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Bob Reczek, Barry Jacobson,Stephanie Crede and Ron Dzigwa at BassPro Shop l1 March 2012

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UPGOMINGEVENTS! 243lMarch: About Boating Safelyclass PrairieLakesCommunity Center, successive 2 I 2:30. Boathandling, navigation, Saturdays,:308 safeboating,whatto do in an emergency. Spread the word. Make sureyour boatingbuddies have takenthis class! 19 May: National Boating SafelyWeek Every yearthe weekbeforeMemorialDay is filled with boatingsafetyevents. The OpenHouseat Station Wilmetteoccursthis weekend. 2 June: First AIRFAC picnic, Waukegan airport, 1200--1500.Food,goodpeople, helicopters, fun. 17 June: I)elevanArmed ForcesRemembrance Day: See below SNAGK SCHEDULE March 2012: Chas. April: Jim Davy May?????? THE TIYSTERY OF THE INFLATABLE PFD A few yearsback,National EducationDepartment sentout inflatablePFDsto eachFlotilla for usein Public affairs eventsandclasses. got six. After We can an assiduous search, Ron Tragasz only find who five. Doesanyone therehavean inflatable out hasn'ttalkedto Ron aboutit? BE NEIG}IBORLY Oneof the thingsAmy andBob aretrying to is encourage more contactbetweenFlotillas in our Division.The Thirly-Ninerthis monthhasa listing daysandlocations. of our fellow flotillas' meeting You're not doinganythingthat night,right?Pop overandvisit our fellow Auxiliarists. ARMED FORGESREilIEMBRA]IICEDAY the WI On 17June, Town of Delevan, is goingto Day, by hold a Remembrance with participation groupsand an appearance the Traveling by veterans Viet Nam MemorialWall. It hasbeensuggested that thosewho want to cango up the day before (Saturday) do a VSC Blitz on Lake Delevan, and stayovernight,then participatein the eventon is this, since Bob Reczek goingto organize Sunday. timeshare there. up he hasa vacation |NFO FOR 7030 FORilI / Whenyou entera Mission 10B [SpeechesTalks] Relations] your 7030,you on or lOJ [Community havethe option of enteringa figure for attendance at lectures, Boat Shows, VSC Booths.The field is optional,not a requiredentry. -Marilyn McBain,ADSO-IS OUR NEW MEMBER
By RobertW Reczek FSOHR Welcome to our newest member Louis Muno. Lou is areol mariner: He has a USCG 1600 ton CaptainV.andan Unlimited 2oo Mate Ocean License. During 2010 and 2011 Lou was Navigator/ SecondMate aboard the A;frica Mercy. This ship

is the world's largest charityhospitalshipwith a medicalstaffandcrewof 450,all of whom are volunteers who helpto savethousands lives and of eachyearin African countries. Lou's otherexperiences includeEPA's 125ft..Lake Guardianresearch vessel, commercial and boats, the mostrecentbeing2nd mateon the Tug Nickelana. helpedtow a 500ton boiler thatwas He 45 ft. highx 45 ft. longx 35 ft. widefrom Escanaba, to Buffalo,NY. MI Last we heardLou wasundergoing Security This Evaluation the Military SealiftCommand. for operation operates that supplyvessels resupply Navy shipsat sea. whenhe's Lou is 71, andlivesin RollingMeadows NorthwestSailing not at sea. belongs the He to We're Club. Lou hasa lot of goodseastories. lookingforwardto seeing him whenhe getsback. GLASS SGI{EDULE this We areholdingno lessthanfive boatingclasses year: 24 Marchwill be About BoatingSafely;28 April is Paddlesports; May is Personal 12 Watercraft;16Juneis How to Reada Chart;and2l ParkDistrict is July is GPS.The DesPlaines or requiringus to haveat least5 students, theywill the cancel class,so spread word! the KUDOS (or Kit-Kats) watchat ...to Barry for organizing standing and This wasa BassPro Shopthe lastcoupleof months. We'll be majoreffort to setup andhaul materials. backup therein May to do VSCs.

