Editorial Opinion October 2010

Editorial Opinion:
John Kennedy said in his famous inauguration speech, “ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country”*. I’m going to change it just a little and say to all our members, “ask not what your post can do for you, but what you can do for your post”. Some members want the post to be open 7 days a week from 11:00 AM until 11:00 PM or whenever they are ready to go home even if it is 1:30 AM and they are the only ones in the place. They want the post to sponsor events with free live band entertainment, have dinners at reduced prices and be able to assist them with any veteran related issues. They want someone else to take care of all the details of running the post, manning BINGO and all the other things that must be done. Because we were force to move to Post 676, BINGO has no money this year. If it were not for Gary Bockman and Larry Tuck finding a refund of taxes, we would be in trouble. Most civic groups charge $100 or more per year for membership, ours is $30 with more benefits. Please help your post by working, spending money at the post or making contributions until we can get BINGO back on track. For all those that do support the post; Thank You Very Much. *I’ll put a video of the speech on the Web Site.
Bill Roark