PROGRAM:

LETA KELLEY introduced Jim Ridenour, who served as director of the National Park Service from 1989 until 1993.. Jim Ridenour The Park Service manages 80 million acres; 20,000 employees; and a 3 billion dollar budget. His secret to managing such a large entity was to surround himself with good people and let them do their jobs. Jim explained how they needed to cull the herd of buffaloes at Yellowstone during his tenure and that he achieved that with the help of the Bureau of Land Management. He participated in the 50th anniversary celebration at Pearl Harbor and enjoyed meeting author James Michener during that event. Jim’s goal as director was sometimes preservation of park lands, but always conservation of our rich national resources.


JULY BIRTHDAY TABLE:
BILL HINZE introduced members with birthdays in July.  A total of $1250 has been contributed to our foundations.  We sang Happy Birthday to them.


GUESTS:
 Jim and Ann Ridenour, guests of JACK and LETA KELLEY.

THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH
MEETING FUNCTIONS:
 Money Collector:  LIZ SOLBERG and KATIE NIELSEN;  Greeters: CHIP RUTLEDGE and LIZ SOLBERG;  Invocation:  PHIL KLINGER; Music: HARLEY FREY on the piano;  Help with attendance and facilitating a smooth meeting:  CECIL BLIGNAUT and JO WADE’  Webmaster:  LARRY HUGGINS.


THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:
“The nation behaves well if it treats its natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value.”
- Theodore Roosevelt

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Congratulations to WES MC DIVITT who had 9 years of perfect attendance as of June 2016.