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Newsletter the U.S. CoastGuardAuxiliary of Region Chicago- WilmetteDivision 39, g'hWestern
DCDR: Amy Seeley Volume3 .N o . 2 VCDR: Bob Allen SO-PB: Chas. Hague March 2012 FROTI THE BRIDGE
Division Commander'smessage: Greetings Shipmates! Well we'rea few monthsinto the year andthings of aregoinggreat!Our flotillas arein the process teaching suchasABS andthe Weekend classes Navigator,andwe hada greatturnoutof Division The 39 members the Chicago at Boat Shows. and Airdalesof Flotilla 39-8aredoingmissions crewtrainingis goingon at Wilmette.Soasyou cansee, members havebeenvery active! our Therearenumerous training opportunities available you. To find out what is beingoffered to you around District I highly recommend the checkout the MemberTraining pageon the District website at berhttp://www.cgaux9wr. com/members/mVmem you If training-classes.htm.thereis an areathat in are interested anddon't seetraining listed on it, let myselfandBob Allen know andwe'll seeif we up. can set something Keep up the greatwork that you are all doing, and thank you so much for your time and effort. Don't forget to fill out your paperworkso that your activitiescanbe counted. Vice Division Commander'sMessage: I As Vice Division Commander, serveasthe Chief of Staff.Our divisionstaffofficersarea vital link to all of the flotillas in our division. Flotilla staffofficerscanlook to their Flotilla for and Commanders Vice Flotilla Commanders But informationabouttheir specialties. they can alsolook to their divisionstaffofficersfor support offices. As I and guidanceon their respective at the February with our division board shared in20l2 depends Division 39 meeting, success our we By on "collaboration." workingtogether, can greatthings. accomplish

UPGOUIilG EVENTS o 15April: l00e anniversary sinkingof of Titanic . 19May: NationalSafeBoatingWeek . l8 June: anniversary War of l8l2 of 200tr OTHER EVENTS As of this date,thetraditionalStationWilmette because OpenHousemayhavebeenpostponed, of conflictswith theNATO summitwhich will be heldthe following week.(The G-8 summitwas movedto CampDavid) We will keepthe informedasto if /whenan eventwill be Members heldthis summer. Therewill bejoint Auxiliary / Navy League picnicsat the CoastGuardAir Facility at Waukegan Airport againthis summer.Barry is (BZ settingup the schedule Barry!) Planon and comingto oneof these, meetingsomeKewl menandwomen. Thereis alsoa smallhopethattherewill be a involvingasmany SAR exercise summer, this Auxiliaristsascanbe workedin. This is a nightmare, though,andmay not come scheduling off ls your Flotilla doing an eventthat othermembers in of the Division may be interested helping? and Spread word to the Flotilla Commanders the Flotillas: Publications officersof the other Hague, SailnRails@aol.com. 39-02:Chas. !) volunteer! 39-04:Open(somebody 39-06:MichaelJ Fallaw,mfallaw@amert.net 39-08: RichardA Grinius, skydogl 959@sbcglobal.net 39-10:BrentBarker, com. i ca brentbarkerch go@yahoo.

Our divisionhasbeena leader the 9th Western in Distict in member trainingcourses the lastfew in years.This is because haveso many we competent qualified individualswho and contributed developing teammates. to our Follow their leadandhelpus moveforwardlrl'2012. Very Respectfully, Bob Allen

DTVISION 39: Meetings heldthe First Tuesday the month are of at 19:30. Theyareat the 39-06"clubhouse" under the office building at4709Golf Road,Skokie, Illinois. Members alwayswelcome. are Staff goesout for pie at the Baker'sSquare frequently just northof the meeting room. Flotilla 3Y02, DesPlaines: FC: Chas. Hague, SailnRails@aol.com VFC: Ed Seigel, edsi2@yahoo.com Meetings at 19:30on thethird Wednesday, are at Prairie LakesCommunityCenter,505 East (l/2 block westof Wolf Dempster DesPlaines in Roadon Dempster/Thacker This Flotilla is St). big on MemberTraining. Flotilla 39-04,Chicago Stephen Georgoules, T FC steve@docable.com. FrankMNimesheim, VFC fnimesheim@gmail.com. Meetsat DiverseyHarborYachtClub on the 2nd Saturday 0900. Realboats! Realwater!! at Flotilla 39-06WilmetteHarbor JohnMukoyamqFC ga@ mukoyamausc gmai l.com ive.com JeffGilmore, VFC ieff.gilmore@l meets the Third Thursday eachmonth.1900 on of hrspre-meetingfellowshipandrefreshments. 1930Call to orderandthe meeting begins. We meetin the basement at4709Golf Road,Skokie, Illinois. In the lobbythereis a signstatingFlotilla the 39-6lower level with arows showing way. Flotilla 39-08,"Airdales" global.net. 1 Richard FC Grinus, skydog959@sbc DalePolak, VFC airplane40@comcast.net. TheAirdalesmeetat the Signature Flight Support Road,Chicago,Illinois, offrceat 800Patton Avenueopposite 60666--just offBessieColeman sideof the ParkingLot *E" exit on the northeast O'HareField. Meetings thethird Mondayof are The Flotilla doesair Search the month,at 1930. andRescue, ofcourse. Flotilla 39-10,*Ten Chicago' ShellyMarkleFC, shelley@markle.com. VFC positionopen.Meetsat 1930on the Second Thursdayat the ChicagoLearningCenter Administration Building,5801N. PulaskiRd, Chicago,fr- 60646

