Monthly Auxiliary Meeting: Thursday, 3/14/2024, at 5pm

Letter from Donna James, Auxiliary President

Greetings,
   Our next Scheduled Monthly Auxiliary Meeting is this Thursday, 3/14/2024, at 5 pm.

In addition to our other discussions, this meeting includes the Nominations for our E-Board Officer Election.

You must have your 2024 Auxiliary Membership Card to nominate a candidate and, be an active 2024 Auxiliary Member and be present to Accept the nomination.

Our Final Election will be held at our monthly meeting on Monday, April 11th at 5 pm.

If more than one candidate is running for said position the final election will be by ballot.

You must have your 2024 Auxiliary Membership card to Vote and to Accept the office. When only one candidate running for office, the ballot will be dispensed with, and the nominee elected.

We have a lot of things on our to-do list that we want to accomplish in support of our Veterans.

Please plan on attending our meetings. We need your help and support by volunteering whatever time you can spare.

See you all at Post 25! – Donna

PS – We have lots to do this weekend at Post 25!

The game “ROADKILL!” will launch this Saturday at 3 pm and go to 5 pm. For details on how to play the game, CLICK HERE!


And, THIS JUST IN!

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This Sunday, March 17, 2024, is St. Patrick’s Day! Everyone gets to be “Irish” for the day!

The Post 25 Mess Hall will be serving Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner, with Corn Bread for dinner from 4:00-6:00 PM for just $12.00!

George Durham & Gwen Simmons will be playing & singing some great old Irish Tunes!


But for now, enjoy a few Irish classics!

Coming Up This Week at Post 25!

Greetings!

   Here’s what’s happening this week at American Legion Post 25…

Monday, March 11, 2024 – E-Board Meeting at 6 pm and General Meeting at 7 pm. Draft beers are only $1 and Bloody Marys are just $2. Bar Games: Shuffleboard at 1 pm, Chips Ahoy at 3 pm, and Darts at 6 pm.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 – Taco Tuesday from 4:30 to 6:30. Draft beers are just $1 and Margaritas are just $3 (goes perfectly with the tacos!). Bar Games: Eucher at 1 pm, Chips Ahoy at 3 pm, and Sons of the American Legion BINGO at 6:30 pm.

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 – Wednesday Night Wings or Salisbury Steak with Michigan Music Man playing from 5-8 pm. Bar Games: Chips Ahoy at 1 pm, Ship-Captain-Crew at 6 pm.

Thursday, March 14, 2024 – Create A Pizza from 4:30 to 6:30. Bar Games: Poker at 1 pm and Chips Ahoy at 3 pm.

Friday, March 15, 2024 – Prime Rib or Fish Fry for dinner and “Jay” playing from 6-9 pm. Bar Game: Chips Ahoy at 1 pm.

Saturday, March 16, 2024 – Burgers for lunch from 12 noon to 2:30 pm.

New  Game:ROADKILL!” 3-5 pm. Fast Fun! BINGO meets Cards! Win MEATS!!! TJ Karaoke from 5-8 pm. Here’s how ROADKILL works, CLICK HERE!

We will need at least 25 players to get a ROADKILL game on the road.

Sunday, March 17, 2024 – St. Patty’s Day Dinner – TBD. Everyone is “Irish” for the day! George & Gwen perform Irish songs from 5-8 pm. Bar Game: Chips Ahoy at 3 pm

Coming up in April

April 13, 2024 – Legion Post 25’s annual “Back to the ’50s SOCK HOP! Come out, bring your best moves, and dance holes in your shoes!

 

 

ROADKILL BINGO Game Hits the Road, Saturday, March 16, 3-5pm!

BINGO meets Cards! Winners take meat home!

Greetings,

Lake Placid Legion Post 25 will officially launch our New “ROADKILL” game on Saturday, March 16 – from 3-5 pm!

Burgers will be sold until 2:30. So come at 2 pm or before, place your order, and get a good seat!

