May 10, -- State of the City
50 tables sold
May 30 -- Meeting at Salvation Army.
June 25 - Golf Tournament at Heritage Eagle Bend - Shotgun start 7;30 am.
June 30-- Installation at Bob's Barn at 4:00 pm
State of the City
Linda Witulski reported that the State of the City will be starting at 11:30 am on Thursday May 10. She passed
a sheet around asking members to put their name
next to the name of one of the table sponsors. This
will be the table the member will be seated at. She
said that lots of helpers are needed there to help set up
tables at 8:30 am. There will be no regular meeting on Wednesday May 9.
Eagle Award
Fire Medic Travis Pulliam went above and beyond
when he recognized the need for coats for some people
he serves. The basic need came to $3500 and he
was able to raise $5,000. Dave Williams presented
the award.
Ron Maclachlan
Bob Barrows reported that Ron Maclachlan may be
able to go home today. He is frustrated because he
can't speak. (His voice box was removed)
Shots for Tots
Saturday May 12 at Fire Station 2. Art Wolfe and two volunteers will be there.
This Week
May 2, 2018
U.S. Congressman Mike Coffman
President Joel Kruschwitz welcomes
U.S. Congressman Mike Coffman of Colorado District 6.
Congressman Coffman was very effective by
asking for questions. It was a conversational
format that engaged the audience.
The first question was the status of the VA. The hospital
in Auror is five years overdue and $1 billion over
budget. Mike has required that the construction
be done by the Army Corp. of Engineers.
He also discovered the VA kept two lists of people requiring service. One list was so tardy
being served that many vets died before getting
service.
Admiral Jackson was nominated to head
the VA but was unqualified to run such a huge agency.
The VA has 320,000 employees. Admiral Jackson
is the President's personal physician but not an
administrator.
Vets should be able to go to any
facility for treatment and the VA should pay for it. ..
The congressman said no one was fired for this mess.
Immigration and the DACA children was addressed . He believes they should be allowed to stay but the wall has to be built to keep from compounding the problem.
The immigration laws are in dire need of changing.
The lottery should be done away with as well as "chain "
immigration.
There is no flexibilty in the budget.
It used to be that 1/3 of the budget was mandatory and
2/3 was discretionary. It is reversed now.
The Senate is hamstrung by the filibuster. It is difficult
to change anything when a small minority can block it.
