President Dave R. opened the meeting on time at 6:00 PM. There were 68 members and guests present.
Everyone was warmly welcomed.
Dave R. reminded everyone that our 13th Annual Stamp and Coin Show and Chinese Auction will take place on Sat. March 4th at the Elk’s Lodge at 47 Old Kings Road N. in Palm Coast from 10:00 AM till 3:00 PM. Doors open for dealers to set up at 8:00 AM.
Everyone bringing in items for our Chinese Auction was asked to bring them in before 10:00 AM to be processed before the show opens.
Dave went over all the different committees that are helping and their duties.
Dave asked that all members wear their club shirts and/or their membership badges to identify them.
The COP will be on hand to direct traffic.
Dave sold the classic souvenir sheets produced by the post office for the good of the club. These sheets are not available at the post office. There are still 7 left and will be sold at the show on Saturday if you did not get a chance to get them at the meeting.
Keith M. gave a great talk on Amtrak train service and was of great interest to all. Thank you Keith.
A certificate of appreciation was presented to Keith for this talk.
Dave introduced two new members: # 277 Angela S. and #278 Adam C.
Our club is getting closer to # 300 and hope to reach this milestone soon.
Dave R. introduced special speaker Sheriff Rick Staly for his presentation. Sheriff Staly spoke about his first 60 days in office, Juvenile services, veteran’s courts, domestic homeland security, the departments focus on crime and gangs, concealed weapons, the area’s homeless problems and several other topics.
Dave presented Sheriff Staly a certificate of appreciation for his presentation.
Bob K. gave the treasurer’s report.
Door prizes won by # 133 Billy Bob for the 37th time!! Hee Hee, and # 199 Sue G. The secret word for this month’s door prize auction was “VFW”. Check the minutes for next month’s secret word for March meeting.
24 special door prizes were handed out and enjoyed by all. Thank you Jacob and Mathew for handing these out. March secret word for DPV is food.
The 50/50 was split into two drawings by hand counted vote and won by #109 Linda C. and #151 Keith M.
The auction was handled by Allen A. and Bob & Paul S. with the paperwork handled by our Vice President Frankie D. and Mike P. Thank you for all your help.
The Treasure Box would have been won by #236 Ken E.
Thank you to Tom H, Allen A. and Dave R. for setting up the tables and Tim S. for your help in breaking down the tables. Joan B. and Silvia R. for cleaning up after the meeting.
A very special thank you goes to Jane M. who took our minutes for this meeting. This is the first time our club had 23 pages of minutes for one meeting!! Great job Jane. You get Jody’s salary for your great effort.
A special thank you to everyone who brought in items for the “Good Of The Club” and Mike G. for bring in a box of stamps for free table.
Next month our club will have finger food. Club will provide finger food sandwiches. We ask everyone to bring some finger food items for the fun of it.
Submitted by Jane M.
Written by Dave
