Hutchinson Ambucs
Newsletter editor: Tom Hymer
Guests:
Brandon Blevins guest of Mark Clark; Mitch Harris guest of Tom Hymer; Tom also brought his grandson Jake Eells who attends Morgan Elementary.
The Sergeants Playground:
Sergeants John Knipp and his faithful assistant Randy Hendrickson assessed Eric Steinle for tardiness. It looked like they were going to collect a fine from Jim Kicklighter but they gave him a pass for some reason. Larry Sloan was dinged for cutting in the breakfast line. Mark Clark was fined for something and Sherriff Henderson was fined for his re-election success.
Adventures of The Round Tuit:
Curtis Mitchell had the Tuit and caught these people for neglect: Pam Brooks, Guy Gann because his wife was at Mid-West Ford, Bob Bush and Eric Steinle at a football game, Ward Davis for being in his truck, Fred Conner at the hospital, Larry Sloan at the Airport. Mark Clark has the Tuit.
Buy a fine (another term for advertising at an incredibly cheap price)
Pat Potucek talked about a new robotics team at USD 308 whose mentor is Al Strecker.
Jim Seitnator asked for a crew of members to help with hanging lights and garland on the evening of Tuesday November 18th.
Peoples Bank John Knipp said his bank is having a luncheon celebration.
Club Announcements:
Doug Foss said that Stephanie Guthrie sustained some wind damage at her residence and a work party is needed to make repairs.
Board Meeting is scheduled for Friday, 11/14, @ 6/15AM
Brenda Janda announced that Friday December 12th the club will have breakfast at the Airport Steak House and afterwards we will prepare the gift boxes for Headstart at Sloans place of business L & B Storage.
Jeff Brewer announced that our Annual Christmas Party is Thursday December 4th. Put this date on your calendar. A sign-up form is included at the end of this newsletter that has all the details. It looks like you have some options in signing-up. You could complete the form and e-mail it to Jeff jbbrewer@luminousneon.com. You could print out the form and fill-in the required information and give it to Jeff or fax it to him at 620-665-7006. Or you could sign-up on a form that will be passed around during the next few meetings.
Program:
Randy Henderson introduced the program presenter Michael J. Chisam General Manager of Kansas Ethanol LLC located in Lyons, KS. Mr. Chisam delivered an extensive and interesting program about the ethanol industry. The industry has formed a public relations group called Growth Energy and has hired Newt Gingrich to promote the benefits of ethanol. Kansas Ethanol is a partner with ICM located in Colwich, KS. This company designs and builds ethanol plants. Mr. Chisam talked about the Pratt ethanol plant which was designed poorly by a German company and suffered wind damage. This plant is now under new ownership and trying to recover. Kansas Ethanol processes about 20 million bushels of grain per year at the Lyons plant with about 35 employees. The grain, mostly Milo, comes from the surrounding area. Before the plant was built extensive research was made in order to be certain that the grain supply would be adequate. When grain is processed into ethanol a by-product is created called wet distillers grain. This product is processed so it can be sold to feed lots thereby providing another revenue stream for the plant. Mr. Chisam commented on several miss-conceptions that give ethanol a negative publicity. Ethanol plants do not receive government subsidies. In the beginning stages ethanol plants were subsidized, however the subsidies have expired some time ago. It takes about 2 to 4 gallons of water to produce 1 gallon of ethanol which is considered excessive. However refining oil into gasoline requires 4 to 9 gallons of water to produce 1 gallon of gas. According to studies at K-State and Texas A & M the impact of ethanol production on food prices is less than 3%. Mostly food prices have increased due to other causes, fuel costs, rising commodity markets, and producer costs. Mr. Chisam closed his program by underscoring the urgency of developing other energy sources. The United States imports about 750 billon dollars of oil from unfriendly and in some cases terrorist nations. This huge amount of money is more than the Defense budget.
Drawings (another term for money-making opportunities)
Guy Gann won the 50/50 pot of $25.
No drawing was made for the Newsletter Question of the Week.
Newsletter Question for the Week:
How many bushels of grain are processed in a year at Kansas Ethanol?
PRAIRIE DUNES COUNTRY CLUB
HAPPY HOUR STARTING AT 6:30, DINNER AT 7:30
COST IS $25.00 PER PERSON
Menu is a choice of Cranberry and Apricot Stuffed Chicken or Seared Salmon with Pineapple Salsa. The entre comes with salad, seasonal vegetables, parsley new potatoes, warm rolls, butter, and a choice of tea, coffee, or water. There will be no dessert. The bar will be open and you will take care of your own tab. We will collect money for dinner when you check in that night.
Since this is a platted dinner selection, I must provide Prairie Dunes with an accurate total with numbers for chicken and salmon dinners. Deadline for signing up is December 2, 2008.
*If you sign up but do not attend, you will be charged for your dinner(s) because the club will have to pay whether you are there or not.
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