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2014 Department Convention Issue the Minnesota American Legion and Auxiliary 2014 Department Convention Issue The Minnesota American Legion and Auxiliary LegionnaireVolume 96, Number 7 For God and Country July 2014 Moon, Schaffer square off for 2014-15 Minneapolis Department Commander position This year’s Department convention will feature a con- test for state commander between Mike Schaffer of Fulda VA director: and Peggy Moon of St. Joseph. It will be the only contested election for a Legion offi- cer at the convention, which will be held July 17-19 at Rochester. Support is On the Auxiliary side, which for several years has fea- tured a contested election for second vice president, there is one candidate, Carol Kottom of Buffalo. still strong The convention will kick off with activities on By Al Zdon Wednesday, July 16. The American Legion Executive To put it all in perspective, while the ongoing VA inves- Committee will meet at 7 p.m. at the Marriott Hotel. tigations are casting the national veterans’ health care On the Auxiliary side, there will be a series of meet- agency in a negative light, the VA health care offered local- ings during Wednesday including the executive commit- ly is regarded as still quite good. tee at 1 p.m. at the Windsor Hall III at the Kahler Grand Beginning with the scandal in Phoenix, where VA offi- Hotel. There will be a reception for Northwest Division cials apparently lied about wait list problems, every day National Vice President Patricia Steranka of Colorado at seems to bring a new headline about poor performance by 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Elizabethan Ballroom at the the VA. Last month, the top official in the VA resigned. Kahler. MIKE SCHAFFER PEGGY MOON “There’s been lots of negative stories in the media,” said Complete convention programs for the Legion and Minneapolis VA Director Patrick Kelly. “But our experi- Auxiliary are on page 6-7 of this convention issue. ence has been overwhelmingly strong support by the veter- The Legion convention will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday, Larry Shellito and Minneapolis VA Medical Director ans for the Minneapolis medical center. July 17, at the Mayo Civic Center Presentation Hall, with Patrick Kelly. “Sometimes we don’t get it right, and that’s when we Commander Mike Ash presiding. A joint memorial service will be held, in conjunction need to put it right and make sure we don’t do it again,” The morning session will feature greetings from with the Auxiliary and the Sons of the American Legion, Kelly said. “But there’s no reason for veterans to lose con- Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Continued on Page 11 fidence in the VA system. We will be better. We want to make improvements.” Kelly addressed the major concerns in the recent inves- tigations and Congressional scrutiny including wait lists, 19 resolutions slated for the convention staffing and quality of care. A total of 19 resolutions will be -- Calling for a special prosecutor to Minnesota Legion Baseball has gone “Our wait times are considerably better than the average dealt with at the 96th Minnesota investigate the Department of Veterans to a zone system whereby every team around the country, but that’s always an area that needs American Legion Department Affairs. in the state participates in the playoffs, improvement.” Convention in Rochester. -- Having a national training pro- but there is no guarantee that every Kelly said Minneapolis and Rochester facilities in a The most common of the resolu- gram for flag etiquette at sports events. district will have a team in the tourna- recent VA audit were singled out for further investigation, tions, offered by several districts, -- Calling for each district in ment. two of 112 VA facilities in the country at which the VA audi- calls for any district delegates to the Minnesota to have at least one team in -- Change the appointment process tors will be doing a follow up. No reason was given by the national convention that won’t be the state baseball tournaments. Continued on Page 3 Continued on Page 20 used by the districts to be added to the Department’s delegates at large. The resolution, if passed as it is, Charlotte would go into effect this year. Boys State at Marshall There has been an ongoing dis- cussion within the Department will host ’14 about not sending a full delegation to the National Convention – espe- National cially when some districts do not send their full complement. Convention Other resolutions include: (The The 2014 National entire list of resolutions begins on Convention will come back Page 9.) to Charlotte, North Carolina, this year, Aug. 22- 28 at the