MINUTES OF MEETING – POST 281, DEPARTMENT OF TENNESSEE, THE AMERICAN LEGION
Minutes for American Legion Tyler Cates Post 281
A meeting of The American Legion, Post 281was held at the Mt Juliet Senior Center on October 13, 2020
Attendees: (28 Attendees)
This is a critical juncture for the future of our country. Our civic duty is to VOTE. If any member of our post is having a difficult time participating in our civic responsibility of VOTING, members of our post are here to help you. Along with members of our post, if you are aware of any VETERAN in our community that needs assistance with voting, please have them contact Max Wix, (615-626-4087) or Terry Ward (615-519-6523) and we will coordinate arrangements to help.
If you cannot physically stand in line at early voting places there are other alternatives.
The last day to request an Absentee Ballot for the November 3rd, 2020 Federal & State General and Lebanon, Mt Juliet & Watertown Municipal Elections is October 27, 2020*.
(TCA 2-6-202 (a)(1) & TCA 2-6-202 (d)(3)
You may fill in the required information online making the form easier to read and avoiding possible mistakes or omission of the required information. Then download and print and sign the form. Mail or email (as an attachment) the completed form to the Wilson County Election Commission at the email or PO Box address provided on the form. You may contact the Wilson County Election Commission at 615-444-0216 with questions.
Early Voting, October 14th through October 29th, held at five locations across Wilson county are:
Election Commission Office, 203 E Main St. Lebanon
Mt Juliet Community Center, Charlie Daniels Park, Mt. Juliet
Lighthouse Church, 6141 Saundersville Rd, Mt. Juliet, (closes at 5 pm on Wed)
Gladeville Community Center, 95 McCreary Rd, Gladeville
Watertown Community Center, 8630 Sparta Pk, Watertown.
(* extracted from the Wilson County Election Commission web site at: https://www.wilsonelections.com/absentee-voting/ )
If you are disabled, GO TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE. DO NOT STAND IN LINE!
Post members not living in Wilson County need to check with your local election commission for their timeline on early voting and voting locations.
FROM THE COMMANDER:
Fellow Legionnaires,
Greetings once again and thanks for taking the time to keep informed about your Post’s planned activities. We continue to remain hopeful that this newsletter finds your families all doing well in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
We are joyous to again express our gratitude for the support by the members of Post 281, Sons of the American Legion and American Legion Riders, and our Auxiliary for all of our ongoing efforts and staying the course.
Your Executive Committee met on 6 October. We are getting back on track with our agenda and will hold our next scheduled meeting on 13 October at the Mount Juliet Senior Activity Center. Look forward to seeing your smiling faces behind a mask…
American Legion Tyler Cates Post 281 Officers and members will hold a community outreach session at the Lowes in Mount Juliet on Saturday, 26 September 8 am to 3 pm. We will be recruiting for new members and seeking donations from the community to help with our projects to help veterans, youth and seniors.
We will be joined by the Post 281 Auxiliary. They will be selling commemorative monument bricks to honor veterans. These bricks will become part of a Military Wall of Honor to be located at Robinson Park 1246-1280 N. Mount Juliet Road.
We need members to assist with this effort. We will be following the CDC Guidelines and those of our state and local governments for the COVID-19 pandemic.
We will have a regular post meeting on 13 October from 6-8pm at the Senior Activity Center 2034 N. Mount Juliet Road
Recent Information received from the Veterans Administration’s Tennessee Valley Health Care System
Are you getting your flu shot from a community care provider?
If you are getting a flu shot from a community care provider, please print or present the “Provider & Veteran Flu Shot handout” listed on our website below. This handout ensures the community care provider bills the VA and not you!
As a reminder, Veterans cannot use Walgreens for their flu shots. To find an in-network location near you, visit our website listed below.
More information is available at the following website.
https://www.tennesseevalley.va.gov/features/Flu_Shot_Clinic.asp
I have received inquiries from some of you conveying that you are itching to get out of the house and go to a Post 281 Meeting. As a reminder, our meeting place has moved to the Mount Juliet Senior Activity Center on the 2nd Tuesday of the month. Read on Please!!!!!
Our Executive Committee and I had a rough discussion about having a meeting.
Due to Governor Lee’s edict to extend COVID-19 protections and Safety, I have canceled our 8 Sept meeting at the Senior Center.
HOWEVER, to get us out into the clean air, we are still going to have our annual picnic at Charlie Daniels Park Pavilion 2, Saturday 12 Sept 11-3 pm
We will be wearing masks, when not sitting down to eat.
Plastic Gloves will be provided for handling your food while wearing your mask.
Some may throw some horseshoes again…… come find out!!!! We’ll have a few pickers and some grinners, and if you have a favorite Karaoke song to sing, be prepared to sing.
Please respond by confirming that you, your wife (and others) will be attending.
