WEEKLY FRIDAY7 AM MEETINGEDITOR: Tom Hymer

WELCOME GUESTS: Bob Obermite of Sonoco was invited by Scott Potucek. Program presenters Ron Williams, Laura Snyder, Bill Sprouse all from Siemens of Hutchinson. Harley Macklin introduced his son Ron Macklin. Guy introduced his wife Bobbie.

SERGEANTS: First off they recognized and led the members to honor the veterans in our club, Stan Macgirvin, Doc Powers, and Randy Hendrickson. We commend each of you for your service. Then Dennis and Doug a.k.a D&D COLLECTIONS fined Bob Bush for being tardy, Randall Haltom for making a list and forgot anyway, Paul Brown and Jim Seitnater who work for the City of Hutchinson were prodded to pay for Jana Durham winning the 50/50 pot, Dane Power and Darren Wicks for dodging their program duties. Then John Knipp, Curtis Mitchell, and Bob Bush were all fined for eating chili and drinking Coors Beer at the bank, hospital, and on city property. Hows that possible??? Dennis in his dreams dreamed up a money maker for shared names of the members, e.g. there are 2 Jeffs in the club. Ward Davis was fined for work at the Zoo.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Randy Hendrickson announced the annual Christmas Social on Wednesday December 7TH at 6:00pm at Jillians Restaurant which is offering a select menu bar. The Sign-up sheet is going around.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Thanks to the Big Hatters and other donations of goods our annual Head Start Santa Boxes will take place. That means our Friday meeting on December 9TH will begin with breakfast at the Airport Steak House. Afterwards we will cross the street at L & B Storage and Equipment Rental to assemble the boxes for the Head Start kids.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Jay Pitzer announced a new opportunity for a casino night on December 17TH and recruited enough dealers to participate.

PROGRAM: Scott Potucek intro todays program, Siemens Wind Energy of Hutchinson, KS. Starting with Ron Williams he spoke of his responsibilities as Logistics Manager handling materials, warehouse, and planning. Siemens has various divisions in its company with 7,600 employees in the Wind section. One turbine tower will generate 2.3 megawatts of power that will supply about 200 to 300 houses with power. Here in Hutchinson Siemens makes the nacelles and hubs for the turbines, one nacelle will cost $1 million to manufacture and $3 million to install, huge start up costs in the energy industry. Laura Snyder moved from Denver to oversee the community awareness of Siemens sponsoring events like the Rod Run. Also Siemens works with the Kansas Cosmosphere, American Red Cross Blood drive and others. Bill Prouse was the fourth person hired by Siemens in Hutchinson. He talked about the windows are tinted to react to the amount of sunlight as part of energy conservation. About 2 to 3 nacelles are produced per week. Duke Energy and Westar are placing orders for nacelles. Turbines are designed to react to wind speeds of 2mph to 56mph.

50/50 DRAWING: Harley Macklin won the pot of $30 and gave it back to the pot for therapist scholarships.

NEWSLETTER DRAWING: Jim Seitnater could have won $20 but he didnt know the answerof afellow employee of the City of Hutchinson. Next weeks question for $25 is: Can you name one of the three persons who presented the Siemens program?

MEETING: Friday October Novemer, 2011 EDITOR: Tom Hymer

WELCOME GUESTS: Jana Durham who is todays program presenter.

SERGEANTS: Someone complained of torture when the cops started their work. It started with the search for rats, a.k.a. squealers. President Mitchell paid for winning the 50/50 pot, Steinle fined for winning the 50/50 pot two weeks ago and having his 46TH birthday, Brown for participating in the City of Hutchinson politics, Sloan calling the sergeant Denny and not Dennis, Davies trick-o-treating as a fork that lost its spoon, what? Ex-president Mitchell and the Mitchell now holding office paid their presidential taxes, why were they laughing about it? Peterson had a problem driving his car and now its in the body shop. Sergeant Dennis, somehow he seemed to be having too much fun, collected a lot of money by conducing Table Trivia with obscure questions about USA presidents.

