The Quincy Exchange Club hosted the 89th Annual District Convention. The event actually began with a golf outing at Camp Point (as Spring Lake was closed due to soggy conditions) followed by a dinner at Spring Lake.

Friday the motivational luncheon was held at noon at Stoney Creek Inn with Dennis Koch as the Master of Ceremonies. That event featured nationally recognized humorist Bobbe White who is from Quincy. Bobbe entertained the crowd with humor, laughter and stretching exercises. Bobbe is the author of several books including "Life in the Laugh Lane". She left everyone with 17 words that will never fail you and they are: Act, Accept, Believe, Care, Change, Choose, Focus, Forgive, Listen, Prepare, Pray, Persist, Relax, Resist, Smile, Trust, and Wait. Bobbe also has a website of www.trylaughter.com.

The Conventioneers also got the rare opportunity to hear the Big Dog present "The News". They were almost the only people to hear it as many local Exchangites decided to depart the room just as "The News" was to begin. One by one they returned. They couldn't resist hearing it. Names were taken and payback is forthcoming.

The rest of the convention featured business sessions, a hog roast at the Villa Kathrine featuring music of Cheeks McGee, a Saturday "One Nation Under God" breakfast, historic tours and an evening awards banquet.

The convention came to a close with the Sunday morning breakfast featuring the announcement of the Youth of the Year and ACE Award winners.

A huge thank you goes out to everyone involved with putting this year's convention on with huge kudos to Dennis Koch and his family who worked their tails off to make it a huge success.