Wednesday April 09 2008 07:19:31 pm

The meeting was called to order by Secretary/Treasurer Dea Dix-Brown. Those in attendance were Ben Bailey, Gene Rose, Jack McCawley, Lori Jones and Milt Martin.

The first item of business was the approval of the January minutes. Gene stated a correction that holes had been drilled in the boots of the fallen soldier not filled with concrete to alleviate the possibility of holding water. Lori made a motion to approve the minutes with the change noted and Jack seconded. The motion carried.

Dea gave the Treasurer's Report. The checkbook balance was $ 3,250.54 after a deposit of
$500.00 for 2 bricks. Lori made a motion to approve the report as presented. Gene seconded and the motion carried. Dea added that the 2007 income tax had been completed and submitted to the State along with the required $40.00 to the Secretary of State.

Gene gave an update on the fallen soldier campaign. The "traveling" replica statue is currently in Garden City until April. The American Legion Riders volunteered to take it to it's next stop of Liberal. It will then be moved to Anthony then back to Pratt where it will be housed in the remodeled National Guard Armory. He added that the helmet was changed to coincide with what is currently used in Iraq.

The next item discussed was the concrete slab to be used as a staging area for ceremonies. Jack stated that George Stevens agreed to do the concrete work. Dea reminded Jack that he needed to contact the Airport Manager so the project could be presented to the Airport Authority Board for approval.

Ben stated that Arlan Hair was almost done with the process of burning the video histories to DVD's.

The topic of the sign status was addressed next. Jack stated that they were almost complete. He said that the signs needed to be copied and laminated. Gene made a motion for Jack to be reimbursed for the cost but not to exceed $250 for eight (8) signs. Lori seconded and the motion carried.

The web page redesign was next to be discussed. Dea stated that Milt Martin had visited with her regarding updating the current web page. After a brief discussion, it was decided to "hire" Milt to maintain the prairie bombers web page. Milt ask Dea to contact the groups accountant on how to handle in kind work because he didn't want to be paid for his services.

Jack made a motion to adjourn the meeting and Ben seconded. The meeting adjourned at 6:15 p.m.

NEXT MEETING WILL BE THUR., APRIL 10, 2008 @ 5:15 P.M. @ THE PRATT COMMUNITY CENTER.