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April 2004 Newsletter
West Point
Parents' Club of Greater
April 26, 2004
In this issue:
Minutes – old & new
business |
June 13 meeting location |
Treasurer’s Report |
2004-2005 Dues |
All Academy Ball |
Brag News |
Minutes
The April meeting of the West
Point Parents Club of St. Louis was called to order by President John Liesen at
12:30 p.m. after a half-hour social time. The Pledge of Allegiance was said and
an invocation was said by President Liesen. This was followed by the pot-luck
dinner. The Club provided the fried chicken for the dinner. President Liesen
then thanked Ruth and Dave Hemmann for arranging the meeting at Concordia for
the second year in a row. The minutes from the February meeting were posted in
the newsletter on the web site. There were no comments or changes, so they were
approved as posted. Past-Treasurer Mike Collins read the Treasurer’s Report.
President Liesen recognized past-president Kent Howald who was in attendance.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:15 p.m., followed by the 50/50 drawing and
attendance prizes. Respectfully Submitted, Pam Sanfilippo, Secretary
Old Business
New Business
Treasurer’s Report 3/31/04
Treasurer Mike Collins read
the Treasurer’s Report. There was a previous balance of $1,561.16. Expenditures
since the last meeting totaled $1,081.41; receipts were $782.00, leaving a balance
of $1,261.75. The Treasurer’s Report was approved as read.
2004 All Academy Ball
Sarah Collins reported on the
progress for the All Academies Ball. Army will serve as host this year. Sarah,
Susan Mueller, Leann Roehm, and Kathy Hotz are members of this committee;
however volunteers are still welcome. They have recommended the Clayton
Radisson for the location and have reserved the ballroom for Sunday December
26. Please mark this date in your calendar. We hope to get the Association of
Graduates involved, to improve the turnout for Army and also assist in
selection of a speaker.
June 13 Meeting
At the Viking Holiday Inn Class of 2007 will be
responsible for door prizes. The meeting will start at 1:00 pm. Reservations
are required (for meal planning) Cost is
$16.00 per person New cadets
and Cadets will be free We depend on cadets to
attend this meeting where they can talk with incoming new cadets. They should
wear white over grey uniforms. Please order or convince your cadet to attend
this meeting. |
Please send an email for
RSVP Or send payment to 618-656-3041 |
2004-2005 Dues
July 1st is the due
date for the year 2004-2005 club dues. Costs are $35 for Cadet parents and $20
for Grad parents this cost includes the annual membership directory. Please
mail a check to our new treasurer
Ben Smith ‘99
Bill and Kathy Smith sent a
thank you for the flowers and prayers from our club in memory of their son Ben.
Capt. Ben Smith ’99 was from
Brag News
Capt Erica Choi ’00 is deployed
in
Lt Adam Brink ’03 has
completed ADA OBC and graduated from Mechanized Leader Training. He is assigned
to Ft Lewis, WA 25th Infantry Division, 1st Brigade, as an Avenger platoon
leader. Adam is the son of Bill & Judy Brink.
Lt Steve Hemmann ’03 is
planning to travel to
David Howald ’04 is scheduled
to go to Prague in June for Orienteering competition after winning national
competition; then in July he will start Airborne training. David is the son of
Kent and Betty Howald.
Sarah Penn '04 recently
participated in the first annual West Point Law Department Conference on Law
and Terrorism. Several colleges and the other service academies sent students
to the two-day conference. Sarah is the
daughter of Dale and Rhonda Penn."
Reid “Huck” Finn ’02 is
currently serving in
Jeff Weaver ’04 is a member
of the USMA track team (Long Jump) and is scheduled to compete in the NCAA
finals in
Justin Liesen ’05 is part of
the Crew Team and who are expected to go to the nationals. If not he, he will
observe the German Army in
Mike Collins ’06 is scheduled
for Sapper Leader Course at Ft Leonardwood MO and will last 4 weeks. Out of
4,000 cadets only 30 are selected for this, the physical requirements are very
demanding. It is designed as team building course to build leadership skills
and learn specialized engineer techniques (http://www.wood.army.mil/sapper/SapperPage_files/SapperLeaderCourse.htm).
Mike is the son of Mike and Sarah Collins.
Joe Sanfilippo ’06 is
scheduled for Airborne training at Ft Benning GA in July. Many Cows, Firsties
and grads take this course as part of Army combat training. Soldiers are
required to jump out of a perfectly good plane 5 times with possibly one at
night. Joe is the son of Joe and Pam Sanfilippo.
Matthew Roehm ’07 has
received recognition as the Soldier of the Quarter for the plebes in his
Company D1.Matt is the son of Chuck and Le Ann Roehm