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GUESTS Gordon Roth, Farmers Co-op Nickerson, guest speaker and guest of Dean Brigman
FINES Tom Hymer and Fred Conner substituted as Sgts-at-arms today and had to dig deep as they did not have much dirt on anyone. Scott Saylor paid a membership renewal tax as they thought he had missed a few meetings. Tom reported that the stock market had made some improvement this past week advancing 200-300 points a day for several days so Jay Pitzer was fined for supposedly helping with that since the rest of the Edward Jones guys were gone making money. Since accountants are busily making money at this time of year Don Grossardt and Guy Gann were also fined. Jerry Hill paid for leaving early. Dave Suhler was fined for not yet signing up to work the tournament. Pat Fallon and Lee Gleason were fined for talking and not paying attention to the Sgts. The Sgts followed up with a pin check.
TUIT Steve Harmon, did not keep it purple, having removed the purple goop as he referred to it and returning the TUIT to its Blue and Red appearance. Several who forgot to ask about it this week were not here but Preston Clark and Bob Bush did pay fines. Steve handed the TUIT off to Doug Foss.
BOARD BUSINESS Rick Mitchell reported that during this mornings board meeting they had approved funding of $200 for a carnival fund raiser for the Early Education Center. Also, $850 for Special Olympics held this June in Wichita.
PROGRAM Dean Brigman introduced Gordon Roth with Farmers Co-op as our guest speaker. Gordon is the Fuel Department Manager for Farmers which operates a main office in Nickerson and also has locations in Hutchinson, Adams Corner, Partridge and Whiteside. At the main office they have 10 full time employees and 6 full and 1 part-time at the Agronomy Plant at Adams Corner just South of Nickerson. They have 6 full-time employees in Hutchinson and 3 full-time and 1 part-time shared at Partridge and Whiteside. They operate 24 hour card-trol gas pumps at Nickerson, Hutchinson and Partridge. Besides gasoline sales they also sell several types of Ag fuels, kerosene, diesel, and may types of oils and lubricants. They also offer bulk fuel and oil delivery, a fuel tank program and remote monitoring of your fuel tanks to dispatch fuels when and where you need it before you run out. Their newest addition this January in Hutchinson and Nickerson was Ethanol blend-at-the-pump for E-20, E-30 and E-85 blended unleaded fuels. While these fuels have not yet been approved for use except in flex fuel vehicles, they are showing a greater savings in fuel economy and 51% less harmful emissions than regular gasoline in vehicles that are using them. The Farmers Co-op purchases its Ethanol from the Lyons plant, who produces its Ethanol from a blend of 20% field corn and 80% Milo from area farmers. Farmers Co-op also sells a large variety of feeds, animal health products and pet foods.
NJCAA TOURNAMENT Do not forget to show up for the times you signed up to work. A copy of the schedule has been posted on the website. It takes all of us working together to make this project a success.
50/50 DRAWING Steve Conard won $21.00.
NEWSLETTER DRAWING No Newsletter drawing was held because no one knows where the chips are for drawing the names.
The answer to last weeks question was: The brand name of the Ice Cream sold at our Ice Cream booth at the Kansas State Fair BEFORE we began using Blue Bunny Ice Cream was Jacksons Ice Cream. Prior to our purchasing the booth it was also used as an ice cream establishment. What brand name was that?
NEXT MEETING The Hutchinson High School Robotics Club will be our program from a contact that Al Strecker had made previously.
Steve Conard, Editor