We also had three members of the Circle K Club at Mesa State College with us. They were Katy Sloan, the president, Shannon McMahan and Abby Lardner. The sponsor for the Circle K, Rick Adleman introduced them. Other guests include Fred Nichol’s wife Steph, Sara Cutter who was a guest of Sandy Barger, Angela Flemming brought by Roxie Denning and Rick Thurtle who was introduced by Mike Moran. We also had three members of the Golden K Club with us. They are Don Espland, Jim Moore Sr, and Wally Bissinger.

The greeters today were Paul Miller and Gordon Harbert. The prayer was offered by Pete Jouflas. The song of the day was You Are My Sunshine. President LeAnn Zetmier lead the meeting. Bruce Dwire brought the Thought for the day.

Those with happy bucks were Don Teets, Rick Nisley, Larry Beckner, Pete Jouflas, Steve Thompson, Pat Cantwell, Sally Ryan and Gabe DeGabriel. Sally expressed the sentiments of the entire club when she said it was good to have Bruce Isaacson and Les Goodding back at club.

We also had a letter of thank you from Jeanne Thomas. As I am sure everyone knows Jeanne was seriously injured in an accident. She had a broken pelvis and some broken bones in her back. She is doing fine but is confined to a wheel chair for a while until all the broken bones have a chance to heal. We sent her a gift last week. Any who would like to send her a card can do so. Her address is: Jeanne Thomas, 261 Little Park Road, Grand Junction, CO 81503.

Wes D’Aponti reminded everyone of the upcoming Mardi Gras Party. In fact they were selling tickets and even accepting credit cards tody. If you have not gotten your ticket and would like to attend contact Wes.

The Golden K Club was here to sell tickets to their Chili supper which is next Wednesday night at the Redlands Community Center. Time is 6PM and the cost is $6.00 per ticket. A fun tiem with drawings and an auction are planned.

The Charter Luncheon is February 23. Sign Up Sheets will be on the table next week. Come and bring a friend.

There were lots of club birthdays this week. Lowell Shormann, Rick Nisley, Sharon Baxter, Scott Hayduk, Toni Heiden-Moran and Steve Caster are all celebrating this week. Happy Birthday to all of you.

Sandy Barger introduced the program. John and Alan Koos were here to talk about the ice arena being built. It is to be on River Road and will be finished in May. They have big plans for it. The idea has been in the making for some 10 years. It is to be called The Glacier Ice Arena.

Steve Thompson handed out fines today. He fined Terry Wakefield for the lousy way he lead the singing. He fined Ron Sherman for being an abject chauvinist. Pat Cantwell was fined for advertising. Marilee Wood and Roxie Denning also had to pay fines. Pete Jouflas received a fine as did Jim Moore Sr of the Golden K Club. Jim was fined for advertising and selling tickets to the Chili Supper at club.

Rick Tuma asked we have a formal vote on Kristin Winn’s becoming Vice President. He claimed there was no vote last week. All present confirmed their vote of approval for our new vice president.

Steve Thompson brought a gift for the president from his recent trip to Mexico. It was statues of unicorns he said he bought for 80 pesos.

Kristin Winn told about her life and why she loves skiing so much. She said she started skiing when she was two years old and passed around a picture of her as a little child on skis belonging to an Olympic Skier. Next week Tom Sheldon will tell of his life.

Also next week we will hear songs by the quartet known as Spare Parts. See you all then.