Hutchinson Chapter of AMBUCS
Editor: Tom Hymer
Guests: No guests were present today as 2nd Vice President Curtis Mitchell opened the meeting in the absence of the reigning president Scott Potucek.
Sometimes merciful Sergeants : John Knipp and his faithful side-kick Randy Hendrickson extended a welcome back to Mayor Bob Bush at no charge. However that was their only moment of benevolence as they fined Mark Treaster for winning Royal tickets by calling KWBW radio. Steve Harmon was dinged for selling the sergeants wife an excessive amount of primer paint although Harmon tried to defend himself by muttering something about covering orange paint. By a show of hands the sergeant asked those members who have brought at least one guest to the club meeting in the last six months. Unfortunately too many people, although honest, did not raise their hands and forked over a dollar. Jay Pitzer was fined for talking while the sergeant was talking thereby proving talk is not cheap. Brenda Janda bought a fine to announce that her niece Amber is taking a trip to Europe for 10 days. There was something else Brenda said in her announcement which the editor has forgotten, failed to write it down, or was simply not listening, your choice.
Adventures of The Round Tuit: Tuit lover Ward Davis seemed to take too much pleasure in delivering his report of negligent members. People who paid for the failure to express care for the Tuit were Steve Harmon within 15 minutes
of meeting on June 5th, Randy Henderson for a prolonged delay, Bob Bush who received an email from Ward, Mark Treaster at Wendys, Duke Wiggins in an email, Brad Thompson at his shop. Preston Clark did ask about the Tuit and avoided a fine. The dangerous Mark Treaster has the Tuit this week, so watch out.
Club Announcements: Important committee meeting coming on Friday June 19th and 6:15am. The committee chairmen are appealing to their people to make every effort to attend.
Newsletter committee, chairman Duke Wiggins
Ice Cream committee, chairman Eric Steinle
Community Service committee, chairwoman Brenda Janda
On the agenda for next weeks meeting
Community Service has approved two kids for Amtrykes and will present this initiative to the membership.
Two Amtrykes will be presented to kids who have completed the process.
Program: Our own Tony Powers presented the program today on his hobby of bee-keeping and honey production. Bees are interesting creatures and on their own will create a colony in weird places as pictures of Tonys rental property revealed. The bees found an entry point around a poorly installed dryer vent and built nests within the studs of the exterior wall. Chuck Peterson assisted Tony in locating these bees using his heat detection infra-red technology. Tony demonstrated hive boxes and how they work, clothing and protection to wear when handling bees, and how care is administered so the bees produce honey. One hive can produce 100 to 150 pounds of honey. When bees take pollen from flowers and introduce an enzyme the result is honey in the hive. Tony explained that in North America there a four main species of bees that are cold weather tolerant. The so-called killer bees of Africa are not cold tolerant and have not migrated into Kansas. Unpasteurized honey will spoil in a short time. Pasteurizing honey with heat will remove the enzyme that causes mold and does not change the taste and nutrition benefits of honey. Thank you Tony for an interesting and informative program.
Drawings: Dean Brigman won the 50/50 pot of $23. Jim Shaws name was drawn for the Newsletter question, however he was not in attendance. The question for the meeting on June 19th is: How much honey can one bee hive produce?
Future Programs:
June 19th Hutchinson City Manager John J. Deardoff on the happenings in the city.
June 26th Hutch Fest