Newsletter for the meeting of Friday June 19, 2009. Tom Hymer, editor
Guests: Our guest today is John Deardoff, Hutchinson City Manager
Pseudo Sergeants : Our very own president Scott Potucek and Eric Steinle were stand-ins for Knipp and Hendrickson whose absence went unexplained. Preston Clark was assessed a fine for amtryke confusion, fill in the blank now with whatever you think this means __________________________________________________ . People who missed their committee meeting this a.m. were properly fined as well as Bob Bush for harassing Potucek, and Guy Gann for passing dollars, again fill in the blank now with whatever you think this means ____________________________ .Dave Suhler was fined for something, maybe being himself.
Adventures of The Round Tuit: Mark Treaster delivered his report on Tuit happenings. Each member of the Dan Power family expressed their care of the Tuit when Mark came into their line of vision. Also Doug Foss. Neglectful Ambucs were Jeff Brewer, Verne Powers at Church, Bill Long via Bill Long, Jr., and Jim Seitnater who all were rejoicing about paying a dollar. Mark was so much impressed with the care and concern that the Dan Power family showed for the Tuit and its carrier that he chose Dan Power to carry the nuisance token.
Club Announcements:
Brenda Janda spoke about a letter of appreciation for an Amtryke donated to a girl with Rhetts.
Jay Pitzer spoke about membership recruitment. Everyone got a pair of miniature Tuits to serve as a reminder of this import function of the club. Ice Cream Booth maintenance and fix-up is scheduled for Saturday July 11th at 7a.m. 5 to 6 people are needed to paint and make some repairs. See Eric Steinle and tell him youre coming.
Program: John Deardoff, Hutchinson City Manager, presented the program today. He spoke of the process that Siemens used that resulted in Hutchinson being selected for the nacelle manufacturing plant. This is a huge economical development for Hutchinson, indeed Reno County and the surrounding area. Their process began with a selection of 80 potential sites. Then there 46, then 24, then 13, then 7, then 4, and finally Hutchinson was chosen. In late August Siemens will break ground at a ten year old industrial site that other people developed. The City Manager talked about a change in mosquito control which eliminated the mobile fog machine. In exchange the city workers are throwing briquettes in standing water which is considered a more effective method and much less expensive than the $20,000 expense for the mobile fog machine. Another savings $20,000 in the city budget was the elimination of parking control in the Downtown area. In speaking about the city budget the City Manager mentioned that more spending is taking place than the incoming revenue, a situation that is untenable. Generating a balanced budget will demand analysis of where to make spending cuts. Each service that the city performs will have to be graded in priority resulting in some services at the the bottom of the list to be eliminated. Thank to John Deardoff for an interesting program. Its always good to know about our city government.
Amtryke recipient presentation: Brett Lies, a 5 year old toddler boy received his Amtryke with the assistance of Ward Davis making some adjustments. Brett has cerebral palsy and occasional epileptic seizures. With Brett was his mother Jessica Lies, grandmother Lynn Nash, and intern physical therapist Hy Vong Ha, all from Wichita.
Drawings: Terry Brigman won the 50/50 pot of $23 and gave the money to the Lies family. Brenda Jandas name was drawn for the Newsletter question, however she did not know the answer to the question which is 100 150 pounds. The question for the meeting on June 26th is: How much money is the City of Hutchinson saving by discontinuing the mobile spray fogger service?
Future Programs:
June 26th Upcoming Hutch Fest events
July 3rd Program for July 3rd will be Dr. Mark Fesen will be talking about his new book… “Surviving the Cancer System” which was released on Monday, and featured in the Hutchinson News recently.
July 10th Camp Hope
July 17th Ulster Project
July 24th Chuck Petersons deep sea diving video
July 31st Big Hats in charge