Meeting called to order by Cmdr Nick at 7:30 PM in the back room of "The Bank".

Opening Prayer read by Rolly W.

Last months (May's) minutes read by Adj. John D.,

Approved.

Finance Committee Report by Ralph J.

Motion to approve the Finance Officers report was made by
Rolly W. 2nd by Henry D. Approved

2006 Membership Report by Ralph J.

We stand at 144 paid members. One over GOAL was made.

Sick Call: Bernard Klabunde

Old Business

The requirement of the 1st Vice Cmdr to sign checks was clarified. Only in the absence of the CMDR or the Finance Officer is the 1st Vice Cmdr authorized to sign checks.

The New Commander (Paul S.) was installed by the Chaplin (Rolly W.)

Color Guard for the Sartell Summerfest Parade were Henry D., Richard G. and John D. The parade was a cool one, but dry. Pictures of the Color Guard are posted on the Legions website.

Memorial Day Services were a success, thanks to Ann Doyscher-Domres of Wells Fargo, Tim O'Driscoll from the City Council and all the Legion members. Pictures of the ceremony are posted on the Legion's website.

A motion was made to move the location of where the Legion holds its meetings. The next meeting, July 20, 2006, will be at the Sartell Bowling Alley.

Ralph J. will bring in vests to see what sizes should be ordered for Legion members to wear while on Legion business, such as Color Guard.

New Business:

CMDR Nick suggested the Legion spend some funds on advertising. Placing a front-page ad, in the local paper, was talked about.

Ralph J. will check with the Legion's Insurance company to see what is covered and what the deductible is. This is for general knowledge of the Legion members.

2006-2007 Legion budget will be available for inspection at the next meeting.

Paul S. (Next CMDR) got approval to mail out a letter to each member to introduce himself and his ideas for the coming year. The Legion will cover the cost of the mailings.

Ralph J. brought up that the Legion only has 3 Bible's left, and wants to order more. This will be brought up at the next meeting. Bible's are given to the family of a deceased Sartell Legion member.

The Sartell Police Dept sent the Legion a thank you note for sponsoring the D.A.R.E. program. The Legion has supplied funds for two new bicycles, each year, for the past 15 years.

CMDR Nick, has volunteered to head up a local grouping of Service Organizations. He would like to get all groups (Lions, Legion and others) to work together to make Sartell a better place to live.

Closing prayer read by Rolly W.

Attendees: Ron Swenson, Charles Haselkamp, Warren Nikodym, Rolly Weis, Paul Schaefer, Henry Doeden, Ralph Janski, Floran Mastey and John Denney.

Meeting Adjourned at 8:50 PM

John Denney, Adjutant