Lou Pierotti speaking at Pinon Elementary School. File photo
MOWW News:
Softball legend Lou Pierotti of Pierotti’s Clowns will be the guest speaker at the Major General Franklin E. Miles Chapter 229 of The Military Order of the World Wars General Meeting at 7:15 p.m., Nov. 18 at the Los Alamos Research Park the Second Floor Conference Room.
The Los Alamos Research Park building is just west of the South Mesa Fire Station. Parking is available east of the fire station (accessible from southbound lane of the Los Alamos Canyon Bridge or east of the Research Park building (access is through the LANL control stations to West Jemez road.) Entrance to the Research Park main conference room is from the ground level by use of the ground level elevator on the east side of the building to the second level.
The meeting will begin with a social period at 6 p.m. followed by a brief business meeting and dinner at 6:25 p.m. Pierotti will speak at 7:15 p.m. He will be talking about his experiences serving stateside during World War11. The Military Order of the World Wars dinner meetings are open to interested citizens for the dinner and program with RSVP, or the program only at no cost.
The Military Order of the World Wars dinner meetings are open to interested citizens for the dinner and program with RSVP, or the program only at no cost. The Hot Rocks Java Cafe staff will cater the dinner of salmon filet and appropriate side dishes. Cost of the dinner is $25 per person. Please note that a dinner reservation made is a commitment to the chapter to pay for the reserved dinner(s). RSVP (yes or no) for the dinner is needed by Sunday, Nov. 16. Call Lt. Col. Norman G. Wilson, USAF Retired, Chapter Senior Vice Commander and Past Chapter Commander, 505.662.9544 (email NrmWil5@cs.com) or Adjutant Eleanor Pinyan, 505.672.3750 (email depinyan@cybermesa.com).
Act of Congress chartered the Military Order of the World Wars in 1919 as a national patriotic organization. The principal objectives of the MOWW are continuing service to the Nation, and patriotic educational opportunity for the nation’s youth and citizens. Current youth programs are focused upon annual Youth Leadership Conferences for high school students presented in New Mexico by its related Sunbelt Patriotic Youth Leadership Conferences, Inc. Current, former and retired federally commissioned officers of all branches of the United States Uniformed Services are eligible for membership in the MOWW and are especially invited to attend meetings.
For additional information about MOWW membership, call Lt. Col. Wilson or Adjutant Pinyan.
