Newsletter 12/16/2005

Meeting opening

Our president JoAnn Williams called the meeting to order.

Guests were introduced, and Doug Foss gave the prayer.

GUESTS

3 people from Head Start as guests of Doyle Ehling

Jerry Burch superintendent of schools for Nickerson as a guest of Doug Foss

TUIT REPORT

No TUIT Report provided to the publisher.

PROGRAM:

We had a short presentation from a Head Start representative. Then we bagged candy and boxed gifts for the Head Start program. There are now approximately 275 children served by the Head Start program in Reno County.

Club Announcements

Christmas party: The annual Christmas Party, doubling as our club’s 25th anniversary, was held at the Highlands Country Club, December 16. AMBUCS National President, Leonard Epperson of Ponca City, OK, and his wife joined us for the celebration. Charter members and 20 years-plus members received special recognition.

It was a time of fellowship, food and entertainment for all. Special thanks to Jeff Brewer and Steve Harmon for the work you put in for us.

Casino Night: Jay Pitzer announced that we had a successful Casino night at the Cosmosphere for Alco and raised $1000 for the club. JoAnn expressed thanks to all of those who helped.

Emporia Demo Site: JoAnn presented the second reading on doing a half sponsorship of an AmTryke Demo Site in Emporia. It is jointly sponsored by one of the Salina Clubs.

The proposal was moved, seconded and approved.

No Hutch ambucs meeting December 23!

NEXT MEETING, December 30: Dan Powers will give a presentation on his recent trip to Alaska THERE ARE BEARS in THOOSE WOODS

FINES:

None reported.

50/50 Pot Winner

No drawing reported.

Newsletter Winner

How could there be one, when someone dunced out and failed to publish the newsletter? Honestly, there was a good explaination, but Tom would nail me with a whiners tax if I told you.

Oh, well!

The December 9 Newsletter is posted now after a fashion.

Use the Newsletter Archive Link at the top of the page to search for it.

FUTURE MEETINGS

December 23: No meeting Christmas Break

December 30: Big Hat Friday

Dan Power will give a presentation on his recent trip to Alaska.

THERE ARE BEARS in THOOSE WOODS

If you have ideas for programs, please contact

Lori Hopp … e-mail >> lhopp@good-sam.com or phone – 663-1189.