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Royal Canadian Legion
Branch “6” Cloverdale
17567 - 57th Avenue
Surrey, B.C. V3S 1G8
Lounge: 604-574-4828
Office: 604-574-5300
[email protected]
www.cloverdale.bc.ca/legion
Chairperson – Marie Noseworthy
Editor – Pat Sharkey
February - April 2015
President's Report –
Cde Pat Ostrom
Happy New Year everyone!
We recently received a few interesting memo’s
to note from BC Yukon command:
Tickets $15, now on sale at the bar
•
The Moptops
Sunday, March 22
Elvis Tribute by Ben Klein
•
Sunday, March 1
Tickets $15 at the bar
Tickets $15 at the bar
#144.14 - Are we too grumpy?
Legions struggle with the reception
people get at some of our branches.
Put bluntly, the Legion cannot survive
on its current membership alone; to
continue our mission of remembrance,
we must embrace those that walk
through our doors, regardless of
background, age, or profession.Please
do your part to ensure that we are a
friendly accepting branch!
#159.14 - Visitors register and
signing in of guests.
This memo will be posted at the main
door. Please review it.
•
#09.15 – Family events.
The Legion expects that every branch
will fully embrace this initiative of
having family events and minors in the
licensed premises.
Branch 6 has formed a sub-committee
to determine how we can implement
this initiative in our branch. Please let
the branch secretary know if you want
to be on this sub-committee.
Upcoming meetings include the Annual
General Meeting on Wednesday February 25,
branch general meeting on Wednesday March
25, branch general meeting on Wednesday
April 22, and the Branch Elections meeting on
Saturday May 30 (please note that the
elections meeting starts at 10 am). Please try
to attend these meetings.
Best Wishes for 2015!
Sports and Youth –
Cde Scott MacMillan
Happy New Year everybody and I hope you all
had a great Christmas and New Years. Well I
don’t have much to report except for all the
sports events that have already started, so
please see below for all information on sports
events dates and times.
We are also holding our annual NFL
SuperBowl Party here at the Cloverdale
Legion on February 1. The doors open at
12.00 pm and kick off is at 3.30 pm, so please
come on out as there will be lots of door
prizes and jerseys to be won, plus it will be a
very fun day out.
We are also going to be holding a Valentines
Dinner on Valentine’s day, Saturday February
14. Tickets are just $14.00 and they are on
sale right now at the bar. There will also be a
Silent Auction, so if anybody has any
unused, never opened, still in the box stuff
that you would like to donate for the Silent
Auction, then please feel free to drop it off at
the office, and all money raised goes towards
the Dominion Darts Fundraiser for the May
1,2,3 & 4 Dominion Darts Championship
Tournament that we the Cloverdale Legion
are hosting.
Mondays we have the Legion Pool League
that started in the 3rd week of September and
continues on till April, 2015.
Tuesdays we have In house Darts that starts
at 7.30 pm, and are always looking for spares.
Tuesday is Legion Crib that starts at 7.30 pm
and also the USA rules Crib Club that starts at
6.45 pm. Both run through till the end of April,
2015.
Wednesday is 10 Card Crib. They are still
running all year long, and they start at 7.30
pm.
Thursday is Euchre night, and they are also
running all year long, They start at 7.30 pm.
Thursday is also Fraser Valley Dart League
night that starts at 7.30 pm.
Zone Event Dates and Times are as follows
below.
 Darts will be held on February 7 at
Cloverdale Legion: 9.30 am registration
and 10:00 am start. Entry fee is $100.00
per Legion team, and up to 7 players per
Legion.
 8 Ball is on March 7 at White Rock Legion:
9.30 am registration and starts at 10.00
am. Entry fee is $100.00 and each branch
can send only 8 players.
 Euchre is on April 26 at Richmond Legion:
11.30 am registration and 12.00 noon start
time, plus entry fee is $35.00 per team.
I will also have in my next Taps Report all the
winners for the Zone Sports Qualifiers that
are moving on to the Provincial Play Downs
from our Branch, with dates in all categories
once all the Zone Play Downs are complete.
Please feel free to come and see me if you
have any other sports activities that you would
like to try out and we can see if we can make
it happen, and also please check out our
branch website for more details.
Susie Francis will be giving dance
lessons for Branch 6 members on
Thursdays from 12:30 to 1:30 PM starting
in February. Feel free to drop by. There
will be a nominal fee of $2 per lesson.
Last Post
Allen Scott
Jean Riddler
John Ewert
Isabella Kilroe
“We Will Remember Them”
Ladies Auxiliary – Cde Marilyn Chepil
The Question is: What did the Groundhog
REALLY see?
