Janaury 3, 2014

All the news that's fit to print...and a lot that isn't

Jeff Dorsey, Editor

Paul Clarkson - Editor Emeritus John Tripp - Editor Emeritus

Club Meets at Noon each Friday at Stoney Creek Inn, 3809 Broadway in Quincy
2012-2013 Lincolnland District Exchange Clubs Best Bulletin Award Winner

This Friday

We'll be back at Stoney Creek this week, but as of this writing we have not confirmed a speaker for our meeting this Friday. We will resume with the card draw which is worth over $500 bucks.

Friday Last

It was our Quincy Exchange Club Annual Christmas Lunch meeting at the Quincy Boat Club and a fabulous steak and baked potato meal was enjoyed by all. Thanks to J.J's Catering for saving the best for last.

The "Big Dog" presented the news in the name of the late John Tripp. The news ranged from garbage stickers to Santa's romance with Mrs. Claus. A big thanks to Steve Peters and Dave Grimm who served as bartenders and to Rick Gengenbacher for organizing the lunch.

VIP Dates

1/2 - Ron Dreyer (53) and President Chuck Venvertloh (46) celebrate birthdays

1/13 - Board meeting at the Pier (11:45)

1/24 - Rick Hummel Program

Survey Results are in

Last fall, Doug Greenwell took on the assignment of formulating a survey for the membership to participate in. Here are the highlights of that survey that was done. Overall, members feel like we are doing a great job.

Making a difference in having fun while doing it is the biggest reason for being a member.
We are succeeding in meeting those goals
More participation by more members in projects is the most pressing issue.
A new member integration process is being developed and will be announced fairly soon.
New major fundraising projects are needed to perpetuate our community support.

Hat's off to Doug for handling this very important Club project.

This & That

Our meeting got off to great start with our prayer delivered by Mike Lavery which was followed by Mayor Kyle Moore's very strong delivery of the word "I" to begin the pledge.

President Chuck Venvertloh again made reference to his beloved "Romo-less" Dallas Cowboys. When is the boy ever going to learn?

President Venvertloh thanked Rick Gengenbacher for organizing the Christmas luncheon at the Quincy Boat Club.

Chuck also thanked Dennis Koch for chairing the annual Spouse's Christmas Party. Some 65 people were in attendance at the Holiday Inn last Friday night. Speaking of spouses....

Some people take the opportunity during the holidays to get married and that happened to one of our members (NOT me). Congratulations to Dan Niemann (picture) who married Susan Pierson. Both are great people and we wish them all the best.

There was no 50-50 card draw Friday so the pot remains at $508 and climbing this Friday.

We had one guest at Friday's meeting and that was Kent Anderson's son, Matt ( a former Gus Macker helper).

Mark your calendars. The annual visit by Rick Hummel will take place on Friday, January 24th which is a change from previous calendars.

Like us on Facebook

The National Exchange Club is trying to increase its presence on social media sites. One way to do that is to "Like" a site on Facebook. If you go to these links and click "Like", it will help the club, district and National Exchange Club promote the programs of service of Exchange to others. If you are on Facebook, please support Exchange by clicking Like! Here's the links:

National Exchange Club

Lincolnland District Exchange Clubs

Quincy Exchange Club

Quincy Gus Macker Site

Smoke on the River Site

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