THE PIKES PEAK SERTOMAN Now in our 63rd Year  

Meeting on May 6, 2010

 

 

                                                                                                       

 

 

A slim crowd of 16 met for lunch today.  The menu included chicken fried steak and gravy, mashed potatoes,  green beans, fruit cocktail, or the usual chef salad and thanks to Bill Brummett, cookies.   Prez Eric Scott got things going with the Sertoma Song followed by Skip Hales’ selection of I want a Girl.  Norm Andersson led us in the pledge while Skip, doing double duty today, led us in remembrance of National Prayer Day.

 

 

         Guest Sertomans & Guests

 

                             None

                           

                        

                   Announcements

 

Terry Zebarth advised us the Scholarship Committee met and he confirmed that the present 5  scholarship recipients will continue to receive their funds.  Terry  also stated that the board will once again make available $5000 for individual grants of $500.00 to local colleges and/or universities.

 

Prez Eric reiterated the importance of the meeting on May 20^th.  Everyone is encouraged to attend as this entails the future of the club.

 

Also, the next steering committee meeting is May 11^th at  16 East Kiowa Street at 4PM and everyone is welcome.

 

                  

                         Culture

 

Frank Ulrich had a funny redneck joke but was fined anyway.  

 

 

                       Business Notes

 

                              None

 

 

                          Program

 

Norm Andersson introduced Lennie Coleman, an Air Force Academy graduate and now a retired Colonel.  He spoke on the United States response to Hurricane Katrina with an air expeditionary group.

 

The Colonel explained how the military preformed services at the New Orleans International Airport.  He described how the Delta Terminal was turned into a hospital and morgue and how space was created for 4500 beds for displaced persons.  He told how 20-30  airevac helicopters evacuated persons and how medevac cared for some 3200 patients.

This hurricane was the costliest as well as one of the five deadliest and largest natural disasters in the history of the U.S. At least 1,836 people lost their lives in the actual hurricane and in the subsequent floods.  Winds reached 175 MPH while heavy rain brought 8 to 10 inches and caused over 80 billion dollars in damage.

 

The hurricane formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005 and on August 29^th made its second landfall in Southeast Louisana after crossing southern Florida. The storm surge caused 53 different levee breaches in greater New Orleans submerging 80% of the city.  An estimated 3 million people were left without power.

 

President George W. Bush declared a state of emergency on August 27th in Louisana, Alabama and Mississippi.   The economic effects of the storm were far-reaching.  The Bush administration sought $105 billion for repairs and reconstruction in the region which did not account for damage to the economy or infrastructure.  To this day, 5 years later, thousands of people are still living in trailers.

 

Thanks again to Norm for an interesting program!!

 

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Terry got the small pot and Tully the big pot.