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Arnold Air Society/Silver Wings held its Area VII Conclave in Minneapolis October 24 through 26. AFA’s North Central Region President Jim Simons came from Minot, ND to speak to the cadets about the history and importance of the Air Force Association to help cadets and ROTC programs.

AFA Vice-President Kari

Rawlings at ARCON

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FY 2015 Charitable Giving Recipients $ Amount Univ. of MN ROTC $2,000 U. of St. Thomas ROTC 200 Veterans Member Events 595 MAC-V 1,000 AF Academy AOG 1,000 Visions (60 Classrooms) 7,560 ====== Total FY to Date $12,355

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Hahn flew in from Washington, DC. She talked about the AFA’s focus to support Air Force families through the Wounded Airmen Program.

Mike Nelson received AFA’s Medal of Merit for his work reviving Duluth’s Bong Chapter, following an emergency appendectomy. the evening of the conclave.

Friday, April 10 is the date for our annual Air Force awards dinner at Town & Country Club in Saint Paul. Sign up with the reservation form included in this newsletter. Or reserve seats on-line at www.mnafa.org.

Hubbard Broadcasting hosts the event. Combat ace Colonel Charles DeBellevue (ret.), who began his stellar Air Force career in ROTC, is slated to be the featured speaker.

Awardees will include top performers from the 934th Reserves Airlift Wing, 133rd Airlift Wing, MN Civil Air Patrol, AFROTC at the University of Minnesota and the University of St. Thomas, local Junior AFROTC programs and USA Today’s Teacher of the Year.

Colonel Mike Nelson (USAF ret) Receives Medal of Merit

In photo above, (l-r) Glenn Shull, Larry Sagstetter, Mike Nelson, Jim Simons, Kari Hahn.

Meetings are at 934th Officers’ Club 5:30 PM, second Tuesday each month. Post Rd. at MN5.

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October’s meeting was called to order by the chapter’s president, Larry Sagstetter, at 1730 hours Tuesday the 14th. There were 19 members and guests present. The first order of business was the election of the Rawlings Chapter Officers for the coming year. The membership affirmed the election of Larry Sagstetter for President, Dan Murphy as Vice-President, Ralph Delperdang as Treasurer, and David Pohlen as Secretary. Meeting minutes for August and September were approved by voice vote. Ralph Delperdang reported our savings balance was at $6002.69, checking was at 9,661.79. There was an income of $110, expenditures of $45. The full report may be found online at www.mnafa.org. Bruce Roberts reviewed charitable Resources. Items like cash status, projected expenses, payroll reports, inventory, grants paid, bank reconciliation, and monthly fund reconciliation were explained. Expenses were $18,016; taxes were $3901; Net after taxes was $8,161; grants were $440; profit carryover was $25,508. Mary Ellen Couture

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introduced herself as the new liaison with USA Today for the Visions of Exploration program. She mentioned that 32 of our 60 sponsored classrooms have been assigned for the 2014 – 2015 school year. Tom Wilson from the Air Force Academy’s Association of Graduated said the Founder’s Day dinner is scheduled for 17 April and their speaker will be Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, Commander Air Force Material Command. The dinner will be held at the Minneapolis Marriott Northwest in Brooklyn Park. The Air Force Sergeants Association’s Don Roden noted the Command Chief of the Air Force, CMS James Cody will be visiting the units in the area on 1 Nov 2014. AFSA will host a dinner at the services club on base that day. Larry Sagstetter noted that the Rawlings Chapter has settled the date of our annual Awards Banquet to be Friday 10 April at the Town & Country Club in St. Paul. Guest speaker will be Col. Chuck DeBellevue. The AFROTC Det. 410 from the U of St. Thomas reported a new cadre member, Lt.

4th Qtr. Meetings at a Glance

Students in Eden Prairie study newspapers

provided through Visions.

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Gerhman. She happens to also be a recent graduate from St. Thomas. She is trained in field of Aircraft Maintenance. She announced St. Thomas’ cadets’ plans for the 24 hour POW/MIA vigil on 10 Nov. They will also be working the Wreaths Across America. October 25th is Arnold Air Society Area Conclave. General Dennis Schulstad will be a guest speaker at the event. The chapter approved sponsoring a table at the event for $240. Larry Sagstetter suggested we consider buying advertising space in the “Courier” for the Rawlings Chapter to promote membership. After some discussion, the membership approved the idea and the sum of $600 for the advertising. Julie Eszlinger-Jensen announced that Russ Jensen would be receiving the Fleming Veteran Alumni Award at St. Thomas Academy on 11 November.

