Apr. 28 Meeting Recap

Song – Bill Stracener
Pledge – Bob Schmidt
Prayer – Jodi Moscona
Intros – Ben Brown

Our guests were Chad Bell, son of Terry Bell, and Anastasia, daughter of Carlos and Nataly Ortiz.

The jackpot was lost by Ed Painter and Nataly Ortiz.

Jerry Boyce’s wife gave birth to an 8 lb 5 oz baby girl, Catherine Simone, on Saturday.  The baby is fine, and, after post birth complications, so is Jerry’s wife.

The Board voted to purchase $250 worth of children’s books for the OLOL Children’s Assessment Center on Goodwood Blvd.   This is a non-profit organization & the books will be placed in the waiting room area.

Guest Speaker: Verge Ausberry, LSU Associate Athletic Director for Corporate Relations and Operations

Verge played inside linebacker for the Tigers, lettering in 1986-89.  He was the leading tackler on the team in both 1988 & 1989.  He was part of two SEC championship teams.  He played professional football with the Houston Oilers.  He joined the LSU Athletic Dept administrative staff in August 2001.  He talked about the LSU Athletic Dept being one of the few athletic departments in the nation to be “in the black.” He talked about how revenues are divided between the SEC schools.  A question was asked about the chance of college players being paid for their efforts considering the amount of money they bring in to the school.  He stated that that would cause all of the smaller schools in the state to shut down their athletic departments, as they could not compete.