Detachment meetings are held the second Tuesday of every month starting promptly at 1900 hours (7:00 pm).  Social half-hour starts at 1830 hours (6:30 pm).  Guests are welcome to attend.

Meetings are held in the Fireplace Room of the Veteran's Memorial Hall at 801 Grand Ave in San Luis Obispo. 

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                    WHERE WE ARE:




VETERAN'S MEMORIAL HALL

SAN LUIS OBISPO

VIEW FROM GRAND AVE

(entrance to the Detachment meetings is on the parking lot side in the front of the building)

 

 

Location (courtesy Mapquest) in increasing levels of detail :

 

 

 

MEETING MINUTES:   Last couple posted below, scroll down to view them.  Historical minutes are in Word Format:
 

 April 8, 2008   March 11, 2008    February 12, 2008     January 8, 2008
 December 11, 2007  November 13, 2007  October 9, 2007 Sept 11, 2007  August 14, 2007 July 10, 2007   June 12, 2007   May 8, 2007    April 10, 2007    March 13, 2007    February 13, 2007  January 9, 2007   December 12, 2006   November 14, 2006    October 10, 2006    September 12, 2006  August 8, 2006    July 11, 2006    June 13, 2006    May 9, 2006   April 11, 2006                 March 14, 2006    Feb 14, 2006

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MARINE CORPS LEAGUE DETACHMENT 680
MINUTES OF APR 8, 2008

Call to order 1900

Pledge of Allegiance. The pledge of allegiance was lead by Tom Torgerson Sgt At Arms

Invocation: Given by Chaplain Kline.

Visitors and New Members: We had four guests tonight, Carlos Morales, a former Marine (he is now a member) Richard Cantwell a potential member, Angelo A Procphio, James Estes and Robert Griffis.

Presentation: Ann Hatch was scheduled to speak about the Atascadero Memorial however she was not able to come to the meeting so Chuck Ward took her place. Chuck gave us an update, the ground breaking is expected to happen in May. Rick Schimmerlpfenning gave a check in the amount of $2500 for the new flagpole that will be at the Memorial and Detachment 680 donated another $2500. After these awards were given out Robert Griffs’ awarded a Bugle to Karl Appel for all the years that he has been a member of Detachment 680 Honor Guard.

Reports:

a. Minutes: A motion to accept the minutes from the Mar 2008 meeting was made by Tim Haley and second by Bud Dressler. Motion carried.

b. Paymasters’ Report: Motion to accept the report for Mar 2008 was made by Lou Barnes and second by Bud Dressler. Motion carried.

Reports:

We had a busy agenda for the night so most reports were kept short.

Lou Barnes reintroduced Antita Pamgerantz to us. She came to the Leaque10 years ago seeking our involvement with the Toys4Toys program, which only existed in the Santa Maria area at them. Well we all know how that has turned out however the help came with a price. She had to sign up as an associate member of the Detachment and still work her self-silly. Lou also introduced Debbie Mansfield as the new Toys4Tots corrdinator for the Nipomo area she too will be joining our Detachment as an associate member. Debbie is at this time working on the Toys4Tots 1st golf tournament to be held on Sept 8, 2008 at the Santa Maria Country Club. Lou announced the retirement of John Wolcott as SLO Toys4Tots coordinator. John has done this job for nine years and has done such a good job that we need two people to replace him. Jim Pickens and Erik Van Houten will be working this job together. There will be a Toys4Toys SOS breakfast coming up. Look for all the info on this in the May Guidon.

All other reports were brief or there was no report. To summarize: Betty Cook thanked all the people who helped her with the MCL State Spring Conference that our Detachment hosted. Bob Prophet reported that Detachment 680’s Honor Guard has been reorganized and now is called The Central Coast Leatherneck and will be under the control of the Atascadero Memorial Foundation. Bob Prophet will be taking over the keeping of our Scrap Book. Examples of previous scrapbooks were out on display. Bob is in need of photos and articles.

Russ Tolchard announced a Ladies only day at the Atascadero Rifle Range to be held on June 7th. Janet Haley is taking over the roster and needs up to date email addresses. A sign up sheet is out on the table with all the other signup sheets.

OLD BUSINESS:

Tim reminded everyone that recruiting members to join our Detachment is very important to our Detachment if we want to continue doing all the good things that we do. Also Tim gave us a reminder that the events sign up sheets are out on the table along with recruiting poster/application.

Raffle tickets for the M-1 Garand have been mailed. This is the one and only fundraiser we will be having this year so it is very important that we make the money we need to do all the good things we do.

NEW BUSINESS:

Karl Appel is the new quartermaster so see him if you want to buy any League Stuff.

Jim Brenton has taken Mike Sheridan’s place as Armorer.

A USMC trivia contest was held. Karl Appel won a book and John Wolcott won a shirt.

