MEET OUR SPEAKER     Austin Councilwoman, Jennifer Kim     Councilwoman Jennifer Kim was one of the most popular choices by the members of AMOAA on the suggestion sheets submitted at the May meeting for speaker at some future meeting. By popular demand, we have her as our speaker on November 16th. Mark your calendars.     Councilwoman Kirn's parents were civilians working for the Department of Defense. She was born in Los Angeles but moved with her parents all over the world^Japan, Korea, Germany-even Houston, Texas where she graduated from high school.     She has a Political Science degree, magna cum laude, from Texas A&M University. She also has a Masters degree in Public Affairs from Princeton.     An interesting detail not in any resume: Her grandfather was a fighter pilot in the Chinese Air Force and flew with the United States Flying Tigers during World War II. [Were any USAF members with the Flying Tigers?)     Her goal on the Austin City Council is to find ways for our city to achieve better results through its investments and policies. Examples are: buying instead of leasing , urging foundations to invest in Austin, committing to small business contracts and a revolving loan program.     All Navy members. Now Hear This: She is a novice rower.      AMOAA is very fortunate to have Councilwoman Kim to speak at our November 16, 2005 dinner meeting. Please be there to give her a big Austin, Texas welcome. When one door closes, another door opens; but: we often look so long and so regretfully at the closed door chat we do not see the ones chat open. Alexander Graham Bell

Austin Military History Austin Military Officers should know about Austin Military history. The University of Texas at Austin is known for its song, "The Eyes Of Texas are upon you". These words were inspired by President Robert E. Lee of Washington College, now Washington and Lee University. Yes, he was the famous Confederate General in the Civil WAR. President Lee would habitually warn his college students, "The eyes of the South are upon you". The President of the University of Texas was a good friend and admirer of President Lee. He repeated Lee's warning to his own students, using the word "Texas" instead of "the South'. A student put these words to the tune of "I've been working on the railroad", and the rest is history. When this University of Texas song is sung , General Robert E. Lee should receive credit for contributing the first words. -- You can't fake listening. It shows...         Raquel Welch EVENTS FOR NOVEMBER 16 November-Dinner Meeting -1830 hrs., BAE Systems-(Tracor)) 22 November-Board Meeting-1330 hrs Camp Mabry Naval Reserve BIdg. 11 November-ROWC-Luncheon- Austin Woman's Club-details on Page 4

 

CONGRATULATIONS to the following members who will celebrate their birthday during the month of November---
Mrs. Betty Alexander	USA	Mrs. Doris Lamb, Jr.	USAF
Mrs Martha Bangasser	USA	Mrs Carolyn Munnerlyn	USAF
LTCOL Sean Blaydon	USA	LTCOL Milton Nielsen	USAF
LTCOL Jackson Bosley	USA	Mrs Rosa Patter-son	USAF
Mrs Sandra Bosley	USA	Mrs. Andi Petticrew	USNR
CAPT James Brother-ton	USN	COL Verne Philips	USAF
Maj Stanley Bullard	USAF	LTCOL John Rehm	USAF
CAPT James Burr-ill	USN	Mrs Susanne Reiss	USAF
LTCOL Dennis Cost	USAF	Mrs Pat Rudy	USMC
LTCOL Arthur Day	USAF	Maj William Russell	USA
LtCol Ernest Dean, Jr	USAF	Mrs Louise Sellars	USAF
COL David Elliott	USA	Mrs Joan Smith	USAF
Mrs Yvonne Ferguson	USN	LTCOL Richard Suttle	USAF
Mrs Patricia Figures	USA	Maj Wilford Timmermann	USA
LTCOL Brooks Frederick	USAF	Mrs Ludmila Waterman	USAF
LTCOL Glen Hellenga	USAF	COL Thomas Williams	USA
LTCOL Edward Hill	USAF	LTCOL Tommi Young	USAF
Mrs Lorelle Jacobs	USAF	COL John Zubel	USAF
Mrs Lee Keskinen	USAF

We wish you a Very Happy Birthday and hope will be present at the November- Dinner meeting
where you will have a 1 in 37 chance to win a birthday present. 7 people lost out in October.
  

THE BULLETIN BOARD     DINNER MEETING -  Wednesday, 16 November, 2005     BAE Systems Dining Hall         6500 Tracor Lane (Highway 183, South of Webberville Overpass, Just off Ed Bluestein Blvd)                       1830 hour Attire: Business Casual, Uniform always appropriate Ladies: Casual dress or paint suit  Charge: $18.00 per person [check payable to AMOAA ] Note: Reservations may be made with your assigned caller or with your service representative by calling before 2100 hours on the Sunday before the Wednesday dinner. Cancellations should also be made by the aforementioned time. Individuals who do not honor reservations will be billed.