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IIATIO]IAL SAFE BOATIilG WEEK By Barry Jacobson, SO-PA your National Now is thetime to startplanning Working SafeBoatingWeek(NSBW)activities. with your FSO-MA,you shouldmakesurethat bothyou andyour FSO-VEhaveenough material for Flotilla activitries thatwill takeplace. Besides materials the available from Auxiliary (ANSC),thereareother NationalSupplyCenter goodresources: o USCGBoatingSafetyResource Center www.uscgboating.org sitehasarticles, This presentations radioPSA's,powerpoint and otherusefulmaterial. o BOAT/US:www.boatus.com good Several handouts that canbe orderedor downloaded free.Theyalsohaveitemsfor sale. o NationalSafeBoatingCouncil: Numerous www.safeboatingcouncil.org pamphlets be ordered herein packsof 100. can Can be orderedseveraltimes throughthe summer. o AmericanCanoe Association Both www.americancanoe.org freeandlowpricingto Discounted costitemsavailable. ACA members. Anotherideais to checkwith your localmedia are outlet to seewhat their requirements for submitting articlesor radioPSA's.Sendthe DCDR or the SG.PB I copy of eachsubmittal BEFORE sendingto the media outlet. Now is alsothe time to submita requestfor a It NSBW proclamation your localgovernment. to this to takestime for a municipality process requestandto bring it up for a vote. Find out will be sothat Flotilla whenthat meeting members be thereIN LINIFORM. can THEM OTHER FLOTILLAS of Thepurpose this issue the 39eris to of you encourage to visit otherFlotillas in the knowswhat is goingon at Division.If a member the Division level,or nextdoorat a neighboring will Flotilla"the wholeAuxiliary experience be better.

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UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY Flotifla 39-02,(gthWR) Monthlymeeting,15 February2012,20:10 ATTENDEES: BarryJacobson, Robert Reczek, Chas.Hague, RonTragasz, Ed Seigel, JerryWarych GUESTS: DCRAmy Seeley, JohnMukoyama, FC39-06 MEMBER TRAINING: update VesselSafetyChecks for Barrypresented DIVISIONREPORT: SectorLakeMichigan Operation Planning Directive alignsCG leadership strategies a singledocument planand execute into to missions. Someof the thingstheywantthe Auxiliary do are: Increase to VSC'sby 15o/oi Increase PublicEducation courses 10o/o by o Conduct per PFDawareness a minimum 5 schools station of to AOR o Distribute safetyliterature hotelsin majorrecreation to areasalongLakeMichigan formedwithRonTragasz chairand Chas.as member.Fingerprint Division Budget committee as class will be heldApril7 at 39{6. Therewill be no springconference training, with onlya DCDRand DSO meeting. Thereis a Hospitality Cabinavailable by Two rivers, Haveto callno morethana weekin up Wl. advance reserveit. to STAFF REPORTS: Finance: RonTragasz Totalbalance account.$/;6il.24.Seespreadsheet. in lnformation Svc: Bob Reczek:0l-Janto 13-Feb 2}l2reportedin AUXDATA: 299.7 fus TotalActive Members 18 Public Affairs 108 Speeches/Talks 0 for 0 hrs 14 for 84 hrs 10J COMREL 1 for 10K OtherPA 3 hrs 10L Pubs/Member Comm 2 for 12 hrs OtherMissions 1 for 2 hrs support CG Administrative missions8 for 16 hrs support CG Recruitment to Materials: JerryWarych- Nothing report posted Whats Nera/'. and lT Member Training: BarryJacobson{lasses for Ops requirements on VE workshops upcoming. Haase-Wilmette hosean Operations will Workshop 17 Sat Virginia Station Operations: room. lf you planon working the Station is at this March0900-1200 in the 39-6meeting recommended. cancelled. Preparing BassProSpring for Public Affairc: BarryJacobson OurWorldUnderwater class.Cookout scheduled Traverse for City. Fishing Classic in-store event,and Paddlesport for aboutFlotilla division and activities. Publications: ChasHague Stilllooking articles Nautical Chartand GPSclasses Public Education: Chas.Hague- Scheduling or Human Resources Bob Reczek- Contacted workedwith 8 potentialmembers in or to 2 New members process added Flotilla Visitsso far in 2012. Visitor: Ed Seigel-5 MarineDealer Program Vessel Exam: Jim Davy- No Report NATO. OpenHousedueto G-8 summit, OLD BUSINESS:No Station tablecover. Anderson Grantfor banner, NEWBUSINESS: None AWARDS:

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gluten-free cupcakes. 2A25.Chasprovided Meeting adjoumed