Weekly Meeting of the Hutchinson Ambucs: Jim Seitnater, editor
Welcome Guests: Doug Foss introduced his wife Jill as a guest and Pastor Mark Conard, First United Methodist Church as todays program.
Sergeants: Big Hat Sergeant Doug Foss and helper Scott Saylor fined the President for multiple offenses, Tim Davies for a media offense, then fined many offenders for fixing their plates ahead of the Sergeant. He then picked on those who followed the e-mail instructions to wear their KU or KSU colors because his WSU was left out and followed up with a pin check so the crapper was quite full thanks to those who braved the winter storm to show up.
Tuit report: Doug Hoffman fined Duke and then paid his dollar to get rid of the tuit by way of the newsletter drawing, his plan to pull two names then flip a coin with the winner getting the question and the loser the tuit. After several attempts to pick the contestants, Sergeant Foss exercised his powers to pick Jeff Brewer who won or lost the coin toss either way awarding him the tuit and ignoring the newsletter question altogether, lucky Jeff!
Presidents Message: Scott Potucek installed John Dresher (sponsored by Tim Davies) as the clubs newest member. He awarded Preston Clark a star and spur that he earned bringing in new members during the Fall Branding. Scott asked for helpers to man the Ambucs booth between 5:30 and 6:15 pm at the Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner meeting this Monday, February 1st at the Grand Prairie.
Program: Pastor Mark Conard of the First United Methodist Church, Downtown presented a very interesting program on his recent visit to Zimbabwe. As a young boy in 1960, Mark was introduced to the African culture at church when he heard The Ambassador Quartet dressed in native garb, sing, drum and dance at his church. Even today he keeps in contact with family members of three of the quartet. Shona is spoken although English is the official language, children eat the same porage lunch everyday and considered fortunate as many still go hungry as the school tuition of $10 a year is more than many families earn. The children in school wear uniforms which are for most the only new clothes that they have known, the schools are a part of the church and the teachers are paid by the government. Men leave their homes for jobs in the city which leaves the work for the women and many suffer from HIV/Aids. Pastor Mark shared several projects that he had helped work on, musical clips of the people at worship and told us that they were very welcoming to their guests.
Drawings: $12 from the 50/50 pot was donated to the Matori District fund. Jeff Brewer never got a chance to answer the newsletter question.
If asked: The Newsletter question for the next meeting on February 5th is What musical group in 1960 inspired Pastor Mark Conards life long interest in Africa?