PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE .... SHIPMATES:

I am pleased to tell you the Association is doing well. John Pinto is in the last throes of planning for the Chattanooga reunion and as usual has got a great program planned. He will be giving you the particulars in his input to the newsletter.

Mary Lou Chartrand informs me that the Ladies are off and running on their quilt and have a design completed.

Dean Seals is in the process of selling his house and moving to Florida. Even with all these balls in the air, he is still working on the website. Job well done!

We had a great turnout at the last reunion and some new members, plus some members who had not attended recent reunions. Let's beat the bushes and see if we can get some more.

May you and yours have a joyous Thanksgiving, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. My e-mail iswrmky@ao/.com my phone is 502-532-7055

POWERFUL LADIES AUXILIARy .... ' Hello Everyone, The Better Half of the Power Crew met on June 30, 2009 to talk about forming a Ladies Auxiliary. The! meeting was attended by 20 ladies, who voted to name the Auxiliary POWERFUL LADIES AUXILIARY. Our Mission i Statement - "Support & Enhance The USS Power Association endeavors, to work towards a worthy unified, goals and causes, to support and enhance the goals and endeavors and contribute to keeping the history: of the USS Power for future generations'~ '

The Officers elected were Mary Lou Chartrand as Chairwoman and Danielle De Pietro as Secretary.

I hope you all had a good time at the last reunion and I would like to thank all who were so generous with the door : prizes. A special thank you to Mary Ann Mitchell who donated about 25 items for the bingo games. How are your ; photo albums coming along? There are a lot of pictures on the web site if you missed any. It's never too early to start a craft item for next years reunion. Think about a square for a quilt that we will be making and donating. The dimen­ sions will be in the next newsletter. How about a book of the month or book of the quarter depending on how many books titles are sent in. The first book is " A Land Remembered" by Patrick A. Smith It's a great book about the founding of Florida. If you have a title send it to Pete De Pietro. Thank you all again.

Keep saving those pop-tops!!! - Remember - Reuse, Recycle, and Reduce