The holiday season is over for another year,
and our Back Door Christmas Bazaar was an
outstanding success! Thank you again to all
our community members who donated towards
our biggest ever Silent Auction, as well as
those vendors who added to the festivities of
the day by presenting a wide variety of items
for sale. Plans are already underway to make
next year's even better!
We have had several new members join our
LA in the last months of the year, and some
have already been busy contributing their
services through our luncheons for the vets of
both George Derby and Brock Fahrni and also
other events.
If you are in the Branch on a Friday or
Saturday evening you will have met our many
volunteers selling the 50/50 tickets, headed up
either by Rosemary or Zandra, and we thank
you for your continued patronage!
Our LA members will be assisting the
Dominion Darts Tournament in May by helping
to supply souvenirs for their goody bags. We
will gladly accept donations from businesses
representing Cloverdale.
Once again our great cooks will be making the
WORLD FAMOUS MEAT PIES, which will be
available starting March 30-April 1 in the
Legion auditorium. The pies are chicken or
beef and sell at 3 for $10. They are great to
keep on hand for a quick meal. Mark your
calendar as they sell fast, so don't miss out.
Pre-orders can be made by calling Donna at
604-576-3932 or Jan at 604-575-2065.
At our last meeting, two delegates and one flag
bearer were elected to attend the upcoming
convention in Parksville, May 2-6, 2015. We
look forward to expanding our knowledge at
the forthcoming seminars!
Our regular Ladies Auxiliary meetings are the
3rd Wednesday of each month at 1:00 pm in
the auditorium of the Legion. Membership is
only $20 for a year. New members are always
welcome (men can also become members).
If you are in need of catering for a banquet,
party or Celebration of Life, our experienced
LA cooks can provide delicious meals, finger
food or just desserts for your event. Please call
our President Jan Campbell-Brewer at 604575-2065 or our Catering Committee head,
Janet Kozakow at 604-838-1005 for further
details.
Our thoughts and best wishes go out to our LA
Members who are not well enough to attend
our meetings and we wish them all the best.
Looking forward to our new spring flowers
blooming!
Membership – Cde Deana Johnson
Greetings Comrades and Happy New Year!
January has been very busy with renewals
and new membership applications. To date we
have 1,350 members that have paid 2015
dues. A “Time Is Running Out” reminder
notice will be mailed out at the end of January
to our 500+ members who have not had the
opportunity to renew their membership yet this
year. Postage has increased so much. Please
try to be prompt with your membership
renewals so that we can avoid unnecessary
postage expenses.
We worked very hard again last year to
increase our member base. We hosted a
successful Legion Week Open House in June,
had the biggest turn out ever for our
Remembrance Day ceremony and we
continue to participate in the ongoing “One by
One Campaign”. At the end of December
2012 we had 1852 paid members, in
December 2013 we had 1906 and on
December 31, 2014 we had 1951 paid
members. We continue to grow our numbers
albeit very modestly at a time when many
service organizations are experiencing
declining membership. Thank you to everyone
who signed up or recommended a new
member to join our Branch!! As always,
Debbie our Branch Secretary, all of our bar
staff or any Executive member would be
pleased to take your dues payment and
provide you with your new membership card
and door pass. We can accept cash, cheque,
debit and credit cards.
Don’t forget, if you are not able to drop by the
branch to renew your membership in person
you can send us a cheque and we will gladly
mail your membership card out to you. 2015
dues are $55.00. Make your cheque payable
to RCL Branch 6 and mark “Membership” on
the memo line. You can find the branch
address located on the front page of this
TAPS Newsletter. Please note that you must
pay your 2015 dues by January 31, 2015 to
remain a member in good standing.
To maintain our current dues schedule we
must retain all of our existing members in
addition to signing up new members. If you
have any suggestions or ideas that would help
us with recruitment or retention, we would
love to hear from you!
Entertainment – Cde Jay Fisher
The committee is bringing in new bands and
special events throughout the winter & spring:
•
February 8: Country Queens Tribute
with Bonnie Kilroe
•
March 1: Elvis Tribute with Ben Klein
•
March 22: Beatles Tribute with the
Mop Tops
•
May 10: Mothers Day with Elvis Elite
Steve Elliot
Finance – Cde Glenn Thomsen
It is always difficult to make money in
December because of holiday closures, the
lack of days open, statuary holiday pay, etc.
As a result the Branch shows a loss of
($6908) before Donations, Amortization, and
Investment Gains. After these components
are included, the Branch has a net loss of
($8890) bringing the YTD profit to $2627. This
is an improvement over last year, but still a
very dismal performance to say the least.
The Net Profit from the Licensed Premise
continues to be a concern with a drop of
$14,535 or 31% over last year.
