I'm going to try this post. Again this time of the year its kind of slow, people shopping for the holidays as well as a lot of people out of town. Thursday's Wham Bam Bingo has been pretty steady, it does amaze me that we have that much fun with such a simple game. Friday night's Queen of Hearts has also been slow. Friday we had the first ever discovery of a Joker. It paid Don $75.00 and it was located in envelope #28. Saturday was the Kid's Christmas party an they had a great turnout. For those that have no place to go on Christmas Day we will be serving dinner from 1:00 to 3:00.
 We will be having a New Year's  Eve Party. Tickets will be available at the Door for $10.00 and will include appetizer's, Music from 7;00 to 1:00am and a Champagne Breakfast. Joyce and I went today and bought what I need to redo the Welcome to Post 593 sign at the foot of the driveway. We will be installing solar lights to make it more visible at night. I also bought some lattice for the south wall of the Gazebo. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

I was unable to post earlier because I exceded my 5 gigs of what ever . anyway I'm back. Lots to catch up on. Last weeks Queen was a scare. It was a Queen and it was red but it was a diamond. This weeks reward will be $700.00. We finished the NASCAR season with Dave Clausen finishing 1st for the $1,000.00. 2nd place was a race in itself with Furball coming from 4th to pass both Japana and Deli Bob for 2nd and $250.00. Deli Bob received $150.00 for 3rd and Japana $50.00 for 4th.
 We are still waiting on some confirmation on our grant from Home Depot. Daniel, the Home Depot Rep, seems to think it will go thru but due to the time of year it may take a while. We have gone as far as we can go, just have to wait.

Had a great turnout for a great Thanksgiving Dinner I want to Thank Doug and Bobbie, Victor and all the Volunteer's that made it possible. Everyone is invited to the ALR Christmas party Dec 6th Prime Rib Dinner $15.00 

Got our inspection on Monday ,passed with flying colors. Filled out form's for the grant  at Home Depot today. Have some other paper work to be given on Monday. Fridays sheriff was Ed Mitchell. I thank his card was the 8 of diamonds. The haloween  

About ready for our first inspection. Had some good news when I went to Home Depot today to order the roofing panel$2,900.00,worth We may be able to get another grant. They will be calling me later this week. Keep your fingers crossed.

 I don't know what happened to my Blog last week. I wrote it all and it disappeared.  I'm not sure what will happen this week.
 Jack and  I have been making a lot of headway on the Gazabo. We have all the blocking down the front as well as the facia. All of the horizontal 2/4's spaced 24 inches are up, they are what the roof panels fasten too. We will complete the shear walls by the end of the week. Getting close to our rough inspection.
  Last Fridays Sheriff was Mike and Mary. They got as close as you can get without winning. Their envelope was  #24 and held the Jack of Hearts. This weeks reward will be $4,000.00 and Jokers are now worth $125.00.
  The weekend was kind of slow compared  to last week. About the only thing exciting was the NASCAR race. Big winners were Roach for $500.00
2nd was Dave Clausen for $150.00 Dennis, Deli Bob,& Brant all won $50.00
  Dam I forgot who won 1st for $125.00 and 12 points Larry Ash won 2nd for $75.00 and 10 points as well as $40.00 on the $1.00 board Roach won the other $40.00 board.
  Ellen still has parking lot spots left.  Come on down and check out the ghost and
 

My web site was down all last week so unable to do my Blog. I will try to fill in what has happened. The Queen has gone another two weeks with out a winner This weeks reward will be $3,900.00. Last weeks sheriff was ED Mitchel, his pick was envelope #17, no Queen. Over all I thank last weeks canteen sales came close to if not a record for sales. On SAT & Sunday October

I have had a hard time this week getting my blog to load.  The progress on our building project has been slow this week Will be meeting with the engineer this afternoon for some info. on hanging the trusses. It is the plan to put them up on Sunday.

The Sheriff for this week was Koni, for about the 3rd time.  She was out of town but her pick was card #22 which was the Jack of Clubs  This weeks reward will be $3,700.00.  The Band after the Queen was great.  Saturdays Pig in the Pit was real slow  For those who chose not to attend you missed a great Pig. Every one involved in the prep and cooking of the pig did a great job. It turned out great. Randy played a lot of good music later in the evening. Sunday's NASCAR winners were  Jeanie for $125.00 and 12 points  Japana $75.00 and 10 points  Chet & Victor won the $1.00 board for $40,00 ea.  David still leads the points race but several people are closing fast.

  General meeting  this Thursday along with Ladies Aux. SAL meeting will be Sunday. 

   Hope to get the Trusses up on Sunday.. Come down  and enjoy the Jam on Saturday with Dave Ford and musicians from around the  country

Well ,much to my surprise, we did receive the trusses on Friday  With the help of Jack, Dan, Mike, Deli Bob And Victor we have them painted. Next comes the painting of 750 feet of 2x4's and some other lumber. Received quite a surprise today, A bill for additional work from the engineer for $450.00 plus a bill from a architect for $1300.00. add the original bill from the Engineer for $1800.00 plus $500.00 for the plan check and the $902.00 dollar's for the permit. A grand total of $4952.00 for paperwork to build a Gazabo with  no Windows ,Doors, Plumbing or Electric. Welcome to Montery County CA.