We need a rough order of magnitude, headcount, to use in purchasing the food for preparation.
Also, we are meeting at Mount Juliet Lowes on Saturday 26 September 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Please check out our Post website.https://www.mtjulietalpost281.com/
Holler, if you need us. 615-443-4138 and leave a message.
We are taking the phone off the hook due to the number of bogus calls.
So leave a message and I WILL call you back.
Hope to see you at the picnic and at lowes too.
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Respectfully and Semper Fidelis,
Max Wix
Commander, Tyler Cates American Legion Post 281
FROM THE COMMANDER:
Fellow Legionnaires,
Greetings and thank you for taking the time to keep informed about your Post’s planned activities. We remain hopeful in finding you and your families doing well in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
We again express our gratitude for the support by the members of Post 281, Sons of the American Legion and American Legion Riders, and our Auxiliary for all of our ongoing efforts and staying the course.
Your Executive Committee met on 1 September. We revised our agenda, again, and canceled our next scheduled meeting on 8 September. Our next monthly meeting is scheduled for 13 October at the Mount Juliet Senior Activity Center.
Our Annual Post 281 Picnic will be held on 12 September from 11 am to 3 pm at Mt. Juliet’s Charlie Daniels Park, Pavilion #2. Usual fare will be hamburgers and hot dogs and the fixin’s. If you wish, you may bring a side dish, but this is not required. Please wear your face masks. Food handlers will be gloved. Please place your family clustered and individuals seating, where possible, to keep masked and 6 ft distance if possible…
FROM THE COMMANDER:
Fellow Legionnaires,
Greetings and hope this finds you and your families continuing to be healthy and doing well in the midst of the current COVID-19 Pandemic. The numbers in Tennessee keep creeping higher and it is a scary time and we all must take appropriate precautions. Therefore I have consulted with the Executive Committee on 4 August. I asked and it was unanimously agreed upon to cancel our 11 August meeting. There remains nothing urgent on the agenda that could not wait until our September meeting.
Your Executive Committee met on 4 July, via a Zoom internet conference and revised an agenda for our next regularly scheduled meeting. As cited above, this month’s meeting is cancelled. We continue exploring options for when we can get together and are soliciting donations to keep us in a position to support next years’ ball teams, Boys and Girls State, the Oratorical, Scouts, veterans and their families in need, etc. Our only income, so far for this year is the Annual Flag Event. We still plan on holding the September Picnic at Charlie Daniels Park. Our plans for Christmas Dinner continue as I work with the Rutland Place Catering Staff. We have until two weeks prior to make a final decision or look at other options…
FROM THE COMMANDER:
Fellow Legionnaires,
Greetings and hope this finds you and your families continuing to be healthy and doing well in the midst of the current COVID-19 Pandemic. The numbers in Tennessee keep creeping higher and it is a scary time and we all must take appropriate precautions. Therefore I have consulted with the Executive Committee on 4 August. I asked and it was unanimously agreed upon to cancel our 11 August meeting. There remains nothing urgent on the agenda that could not wait until our September meeting.
Your Executive Committee met on 4 July, via a Zoom internet conference and revised an agenda for our next regularly scheduled meeting. As cited above, this month’s meeting is cancelled. We continue exploring options for when we can get together and are soliciting donations to keep us in a position to support next years’ ball teams, Boys and Girls State, the Oratorical, Scouts, veterans and their families in need, etc. Our only income, so far for this year is the Annual Flag Event. We still plan on holding the September Picnic at Charlie Daniels Park. Our plans for Christmas Dinner continue as I work with the Rutland Place Catering Staff. We have until two weeks prior to make a final decision or look at other options…
For your planning purposes, we must inform you that we have to cancel our post meeting for the 11th of August due to our current concerns about the COVID virus. Your Commander and the Executive Committee have made this decision based on the high number of new cases that continue to occur in our state. Our newsletter will be published soon, with additional details.
FROM THE COMMANDER:
Fellow Legionnaires,
Greetings and thank you for taking the time to keep informed about your Post’s planned activities. We remain hopeful in finding you and your families doing well in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
We again express our gratitude for the support by the members of Post 281, Sons of the American Legion and American Legion Riders, and our Auxiliary for all of our ongoing efforts and staying the course.
Your Executive Committee met on 1 September. We revised our agenda, again, and canceled our next scheduled meeting on 8 September. Our next monthly meeting is scheduled for 13 October at the Mount Juliet Senior Activity Center.
Our Annual Post 281 Picnic will be held on 12 September from 11 am to 3 pm at Mt. Juliet’s Charlie Daniels Park, Pavilion #2. Usual fare will be hamburgers and hot dogs and the fixin’s. If you wish, you may bring a side dish, but this is not required. Please wear your face masks. Food handlers will be gloved. Please place your family clustered and individuals seating, where possible, to keep masked and 6 ft distance if possible…