I AM THE NEW COMMANDER OF ST. PAUL CHAPTER 2 AND HAVE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL RECOVERING FROM SURGERY BUT I CAN STILL USE A COMPUTER SO I AM GOING TO UPDATE YOU ALL...

DAV CHAPTER 2 IN SAINT PAUL HAS HAD A GREAT 2006-2007. IN DECEMBER WE HAD A WONDERFUL XMAS PARTY AT THE OLIVE GARDEN IN ROSEVILLE AND THEY WERE A GREAT HOST FOR OUR CHAPTER. WE ALSO HAD CHANGES IN OUR CHAPTER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE :

COMMANDER ROBERT BOB EKEBERG
SR. VICE COMMANDER BOB ERICKSON
JR. VICE COMMANDER RON CHRISTENSEN
ADJUTANT DON GERTEN
TRUSTEES GERALD BOTTCHER, TOM DVORAK, OPEN ( to be announced )


WE HAVE DECIDED TO MAIL OUT A NEWSLETTER IN JAN/MAY AND NOV TO CUT BACK ON COSTS. WE ARE CURRENTLY MAINTAINING
THE HOSPITAL VISITATION LEADERSHIP FROM JAN-JUNE 2007 AND OUR VOLUNTEER TURNOUT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. WITH THE STATE
CONVENTION COMING IN MAY WE ARE PLANNING ON DISCUSSING HOW MANY MEMBERS WILL BE ATTENDING.

THE FALL AND WINTER OF 2006 HAVE BROUGHT US NEW MEMBERS FROM THE IRAQ AND VIETNAM WAR VETERANS COMMUNITY AND THE SAME HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. ONE SUCH MEMBER IS SHANE LIERMANN DAV N.S.O. SUPERVISOR AT FORT SNELLING. ONE MEMBER WHO JOINED OUR CHAPTER LAST FALL, GERALD BOTTCHER HAS ACQUIRED A COMPUTER FOR US TO KEEP ALL OUR FINANCIAL RECORDS ON. WE HAVE BEEN
BLESSED WITH A TURNOUT OF NEW MEMBERS. DON GERTEN, OUR ADJUTANT HAS TAKEN ON AN ENORMOUS JOB. HE HAD THE JOB DROPPED ON HIM WITH THE UNEXPECTED RESIGNATION OF ED ERDOS BUT DON HAS PUSHED AHEAD ALREADY PUBLISHING OUR FIRST NEWSLETTER OF THE YEAR IN ADDITION TO ATTENDING EVERY MEETING ,DON HAS TAKEN NOTES, KEPT OUR MEMBERSHIP ROSTER UP TO DATE, AND ATTENDED EVERY BINGO NIGHT WE HOSTED AT THE HASTINGS VETERANS HOME.

IN JUNE WE WILL BE HAVING OUR ANNUAL PICNIC AT THE VETERANS REST CAMP AND WE HAVE ALREADY BOOKED OUR XMAS
PARTY FOR DECEMBER AT THE SMITH AVE CHEROKEE SIRLOIN ROOM. AS ALWAYS WE HOLD BINGO AT THE VETERANS HOME IN
HASTINGS EVERY OTHER MONTH. WE ALWAYS HAVE A HAPPY CROWD TO ENJOY BINGO AND ICE CREAM. WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO OUR ANNUAL FORGET ME NOT DRIVE CAMPAIGN IN AUG AND PART OF SEPTEMBER IT WILL BE CHAIRED BY
CHARLES RED WAGNER. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN BLESSED WITH A GREAT GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS THAT HELP MAKE DAV CH#2
FUNCTION TO SERVE VETERANS IN NEED.


Sincerely,
Robert Ekeberg
Commander Chapter#2 Saint Paul, MN.