GUESTS
Wayne Baker with NJCAA our guest speaker & Ron Mann a Board Member with NJCAA
Mike Snow, Manager for the new Chili’s Restaurant
TUIT REPORT
Doug Foss gave his report on the “imposter” Tuit. With his glasses on he could see that it was not the REAL TUIT.
Doug went back through prior holders of the Tuit that had not noticed they they were not carrying the real Tuit,
which included: John Knipp, Lori Hopp , Larry Sloan, Steve Harmon & Larry Sloan again. Each got the opportunity
to pay a fine for not noticing. Paul Brown testified that he had the Real Tuit and passed it on (someone
wondered if a lawyer could be trusted with this assertion). Brad Thompson also testified that he had carried
the “Original Tuit.” Folks that did not ask about the Tuit included: Randy Henderson, Jay Pitzer, Dan Power, Duke
Wiggins, Lori Hopp, Al Stecker, Steve Harmon, Brad Thompson, Duke (again), ladies at Steve Connard’s office.
Terry Brigman and Jay Pitzer did ask about the Tuit during the week. Doug passed the Tuit on to
Grand Pa Randy Henderson.
PROGRAM:
Randy Henderson introduced Wayne Baker, Executive Director of NJCAA. Wayne is from Hutchinson/Buhler. His father Jim Baker was a basketball coach at Buhler High & before that Sherman Middle School. Wayne told us that to talk about Tee Shirts during the tournament with each team’s coach is going to be very hard. They are all very focused on their players and the tournament and will not consider anything else. These players, that are so fast on the basketball court, can move very slowly off the court when the team is doing other things. Wayne’s job is very large. There are 500 colleges in the NJCAA, 48 different National Championship Tournaments each year for different sports and Divisions. There are 3 Divisions of schools in the NJCAA. There are 50,000 student athletes out of 6.3 million students. NJCAA tries to involve all students in the athletic programs, for example the new logo was the result of a contest at the Fashion Institute in New York City. New logo was chosen from 80 submissions and winning student won $2,000. Great for school and students and much less expensive then to use a professional graphics firm.
Sports Illustrated did a recent 3 page article on the legal problems at Barton County CC. The Mission of NJCAA Athletics is much larger with emphsis on the average athlete, not just the kids that jump to the NBA. Wayne mentioned Larry Johnston, the first $100 million player in NBA. Wayne knew him when he could not afford a Value Meal. The NJCAA is more interested in athletes that graduate from 2 year and 4 year colleges, which is now being tracked. He mentioned Amber Hynes, from Buhler, a 4.0 student that will be an Academic All-American this year. Stress is on Teamwork, Leadership and Image. Wayne is interested in what NJCAA can do for the communities they are in, not just what they can get from each community. The current National Division I contract with the City of Hutchinson and the American Legion has been extended to 2010. They are concerned about getting the next generation to start buying tickets to the tournament to continue its financial support. Hope the community will make the tournament a family week. They are looking to get live TV coverage for the tournament soon. Wayne closed with concern about todays athletes being spoiled and the discipline from a coach can be a live changing experience.
Club Announcements
NJCAA Tee Shirts: Bob Bush brought us up to date on Tee Shirts at the NJCAA Tournament. The crews have been very good, although the sales seem to be soft so far this year. Bob would like any feedback or suggestions for next year. Damage was down to a couple of small sacks – much better than prior years.
Community Service Committee: Community Service Committee will met on Friday, April 1 @ 6:15am.
Second Reading for 2 AMTRYKs: for 2 needed in Lakewood, CO. Cost which will be $572 each and two at a discount for toddler AMTRYKs for $149 to use in Demo sites at Wesley Hospital (Wichita) and Health Equip (Hutch). So move and approved by membership.
Texas Holdem Tournament: JoAnn Williams relayed TECHs thank you for AMBUCS help with the Texas Holdem Tournament which was a success.
FINES
Rick Mitchell as late, Bob Bush was fined for some unknown reason, Randy Henderson for talking to his guests Jack Mace, Fred Conner paid a Renewal Tax and JoAnn Williams paid for being an Imitation President.
50/50 Pot Winner
Newsletter Winner
Steve Harmon
Kent Harris – was not here.
$40 next week
FUTURE MEETINGS
April 1:………..Lori Hopp hosts Rod Chrystie, MCC
April 8:………..Scott Horton, hosts Patsy Lovett – Faith in Action
April 15:………Lori Hopp, hosts John Deardoff – City Manager
April 22:………Eric Steinle, hosts Myndee Reed – Attorney on International adoption
April 29:………Big Hatters have the program
If you have ideas for programs you would like to see, please contact
Lori Hopp … e-mail >> lhopp@good-sam.com or phone – 663-1189.