Wed. German Food dinner fixed by Wilma was great.  She will be back on Wed the 1st.  Jack and Machelle's Karaoke had a good turn out for the first time.. Will be back every Wed. for a while

  Friday' Queen of Hearts Sheriff was Jackie and her card was a Ocho, I think, in English that cross reference's to the 8 of Hearts, man all that work for $20.00 worth of tickets for this week The band after dinner was great. The Ladies Auxillary and SAL will be hosting a Pig in the Pit BBQ on Sat with Music.  Later in the Evening Randy will be spinning records for Jim Davis's birthday party. On Sunday Uncle Dan will be holding a Jam Session from 2pm to 6pm come down for some good music. his lead

  This weeks NASCAR winners were Jeanie 1st for $125.00 and 12 points 2nd for $75.00 went to Larry Ash  $40.00 dollar winners were Deli Bob and Victor.  Dave Clausen got some points to extend his lead by 11 points.

Well thanks to my buddy Jack, who gave up his golf date and then came in on his birthday, we got the front wall ready for the trusses. They came today to confirm the measurements and we may have trusses by the end of the week. Once we get them I will be looking for help to paint them before we install them. Saturday nights Patriots dinner was a great money maker for the post, we needed that.  Friday nights sheriff was Koni and her pick was card #8 and it was the King of Diamonds. This weeks reward will be $3,400.00.  Mambo Wally did a great job on the music for Sept. birthdays. The Jam on Sunday after noon had the place jumpin' .  NASCAR winners were Abel ,for 4 weeks in a row,$125.00 and 12 points. Warren 2nd for $75.00 and 10 points Dollar board winners were RTP and Jeff. The point leaders went unchanged. We have a band again Friday night after the Queen. Come on down and buy some Queen tickets and enjoy the music  ALR will be having their MIA/POW run on SAT. 

Due to some personal issues I'm running a little late.

 Jack and I got quite a lot done in the last couple of days We drilled all the holes in the existing footings in order to put up the new walls and the headers to hold up the trusses that support the roof . We have several of the new posts cut to length and the hardware installed. Cal did our first inspection and we put in the anchor bolts that support the header post.  Tomorrow we will start the first shear wall.

 I really don't understand why it has been so slow, maybe school starting has something to do with it. We still have a great turn out for lunch and Wham-Bam Bingo on Thursday. Friday's Queen of Hearts Sheriff again was Mary & Christopher . Their pick revealed the 9 of Clubs, no money honey, reward for this week $3.300.00. We had live music both Friday & Saturday night. Sunday both SAL & ALR held their monthly meetings.  NASCAR winners for the week were San Jose John for $125.00 and 12 points  Roach for 10 points and $75.00  $40.00 winners were Able and Dave Clausen.

 Starting Wednesday Sept. 17th Wilma will be cooking German Food every other Wed night . We will also will be doing Karaoke again on Wednesday's   Today when I came in Ellen had the senior's dance class rocking to the wobble. They were having a great time.  We will be having live music after the Queen on Friday night. The Patriot's will be having their apprecia           

Well it finally happened. $902.00 later I got the permit so we can continue on with the Gazebo. Today I got the sill plates anchored down and tomorrow we are going to get all the Simpson ties nailed off.

  We had a lot of fun this week with Wham Bam Bingo on Thursday and the Queen of Hearts on Friday. Again the Queen eluded the Sheriff so the reward went up to $3,100.00. The lucky person did draw a gift card, which turned out to be the 9' Tablot. , Saturday night was real busy with a private wedding. Had a little excitement, but it didn't last long. Sunday nights NASCAR winners were Japana for $125.00 and 12 points. Marget for $75.00 and 10 points. Dollar winners were San Jose John and, dam I forgot the other one . Dave Clausen is still the points leader. Monday was a blast, kind of like a polar blast, the ALR raised $1,00o.oo for ALS with their Ice Bucket challenge.

Have posted more pictures in the gallery

We will be having live music after the the Queen on Friday and again on Saturday. Come on down and enjoy the  fun.

Well good things have happened this week. Finally we got the plans back from the engineer today. Tomorrow I will be calling the county for a appointment to try for the permit again. Had most of the materials needed to finish the framing delivered today. It has to be painted and my best helper skipped town. Overall business has been real slow, hope it's just the time of year. Friday night's Queen is still hanging in there but going up only $100.00 a week. The pot of $2,900.00 is getting bigger and the chance of winning gets better. This weeks Sheriff was Mike and Mary, for the second week in a row. Their pick exposed the 8 of Spades, again no winner. We had a great time Saturday night celebrating Karen's Birthday. Duane and the Boys put on a great show. This weeks NASCAR winners were Abel, for the second win in a row, $125.00 and 12 points, Brant took 2nd for $75.00 and 10 points. Dollar winners were Joyce and myself and Jeff.   Dave Clausen is still the points leader with 104 Ellen still has spots remaining for the parking lot sale on Saturday. Again come on down on Monday an witness the Ice Bucket Challenge and enjoy free Hot dogs and hamburgers.

Pete Quiane, Rick DeArana, & Dad Clay have been called out on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. So with that said it will be held at Post 593 @ 1200 pm on Sept 1st.Bids starting @ $10.00 for the person or person's to pour the Ice and water over the heads of Pete, Rick, and Dan.  

   All proceeds will go to the A.L.S.

 Now's your chance to get back at one or all of them.

Ellen has started the bidding with a $10.00 dollar bid

Hot Dogs and Hamburgers will be served after