MEETING: Friday July 29, 2011 EDITOR: Tom Hymer
BIG HAT FRIDAY: When a month has a 5TH Friday the Big Hats are in control. Supreme Big Hat President Duke Wiggins conducted todays meeting.
WELCOME GUESTS: Jerry Regier introduced his guest Laura Snyder who recently moved from Denver to take a position at Siemens. Todays program presenters are Linda Schmitt and Jamin Landavazo of the Reno County Historical Museum.
BIG HAT SERGEANTS: Brad Thompson and side kick Stan Macgirvin called upon their previous sergeant skills to raise some money for the kids. Stan caught Doug Foss at the pass trying to escape early, ka-ching. Tony Powers left his big hat under his bed, ka-ching. Ward Davis did not report his absence last week, ka-ching. Harley and Curtiss were fighting over a coffee cup, ka-ching. Duke was just being himself, ka-ching. Rita Joy ratted out everybody who did not bring a guest, ka-ching many times. Borrowing from Scott Potucek Sergeant Brad conducted a corny trivia contest. This only proved that not all the corn is grown in Nebraska. Fred Conner apparently cannot control of his garage door, ka-ching.
TUIT: Have you missed the Tuit? Does a feeling nostalgia haunt you? Has something been missing in your Ambuc life but you couldnt quite put your finger on it?
ANNOUNCEMENT: Bob Bush talked about the Bud Light MXE party vehicle that will be coming to Hutchinson. It is loaded to make your party a huge success. Bob may have provided more information and if he did, the editor forgot it.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Jerry Regier reported that because of his plea last week to get fans for needy people, $300 was raised to buy and distribute 26 fans. Thanks to Jerry for getting it done.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Jim Jacobs announced that next Friday at 6:15am there will be meeting for the Ice Cream committee members.
NEW MEMBER: Kristine McKoewn was officially inducted into the Hutchinson Chapter of Ambucs with Duke Wiggins conducting the ceremony. Welcome Kristine to the club.
PROGRAM: Linda Schmitt executive director and Jamin Landavazo chief curator of the Reno County Historical Museum delivered the program. They explained that the Museum is three buildings cobbled together consisting of the former American Insurance building, The Rosemont Boarding House, and another building housing the utilities. They have about 35 thousand artifacts including old washing machines and farm implements. They have one full-time staff and volunteers to manage the museum. One of their current project is the Reno County Museum on the road. This vehicle goes to small communities in Reno county such as Sylvia and Pretty Prairie. The artifacts are from these communities making a custom made exhibit. Another project is the Bisonte Hotel exhibit which is now open. When they announced they were looking for Bisonte artifact they had amazing response from the community. The Museum faces a number of challenges of Air Conditioning repairs, deteriorating windows, improved lighting. You can support the Museum by becoming member for $40 or $100 which would include the Kansas Underground Salt Museum.http://www.renocomuseum.org/
50/50 DRAWING: Brad Thompson won the pot of $23 and donated to the Reno County Historical Museum.
NEWSLETTER DRAWING: Mark Clark could have won $45 but he was absent today. Next weeks question for $50 is: How many artifacts does the Museum have in its inventory?