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| RECIPIENT LIST SUPPRESSED This is a BLIND CC sent to the entire POC LIST ================================================================= USSVI POC BROADCAST No. 04-058 Date: 05 December 2004 From: Greg "Gunner" Stitz - webmaster@ussvi.org TO: POC LIST For distribution USSVI Convention 2005 http://www.ussvi.org/2005_Conv/2005conv.htm Base & Nat'l Officers Forum http://www.ussvi.org/o-forum.htm The COMPLETE POC LIST http://www.ussvi.org/poc-cmbo.htm All BROADCASTS http://www.ussvi.org/webmastr/brdcasts.htm 2004 BROADCAST LISTINGS http://www.ussvi.org/webmastr/2004.htm This BROADCAST http://www.ussvi.org/webmastr/2004/04-058.htm ITEM-01 .... Signed USS Nautilus Prints Available as USSVCF Fundraiser ITEM-02 .... Columbus Base needs help finding misplaced drawing ITEM-03 .... Change in Mare Island Base POC ITEM-04 .... Tang Base Election Results ITEM-05 .... USS Columbus and USS Ohio Submariners Pitch In =================================================================== ITEM-01 .... Signed USS Nautilus Prints Available as USSVCF Fundraiser =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: Jon Jaques, National Treasurer, jjaques@bellsouth.net =================================================================== Captain William Anderson has hand signed a limited number of 11x17 prints commemerating the 50th anniversary of the USS Nautilus (SSN-571). Each print is signed, "William R. Anderson, CO, 1957-1959" in bold blue. The print look great and are sure to be a collectors item. We will be using these signed prints as a fund raiser for the USSV Charitable Foundation. The cost of the print is $35 with $25 of that going to the Charitable Foundation. Shipping is $2.50 for a total of $37.50. Captain Anderson is very excited about supporting the USSV Charitable Foundation through this project. This print is boldly signed in blue and looks awesome framed. You must reserve your print by e-mailing Jon Jaques, as only a limited number were signed and demand is already very high. =================================================================== ITEM-02 .... Columbus Base needs help finding misplaced drawing =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: James Morton, USS Columbus VCDR, kb8kpj@arrl.net =================================================================== Gentlemen and USSVI Shipmates: More than a year ago we of the USS Columbus Base, (Columbus, Ohio), received a scale exterior drawing of the 688 class boat from E. B. at Groton. Our plan was that one day we would make a 688 model for parades. We now have a way to build the model but I am locked into a "Senior Moment!". After turning two rooms upside down I cannot find the drawing. We have reconnected with E. B. but they no longer have that drawing available. If any of you have that drawing we would be very pleased if you would make a copy and mail it to me. Thanks & 73's James Morton Vice Commander USS Columbus Base 6070 Northgap Dr. Columbus, Ohio kb8kpj@arrl.net =================================================================== ITEM-03 .... Change in Mare Island Base POC =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: Bill Dornik, Mare Island Base POC, wdornik@sbcglobal.net =================================================================== The Mare Island Base POC duties will be performed by Bill Dornik, as the new Base CO, Patrick Barron, does not have e-mail USSVI Web Pages changed: http://www.ussvi.org/b043.htm http://www.ussvi.org/poccmbo2.htm http://www.ussvi.org/poc-txt.txt =================================================================== ITEM-04 .... Tang Base Election Results =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: Ted McAnly, Tang Base POC, thmjmac@netzero.net =================================================================== The following were elected to serve as the Tang Base Officers for 2005. They will be sworn in at the January 15th meeting. Base Commander Dan McKnight 6011 52nd Avenue North Kenneth City, FL 33709 Ph # 727-546-6295 E-mail usnssret@msn.com Vice-Commander David Farrugia 10807 Durango Court Riverview, FL 33569-7340 Ph # 813-677-5019 E-mail yncmssaw@wmconnect.com Secretary and POC Ted McAnly 1436 Cottonwood Terrace Dunedin, FL 34698-4112 Ph # 727-734-7-1787 E-mail thmjmac@netzero.net Treasurer David Harriss P.O. Box 3899 Holiday, FL 34690-3899 Ph # 727-834-8948 E-mail rebecca5063@hotmail.com Membership Chairman/Historian Ed Corrao 7960 63rd Street North Pinellas Park, FL 33781 Ph # 727-546-4048 E-mail pipehound1@yahoo.com =================================================================== ITEM-05 .... USS Columbus and USS Ohio Submariners Pitch In =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: Ron Waldron, Columbus Base / USS Columbus Crew Member =================================================================== (Via) Bernie Kenyon, Membership Chair, Columbus Base and Bill Britt, Holland Base CO, britt4@earthlink.net) Our Columbus Base Crew Member, Ron Waldron, brings to our attention news of what our "Active Duty" USS Columbus Shipmates are doing to make our world a better place. We are especially proud of the Columbus' Captain, CDR Mike Ryan, and his Ship's Company for contributing to such a worthwhile cause. They, along with the personnel from the USS Ohio and the Navy Seabees have certainly raised the bar for giving of oneself to a very a high standard. BRAVO ZULU! - Navy News Service - "Columbus, Ohio Submariners Pitch in for Makeover" By Mary Anne Mascianica, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Public Affairs