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

Opening Prayer read by Chaplin Rolly W.

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

Approved.

Finance Committee Report by Ralph J.

The new budget was discussed and accepted.

Motion to approve the Finance Officers report, Nick D. 2nd by Rolly W. Approved

2006 Membership Report by Erv. H.

We stand at 50% strength, 71 Paid members.

Sick Call: None

Old Business

The Cmdr reported on the costs of the vests. Nick D. will be in charge of finding a Color Guard to order the vests for. Discussion was tabled until a future meeting

Flags were raised on Monday, 29 August. They will be removed in December. Thanks to all who helped. The Cmdr repaired as many flag poles as needed. We need to look into replacement poles as well as flag replacement.

The annual Membership dinner will be on 16 October, 2005 at the Sauk Rapids VFW. Flyers to all members were made up at the meeting and are to be mailed out immediately.

New Business:

The Legions Website has had over 3,000 hits.

The Cmdr will attend the next meeting of the Sartell Centennial committee meeting and report back at the next Legion meeting.

Closing prayer read by the Chaplin Rolly W.

Attendees: Nick Dockindorf, Don Thompson, Warren Nikodym(CMDR), Ralph Janski, Erv Haehnel, Rolly Weis, Ayers Putnam, Ron Swenson and John Denney.

Meeting Adjourned at 8:45 PM

John Denney, Adjutant