ORGANIZATIONS
Lester Prairie Business Association American Legion Auxiliary
Established in 1995, the Lester Prairie Business
Association’s primary goal is to promote a
strong business community in Lester Prairie.
The LPBA provides a welcome packet for
new residents, sponsors Santa at the LP Holiday
Celebration, helps sponsor a spring fl ing and
business expo, sponsors the kiddie parade
at Prairie Days, collects food for the McLeod
Emergency Food Drive in March, sponsors
Music in the Park, and sponsors a Halloween
Business Treat or Treat.
The association meets the third Tuesday of
each month at noon at the LP City Hall or other
designated meeting spot.
Contact Troy Feltmann at 320-282-6520 if
you would like to become a member. Currently, about 20 members strong, the
group meets the fi rst Thursday of most month at
the city hall at 7 p.m. Normal meeting months
are March, April, May, September, October,
November, and sometimes in August and
December, if needed.
Membership dues are $20 per year. To
be a member, you must be a wife, mother,
sister,
daughter,
granddaughter,
great-
granddaughter, or grandmother of a member
of the American Legion; a female veteran who
served in any of the following confl icts (or the
mother, wife, sister, daughter, granddaughter,
great-granddaughter, or grandmother of a
deceased veteran who served during any of
these confl icts): Persian Gulf War, Panama,
Grenada/Lebanon, Vietnam War, Korean
War, World War II, World War I, or US Merchant
Marines. Any questions about eligibility may
be directed to the auxiliary president at the
number listed below.
Lester Prairie Lions Club
The Lester Prairie Lions Club meets monthly
on the second Thursday of the month at city
hall or other designated meeting spot, as a
business dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m.
For more information, contact any Lions
member or Deb Lohse at deblohse49@gmail.
com or 320-237-2567.
Ray Kirkpatrick
American Legion Post 463
Open to any member of the service, currently
active or honorably discharged.
The Post meets monthly the fi rst Thursday
of the month at 7 p.m. at city hall. There is no
meeting in July. New members are always
welcome. Membership is $36.
For more information, contact Post
Commander Chester Hoerneman, 320-395-
2495 or 612-226-1693. To join, contact Post
Membership Chairman Darvin Heldt at 320-
395-4190.
To have a veteran’s name engraved
on the Veterans Monument, call Veterans
Monument Chairman Ralph Machemehl at
320-395-2246. The only recquirement to have
a veteran’s name placed on the monument is
an honorable discharge from active or reserve
forces. The veteran can be alive or deceased.
Check out the monument in Central Park.
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