Guests: Tonya Powers, daughter of Tony and Valerie Powers and our speaker for today
Sergeants Playground: Brad T and Stan M were back in the saddle again. Paying late arrival fines were Drenda S and Andrew P. President Dane paid his weekly fine and then paid because he did not have his Presidents pin. When he explained that he never received his Presidents pin or plaque from now Past President Darren W, the sheriffs brought him into the picture and then fined Jay P for not ordering the pins. Somehow all this ended up being over $20 to the fine pot. Reta Joy C paid an in the way fine for driving around during Tuesday nights hail storm. Mark T and Doug F paid guilt by association fines for sitting at the wrong table with the wrong people. Ward D paid for not having on his pin (I think Colby ratted him out again). Then Brad brought up the fact that a Budweiser sign now sits on Dan Powers Edward Jones office. He assessed Dan a fine for allowing this to happen and then got Jay P for not having such a sign above his office. Dont know how he missed the only other Edward Jones advisor sitting right in front of him. Bob Mr. Bud himself paid some sort of an advertising tax. During this plethora of activity, Deputy Stan circled the room looking for pins and breakfast cards. Having now annoyed everyone, they rang out.
Announcements: Dont forget to mark your smart phones and calendars with the two off-site meetings in August. On the 9th we will meet at Reins of Hope. Dont know what Ward has planned for this year, but its always interesting. On the 23rd we will all meet at the Carey Park Clubhouse for breakfast and our annual golf scramble. See Guy Gann to sign up and make donations for performance prizes. Fred C passed around the Ice Cream Booth sign up sheets, reminding everyone that we need 3 to 4 shifts from every member to cover this years man and womanpower needs.
Program: Tonya Powers introduced herself proving that her debate training has inspired her to be a very assertive and confident young lady. She has been a part of debate classes and competitions since the 7th grade, and last January she and her partner of many years won top honors at the National Debate Competition. She reminded us that as a small child, she was very shy and self-conscious due to her stuttering problem. She credits her debate training with giving her the courage to overcome these problems. She also pointed out studies have shown that debaters as a group score several points higher than non-debaters on the ACT tests. She is currently a senior at Kansas Wesleyan University and has already received scholarship offers from several graduate programs. While many successful debaters go on to lucrative careers in the legal and business arenas, her goal is to complete a masters program and become a debate teacher and coach on the college level. I dont think she left a doubt in anyones mind that she will be success.
Upcoming Program: Cornelia Stevens of the Kansas Childrens Service League. She will be guest of Reta Joy Campbell.
Drawings: The 50/50 pot of $17 went to Roger Peterson, who donated it to Tonya. Tony immediately assumed this meant a free lunch for him. Not bad for a quarter. The Newsletter drawing would have gone to Sheriff Randy Henderson had he been in attendance. The correct answer was Uncorked for Tech. The pot now moves to $10 and the question is What are the dates and locations of our two off-site meetings in August?
Editor: Duke Wiggins