BREMERTON, Wash. (NNS) -- A Kingston, Wash., family benefited from the generosity and teamwork of Navy volunteers when ABC's hit TV show, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" built them a new 3,200 square foot custom home Nov. 10-17. Nearly 200 crew members from USS Columbus (SSN 762) and USS Ohio (SSGN 726), together with Seabees from Bangor, Wash., and some crew members' spouses, were among the first to answer the call when the show asked for local volunteers to help with the project. The family, a widow and her three daughters, had been living on their property in a utility shed with no running water, cooking on a camping stove and depending on their neighbors for showers, since their house burned down in March. Despite the chilly, wet, windy weather, the six-bedroom home was built, furniture moved in, and the landscaping completed, including a fountain and hot tub, in a week's worth of around-the-clock labor. Thanks to the Sailors' teamwork with the construction company, a neighborhood eyesore was quickly transformed into a $500,000 home now located on a manicured piece of property. Chief Machinist's Mate (SS) Scott Harkins from Columbus took the lead to organize volunteers, and Ohio agreed to partner with the boat named for its own namesake's state's capitol to form "Team Columbus Ohio." "We had several meetings during the two weeks prior to the event beginning, and I was overwhelmed from the start," said Chris Larsen, location manager for the show. "Chief Scott Harkins from Columbus and Ohio's Senior Chief Dan Brannon had crew members jumping to volunteer. Before I knew it, there was a 24/7 watch bill made out with four shifts and posted. I was stunned! They took over and ran with the ball like I've never seen before." The Seabees from Bangor came through in a big way as well, providing more heavy equipment and more bodies to help. "We started by delivering 80 Columbus and Ohio Sailors in our four, 15 ton trucks the first day. We brought in dozers to demolish the old burned out home and utility shed the family had been living in," said Master Chief Utilitiesman Christopher P. Murphy. "We also put up tents for the production crew's living, working and eating spaces, and we put in a drinking water tank. The teamwork coordination it took to pull this all together was pretty tremendous." The Sailors worked every job the production crew needed help with - the landscaping, painting and anything else. "We have assisted with the retaining walls and laying pavers in the garden area," said Senior Chief Sonar Technician Michael W. Harrell, an Ohio crew member. "Our guys have been here working eight-hour shifts, then back to the boat for their duty and then squeezing in sleep when they can. There is always someone here around the clock doing whatever they need us to do, whenever they need it done. The only thing we have not done is cook the food! The logistics and coordination is absolutely amazing; it just shows you what can be accomplished with good planning and a good team. It has also been a pleasure to help out the community. " Even those Sailors who were not quite as handy with a hammer and nail found other ways to help out with the project. "We have assisted the production crew anyway we can: crowd control, assisting in building the garden boxes, digging post holes-everything and anything," said Fire Control Technician 1st Class Sean Timothy Frost, a Columbus crew member. The end result was even more than the show's producers and even the host could have asked for, and they were thankful for the Sailors who helped give the family a new start. "This is one of the largest, most beautiful houses we've built, and for an unbelievably deserving family... It was a tremendous effort, and when we sent out a call for help, the Navy answered," said Extreme Makeover: Home Edition's host, Ty Pennington. "The submarine crews from USS Columbus and USS Ohio did an amazing job! It was so cool to see so many guys from Columbus and Ohio turn out and pitch in to help make this event happen! An absolutely fantastic bunch of guys--they made such a difference! Thank you so much, everyone from Columbus and Ohio--you were all so amazing--the Navy is awesome!" "Words fail me--I just don't have enough words of praise---for the caliber of the men we've been dealing with from both Columbus and Ohio," Larsen said of his new friends. "The quality of their work ethic, making things go right--these Sailors have impressed us beyond all expectations. The quality and caliber of people they represent are rare--they represent the best in human nature. It's nice to be associated with that. We've been overwhelmed by them." For more news from around the fleet, visit the Navy NewsStand at www.news.navy.mil. =================================================================== ITEM-06 .... Gudgeon Base Officers Announced =================================================================== SUBMITTED BY: Jack Messersmith, Gudgeon Base CDR, jmesser@localnet.com =================================================================== The following is a list of base officers of the newly formed base. Base Commander/POC Jack Messersmith jmesser@localnet.com Base Vice Commander/Newsletter Coordinator Al Landeck awlandeck@earthlink.net Chief of the Boat Dave Herrington subsusn563@aol.com Base Treasurer Ray Cremin Base Chaplain Eugene Veek veeking@cableone.net Thanks, Jack Messersmith Gudgeon Base Commander USSVI pages updated are: http://www.ussvi.org/b119.htm =================================================================== ........END POC BROADCAST No. 04-058.......... |