LAST MEETING
: 10/15/2010
GUESTS:
Jill Foss, Jessica Lurkin and Travis Booth
FINES:
Sergeants at arms, Scott and Brenda collected Late Fines from Rita, Randall and Eric. Steve and Jerry were fined for getting the newsletter out late Thursday night. Those who could not present an AMBUCS guest card were fined and Scott reminded everyone of the importance of fall branding. Finally Duke was charged a buck for poor judgement, in buying a KU ticket.
TUIT:
No Report, Im sure we will hear from Jim Jacobson next week.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
President, Rick Mitchell announced that he and Darrin had attended the Regional meeting and found it very informative. He xplained how fortunate we are to have two major fund raisers in our club and that some club really struggle with fundraising.
Scott announced that OUR OWN Bob Busch and John Dierdorf will talk about their trip to Denmark next week.
Jay mentioned that the Casino Night for Holy Cross is a go.
PROGRAM:
Doyle introduced guest speaker Travis Booth.
Travis gave us an update on the Physical Therapist Assistant program at Hutchinson Junior College. He said all 20 enrollees are still in the program and they are enjoying a diversity of ages in the class. The students are now in the required eleven weeks of clinicals. Travis briefly mentioned that the new health care reforms are causing some concerns in the therapy reimbursement area. Hutchinson is one of only three schools in the state of Kansas to have the physical therapy program. The students will be taking their state board exams in April and graduating in May.
Travis has visited with us before and he extended a big thank you to the AMBUCS for their support.
50/50 Drawing:
Won by Brad Thompson.
Newsletter drawing was moved to next week!
Newsletter question for 10/22/ 10: Name the specific product that Siemans will produce at their Hutchinson plant. Hint; ____________ for wind turbines.