GUESTS Gerald Thompson, Brad Thompsons brother. Craig Williams, Principal – Prairie Hills Middle School and Director of the Family Childrens Theatre a guest of Scott Potucek and our speaker.
FINES Dennis Reiser and Brad Thompson were our Sgts. Those fined for being late were Ward Davis (again) Paul Brown and new member David Roe. John Knipp fined for no badge since he took the express lane for coffee. Curtis Mitchell plus all the other board members fined for having a second board meeting since they couldnt get all the business done with just one. I got lucky. Don Grossardt would have been fined, but since he had left, Don Rogers was fined for having the same first name. Tom Hymer was fined for wining the 50/50 pot even though he was nice enough to donate it to Avenue A School. Tim Davies, Ron Quick and Vern Powers (what did he say) fined for being at the only table not fined. All the members present that had NOT signed up to work the Tournament were fined. Ill be nice and not name names here since they hopefully did sign up to work. The Sgts continued their torture with useless Trivia and the ultimate, a pin check.
ANNOUNCEMENTS Curtis Mitchell announced that following their second board meeting to discuss Crowdfunding ideas that the board recommends that we hire member Preston Clark to implement a Peer-to-Peer Crowd Funding technique using the FirstGiving website as a second avenue of fundraising for our ice cream booth building replacement project. The vote passed unanimously.
The NJCAA Tournament is underway! Dont forget to work your scheduled shifts!
Jim Jacobs announced that his wife Kristen had recently received a kidney transplant and that the surgery went well and she is recovering. We wish her success!
There will be a tour of Siemens plant, limited to 30 people, on April 26th. If you are interested in attending, send an e-mail to Craig Johnson at cjohn49@hotmail.com with your name and employers name.
PROGRAM Mark Treaster introduced Craig Williams since Scott Potucek was unable to be here. Craigs day job is Principal of Prairie Hills Middle School for the past 32 years. But Craigs second passion besides teaching students and overseeing school operations is Director of the Family Childrens Theatre. Craig has been involved with the Theatre since its inception as an actor in their very first production. The Theatre was started 23 years ago by Patrick McCreary in 1988. Their next show is The Robe, April 19-22, about the Centurion soldier who wins Christs robe in a lottery and his life afterwards. The last production of their 23rd season will be Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, June 7-10. The story is about a backwoods man, his new bride, and her quest to marry off his 6 ill-behaved brothers. They offer four showings of each show with three nightly and one Sunday afternoon. This year the theatre operated with 550 volunteers and a budget of $92,000. Seven of their shows are held in their theatre, which is the former Flag Theater built in 1936, with their major musical show performed at Memorial Hall. This July they will be changing their name to the Family Community Theatre. You can find a listing of their upcoming 24th Season of 8 shows on their website familychildrenstheatre.com.
50/50 DRAWING Harley Macklin won $20.
NEWSLETTER DRAWING Fred Conner was not here sowe dont know if he knew that the wait time for an AmTryke on the National wish list is three months to one year.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK To date, how many AmTrykes have been distributed around the world?
Steve Conard, Editor