The sound waves of the bell hadn't even diminished when Jared Haugh uttered the first words of our opening prayer.

The prayer was followed by what sounded like Dave Grim yelling across the bow of his boat the word "I" to initiate the Pledge of Allegiance.

Bruce Broemmel conducted the tail-twisting duties with a joke about somebody sneezing and their body shook after that. You just had to be there.

Brian Koch performed the 50-50 card draw duties with Dick Wentura gunning for the pot worth $437 (Dick personally has purchased $900 worth of tickets to try to win the jackpot). He had the right ticket but drew the 7 of Spades so the pot escalates this Friday.

President Curt Moore advised the Club of our pending involvement with Unity Church's "Unity Exchange Day" which should occur in late November or early December. Curt mentioned that it most likely will be held at the "Carol" Lindsay Center, wherever that may be located.

Curt also informed the Club of the board's decision to donate money to cover a sponsorship and to pay for a team led by Perry Terwelp for an upcoming Autism bowling tournament.

Mel Dillman explained that the Club has agreed to purchase two tickets for the upcoming B-25 flights during Veteran's Day. These flights will help offset the cost of a flyover during the Veteran's Parade. The Club will be raffling off the two tickets with a raffle ticket costing $5. We will sell them during our meetings for the next few weeks with the drawing to take place on October 31st.

During Carlo's Fernandez' introduction of our guest, he took the time to update us on the Honor Flight Program. This Thursday will be the 27th Honor Flight to our nation's capital. Rich Goughnour and his father will be on that flight. You can welcome home the Goughnours as well as all of the veterans on that flight at John Wood Community College this Thursday night when they return around 10:30pm.

Carlos also briefed us on the upcoming Fire Fighter of the Year program slated for October 24th. The program will feature retired USAF Lt. Col. Barry Cheyne who was at the Pentagon on 9-11. I am sure he will have quite a story to tell.

Joel Koch brought our only guest and it was Adam Gibson from Decatur. Decatur is starting up a new Exchange Club and Adam was here to see ours live and in person.