Jared Haugh's prayer began the ceremonies followed by a lung deflating "I" from Vic Welper to start the Pledge of Allegiance.

The 50-50 card draw with a pot worth $1,065 was held. Rich Howell held the correct ticket but drew a 4 of Diamonds leaving 19 cards in the deck with one of them the Ace of Spades. Wear your name tags because we may have some long lost club members showing up all of a sudden and we wouldn't want them to not know who you are.

Rick Gengenbacher handled the tail twisting duties which included two jokes he told and a table participation joke that was doomed from the beginning when the Indian Chief, played by Jeff Dorsey, screwed up his first line. (Man, the Community Theatre will never call me now). Sorry Rick. Rick's tablemates weren't the sharpest either.

Vic Welper handed out Gus Macker Court Sponsorship forms to the membership. We need everyone to help sell these $300 court sponsorships. All you have to do is ask. If you have questions, contact Vic.

Our agenda-less President Curt Moore held a short board meeting after the regular meeting with the board agreeing to donate $250 to the Special Olympics Track & Field Games for sponsorship of the event.

Good to see John Spring back with us. John is recovering from knee replacement surgery.

Remember that the National Exchange Club's Mega Raffle starts on Wednesday! Buy your tickets at www.exchangeraffle.com between April 1 and July 31 for a chance to win up to $100,000. Rules and details are on the website. There will be an early bird drawing on May 6 - Our own Doug Greenwell won $2,500 in last year's early bird drawing, so get your tickets early!