GUESTS
Ron Chrystie with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) & 37th Annual Kansas Relief sale, guest speaker
Kevin Miller, with A.G. Edwards
TUIT REPORT
Randy Henderson busted Bob Bush, Eric Steinle, David Ross, Fred Connor, Dan Power, Doyle Ehling,
Sharla Meisenheimer, Preston Clark, Al Stecker, Maxine Rossiter, Duke Wiggins, Don Grosshardt, and
Rick Mitchell – having the NJCAA Tournament was good to the TUIT!! Randy saw Paul Brown at the grocery store,
whose wife snickered when Paul realized his lapse. After the tournament on Wednesday, John Knipp and
Keith Schroeder failed to ask and were allowed to contribute to the fund.
Eric Steinle got the TUIT for this week.
PROGRAM:
Lori Hopp introduced Ron Chrystie, with the Mennonite Relief Auction on April 8-9, 2005. Seventy area churches join to put on this event each year. The sights and sounds and the ethnic foods of the event are worth coming for. The auction is an activity of the Mennonite Central Committee, the relief arm of the Greater Mennonite Church. This will be the 37th Kansas auction. During the 10 hours of the event $427,000 was raised last year – over $40,000 per hour. The Relief sale has generated $10.5 Million since its inception. All the money goes to relief efforts, generally overseas. A trailer of Health Kits just left for the Tsaumi victims last week. Generally, MCC volunteers go with the food and basics to help the people get things going so they are helped to take care of themselves.
Last year the Auction brought 22,000 people to the fair – the second largest event after the State Fair. Most people live close, but people come from all over, such as Pennsylvania and the West Coast. Their Golf Tournament will be in Hesston on April 30. 1,200 volunteers work on the Relief Sale, which uses 9 building on the Fairgrounds. This is supported by many more then just Mennonite church members. They have found that if there is food, volunteers will come. It takes 25 Mennonites to change a light bulb – one to do the work and 24 to plan the Pot Luck dinner afterwards. The Kansas Relief Sale has produced the most donations over the other states that have held them for 6 of the last 10 years. There are Mennonite sales in 35 states.
Club Announcements
Tee Shirt Booth: Bob Bush thanked all the volunteers for work at the Tee Shirt booth at NJCAA Tournament. We had low damage this year. We will not get the amount we earned from the American Legion for several months. Great job to everyone to support our work for the community.
Board of Directors: Board of Directors will met on Friday, April 8 @ 6:15am.
AMTRYK: Vicki Fultz announced that an AMTRYK will be given away next week, April 8 – a good time to bring a guest to see what we do. She also asked for a volunteer to do a training seminar on setting up an AMTRYK Demo site at the April 22/23 conference in Oklahoma. No one was available that knew how to do this so we will have to decline.
FINES
Vicki Fultz fined for the opening, Scott Horton and Eric Steinle for being late, as was Doyle Ehling for being late to Committee meeting. Larry Sloan was fined as AMBUCS was NOT mentioned on his new L & B Storage & Equipment sign in South Hutchinson. Randy Henderson was fined for setting a bad example with his lewd behavior Saturday evening at the Tournament. Keith Schroeder paid for a membership renewal. Bob Bush objected to the fact the President Putin of Russia had recently signed a bill to allow beer to be consumned in public in Russia – he fined our Law Enforcement members for not allowing outside beer consumption in Kansas. Randy pointed out that he does not make the laws, but only enforces them – which did him no good at all. Al Strecker was fined for a Golden Bear golf club glove – does he think he is Jack Nicklaus? There may have been some question as to whether the ownership was traced properly here. Jim Kicklighter was accessed a fine for his Foo Man Chew beard. Jeff Brewer & Steve Harmon were fined for going skiing while the rest of us have to stay and work. Steve was then fined again for his derogatroy comments about Fred Connor’s car. Bob Bush missed Easter Sunday service and Jeff Brewer needs to learn to turn off the alarm then turn on the lights at Steve Conards warehouse – not the other way around.
50/50 Pot Winner
Newsletter Winner
Jeff Brown
Paul Brown – did not have his newsletter
$45 next week
FUTURE MEETINGS
April 8:………..Scott Horton, hosts Patsy Lovett – Faith in Action
April 15:………Lori Hopp, hosts John Deardoff – City Manager
April 22:………Eric Steinle, hosts Myndee Reed – Attorney on International adoption
April 29:………Big Hatters have the program
If you have ideas for programs you would like to see, please contact
Lori Hopp … e-mail >> lhopp@good-sam.com or phone – 663-1189.