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Army/Navy Tailgate Brunch

angie.lokotz — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:44:54 +0000

December 12, 2009

10:30am-?

Please join Hosts, Len and Barbara Lewandowski, Buckley, WA
for America’s Oldest Rivalry: Army/Navy Football

Bring a dessert or side dish to share!

Gregory Lewandowski is currently deployed in Afghanistan and will distribute goodies to troops so anyone who would like to contribute non-perishable foods or sundries is welcome to donate on game day.

RSVP to Sharon Losey at loseyfamily@Juno.com by 1 December. Directions will be sent upon RSVP!

General Membership Meeting – Oct 10, 09

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:33:09 +0000

Plebe Parent and General
Membership Meeting

Saturday October 10^th

American Legion Post 67
309 14th St SE, Puyallup, WA 98372

Plebe Parent Meeting – 10:30-12:00

Pot Luck and General Membership Meeting – 12:00-3:00

Plebe Parents, please join us to discuss the

Plebe year and what you can expect.

Bring your questions!

General membership starts at 12:00.

All members please bring a dish to share with others.

We will have two speakers for this event:

Ning Barfield, Chair of the Navy ASAB Committee

And

George Rippon from the Tacoma Veteran’s Center

Directions: Hwy 512 to Pioneer St exit and turn right onto Pioneer. Before you get to the next light, the hall will be on your right. You will come to an elementary school and just past it turn right and the hall is there on the left. You may park on the road or at the school.

Oktoberfest!

angie.lokotz — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:11:08 +0000

Oktoberfest photos added

It’s time to celebrate!

Room view panorama

Silent Auction

Jeopardy…

My wurst…

Patriot’s Landing entry way. HDR

Patriot’s Landing entry way. HDR, merge

Please join the WPPC-WA for our first Oktoberfest on
Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 5pm.

MENU: Brats, Hard rolls, Hot German potato salad, Green salad, Apple cake, Beer and wine available for purchase

Location: Patriot’s Landing, 1600 Marshall Circle, DuPont, WA 98327

Reservation Info: $16.00/person; Space is limited to 42 people

Please send your check made out to WPPC-WA to Sharon Losey, 330 Nisqually Cut Off Rd. SE, Olympia, WA 98513. loseyfamily@juno.com Upon receipt, you’ll receive a confirmation email.

Eastern Washington Summer Meeting

angie.lokotz — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:46:48 +0000

WEST POINT PARENTS CLUB of WASHINGTON

Eastern Washington SUMMER Meeting

Hosted by Nancy Myers

Saturday, August 8, 2009, from 2:00-4:00

Bring your stories about your Cadet’s summer adventures, plan future Eastern Washington events and get to know your fellow West Point Parents.
Nancy Myers - Member and Eastern Washington hostess, will be on hand to facilitate a short meeting, answer questions, and have fun!
Firstie, Yuk and Cow parents-bring your favorite hors d’oeuvre. Plebe parents you are the guests!!!! West Point Parents club will provide beverages. Everyone bring pictures!

Please RSVP by August 1^st to Nancy Myers nmyers_9000@comcast.net or (509) 922-5042

Summer Picnic

angie.lokotz — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:54:18 +0000

Saturday July 11^th 11:00AM –2:30PM

Please join us for a West Point family picnic at Bradley Lake Park in Puyallup, WA

Welcome the new Plebe Parent Members and Families!!

Hear their exciting stories about Beast and ‘R’ Day

Hot dogs and beverages will be provided

YUK and COW parents please bring a salad/side dish

FIRSTIE parents bring desserts

Plebe Parents are the guests!!

RSVP by July 3, 2009

Sharon Losey

loseyfamily@Juno.com

**Directions

Sat, July 11, 11am – 2pm
Bradley Lake Park 531 31st Ave. SE Puyallup, WA – map
Description
directions to Bradley Lake Park.

