Weekly Meeting of the Hutchinson Ambucs: Tom Hymer, editor
Guests: Dr. Mark Fesen and his niece from Pennsylvania Marie Fesen were introduced by Jim Kicklighter. Dennis Reiser brought his daughter Allison who will be a freshman at HHS.
Sergeants on duty: John Knipp and his favorite toilet carrier Randy Hendrickson dinged white-legs Vern Powers for a no-tan penalty. Next on their hit list was Tony Powers for driving a tractor with no tools on board, a violation of The Farmer’s Code of Ethics. Dennis Reiser and Bob Bush were late arrivals at the meeting and discovered that their excuse of wrestling in the parkinglot wasan unacceptable excuse. Therefore they were also fined for wrestling without a permit. The sergeants checked out after collecting one dollar from everyoneforThe Bob Bush T-Shirt Fund.
The RoundTuit:DanPower has the Tuit and he wasabsent forthe second meeting in a row.You mightsend an email toDan andsay – well – whatever you want.
Club Announcements:
Jeff Brewer announced the birth of his granddaughter Chloe Marie and he asked for prayers for her as she is being treated for a respiratory condition in Newton.
Also we keep in our prayers Ward and Erica Davis. Erica has pregnancy complications and is receiving treatment in Wichita. Erica’s due date is in September.
Coming up on Friday August 7thThe Annual Golf Outing will take place at the Highlands Country Club.Breakfast will be at 7:00am. Golf will begin at 8:00am for those members who will be playing. $40 will cover the cost of green fees and cart use. A sign-up is going around, call Jeff Brewer with any questions.
Jay Pitzer talked about membership recruitment and had more little Tuits to hand out to possible guests inviting them to one of our weekly meetings.Now . . .take action. . . Mark your calendaron Saturday August 29th 6:00pm for The Big-Hat Steak Cook-out Membership / Social at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Spouses and guests are invited. What you can do now is tovisit with potential members so they can put this event on their calendars. Dont forget to hand out those little Tuits.
Amtryke Recipient Presentation: Two Amtrykes were donated today. Doug Foss introduced Gregg and Tonya Rempel and their 2 year oldson Jake. Jake will benefit fromusing the Amtryke to improve his motor skills. Next was Dave Matthews and his son Ianwho is 15 years old from Eldorado. Dave said that at Jake’s birth a woman told him that heneeded to accept Jake and his condition, otherwise the infant would pass away.
Program:Jim Kicklighter introduced today’s program presented by Dr.Mark Fesen whopractices oncologyat the HutchinsonClinic. Dr. Fesen graduated fromRutgers and in 1993came to Hutchinson to begin his practice at the Hutchinson Clinic. During his years ofpracticing oncologyhe has come to realize that cancer patients need essential information in order to guide them through the cancer treatment process. He has recently published his book “Surviving the Cancer System” whichhelps patients to understand their disease and to navigatethe treatment options. He spoke to various kinds of cancerfor which regular examscan detect, e.g.cancersof the breast, prostate, andcolon. These cancers areregarded as treatable with good results. Other cancers, e.g.cancers of the pancreas, lymph nodes, and lungs are not easily treatable and often quickly result in death. In fact lung cancer is the leading cancer killer of men and women. The doctorhasobserved the “curse of the self-employed.” This group of people spend their time and energy on the health of their business while at the same time they neglect their own physical health by ignoring regular check-ups and tests. The doctor offered two points of advice should one be diagnosed with cancer: 1. Develop an honest relationship with the physician, 2. Be your own patient advocate. His book is temporarily sold out at Hastings but can be ordered at Amazon.com. For more information go to: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Now-Available-Surviving-the-iw-2826758469.html?x=0
Drawings:Fred Connerwon the 50/50 pot of $22.Doug Foss correctly answered the newsletter question and won an undetermined amount of money. The newsletter question for next week is: “What cancer is the leading cancer killer?”
Future Programs:
July 10th – Camp Hope July 17th – Ulster Project July 24th – Chuck Peterson’s deep sea diving video July 31st – Big Hats in charge