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Good afternoon everyone, it’s Friday May 15th and we are on the road again, it’s Friday late afternoon and we are touring District 1 and District 3 this weekend, first stop is Warren Eagles #313, where we are meeting District1 Director and State Trustee 4TH year Butch Smith and his wife Peggy, we were greeted by barmaids Patti and Kristy, President Andy and his wife Debbie, Conductor Debbie, Past Worthy President Dewey, who was manning the busy kitchen, Guard Betty, and cooks Mike and Rich, we had a great visit in Warren, and to the few members at the bar, Eric and Tom said don’t forget to stop by our Eagles, Williamsport 970 when your in town for the Little League World Series, thank you to the officers and members of Warren for your generous donation of $500.00 to Eric’s charity, Camp Victory, a special camp for special kids. Next stop Wattsburg Eagles #4516, where we greeted by barmaid Zena, we had very good burgers and sandwiches, after visiting with the good people of Wattsburg, it was time to move on, thank you for your hospitality! Next stop for the evening Meadville Eagles #429, where we were greeted by barmaid Janet, Vice President JR, President Randy, some good members including Jimmy, and a shout out to Eddie’s Foot Long’s! (no, we weren’t paid to say that), just a good guy to talk with, a few members drive all the way from Mill Creek just to hang out at the Meadville Eagles! Thank You Meadville for your hospitality and conversations!
Well that’s our last stop of the evening, time to head to the hotel for the night, and again thank You District 1 Director and friend Butch Smith for the rooms and a planned agenda. It’s Saturday morning May 16th and our first stop is Greenville Eagles #805, where we were greeted by barmaid Jade, and Past Worthy President Mark, and Trustee Waldo, talked to some good members and then it was time to move on, thank you Greenville for your hospitality! Next stop Oil City Eagles #283, we were greeted by bartender Ty with a smile, we met Maddie, Past Worthy President Jake, Trustee Ed, and members Bob and Clarence, oh and we can’t forget “Yukon Jeff”, great visit with the good people of Oil City, Thank You for your hospitality! Next visit is Franklin Eagles #328, where we were greeted by Kate, Secretary Brenda, and Treasurer Evan, had a nice tour of the facility and good conversations, thank you Franklin for your generous donation of $500.00 to Eric’s charity, Camp Victory, and we just might see you in the fall for the big Fest! Next and last stop of District 1, Grove City Eagles #1895, we were greeted by barmaid Nichole, some great members Doug, Mike and Chris, we called our buddy Bill from Grove City to join us, but it was a little late notice, so Bill and his wife Audra met up with us a little later down the road, thank you Grove City for your generous donation of $500.00 to Eric’s charity, Camp Victory, it was great visiting with you all! Once again, thank you Butch for touring with us, you are a great person and even better friend.
Now it’s time to move on to District 3, even though our good friend and District 3 Director Clint Slima couldn’t be with us this weekend, we want to thank you for making arrangements with all the Aerie’s in your district, it was very much appreciated, first stop New Castle Eagles #455, we were greeted immediately by Jeff, and if you’ve ever been to New Castle everyone knows Jeff, he took us on a tour of the facility and told us the history of the building, we all had a late lunch, we met up with Bill and his wife and met barmaid Lori, Melissa, Keri, and April, and some great Eagles, before moving on to our next stop Jeff and the gang presented us with a very generous donation of $2,500.00 to Eric’s charity, Camp Victory, thank you New Castle, we had a great time! Next stop is Elwood City Eagles #1246, where we were greeted by barmaid Abby, Past Worthy President LorreeKay, President Jeff, and cook Lisa, we were a little late getting there and for that I do apologize, but it’s tough keeping Eric and Tom on time and from “Yapping” so much LOL, we had a nice visit the good people of Elwood City, thank you for your hospitality! Next visit is New Brighton Eagles #1342, we were greeted at the door by Renee, Mark, James and Dale, we had some good conversations with some great Eagles, they had a band just starting to play before we had to move on, thank you for your hospitality New Brighton! Next stop Freedom Eagles #1429, where we were greeted by Secretary Loren, who Eric and Tom know, and a great group of officers and members, Shawn, Jeff, Kimmy, Dave, Todd, Char, Adrienne, Jacki, and Aunt Ginger, Freedom was hoping, the bar was full, they had DJ Karaoke and Eric and Tom, supposedly beat a couple of in house shuffleboard champions, Carla and I aren’t sure if they left the guys win or not, after a few beverages and good conversation it was time to move on and head to the Ambridge Eagles #1365, but unfortunately we found out they closed prior to us leaving Freedom, as I stated earlier, we were definitely running later than anticipated, so we headed to the hotel for the night, but not before Loren and the crew from Freedom presented us with a generous donation of $250.00 to Eric’s charity, Camp Victory, thank you Freedom Eagles for your hospitality!
