District 10’s meeting was called to order by
District Coordinator, Doug Smith on August 20 at Prairie View Golf and Grill in Gowrie. The Pledge of Allegiance was
recited and we had a moment of silence to honor our lost brothers and sisters
and for Pam Vinsand’s mother, Heather Smith’s grandfather and Anna Goodell’s
grandmother and any others that need our prayers. Roll call of officers was
taken with Doug, Ron, DL, Jean, Sheila, Barb, Mark, Theresa, Melissa, Don, and
Larry being present. Dean, Harry and Mark were excused. We welcomed guests
Shayla King and Cindy Ashenfelter.
Sexy-tary’s
Report: Jean
read the minutes from the July meeting. Larry Raner made a motion to accept;
Theresa Benjamin seconded; motion carried.
Treasurer’s
Report: Sheila
indicated we had three checks written from the general fund; ABATE of Iowa for
taxes and event payment; Big John’s for food for the Tin Butt Run; Melissa
Morey for supplies for the Tin Butt Run. There were three deposits to the
general fund one from Jeff Jost and one from Matt and Cindy Brown for use of
the canopy and one for sales of shirts, vinyls and flags. There was a deposit
to the Downed Biker Fund and a check written from the Toy Run Account to Jiffy
Print for the raffle tickets. There was money donated to PAC from D7 and D10
from the Tin Butt Run. Terry Arnold made a motion to accept; Mike Johnson
seconded; motion carried
Membership: Theresa reported we had 58
members present and 2 guests. She also went over the list of expiring
supporting businesses.
Events: Melissa reported the following
upcoming events;
August 28-Golf
outing at 12:00 at the
September 11-We
Will Never Forget Ride (Dream Ride) registration 11:00 to 1:
September 17-Fall
Fest 9:00 Downtown
September 17-Bike
Show and Meeting Amigos in
September
24-Toy Run and Auction at Pee Wees to follow.
Registration 11:00 to 1:
October 1-9:00
Band Days in Algona
October 1-Trash
Pickup 2:00 Ampride in Humboldt
October 8-Season
Ending Run registration to be announced with dinner run to follow
Melissa
also indicated we had one box of burgers left from Tin Butt Run and wanted to
know if the district was up for a family picnic day at park in Bradgate. Larry
made a motion to have a picnic, Bubba (Nancy) seconded; motion carried. It was
decided to have Family Picnic Day on
September 10 at Bradgate beginning at 12:00, everyone to bring salads,
chips and etc
MRF: Jess indicated that the
wording on the lead law had been changed and was just waiting for President
Obama to sign. He also reported Meeting of the Minds will be September 22 thru
25 in
Legislative: nothing as Mark is
Excused.
STR: DL reported in Dean’s absence
that the next STR presentation will be October 7 at Fort Dodge Senior High,
beginning at 8:20 until 12:00
PR: Ginny reported we are still
getting people to sign up at Amigos on Wednesdays. Barb reported she has a “big
mouth” and she has gotten KCCI to cover both the Toy Run and the We Will Never
Forget Ride barring anything major that comes up. Barb also reminded everyone
to ask every business they go into for donations for the Toy Auction. She
indicated you would be surprised at what businesses will donate if asked. Barb
also wanted to thank everyone for all their prayers and well wishes while Mark
was in the hospital and going through surgery.
Assistant’s
Report: DL
indicated that the newsletters with the event flyers going out to supporting
businesses are working because he found one of our flyers hung up at Dead Heads in Gilette Grove. He also
reported Dead Heads have reasonably priced riding clothes and tires installed
at a decent price. DL also wanted to know that since the golf outing was his
idea if people were not planning to attend he would just like to cancel it from
now on since he hates talking to a supporting business and they are expecting a
large number of people and very few show up. He also reported that Cheryl
opened her mouth and made a bet with Denny at The Prowler in Humboldt and to
make a long story short Cheryl lost the bet and she will be duct taped to a
chair following float set up for an hour and longer or shorter times in the
chair would be auctioned off for next years Toy Run. DL also wanted to buy a
thank you card for Sherry Myer from Balloon Buddies because she has contacted
him and has another trailer load of stuffed animals to be handed out at the
Christmas parade. Ron reported we had received a thank you card from Terry
Arnold’s family for the memory stone we sent when his mother passed away.
Old Business: Doug indicated that anyone
needing raffle tickets to sell see Ron, DL, Barb or Doug following the meeting.
New Business: Jim Berte brought up a
discussion as to why D10 had voted against the permanent building being built
by The Cattleman’s Association at
Assistant
Coordinator: Dave Duffy and Steve Schilmoeller
Treasurer-Deb
Fox
Secretary-Shelly
VanMaanen
Harlan
Thompson made a motion to destroy the ballots and Buck Boring seconded it;
motion carried. Sheila will burn the ballots
Nominations
were held for district officers;
District
Coordinator;
Doug
Smith-thinking it over
DL
Peterson-declined
Nominations
were called for three times and then closed
Asst.
Coordinator-
Ron
DL
Peterson-declined
Mark
Loots-accepted by written note
Larry
Raner-declined
Brian
Morey-declined
Nominations
were called for three times and then closed
Sexy-tary-
Jean
Hoover-thinking it over
Nominations
were called for three times and then closed
Treasurer-
Sheila
Evans-thinking it over
Nominations
were called for three times and then closed
Legislative-
Mark
Loots-declined
DL
Peterson-thinking it over
Jess
Tepner-thinking it over
Sergeant of Arms-
DL
Peterson-accepted
Dan
Dicus-accepted
Larry
Raner-accepted
Don
Barners-accepted
Harry
Summers-accepted via wife Rhonda
Harlan
Thompson-declined
Theresa
Benjamin-accepted
Nominations
were called for three times and then closed
Announcements: Melissa wanted everyone to
know that Briggs Woods Golf Course was going to be having a bike night
beginning August 22 and it is definitely a bike night. It doesn’t matter if you
are a golfer or not. Little was having surgery on Tuesday and wishing him well.
Harlan
made a motion to adjourn; Jim Berte seconded; motion carried with Sue Hill
abstaining.
Doug
thanked the membership for attending and Harley Ball and Prairie View Golf and
Grill for hosting our meeting.
Respectfully
submitted;
Jean Hoover
D10’s Sexytary