Jack Freiburg and Amy Looten were our guests last Friday as they discussed their attendance at Congressman Aaron Shock's recent Washington, D.C. Fly-In. The participants got an insider view of Washington, D.C. They also got to meet Congressman Shock and his staff, national speakers, and other regional constituents in Shock's district. Some little known facts were that the Capitol Room is much smaller than it looks and the Senate assigns you a desk and the House doesn't. NBC's John Todd, the host of Meet the Press, was the featured speaker for the group. While in Washington, they got to tour the Lincoln Cottage, the Library of Congress, the National Zoo, the World War II and Vietnam War Memorials and the recently reopened Washington Monument. The cost of the trip was between $2,000 to $2500 for the 85 people who went on this year's venture to the Capitol. Special thanks to Birthday boy Eric Thomas for the power point setup and his introduction of our guests.

Jared Haugh, rapidly becoming our regular prayer giver, handled the assignment again flawlessly.

Rick Veihl, stayed up all night studying the alphabet, got fixated on the letter "I" and began the Pledge of Allegiance correctly. Great job, Rick.

Steve Peters handled the Tail-Twister duties while relaying a personal story of his relationship with his wife and the therapy they both went thru. You had to be there.

President Curt Moore gave us some insight regarding the Avenue of Lights project. Jared Haugh also added the need for people to help with the teardown process which does NOT involve the actual work since the prisoners do the labor needed. Jared is hoping to get several members to assist him with the viewing of the teardown process this Thursday from 11 to 1 at Moorman Park. Please make an effort to be there.

The 50-50 card draw was conducted by Jared Haugh and not Brian Koch last Friday. Jared was asked to do it because our President "Stevie Wonder" didn't realize Brian was in the crowd despite his wearing a florescent green safety sweatshirt. In any case, the pot of $882 was not won as Jared Haugh got the opportunity to be a winner but drew a 2 of Hearts.

Mel Dillman brought a special guest in Cardinal Broadcaster Mike Shannon. Mike left for Spring Training in Florida Monday.