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May 2012 Memorial Day 2012 Never forgotten.
Continuing to Serve
Minnesota Paralyzed
Veterans of America
T
he Minnesota Chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America is a non-profit organization.
Our funding is primarily received from donations. The Paralyzed Veterans of America is
the name of our parent organization, and is chartered by the Congress of the United States
One Veterans Drive of America. All members of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, have sustained a spinal
SCI-238 injury or disease. If you have any questions, or you would like to make a donation to our
Minneapolis, MN 55417 organization, please write to the address or call the numbers listed on this page
Monday - Thursday:
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday:
of
Any and all articles that appear in this newsletter, is the opinion of the author of
said article, and not necessarily those of its members, Board of Directors, or that
this organization. Any advertising that appears in this newsletter, is paid for by
8:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Phone: 612-467-2263 the business or organization that placed the advertisement. The Minnesota Paralyzed
Toll Free: 1-800-663-6782 Veterans of America, by printing said advertisements, does not endorse and shall not
Fax: 612-726-9472 be held liable for any claims of any kind against said business or organization.
Email: mnpva@qwestoffice.net
Executive Director
Richard F. Jost
T he Minnesota Paralyzed Veterans of America’s newsletter will be published
9 times per year. The editor and/or assistant may edit all articles for content,
grammar, clarity and punctuation.
Phone: 612-467-1651
Email: rfjostmnpva@qwestoffice.net — Richard F. Jost, Editor.
Officers
President Thomas R. Fjerstad, PRP
Vice-President Ken Klein
Secretary Eric Webster
Treasurer John Christensen
Past President Charlie Wittwer The Minnesota Table of Contents
Board of Directors
Leo Dondlinger – Todd Kemery
PVA Chapter is Volume 18, Issue 5
Dave Langsdale – Bill Frisby actively seeking new Northern Highlights
Dave Hallis – Russ Osborne
members, if you know President’s Report 3
National Director Applause for VA Programs 3
Thomas R. Fjerstad, PRP of a Veteran with a Executive Director’s Report 4
National Service Offices spinal cord injury or SCI Staff Corner 4
Jason Stephenson – 612-629-7022
Senior Benefits Advocate SCI-141 disease, please have Advocacy Report 5
Sports Director’s Report 6
Jim Arndt – 612-629-7021 the Veteran contact Sports Director’s Report 7
Vocational Rehab. Program SCI-139
One Veterans Drive the Minnesota PVA Twins Tickets 7
Minneapolis, MN 55417 Chapter office at Picnic Time 8
Tami Anderson – NSO III Kempf 9
Federal Building Room 194B
612-467-2263 or Cummings 10
St. Paul, MN 55111 1-800-663-6782 and June Calendar and Schedule 11
612-970-5668
1-800-795-3609 we will give him or Rollx 12
FTS 612-970-5668
her the Membership Attention PVA Members 13
Northern Highlights Staff Fishing Schedule 14
Editor Richard F. Jost Application to Emailing Newsletter 14
Circulation Dianna Way
complete. The Membership Report 15
Northern Highlights
Advertising Rates membership application Welcome New Members 15
In Rememberance 15
Please call the office for rates.
is also on our website at June Birthdays 15
612-467-2263 mnpva.org Dj’s Logic 15
or
1-800-663-6782
President’s Report - Thomas R. Fjerstad, PRP
I have some concerning news to report this month. The Minnesota Chapter had utilized telemarketing for a number
of years to raise funds for chapter programs. The Minnesota Chapter ended its contract with Insight Teleservices,
Inc., a company based in Michigan, in January of this year due to repeated complaints from prospective donors. The
chapter terminated this contract in an effort to improve its rating with the Better Business Bureau. It has recently
come to our attention that persons affiliated with Insight Teleservices, Inc. are continuing to make calls in the state
of Minnesota to raise funds for Paralyzed Veterans under names that are confusingly similar to PVA! This is not the
Paralyzed Veterans of America! They claim to support VA Hospitals that provide spinal cord injury care. There is
only one Congressionally Chartered Veterans Service Organization that represents spinal cord injured veterans and that
organization is Paralyzed Veterans of America. The Minnesota chapter as part of its contract with Insight Teleservices,
Inc. is joint owner to the list of donors that contributed to us through Insight Teleservices, Inc. We have made multiple
requests for this list and have received no response. We learned of this continued calling of donors through a Minnesota
PVA member who had previously donated to us through the telemarketing program. I called and talked with this
member about his experience. When he received his latest call he believed it was still Paralyzed Veterans of America
calling until he received his follow up material in the mail and it looked different, being a member and an acquaintance
of our sports director he decided to call us and make sure. There are more details to this that I won’t go into at this time.