 

-COME AND JOIN YOUR FELLOW MEMBERS - SUPPORT MOAA!" Find a new member to bring with you. You need to be part of the action. If you don't like us, be active and effect some changes. We are no longer a "retired" organization-we are a dynamic one. Let's get out and Live a little-Go, Go, Go-See you on the 16th.!!!!

 

PROGRAM   Now is your chance to come face to face with one of the people who run our city, and to some extent, our lives-Bonds, taxes, regulations-you name it. And, while she expects us to be the audience, she really will be a captive audience for us if we take advantage of this opportunity and ply her with questions about the workings of the City Council and her philosophy of governing. We need to learn to control the local area before we can hope to get a handle on the larger ones. Many of you voted for this opportunity-Now, LET'S GO FOR IT- --PLEASE NOTE: If you are not being called each month concerning the dinner meeting on the third Wednesday, please call your service representative [listed elsewhere in the Bulletin] and ask that he/she add your name to the calling lists. Your Service Rep Has Not changed, but your caller may have. If you have not been called by Sunday Evening and you wish to attend the dinner but cannot reach your own Service Rep., please call one of the others. They will be glad to accommodate you and turn in your reservation.--PLEASE DO MAKE A RESERVATION. MOAA Name tags available-Members who wish permanent name tags should contact Ben A. Meharg at 280-2569. E-mail bmeharg@austin.rr.com. The cost is $3.00. but they will last a life time-unless you lose them- Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing:

ORDER OF THE EVENING SEATING CHARTS WILL BE PLACED ON TABLES AT 1830 HOURS 1830-1900: -Social Period - Bar Open--  Pay for Dinner, Check in with Service Representative, Select Seats (sign form on table)  1900-1910 : Invocation Pledge of Allegiance National Anthem  1910-2000: Dinner and Door Prizes 2000: Speaker MENU House Salad  Baked Turkey Breast with Gravy and   Cranberry Sauce      Roasted Garlic Potatoes       Root Vegetable Medley       Dinner Rolls and Butter          Pumpkin Cheesecake           Coffee-Tea-Iced Tea ATTENTION-SINGLES We try to sit together at MOAA dinners. Look for the sign SINGLES-and sign your name if you want to sit with us. We are not guaranteeing a singles spot- -You do not have to sit there. ----- When you cease to dream you cease to live.-M. Forbes

 

CHAPTER OFFICERS 2005-2006 President Capt. James D. Brotherton USN  394-9381 email Duties First VP Col Seldon P. Graham USA  452-4000 email Duties Second VP Col. Ben A. Meharg USMC 280-2569 email Duties Third VP Major Rylen B. Rudy USMC  452-9923 email Duties Secretary   Patricia O. Eagan FMS 894-4036 email Duties Treasurer LtC. Rogerio Rabago USAF 345-8193 email Duties USA Representative Col. Bill Del Vecchio USA 244-3248 email Duties USAF Representative LtC. J. R. Howard USAF 716-4224 email Duties USN/USMC/USCG/USPHS/USNOAA LCdr. Joyce Hoover USN 452-9786 email Duties Immediate Past President Col. Maurice Quigley USA 327-0285 email Duties

 

Appointed Board Members
Chaplain	LtC. Ernest S. Dean	USAF	477-5390	email	Duties
Assistant Chaplain	Col. Leon Holland	USA	335-1224	email	Duties
Personal Affairs Officer	Capt. William K. Brown	USN	345-5420	email	Duties
Austin Military Coalition Representative	Col. Bruce Conover	USAF	282-1844	email	Duties
Legislative Affairs Officer	LtC. Carlos W. Higgins	USAF	258-3564	email	Duties
ROTC Awards Coordinator	Col. Bill Del Vecchio	USA	244-3248	email	Duties
Newsletter Editor	LtC. Mary Kelso	USA	345-7140	email	Duties
Webmaster	LtC. J. R. Howard	USAF	255-2206	email	Duties

