President Craig Knobloch called the meeting of March 14 to order. 

      The first announcement was to the effect that the joint gathering with Rotary would be this coming Friday night.  Contact Dick Fislar if you're interested.

      The next Interclub meeting will be next Tuesday, March 22, for a dinner meeting in Geneseo.  Please contact Steve Schroder if you're interested.

      Tom Plechaty announced that order cards are available for Rose Day.  Make a few points and order some.

      Various Happy Dollars included a glad-to-be-back dollar from Dale Grabau.  To paraphrase and summarize Dale's extremely wise statements, think about going home tonight and using those candles you still have wrapped up for a special occasion.

      In Fun and Fellowship, the Kartel won the preliminary prize.  John Kustes won the opportunity to go for the big bucks but managed to let them slip through his fingers.

The Feature Attraction

      The program was given by professional speaker and top-selling author, Dave "The Shef" Sheffield.  Dave's presentation was basically a humorous, but very insightful presentation on attitude and how it affects how one gets from one point to another.  He brought along a slide presentation to assist.  Attitude, intake and associations together control one's destination.  Other thoughts for the day include bringing energy home, learning from that always-upbeat golden retriever you or one of your friends has, and remembering the three phases of goal setting:  irrational excitement, the cocoon, being flexible and taking action.

March 21         Bill Nelson, Parks Director, Train Festival 2011

March 28         Jamie Jarrett, QC River Bandits 

April 4             Sonita Oldfield-Carlson, The Farm at Skeeter Creek  

April 11           Dan Lee, Augustana College 

April 18           Easter Egg Filling (attention Key Clubs and Builders

                      Clubs)