Good of the League

Last meeting it was reported that a former Marine was homeless and living out at Sunny Acers. Bud Dressler checked into the situation and has the name of the Marine. This Marine wants a job. He is experienced in the construction industry. Anyone who knows of a job that is or will come available soon, contact Bud.

Jim Pickens donated some souvenir bottles of soda from Desert Storm.

50/50 Drawing: $83.00 collected $47.00 to the detachment, $20 won by John O’Connell who donated the money back to the detachment and $16.00 was won by our guest Angelo A Procphio which he donated to the Atascadero Memorial.

Closing:

Jim Hawkins led us in singing the Marines Hymn.
Chaplain offered the closing prayer
Meeting was adjourned at 2010 until May 13, 2008 at 1900 hours.


Betty Cook

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                                   MARINE CORPS LEAGUE DETACHMENT 680
                                             MINUTES OF MAR 11, 2008

  1. Call to order 1900
  2. Pledge of Allegiance. The pledge of allegiance was lead by Tom Torgerson Sgt At Arms
  3. Invocation: Given by Chaplain Kline.
  4. Visitors and New Members: We had no new members tonight. Our guest for this evening was Cathy Baker and her husband Chris.
     
  5. Presentation: Cathy Baker from ARBITER was our guest speaker for the evening. Arbiter as you know is a non-profit group that supports our troops in Iraq by collecting and sending care packages to our service men and women there. Cathy got involved with Arbiter to cope with pain of losing her son, Sergeant Michael Mitchell, who was Killed in Action in Iraq on April 4th 2004 and to honor his sacrifice and those other brave men and women who sacrifice so much for us. Cathy read to us a very long and moving account of her son and his actions on that fateful day. Cathy also thanked our Detachment and specifically Bob Prophet for our great support. She then presented a plaque to our Detachment. Tim then surprised her with our donation of $1000, a certificate of appreciation for all her efforts and gave her a challenge coin. Tim also made Cathy an honoree member of our Detachment.
     
  6. Reports:

a.        Minutes: A motion to accept the minutes from the Feb 2008 meeting was made by Tim Haley and second by Bud Dressler. Motion carried.

b.        Paymasters’ Report: Motion to accept the report for Feb 2008 was made by Lou Barnes and second by Bud Dressler. Motion carried.

  1. Reports:

Chaplain Kline reported that Retired Col Alfonso Oseguera had a mild stroke and is recovering. Kline also reported about reading of a homeless Marine living out in Sunny Acres in the newspaper. Bud Dressler will be checking up on that and to see if we can be of any assistance.

Jr Vice: Because of a conflict with the Marine Corps League Uniform regulations regarding the wearing of Dress Blues while doing military honors at funerals, the Honor Guard will no longer be a part of Detachment 680. They will perform their duties under the jurisdiction of the Atascadero Memorial Foundation and be known as the Central Coast Leatherneck Honor Guard. Jim Hawkins will be the Director and Jesse will be the coordinator. Although they will no longer be representing Detachment 680 our detachment will support our guys in their efforts as we do for all our detachment members who participate in many community functions. There will be a training day for all members of the Central Coast Leatherneck Honor Guard on Saturday April 26th at Tim Haley’s house. After training there will be a Pot Luck lunch so bring food.

Lou Barnes the EXO for Toys4Tots’ reported that Barbara Wolcott will be writing a memo to be in the April Guidon.

 OLD BUSINESS:

Tim presented John O’Connell his certification of appreciation for his participation in Honor Guard duties he did not get on Awards night in Feb. Jim Pickens’s was awarded a plaque for fundraising excellence. Lou Barnes presented the detachment with a plaque from Toys4Tots 2007.

Reminder that the events sign up sheets are out on the table along with recruiting poster/application and the State Staff meeting is approaching real fast. The event is scheduled for Mar 28th and 29th here in the Vet’s Hall.

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NEW BUSINESS:

The raffle tickets for the M-1 Garand will be on sale at our next meeting. Tickets are $10.00 each. Only 1,000 tickets will be sold.

Good of the League

         Eric Von Houten won a prize for a poem he wrote about his time in Iraq. Eric generously donated $50 of his prize money to our detachment. Thank you Eric.

Harry Hover received $1000 for the Vet’s Museum. Harry said he would like a picture of all Vets and that he still needed a pair of Women Marines dress shoes from World War II specifically the type that was worn in 1943.

Tim reported that our detachment member Kimball Montgomery came home from Iraq and that he and some other detachment members were there to welcome him home when arrived at the SLO airport.

John Wolcott read a letter that due to technical difficulties was not printed in the Feb Guidon.

Bob read a thank you letter from Bill Backer.

      50/50 Drawing: $82.00 collected $41.00 to the detachment, $21 won by George Galvan who donated the money to the museum and $20 was won by Rick Schielpfenning. Rick donated his winnings to the detachment.

            Closing:

            Jim Hawkins led us in singing the Marines Hymn.

            Chaplain offered the closing prayer

            Meeting was adjourned at 2015 until Apr 8, 2008 at 1900 hours.

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