What’s ROADKILL???

ROADKILL is a high-speed game where BINGO collides with CARDS. You can win meats, Door Prizes, and $$$ playing the “V-52” 50/50 game.

Yes! Three ways to WIN!

Here’s how the games work.

Just like BINGO, you buy a laminated ROADKILL card for just $5. You can buy as many ROADKILL cards as you want, just like playing BINGO. Each laminated card has three playing cards. Plus, every Roadkill Bingo Card you buy comes with a Door Prize ticket (no charge).

We will play FIVE Rounds of THREE Games each.

After each round, we take a break and give away some door prizes, and if there are enough attendees, we will offer a fast round of V-52 50/50 at two dollars a chance.

To start, the ROADKILL Emcee will shuffle a deck of playing cards and start calling out cards. “Three of Diamonds!”, “Jack of Hearts!”, “Ten of Clubs!”, etc.

If one of your Roadkill Bingo cards has the called playing card, you place a poker chip on top of that particular card. The goal of course is to have chips on all three of the playing cards on your ROADKILL (Bingo) card. When you get three in a row, call out “ROADKILL!!!”.

You’re the WINNER!

As everyone plays,  you could get two chips on one of your ROADKILL cards and you might get excited and call out pithy sayings like,ALMOST!, or SWERVING!, or CLOSE ONE!, or NEAR MISS!”, or whatever tickles your Funny Bone!

If you want, you can even call the Emcee a funny name for not calling your cards! (be nice!)

Remember, when you get poker chips on ALL THREE called playing cards on your laminated card, shout out, ROADKILL!!!”.

Then you come up to the ROADKILL board where we verify your winning cards and then you get to pick a roadkill critter off the Official Roadkill Board (a Wild Bore, a Moose, a Gator, a Duck, a Squirrel, a Cat, a Chip Monk, a Roadrunner, a Hawk, a Raccoon, a Buffalo, a Turtle, or a Skunk).

Each critter has an assigned meat prize behind the picture that you choose!

It will be a good prize, but you will have the option to trade it in for a much better meat prize!

Or will you feel LUCKY?

If you want, you choose one of the Mystery Grand Prizes behind curtain #1, #2, or #3. (Like the old “Let’s Make a Deal” TV game show)

It is your democratic choice, but be careful because the audience may sway you by yelling out the number of what THEY think is the Mystery Grand Prize! Remember, there is at least ONE gag prize behind a curtain. And all decisions are final.

After we play THREE rounds, we take a break to pick winning Door Prizes, and play a fast round of our “V-52 50/50 game, if enough people are in attendance.

What is the V-52 50/50 game???

For just $2 bucks you buy a playing card from one of our assistants (you can buy more if you like) from a tray of face-down playing cards.

Then you TEAR THE CARD IN HALF! You keep one half and the other half goes into the bucket.

When all 52 cards have been sold, the Emcee will pull a torn card from our bucket, announce the card, and the winner gets $52 BUCKS!

BAM! Just TWO BUCKS can get you FIFTY-TWO BUCKS!

Then, we go back and play another ROADKILL round (a total of 5 rounds are played). We pick the Door Prizes and play V-52 50/50 during the breaks between rounds.

That is ROADKILL!

The game is easy and goes fast. It’s inexpensive to play; also funny and never boring.

Meat prizes include – beef, chicken, or pork.

Door prizes are bottles of wine, candies, and snacks.

Other American Legions have offered Roadkill Bingo over the years and it is always a blast!!

We invite you to come out Saturday, March 16 from 3-5 pm, have some fun, some laughs, a few drinks, and win some meats, some wine, AND MAYBE EVEN SOME CA$H!

Invite your friends and fill a table! Get there early for a good seat and order a burger if you wish.

Proceeds support veterans.

See you at Post 25!

PS – Check out our updated March Calendar and Entertainment page, HERE!

Coming up this week at Post 25! Roadkill on March 16th!

