Rick Gengenbacher (or whatever his name is) began things with a prayer followed by Rick Veihl who drew in a huge breath so he could utter one letter ("I") to begin the Pledge of Allegiance.

Steve Peters fleeced the flock for a buck and told a joke about nuns painting which ended with a clap of thunder. He's lucky the lightning bolt didn't strike him.

Brian Koch handled the Card Draw worth $235. Sonny Christner had the winning ticket but drew a 7 of Spades.

Curt Moore reminded the Club of the board meeting change coming up. The August board meeting will be held on Monday, August 11th. The board has decided to move the monthly board meetings to 11:45am on the 3rd Thursday of the month beginning in September instead of the 2nd Monday of each month. All members are welcomed to attend any board meeting which is held on the 3rd floor of the Pier Restaurant. The cost is $10 to cover your lunch if you will be eating.

Jimmy Louthen passed out raffle tickets to club members to sell. We are selling the tickets for fund-raising for Smoke on the River. The winner gets their choice of a Kawasaki KLX 2500S Dirt Bike, a Kawasaki Ninja 300 Street Bike, a Kawasaki Brute Force 4-wheeler or $3500 cash. The cost is $5 per ticket or 3 for $10.

Kent Anderson announced that he has 29 signup participants for the Smoke on the River BBQ Contest Certified BBQ Judging Class. That class is set for August 2nd at JJ's Café. So far over 50 people have signed up to be a judge. Kent can use some help at the class. For more information, go to: www.smokeontheriver.net or contact Kent Anderson at 242-5224.

Smoke on the River will be held on September 5th and 6th.

In the good news department, Gary Farha has been dismissed from the hospital and hopefully will be back with us soon perhaps as early as this Friday.

We had one guest and that was Duncan Sankey of London, England. Duncan was the guest of Lenny Biallas and is the son in law of former member Tom Gott. Duncan is a money manager in England.