GUESTS
World Famous Race Car Driver Travis West, Kent Harris, Paul Maldonado, and Shawn Teichmann.
TUIT REPORT
Bob Bush had a lovely week with the tuit, even managing to nail the Sarge himself. Besides Brad Thompson, others donating to the cause included Sharla Meisenheimer, Bill Long, Don Grossardt, Jeff Brewer, Debbie Cowl, Eric Steinle, Scott Horton, Greg West, and Randy Henderson. After carefully surveying the room, Bob passed the tuit on to Sharla Meisenheimer, for perturbing him.
PROGRAM:
Debbie Cowl introduced Gene Schmidt, President of Hutchinson Hospital. After opening with a good joke about Eric Steinle and his moral dilemma, Gene went on to relate it to Health Care in this country, since we are faced with deciding who gets Health Care, and how much do they get. Our Health Care System and the people providing the Health Care can do far more for each individual than we can afford. Where do you draw the line? How do you decide where to draw the line? As we conquer acute illness, we live longer, and are now dying of chronic illness.
During Genes 18 years at Hutchinson Hospital and its parent Health Care Inc., it has grown from employing 700 to 1450. The average wage is 17.75 per hour, and a nurse starts at 47K per year. The hospital now teams with Hutch Community College to help nursing assistants continue working while attending school to complete nursing degrees. Of the first 20 participants in this program, only 10 were able to complete their LPN degree. However, that added 10 new nurses to the staff, and doubled their salary. Some of those have continued on to receive their RN Degree.
Club Announcements
Installation Banquet: Jeff Frizell announced the Installation Banquet will be Friday June 4, with enough fun for everyone. Details to follow, pending Vicki Fultzs sharing of the wealth from her newsletter winnings.
Election: Greg West wants you to vote for him, at the Highlands, although he failed to mention what office in particular he was running for.
Second Reading: Amtryke for Jacob Dick. Amtryke for Kaleb Walender from Independence, MO, through Childrens Mercy Hospital in K.C., off of the National Wish List. Donation of $250 to Reno County Special Olympics, bringing our total donation for the year to $750, matching last year.
FINES COLLECTED
Potty Talk Brad Thompson was back to his usual antics, nailing everybody, and some people twice.
Amy Craig apparently posed for a revealing picture, (not taken by this fotographer), and in spite of threatening to hurt Brad, she still paid 5 bucks to keep it off the internet.
Several were fined for being late, some who might not have actually been. However, Brad didnt know who to believe, and got them all, including she who tried to vouch for others, JoAnn Williams. Those accused of being late included Cheryl Goodell, Cliff Miller, Dean Brigman, Scott Horton, John Knipp, Bob Bush, and Jason Jones. About this time,
Brad turned around, and said something most of the room could not hear. Maybe he should take up politics, learning to talk out of both sides.
Modifying his AMBUCS Invitation Card Check, he now says it better not be a worn card, indicating you are actually handing them out on a regular basis. Many attempted to hide the wallet marks, but most paid.
Our session in the bathroom ended with the Sheriff auctioning off the keys to the newly-elected Presidents Limo. No word on what she was willing to pay for them. She may have to resort to carrying only one key, which she could hide on her body, instead of leaving that 5 pound rat’s nest of keys laying around on the table all time.
50/50 Pot Winner
Newsletter Winner
Jim Kicklighter won the $30, and then,
took a guy out for lunch, failing to mention
his winnings to the little lady at home.
Vickie Fultz can now afford to pay her
fines for the first month or two in office, after taking
home the $70 newsletter prize. Or, maybe she
can buy her keys back every week.
$5.00 next time.
FUTURE MEETINGS
April 23: Program Manager Darren Wicks will introduce
our own Chuck Peterson, of Peterson Predictive Maintenance, LLC.
Chuck will speak to us about Infrared Thermal Imaging.
April 30: Big Hatters In charge ………………………………… Program T.B.A.
May 7: Randy Henderson is Program Manager. ………….. Program T.B.A.
May 14: Jim Remar is Program Manager. ………………….. Program T.B.A.
May 21: Gary Poulton is Program Manager. ……………….. Program T.B.A.
May 28: Larry Sloan is Program Manager. …………………. Program T.B.A.
. Request for Program Managers: Please arrange your program as early as possible. Then
notify JoAnn Williams early so that your guest may be published at least two weeks or more in advance.
Let’s eliminate those “Program T.B.A.” notices and let our members know what to expect.
If you have ideas for programs you would like to see, please contact
JoAnn Williams … e-mail – joann@techinc.org or phone – 663-2216.