GUESTS: Denny Steckline, Kansas State Fair, our guest speaker. Gerald Thompson, Brads brother. Ron Roberson, Jeffs brother. Luke Steinle, Erics son.
FINES: Brad Thompson and Stan Macgirvin were our Sergeant-at-Arms. Denny Steckline was fined right out of the shoot for egging the Sergeants on. Darren Wicks was fined trying to get out of his job as President early. Fred Conner was fined for helping setup the room for the Sergeants. Fred, you might want to be a Sergeant next week, paybacks are h*ll. They fined Curtis Mitchell because the signup sheet wasnt filled, and when Curtis asked for a couple volunteers to fill in the few blanks to work the Track & Field, they wouldnt give him his fine back. Jeff Roberson was fined for not introducing his own guest. Tim Davies and Dane Power were fined for being late. Andrew Parr paid a Welcome back tax. Luke and Eric Steinle fined for guilt by association. Paul Brown fined for a guilty smile. Randall Haltom fined for a trumped up charge. Randy Hendrickson was fined for not being late, but the Sergeants thought he was.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tony Powers paid A Tony to announce that his daughter Tonyas Kansas Wesleyan Debate Team was judged #1 in the Nation.
Happy 70th Birthday to Stan Macgirvin!!
AmTryke Presentation: Tyrus Clark received an AmTryke. His mother Rose, Grandmother April and Early Ed Physical Therapist Dana Lang were also present.
PROGRAM: Jeff Roberson introduced State Fair Manger, Denny Steckline. The Kansas State Fair will celebrate its 100th birthday this year. The fair was officially recognized by the state legislature, with the help of local Senator Emerson Carey, as the first Official Kansas State Fair in 1913. The first fair in Hutchinson was hosted by the Reno County Agricultural Society and held in a small wooden livery stable located behind the towns only bank on the northwest corner of Sherman and Main in 1873. It was even bigger the next year but hungry grasshoppers and a proposed tax levy ruined it for the 1874 fair and it was not held. In 1875 it became the first annual Reno County Fair and was held on grounds southeast of the state reformatory. Land near Eastside Cemetery provided a home for the fair in the 1880s as The Arkansas Valley Fair. From 1901 through 1912 the Central Kansas Fair was held on park land between Main and Poplar streets and 11th and 17th Avenues before moving north to its present location. The House of Capper gazebo was built in time for the1913 fair and The Old Mill was completed in time for the fair of 1915. Denny presented many stats and figures about the fair which currently runs for 10 days and attracts nearly 350,000 people. Plans for a new building that will be built where the caretakers house is currently located will house a State Fair Museum among other uses and be ready for the 2014 fair.
50/50 Drawing: Eric Steinle won $25 and donated it to T.E.C.H.
Newsletter Drawing: Tim Davies said, I couldnt recite the membership oath even for $1,000. It was worth only $35, but now it is $40 next week.
Newsletter question: In what year and with whos influence was the Kansas State Fair officially recognized as the The Kansas State Fair?
Next Weeks Program: I wish they would tell me too!!
Editor:
Steve Conard