PAID ANNOUNCEMENT: Eric Steinle reported on the Chili Fest, sponsored by Downtown Hutchinson. 800 people paid $5 to taste and vote on chili and costumes making for a very successful event. http://www.downtownhutch.com/page.php?id=73

MAYBE HE PAID ANNOUNCEMENT: Jim Seitnater announced the upcoming KSKU Christmas parade on Main Street in Downtown Hutchinson Saturday November 19TH starting at 10:00.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Randy Hendrickson announced the annual Christmas Social on Wednesday December 7TH at 6:00pm at Jillians Restaurant which is offering a select menu bar. The Sign-up sheet is going around.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Ice Cream Chairman Jim Jacobs reported that this years Ice Cream Parlor sales were $13,000 that includes the sales of left-over ice cream tubs.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Curtis Mitchell announced a board meeting at 6:15am at the meeting of November 11TH .

PROGRAM: Jeff Roberson introduced todays program, new director of the Hutchinson Zoo Jana Durham. Coming from Emporia to Hutchinson Durham embarked on a business career, before following her passion for zoo keeping. There is some renovation projects taking place at the Zoo, some of which are improvements for animal quarters and visitor viewing. For example new facilities are in progress for the otters which are a popular attraction. A raccoon and possum exhibit is being planned to prevent the critters from digging out under ground. The Zoo is funded by the City of Hutchinson. Friends of Zoo run the gift shop and the train rides. Currently admission to the Zoo is free, but there was some discussion that a small gate fee should be in place. 47,00 people visit the Zoo annually. A little known secret of the zoo is the fertilizer generated by the animals. It is available to the public. Gardeners regard the llama manure as the best. Thanks to Jana Durham for a zooper program. http://www.hutchgov.com/department/division.asp?fDD=18-98

50/50 DRAWING: Guest Jana Durham won the pot of $26.

NEWSLETTER DRAWING: Paul Brown could have won $15 but he didnt know the answer. Next weeks question for $20 is: Who is the new director of the Hutchinson Zoo?

MEETING: Friday October 28, 2011 EDITOR: Tom Hymer

WELCOME GUESTS: Vic Ennz guest of Harley Macklin, Brandy Peterman guest of Jeff Roberson, Randy Mathews program presenter today and guest of the absent Darren Wicks.

SERGEANTS: On duty today were Bush and Reiser. Rita Joy was late and felt the joy of helping kids by paying her fine. Doc Powers confessed to speeding as he was fined for being late. The sergeants wanted to fine Steinle and Haltom but they were absent. Many hapless Ambucs proceeded through the breakfast line in front of Sergeant Reiser, Conard, Rick Mitchell, Brown, Brewer, Macgirvin, Brad Thompson, Fallon, Knipp, Seitnater and Kristine. Wiehl was accused of lying, Davis had his picture in the newspaper, Treaster paid for leaving early. Sergeant Reiser fined everybody who did not help with the Casino event at Holy Cross. Sergeant Bush got a quarter from Tony Powers and then three more – Look out Chicken Little, the sky is falling! Janda decided to use her car to go deer hunting, Brown was offering free legal opinions, and President Mitchell violated Ambucs dress code all of which generated more revenue for the toilet. Can you say ka-ching with the word toilet when the normal word is flush?

PAID ANNOUNCEMENT: Rita Joy Campbellsaid that the Kansas Childrens League is hosting a breakfast fund raiser on December 3RD. For more information: https://www.kcsl.org/RedStocking_Home.aspx

PAID ANNOUNCEMENT: Harley Macklin proudly announced 52 years of marriage. May the Macklins have many more.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Jay Pitzer announced that Casino night at Holy Cross produced $1000 and wanted to thank those members who participated in making the event successful.

ANNOUNCEMENT: There is a meeting for the ice cream committee on Friday November 4TH at 6:15AM prior to our weekly meeting at the Towne Club.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Ice Cream Chairman Jim Jacobs reported on this years Ice Cream sales. Compared to last year revenue was down $7,300 and net proceeds were $12,400 down substantially. Pending is the sales revenue from the left-over ice cream tubs.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Duke Wiggins gave a status report on the Head Start project. Big Hatters are looking at options to fulfill this years project, but $2,000 is needed. An effort is being made to obtain donated items.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Chairman Preston Clark reported that Community Service has a balance of $22,000 however most of that is committed to TECH leaving $2,500 for Amtrykesuntil May 2012.