I want our members to know that if you receive a call from a telemarketer soliciting funds for Paralyzed Veterans it is not
the Paralyzed Veterans that you are a member of with its office in the spinal cord injury center at the Minneapolis VA,
it is not the Paralyzed Veterans that is chartered by the United States Congress that was instrumental in the creation of
our spinal cord injury centers in VA hospitals and the continued delivery of service to those centers. We are taking the
appropriate steps to stop what we view as fraudulent uses of our good name and reputation. Please let everyone you know
that Paralyzed Veterans of America no longer raises funds by telemarketing in Minnesota.
Paralyzed Veterans Applauds All VA Programs Exempt from Sequestration
Cuts Would Have Had Severe Consequences for VA Health Care
Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans) applauds the Administration for ensuring that the health care
and benefits needs of veterans will be protected from serious cuts to funding that would have devastated veterans and
their families. Yesterday, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) finally provided clarification that all programs
administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are exempt from the automatic cuts of sequestration.
“We are pleased that the Administration has reaffirmed its commitment to veterans and their families by ensuring that
all VA programs will be spared from the severe cuts that sequestration would have caused,” stated Bill Lawson, National
President of Paralyzed Veterans of America. “As I explained during my annual testimony in March before the House and
Senate VA Committees, sequestration would have had drastic consequences for VA at a time when we already know it is
struggling to meet staffing requirements, particularly in the spinal cord injury service.”
Due to a legal ambiguity created by the Budget Control Act last year, the VA was left with the prospect of facing up
to a two percent reduction in spending, particularly in its health care programs. Paralyzed Veterans joined with its
partners who developed The Independent Budget—AMVETS, Disabled American Veterans, and Veterans of Foreign
Wars—as well as members of both the House and Senate to continually call on the Administration and OMB to clarify
the protection of VA programs from sequestration. In fact, bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the House and
Senate—H.R. 3895 and S. 2128—that would remove the legal ambiguity once and for all.
“We still believe that this legislation must be enacted to ensure that veterans and their families do not face the
possibility of cuts to VA services anytime in the future. We hope that Congress will put this issue to rest once-and-for-
all,” added Lawson.
With OMB’s clarification, veterans will not have to worry about reductions to the critical health care services that they
have earned.