Take I-5 to exit number 127, Hwy 512, toward Puyallup.
The exits are not numbered on Hwy 512, but take the exit for Hwy 161 – Eatonville (the next exit after the one for the Southhill Mall). Turn right off the exit and immediately get over to the left turn lane and turn left at the first light, no street sign but it is Meridian. Take the first right onto 31st Street SE. Go to the end of the road and at the “T” turn left onto 5th. The park entrance is on your right.

http://www.cityofpuyallup.org/page.php?id=497

How to Really Support Your Troops!

angie.lokotz — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:24:39 +0000

Spring Meeting Sunday, May 17, Hotel Murano, Tacoma

angie.lokotz — Sat, 02 May 2009 01:52:23 +0000

West Point Parents Club of Washington State

Spring Meeting

And

New Parent Seminar

Sunday, May 17, 2009 — 12:00 noon -3:00 pm

Hotel Murano, Tacoma, Washington

The West Point Parent Club of Washington would like to invite all parents and sponsors of offered or accepted candidates to attend a New Parent Seminar on Sunday May 17, 2009, from 12 noon-3:00pm at the Hotel Murano in Tacoma. The purpose of this Seminar is for the new parents to receive information regarding all the exciting events that will happen over the coming year for you and your Cadet, and to meet parents who have experienced this journey. Lunch will be catered and will be $22 per person. The cost of the binder of materials given to each family will be $15 and is geared towards the new parents. RSVP by May 9th

If you have any questions please email me at loseyfamily@Juno.comloseyfamily@Juno.com>, or call 360-456-0136.

I look forward to seeing you on May 17th at the Hotel Murano.

Sharon Losey

Sharon Losey
President, West Point Parents Club

Cadet Tom Beirne ‘09, Earns National Title at Taekwondo Tourney

danmc — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:33:31 +0000

Cadet Tom Beirne (facing camera) Class of 2009, placed first in Sparring and third in Forms and earned a spot in the Pan Am Games and the 2009 World University Games Team Trials. (Photo by Cadet Sam Cho)

Cadet Tom Beirne Class of 2009, (facing camera) earned the title of U.S. National Collegiate Champion at the U.S. Collegiate Nationals at Brown University, in Providence, R.I., March 21-22. (Photo by Cadet Sam Cho)

Beirne is from Federal Way, WA

Cadet Tom Beirne Received the Title of US National Collegiate Champion; the first male from the Eastern Collegiate Taekwondo League to achieve such a title since 2001. For their success at US Nationals, Beirne and CDT Angrisano qualify for the Pan American Games and the 2009 US World University Games Team Trials.

The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier’s Education

angie.lokotz — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:34:13 +0000

Cover Image

Craig was at West Point last week – and his book signing was a sell-out … It was such a huge success that he is returning to West Point on Friday, March 13th for another book signing.

A West Point grad, Rhodes scholar, and Army Ranger recounts his unparalleled education in the art of war and reckons with the hard wisdom that only battle itself can bestow.

One haunting afternoon on Losano Ridge in Afghanistan, Captain Craig Mullaney and his platoon were caught in a deadly firefight with Al Qaeda fighters when a message came over the radio: one of his soldiers had been killed in action.

Mullaney’s education had been relentlessly preparing him for this moment. The four years he spent at West Point and the harrowing test of Ranger School readied him for a career in the Army. His subsequent experience as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford couldn’t have been further from the Army and his working class roots, and yet the unorthodox education he received there would be surprisingly relevant as a combat leader. Years later, after that unforgettable experience in Afghanistan, he would return to the United States to teach history to future Navy and Marine Corps officers at the Naval Academy. He had been in their position once, and he had put his education to the test. How would he use his own life-changing experience prepare them?

The Unforgiving Minute is the extraordinary story of one soldier’s singular education. From a hilarious plebe’s-eye view of the author’s West Point experience to the demanding leadership crucible of Ranger School’s swamps and mountains, to a two-year whirlwind of scintillating debate, pub crawls, and romance at Oxford, Mullaney’s winding path to the battlegrounds of Afghanistan was unique and remarkable. Despite all his preparation, the hardest questions remained. When the call came to lead his platoon into battle and earn his soldiers’ salutes, would he be ready? Was his education sufficient for the unforgiving minutes he’d face? A fascinating account of an Army captain’s unusual path through some of the most legendary seats of learning straight into a brutal fight with Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, The Unforgiving Minute is, above all, an unforgettable portrait of a young soldier grappling with the weight of his hard-earned knowledge while coming to grips with becoming a man.

