Club President, Jeff Behrens, called the meeting of October 29 to order.  Providing the entertainment again was Jonathan Turner with some special music highlighting the observance of a bank holiday in Ireland.

    Adam Bain started off the announcements by saying that he and Heidi Huiskamp-Collins will be handling the Coats for Kids project this year.  The participating merchant this year will be the Old Navy store at NorthPark.  There will be 50 children from three different Rock Island Schools, who will be bused to the location.  This event will be occurring Wednesday, November 14.

    To the exuberant delight of the crowd, Tom Plechaty announced that, once again, he would be our own Club Cheese Whiz.  Tom explained that this year, cheese packages will be available for Thanksgiving delivery, as well as all of the December holidays.

    Chris Elsberg drew our attention to the current activity calendar which listed not only the Coats for Kids project, but the King Center Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday, November 18; the Salvation Army bell ringing Friday, November 30; and the King Center Christmas party, featuring shopping December 6, wrapping December 15, and the party  on December 19.  There will be more on all these points.

President Jeff told us that the invoices were out and available for pickup.

Dining Tour books are still available in the paperback or leatherette with gold-embossed covers.  The leatherette design is available at the low, low price of $35 and is suitable for personal use, gifts, or swatting at flies like President Jeff, who keeps his in his glove compartment.

Guests included representatives of the Rock Island High School Key Club.

    In Fun and Fellowship, the Kartel won the preliminary prize of $4, which it gobbled up to offset the day's $9 investment.  The Kartel also won the opportunity for the grand prize, but once again, it slipped through their hands.