Pat was born in Las Vegas and credits the BMI industry in bringing his family to this region. From what I could see, it was a great reunion for Pat and his wife, Diane with several members of our group as many seemed to be long-time friends. Find out more about this interesting gentleman at his website.
Speaking of long-time friends, it was great to see Murray Westgate visiting us from Thailand (here he is sitting with Jim Marsh and Milt Bozanic).
The one complaint was the sound system. Thanks go to Dave Williams for donating a sound system, however, it really doesn’t work well and I know that several members sitting in the back of the room missed much of Pat’s talk due to it. Anyone have ideas on how we can fix this issue?
Some speakers don’t project as well as other (Mark Hall-Patton is not one of them!) and their talks are so important that I hate to have anyone miss what they have to say. I did create an audio recording of the talk so I can make sure anyone interested has a copy and I will see about getting it uploaded to our website.
Speaking of Mark Hall-Patton, there's a new exhibit: Lost Vegas: Bulldozed & Imploded Casinos of the Las Vegas Valley (May 25 - August 26, 2012) at the Clark County Heritage Museum and he urged members to plan on a visit soon.
The raffle was fun and lots of items were won, to the delight of all.
An announcement was made that the price of the lunch will go up from $15.00 to $17.00, starting in June. We are charged $14.00 a plate, plus an additional $20.00 for the dessert, as that is not included in the cost of the lunch provided by the Wedding Room. In addition, when I call in the head count and less than that number shows up, we have to pay for the uneaten meals. When we made the announcement no one seemed to mind.
Here are birthday wishes for the following members:
- Betty Bunch
- Don Payne
- Bo Boivert
- Phil Jensen
- Mark Massagli
Thanks to Pat Gaffey for the recommendation of next’s month’s speaker, Ms. Marie Rowley, a graduate student who will share with the group her research on the infamous Block 16 and prostitution in early Las Vegas history.
You must RSVP to attend the meetings.
