AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY

AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY 

Dear Lincoln Unit 3 Members --- It is a new year for Lincoln Unit 3, and we have new officers for 2020-2021: 

President --- Barbara Skillman 

Vice President --- Char Moore 

Secretary---Nancy Vallis

Treasurer---Lorie Gubser

Historian---Hellen Faust-Chrastil 

Chaplain --- Jeanie Harris 

It is nice to have new faces representing our unit. With a new year, we would love to have you as a member to attend our meetings. Our next meeting will be September 8th, and this will be the first meeting since Covid-19 appeared on the scene and caused the cancellation of our April, May, and June meetings. We normally meet at the Lincoln Elks Lodge 80 at 7:00 PM on the second Tuesday of each month (no meetings in January, July, and August). The Elks Lodge is located in the Trade Center at 5910 S 58 Street in Lincoln. The Elks serve hamburgers and fixings beginning at 6:00 PM for a nominal fee. Please come and join us. The wearing of masks and social distancing will be in effect at all meetings. At our first meeting on September 8th, we will conduct the installation of new officers. On October 13th, we will have a guest --- Linda Varejcka. Linda is the Lincoln VA Medical Center Representative for the Department of Nebraska. On November 10th, we will recognize and celebrate Veterans Day and the American Legion Auxiliary Birthday. Dues notices are being sent by mail or email from the National American Legion Auxiliary. Please pay your dues right away. The sooner you pay, the less chance there is that you will forget. Remember, the honor we give our husbands, fathers, or sons and daughters who served our country by being members of the American Legion Auxiliary is one way we can give back for their service to our country. Hope to see you soon.  For God and Country, Barbara Skillman President, Lincoln Unit 3 the Alcan Highway from Fairbanks to Fort Lewis in Washington. I spent most of my civilian working career in sales and marketing, the last 33 years of which I worked in wholesale paper distribution (Western Paper Co. and SCA Tissue --- a Swedish paper manufacturing company located in Stockholm, Sweden). I am married to Mary Graft (my much better half) and together we have 5 children and 6 grandchildren. I have been blessed way more than I deserve. I have been a proud member of Post 3 here in Lincoln for 31 continuous years. I have also served the Nebraska American Legion as District 15 Vice Commander, District 15 Commander, and Area C Vice Commander --- and I am very happy to say recently elected as your Post 3 Commander. Post 3 is fortunate to have a number of very experienced Legionnaires on our membership rolls, and they are open to offering advice and leadership to me. My1st Vice Commander is Gerry Wolf, and my 2nd Vice Commander is Bruce Gubser. They are experienced and knowledgeable leaders who will do us all proud. Well, we remain in the midst of the pandemic and keep looking for good news. But, Post 3 has been very active during this Covid 19 issue with weekly Leadership Zoom meetings to make sure we keep on track to be the best we can be. There’s plenty of bad news --- like wearing our masks to make a run to Walmart, the grocery store, and church (if it’s open). I’m just not getting used to wearing that blasted mask. I do it to protect others, but I don’t like it (sorry). We’ve all heard recently that the Big Ten has cancelled all fall sports for this year. Hard to imagine fall in Nebraska without Cornhusker Football. We hear so much conflicting information concerning the virus that it’s difficult to know for sure if we are gaining or losing ground. At this point, about all we can do is mask up and keep six feet of separation while awaiting the “all clear.” On the plus side of things, The American Legion remains focused on doing what we do best --- helping veterans and their families. No changes or slowdown there. The Post 3 Leadership Team is working hard to keep the positive momentum from last year (2019 -2020) rolling into the new year. We are currently working on processing membership renewals and applications. If you have a couple of hours on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays, we could use some help in the office (call me if interested). We expect (at this time) to have an in-person Post 3 meeting at the Elks Lodge on September 8th at 7:00PM with the Elks’ hamburger buffet starting at 6:00 P.M. Hopefully, this meeting will get us back on track of in-person fellowship and conducting our business face-to-face. Let’s make this meeting the best attended meeting we have had so far this year. Sure will be good to see you all! Respectfully, Wade Graft Post 3 Commander Lincoln Unit 3 President Barbara Skillman ... Continued from Page 1 Page 3 - THE LINCOLN LEGIONNAIRE

For God and Country, 

Barbara Skillman President, Lincoln Unit 3