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GUESTS Bill Herr, guest speaker.
FINES John Knipp and Dennis Reiser wielded the toilet and levied this weeks fines. John paid first but would not say why. Rumor has it that he lost his cell phone. Dennis fined the seven members who signed up to inventory t-shirts but didnt show up. Myself, I had a good excuse but paid anyway, Dane and Dan Power who were not here and owe, Steve Harmon and Stan Macgirvin. Great BIG thank you to Doyle Ehling and Tom Hymer for showing up to help Dennis Reiser inventory the shirts. And last but not least, Rick Mitchell was fined for not knowing who the Sgt.-at-Arms is.
TUIT Preston Clark re-painted the TUIT Red and White for his University of Houston and had those fined for not asking: Chuck Peterson, Dennis Reiser, Jeff Brewer, Bob Bush, Randy Henderson, Brenda Janda, John Knipp, Randy Hendrickson, Larry Sloan and many more, who would have been fined, had they been here. Preston gave it to Larry Sloan for safe-keeping.
ANNOUNCEMENTS T-shirt Committee Meeting, 6:15 AM, Next Friday. Our next concession work opportunity is Memorial Weekend for the Track & Field Championship.
Installation Banquet and Orientation for New Members will be held May 30th at the Downtown Sampler $20 per person BYOB with sign-up beginning next Friday.
The board approved an AmTryke for a 5 year old child in Nickerson.
PROGRAM John Knipp introduced Bill Herr, Director of the South Central Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station. The station began in 1932 with fields at Goddard and Kingman. The Hutchinson field was added in 1938 on South Dean Road. A former Coast Guard Radio Receiving Station building and grounds were added in 1949 when they closed following the war. However with the stipulation that if the Coast Guard ever needed to reopen it, it would be returned to them. The Hutchinson station began collecting research data in 1951 and the Goddard and Kingman fields were closed in 1950-1952. Many varieties of spring and winter wheat are grown here with other crops such as Oats, Barley, Rye and Tricale. Off season a variety of crops rotate through such as: Canola/Rape Seed/Crambe, Grain Sorghum, Soybean, Winter Pea, Corn, Cotton, Sunflowers, Sesame and Quinoa. The station is also home to the federal and state college weather stations. In 2004 a donation of 250 acres of land was given as a permanent foundation for research. May 19th will be the next field day at the facility.
50/50 DRAWING Dean Brigman won $21.00.
NEWSLETTER DRAWING Amy Chambers was not present. Since there was not a drawing last week, we will use the same question this week. What year was the AmTryke established, and to date, how many AmTrykes been placed?
Steve Conard, Editor