August Editorial

Editorial Opinion
Just a few items of housekeeping before I begin my monthly rant. I would like to thank again one of our members, Ron Kinney for his help. He has donated some additional equipment and supplies for our pool table. It has now been recovered with Simonis championship cloth, re-leveled and repaired and now plays as well as any table in town. I would also like to pass my condolences to Kim Powers and let her know that Al’s friends at the post will not forget.
Well let’s get to the rant. BINGO is the life blood of our post and has been for the past 15 plus years. We were forced to move to Post 676 because the Bennett Street Bingo Hall was closed. We have had very little success in making profits since we moved. Since the beginning of the year, our bar and kitchen has not shown the type of income we need to sustain our commitments to keeping the post open the 12 hours per day, 7 days per week that we all have come to enjoy. They economy is probably playing a big role in those issues. While a lot of our members have spent a great deal of time and money at LZ 639, some members have not spent much time there lately. Please bring your family and friends to our bar and support the post by purchasing the best drinks at the lowest overall prices in Springfield. We now need help with Bingo. If you can’t work Bingo for some reason, please talk with your friends and neighbors and come out and play Bingo. You may find you enjoy our Horse Races that is very reasonable to play and you might win $250 for a winning Red Horse. You may find you enjoy daubing the Bingo cards and maybe getting to shout B-I-N-G-O!!!! Our Big game pays out $500 for just that game if you win. We have 2 progressives that could pay out over $1,000 each (LZ is at $2,200 now), and have a guaranteed payout of $300 each. My rant is simple - don’t ask what your post can do for you, ask what you can do for your post (seems I’ve heard that somewhere). Don’t be apathetic get involved in post activities especially Bingo and support the post by visiting our bar as often as you care to come.
Bill Roark