Valentines Boodle Bash Feb 8, 09

loseyfamily — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:16:55 +0000

08 boodle bash

Sunday 12:00 to 3:00. Please bring Boodle* to swap with 50 others. Members do not have to bring a box as I have ordered enough for everyone. We’ll pack Valentine Boxes to send to our cadets/soldiers and hold elections for the upcoming year. Hope to see you there!!!! If you are not able to attend and would like to have your cadet/soldier receive a box, please write a check for $40 to WPPC-WA and send to
Yvonne Fletcher
20548 NE 29th Street,
Sammamish, Way 98074

The Club will provide beverages and boxes for the Boodle.
Everyone bring an hors d’oeuvres, snack, or dessert.
Don’t forget to wear your club badge.

RSVP by February 4th to Yvonne Fletcher or 425.868.8531

MAP

Philips Medical Systems,
5th & Bell Building ,
2301 – 5th Ave., Suite 200,
Seattle, 98121
(main entrance is under the monorail)
MEETING TIME: 12:30-15:30
***ON SUNDAYS, FREE ON-STREET PARKING!!

FROM the South (i.e. going north on I-5) Take the Seneca Street exit – EXIT 165 – on the left. Turn right onto 4th Ave. Turn right onto Battery Street (at fire station). Turn right onto 5th Ave.

FROM the North (i.e. going south on I-5): Take the Stewart Street exit – Exit 166 – on the right. Turn slight right onto Stewart Street Turn right onto 4th . Turn right onto Battery Street (at fire station). Turn right onto 5th Ave.

Parking is available on the street ( Battery , 5th, or nearby streets) – FREE on Sundays.

The main entrance is in the center of the building on 5th. Tiatro Zinzanni is right across the street. Access to the building is secure. When you get to the front entrance, call either Craig’s cell phone (206.849.3998) or Cassandra’s cell phone (206.450.7656). They will come down and get you to the 2nd floor.

Access to the building is secure. When you get to the front entrance, call Craig’s cell 206.849.3998 or Cassandra’s cell 206.450.7656. They will come down and escort visitors upstairs.

*Boodle – cookies, goodies, treats, candy, healthy snacks, small drinks, toys, pencils/pens, novelties, etc. Almost anything our sons and daughters will enjoy and/or will amuse them (won’t perish in a few days).

A note from Angie:

I was brainstorming with my co-workers about “boodle-icious” possibilities and we came up with some profession connected boodle goodie items that could be useful and fun:

Teacher = pencils, pens, notepads, mini rulers, highlighters
Doctor/Nurse = Band-Aids (or those cool stickers that say things like Ow!, Good Boy!, Star! etc.)
Dentist = sample toothbrushes, floss, toothpastes
REI/Outdoor Store = carabineers, mini flashlights, hand warmers, etc.
Hardware store = mini tool kit, reflective tape, electrical tape, painters removable tape, small screwdrivers with interchangeable tips
Accountant = pocket calculators, solar powered, usually have a business-card back
Costco/Grocery Store= almost anything packaged in groups of many and easily divided (fun size candies, muffins, bite-size brownies, granola bars, etc.
Record store = sample CDs
Department store = perfume samples
Drugstore = mini-wipes, nail clippers, etc.
Bookstore = Sudoku, crossword, $1 book table books, etc.

Old DVDs that you don’t watch any more. Or ask at the Video Store; they may give a bulk discount if you buy the a bunch of used DVDs.
Sticky note pads. (Everybody gives them away: insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, banks, etc.)
Oh, any Pharmaceutical Reps out there? Got those little individual packets of aspirin, Aleve, etc.

Office copies of magazines (Time, Newsweek, US World Report, People, OK, Us, Popular Mechanics, etc.)

Decks of cards

Gum
Mints

WPPC-WA will provide the USPS flat rate boxes to pack that day. You can ship them for a flat rate of $10.35 (even if filled with rocks).