Greetings,

   Before we get into this week’s activities, there’s a correction to the March calendar.

The Auxiliary monthly meeting is Thursday, March 14, 2024 AT 5 PM. Auxiliary meetings are always on the 2nd Thursday of the month.

Monday, March 4, 2024 Sons monthly meeting at 6 pm.$1 Draft Beers and $2 Bloody Marys.

Tuesday, March 5, 2024 – Taco Tuesday, 4:30-6:30, $1 Draft Beers, and $3 Margaritas.

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 – Wings Night & Salisbury Steak, 4:30-6:30 pm, and entertainment by Fred Ferguson 5-8 pm.

Thursday, March 7, 2024 – Post 25 Beautification Project: “Yard Party” outside cleanup, 8:30 to 10:30. Create-A-Pizza Night! 4:30-6:30 pm

Friday, March 8, 2024 Prime Rib & Fish Fry 4:30-6:30, and entertainment by Randy Sullens 6-9 pm.

Saturday, March 9, 2024 – Lake Country Cruisers Car & Bike Show, 11 am to 1:30 pm, burgers from 12 noon to 2 pm.

The Auxiliary Luau Dance, 5-8 pm, and music by Dan Patrick. Tickets: $15 each and available at the Bar.

Sunday, March 10, 2024 Jeff Muller will perform from 5-8 pm. Dinner To-Be-Announced and available at the Bar.

Queen of Hearts Update!

Our Queen of Hearts Jackpot has maxed out at $15,000! We will continue to run the existing board until SOMEBODY wins!

BBQ Roof Update!

If you have been out back you will have noticed that the new metal roof has been installed and looks 1000% better! What’s left to do is electrification for the exhaust fans and the winch for the big grate.

Our BBQ Roof Fund goal is $1,300 and we are now up to $700, just over halfway there! Thanks for all of your support. You can donate at the Bar.

That’s all for now. See you at Post 25!

PS – The corrected March calendar is available HERE.

Next Week!

ROADKILL! BINGO Meets Cards!
Saturday, March 16, 2024, 3 pm to 5 pm
BIG FUN!

The Post 25 March Calendar is Here! Roadkill is Coming!

Greetings Everyone!

The Post 25 March calendar is now available HERE!

Coming us this evening, the Post 25 Mess Hall will be serving up Prime Rib, Fish Fry, and our usual assortment of tasty appetizers!

Memories Dance will Rock the Oldies from 6 pm to 9 pm.

At 8 pm the lights will go up and we’ll give away $$$ with our 50/50 game and our Queen of Hearts game that now has a $15,000 jackpot!!! You gotta play to win! Someone has to win this eventually, IT COULD BE YOU!!!

See you at Post 25!

ROADKILL! BINGO Meets Cards!
March 16, 2024, 3 pm to 5 pm

BIG FUN!
The FASTEST Game in Highlands Florida!
DETAILS TO COME SOON!


 

 

YARD PARTY! Thursday, March 7, 2024 – 8:30 AM!

Greetings!

   There probably won’t be much cool weather left for this winter. Before you know it, it’ll be HOT again! So, we have a short window of opportunity to complete our backyard beautification project.

On Thursday, March 7 at 8:30 am. we will be getting together bright and early for another Yard Party. Post 25 will supply the coffee and donuts.

We have a lot of pickup and cleanup work, as well as trimming the overgrowth around the trees. Nothing challenging, but bring your work gloves and trimming tools.

As most of you have noticed, the backyard grille roof is completed, except for some electrical work. But the grille is working and it looks great!

Thanks to everyone who donated $$$ and their time!

When the Bar opens at 11 am, you can even get a Bloody Mary for breakfast, and raise a glass to Ernest Hemingway, the inventor of the Bloody Mary! Or was it Georgie Jessel who invented the Bloody Mary?

Mondays and Saturdays the Post 25 Bar has $2.00 Bloody Mary drinks. Order one and CLICK HERE to read the “Story of the Bloody Mary”.

