clarification. The phone number is down there near the statement “for each submission”.

Agenda for 8 July 25 Regular Post meeting

Written by Terry Ward on . Posted in Announcements.

Agenda for Post meeting on Tuesday, 8 July 25,   MT. Juliet, Charlie Daniels Park, Community Center, Room Bravo   

START time for the pizza and social time is 5:30 PM.   Regular meeting  begins at 6:00 PM.   We must be done NLT 7:45 on meeting nights.  

Meeting protocol :  Welcome guest and all members in attendance.  

Adoption of minutes as posted on the Website 18 June 25/ kindly review  . 

 ~ Welcome Boys State Attendees and their parents  :

  1. James Gatlin

          2, Adam Loftis

          3, John Marshall

          4. Riley Bearup

  • Award appreciation plaques to Shawn Taylor and Bob Snuck.
  • Next big event on the horizon is the State/County Fair in 14-23 Aug- signup sheet to be passed around .

Officers Reports , 1st V/2ndV/ADJ/FO/SO/CH (sick call) HG/ALR/ Committees 

Closing Protocol to follow.  

Next regular post meeting scheduled for 12 Aug 2025     

Almost Painless update

Written by Jeff Mattingly on . Posted in American Legion Post 281 News, Announcements.

We recently received our statement. We have 11 households contributing to the post through Kroger’s Community Rewards Program. And those 11 households earned almost $33 for the quarter. Well, if we had 22 households earning $66 per quarter that would fund over half of what we spend to sponsor a Boys State delegate like Ethan Scoby, above, or maybe cover the cost of awards given to Oratorical contestants and JROTC Leadership and Scholastic standouts or Police Officer/Fire Fighter of the year.

Can you imagine if we had all of our members enrolled? And it doesn’t cost anything!

So every little bit helps!

If you’re like me, Fundraising is not my favorite subject.

While learning about Wreaths Across America something came to light that seems like a good fit for our membership.

How many of you shop at Kroger? If you do, you probably have a Kroger+ card to get the exclusive discounts by using the card. You may even have a Kroger credit card which is or can be linked to the Kroger+ card.

Our post has been approved to participate in Kroger’s Community Rewards program. In doing so, you can select Post 281 as your favorite charity and a percentage of your purchases will automatically be donated to the post without additional cost to you! Every little bit helps, right?

Here’s some guidance:

To Use the Kroger Community Rewards Program:
Simply encourage your participants to visit http://www.kroger.com. Once logged into their Kroger account they can search for Tyler Cates American Legion Post 281 either by name or DS341 and then click Enroll. New users will need to create an account which requires some basic information, a valid email address and a rewards card.

*Customers must have a registered Kroger rewards card account to link to your organization.
*If a member does not yet have a Kroger rewards card, please let them know they are available at the customer service desk at any Kroger

REMEMBER, purchases will not count for your organization until after your participants register their rewards card.
Participants must swipe their registered Kroger rewards card or use the phone number that is related to their registered Kroger rewards card when shopping for each purchase to count.

If you need help, please let us know so we can help you get signed up.

VA Phone Disruptions

Written by Jeff Mattingly on . Posted in American Legion Post 281 News, Announcements.

Thanks for passing this along Max.

The Alvin C. York VA Medical Center is currently experiencing outages and disruptions to its phone systems.
TVHS white background logoThe Alvin C. York VA Medical Center is currently facing disruptions with its phone lines.Family members and visitors are welcome to see their loved ones during regular visiting hours. For non-urgent requests, such as prescription refills or appointment scheduling, please use the secure messaging feature on My HealtheVet.If you require urgent care, our urgent care center is available daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. For any emergencies or life-threatening situations, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding as we work to resolve this as quickly as possible.

American Legion Auxiliary GALA

Written by Jeff Mattingly on . Posted in Announcements, Post 281 Auxiliary.

American Legion Auxiliary, Department of Tennessee, GALA

Friday, September 19, 2025. Franklin Marriott Cool Springs, 5:30pm-11:00pm

$60.00 per person,   Dinner, Music, Silent and Live Auction.

Some auction items have already been donated: Various Venues in Pigeon Forge a very nice motorcycle backpack and home decor items.

This is just a sample!

More donations are coming in every day..

Please contact Gwynne Queener for tickets:

gwynnequeener@gmail.com

615-218-9452

As more information becomes available and the date gets closer we’ll send out updates. Please check the Events Calendar (9/19/25) to easily add this to your personal calendar.

Post Meeting agenda for tonight, 10 June,

Written by Terry Ward on . Posted in Announcements.

Agenda for 10 Jun, Regular AL Post 281 meeting

CDP, Community Center, Conference room Bravo, at 6:00 pm

5:30 PM Pizza and Soft Drink social time    

6:00 PM  Opening protocol.

Recognize former CDRs and guest

Introduce Ethan Scoby, Boy State

Introduce Commissioner Rober Fields, standing in for County Mayor Hutto

Reading of the minutes

CDR comments:

 Recognition plaques for last year’s officers that are present.

AAR on Honoring America’s Flag (HAF) discussion/ recognize those who stepped up and helped with set up and manning the post table and with take down. 

Discus the Dept/State conference that will be held on 14 June.

Planning for other boys that attended Boys State with  4 Boys State guys coming to talk with post at 8 July meeting and  5 Boys State guys for 12 August.

Wilson County Fair , 14 through 23 Aug.   How do we get better exposure?  

9 Sep meeting /  Mt. Juliet HS JROTC D&C expedition in parking lot and the Ladies that attended Girls State will address the post and the Auxiliary too.      

1st vice/ comments

2nd vice / comment

Adjutant is attending a wedding out of state

FO/ Review the 2026 budget as submitted by the FO and the finance committee/ comments.   

SO/  comments

Chaplin / comments and report on members with health concerns

SGT @  Arms /  out of state, but former SGT @ Arms Barnes is a trooper and willing to do anything we ask of him.   

Closing Protocol