Guests
None this week. C’mon, folks! Bring those guests!
Last week we installed our newest member Pam Brooks, Marketing Director with Elm Grove Estates
sponsored by Jo Ann Williams.
(Our Web Guru lost this piece of information along the information super highway.)
TUIT
Curtis Mitchell said that he visited Don Grossardt, who forgot to ask until Pam Brooks (who was there) mentioned it. Neither was here to pay $$.
Curtis was going to give the TUIT to Pam but instead gave it to Lee Gleason, continuing the new member streak.
FINES
Sgt. at Arms Jim Kicklighter with help from Bob Bush levied this weeks fines.
Paul Brown was fined for verbal abuse of the Sgt.; an old carry-over fine for Greg West as last newsletter editor spelled Troop (as in Scout) Troupe (as in Ballet).
Jim played a membership trivia game with those in attendance. Scott Saylor, Pat Fallon, Terry Brigman and Jim Kicklighter missed knowing a critical piece of information about a member or his family and were fined.
Randall Haltom paid for knowing too much. Duke Wiggins paid for not asking Dwight Wiehl to join our club after working together for just a few (31) years.
PROGRAM
Our own Randy Henderson provided our program sharing some of his experiences about his recent attendance of the FBI National Academy. The FBI Academy is located on the U.S. Marine Corps Base at Quantico, Virginia situated on 385 wooded acres of land.
Four times a year, 1% of the worlds law enforcement officers that are Lieutenant level or above are chosen to attend the Academy. Randy said that he was chosen 2 years ago to attend but that his body fat content kept him from attending, which must be a maximum of 24%. This class of 269 officers from the U.S., Canada and 28 other countries included 11 female officers. Their average age was 42 and 10 were over 50 years of age. They prefer attendees have a 4-year college degree and have been on duty for 4 years.
Each Academy lasts 10 weeks and undergraduate and/or graduate classes are held in: Law, Behavioral Science, Forensic Science, Leadership Development, Communication and Health/Fitness. Also specialized training on Terrorism and Homeland Security has been added. Randy received 19 credit hours from the University of Virginia for classes he attended.
Guest speakers included Michael Durant an officer in Black Hawk Down, John Miller with NBC news, Gordon Graham on Management Training and Frank W. Abagnale of Catch Me, If You Can fame who is now a consultant to the FBI and other agencies on counterfeiting. The President also came and worked out in the gym with some of the officers. Their class also toured the White House and Ground Zero. The most grueling part was the 6.2 mile run including The U.S. Marines obstacle course for the last 3.2 miles know as The Yellow Brick Road.
The only cost to attend the Academy was travel to and from Virginia with the government picking up the rest of the tab. There were 266 graduates in this class. One dropped out due to injuries he received during week 2. One who didnt study, from Qatar, whom his country would have beheaded had it not been for the FBI intervening. Last an officer from Pakistan who came to class inebriated 3 times the last time 2 days before graduation.
Possibly the most enjoyable part was the sharing of ideas, techniques and experiences with the other officers that create lifelong partnerships which cross state and national borders.
Club Announcements
BRANDING TIME AWARDS: Winners during our Branding Time membership drive which resulted in 4 new members from 16 guest visits were: 1st Place – Brad Thompson who chose a $200 electronics shopping spree, 2nd Place Jo Ann Williams who chose a $200 home shopping spree. Other winners who were awarded AmBuck$ were: Randall Haltom, Jay Pitzer, John Knipp, Doyle Ehling and Preston Clark.
AmTryke First Reading: A first reading for an AmTryke for ?? (I was unable to secure this information) from a Wichita referral.
Chamber After Hours First Reading: A first reading to spend $500 toward the sponsorship of a Chamber After Hours event to promote AMBUCS to be held April 26th.
These will be voted on at our next meeting.
Next Meeting, Friday, January 19 Joy Robinson for Senior Secure Solutions
Hosted by Brenda Janda
Winners
50-50
Dwight Wiehl won $20
N.L. Drg
Rick Mitchell would have won again
had he had it with him.
The pot increases to $15 next week.
Hutchinson AMBUCS Calendar
Friday, January 26 Nancy Sinclair, Hospice Care of Kansas Consultant Hosted by Brenda Janda
March 20-24 NJCAA Tournament; be thinking about your commitment to the tee shirt consession.