PROGRAM: Todays program was Randy Mathews new Director of Hutchinson’s Historic Fox Theatre.He hasAmbuc roots as amember of the Salina Ambuc Bandits known to be a rowdy bunch.His interestin theatre arts led to the formation of a group to preserve the theatres in Emporia, Salina, and 30 other cities in Kansas. In Hutchinson the new marquee has been totally restored after being in service for over 80 years. A grant helped to fund this project. He discussed upcoming events and shows, for more information see this web site. http://www.hutchinsonfox.com/ . There was some discussion on the sound system in the Fox and the solutions are being sought. Films at the Fox continue to be the best buy in town. The Delos V. Smith Foundation Films are shown Friday and Saturday at 7:30 PM and Sunday at 2:00 PM. Buy one ticket for $5.00, get one FREE!

50/50 DRAWING: Curtis Mitchell won the pot of $26.

NEWSLETTER DRAWING: Terry Brigman could have won $10 but he was absent. Next weeks question for $15 is: Who is the new director of the Historic Fox Theatre?

MEETING: Friday October 21, 2011 EDITOR: Tom Hymer

WELCOME GUESTS: Dean Brigman introduced Denny Stoecklein, Kansas State Fair General Manager.

SERGEANTS: Bush and Sloan joined forces and proceeded to collect money from hapless members of the club. They fined President Mitchell for being himself, Wicks for a trumped up offence, Treasurer Grossardt for keeping the club books for 228 years, Seitnater for running Downtown, Wiggins for winning money, Johnson for causing alto-sax music at the Bush household, Power for not having his first dollar, Pitzer and Thompson for no Ambuc pins at the Chamber Breakfast, Thompson again for the increases in gas prices and even higher prices for Bushs trucks, Seitnater again for awards for Downtown improvements and the City of Hutchinsons web site, Power again for causing chaos in the Stock Market, Jerry Dalton for pleading innocent, and finally the winning and losing teams of the golf tournament, whew!

PAID ANNOUNCEMENT: Eric Steinle, chief organizer of the Chili Fest King, announced that there are 31chili soup teams competing Saturday October 29TH 11:30AM to 2:00PM, also bands, kids inflatables, people come and have some fun.

PAID ANNOUNCEMENT: John Knipp announced that his son is returning after active duty in the armed forces in the Middle East. Congratulations John and thank you for your sons service.

PAID ANNOUNCEMENT: Ward Davis announced Reigns of Hope Make a Difference Benefit Auction Saturday, October 29TH 6:00PM at the Sunflower North Building Kansas State Fairgrounds, http://reinsofhopehutch.org/events/?event_id=6 for more information.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Don Grossardt announced a meeting for the ice cream committee planned for Friday November 4TH at 6:15AM prior to our weekly meeting at the Towne Club.

ANNOUNCEMENT: President Mitchell announced that the downturn of sales revenue at our State Fair Ice Cream Parlor has had a negative impact on the club budget and adjustments will have to made. Community Service has approved an Amtryke for a qualifying child.

PROGRAM: Dean Brigman introduced todays program, Denny Stoecklein general manager of the Kansas State Fair. Since the fair there have been 24 events on the Fairgrounds including a motor coach and RV convention. Wedding receptions are the largest non-fair events. Securing grandstand events for the 2012 Fair is already underway with 4 offers in progress. It is estimated that 10% of Fair goers see a grandstand event. In the area there other venues with better facilities that compete for events presenting a challenge to the State Fair. The new zip-line ride over Lake Talbot was very popular with over 4,100 people participating. Plans are being made to expand the zip-line for 2012. Another main attraction is the hypnotist Ron Diamond who draws the crowds at each performance. However at one time stage hypnosis was banned in Kansas until it was reversed in 2004. An interesting program which included some laughs and funny lines.

50/50 DRAWING: Eric Steinle won the pot of $18.

