GUESTS: Lisa Orrison, Communities That Care. Honorary member, Colby Davis with his brother Kayden.
FINES: Brad Thompson was our “fill-in” Sergeant today. Brad fined Guy Gann, Paul Brown and Dan Power for having a private meeting away from the rest of the group. Jeff Brewer with a customary Presidential fine. Everyone that didn’t bring a guest which was everyone “except” Brad.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Marsha McConnell was sworn in as our newest member thanks to an invite by Brad Thompson. Welcome Marsha to our club!!
Jeff Brewer announced that they have a slate of officers for our next club year but still need members for board and committee chairs.
Reminder…National Big Hat Raffle Tickets are still available $20 each.
PROGRAM: Kathy Hanks introduced Lisa Orrison, Program Coordinator for Communities That Care. Lisa has headed the program for 4 years. Hutchinson was one of 24 cities chosen in 2003 by the University of Washington to participate in a youth development study. The CTC is a coalition-based community prevention system that uses a public health approach to prevent youth problem behaviors including underage drinking, violence, tobacco use, delinquency, substance abuse and school dropout. Every two years students in grades 6, 8, 10 and 12 take a CTC Youth Survey which help identify high risk and low protective factors which help guide the board in determining the best research based interventions. CTC also places mentors in the schools with students to help them with social skills and to have someone to talk about issues they may be encountering. Their newest program is a suicide prevention coalition. They are selling tickets for a movie that they are trying to bring to Hutchinson called Suicide, The Ripple Effect. If they sell a minimum of 60 tickets it will be shown at an evening showing at the Mall Theatre on April 30th. If you are interested in being a mentor please contact the CTC at 620-614-4012. There is also an online form at www.ctcreno.org .
Lucky Ace Drawing: Harley Macklin drew the Two of Hearts for $5. The pot is $600 plus. Less than 10 cards are left to draw.
Newsletter Drawing: Dan Power didn’t know the question or the answer.
Newsletter Question: For $?…Who is our newest member?
Next Meeting: Invite a guest to breakfast and come find out.
Editor: Steve Conard