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Executive Director’s Report - Ric Jost Hello Everyone, I would like to start by letting you all know that after nine and a half years our office assistant, Dianna Way, has given her notice to retire effective May 22, 2012. Dianna and her husband (John) will still be a part of the Minnesota PVA Chapter as they will continue to volunteer at the Minneapolis Veterans Home on the first Tuesday of each month for the bingo night that we currently provide for the residents and John will continue to do the fishing trips at Lake Mile Lacs this year. Their plans are to get their house ready to put on the market and move into a town home plus do some traveling. With that being said, I would like to welcome Naomi Lorence who will be our new office assistant. She comes to us with a military background and she possesses all the skills needed in this office. Next time you are at the SCI Center stop in and introduce yourself to Naomi and welcome her to the Minnesota PVA Chapter. She will be working with Dianna for about a week to help make the transition easier. Welcome aboard Naomi! I will be in Las Vegas the week of May 14th to 18th, 2012 for the Executive Director’s training seminar. Our focus will be on fund raising for individual chapters and for National PVA as a whole. I will report on the outcome of this in the next newsletter. Minnesota PVA Chapter held its 3rd annual bowling tournament on Thursday, April 26, 2012, at Brunswick’s Zone Bowling in Blaine, Minnesota. We had a great turnout with 15 bowlers and helpers to assist the bowlers as needed. A great time was had by everyone in attendance and a wonderful lunch enjoyed by all. I would like to wish everyone a safe Memorial Day Weekend and remember those who have given their lives so that we may live free. I would encourage everyone to attend a memorial service in your local area. SCI Staff Corner - Gary Goldosh As most of you might have already heard, effective April 23, 2012, Dr. Stephanie Boyle officially assumed the role of Chief of the Minneapolis SCI/D Center. This is a little bitter-sweet for me, since it means I will be giving up a role which I have cherished for the past several years. However, I could not be more pleased and confident in Dr. Boyle as my successor in this role. She is a gifted clinician and administrator who is dedicated to ensuring paralyzed veterans get the very best care possible. Therefore, please join me in welcoming Dr. Boyle as she enters into her new role. Dr. Boyle and I will continue to work closely together during the next several months as she transitions into her new role. Given the close ties between EC&R and SCI/D, we will continue to collaborate to ensure continued long- term care of both service lines. I take solace in the fact that I will be able to continue my clinical work and research at the Minneapolis SCI/D Center, which will allow me to continue to contribute in some small way in the mission and vision of this fine facility. It has been an honor and a privilege to work with Paralyzed Veterans of America in a collaborative endeavor over the past 25 years to ensure access to specialized care for spinal cord injury and disorders care, first at the Minneapolis VA and eventually throughout VISN 23. I have a deep respect for the sacrifices you all have made serving our country and the courage each of you have shown in continuing to persevere and even thrive, despite paralyzing illness or injuries. I am therefore honored to have played a part in the development of the Minneapolis SCI/D Center and the VISIN 23 SCI/D Hub and Spokes System of Care. 44
Advocacy Report - Todd Kemery
Our advocacy goals for this summer will be ambitious as well as needed. As a long time wheelchair user, thirty years, I
have seen a change in accessibility over the years in my travels and in our communities. One of my high points in this
sometimes slow progression of change was when our chapter was invited, as well as other local disabled organizations,
by the Twins to sit in on and comment on the building of the new Twins Stadium. We attended five or six meetings with
the architects as the blueprints went through their natural progression.
At every new phase, we were given the chance to comment on and make suggestions on how things could be better. It
was a great gesture that the Twins included the disabled community and incorporated our suggestions in their plans for
the stadium. That is why it is a disappointment to realize that we now have to address a serious issue with the Twins
concerning those of us using wheelchairs. They offered us a great number of accessible seating but the majority of the
prime accessible viewing seats are being abused by the able bodied community.
The issue at hand is ticket sales. The Twins ticket office currently has no policy to prevent abuse of the wheelchair
seating areas. There is evidence that third party sources and ticket scalpers are purchasing blocks of premium tickets
designated for wheelchairs and reselling those tickets at an inflated price to anyone. The Twins currently have a very
gracious practice of selling their accessible seating at a discounted price. The cost can be discounted as much as three
or four dollars per ticket. You can now see how an unscrupulous seller could make additional profits at selling those
discounted tickets for the cost of what the surrounding seating is going for.
The other ticket sales issue is timing. As a season ticket buyer of wheelchair seating, you have to wait until the able
bodied season tickets are sold before you can purchase your seating choice.
The ADA is very clear on this practice and new guidelines effective March 15, 2012, makes it clear on how to address
ticket sales. We will be contacting the Twins organization to ask them to implement a fair ticket sales policy that
complies with the current ADA guidelines concerning the wheelchair community.
Update!!!
I just received an email from the Twins organization advising me that they are holding an advisory council meeting on
June 18, 2012, for season ticket holders. I have already called and confirmed my attendance for this meeting.
If you notice an ADA issue in your community, please contact the office and give us the details of the discrepancy so we
can effectively change a wrong into an acceptable solution.
