In the absence of President Stacie, President-Elect John Mayfield brought us to order at 12:09.
Before delivering his thoughtful prayer, David Hartman reminded us that Shirley Craft is still in need of our prayers and that President Stacie was on her way to the doctor seeking treatment.
David Spencer led us in The Pledge and singing of “Home on the Range” . We then circled the room greeting each other.
There were no guests or visitors today. Alex Pappas recognized birthday boys Josh Phillips and Dr. Sheldon Wang. There were several other celebrants who were not in attendance.
Greg Brownfield had registration forms on each table for the Boy Scouts of America Golf Classic to be held at the Wichita Falls Country Club on April 8, 2024. Entry fee is $150.00 per person.
Our Board presented a $1000.00 check to Will Goodner and Habitat for Humanity. Carol Murray passed the Brag Bucket. Today’s braggarts included Scott Manley, Lisa Stephens-Musick, and John Mayfield.
Alan Donaldson was our spotlighted member today. He grew up in Knox City, then came to MSU and found that that was not his calling. He went to work for Wal-Mart. After a career of managing stores in numerous locations, including Ft. Worth, Cleburne, and the store here on Lawrence Rd., he retired from Wal-Mart and started his own State Farm Agency in 2017.
Josh Phillips introduced the program “Success on the Spectrum” featuring Connie Jennings. Connie earned her Bachelor’s from MSU and her Master’s in Special Education from North Texas. SOS is considered the top ABA franchise in the country. They give specialized instruction to children who are not learning like their peers. They teach children how to learn. They work with children one on one to achieve their goals. Their long-term goal is to teach functional skills that help kids become fulfilled, confident adults in mainstream society.
Our speakers gift this week goes to the WFISD Foundation.
We dismissed with the Four Way Test at 1:00
Story of the turtles
A turtle family decided to go on a picnic. Turtles, being naturally slow about things, took two years to prepare for their outing. Finally the turtle family left home looking for a suitable place.
During the second year of their journey they found a place ideal for them at last! For about six months they cleaned the area, unpacked the picnic basket, and completed the arrangements.
Then they discovered they had forgotten the salt. A picnic without salt would be a disaster, they all agreed. After a lengthy discussion, the youngest turtle was chosen to retrieve the salt from home.
Although he was the fastest of the slow moving turtles, the little turtle whined, cried, and wobbled in his shell. He agreed to go on one condition: that no one would eat until he returned. The family consented and the little turtle left.
Three years passed and the little turtle had not returned. Four years … five years … then on the sixth year of his absence, the oldest turtle could no longer contain his hunger. He announced that he was going to eat and begun to unwrap a sandwich.
At that point the little turtle suddenly popped out from behind a tree shouting, “See! I knew you wouldn’t wait. Now I am not going to go get the salt.”
Some of us waste our time waiting for people to live up to our expectations. We are so concerned about what others are doing that we don’t do anything ourselves.
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