Guests: Carlos Palma from Alcoa, guest of Guy Gann
Celeste Gaines From Red Baron Ambucs in Salina sponsor of Peggy McConnaughy
Sgts Corner:
Stan M assisted Ward this morning. He managed to place himself at the end of the food line, then fined
everyone who ate before him. Did he notify any of us that he was helping Ward this morning? Did
he wear a tag or a silly hat? No!! Then, if that wasnt cheap enough, the guys checked for invitation cards.
Sounds like a severe lack of material. Tom S, Kip H, and Mark T all paid their proud Jayhawk fine without
even being asked. Since the Tuit is with Dennis Reiser, who is in Salina with his ailing father, no report
today.
Announcements:
Dennis Reiser please keep Dennis and his family in your prayers. His father was taken to the hospital
in Salina for emergency surgery. On Friday morning he was still in very serious status. Later reports
are that he got through the surgery and is making a slow recovery.
Actions from this mornings Executive Board meeting as recommended by the Community Service
Committee are as follows:
3 Amtrykes An adult size for Jacob Steinbach, age 14, of Hutchinson
A toddler size for Gary Beachy, age 3, of Hutchinson
A regular size for Clayton Goldwater, age 6, of Wichita
Kansas Special Olympics – $850 to be a Silver sponsor and have our name on 2,800 T-shirts
Hutchinson Special Olympics Team – $1,000
Motion by Preston C, seconded by Kip H, to approve the above contributions
A request from TECH for help with their computer lab wish list was tabled until the status of
our budget for contributions can be verified. It will be taken up at the Board Retreat on Jan
25th.
The Executive Board Retreat has been changed to Friday, Jan 25th, from 11:00 to 2:00 at the Airport Steakhouse
The Membership Committee will meet at 6:15 on Friday Jan 18th to discuss the results of the membership drive.
Contest winners will be announced at the club meeting later the same morning.
The website is up and running at http://www.hutchambucs.org/
Program:
Tom Stanton introduced Mary Messamore, the Director for Emergency Communications for Reno County.
Mary has worked in community communications for almost 30 years in such diverse places as Colby, Butler
County, Sherman County, and since 2005 Hutchinson/Reno County. Her department has established a back-up
emergency center for this region, including 19 counties. It is located at the old airbase south of Hutchinson, and
is the only site of its type in the country. Much of the funding for this project came from a Federal Homeland
Security grant of $300,000, and she describes it as state of the art. It was brought on-line just before the
Greensburg tornado and got a real baptism of fire. The center took calls from all over the country as friends and
family sought the status of Greensburg residents they were unable to contact. She even got to be on CNN for a
few minutes as they sought information about the disaster. The center is staffed locally by her department of 15
to 18 dispatchers at the beginning of an emergency. Other dispatchers from the 23 agencies that are part of the
region join locals as quickly as they can arrive.
Big Winners
The 50/50 pot winner got off with the money before the editor could determine his/her identity. Come to next
Fridays meeting to find out.
The newsletter drawing has been re-instituted since it is now available on the website. The winner was Cliff
Miller, who was not in attendance.