NEWSLETTER DRAWING: Randall Haltom could have won $5 but he didnt know the answer to the question. Next weeks question for $10 is: Where on the Fairgrounds was the zip-line located?

AMBUCS Newsletter 10/14/2011

Today was the annual golf tournament. Since there wasn’t a regular meeting, there is nothing to report.

Check last week’s newsletter for the Newsletter question.

AMBUCS Newsletter 10/7/2011

Editor: Jeff Roberson

Guests: Anette Roberson, Bob Overmyer, Kyle Young

Sergeants: Bob Bush has made it a personal cause to collect enough fines to pay for an Amtryke during his term. So, to that end many fines were handed out and paid in. Late Fines were handed out for pot winning fines, birthday fines, proud AMBUC fines (or not being a proud AMBUC, as the case may be). This editor got fined for misstating the date and cost of the golf tournament. Bob is also having paid announcements for various happenings within our community. Reigns of Hope will have their fall auction and fund raiser at the Fair Grounds on October 29th. Jay reminded us about the upcoming Casino Night for Holy Cross.

Announcements: The Golf Tournament is on Friday October 14th at the Highlands. So, we will NOT be meeting at the Town Club on the 14th for breakfast but at the Highlands.

Program: Bob Overmyer talked about his work at Sonoco. The plant first opened in 1909 and has been recycling paper for over 100 years. He talked about the savings over the years of greening up the Hutchinson Plant. When the plant first opened they used a tremendous amount of water and gas. Today they operate at better than the average plant on energy and water usage. In 2007 they won an award for energy reduction. They have an excellent strategic partnership here in town to recycle our post-consumer paper.

Drawings: 50/50 for $36 was won by Scott Saylor. Duke Wiggins knew the newsletter question and won $40. So, the next newsletter question is worth $5.

Newsletter question: In what year was Reno County organized?

AMBUCS Newsletter 9/30/2011

BIG HAT FRIDAY

Editor: Jeff Roberson

Guests: Rion Rhoades

Sergeants: Dave got fined for sneaking out. Big hatters who didnt wear their hats got fined. John Knipp got fined for not being a big hat. Everyone got to pay a fine because we went before the Sergeants in line. Who are those guys, anyway? Fred got fined for winning the pot last week. Fine Buying: Harley complemented the Ice Cream Booth managers for a good job, and he also complemented everyone for a job well done.

Announcements: Fred says we have six tubs of ice cream left. Guy Gann says that the golf tournament is October 14th and not the 4th as I incorrectly wrote last week. In addition the fees are $50 and not $15, again as I wrote last week. So, the golf tournament is October 14th and the fee is $50. Jay reminded us about the upcoming casino night on October 22nd for Holy Cross Schools.

Program: Coach Rion Rhoades talked about the Football program at Hutchinson Community College. This is his fifth season with HCC. He enjoys rebuilding jobs and has enjoyed turning HCCs Football program around. He also talked about some of his concerns with the conference that HCC is in. Some of the smaller schools are struggling and he is concerned that they may cut their Football programs as a cost savings measure. So, to that end he is working to see how he can help keep the conference viable in the future. One of the changes is a change to the squad size. This could help the struggling programs who may have signed a kid who isnt play to his potential. He concluded with a question and answer session.

Drawings: Terry Brigman won the $23. Eric Steinles name was drawn for the news letter question, but he wasnt there. So, next week it is up to $40.

Newsletter Question: What position did Rion Rhoades play at HCC in the mid 1990s?

AMBUCS Newsletter 9/23/11

Editor: Jeff Roberson

Guest: Bill Hermes

Sergeants: Paul Brown won the 50/50 pot last week with fake tickets. There is some speculation that Paul didnt actually purchase the tickets, but well leave that up to a judge to decide. Since there was some question about the authenticity of his tickets, he was fined for the win. Curtis got fined for almost knocking over the name badges this morning. Duke got fined for, well, being Duke. Others got fined for various reasons. We had a few late comers, Randall, Christie and Ward, so they had to pay a tidy fine. Brad decided to raise some more fine money by asking questions about old TV shows. For example, what happened on September 23rd, 1977? Farrah Fawcett was replaced on Charlies Angels by Cheryl Ladd. The first broadcast of Marcus Welby, M.D. was on September 23rd, 1957. Needless to say, many fines were paid and few accurate answers were provided. There were some good wrong answers, though. Jeff Brewer bought a fine to announce his first Grand Son being born!

