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July 2013 Meeting Notice

The regular meeting of the Korean War Veterans Association, Chapter 189 will not be held at the VFW Post 3282 on July 23rd.

However,On July 27th, 2013 the members of the Korean War Veterans Association, Chapter 189 are invited to at a special memorial service and celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice. The 60th Anniversary Celebration will be held in the small park at the corner of Canal Street and Samms Street in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

At the conclusion of the 60th Anniversary Celebration all of the attendees are invited to the official opening and a formal reception honoring the Korean War Veterans Exhibit. The Korean War Veterans Exhibit is currently on display in the New Smyrna Historical Museum directly across the street from the park. Light refreshments will be served. As you know, the members of KWVA Chapter 189, have been working on this exhibit for the last several months. The display is designed to explain the history of the Korean War though a number of historical presentations and artifacts of the Korean War era provided by members of our chapter. The exhibit will be part of the museum's collections from July 1 to November 15th. Please come to the reception and look over the exhibit in detail, I know it will bring back memories from the past. Click here to view several photos taken of the exhibit during the assembly process.

On May 14th the May 2013 edition of the Kimchi Kourier Newsletter went to press. This is the second newsletter this of the year, for our Chapter, and it looks great. Bob McGuire is the Newsletter Editor and we owe him a debt of gratitude for the newsletter and newspaper publicity he generates on the Chapters behalf. Click here to see a copy of the latest edition of the Kimchi Kourier. The newsletter is normally sent out to all of our members through the US Postage System.

We recently added a new feature to this website to allow us to post short notices between meetings that might be of interest to some of our members. These notices are posted as Post-It-Notes on a Cork-board background. To reach this Notice Board click on the block at the upper left hand side of the websites Home page marked Chapter Notices. In addition to special notices we would like to place the names of Chapter Members or their families who are sick or in need of our concern. If you have such a request and would like it posted contact Chuck Husbands at 386.760.7163.

Chapter 189 is still serving Coffee and Donuts at the Daytona VA Clinic, on Dunn Avenue in Daytona Beach, on the last Friday of every month. Someone at the VA plugs in the coffee pot at 5:30AM and we arrive and start giving out the Coffee and Donuts at 7:30 AM. We have been performing this task since the beginning of the year and we have met a great many veterans through this service. If you are an early raiser and just want to spend a few hours helping other Veterans come and join us. We are out of there by 10 AM or when the coffee and donuts run out. I know you will come away from the experience feeling that you accomplished something positive. We really need some support on this program so if you can help out just contact Chuck Husbands or Bob McGuire at the phone numbers posted elsewhere on this page.

Sick Call: As I write these notes, one of our Chapter 189 - Elizabeth (Betsy) Fox has been very sick and is currently in the hospital. Rose Balzer, the wife of Bob Balzer, is in a nursing home. John Heaphy who has been ill has made an amazing recovery and is back in action, Welcome back John. Keep Betsy, Rose, John and any other members of our organization that are ill in your prayers. We wish all of them a total and speedy recovery.