In other advocacy news, later in the month of May, chapter President Tom Fjerstad and I will be attending a National
ADA Symposium in Indianapolis, Indiana May 30, 2012 to June 1, 2012. Our objective will be to further familiarize
ourselves with the current regulations and changes to the new DOJ (Department of Justice), ADA (Americans with
Disabilities Act) guidelines. Our goal is to continue to develop a working advocacy department within the MNPVA. We
want our chapter members to have a resource to utilize, if or when, accessibility issues need to be addressed. Our aim is
to further our responsibility to the members with reliable advocacy service.
The new Vikings stadium bill has been signed by Governor Dayton and our goal is to get a chance to sit in with the
architects and have a chance to offer some insight to any accessibility changes that may need to be incorporated in the
blue prints. What we learn from this year’s symposium and future ADA symposiums, will help us provide guidelines that
will benefit not only the veterans wheelchair community but also benefit the civilian disabled community.
Again, let me remind you that if you are having any accessible difficulties in your local community, please inform us
here at the PVA office and we will help educate anyone or any business/town council on the finer points to the ADA.
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Sports Director’s Report - Todd Kemery
Summer is here and we continue to promote as many as activities as possible. There are a number of choices for you to choose from. I
challenge you to take advantage of the list and pick one to participate in and don’t forget to bring the family along.
Baseball. Don’t forget to reserve your Twins Tickets. Remember that we offer four tickets for each home game, at the chapter’s
expense. As a season ticket holder you can watch the game from either the seat assigned or you can enter the Metropolitan Club and
watch from behind glass or on their outside patio. Both are great vantage points to watch the game from. Also, the Ginger Pub, elevator
level 5, has a great view from behind home plate that is available as standing room, without a time limit. Just give the office a call and
give us two dates you would like to attend. The second choice is your alternate date if we can’t accommodate your first pick. There is a
priority format we follow if there is more than one request for any one game. www.mnpva.org has the complete home game schedule.
Softball. Our chapter has a wheelchair team and they will be playing their games at Brooklyn Park starting May 24, 2012 at 6:00 P.M.
Bowling. We have two locations that we offer each Thursday, Eden Prairie 11:00 A.M. and Wyoming 2:00 P.M. We will continue to
sponsor bowling until July and then we will take a break until fall.
Trapshooting. The Metro Gun Club in Blaine is where our members can go every Monday 10:30 A.M. Shells and fees are covered by
the chapter. Equipment can be loaned if needed.
Fishing/Boating. Our Lake Mill Lacs outings are scheduled for May 23rd, June 6th, July 18th, and August 15th, 2012. We offer to
take our anglers to and from the SCI Center in the chapter van. You will have to call the office by Monday at the latest of the week that a
fishing trip is scheduled so we can make arrangements. Please call us and RSVP so we can have an accurate count for the charter folks
and how much food to provide.
We will be adding a new boating excursion on the Mississippi River and the Minnesota River. The launch is from the Watergate Marina
about 2 miles from Ft. Snelling. We have access to a 35 foot pontoon boat that will carry three power chairs and a couple of manual chairs
plus guests per launch. To start we have arranged to have two launch dates, per month, to accommodate the need to include everyone
who signs up. There is the option to add more dates depending on how popular this new outing becomes.
Fishing Has No Boundaries, August 24-25, 2012, will once again be providing a two day all inclusive events. Lodging, food, equipment
is provided. There is an application process to this, please visit www.brainerdlakesfhnb.org for contact information and application.
Sailing. Operation Liberty and Wayzata Community Sailing Center will host adaptive sailing for veterans and their families June 19,
2012, 4:00 - 9:00 P.M. You can check out the information on our web site at mnpva.org or see the flyer in the April newsletter for more
information.
Drag Racing. NHRA Full Throttle racing and the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals will be coming to Brainerd August 16-19, 2012.
Please plan on attending and greet one of our chapter supporters, owner/driver Jim Head of Head Inc.
