Jared Haugh got things rolling with a prayer that included thanking the Lord for beer and for our veterans.

Sonny Christner belted out the first line of the Pledge of Allegiance before the rest of the Club could catch up with him.

Curt Moore conducted the 50-50 card draw with Dr. Lenny Biallas holding the winning ticket. Lenny drew an Ace of Diamonds (not Spades) so the pot of $360 goes up even more this Friday.

Rick Gengenbacher presented information on Monday's Veteran's Day ceremony as Exchangite Chris Scarano was the featured speaker. Rick also asked for the 8 veterans in attendance to stand up and be recognized.

Mel Dillman reminded everyone of the Annual Ploughman's Lunch at Christ Lutheran Church at 333 South 36th Street on Wednesday (tomorrow). They deliver too!

We had one guest at last Friday's meeting and that was John Mast of Trend Consulting. John was the guest of Travis Brown.

President Chuck announced that the Club finally presented the five firehouses in the city a plaque as Carlos Fernandez joined him at those presentations (see picture).

He also reminded everyone of the Special Olympic Basketball tournament date of Saturday, December 14th.

The initial meeting for the Fishing for Freedom event was held. Chris Scarano represented us at the meeting. More details will be forthcoming.

Also December 6th is the date for the Hearing Impaired Christmas luncheon. That evening the Give a Kid a Chance Dinner will also be held. Looks like Santa stays suited up that day.

Jeff Dorsey tail twisted the Club with a joke or two as well as dropping dollars on the floor and knocking over drinks. It was an eventful tour of the tables which culminated in President Chuck Venvertloh getting fined an extra buck for not using the risers set up after the time that was taken to get them last week to be used.

Lincolnland Conference was held last weekend with Dennis and Joel Koch in attendance. They will have all the exciting details of the meetings this Friday.