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Chapter #213 Executive Council

President: Lawrence Sagstetter

Vice-Pres.: Dan Murphy

Treasurer: Ralph Delperdang

Secretary: David Pohlen

VP Communications: L Sagstetter

VP Aero Ed: Mary Ellen Couture

VP Char Resources: Bruce Roberts

VP Ldr Dev: Garrett Sampson

VP Comm Part: Open

VP Govt Relatn: Dan Murphy

VP UVLC/Vets: Open

VP Mbrshp: Open

VP Mentors: Garrett Sampson

VP Cyber Patriot: Open

PAST PRESIDENTS

Jonathan Powell

Vic Seavers

Glenn Shull, Gary Chambers

Paul Groskreutz

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Members may view the newsletter on the chapter website www.mnafa.org.

To report problems or to submit items, call Bob McGonigal at 952.884.1625, or by email at mcgonigal67@earthlink.net

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Congratulations, Russ on receiving the Fleming Veteran Alumni Award! The AFA national convention was a big success. Themes for this year included Board diversity and a push for membership. Several new board members were elected with these themes and goals in mind. Larry Sagstetter was asked to consider being a member of the National Education Committee. The meeting was adjourned at 1840 hours. NOVEMBER’s meeting was called to order on Veteran’s Day at 1730 hours. There were 34 members and guests. October’s meeting minutes were reviewed and approved. Treasurer, Ralph Delperdang updated us on our savings balance ($6,002,76) and our checking balance ($8,538.28). Noted was zero income. But, expenditures of $1,123.51 for postage and AFA convention expenses were made. Bruce Roberts reviewed the charitable resources

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account. The results yielded a profit carryover of $15,576. The report was approved. Membership stands at 770 at the end of October. The newsletter will be getting a face-lift. Check out the new format online at www.mnafa.org. Those members who have no Internet access will get a paper copy of the newsletter. Hubbard Broadcasting will be the presenting sponsor for the 2015 Air Force awards dinner. The venue remains at Town & Country Club in St. Paul on Friday 10 April. Janelle Gates from the Minnesota Wing of the Civil Air Patrol updated us on the CAP’s Color Guard competition. Noted was the Viking Squadron’s third win in as many years!

Also, MN CAP entered five teams in the CyberPatriot computer warfare games. Lakeville, Mankato, St. Cloud and two teams from Hutchinson participated. For those of you interested in the Summer Encampment Cadet Leadership experience,

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applications are now being accepted. Go to the MNCAP website for more information.

AFROTC Det 410 from the U of St.Thomas noted they were in the midst of their 24-hour vigil for POW/MIA remembrance. On 15 Nov, they have a base visit planned at the 934th AW. The Unit also took 8th place in fitness and 12th in academics out of 145 ROTC units nationally. They are planning on sending 3 or 4 teams to the Flying Irish basketball tournament at Notre Dame.

AFROTC Det 415 from the U of MN reported that they held their joint Military Athletic Competition. They, too, will be sending 3 or 4 teams to the Flying Irish basketball Tournament at Notre Dame.

Julie Eszlinger-Jensen surprised everyone with a decorated sheet cake to celebrate Veterans’ Day.

Note that now the Armed Forces Service Center at MSP airport will have their door open for reservists and guardsmen. One must still have a valid ID card, and the center is not open to retirees as noted in its charter.

Stan Christianson, a retired

Stan Christianson, former Navy combat aviator, now with the Air Guard Museum.

Chaz Johnson, aide to John Kline

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naval aviator, gave a presentation on his tours of duty in Korea. He also gave a rundown of the War Bird Museum. It is open Tuesday through Saturday for tours. But, because they are located on the ANG base, one needs a military person or a military ID to visit. Except on Family Day in August, when the museum is open to the public.

Chaz Johnson, a constituent liaison with Congressman John Kline’s office, made a second presentation. The Honorable John Kline is a former Marine. He focuses his attention on Academy appointments, oversight of the VA, helps to improve responses to sexual assault incidents for guard and reserve members.

Mr. Johnson encourages everyone to contact their congressmen and make their opinions known on issues about which they are concerned.

The meeting was adjourned at 1845.

Minutes for December’s chapter meeting will be reviewed in the next newsletter.

Find all minutes and newsletters online at www.mnafa.org.

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Donations are appreciated!

If you received this newsletter in the mail itprobably means your e-mail address is

inaccurate, or you don't have e-mail, or we'reblocked as a 'pop up' (spam). Please send

corrections to: field @ afa.org if you haveaccess to the internet. Or, mail your update to

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Arlington, VA 22209

to update their records. Thanks

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please ! get your newsletter online.

The Chapter's website is www.mnafa.org

Non-Profit Org.

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St. Paul, MN 55111-0802

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