Membership dues continue to be a large
component of our revenues with a net
contribution of approximately $30,000 after
the per capita tax. The contributions of the
Ladies Auxiliary, Keno sales and Ways &
Means are all positive and equally important.
The Branch Expenses are up $8130 or 4%.
This increase needs to be aggressively
addressed by our Executive.
The Rodeo band will be Retro Sonic.
We will be working to bring in Music Bingo
every month. The first Music Bingo was a
great success, with lots of prizes to the
winners.
Please see our website for a complete
calendar of events.
To mark the 75th anniversary of Canada's
engagement in the Second World War,
beginning September 10, 2014, living
Canadian Veterans of the Second World
War may request a special commemorative
lapel pin and certificate of recognition.
For more information phone 1-866-5222122 or go to www.veterans.gc.ca
Much money and many volunteer hours have
been spent in the Kitchen in 2014, and 2015
will be much more positive.
We have to encourage Ways & Means to host
more special events to increase their
contribution.
Meat Draw sales have increased $12,887 or
18%. A big thanks goes out to those
volunteers.
The year 2015 will be a big challenge for your
executive as the Branch requires ongoing
maintenance and faces declining revenues.
Building Committee –
Cde Glenn Thomsen
I met with the Surrey City Development
Corporation and a new potential developer for
the Phase Two of Cloverdale West. After
some discussion it was decided that the
Building Committee should survey the Branch
membership to help decide the best direction
for the Branch re-development. The survey
will ask questions such as: what size of facility
could the membership accept? Should some
of the reserve be used to bridge the short fall
of finances required to build a new branch?
Should the Branch remain on its present
location and use reserve funds to upgrade the
building? We will be doing a mailed survey to
every member. SCDC has agreed to share in
the expense.
In addition, more for information than
anything, I communicated with Townline
Housing Solutions to ask about their progress
on Phase One of Cloverdale West. They are
still planning on a sales office this Spring and
if pre-sales meet their expectations then
construction will start in the fall of 2015. The
building has been reduced from four floors to
three and there have been some roof design
changes. The area of the building in which the
Branch was to be located will become more
commercial/retail space. If they start in the fall
of 2015 they hope to complete by the Spring
of 2017.
TAPS Chairperson Marie Noseworthy
and editor Pat Sharkey would like to
thank our volunteers who get this
newsletter out: Wayne Dermody, Barb
& Gord Kendrick, Mary & Ed Burchnal,
Ron Waugh, Linda & Ed Giesbrecht,
and Hubert Slaght.
Publicity – Cde Anne Sharkey
Here we are in 2015 - where did 2014 go?
Comrades, it may be a little late, however I
would like to wish you all the best and a
healthy happy New Year.
As we move in to the new year we have many
challenges ahead of us. We need the support
of the membership to attend the General
Membership meetings. If you have concerns
with regards to the recommendations the
executive present at the meetings, that is the
time for you to speak up or make a motion
from the floor. As a part of your Executive I
know we will listen to your concerns, and the
membership as a whole will have the
opportunity to speak to your concerns. That
being said, my comments are made without
prejudice, it is time that we all work together
for the betterment of the Branch.
The editor of Taps has been busy preparing
this issue for you, and we have submitted an
entry to the BC/Yukon Top Ten Newsletter
contest. We now have 500 members receiving
their Taps by email. Thanks to our advertisers
who help pay the cost of printing and mailing
the newsletter, please give them your support.
We continue to advertise with the Cloverdale
Reporter once a month. Monthly calendars are
available for you as you leave the branch, they
are in a folder under the General Membership
notice. For those of you who wish to have a
Table Topper promoting the monthly events,
they are on the Publicity table. The Military
Recognition Service books are also available
and they are free - I encourage you to take a
copy.
I have attended the following meetings:
planning meetings for Open House, publicity
meetings in regards to Dominion Darts, and I
volunteered for New Years Eve.
On January 3rd, the following Comrades
volunteered to judge the Zone Poster and
Literary Contests: thank you to Zone
Commander Dale Johnson, Comrades Joan
McLennan, Patrick Sharkey, Linda Hudson,
and Pat Keeping. I am pleased to report that
the participating entries came from Whalley,
White Rock, Richmond, Delta, and Cloverdale.
You will be pleased to know that we have
entered the following from Branch 6 to go on to
the Provincial Command level: Intermediate
Black and White Poster, Katherine Inglis; Black
and White Poster Primary, Rebecca Jouzy;
Colour Poster, Anastasia Sergeyenko; Colour
Poster Intermediate, Sophie Soellig; Colour
Poster Junior, Jed Okello; Colour Poster
Primary, Konori Takayama. We wish to thank
the students and the teachers for participating.
