50/50

Sharon won $5.00 for the 50/50 drawing, and John drew the  5 of Diamonds from the card deck.  There is $137 in the pot and 31 cards in the deck.

Family Christmas

Dec. 18th is the Family Christmas party at the Beaver Springs Senior Center at 6:00. Santa will be there. Please bring a wrapped gift for Santa to give the children you bring.

Guest

Onie Lauver was Sharon’s guest.

Anniversary Celebration.

The Beavertown Fire Hall is reserved for April 15th for the 50th anniversary program.

New Member Installation

January 15th the club will be installing new members. We will be welcoming Miriam Dippery,  Gary Schrader, Troy Scott, and Mike Sholley.

January

Sue Nerhood and John are in charge of programs for January, MaryLee will be chaplain, and LaMar will be Sergeant of Arms.

Officers Needed

Next week the club will be nominating members for next year’s offices.

Drug Court Program

Mike Sholley talked to the club about a new county program. The Drug Court Program will hopefully be under way by July of 2008. The program will target drug users and try to get them into this program where they will get supervision, support and possible punishment by a group that will include the judge, the district attorney, some members of the MHMR programs, and the commissioners. People targeted for this program will be non-violent and have not committed sexually violent crimes. People between the ages of 18-50 will be considered. This program will be an alternative to jail, which costs the county about $60.00 a day per inmate. After screening, a team meeting with the judge, and MHMR assessment people in this program will be required to meet weekly with the judge, an assessment team, the District Attorney, and MHMR members. They will also require weekly urine drug tests. If the people in the program meet their weekly requirements they may be rewarded, but also punished if they fail. Union and Snyder counties are working together in this program, and each county will have about 15 people participating in the program. Snyder County is hoping to get a $300,000.00 grant to get this program started.

Upcoming Programs and Events

Dec 18     Family Christmas

Dec 25     Merry Christmas - No meeting

Jan 1     Happy New Year - No meeting

Jan 15     New member Installation