Announcements: The AMBUCS golf classic is October 4th, the entrance fee is $15, see Guy Gann for more information. Jim Jacobs thanked everyone for the help at the booth this year. Fred also echoed Jim and thanked everyone too. Fred said that we still have some tubs of ice cream left to purchase. The cost is $25 per tub. Jay reminded everyone about the Casino night for Cause for Paws. Doug Foss said that the Circles of Hope was having information meetings on September 29th and October 6th if anyone is interested. Curtis reminded us about the upcoming Rod Run.

Program: Bill Hermes talked about Bob Johnsons and the Reno County Youth Shelter and Juvenile Detention Centers. The center is located at 219 W 2nd. They first opened in 1983 and moved into their current location in 1989. They offer services not only to Reno County, but to a wide area surrounding our county with the exception of Sedgwick County. If you or an organization is interested in tours, they are happy to give them. You can contact Bill Hermes for more information and to schedule a tour.

Drawings: The 50/50 pot was won by Fred for $23. Randy Hendrickson didnt know the newsletter question, so its up to $35.

Newsletter Question: Approximately how many youth does Bob Johnsons Youth Shelter serve annually?

AMBUCS Newsletter 9/16/2011

Editor: Jeff Roberson

Guests: Ron Roberson

Sergeants: Fines were handed out for not helping with the 50/50 tickets. Many AMBUCS passed the tickets and the bucket without chipping in and helping out. The Sergeants seemed to think that this was a problem. The Sergeants also wondered why some of us were at the Town Club and not helping Duke unload ice cream, so we were fined for that. Brad decided to sell tickets and so there was a 50/50 drawing.

Program: We did have an excellent program from Steve Harmon and Steve Conard about the 1929 Flood in Hutchinson.

Drawings: 50/50 was $19 and was won by our very own Paul Brown.

Ryan Thompson was chosen for the newsletter drawing; however, he was being a good AMBUC and helping unload ice cream.

Newsletter Question: For $30, what waterway is responsible for the flooding in Hutchinson?

AMBUCS Newsletter 9/9/2011

Editor: Jeff Roberson

Guest: Dr. Terry Stofferson

Sergeants: Due to a misunderstanding there was no program today. So, Darrin Wicks got fined a $1 since we should have had a program. In Darrins defense we usually meet at the Ice Cream Booth on this Friday. The Sergeants were in charge for a bit longer than usual this morning, extracting fines for not having pins or cards among other things. We did have a few slots to fill for the booth which were quickly filled. Jay got fined for failing to mention AMBUCS in his radio spot. Scott mentioned that the TUIT may be resurrected in some form for fall awareness which was met with some booing of the crowd. Today was Diannes last day with us. She is retiring and apparently her husband is a member of the Civitan club and he thinks she should go to his meetings. We suggested that he become an AMBUC and that she is welcome to visit.

Announcements: Things are up and rolling at the Ice Cream Booth. A multitude of waffle cones had waffle bowels have already been made-up. Jay again is looking for help for the Cause for Paws Casino night coming up on September 24th. Please see Jay to sign up. If you are new to the club and want to learn how the Casino works, this is an on-the-job training opportunity. All you need to do is sign up and show up with black slacks and a white shirt.

Board Meeting: The Board held a meeting this morning. Out of the meeting Curtis visited with us on how we can increase membership with our club. Junior memberships were discussed as a way to help out the Young Professionals become members. If you have thoughts and ideas regarding membership, please feel free to e-mail, call, or otherwise harass Curtis with your ideas. The Fall meeting in Oklahoma City again was brought up. As of Fridays meeting no one has signed up to go. If you are interested in representing our club please contact Curtis.

Drawings: 50/50 for $32 was won by Jim Jacobs.

Dennis Reiser was picked for the newsletter and he didnt know the answer. So, next week it is up to $25.

Newsletter Question: What is the name of the AMBUCS National President?