The 32nd National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Richmond, Virginia are just around the corner and our chapter is bringing 18 athletes
this year. Come greet our participants at our 3rd Mini games June 13, 2012, 2:00 – 6:00 P.M. at the SCI Center. Come see a sample of
what the competition will be like for us at the games. Table Tennis, Nine Ball, Track and Field, and Hand cycle, Rugby, Basketball,
Softball, Slalom (obstacle course), Power Soccer and Power Slalom and Power Rally are some of the events. There is an open invitation to
those of all abilities to try or at least observe the different events. You may want to plan on checking out our new sports court and gazebo
while you are here.
I am including a partial schedule of events that Capable Partners has put out for this summer. I would encourage you to see their full
schedule on their website www.capablepartners.org. Some of you are already members and know who they are but for those who
don’t, I had a meeting with their new President Dean Petersen and two of their board members, George Bruhn and Brigitte Kurkowski
and Capable Partners has expressed a desire to encourage our veterans to participate and attend any of their events they have coming up.
Capable Partners is a local nonprofit that offers disabled participants a chance to be active outdoors. They have the help of volunteers
that accompany the individual on various hunts and fishing excursions including a number of outdoor recreation events. You do not have
to be a member to be included in their outings. I hunted at Lac Qui Parle with Capable Partners and they are truly a well oiled machine
at their logistical and organizational skills at getting us wheelers out in the field. I encourage you to familiarize yourselves with them and
consider contacting them in any future plans to go hunting or fishing. Following is a partial schedule for the upcoming months in 2012:
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Sports Director’s Report - Continued
June 2nd , - Prior Lake Fishing, contact Terry Hanson 763-535-9603
June 10th, - Muskie’s Inc. Muskie Fishing Lake Minnetonka, contact Rod Guthier 952-888-6494
June 15th, - Lanesboro Trout Fishing, contact Stan Koich 651-455-0154
June 16th, 30th, - Lake Mill Lacs Fishing 4:00 -10:00 P.M., contact Violet Foster 763-444-4427, Joe Psyk 763-497-2062,
July 1st, - Sign up for Lac Qui Parle Deer hunt, contact Nate Sjolin 763-286-9086
July 14th, - Lake Mill Lacs Fishing 9:00 A.M.- 3:00 P.M, contact Dave Heidtke 763-535-2718
August 1st. Lake Pulaski Fishing Jim Zumbusch 320-963-5879
Capable Partners contact number is 763-439-1038. As always call the office for clarification on any of this information at 612-467-
2263 or 1-800-663-6782.
By now most of you know that our Secretary/Receptionist/Gate keeper, Dianna Way, will be leaving us this month and I would like
to finish this article by addressing this changing of the Guard/retirement. I didn’t really have to think about the ramifications of
“Miss Way” leaving until I had to write this last newsletter under her watch. We have been joking about her short timer status the
past couple of weeks and how she really wasn’t going anywhere but the end of her short timer calendar is now here and soon she will
be gone. Many Thanks to you Dianna for keeping our office running and I want to acknowledge the wonderful help you were to me
and the sports desk. The football picks and the Twins Tickets, your day to day attention to detail on both of those projects were very
helpful to me. I want to thank you for the reminders for the various time sensitive projects and keeping me from missing a deadline.
However, for old time’s sake, this article is the last to cross your desk. I hope you and John get a chance to decompress after a long
career. You deserve the time off. Please though, be flexible, in that, if the office burns down and Ric lets it all fall apart, you will
once again come in and straighten it out. You will be missed Dianna, Happy Retirement.
2012 Twins Ticket Schedule
June July August September
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Please call the MNPVA Chapter office for one of the
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dates that you and one guest would like to attend a
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Twins game at the Target Stadium at 612-467-2263
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or 1-800-663-6782.
