Carlos Fernandez with the prayer and Rich Zeidler leading the pledge...  Lucky and Good Question Asker Dick Wentura had the right ticket but the wrong card (nine of spades).  Art Awerkamp informed me that the pot is still at $400 and will be there for awhile...  Please keep Jeff Dorsey, his mother, and the rest of their family in your prayers.  Jeff left earlier this week for Kansas City and what he believes will be the last days or perhaps hours for his ailing mother...  Made me sad to see that our community is losing the Salvation Army's Major Alan Wurtz.  The good Major was apparently told just days or weeks after his December 3^rd visit to our club that he and his wife have been reassigned to the Chicago area.  Remember how much to told us he and his family loved Quincy and how happy they were to be extended?  A tough blow but as always, they will meet that challenge.  His last day in Quincy will be February 1^st.  If you haven't already, how about giving him a call to thank him for the great job he has done here and wishing him the best in the future.  Truly a good man and one of God's faithful servants...  I'd like to thank Mel Dillman for keeping me informed about the goings-on of club members.  I appreciate it when someone shares information with me, as Mel does often, that I can in turn share for the greater good.  Please send me a note if you are aware of a club member who (as a few examples) has been promoted, received some type of award, retired, or has been blessed with a new child or grandchild.  Please don't assume I know.  Thanks...  President Kent Anderson now on the downhill side of his year.  I haven't given him a hard time in several months now but do need to razz him for his choice of words when calling Perry Terwelp forward to do the 50/50.  President Kent's exact words were "Perry, you want to make someone happy?"  To which some unidentified Exchange yelled "Line up, boys!"  Now that was funny...  That's all for now, 'til next time, may God's love, grace, and peace be with you and the ones you love.