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April
29th minutes at Concordia Lutheran
The West Point Parents Club of St. Louis meeting was called to order by
President Patrick Flachs at 12:15pm. Mike McCullough opened with the pledge of
allegiance and gave a prayer for our service people and Frank Janoski and
family. View meeting pictures at: http://www.west-point.org/parent/wppc-st_louis/IClubMeetings.htm
1. Pat thanks David & Ruth Hemmann for the decorations and use of the church for our
meeting.
2. Pat gave updates from the WPPC
Presidents Meeting recently attended:
a. Other clubs liked our web-site
because of content, links to other web-sites & Marilyn Ballard’s art work.
b. Our club needs to provide better
support for grads & their parents.
c. “Your Soldier, Your Army: A Parents’
Guide” by Vicki Cody wife of Dick Cody ‘72 was discussed; it has great ideas
for parents of deployed grads; for a free download visit the book section of
our website or:
http://www.ausa.org/webpub/DeptFamilyPrograms.nsf/byid/KCAT-6HCH3X
d. USMA cadet activities are facing
critical fund shortfalls; this fall the AOG will start a fundraising campaign to increase these funds. These funds will be for
sports (like football), clubs (like handball) & academic development
(AIAD). We will provide more AOG information at Junes meeting.
3. Pat has Army/Navy ticket information
for this year’s game; he will discuss at the June Meeting.
4. John Hilkenkamp gave the Treasurer’s
Report: as of April 29, 2007 we have a balance of $5,389.81
5. A motion carried to donate $500.00
to Landstuhl Germany Wounded Warriors; a new Army
hospital in
6. A motion carried to donate $100.00
to West-Point.org which hosts our web site.
7. Ruth brought in several “electronic”
candles which is a new idea of troop support by putting them in a front window.
8. When sending boxes to troops don’t
put tape over the address since it makes it harder to destroy the boxes. On the
customs sheet you need to indicate where to send the package if its’
undeliverable – indicate the Chaplin.
9. Bill Brink brought in 100 neck
coolers to send to our soldiers/cadets – they really appreciate them.
10. A new map of
11. James McDonnell of USO needs
volunteer help for events and to help returning soldiers at the airport. Call
Jim at 314-429-1234 or visit http://www.usostl.org
12. Send Brag News to Mary Ann Wiley at maranwiley@aol.com
13. TSA Security Directive 1544-01-10w allows families of military members access to
concourse areas & gates to escort or
meet military passengers; go to the airline that they are flying on to
receive this pass.
Hail
& Farewell Meeting – June 10 – 12:00 to 2:30 (http://www.west-point.org/parent/wppc-st_louis/IMaps.htm)
June 10
will be our annual Hail & Farewell Meeting at the Crown Plaza Hotel
starting at 12:00 noon. Check our web site for a map.
Class of 2010 is responsible for
door prizes. John needs plebe, yearlings & cow pictures for a slide show.
The cost of the meal is $16.00 per person. New Cadets, Cadets & ‘07 Grads are free for the
meeting.
Reservations required - contact John Hilkenkamp jhlknkmp@sbcglobal.net 636-305-7757
Plebe
Parents -
USMA/congress has increased the class size for 2011; 40 new cadets have
accepted admission. If you are interested in being a mentor parent please
contact Marge McCullough marge@mccullough.cc
or call 618-263-2808.
Fundraising
Committee
John Hilkenkamp and Greg Cook have volunteered to co-chair this important
Committee; so we can raise money for club events. We need another person to
help in phone calls and business contacts; please call John at 636-305-7757.
Charity
Golf Tournament
The West Point Society of
2007 All
Academies Ball
Will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in
Clayton MO on Saturday December 29th 2007; Army is the sponsor this
year. Volunteers are needed to help prepare for the ball. Even if you’re a 2011
Plebe Parent you can help us; please call Mary Larson 636.947.8347.
Brag News
Capt Adam
Brink ’03 is currently serving in
Capt Steve Hemmann ’03 is in
Capt Adrian Zdazinsky ’03 is on a 6 month deployment to
2nd Lt Mike Collins ’06 completed Ranger & RSLC training;
he will post to the 82nd Airborne at Ft Bragg. Mike is the son of
Michael & Sarah Collins.
2nd Lt Tirza Eskew
’06 has passed the FAA instrument rating; she will now start training with
Blackhawk helicopters. Tirza is the daughter of Gay Eskew.
2nd Lt Adam Hilkenkamp ’07 will attend FAOBC at Ft Sill then
will post to 101st Airborne at Ft Campbell. Adam is the son of John & Karen Hilkenkamp.
2nd Lt Erin Neuman ‘07 will be going
to
2nd
Matt Roehm ’07will attend FAOBC at Ft Sill then will
post to 3rd ACR at Ft Hood. Matt is the son of Chuck & LeAnn Roehm.
2nd
Lt Joe Sanfilippo ’06 has completed 2 of the 3 phases
of
Sean Flachs
’08 will go to Ft Irwin for CTLT training and then Air Assault. Sean is the son
of Patrick & Lorraine Flachs .
Andy Stock
’08 is a member of the Triathlon Team which finished 5th at College
Nationals in
MichelleAlderman ’09 is part of the Orienteering team and will attend
Mitchell
Stock ’09 is a member of the Sprint Football team & will attend Air Assault
Training. Andy is the son of James
& Sally Stock.
Amelia
Janoski ’09 was named Patriot League Scholar Athlete (soccer) for the 3rd
time; she will be part of the Cadre for the Summer Leaders Seminar and will
attend airborne training. Amelia is the daughter of Frank Janoski.
Jeff Nichols ’09 will travel to
Dan
Firestone ’10 is a member of his company’s Sandhurst
Team and will be attending Air Assault Training. Dan is the son of Dennis & Allegra
Firestone.
Joshua Wiley ‘10 has made the Dean’s list and
is part of the Orienteering Team.
Joshua is the son of Richard & Mary Ann Wiley.
Kevin Collins ’12 will attend the New Mexico Military Academy (NMMA) as
part of the USMA prep school program. Kevin is the son of Michael & Sarah
Collins.