September 19, 2016
Volume 95, Issue No. 51
2015-16 Officers

PRESIDENT

  Chris Elsberg

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT

  Tom Hanson

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT

  Jeff Condit

IMM. PAST PRESIDENT

  Adam Bain

SECRETARY

  Mike Bell

TREASURER

  Daryl Empen
2015-16 Board of Directors

3 YEAR TERM

   Kevin Peterson

   Tarre Kroft

   Sheila Guse

 

2 YEAR TERM    
   Tom Plechaty

   Ruth Sanders

   Kevin Murphy

  

1 YEAR TERM

   Steve Fitzsimmons

   Bob Braun

   John Kustes     

 

 
Committees

HOUSE

  Chuck Dyson
  Joe Robb

  Jerry Upchurch

  Liz Loveless

  Tom Hanson

 

INTER-CLUB

  Steve Schroder

  Tom Hanson

 

MUSIC

  Jonathan Turner

 

BULLETIN

  Bill Cleaver
 

GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS
   Sheila Guse,Chair

    

PROGRAM CHAIR

Jennifer Von Kaenel

 

PROJECT ELIMINATE

   Sheila Guse, Chair

 
Membership Roster
A full listing of our membership roster is available in the Members Only area of our website.

Upcoming Events, Fundraisers, Dates
Dining Tour Books are in, and will be available next Monday!
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The Opening Act
            
    Club President Chris Elsberg called the meeting of September 19th to order. Assisting, as always, in providing entertainment was Jonathan Turner and his balladeers.
   Speaking of the Bags Tournament, Chris expressed her thanks to all of those who participated in the event over the weekend.
   Chris also expressed that the Board had agreed to have a Bushell Basket for the Bains as a way of being able to provide a way for Club members to assist Adam's family in this difficult time.
   Gene Smith gave a report on Duncan Reid. Apparently Duncan is back home and getting some of his upbeat spirit back.
   Liz Loveless reported on the NAMI walk this Saturday. Liz stated that the Club has provided a number of volunteers as well as a commendable amount of money contributions.
    Dining tour books are available and ready for purchase.
    Sheila Guse is getting her game face on to serve as the Club's Cheese Whiz starting in November.
    The food pantry will be up and running again this Wednesday.
    There will be a Mega Club gathering October 13th at 12 noon at the River Center. If you haven't experienced this, you are heartily encouraged to do so.
    Guests included an inner-club from Geneseo.
    In fun and fellowship, Jen won the preliminary prize and Jim Horstmann won the bottle of freshly squeezed white wine from the vineyards of the Augustana organic top shelf.

The Feature Attraction
              
   The program was given by Neil Turner. Neil's specialty is keeping the employee healthy, serving as a coach for a company by the name of Profile Sanford. He cited the important aspects of wellness as not smoking, getting people to exercise, healthy eating, and working for the benefit of both the employee and employer.
Upcoming Programs


Sept 26th        Marji Boeye and Inga Harty,

                        Teen Suicide Prevention     

October 3rd    Annual Meeting & Elections

October 10th  Augustana Women's Basketball

October 17th  Steven Bahls, QC Chamber's Q2030  
Thought for the Day

"Be careful of your thoughts; they may become words at any moment"-Iara Gassen