Mike Lavery had the honors of opening the meeting with a prayer followed by Tony Nutt, with the help of a Chuck Venvertloh cue card with an "I" on it, started the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank God Chuck didn't turn the card or we would have stated the Pledge with "H pledge allegiance to the flag....."
It was good to see Tony back at a meeting. He was only there to win the 50-50 pot so we won't see him for a while again since that pot was WON by Jimmy Louthen when he drew the ace of spades. His winnings were worth $1,622. That's a lot of BBQ. There were only 12 cards left in the deck when Jimmy selected the winning one. Congratulations Jimmy!
Bruce Broemmel handled the tail-twisting duties and relayed a particularly funny joke regarding an elderly couple, intimacy, and their Blue Cross-Blue Shield card.
A second reading was held before the membership on the application of Chris Scarano to join the club. With no objections we hope to bring him into the Club next week. He is being proposed for membership by Dan Veihl.
Special guests last week included Aaron Clark of Quincy Medical Group and Chris Zeidler from Madison, Wisconsin. Chris was the guest of his father, Rich, and Aaron was the guest of Mike Elbe who stated Aaron is a prospective member as well.
Travis Brown is still looking for walkers for the Exchange Club's Walking Team for the upcoming Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimers on September 5th at 5pm. That event will be held with walkers going from Clat Adams Park to The Dock and back (only if you don't stop and have a beer at The Dock).Contact Travis if you are interested.
Congratulations to Mike Young on his new position at QND. Mike will be a religion teacher this year, as well as the Director of Christian Formation for QND.
Thoughts and prayers go out to Dave Poland and his family. Dave's father is in a St. Louis Hospital with pneumonia. Here's hopes for a speedy recovery.
For Coach Connell, he is entering his 23rd season as head coach of the Raider program and has compiled a record of 154 and 72 over that span. His team finished last season at 5 and 5 and lost to Macomb in the playoffs.The Raiders are entering their first season in the West Central Conference. Coach Connell spent a good deal of his speaking time discussing the new IHSA rules of allowing limited practice time to prevent injury and heat related issues from occurring.He feels that this has put his team at somewhat of a disadvantage when they open the season at Hannibal since the Pirates have had no such limitations on practice time. It should be another exciting season of football at 10th and Jackson again this season.
