President LeAnn Zetmier was in charge. The greeters were Lloyd Unfred and Ben Watkins. The song of the day was America, the Beautiful. Jeanne Thomas lead the prayer. She read a thought about Reveling in the day before the prayer. It was good to see her without a walker. She says she is getting more well all the time. Later Jim Moore brought the thought for the day. It had to do with how well you did your job. Bob Colony gave the defining statement and won the $5.00.

Roxie Denning reminded us we have a membership drive on but she was the only one to introduce a guest. Amy Rogers was her guest. During the membership drive the cost to join is reduced from $75 to $50. Lets get out and invite prospective members.

Tom Sheldon, Steve Castor, Jeff Gumone and Chris Gumone had happy bucks. Others with happy bucks were Lloyd Unfred, Sally Ryan, LeAnn Zetmier, Marillee Wood and guest speaker Elliot Wright.

Our program introduced by president LeAnn was her daughter, Kristin Reed and Elliot Wright. They talked about the El Pomar Foundation. It is dedicated to helping the non profit Colorado organizations who are involved in health, human services, education, arts and humanities and civic and community initiatives. They give away some $20,000,000 each year. El Pamar was founded in 1937 with an endowment from Spencer and Julie Penrose of $20,000,000. It was an interesting talk.

The only birthday celebrated this week was LeAnn’s daughter, Kristin. We sang to her.

Upcoming events include the Safety Walk on May 10. Be sure to sign up to help. Mailyn D’Aponti said there is need for people between 9 and 10:30 and also in the afternoon after 1Pm. There will be a meeting of the committee at Main Street Bagel May 3 at 8AM. She also said the AKTION Club will stuff the bags to be given out to the kids at the Safety Walk. This is a great event and you miss a lot if you do not participate.

The Golf Tournament is scheduled for May 19. Contact Jeff Freeland or Wally Bissinger if you would like to sign up. The proceeds go for scholarships.

Speaking of Scholarships, chairman Joe Breman announced the awarding of a scholarship to Shane Brice Kehoa Cullen. Shane is a Senior at Fruita Monument and has been in the Key Club down there. He plans to attend Azusa Pacific College or Pepperdine in the fall. He won an award of $1500.

Jeff Cyriaks handed out fines to Barbara Hinze, Bob Stratton, Scott Hayduk, Roxie Denning and Brad Krebill. He also paid a fine for not attending the highway cleanup last Saturday. Some 8-10 people were out gathering trash.

Bruce Peers told of his life. He said he was born in Niagra Falls, NY and spent most of his younger days there. He moved from NY to Lakewood, CO and then to Delta before moving to Grand Junction. He chose Tom LaCroix to tell of his life next week.

Thea Chase said Wes D’Aponti is to be honored this evening with the Ken Nesbitt award for his business mindedness.

Bob Colony and Kristin Winn said some $20,000 has been raised in the corporate pancake day sponsorship. The goal for corporate sponsorship is $30.000. Next week the regular pancake day ticket sales will be started. Be sure to attend for this fun time.

The election of new officers will be May 11. If you would like to be considered for a board position contact president LeAnn or Rich Emerson.

We held the beef raffle. 30 packages of meat were raffled by Pete Jouflas and Bob Hanson. Bob said the cost of the beef to the club was ½ of $2700 and about $450 was raised by ticket sales. We also heard lots of jokes by Pete and Bob during the raffle.

Greg Schaefer announced a meeting of the camp committee for June 3 to help get the camp ready for the summer. Contact Greg if you would like to be a member of that committee.

See You next week for the kick off of pancake day ticket sales.