Good morning, everyone, it’s time to start our Sunday, its May 17th and are we headed to Ambridge Eagles #1365, but we thought they would be open when we arrived, but they weren’t, so we’ll try to visit them within a week or two when we visit the Pittsburgh area again. So, we headed to the Somerset Eagles #1801, since we missed visiting them earlier in the year, we were greeted by barmaid Danielle, officer Davey, who gave us a tour and the history of the building, and members Anthony, Mary and HJ, oh and by the way HJ, Eric and Tom said they will see you in Williamsport for the Eagles State Golf Tournament, after some good conversation with the Eagle members of Somerset, it was time to move on to our next visit, thank you Somerset! Next stop Conemaugh Eagles #1811, another from District 8 we didn’t get to last time we were in the area, we were greeted by Secretary Sarah, President Bob, aka “Shaggy”, and Chaplin Charles, after some nice conversations with the good people of Conemaugh, it was time to head to our next destination as we head towards home, thank you Conemaugh! Next stop is Patton Eagles #1244, which will finish up District 8, we were greeted by Bartender Jim, and Jim was serving up some drink, I forget what it was called, but Tom had two, Penn Brewery Peanut Butter Meltaway Chocolate Stout, mixed with Whipped Vodka and French vanilla creamer, he claims it was great! We met another member, Jim, who stopped in, I remember he was talking golf with the guys, after a good visit in Patton, it was time to head home, thank you Jim, and Patton Eagles for a nice and relaxing visit!
Good Afternoon, it’s Friday May 22nd and we are headed to District 7, Chuck Wolfe is the District Director and he has it all worked out for us, first stop Donora Eagles #502 and if you know the good people of Donora they are very proud of the “502”, if you know, you know, anyways, they were expecting us and we were greeted by bartender Kenny with drinks for the guys of course, Officers Matt, Crystal, Scotty, Paulie, Dave, David, barmaid Rachael, and some good eagle members like Cameron, thank you for the meatball subs, artichoke dip, chips, and desserts, etc. we really enjoyed it, the guys talked pool teams, and the state pool tournament with all of them, and just had a great time, before moving on to our next destination, they presented us with a generous donation of $100.00 to Eric’s charity, Camp Victory, thank you to the good people of Donora for your hospitality! Next stop Monessen Eagles #2399, where we were greeted enthusiastically by Secretary Debbie, her husband John Trustee, barmaid/Inside Guard Diane, President Lindsey, Vice President Mary Lou, Trustee Jac, and members George, Erica and many others, we had a great conversation with Trustee Jac about some people in our area Williamsport, that he and Debbie are friends with, and just a good time in Monessen, after a good visit and fun, Debbie and the crew presented us with a generous donation of $150.00 to Eric’s charity, Camp Victory, thank you Monessen for your hospitality! Next stop Brownsville Eagles #1356, we were greeted immediately by Secretary and bartender on duty Derek, with some good conversation and a little history of the building, we met Trustee Leo, members JJ, Kenya and other good members of Brownsville, we apologize for arriving later than we planned, but we still enjoyed our time hanging out with the gang in Brownsville, and thank you for the sandwiches and snacks, we really appreciated it, before heading to Waynesburg to our hotel, the good people of Brownsville presented us with a generous donation of $100.00 to Eric’s charity, Camp Victory, thank you Brownsville Eagles for your hospitality!
