Our meeting began with a prayer from Jared Haugh which even impressed the Reverend Ron Fritts.

Kevin Curran had the dubious honor of following dramatic scripture reading with initiating Pledge of Allegiance. His "I" to start it may have been one of the more forceful I have ever heard. It was much louder than his previous "I Do's" in his life. Believe it or not, the members knew the rest of the words to complete the pledge.

Bruce Broemmel navigated very well through the members collecting a dollar as the tail-twister even as the club was being shown its new web page. Bruce looked over the audience and thought better of telling the joke he had in mind. Maybe next week.

Eric Thomas took quite a bit of flack for a failed start to a computer driven presentation on the Club's new web page. He even got charged a buck from Bruce who was tail-twisting at the same time. Tough Friday for Eric. Seriously, Eric has done a great job in getting our web site up to speed which we need to succeed with our future events. Thanks to new webmaster Joel Koch for assisting with the presentation. (See Sidebar) If you want to change or add a picture please let Joel know.

Eric Schultz had the winning ticket but drew a Queen of Hearts in the 50/50 drawing. The pot was worth $485 so it is getting up there. We just might be seeing some Exchangites we haven't seen for a while. Thanks to Chuck Venvertloh for handling the drawing.

Brian Musholt, proud uncle of our Student of the Month, had Jeff Kroencke as his guest at the meeting.

The first Gus Macker meeting will be held at The Dock on Wednesday, February 6th at 5:30pm. All members are welcomed to attend. There will be beer available.