BOTTOMS UP!

And this Wednesday night the Post 25 Mess Hall will be serving up Chicken Wings and Salisbury Steak for dinner!

And while you enjoy your dinner and drinks, Michigan Music Man will perform from 5 pm to 8 pm.

See you at Post 25!

 

 

Annual Post 25 Lake Placid Auxiliary Luau

Greetings!

Spring is just around the corner and that means it’s time for Legion Post 25 Auxiliary Annual Luau!

So, get out your grass skirts and coconuts (we’re talking you you, GUYS!!!) and get ready to shake your grass!

When: Saturday, March 9, 2024

Time: 5-8 pm

Tickets: $15 available at the Bar or one of the High Top Tables.

Menu: Chicken, Ham, or Full Buffet

Music by: Dan Patrick

See you at Post 25!

What’s Happening the Rest of February?-No Roadkill This Sat.

Greetings!

There is a full month of events for the rest of February. Here’s what’s coming up!

Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 – Prime Rib or Fish Fry for dinner, and Calico will perform from 6 pm to 9 pm.

The Queen of Hearts board has maxed out at $15,000 to the winner! We will keep selling tickets until we have a winner. The additional ticket sales will prime the next Queens board!

Saturday, Feb 17, 2024 – The new Roadkill game has been postponed until mid March. The outside pellet grille will be serving up burgers and cheeseburgers. And TJ Karaoke will be open from 5 pm to 8 pm.

Sunday, February 18, 2024 – Pulled Pork sandwiches will be available at the Bar. And George & Gwen will ROCK THE HOUSE from 5 pm to 8 pm.

Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024 – Wings or Salisbury Steak for dinner. Jeff Mueller will perform from 5 pm to 8 pm.

Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 – Prime Rib or Fish Fry for dinner, and “Jay” will provide entertainment from 6 pm to 9 pm.

Saturday, Feb 24, 2024 – Burgers and cheeseburgers on the outside pellet grill from 12 noon to 2 pm.

Sunday, February 25, 2024 – Shepherd’s Pie will be available at the Bar. And Randy Sullens will ROCK IT from 5 pm to 8 pm.

Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 – Wings or Salisbury Steak for dinner. Michigan Music Man will perform from 5 pm to 8 pm.

SNEEK-PEEK in March!

March 9, 2024 – Luau PartyDetails to come!

March 30, 2024 – Commander’s Ball Details to come!

See you all at Post 25!

BBQ Roof Fund Raiser – Donations Welcome!

Greetings,

   We are often asked, “What’s going on with the BBQ Roof project?” As most of you know, when the BBQ Pit was built way back when, no one thought the WOODEN ROOF would be a problem, and perhaps it wasn’t for a long time. That is… until it caught fire!

Here’s where we are as of today.

All the new trusses are up and all the purlins are one.

Our new forest green metal will be here this Friday.

We have a crack team of volunteers that are going to finish it.

We should be completed in the next 2 weeks.

This is why we have launched our BBQ Roof Fund Raiser.

We need $1,400 to complete the project.

That’s all for now. – Commander Fred Pierce

CLICK HERE!

 

Post 25 Help Wanted-Paid Positions

Greetings,

  Post 25 has open positions for two individuals for weekend cleaning of Post 25.

These are paid positions.

If you are interested and would like an interview, call the Post 25 office at 863-465-0975 and ask for Office Manager Brandi to schedule an interview. – Commander Fred Pierce

QUEEN OF HEARTS UPDATE!

Our weekly Queen of Hearts game has topped out at
$15,000!

We will continue to play the current board, once a week, as usual, until some very lucky ticket holder picks the winning card. Until then, ticket sales will be used to start the next Queen of Hearts board.

Remember, each week the odds of picking the Queen of Hearts card get better and better!

We give away 50/50 and Queen of Hearts $$$ on Friday nights at 8 pm.

See you at Post 25!