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Last Meeting: September 17, 2010 President Rick Mitchell in charge.
Guests: Cory Griffiths with Promise Regional Medical Center and Vic Braden, Deputy State Attorney General, our guest speaker.
Fines: Scott Potucek and Dennis Reiser were our Sergeants-at-Arms today. Geoffrey & Kathleen Tolbert and Paul Hartman were fined for being late. I was fined for assuming a few weeks back that Scotts Trivia Book was new. He said that it was not new, never assume, maybe a new one would help? Tom Hymer was fined for a telephone technology issue and his former association to same. Duke Wiggins fined for not attending the Board Meeting and his response There was a Board Meeting? Jim Seitnater was fined for not being two places at the same time. He was working Third Thursday downtown when someone asked for him at the booth. Tim Davies was fined for being late to the booth last week. (I think if they would have dug a bit deeper they could have come up with a myriad of fines here.) Since Eric was not here, Don Grossardt was fined for us not having or knowing about no breakfast at the fair last week, another guilt by association fine. The best fine of the morning was Dave Suhler fined for trying to keep a sign posted at the new Monkey Show at the fair that some drunk was trying to take down since it was blocking his view. Personally, I think they should have let the baboon take care of the drunk. Did you see his fangs? And last but not least, Ward Davis was fined for being late for breakfastbut early for next weeks meeting.
TUIT: Paul Hartman had Fred Conner, Duke Wiggins and Tom Hymer fined for not asking about the TUIT mostly at church. He would have had many more but someone told him that he couldnt fine those working at the booth that forgot to ask. Paul, there are no rules when it comes to the TUIT. Paul gave it to Geoffrey Tolbert.
Announcements: Scott Potucek and Anita Warren announced our membership drive contest for Fall Branding Time October thru November. All members with four-letter first names VS the rest of the membership. Breakfast steaks to the winning group with the most guests attending during branding time and gifts for the first three places. Where does he come up with these things?? Be thinking of guests to invite.
A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who volunteered to work at the fair booth this year. Unfortunately, we were down about 8% from last year, but did better than many other vendors.
The last tickets were sold last Friday for the annual T.E.C.H. Golf Tournament foursome. Jeff Brewer joins Rick Mitchell, Jim Kicklighter and Chuck Peterson for our team in the tournament.
Sign-up continues for our clubs annual Golf Scramble which will be held October 1st at Carey Park with Knackies catering breakfast. The price is $35 which includes greens fee, cart and two mulligans. Invite guests!! Contact Jeff Brewer at 620-728-9132 or jbbrewer@luminousneon.com if you have items to donate for prizes.
The Downtown Chili and Soup Festival follows the fair September 25th. Contact this years Chairman Eric Steinle, if you want to enter a team.
Program: Randy Henderson was called away on an emergency but Guy Gann introduced Vic Braden, Deputy State Attorney General Criminal Division. Vic was here to tell us about his recent experiences in Afghanistan serving with the Kansas Air National Guard from August 2009 through April 2010. Vics assignment was the Dirty South or the Kandahar, and Zabul area. Stationed at Camp Hero, the Afghan army headquarters, outside Kandahar City. Vic was a senior advisor to three generals in the Afghanistan army. He was part of a coalition of American, Canadian, Dutch and British representatives to provide insight to the Afghans on the western views and to provide the coalition on the Afghan views. His PowerPoint photos showed this area as mostly desert with oceans of sand and occasional waves of mountains and very isolated fertile valleys along the rivers. In those fertile valleys are the very poor and not well educated tribal people of Afghanistan, who are isolated and insulated from the rest of the country, growing mostly poppies as a cash crop for the drug war-lords and some wheat for food. Afghanistan is of great political interest because of its geographical location between Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to the north, Iran to the west, Pakistan to the south and east and China to the far northeast. Throughout history this region has been invaded by various groups and since the late 1970s has experienced a continuous state of civil war. The U.S. has supplied secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet afghan regime and more recently led the invasion that overthrew the Taliban government in October 2001. In December 2001, the United Nations authorized the creation of an International Security Assistance Force, (ISAF) to help maintain security and assist the Karzai administration. The country is slowly being rebuilt with the support of the coalition and continued dealing with the Taliban insurgency.
50/50 Drawing: Ryan Thompson won $22.00. Unfortunately Ryan left early and we hope the funds were deposited somewhere safe.
Newsletter Drawing: Fred Conner didnt know the answer much less the question: In the hit TV series Glee, what is the name of McKinley High Schools singing team New Directions number one competitor team? What is Pucks first name? The answers: Vocal Adrenalin and Noah Puckerman. This weeks question worth $55 is: What well known building/business from 1901-1929 preceded the building that is located on the southwest corner of B & Main today where Apron Strings is located? (Hintthe answers to all my questions are as close as your local library. Go dig!)
Steve Conard, Editor