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Rumblings from the president:

Bulldog’s Bite

Dear Thunder Makers:

As we move into September we have several important events. The 9-11 commemoration at the Rutherford County Sherriff’s Department, the flag raisings at the Tennessee Welcome Centers and participation in POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremonies at Americus and Andersonville, Georgia. Tennessee Chapter One is making a difference in many ways. Many of you attended the special day with Jerry Reed at the Murfreesboro VA Hospital earlier this year. Our hearts and prayers go out to the Reed family as we remember the life of a great American. Jerry made us laugh, gave us new perspectives with his music and touched us with his love and assistance for our nation’s veterans. He will not be forgotten. We will hold elections at our membership meeting on September 28. We will select our new Vice-President, Chairman of the Board, Treasurer and two board members. Your vote is important to the direction of the chapter and I hope you plan to attend the meeting and cast your vote. We are looking for a date to have a chapter get together before we get into the holidays. Please give us suggestions on what you would like to do. We work hard and need to play hard too.

Be proud – You’re Rolling Thunder

Bulldog 

Upcoming Events:

September 11 -  9/11 ceremony will be held at the Ruthford County Sheriffs Station at 940 New Salem Rd. Staging will be at the Stewarts Lumber, next to the entrance to the Sheriffs Station, at 4PM. The event will start at 5PM. TN1 will be doing a POW flag rising at the event.

September 18-20 – “The Ride Home” in Andersonville, Ga

September 19 – POW/MIA Recognition Day flag raisings over Tn Welcome Centers.

September 23 - Board Meeting at the VFW 7PM

September 27 – Cannon County Rescue Squad poker run

September 28 – Membership meeting at the VFW 1PM

October 16-18 – Veterans Thunder VIII

October 21 – Board Meeting 7PM

October 26 – Membership Meeting 1PM

October 29 – Rolling Wall will be escorted into Shelbyville

  Notes from the general meeting:

●          Voting for VP, Chairman of the Board, treasurer, and 3 Board members will be held in September. Nominees are as follow.   VP – Gary Covington   Chairman of the Board – Danny Baber  Treasurer – Kim Peterson, Alice Cane, Vikki Hoffman  Board – James Hanes, Dave Peterson, Rock Strawser, Judy King, Donnie Rone, Carol Cross, Karl Bachman, Norm Hoffman, Wes Hay, and Kirk Butler.

●          Congratulations to the following for receiving the back patches – Dennis Bealer, Earnie Criddenden, Barry Dean, Guy “TOP” Dearman, Brenda Duckworth, and Tim Smith.

●          POW/MIA Recognition Day is September 19^th. Teams will gather at different Tn Welcome Centers to raise the POW flag at different locations. This will be the first time the POW flag has been raised over Tn Welcome Centers. Contact Bulldog or TOP if you are interested in participating to get the info.

Also after the flag raisings the “The Ride Home” will be taking place in Andersonville, Ga September 18-20. The chapter voted to donate the money for 2 ex-POWs to be able to participate in the events.

●          Any photos or any information for RT’s events that you would like to see on the website please send to Jason Bradshaw at usbradshawmc@gmail.com

Contact Information:

Bob Ousley, President                           bousle19@earthlink.net

Roxanne Davenport, Secretary volsut11@aol.com

Jennifer Garrett, Treasurer                     chris_jenn03@hotmail.com

Danny Baber, Chairmen of Board        x-427@hotmail.com

Carol Cross, Safety Committee            keepasmiling@aol.com

Jim Phillipson, Media                             jimbob@cafes.net