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THE PERKINS JOURNAL, Thursday, August 5, 2010 - A3
Fried Chicken At The VFW Friday Night
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Leigh will be playing music
during your dining experience
and then Will be cranking up
the volume at 8:00pro for a
little dancing pleasure.
The annual 4th of July
pig roast was a huge suc-
cess with over 200 people
in attendance. This year the
post roasted two whole pigs
and not one slice was left
and many in attendance did
not get the usual bag of meat
Perkins VFW Post 7322 will
be serving hot fried chicken
and mashed potatoes and
gravy along with corn on
the cob, fresh salad and hot
cobbler and other desserts
on Friday, August 6th at 6:
00pm. They ask that adults
give a donation of $6 and chil-
dren under the age of 10 years
can eat for free. And as has
become the custom Monte
They' re
still losers
Saturday, August 14th in
Stillwater. The theme will be
"Stop Monkeying Around
with Your Weight!" Chap-
ter members will set goals.
for the month of August at
the next meeting. Come and
check us out! If you would
like more information
about Fun Day or TOPS
(Taking Off Pounds Sensi-
bly) please contact Kathy
Albright at 405.624.9995
or visit tops.org or
TOPSWonders.com
TOPS OK013 met on July
29th with 16 attendees; 13
TOPS and 3 KOPS. The
week's weight recording had
a net loss of 10 pounds! The
biggest losers were Donna
Dellavalle and Norma
Smith. The program was
presented by Patty Pappan
who just recently returned
from International Recogni-
tion Days in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada.
The chapter is preparing
for a Fun Day, to be held
fax: 405-547-2996
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following the dinner. Awards
were presented to a number of
member and non-members.
Monte Leigh received a non-
member appreciation award
for his tireless hours of vol-
unteer work such as playing
music at every Friday night
dinner, the Valentine Steak
Dinner, and other various
nights along with mowing
the grass and keeping the
post looking so nice or just
generally doing anything
and everything anyone ask.
Beth Evans received the
Ladies Auxiliary appreciation
award for her willingness to
assist the post and auxiliary
in numerous ways, such as
volunteering countless hours
to cover the canteen and
keeping the canteen looking
and smelling to clean. Bert
Coffman received the VFW
appreciation award for his
ongoing effort to improve and
increase the post by being on
constant call to organize
military services for fallen
members, color guards at
various events (Parades,
grand openings, etc) and just
generally being on call at the
post for any and all duties as
needed or requested. Zane
and Malorie Brake along
with their cousins received
the young volunteer apprecia-
tion awards for their contin-
ued willingness to assist when
needed, such as placing flags
in the cemetery for Memo-
rial Day, and cleaning the
post and setting up chairs for
large events being conducted
at the Post along with other
activities throughout the year.
Jay Bjorgo won the Pie in the
Face contest. Thank you to
everyone that participated.
Our appreciate to the follow-
ing individuals and business
for their contributions to the
annual pig roast: Gary and
Tess Crane (Ralph's), Larry
Kimmel, Everett Dabb's sister
Sue, Lyle Younker, Kenny
Smith, Charlie Hutchinson,
First Baptist Church, Monte
Leigh and the community for
attending.
A special event is sched-
uled for August 13, at 8:00
pm when Ryan Reid will
be live in concert at the Post.
The public is invited to attend
and enjoy the music or dance
a bit.
The ladies enjoyed serv-
ing an evening meal of Pork
Loin, roasted potatoes, green
beans, fresh salad and melon
followed by cobbler and ice
cream to the Perkins Lion
Club on the 19th of July.
Should you have additional
questions please contact the
post at 547-2102.
Project Heart helps seniors, pets
Project Heart, warms hearts
for wet noses is a non-profit
organization run by Dr.
Wendy Murray, D.V.M.
that donates pet food once
a month to low-income
seniors. Project Heart is
designed to offset the cost
of food and still give the pet
good nutrition without affect-
ing the seniors' financial
life. She has been delivering
food for 5 years to seniors in
Stillwater and surrounding
communities. In order for
food to be received, the pet
owner must be signed up
with Project Heart of Okla-
homa. Then once a month
when the seniors have lunch
at the community center the
pet food is brought to them or
if they are home-bound, the
food will be delivered.
On Saturday July 24,
2010, the two veterinary
clinics, Perkins Road Pet
Clinic and Perkins Veteri-
nary Clinic along with the
help of generous donators
held a Bake Sale outside the
Walmart on 6 th St. Many
people donated homemade
Dr. Wendy Murray (left) and Dr. Kimberly McKenzie (right)
along with their staff raised over $1,000 for project Heart.
bake goods, along with
bags of dog and cat foods,
and made monetary dona-
tions. All proceeds went to
Project Heart, which totaled
$1,008.53! We do fundrais-
ers like this twice a year but
donations are always needed
and welcomed and can be
dropped off at either Perkins
Road Pet Clinic or Perkins
Veterinary Clinic.
PHS Class of '65 Meets
The graduating Perkins High class of 1965 celebrated their 45 m reunion on June 25 and
26.
On Friday night, Glen and Sandy (Wells) McCauley hosted the catered banquet at the
Vassar Community Center. The evening was spent reminiscing and remembering class-
mates who are no longer with us, Susan Shelby Oldham, Genie Price, Warren Burrow and
Bobbi Kastl Arthur.
On Saturday night, Darrell and Kim Sadler hosted a casual cookout at their home. Everyone
had a wonderful time getting reacquainted and hearing what each other had been doing.
We were happy to learn that no one had aged a bit! Photo provided
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