VFW Post 1040

Congratulations to the Post Officers, elected at our April meeting:

• Commander: Marin Spani
• Senior Vice Commander: Frank Martinez
• Junior Vice Commander: Pat McGrady
• Quartermaster: Brian Seguin
• Chaplain: John Zambrano
• Judge Advocate: Fred Enslin
• Surgeon: Dick Clark
• First Year Trustee: Richie Richter
• Second Year Trustee: Andy Dingman
• Third Year Trustee: John Beam

Thursday, May 2nd at 1900

Tuesday, June 4th at 1900 (Due to State Convention)

Tuesday, July 2nd at 1900 (Due to holiday)

Pictured L-R: VFW Post 1040 Chaplain John Zambrano, VFW Post 1040 Commander Martin Spani, Eagle Scout John Starkweather and VFW Post 1040 Sr.Vice Commander Frank Martinez

On Sunday, March 24th at the LDS church in Mountlake Terrace, VFW Post 1040 presented the VFW Eagle Scout certificate to Eagle Scout John D. Starkweather of BSA Troop 67 at his National Eagle Court of Honor. John’s Eagle Scout project consisted of building guitar racks for local schools.

Old Guard Post 2100 is hosting a St. Patrick’s Day Open House

Sunday, March 17, 2013 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

2711 Oaks Ave., Everett, WA 98201

Mike Reagan from the Fallen Heroes Project will be displaying some of his portraits of our Military Men and Women who have given their all.

Corned beef and cabbage will be served from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. for a $10.00 donation.

Tulip Town is please to invite you and honored to have you attend the Dedication of their Veterans Garden.

April 12, 2013 9:00a.m. – 10:30 a.m.  Dedication ceremony at 10:00 a.m.

Skagit Valley Bulb Farm, 15002 Bradshaw Rd, Mt Vernon, WA 98273

At the March meeting, we voted in 7 new members.  A Big Welcome to:
William Wilson -USN
Dan Smith – USA/USAF
Paul White -USAF
David Richards – USN
Herbert Edwards- USA
Ron Pettibon – USA
Paul Marshall – USA

The prize drawings were:
$25 – Mike Caldwell – Life Member but not present, so lost out
$25 – Larry Strohm – Life member but not present, so lost out
Door prize drawing – William Benson – envelope containing Life membership to VFW National Home

We still need a Poppy Chairman so if you are interested, please contact Commander Spani.

We had a great turnout of volunteers to spruce up the bricks, monuments, and areas of Lynnwood Veterans Park on Saturday, February 23rd.

Besides the 10 members from VFW Post 1040, there were many student Veterans from Edmonds Community College, Boy Scouts from Troop 49 and even members of the Lynnwood Rotary.

After the many bags of debris were collected and the area pressure washed, we all enjoyed some great deli sandwiches and refreshments.

The members from Edmonds CC also took down the names of our 840 engraved bricks and will transcribe them to a spreadsheet for our website.

Many Thanks to the Lynnwood Parks personnel for hauling away all the trash, including a tree stump that was dug up from the recent vehicle incident there.  

 VFW Post 1040 awarded the 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners of the VFW “Patriot’s Pen” essay contest on Thursday, November 29th. 

 First place was awarded to Hollie Hutchison,  second place to Reilly Chappell,  and third place to Fran Herr. All three students are in the 7th grade at College Place Middle School.   

 The theme of this years Patriot’s Pen essay was “What I would tell my Founding Fathers”. 

 Hollie now advances to the next level of competition at the District level. 

 Congratulations to our winners!

Pictured L-R: Brian Seguin, VFW Post 1040 Quartermaster, Martin Spani, VFW Post 1040 Commander, Reilly Chapell, 2nd Place, John Zambrano, VFW Post 1040 Chaplain, Hollie Hutchison, 1st Place, Frank Martinez, VFW Post 1040 Sr. Vice Commander, Fran Herr, 3rd place.

VFW Post 1040, Lynnwood presented the VFW Eagle Scout certificates to 3 Eagle Scouts of Troop 465: Jake Latimer, Ryan McArthur & Ben Pace, at their Eagle Scout Court of Honor held at the LDS Stake Center in Lynnwood on November 25th, 2012. 

This is the 92nd Eagle Scout Presentation by Post 1040 since 2006.

R-L: John Zambrano, Post 1040 Chaplain, Frank Martinez, Post 1040 Sr.Vice Commander, Jake Latimer, Eagle Scout, Ben Pace, Eagle Scout, Ryan McArthur, Eagle Scout, Martin Spani, Post 1040 Commander, Brian Seguin, Post 1040 Quartermaster