Good luck in the competition.
Congratulations to the Open House chair and
committee for making the news as one of the
the top ten special events of 2014 in the
Cloverdale Reporter - you really put us on the
radar!
Poppies – Cde Pat Keeping
I hope everyone had a good Christmas and
New Years – it seems like a long time ago.
I think everything is finally in for the Poppy
Campaign - looks like we made over
$66,627.40. We did very well this year, in fact
we did better than last year. There may be a
few dollars still coming in.
The poems, essays and poster entries were up
from last year – we had 319 entries compared
to 114 last year. Quite a number were picked
at Zone to go to Provincial Command.
Did you know?
We now have FREE WI-FI
Branch 6 - Ongoing Activities
Day:
Time:
Activity:
Monday
7:00 pm
Pool
Tuesday
7:30 pm
Darts
Tuesday
7:30 pm
Crib
Wednesday
7:30 pm
10 Card Crib
Thursday
7:30 pm
Euchre
Friday
5:00 pm
Meat Draws
Friday
6:00 pm
50 / 50 Draw
Saturday
5:00 pm
Meat Draws
Saturday
6:00 pm
50 / 50 Draw
Dates:
Feb. 6 - 7
Feb. 8
Feb. 13 - 14
Feb. 14
Feb. 14
Feb. 20
Feb. 21
Feb. 27 - 28
Mar. 1
Mar. 6 – 7
Mar. 13 – 14
Mar. 14
Mar. 20 - 21
Mar. 22
Mar. 27 – 28
Apr. 3 - 4
Apr. 17 - 18
Apr. 24 – 25
Branch 6 Entertainment & Events
Time:
Event:
7:30 pm till 11:30 pm
Replay
3:00 pm till 5:00 pm
Bonnie Kilroe - Country Queens
7:30 pm till 11:30 pm
Easy Money
8:00 am till 11:30 am
Pancake Breakfast
5:30 pm till 7:00 pm
Valentine's Buffet Dinner
7:30 pm till 11:30 pm
Music Bingo
7:30 pm till 11:30 pm
Kronic
7:30 pm till 11:30 pm
Revolving Doors
Elvis Tribute by Ben Klein
7:30 pm till 11:30 pm
The Diggers
7:30 pm till 11:30 pm
Under Fire
8:00 am till 11:30 am
Pancake Breakfast
7:30 pm till 11:30 pm
Frank McCormick
Beatles Tribute by the Mop Tops
7:30 pm till 11:30 pm
Revolving Doors
7:30 pm till 11:30 pm
Willie & The Wannabees
7:30 pm till 11:30 pm
Inner Wild
7:30 pm till 11:30 pm
Revolving Doors
Check our website for updates: www.cloverdale.bc.ca/legion
Branch Hours
Lounge
Monday - Thursday
Friday - Saturday
Sunday
11:30 am - 11:00 pm
11:30 am - Midnight
Closed except for
special events
Kitchen
Monday - Saturday
Sunday
11:30 am - 7:30 pm
Closed except for
special events
Office
Tuesday - Saturday
11:30 am – 5:00 pm
Hours subject to change
PERSONAL INCOME TAX
TAPS Advertising Supplement
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
PICK UP AND DELIVERY, IF NEEDED
REASONABLE RATES
DISCOUNT TO LEGION MEMBERS
ALSO, BUSINESS AND RENTAL PROPERTY TAX
NORM MCKENZIE
( BRANCH MEMBER )
604-574-3947
15% discount for Branch 6 members
Matt’s Handyman & Landscape Service has a new name!
Pancake Breakfasts
MHLS Property Services
Saturday, February 14
Handyman – Landscape – Maintenance – Repairs – Project Management
Maria Thomsen
Saturday, March 14
Independent Jeweller
[email protected]
Saturday, April 11
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Volunteers Needed
Better Than Home Meals provides seniors and
veterans with healthy frozen meals and we deliver for
free right to your door. All of our Meals are made with
only fresh ingredients, using no MSG or artificial
flavours, and are served in Oven and Microwavable
containers. If you would like more information or to
receive a menu in the mail please call us and we will
send one out to you right away. Registered with
Veterans Affairs Canada
We always need volunteers,
but right now the following
are urgently needed:
•
Lottery personnel for
Friday & Saturday
evenings.
•
Someone to set up
tables & chairs for
special events.
•
Someone to visit our
vets in the George
Derby Centre.
•
Volunteers to visit
our members in
hospital.
If you can help even one day
a week, leave your name and
number with the office at
604-574-5300, and someone
will get back to you.