The meeting of December 18, 2015
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
The sergeants collected some fine money, but the details went unnoticed. The money bucket was passed around for a Christmas gift for Becky in appreciation for her service of hosting our Friday morning breakfasts. Several hundred dollars was collected.
Todays program was presented by Dr. Ed Berger and his associate Tracy Thomas. Beginning with the concepts of science education and space exploration he noted that education in these categories needs additional emphasis. The root of the problem is the lack of math education. In the USA math education excellence ranks 31st among the developed nations of the world, which puts the USA in a compromising situation. KU and KSU are ramping up science and math disciplines so their students can compete primarily with China and other developed nations. Berger also addressed that high-skilled workers are lacking, especially welders. He noted that information technology has created jobs that did not exist just a few years ago, and others will emerge.
State of The City address hosting with the Chamber of Commerce
~Harley Macklin made some announcements about this event.
~Be sure to include the State of City event on your calendars.
~Date: Tuesday January 19, 2016
~Venue: The Atrium Convention Center
~Program will begin at 7:00am
~Five Ambucs are assigned to the duty of greeting the public
~All Ambucs are expected to mingle and answer questions about our club and our main out-reach to help kids with disabilities.
In the category of Lucky Aces, Darrin Ackley won $5. The pot increases to $255.
Nobody won the newsletter question. To win the newsletter pot on January 8, 2016 if your name is drawn, you have to know the date of the State of the City event.
The next Ambucs meeting will be Friday January 8, 2016. Kathy Hanks announces that the program will feature Michael T. Hill Jr. and Sheriff Henderson who will talk about how Michael turned his life around thanks to the help of Henderson.
Newsletter Editor, Tom Hymer