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Did you know that membership in the Kenosha Public Library comes with free access to Lynda.com!!!  Lynda.com has hundreds of online classes for just about everything!  Here’s some examples:

Some topics from Kenosha Public Library’s free access to Lynda.com

That’s just some examples from the design area! They have 63 classes on different facets of WordPress alone! I don’t know about anyone else, but for me it’s a retiree’s dream come true. The only question now is who is going to take the website over from me!

The best place to start would be at the help counter at the library. You have to go there to establish a electronic library card. Look into the other e-media. Libby, for example, is an phone / pad app that lets you check out books, magazines, even music!

P.S. My grandmother used to tell me to “Go to the Library, that’s where the smart people go!”

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I was at the Hero’s Cafe today for the first time.  Great bunch of folks!  I also got my copy of Steve’s book.    One thing I noticed is that there were a lot of handouts about veternan this and that’s.  I thought it would be good to have them in at least one place on the web.  I don’t know of anywhere else, so I made one.  Check it out!  Use the contact page to get your event listed there.

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If you missed the radio spot yesterday you missed some laughs and some learning.   If you can make Lou say “I’m the one that tells the jokes around here” you got him!  I think it’s pretty safe to say that we learned a bit about the post too.  Here’s what I remember:

     – We merged with a second post that was in the city, Post 29 in the 50’s.

     – Post 29 was the group that originally honored Paul Herrick.

     – A couple of cannon shaped brass flag holders, were stolen from us in the 70’s.

     – The house where Paul Herrick grew up is still standing.

     – Tom’s granddaughter made her mass market media debut.  Congratulations Mya!

There was much more, but those were then highlights that I remember at the moment, that, and the fact that we wear our hats on our heads (good one Larry!).  

Do you remember more?  How about coming to the Pancake and Porky breakfast on August 31st and share your memories.  There are a bunch of us new guys that would love to hear them!

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This website, and many others that you visit, contain a certain amount of personal information, such as our names, dates of events, etc.  The bad guys out there use that to call you and try to fool you into giving up your personal information.  For example, some jerk might call and say that he’s a member (using one of our names)  that is collecting donations for one of our events.  They can be terribly convincing.  Don’t buy it.  That’s not how good businesses do business.  Hanging up is the best policy.  If you’re not comfortable doing that, hang up quietly.  Better yet, don’t pick up the line in the first place.  Also, look into a wonderful service called Nomorobo.  I know that it is free with Spectrum land lines.  We use it and hardly any calls get through.  It rings once then it goes to… well, who cares!  There are also paid alternatives for cell lines.  Check with your carrier.

This kind of thing is nothing new.  I was working at a gas station when I was in high school in the 70’s.   During the gas crisis (remember that!) there were mile long lines of cars trying to fill up when they saw a gas station that was open.  On one of those days, I was pumping gas one car after another, and soon people started handing me tickets saying that they prepaid for gas with some guy down the street.  Those weren’t happy encounters.   What a day.  At least the gas was only 35 cents a gallon.    The gas station owner, Don Burlas, used to let our families come down late at night to fill up!  He was one top notch guy.

Update:  If you want an idea how scary it is out there, check out the blog from this Security Awareness company.

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HOT! Lou Rugani has donated his two hour spot on Friday August  23 to Post 21.  Join him and his guests Commander Larry Lewens, and First Vice Commander Crystal Carter at 3pm to 5pm on 1050 AM, WLIP.  I’m looking forward to hearing what Kenosha’s unofficial historian has to say about the history of the American Legion in Kenosha.

 UPDATE:  The actual interview will start at 3:30pm.

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I was looking up a business to do some gutter work on my house and I wondered if anyone in the post had a gutter business.  After realizing that there was no way for me to know that, I thought it would be useful to have a web page dedicated for advertising Veteran Owned Businesses.   That would include your immidiate famly member’s businesses also.    Ads on this page will be free.  (Donations won’t be turned down!) There would still be a small fee for advertisements on other pages.    Oh, by the way, any VOB’s out there that do gutters?

Update: Veteran Friendly Business will also be considered. See the RWB pages for more details