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NOTE!! The chapter will NOT pay for food or beverages 16 19 27 14
purchased or transportation and parking fees. 17 27 28 15
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NOTE!! As season ticket holders you will be allowed 26 29 30 24
access to the Metropolitan Club with your ticket as proof of 27 30 25
season tickets; however, food and beverages will not be paid 29 31 26
by the MNPVA Chapter. 30 28
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Todd Kemery – Sports Director
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It’s Picnic Time
Who: All MNPVA Members and their guests
What: Annual Summer Picnic
When: Friday June 15, 2012
Where: Minneapolis VA Medical Center –
Gazebo Area (Across from the SCI Center)
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Minneapolis VA Medical Center
1 Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN
We will start serving food at 11:30 A.M.!!
This picnic is for you the members and guests and we really would like to see all of
you there. This is a great opportunity to visit with old friends and make new ones. We
especially welcome our new members to join us and meet other MNPVA members.
NOTE!!! Please call the MNPVA office at 612-467-2263 or 1-800-663-6782 or via
email at mnpva@qwestoffice.net at your earliest convenience if you will be attending the
picnic so we will know how much food to order. The deadline to call in to reserve a
spot for you at the picnic is Friday June 8, 2012.
FOOD • FUN • GAMES • PRIZES
Members and their Guests are invited to this event only
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JUNE 2012 Birthstone: Rose
Flower: Pearl
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Flag Day
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Father’s Day
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June Schedule of Events
June 5 Bingo Veterans Home – 7:00 P.M.
June 6 UVLC Meeting – 9:30 A.M. Bowling South:
June 6 Fishing from 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. at Thursday mornings starting at 11:00 A.M. at Eden
Mille Lacs Lake in Isle, Minnesota at Prairie Bowling Lanes in Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Scenic Bay Resort; please call the MNPVA
office if you plan on attending so we have Bowling North:
enough food for everyone. Thursday afternoons starting at 2:00 P.M. at
June 13 Mini Games – SCI Center – 2:00 – 6:00 P.M. Stars & Strikes Bowling in Wyoming, Minnesota
June 14 Flag Day
June 15 Annual MNPVA Picnic
June 17 Father’s Day
June 19 BOD Meeting
June 21 Oakdale Parade
June 24-30 National Veterans Wheelchair Games
Hospital Visitation: Monday through Friday
Please call the MNPVA office if you plan on attending any of the above activities at
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Attention All MNPVA Members!
2012 UPCOMING ELECTION
The MNPVA Chapter is accepting nominations for all officers’ and two board positions!!
The Minnesota PVA Chapter elections for Officers and Board of Directors are fast approaching. Nominations for
candidates for all officer positions and two (2) Board of Directors positions will be taken from June 15, 2012, to July 15,
2012. The following positions are up for re-election:
• President
• Vice-President
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Two (2) Board of Director positions
We would like everyone to put their thinking caps on and give some serious thought when submitting your list of
candidates. All candidates must be voting members of the Minnesota Paralyzed Veterans of America Chapter and before
taking office with MNPVA; they must become certified by the National PVA before your name is placed on the ballot
in August. Officers are elected for a one (1) year term and Board members are elected for a three (3) year term and all
elected officials should be available for the following commitments during their time of service:
• Attend monthly Board Meetings – half day commitment plus travel time
• Serve on Committees – a minimum of two committers per board member which requires additional time also
• Attend Chapter Functions – annual picnic, annual banquet and any other function requested by the president
When submitting your nominations for candidates you must follow these guidelines:
• Nominations must be in writing
• You must include your name when submitting your choice of candidates
• You must be a voting member of this chapter
• You must specify what position you want each individual to be considered for when submitting
your nominations
Please mail in your choice for candidates to the MNPVA office at the following address:
Minnesota Paralyzed Veterans of America
Attention: Secretary Eric Webster
1Veterans Drive, SCI-238
Minneapolis, MN 55417
We need persons who are willing to contribute time and effort to the well being of the chapter; not just someone who
attends board meetings once a month.
