June 23 Meeting Recap

Song – Bill Stracener
Pledge – Rick Martin
Prayer – Jodi Moscona
Introductions – George Simoneaux

Our guest was Kristen Oaks, 2004 LCA Cattlemen’s Queen.

We have requested tea to be in the room before we arrive, so that the waiter does not have to go to the kitchen each time someone arrives.  This will hopefully make him available to wait on our group more efficiently.

Guest Speaker: Charles Litteral, LCA President

The topic was Beef in LA.  Mr. Litteral talked about modern day cattlemen being “throwbacks” because they have not changed with society with regards to the modern work schedules. They continue to work 14 to 18 hrs a day to produce their product and do so because they love it.  America has strict quality standards for its beef which foreign countries do not have. 

Current interesting facts about beef:

All cattle & calves on LA farms as of 1/1/04 were estimated to at 850,000, down 1% from one year ago. 

Beef cows were estimated at 489,000 head, down 3% from January 1, 2003 , while milk cows, at 41,000 head, were down 9% from a year ago. 

The number of farm operations with cattle during 2003 is estimated at 15,000, down 3% from 2000. Included in this total were 450 milk cow operations and 14,550 beef cow operations.

End of the Year Banquet

The event will be held at Ashley Manor this year on Friday, August 20^th. Mark your calendars and start looking for a date now. More details to come later.

From a member

Robert Hodges and Angeles send deepest thanks to their friends of the Capital City Kiwanis Club for the support they received in their annual fund-raising for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

They also want to share the following good news item from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation:

CF Headlines     May   2004

We are happy to report that SmartMoney magazine, published by the Wall Street Journal, named CF Foundation as the #1 health research non-profit in the country.  The CF Foundation was followed by Juvenile Diabetes Foundation at #2 and American Lung Association at #3.  Thank you all for your efforts in making this possible!

CF research advances often occur at a brisk pace.  This has been especially true over the past few weeks.  The money raised at events such as GREAT STRIDES help to keep this momentum going strong.  But the CF Foundation now faces a unique situation.

For the first time in its history, the pace of CF drug discovery and research is outpacing our ability to fund all opportunities presented.

Quotes of the Day

The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver. Jay Leno (1950 - )

Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them. Dr. Martin Henry Fischer

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean. Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Following the Equator (1897)

Dues Committee

A committee of the following has been formed to evaluate the possibility of a change in the dues:

 Brandt Edwards
Jodi Moscona
Rick Martin
Cal Robbins
Brett Mason

Please contact Jodi Moscona if you have questions or comments.  The club will be kept up to date with the progress of the analysis.

Next Week’s meeting

When: Wednesday, June 30, noon
Where: Walk-On’s
Who (will be our speaker): Kris Matherne with the Global Wildlife Center in Folsom, LA. This 900-acre preserve is home for 3,000 animals and 30 different species.

This bulletin was edited by Ben Brown.