RETIRED OFFICERS WIVES CLUB Change Friday,-11 November-Luncheon at the Austin Woman's Club                  708 San Antonio Street                   Social time-10:45 a.m. Luncheon-11:30 a.m.                   Program-Getting the Holiday Spirit with Ann Breed of Breed Hardware                   For Reservations Contact: Martha Kirby-259-0423                                                             Jo Jean Gillespie-345-3069  Caring and Sharing Widows Group-first Monday of each month-1300 hours        -LUBY'S CAFETERIA ON STECK AVE (OFF MESA OR MOPAC) Contact Genevieve Bruce (453-0871)          Bridge Second Friday of each Month-0915 hours     Bridge-        Cafeteria in the Headquarters Building of CAMP MABRY         Contact-Shirley Bone (1-246-9829) NOTICE-Check your label on the Newsletter Please check your newsletter label. The right bottom corner shows the date your membership needs renewal. The bottom left corner shows your National number, i.e. NNxxxxxxx. If there is no number listed we need your National number for our database. Please send an email listing your rank, full name and service branch to benm@austin.rr.com or use the form in the back of your directory to mail the info. When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. Mark Twain LEGISLATIVE THOUGHTS      By Carlos Higgins, Legislative Officer -  THEM GOLDEN YEARS     It's MOAA now. We've changed our name, trying to recruit younger folks into the MO membership. That's because we're not only a military group, we're pretty much a senior citizen group. Political and health issues near and dear to most senior citizens affect most of us. So that's what this column is mostly about-senior issues. And if you're not quite ready to be branded as a senior citizen, just you wait. If you are not yet a senior citizen, you're probably among the 78 million baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964), who will begin to turn 60 in 2006.      As many of you know, I am a member of the Texas Silver-Haired legislature and the Silver-Haired Congress. Each of these organizations recommends and advocates for changes in laws that can make those remaining "golden" years more livable for aging senior citizens.      Another major step in that effort is the once every ten years event, the White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA). This event, attended by delegates from all over the United States, is held to develop recommendations for the President and Congress on issues, policy and research in the field of aging.          Past WHCoAs have led to key aging programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, the Older Americans Act, the Supplemental Security Income Program, Social Security Reforms, and establishment of the National Institute on Aging.  Past conferences also led to creation of a national nutrition program for older persons, and the establishment of the national aging network.    The WHCoA Policy Committee is made up of 17 members, appointed by the President and Congress. In turn, this committee selected many of the individuals who will serve as delegates. Delegates will be asked to make recommendations to the President and Congress, to help guide aging policies for the next decade and beyond.     The Policy Committee included me among the delegates they selected. They also voted to adopt as the theme for the conference "The Booming Dynamics of Aging From Awareness to Action". (I would have made it something more like "The Road to Genentopia-Potholes and All.) THE CONFERENCE THIS YEAR WILL BE HELD DECEMBER 11 TO 14, 2005, AT THE MARRIOTT WARDMAN PARK HOTEL IN WASHINGTON, DC . IT'S HARD TO PREDICT WHAT MIGHT COME OUT OF THIS CONFERENCE, BUT, AS YOUR MAN ON THE SCENE, I'LL BE PLEASED TO REPORT BACK TO YOU WHAT SEEMS TO ME TO BE THE HIGH (AND ANY LOW) POINTS. MEMBERSHIP DRIVE NOTE-We currently have an ongoing member- ship drive in concert with the National Organization (MOAA). You can help a great deal by renewing or extending your National Membership early (before November 30, 2005). Please note with your renewal that you are a member of the Austin, Texas Chapter. AT THANKSGIVING,  we gather together with family, friends,  and those who are present  in our hearts to give thanks  for the food before us, the year behind us,  and the love that surrounds us all. May your Thanksgiving  be filled with quiet moments, happy traditions,  and the special joys  of love and family.                                    Amen AUSTIN MILITARY HISTORY      Austin Military need to know Austin Military History. Austin is the location of Custer's first Stand. Austin was Major General George Armstrong Custer's first peacetime assignment after the Civil War ended in 1865. He and his wife Libby enjoyed picnics at the top of Mount Bonnell. He would have the 6th Cavalry Regimental Band present at these picnics to play music. The Custer's favorite piece was "The Anvil Chorus" which would reverberate through the Austin hills. As Libby later wrote, "the sound descended through the valley grandly". Now, that was a real military picnic! And it all happened on top of Mount Bonnell. (The public does not know about this because the City of Austin denied a historical marker on Mount Bonnell about this interesting bit of military history.)        MEETING OF THE BOARD-After a long discussion of the organization's finances.  Today, it was the consensus that the price of our monthly dinners must be raised beginning the first of the year. Instead of our long standing rate of $18, it will increase to $20. The Christmas-Holiday dinner dance will increase to $25. The cost of the band has increased, and the bar will remain open for the evening. Anyone who has purchase! a drink "out" should realize what a bargain that is. And that will be a formal evening. Dress Definitions- Casual- Men -Sport shirt and slacks Ladies-slacks or skirt and blouse or dress  Business Casual- Men -add a jacket or blazer-tie not necessary Ladies-Pant suit, slacks or skirt, blouse, or dress  Business- Men-add a tie. Uniforms always acceptable

DUES FORM Please fill in the form below, detach it, and mail it with your check (payable to AMOAA) to: Military Officers Association of America P.O. Box 1071 Austin TX 78767-1071 o New Member          o  Returning Member     o Current Active Member Dues for 1 Jan thru 31 Dec            are $ 17 for Officers and $ 12 for Widows and Widowers   Name, Rank, Service ___________________________________________ Address ___________________________________________ City ___________________________________________ State _______________Email________________________ Telephone no. _______________ Fax________________________