 February 20 - 2010 - The DeKalb County VFW Agricultural Fair was named the Grand Champion Fair in the AA Division at the Alabama State Fair Convention. Attending the convention from Post 3128 were Terry and Jane Camp, Dave and Robin Cochran, Leo and Sherry Nadolny, and Don Hurtt. Winning this award confirms what we already knew. Our fair is good, it's very good. A special thanks goes out to Charles and Linda Stephens who are the primary individuals responsible for our fairs success. See photo page for convention photos..
 SAD NEWS - February 13 - 2010 - Orbie Hunt, a VFW life member, passed away this morning. Mr. Hunt had recently suffered a broken hip from a fall in his home. While in the hospital additional medical problems were discovered. The funeral service for Mr. Hunt will be, Monday, February 15th, at 1:00 at the chapel in the Wilson Funeral Home in Fort Payne.
SAD NEWS - December 22 - 2009 - Ronald Campbell, a WWII veteran and long time VFW member, has passed away. Visitation will be from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM on Saturday, December 26th, at the Wilson Funeral Home in Fort Payne. Funeral services for Mr. Campbell will be on Saturday, December 26th, at 2:00 PM at the First United Methodist Church in Fort Payne.  Earl's funeral will be at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, December 2nd, at the Collinsville Funeral Home, 109 S. Valley Avenue, Collinsville. The visitation hours will be 6:00 - 9:00 PM on Tuesday, December 1st.
COMMUNITY SERVICE - Comrade Dale Fischer provided the following information:
For the month of September 09, VFW Post 3128 members logged 1016 hours, 560 miles, and $235 of service to the community.
For the month of October 09, VFW Post 3128 members logged 251 hours, 165 miles, and $595 of service to the community. PROGRAM WINNERS - VFW 2009-2010 Program winners for Post 3128 have been selected. See the VFW Programs area on this web site for details.
GUN SHOW WINNER - November 15, 2009 Randy Matthews of Fyfe was the lucky winner
 of the VFW Post 3128 gun show drawing. His prize is a Stevens model 410 double barrel shotgun. Randy is shown holding his prize in the photo. Also in this picture are Ken Wiggley, the Post Commander, Tessa Painter of Dutton who drew the winning ticket, and Jesse Mathews, Randy's son. George Phillips of Henegar was the winner of the custom made Harbuck knife drawing
This years gun show was another success and we appreciate everyone's support.
For additional pictures taken at the gun show check out the photo section of this site.
WHEEL CHAIR RAMP – Members from VFW Post 3128 got together on Saturday, October 24, 2009 to build a wheel chair ramp for a fellow member, Vincent “Taco” Reynoso. Participating in the build were; Duard Mitchel, Wayne Killian, Don Hurtt, Leo Nadolny, John Keller, Charles Stephens, Jackie Killian, Terry Camp, and Dale Fischer. The materials for the ramp were donated by a local business that wishes to remain anonymous.For additional pictures of the work see the Photos section of this web site
HELP REQUEST ANSWERED - Honoring the dead by helping the living is a familiar phrase to the men and women who are members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. When DeKalb County VFW Post 3128 recently became aware that there was a veteran in need of wider doors for his home to provide wheelchair access, they voted to take on the project. Two of the members were uniquely qualified and wasted no time in stepping forward. Wally Ballenger and Dave Cochran showed up at the home of Arthur Bell and his wife Casandra and got started. The initial task was to widen the bathroom doorway and replace the bathroom door. While accomplishing this, the two men noticed that the back door to the home was also too narrow to accommodate a wheelchair. After the work was completed on the bathroom door they didn’t put their tools away. Instead, they went to work on the back door. The work on both doors was completed. Arthur was not there to try out the doors since he is currently away learning to use his new prosthetic leg. His wife was there however, and she beamed with joy as she thanked Wally and Dave for their efforts. Dave had this to say About the project,” It was a very satisfying task. Casandra was very gracious about having us repeatedly invade her kitchen and leave it in a mess.”
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