Respectfully submitted,
Eric Webster, Chapter Secretary
13MNPVA 2012 FISHING SCHEDULE
Date Time
Wednesday May 23, 2012 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday June 6, 2012 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday July 18, 2011 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday August 15, 2011 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
We have scheduled Wednesday as the day for the fishing trips this year and we hope it will
work for all of you anglers. Please call the MNPVA office for each fishing trip you plan on
attending at 612-467-2263 or 1-800-663-6782 or via email at mnpva@qwestoffice.net so we
will know how much food to buy for everyone.
NOTE!! We will schedule the MNPVA van for the fishing trips this summer for those of
you that would like to go fishing but do not want to drive. You will have to call the office
by Monday at the latest of the week that a fishing trip is scheduled so we can make
arrangements.
We wish all of you anglers a great fishing season!!
ATTENTION MEMBERS
We would like to start sending our newsletter to you via email to help reduce our overall cost.
If you would like to receive the chapter newsletter via email, please let us know.
We will need the following information from you:
NAME:_____________________________
EMAIL:____________________________
Please email your requests to mnpva@qwestoffice.net at your earliest
convenience so we can set up a database before the next newsletter is published.
Thank you for your assistance on this matter.
Ric Jost and Dianna Way
14“On the Lighter Side” Dj’s *L *ogic
LAWS YOU WILL RECOGNIZE Membership Report
• Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands Dave Hallis
become coated with grease, your nose will begin to Current Membership is at 350
itch and you will have to pee. Service Connected = 155
• Law of Gravity - A favorite tool, nut or screw, when Non Service Connected = 195
dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
• Law of Probability - The probability of being
watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of
your act.
• Law of Random Numbers - If you dial a wrong
number, you never get a busy single and someone Welcome New Member
always answers. Stephen G. Thell
• Doctors Law - If you don’t feel well, make an
appointment to go to the doctor, by the time you get
there you won’t be sick. But if you don’t make the
appointment you will be.
• Law of Variation - If you change lines (or traffic
lanes), the one you were in will always move faster
than the one you are in now (works every time).
• Law of the Bath - When the body is fully Remebering our Deceased
immersed in water, the telephone rings.
• Law of Close Encounters - The probability of
Members
meeting someone you know increases dramatically The MNPVA Chapter office mourns the loss of
when you are with someone you don’t want to be seen the following members:
with; or you are wearing something you do not want to Dennis R. Nelson
be seen in.
Cyril Reinert
• Law of Biomechanics - The severity of the itch is
inversely proportional to the reach. Ken Wiese
• Law of Theater and Sports Arena - At any event, The chapter extends its deepest sympathies to the
the people whose seats are furthest from the Isle, families and friends for their loss during this time of sorrow.
always arrive last. They are the ones who will leave
their seats several times to go for food, beer, or the
toilet, and who leave early before the end of the pe
formance or the game is over. The folks in the aisle
seats come early, never move once, have long gangly
legs or big bellies, and stay to the bitter end of the pe
formance. The aisle people are also very surly folks.
JUNE BIRTHDAYS
• The Coffee Law - As soon as you sit down to a cup William H. Noleen John D. Wabbe
of hot coffee, your boss will want you to do something
that will last until the coffee is cold. Edward J. Turk Damaris E. Wolter
• Murphy’s Law of Lockers - If there are only 2 Donald C. Matthews Jeanette L. Jones
people in the entire locker room, they will have
adjacent lockers. Shawn L. Shoen Paul K. Olson
• Law of Logic - Anything is possible if you don’t
know what you are talking about. Edward G. Huppler James W. Hadden
• Brown’s Law of Physical Appearance - If the Dennis J. Main Charles H. Bloom
clothes fit, they’re ugly.
• Oliver’s Law of Public Speaking - A closed David Morvari Dennis Dahlien
mouth gathers no feet.
• Wilson’s Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy -
Oliver Andren Eugene N. Buckley
As soon as you find a product that you really like, they Thomas J. Larson Don A. Bublitz
will stop making it.
• Lucky’s Law of inevitability - If you say “what Dennis A. Schramm Joey Krog
else can happen to me”, rest assured, something will
happen. Gene C. Witte Jan Denfeld
Janice C. Breth Jeffrey S. McSorley
Dave Langsdale
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