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The October All Service Academy Alumni KC Happy Hour/Networking event will be on Thursday, Oct 14 at the Tavern at Mission Farms at 10681 Mission Rd, Leawood, KS 66206.  We’ll be there from 5-7 pm! Thanks to Brad Johnson ’97 West Point who sets these events up monthly for the benefit of all KC Service Academy Alumni.

The annual West Point Society of Greater Kansas City Sporting KC (MLS Soccer) Match and Networking Event is scheduled for Sunday, November 7th at The Bud Light Landing located in Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kansas. Match is against Real Salt Lake. Celebrate Veterans day by joining fellow alum for premier seating, food, drinks, and a chance to cheer on Sporting KC during their final home match of the season!  This event is in lieu of our November monthly Happy Hour, usually scheduled 2nd Thursday of each month, so don’t miss this chance to see everyone in November prior to the Holidays and Army vs. Navy! USNA Alumni are also cordially invited.

RSVP: First come, first serve – by Oct 6!! to Sam Sinclair West Point ’03 at sam.sinclair@edwardjones.com. Tickets are limited. You must RSVP to reserve tickets and commit payment for the day of.   

Where:  Children’s Mercy Park, 1 Sporting Way, Kansas City, KS 66111.

Time:  5 pm match start – 3:30 pm landing opens, food and drink available.

Cost:  $80.00 for each ticket. Includes food and drink for the duration of the game and entry to the Bud Light Landing where you‘ll view the match from a high top with friends and family. Seating is first come first serve so come early and find Sam Sinclair at the main entrance to the Bud Light Landing to pay – cash or check made payable to the WPSGKC, no credit cards accepted.

If you are going please also Navy RSVP to me Bob Culler at bculler@sbcglobal.net or text to 913 488-6319.

All Academies Family Picnic – 8 September – 1200 – KCWineCO Winery
Grab your picnic basket and join us for the kickoff of the 2018-2019 Academies’ Event Season with a family picnic, wine tasting, and meet-and-greet with service  academy candidates.  This is an important event for several reasons:
  • Academy Candidates: We are inviting candidates for all the service academies to come and meet graduates and liaison officers so they can get a chance to talk in person to officers who have been there and done that.  Many grads don’t get many chances to talk to much less mentor students who are interested in attending a service academy.  Your participation is important so these young folks have an opportunity to talk to grads who served in different career paths. (After doing this as a liaison officer for 15 years, I can attest to the importance of giving these young people the big picture as well as the career benefits of serving in our military.) One other point: Parents of candidates are often clueless about the academies and, in particular, about military careers. Sadly, too many have distorted views of military service and fail to understand the benefits of being an academy graduate.  Your participation in this event is important in showing parents these benefits and allaying their fears.
  • Liaison Officers: This is an opportunity for liaison officers from the service academies to meet and talk to a number of candidates at one time, especially those who may only be applying to one service school but who need to understand the value in applying to more than one.  It is also a good opportunity to network with local grads and parents from the parents’ clubs who might have leads on potential candidates not yet in the system.
  • Parents Club Members: Our three associations always try to arrange events so that the parents clubs can be involved.  This particular event is a great opportunity for you to meet potentially new members and to provide some great information on your cadets’ experiences, activities, and successes.   As you probably remember, parents uninformed about the military and the academies have self-concocted misperceptions.  This is a great opportunity to help them understand the benefits the academies offer to their children.
  • Distinguished Guests: While it is too early to tell, we are inviting some of our good friends who are World War II veterans that have graciously graced our past events. These folks are real treasures and are fun to meet and talk to.  Invitations are also going out to some of our political leaders who are the sources of appointments to candidates.
Event Details:
 
  • Location: KCWineCo is an Academy grad-owned winery at 13875 S. Gardner Rd, Olathe, KS 66061 (web: kcwineco.com)                                      (Take 135th St west to Gardner Rd and go 1/4 mile south.  Note: There are two entrances. Take the second (south) entrance and follow it back to the large building past the pond. If you mistakenly take the north entrance, go through the parking lot all the way to the south.)
  • Date/Time: Saturday, 8 September at 1200
  • Venue:  Depending upon the weather and heat, we may be outside under the picnic tents or inside in their new private hall. If not, or for those who prefer the A/C, we have been given the use of the new event pavilion just opened up by the winery.
  • Food/Beverages: Bring your own picnic and preferred drinks.  However, KCWineCo will have a bartender for us and their entire line of wines available for purchase.  They will also provide soft drinks.
  • Games: This portion of the winery has a lot of yard games for those wanting to challenge their sister service academies, or their own children – and by the way, the younger ones are invited too.  Any one wishing to organize some competitions are more than welcome to do so.
These events are great opportunities to share war stories (even of current children serving at the academies) and meet new friends.  We hope to see you there.

Gregory N. Shuey, Lt. Col., USAF (Ret)

President, KCAO
This is a day road trip to Weston, MO for Christmas shopping and general sightseeing. This is for West Point, Naval Academy, and Air Force Academy Alumni, and families/friends. Weston is about an hours drive north from the south Metro and it just north of Leavenworth, KS. The trip is on December 2, the week before the Army-Navy game. If you are interested please respond back to LTCOL Greg Shuey, the AFA Alumni President at ASAP, NLT November 25, as we need a headcount soon:

Gregory Shuey gshuey@tensortech.com

 

DECEMBER – CHRISTMAS IN WESTON, MO, ROAD TRIP– INTEREST COUNT NEEDED:

Date:   Saturday, 2 December 2017

Time:   0800 to 1600

Place:  Weston, MO

Activities:    Historic Homes Tour, Shopping in Historic Weston Business District, Lunch in the Irish Pub and Sightseeing

Cost:    Bus transportation is expected to be about $15/person round trip depending upon the number of participants. We are shooting for 45-50 passengers to make this a big event.

Historic Homes Tour Tickets (optional) are $15 (in advance) and $20 at the door. (Tickets are available via the Weston Chamber of Commerce office at (816) 640-2909.)

We have a number of folks who have responded with interest in going on our first road trip.  But we need considerably more participants to arrange for affordable bus transportation.  If you are interested in going but have not yet responded to LTCOL Shuey ASAP.

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