KONZA PRAIRIE CHAPTER, KSSSAR
                MEETING MINUTES – 19 February 2009

    The regular monthly meeting of the Konza Prairie Chapter convened at 7:30 pm at the Meadowlark Hills meeting room.  Compatriots present were: Groh, Lindgren, Meloan, and Gary Naughton.  
 
Opening Ceremonies: Pres Groh
Officer’s Reports:
Secretary: the minutes of the meeting of 18 December 2008 were read and approved.  A report of the
last meeting was sent to the Manhattan Mercury.   Notice was received from KSSSAR that Graham Rose  has been accepted into membership by the National Registrar.  We still have 4 applications plus 1 youth application in process at this time. 
Treasurer: balance on hand as of 31 January was $1,084.12, not including expenses in process of
payment for the Eagle Scout recognition awards.   
Committee Reports:
Living History: Meloan and Groh made their presentation at Ft. Riley Elementary on 18 December to 50 students and 2 teachers.  Meloan and Naughton made a presentation to 20 members and guests of the  Manhattan Welcome Club on 15 January. 
Knight’s Essay Contest: We had two entrants in this year’s contest and the essays were judged by two teachers.  Megan Jilka of Rock Creek High School placed first and Anthony Meals of Clay Center High School was second.   The winning essay was entered in the State contest.                  
       Poster Contest:  We got one entrant, Parker Petersen, from Ft. Riley Elementary school and his poster was delivered to the state contest chairman.     
       Boy Scouts:  On Sunday, 15 February, we presented special medals and certificates of appreciation to 18 new Eagle Scouts at the Baden-Powell Banquet at Pottorff Hall in Manhattan.   This was the first awards banquet held for the new Konza District of the Coronado Area Council, BSA, which is the result of a merger of the former Pawnee and Quivira Districts.   
      ROTC Awards:  No new activity.
      Americanism:  No new activity.  

Old Business: 
1.    No new information about the Patriot’s Day Parade on 19 April 2009.
2.    We have learned that the inurnment ceremony for Darold A. Dodge will be held later this spring.  Lindgren will check on the family’s wishes with regard to a memorial marker from SAR.

New Business: 
1.    We were asked, informally, about the possibility of hosting the 2010 State Convention in
Manhattan, but the consensus of the group was that we lack the necessary available man-power, and that it is already too late to book adequate facilities in Manhattan.   
 
Program: open discussion about recruiting new members.  

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Adjourned at 8:45 pm.                NEXT MEETING: 19 March 2009. 

Respectfully submitted, Gary Naughton, Sec’y.

 
Keith & Donna Lindgren