The greeters today were Rick Morey and Marilee Wood. The prayer was offered by Stacey Mascarenas and the song of the day was America, the Beautiful. Tom Sheldon brought News, Weather and Sports. Roxie Denning had the thought for the day while Bob Burger told the joke of the day. Bob’s joke was about puppies and politicians. Ask him for the details. Ron Sherman was the mystery greeter. He chose Ed Branson to get the pot.

Among the guests today were the following: Tom Sheldon introduced Christi Amos from his company. Steve Katz introduced Bill Spitznagle for the last time as a guest as he was inducted into the club later. Wes D’Aponti had Janice Sander as his guest. There was also an interclub with the Western Slope Kiwanis Club. I believe there were six members of that club present. I did not get all their names. Included were Angie Salazar, Liz McKinney, Pam Nichol, Chris Nichols and Jeanine ?.

Vikki Bell introduced the program. Shirley Rowe from CASA was the speaker. CASA stands for Court Appointed Child Advocates. She told us how they help find homes and justice for the mistreated children of Mesa County. This is a program that we have supported with money in the past.

There were several with happy bucks. Bob Hanson had a buck to say he had purchased 4-H beef at the livestock auction last week-end. Bill Byers had a buck to say he and his wife are now empty nesters. Amy Dyer was happy because her son will be on his first teaching job this term. Also she said her grandson, Henry has two teeth. Heidi Waggoner was happy because her youngest child is now 1 year old. Joe Breman put in a buck to say that 24 pints of blood were donated last week. Rick Nisley said the AKTION Club has need of more shirts as they have used up the 24 we originally gave them.

Those celebrating Birthdays this week are Orville Boge, Katie Ames, Elgin Mallory, Stacy Mascarenas and Greg Schaefer. Orville, Katie and Stacy were here and told of their most memorable birthdays.

Anniversaries are being celebrated this week by Ken Willard, Steve Castor, Debra Pace and Brad Krebill. Ken, Debra and Brad told of their most romantic anniversaries. The guys got a thumbs up from the ladies in the club so were not fined. Debra did not have to have her story approved by the men of the club. Go Figure!!!!

The Western Slope Kiwanis Club announced there will be a Kiwanis Kids Concert at the Botanical Gardens on August 21. We are invited to attend.

There are still sign up sheets for those interested in working at Habitat for Humanity.

Tom Sheldon was fined for blatantly advertising his radio stations. It cost him $5.00.

Bill Spitznagle was inducted into the club. Bill is sponsored by Steve Katz. Bill is the new owner of Katz Automotive. He is married with three children. Welcome, Bill.

Key Club scholarships were given to two Key Club Members from the Central Key Club. They are Tara Auterbern and Megan Parsons. Both plan to attend Mesa State this fall. Thanks for the hard work of the Key Club sponsors Heidi Pankow and Kevin Price. If you would like to be a Key club sponsor contact these people or president Mark. We hope to get a club started at Grand Junction High this year.

Next week the program is Western Slope Center for Children. See you then.