GUESTS: Dave McKane, a guest of Kathy Hanks and our guest speaker. Honorary member Colby Davis.
FINES: New master Sergeant Scott Cooley with help from Jeff Brewer worked us over for fines this week. Duke Wiggins and Dane Power paid for being late. The newsletter editors Paul Brown, Tom Hymer and I were rated out by Dennis Reiser and paid a fine. I still dont know why. There were at least 2 other editors who didnt pay but I wont mention any names. Paul Hardenburger paid again to announce how nice it was to not be working at the ice cream booth in 100 degree heat this summer. I forgot who mentioned this but an Ata-Boy-Award goes to Colby Davis for the idea of a walking trail connection between Plum Creek Elementary School and the city walking trail apply named for Colby and editorialized by Kathy Hanks in The Hutchinson News.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: A thank you note was read from the Tony Powers family. There will be an Ice Cream Booth Committee meeting and a Membership / Publicity / Social Committee meeting next week at 6:15 AM. Please turn in your committee preference sheets as soon as possible or be delegated to serve on a committee not of your choosing. Jay Pitzer announced that a Casino Night has been booked for area Catholic Schools to be held at the Holy Cross Gymnasium on October 3rd.
PROGRAM: Kathy Hanks introduced our guest speaker Dave McKane. Dave is a professional photographer from Dublin, Ireland. His first visit to Hutchinson was in 1978 as an AFS Foreign Exchange Student attending Hutchinson High School. Dave now operates a photography school in Dublin. During a visit to Hutchinson in 2008 when his host family father passed away he fell in love with Kansas. Specifically abandoned farms houses that he has traveled the back roads of Kansas to find and photograph. He says that the quarter section family farms are going away and the larger farms are taking over much larger sections leaving these Ghost Houses abandoned on the quarters. Most of these photographs are in black and white and he does an outstanding job of catching the clouds at just the precise moment to make breathtaking photographs. You can find a collection of his photographs on his web site DaveMcKaneArts.com. Dave also posts on the Hutchinson Facebook page You know youre from Hutchinson Kansas if. He showed us many of the ghost house photos. During this visit to Hutchinson he found a local salvage yard and took photos of abandoned cars focusing on the pre 1980 era automobiles. He calls this group of photos Beyond Repair?. It proved to be quite the photo show. Dont tell anyone but I think Dave has fallen in love with Hutchinson too.
Lucky Ace Drawing: Jay Pitcher drew a 6 of Spades to win $5. The pot increases to $494.00.
Newsletter Drawing: Jeff Roberson new the answer Vic Edwards wining $5.
Newsletter question: For $5Where does Dave McKane live?
Calendar: Next meeting June 26
Editor: Steve Conard