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October 2013 Meeting Notice

On October 15th, 2013 the Korean War Veterans Association, Chapter 189 will hold its monthly Meeting at the John E. Mealy Memorial VFW Post in Port Orange, Florida.

Members arriving for lunch can arrive at 12:00 and choose their meal from the VFW Bar Menu, and socialize during the meal. The regular KWVA Business Meeting will begin at 1:00 PM.

The Speaker for our meeting this month will be Navy Captain Randy Lynch. Captain Lynch is presently assigned to the ROTC Program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. He will speak on this experiences and the program structure and duties involved with the training of ROTC cadets.

One of the items on October's Agenda is the organization of a slate of nominees for Chapter officers and staff positions for the next calender year. This list will then be voted on, by the membership, at our November meeting. We are always looking for new personnel who would like to step forward and serve the Chapter in an administration position. At the November meeting we will again take nominations from the floor prior to the election. If you would like to run for an elected office just contact Chuck Husbands at 386.760.7163 or Bob McGuire at 386.323.5401. Or speak to us in person at the meeting.

Pastor Pyoung Ok Hur and the congregation of the Korean Baptist Church invited our Chapter Veterans and spouses to a very special ceremony of gratitude for their Service to Korean. The ceremony was held at the Korean Baptist Church at 406 Silver Beach in Daytona on September 22nd. This service of gratitude and honor was followed by a luncheon in the church's banquet hall. The celebration was a great event and the Veterans that attended want to thank the Korean congregation for a wonder meal and great entertainment program.

The Department of Florida KWVA General Membership Meeting was held at the Paramount Plaza Hotel in Gainesville on September 27th. One of items on the agenda was the selection of the meeting venues for the General Meeting in January 2014 and the KWVA Convention in May of 2014. The January meeting will be held on Saturday January 24th, 2014 and the KWVA Department of Florida Convention will be held on May 23rd and May 24th 2014. Both meeting will be held at the Hilton in Altamonte Springs, Florida. It was also resolved to reinstate the $2/person annual fee for each Chapter Member, payable by 1 January 2014.

We are currently maintaining our Korean War display at the New Smyrna Beach Museum just off Canal Street. The Korean War exhibit will be available for viewing at the Smyrna Museum, at Canal and Sams Street in New Smyrna until 15 November 2013 If you have any time and would like to meet and greet people visiting the exhibit, just contact Bob McGuire at 386.323 6401 and we will put you on the payroll.

On September 10th, the Series 3 edition of Volume 1 of the Kimchi Kourier Newsletter went to press. This is the third newsletter published by our Chapter this year. and it looks great. The newsletters was sent out to all of our members through the US Postage System. You can also access the newsletter over the web by connecting to Chapter 189's website, at www.cid189.kwva.org. The current newsletter can be accessed by going to the upper left hand corner of the home page and clicking on the "189 Newsletter" box.

During the past several months the Chapter has been presenting the "Tell America" Program to a number of organizations. If you know an organization that might want to learn about the history of the Korean War please contact Bob McGuire at we would be pleased to set up a presentation.

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.

Since the beginning of the year Chapter 189 has been serving Coffee and Donuts at the Daytona VA Clinic, on Dunn Avenue in Daytona Beach, on the last Friday of every month. We have taken the months of July, August and September off but plan to resume the program in October. 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. Since the beginning of the year we have met and chatted with 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, which ever comes first. If you join us 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.

Final Roll Call: John Heaphy, a long time member of the KWVA and our Chapter's Quartermaster and Judge Advocate passed away on August 24th, 2013 after an extended illness. A memorial service and luncheon will be held for John at the VFW Post 3282 on Saturday October 12th at 1:00 pm. All of the members of the KWVA Chapter 189 are invited to this service to honor our long time comrade. John will be sorely missed.

Sick Call: As I write these notes, one of our Chapter 189 mainstays Bob Balzer a former President of the KWVA Department of Florida is recovering in a nursing home from a recent heart attack. We will keep Bob in our prayers and wish him a speed and complete recovery. This wife Rose Balzer, is in the same nursing home and our prayers are also with her.