bers (yours truly included in this group) of our soci-
ety. As you well know it was held at the All Star
Sports on West 21st street, as it has been for the past
several years. We would have been "up the creek
without a paddle" this year if it had been scheduled
at Joyland. Remember the hot and humid evenings
and sweat on your brow while you played bingo or
chased your children around the park? Today our
children chase our grand children around the sports
center. The bingo game is held in an air-conditioned
room and as we age it does make one feel better to
"B" cool.
Paul for a clue for what helped him be so funny) as
they called B-4, I-42, etc. Thank you picnic commit-
tee (Kimberly Dimmick-Wells, Chellie Mazzullo,
Brian Wilhite, Jane Sutherland & Wes Hansen) for a
job well done and great prizes. Brother Wes Hansen
won the big prize in bingo.
speakers, including the President of the AAPG, for
the fall noon programs. Check the KGS website for
the list of dates, speakers, and subjects of technical
talk programs being presented. The KGS noon "tech
talk" gives everyone that is licensed as a geologist in
the State of Kansas the chance to earn one CEU. At-
tend 30 noon luncheons during your 2-year license
renewal period and you have full-filled the 30 CEU
requirement. The best part of the deal that the talks
directory. Larry Richardson is working on a new
membership directory. Keep watching for a publica-
tion date sometime in the future.
KGS boards will have decisions on how to best serve
its membership. In order to gain a better insight into
the age distribution of our members, how many KGS
members would be willing to list their year of birth
on the membership application? The year of birth
would not be listed on the internet or directory, but
would only be used for planning purposes.
ning continues to progress towards the northern bor-
der of Kansas. Please continue to monitor the scan-
ning project on the Kansas Geological Foundation
website and join the WDL when your area has been
scanned.
"The future is purchased by the present." (Samuel
Johnson)
"The will to win is worthless if you do not have the
will to prepare." (Steven H. Coogler)
"The wise man must remember that while he is a de-
scendant of the past, he is a parent of the fu-
ture." (Herbert Spencer)
"The greatest obstacle to your success is probably
you." (Frank Tyger)
"If you mean to profit, learn to please." (Winston
Chruchill)
"Progress comes from the intelligent us of experi-
ence." (Elbert Hubbard)
"The young have aspirations that never come to pass,
the old have reminiscences of what never hap-
pened." (H. H. Munro)
-- Tom Hansen