Good morning, its May 23rd we have one visit this morning and we are headed back to Williamsport, but before visiting the Waynesburg Eagles #598, Chuck and the good officers of Waynesburg invited us to breakfast at Bob Evan’s, we met Chaplin Stacey, her boyfriend Randy, Heather, Donna, Brooke and Chuck, thank you Chuck for breakfast, and for the accommodations, Chuck is definitely a great Eagle, we went over to the Aerie to meet some others, bar manager Becky, former trustee Danny, trustee Steve, and Vice President of the Eagle Riders Tom, and some very nice members, after a good visit, Chuck and the crew presented us with a very generous donation of $500.00 to Eric’s charity, Camp Victory, “a special camp for special kids”, once again thank you Chuck, Waynesburg Eagles, and District 7 for your hospitality!
Good Friday evening, it’s May 29th and we’re on the road again, tonight and tomorrow morning we are touring District 5, unfortunately District Director and Jr Past Worthy Pa State President Ray Roberts can’t join us due to other obligations, but thank you Ray for reaching out to all of the District 5 Aerie’s and Auxiliaries, our first visit this evening is Carnegie Eagles #1134, where we were immediately greeted by President Bob Davis, who we usually run into at the State and Grand Aerie conventions, barmaid Darla was serving up the drinks, and we met Trustee Kellie, Inside Guard Matt, and had some conversations with some good Eagle’s like Joe, after a few beverages and good conversation it was time to move on, thank you Bob and the Carnegie Eagles for your hospitality! Next visit, MT. Washington, Pittsburgh Eagles #76, we were greeted by barmaid Erin, President Jack, Conductor Aiden, we met Jeff, Auxiliary Secretary Linda and played a few hands of “Bar Poker” with Sue, needless to say, we didn’t win a hand, but we did have a great time and great conversations with the good people of Pittsburgh #76, thank you for your hospitality! Next visit, Verona, Vince Marino Eagles #1634, where we were greeted by bartender Nick, Officers Jim, Jim, Don and Sal, the guys went on a tour of the facility, we watched some very good Karaoke singers and had some great hospitality with sandwiches and snacks, before we left the Officers presented us with a generous donation of $250.00 to Eric’s charity, Camp Victory! Thank You again Vince Marino Eagles #1634! It’s Saturday morning May 30th and our first stop is New Kensington Eagles #533, we were greeted by Barmaid Weezie, President Jason, and Jason took us on a tour of the facility and we had some good conversation about events, entertainment and of course the guys had a few beverages, and before we left Jason presented us with a very generous donation of $500.00 to Eric’s charity, Camp Victory! Thank You Jason and New Kensington #533 for your hospitality! Next visit Tarentum Eagles #699, where we were greeted by incoming Trustee Paul, Barmaid Lynn, President Ken, Trustee Ray, incoming President Barb, and Trustee Eileen, had some very good discussions with Ken, and met some nice members, before we left the Tarentum Ladies Auxiliary presented us with a generous donation of $100.00 to Eric’s charity Camp Victory! The Tarentum Aerie presented us with another very generous donation of $500.00 to Eric’s charity, Camp Victory, thank you Tarentum Eagles #699 for your donations and your hospitality! Time to move on to our last visit of the day, Freeport Eagles #1732, we were greeted by barmaid Erin, and a few members, we had a nice visit, and the guys had some good conversation with Erin, after a few beverages it was time to move on and head home, thank you Freeport Eagles #1732 for your hospitality! So, we are just two short weeks from the Pa State Convention in Harrisburg, Eric, Carla, Tom and I have visited every Eagles in the state, with the exception of Ambridge #1365, and Point Marion #1932, we just couldn’t get to each of them, but Eric said one of his goals as Pa State President was to tour every district, and visit every Eagles, so next Friday evening June 5th and Saturday morning, June 6th we are going to visit each of the remaining two Eagles, once that is complete we will have visited all 72 Eagles Aerie’s in the State of Pennsylvania. I would like to comment that we have met some absolutely great Eagles this past year, we have had most Eagles welcome us with open arms, the hospitality we’ve received is hard to describe, but I will use a few words to describe; WELCOMING, GRACIOUS, GENEROUS, this has been a long, but extremely satisfying, and extremely successful year for our State President, and especially our charity “CAMP VICTORY”, I can’t say enough about how our Eagle family comes together to support the many charities that we do across the state, I am proud to be part of such a great family of Eagles. On behalf of our State President Eric Hoover, his wife Carla, my husband and State Inside Guard Tom Barnes, thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.
Chrissy Barnes
Pa State Membership Chairperson
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