Charlotte Convention Center. The convention was held there in 2002. The Minnesota delega- tion to the 96th national convention will be housed at the Sheraton Charlotte Hotel at 555 South McDowell Street. The room rate is $151 per night, and there is a $25 registration fee for each person attend- ing. The Department has reserved 100 rooms. Delegates and others must make room reservations through the Department headquarters. Parking at the A candidate for a city office at Boys State tells his peers why he is qualified for the job. A Boys State Minnesota hotel is $13 a story is on page 2 and Girls and Boys State pictures are on pages 12-13. Continued on Page 19 Page 2 Minnesota Legionnaire July 2014 Vietnam vet South Haven young man is presents event at 2014 Boys State governor Tucker Pearson, South Georgia. He is the son of Plymouth, won the St. Cloud Haven, Minnesota, has Russ and Betsy Pearson of Freisleben/Way Award for A Minnesota Vietnam been chosen by his peers South Haven. Boys Nation Senator, and veteran has written a multi- as the 2014 Boys State He also won the Chic will join Pearson at Boys media presentation about Governor. and Bill Zweiner Award for Nation. his experience in war that Pearson recently com- the Outstanding Boys Stater Calabria is a junior at will be produced in St. Clo pleted his junior year at and he will be a senator to Maple Grove High School Jerry Hansen, who the Riverside Military Boys Nation. and is the son of Mark and served and was wounded in Academy in Gainesville, Rory Calabria, Marie Calabria. Vietnam in the 1960s, has written “The Wedding of Tomorrow and Sorrow,” a memoir in prose and poetry TUCKER PEARSON that will be combined with Lucas Mumm, Pequot music and photography. Lakes, won the Lee There will be four per- JERRY HANSEN Krough Award and will formances, August 21-24, at be first alternate at Boys the Pioneer Place on Fifth After Hansen left the Nation. He is a junior at Theater, 22 5th Ave. S. in Army, he volunteered for Pequot Lakes High St. Cloud. seven years in East Africa School. Hansen said he’s aware with the Maryknoll Fathers, Paul Mako, Lakeville, the presentation will be working with disabled chil- won the Abrose Koll breaking new ground, com- dren. Award and is second bining his writing with spe- “I’ve always loved writ- alternate to Boys Nation. cial music. Photographs, ing, but it was a full 20 He is a junior at mainly of the Vietnam War, years after I got back from -- Elected by their peers at the 2014 Boys State Lakeville North High will be shown on two Vietnam before I started my CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS at Marshall were: Front: Secretary of State Hamzeh Saltri, Lt. Governor School. screens during the play. book of poems.” Benjamin Ertl, Governor Tucker Pearson, Attorney General Caleb Christensen. Boys State was held at The main thread of the Part of the play will be a In back: Associate Justice Nicholas Battis, Chief Justice Pedro Angulo-Umana, Southwest State multi-media play will be look at his relationship with Associate Justice William Cipos, Auditor Kristopher Nguyen. University at Marshall. Hansen’s words. He is the David C. “Pappy” Papesh, a recipient of the 1990 Loft- close friend who was killed McKnight Award for in Vietnam by a sniper in Poetry, and also was a 2009 1967. Bush Artist Fellow in “I suppose in some Poetry. ways, it will be closer to “It doesn’t have to be liturgy than a play. I hope it truthful,” Hansen said. “But will take people towards it has to tell the truth. At reflection, how wasteful least my truth.” war is in so many different In addition to the poetry, ways.” there will be 10 longer Hansen, who is the prose monologs through the nephew of Past National presentation. Commander Dan Ludwig, Hansen trained with said he is now in the posi- 101st Airborne and was sent tion of stepping back and to Vietnam. He was wound- letting the director and per- ed in the chest and had to be formers take his work to the evacuated by helicopter. He stage. “It’s never been done spent seven weeks in a hos- before, so until it comes pital in Japan. together, we don’t know The play will be directed what direction it will take.” by Brother Paul Vincent Tickets are $22 for Niebauer, a Benedictine adults and $19 for seniors Monk at St. John’s Abby. and students. The perform- He has been a teacher and ances from Aug. 21-23 are s Worker’s Compensation director, including a 13- at 7:30 at night, while the s Antonio Tejeda Guzman year stint as a circus ring- Sunday, Aug. 24, perform- Social Security Disability Attorney at Law leader. ance will be a 2 p.m. mati- s VA Disability Appeals A Veteran serving Veterans Dwight Gunderson, a nee.
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