GUESTS: Sheri Stauffer, guest of Brad Thompson. Robert Nielson and Tim Dressman, both guests of Guy Gann. Todd Brown, guest of John Knipp. Mike McQueen guest of Jeff Brewer. Chris Grilliot our guest speaker along with family members Sam, Stan and Tom Grilliot. Honorary member Colby Davis.
FINES: Since it was Big Hat Friday Brad Thompson and Stan Macgirvin were our Sergeants. Guy Gann and Steve Conard were fined for not wearing their Big Hat. Duke Wiggins paid since he was acting President. Steve Conard paid for a table tent advertising an upcoming history talk at the town club (ratted out by Paul Brown). John Knipp was fined for having the day off as the real Sergeant. Ward Davis was fined for being late. Rod Calhoun was nice and paid Colbys fine for also being late by association. Harley Macklin, Dwight Wiehl and Randall Haltom (since they were sitting together) paid for not having a Big Hat yet. Jay Pitzer was fined for impersonating Little Jack Horner sitting in the corner. Kathy Hanks was granted immunity by Brad since she does such a good job with programs.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Community Service Meeting at 6:15 AM.
PROGRAM: Kathy Hanks introduced Chris Grilliot who is an International Pilot. Chris was raised in RenoCounty then served in the Air Force for four years. He then attended the University of North Dakota for flight training. Chris moved to Minnesota to be a cloud seeding pilot for hail suppression. After that Chris moved to the Middle East to pilot for a US defense contractor. He then spent 10 years as an airline pilot. Following that he was also a pilot in Bamako, Mali and the Niger RiverValley in West Africa. Chris showed a slide presentation of his Africa travels.
Lucky Ace Drawing: Mike McQueen drew the King of Spades for $5.
Newsletter Drawing: Doyle Ehling left early so no drawing.
Newsletter question: For $15In what City and Country in West Africa did our speaker pilot in?
Next Meeting: Tracy Tanley, General Manager of The Alley
Editor: Steve Conard