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GUESTS Harold Evy, past member and annual tournament guest of Fred Conner; Jason Jones past member and annual tournament guest who knows where to find a free breakfast; Steve Bowman & Steve Stacey, instructors at HHS and Michael Stacey, student at HHS, our guest speakers. Gail Kroker, Connie Dillon, Robin Sanders, Angie Ely and Barbara Betzold with New Beginnings and guests of Scott Potucek.
FINES I cant remember who the Sgt.-At-Arms were but they fined Pam Brooks for being late; Bob Bush for speaking out of turn; Guy Gann for working but not at the tournament; Eric Steinle for appearing in a Hops ad with no mention of AMBUCS; and Dan Power for being moderator at the Chamber Breakfast without the usual mention of AMBUCS. I hear he did try to repair the podium microphone with a paperclip; he should have used Viagra.
Just a reminder, they still need workers for the New Beginnings Casino Night Fundraiser to be held at the Town Club April 4th. Contact Scott Potucek if you can help.
Just a reminder, Randy Henderson still needs a few more sponsors for his entry in the Annual Interfaith Housing Golf Fundraiser which will be held March 30th.
TUIT Doug Foss changed the color yet again of the infamous TUIT to his favorite WSU Black & Gold and had fines levied on Randy Henderson, Terry Brigman, Guy Gann, Dennis Reiser, Scott Potucek, Jay Pitzer, Rod Fry and Mark Buckley for forgetting to inquire about its color. He passed it on to Stan Macgirvin.
PROGRAM Randy Henderson introduced Steve Bowman and Steve Stacey, both instructors at Hutchinson High School and Steves son Michael Stacey, a student, who are all involved with the Engineering program and Robotics class at HHS. The Engineering Technology program and Project Lead the Way began 10 years ago because of a need for both male and female students to experience engineering. It is project based with both math and science curriculum for freshman through senior years. Over the next three years Civil Engineering & Architecture, Architectural Engineering and Engineering Design Development classes will be added to the curriculum. Students who complete 4 classes can earn college credit and be well prepared for college engineering classes. BEST, Inc. which stands for Boosting Engineering Science and Technology is a non-profit corporation who provides materials and helps organize and mentor engineering students and provide scholarships to hub colleges. WSU, the local hub college, hosted a robotics competition at Henry Levitt arena. The HHS robotics class entered the competition for the first time this year. There were 32 teams who entered, which was one of the largest competitions held in the nation. WSU designed the competition with an airplane robotics assembly time limit of 3 minutes called Just Plane Crazy. The group did not place but did win an award for Best Project Design. Past member Al Strecker was one of three engineers working as a mentor with the engineering classes and students. Michael will be attending WSU next year taking Mechanical Engineering classes.
50/50 DRAWING Scott Potucek won $23.00 and presented it to New Beginnings. No Newsletter drawing, again, since the chips with the names cannot be found.
The answer to last weeks question was: The brand of the ice cream establishment that we purchased and made our own was formerly a Baskin-Robbins booth. No more trivia until the chips are found.
Steve Conard, Editor