Opening
Joann Williams opened the meeting.
Rod Frey gave the opening prayer. Maxine Rossiter led the Flag Salute
GUESTS
Mark Buckley (Christmas Lights and Santa Claus)
Jane Holzrichter — Horizons Mental Health
Darrel Gleason, Good Samaritan Center
TUIT REPORT
Brad Thompson has revived the original TUIT and passed it on to Preston Clark.
Preston, its OK if you lose it for a few more weeks.
PROGRAM:Jan Holzrichter from Horizons Mental Health and the Reno County Drug Abuse Task Force gave the program on the drug situation in Reno County. Thanks to Jane and others who do a great job in assisting to prevent the spread of this problem and deal with the current situation.
Club Announcements
Christmas Lights: Mark Buckley thanked the AMBUCS for helping with the Christmas lights again. Take-down is scheduled for Saturday, January the 14th at 10AM.
Santa’s thank you: Mark Buckley also thanked the AMBUCS for allowing him to be Santa for the Head Start deliveries. The AMBUCS that helped with the deliveries were Duke Wiggins, Doyle Ehling, and Fred Conners thanks to assisting with this project.
Branding time wrap up: Bob Bush gave a report on the wrapup of the fall branding event. The results were 1 new member, plus 2 potential new members. Bob reminded us that every meeting is an opportunity to bring a guest and potential new member to an AMBUCS meeting. Our numbers are down and we need to build our membership to allow us to continue to do the things we do for children and the community.
NEXT MEETING: January 13, 2006 Lori Hopp, Program Chair will host Amanda Buoy
from Boys & Girls Club to speak about their program for handicapped children.
FINES:
Tom Hymer conducted the ugly tie contest: Winners were Jay Pitzer, Dan Powers, and Darren Wicks.
The losing team in the Fall Branding Event had the pleasure of wearing plastic aprons while eating this week. Also they were all able to participate in sharing a dollar with the club for being on the losing team.
50/50 Pot Winner
Newsletter Winner
Al Strecker
Amount not reported.
Bill Long’s name was drawn,
but he was absent.
$30.00 next week.
FUTURE MEETINGS
Programs beyond 01/13/06 tBA:
If you have ideas for programs, please contact
Lori Hopp … e-mail >> lhopp@good-sam.com or phone – 663-1189.