Mike Lavery began the meeting with a prayer followed by a stirring beginning of the Pledge by Dave Grimm.

President Perry Terwelp congratulated Kyle Moore on becoming the next Mayor of Quincy and thanked John Spring for is previous work as Mayor of the city. Both are Exchangites but were not in attendance Friday.

Perry also mentioned the thank you received from the Harold Stroot Family for the flowers the Exchange Club sent for the former Exchange Club President's funeral service. He also mentioned a thank you from the Advocacy Network for Children and the Boy Scouts for the club's recent donations to those organizations.

At the recent board meeting the Club authorized a donation of $250 to the YMCA and a $250 donation to The Madonna house which President Terwelp presented to our speaker, Joanne Dedert.

With funding available, the board is also looking for recommendations to give a major donation to a local organization. If you have any ideas or suggestions please let a board member know before the next meeting which is scheduled for May 13th.

Dave Poland reminded the membership of our upcoming flag giveaway at the Dogwood Festival on May 4th. We will have the Boy Scouts carry our big flag while we follow behind handing out flags. Bring your kids and grandkids to help out. This is one event that doesn't require any effort other than walking down Maine Street. If you have any questions, get a hold of Dave Poland.

Dave Rees announced the Club has selected the winner of the Golden Deeds Award. The winner's name will be revealed after she is contacted which has not happened as of this writing. Mark your calendar for that great event on May 10th. You won't want to miss that one.

Chuck Venvertloh (doing his best Chester act...if you know who that is you are old) hobbled around and conducted the 50/50 drawing with Gary Peters ( a previous big time winner of the pot) having the winning ticket. Unfortunately for Gary and fortunately for everyone else, he drew a Queen of Spades. So the pot of $717 continues to grow. Might need to check ID's of some of these "long time-no see" members to make sure they are who they are in the week ahead.

Rick Gengenbacher fleeced the flock for a buck as the Tail Twister and brought some semblance of order to the ritual which has drifted from the norm lately. During his venture around the room Rick quoted a former "Gus Buster" who was facing the judge in court and stated "80 years in prison Judge for smoking some weed? Come on Judge!" For the record he was given a ten year sentence. There had to be more involved than the weed. Now when he gets out of prison in 10 years he can become a Gus Buster again since he will have more "court" experience than most.