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GUESTS Emile Blakesley, Sydney Ramsey and Nate Dreiling are sports performance students and guests of Dave Burton. Joe McCarville, guest speaker and guest of Tom Stanton.
FINES John Knipp and Ward Davis were the Sgt.-At-Arms. Randy Henderson was fined for his comment to John had you been gone?. Bob Bush was fined for not sitting with John at the Chamber breakfast. Randy Henderson and Bob Bush were fined (again) for Hog Wild catering a recent City/County shindig. Tim Davies, alias Easy Rider, was fined for riding his Harley last week when it was 29 degrees. His comment, I have good leathers. Doyle Ehling was fined for spending more time outside on the lawn and sprinklers than with his customers. They really dont care. Steve Conard and Steve Harmon were fined for having a 1924 KKK picture that recently appeared on the front page of the News and that Conard acquired for his collection. It was historical to the time they said, and they still paid. If you think that photo was good, you should see an enlargement of it and the other two that came with it. Monty McConnaughy for taking too long to paint his store-front. They were painting more Wednesday. You better bring some more money Monty & Luke. They also did the semi-regular pin check and fined those without.
Bob Bush bought a fine to promote Randy Henderson playing in the Annual Interfaith Housing Golf Fundraiser which will be held March 30th using 3 local courses. See Randy if you are able to sponsor him in this event.
Diane Saunders bought a fine to promote Developmental Disabilities who are gathering signatures on post cards to send to the Governor and State Representatives to combat funding cuts when there are over 3,800 individuals on their waiting list and only 30 came off last year.
Scott Potucek bought a fine to promote a Fundraiser for New Beginnings which will be a casino night held April 4th at the Town Club and they need dealers. There will be a sign-up sheet next week if you are able to help with this project.
TUIT Tim Davies had Bob Bush and Ward Davis fined for not asking at the Big Boy Toy Show and at Boy Scouts. Also fined were Eric Steinle, Pam Brooks, Duke Wiggins and Randy Hendrickson. The last person in this distinguished list is carrying the TUIT.
PROGRAM Tom Stanton introduced the honorable Joe McCarville, District 4 Judge who was here in uniform to present General Jesse Lee Reno biography. Jesse Lee Reno was born April 20, 1823 in Wheeling Virginia. He was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War, the western frontier, and as a Union General during the American Civil War. Known as a soldiers soldier who fought alongside his men, he was killed September 14, 1862 at the age of 39 while commanding a corps at Foxs Gap during the Battle of South Mountain near Boonsboro, Maryland. Reno was posthumously promoted to major general, retroactive to July 18, 1862. Reno County is named in his honor as well as three Army outposts Fort Pennsylvania in present day Washington, DC renamed Fort Reno in 1862, Fort Reno near El Reno, Oklahoma in 1874 and Fort Reno on the Bozeman Train in Wyoming in 1865. Reno, Nevada and Reno, Pennsylvania are also named in his honor.
50/50 DRAWING Dwight Wiehl won $25.00. No Newsletter drawing was held.
What was the name of the restaurant (now long gone) that we used to regularly hold our breakfast meetings at back in the mid 1980s. After it closed, we tried several locations short-term before finally settling at the Town Club?
Steve Conard, Editor