Remember that April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Jared Haugh handled the prayer with Vic Welper mildly stating "I' to begin the Pledge of Allegiance. I have to believe Vic said "I' much more forcefully at his wedding followed by "do". I'll have to ask Mrs. Welper.

Speaking of Mr. Welper, he announced that Josh Klitz has agreed to assist Vic and Cory Watson on the Macker sponsorship committee. Apparently, that committee had their quota of sponsorships raised at the last Macker meeting. So please contact Vic and his crew to see how you can help make that happen.

President Chuck Venvertloh was presented a Gus Macker basketball by Scott McNeal. In return, Scott was given a "Vote for Chuck" t-shirt. My God, is it ever going to end?

Chuck mentioned we will be having a road trip on April 11th as we will meet at the John Wood Development Center at 4220 Koch's Lane (for the uninitiated, this is not where Dennis Koch lives)

Kent Anderson enlightened the Club on the Kansas City BBQ Association's BBQ school. This year's school to be accredited for our Smoke on the River event will be held on Saturday, August 2nd. More details in the weeks ahead.

Dick Wentura, dipping into his grandkids inheritance, bought $10 worth of tickets and was lucky enough for the second week in a row to have the correct ticket for the 50-50 Card Draw. Dick selected the Queen of Diamonds so the pot escalates to beyond $937 this Friday. Thanks again to Curt Moore for handling the card draw.

Jared Haugh conducted the tail twisting duties and chose one table to deposit a handful of rubber gloves in front of Les Sachs. It was a perfect prop for our speaker. But where did he get them? Maybe we don't want to know.

The Club purchased a $100 ticket for one lucky member to enter the National Exchange Club's Mega Raffle. That lucky person was Dr. Lenny Biallas who had his name drawn. If you purchase a ticket for the National Exchange Club Mega Raffle, the club will get $10 back. The grand prize winner, to be drawn on July 12th, 2014, will get $100,000 cash. Second prize is expected to reach $4000 cash and third prize is expected to reach $2500 cash. You can get your tickets today at www.exchangeraffle.com. You do not need to be a member to buy a ticket.

Congrats to Jim Lierly. For wearing his name badge, he was the winner of the $5 at the meeting last week.

This week's scheduled greeters are Jim Benz and Travis Brown. The same as last week. Thanks to Charlie Ledbetter for stepping up and handling the membership as they came in.