June Meeting of Clay County Pachyderm Club: Legislative Forum

Clay County Pachyderms
Sponsor Legislative Forum

The June  meeting of the Clay County Pachyderms will be held on Thursday, June 14, from 6 to 7:30 PM.  Clay County Republican representatives to Jefferson City were invited to present a legislative session wrap-up.

The representatives and senators will review and share their reflections on the recently-concluded legislative session, with special focus on implications and impact on Clay County and the Northland in general.

The Clay County Pachyderms meet monthly on the second Thursday from 6 to 7:30PM, at Staley Farms Golf Clubhouse, 10310 North Olive Avenue, Kansas City.  Cost is $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers, which covers hors d’oeuvre and a drink ticket.  Parking is free.

For further information about the Club, please visit www.claycopachyderms,org. The Pachyderms can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.  Questions can also be directed to claycountypachyderms@gmail.com and to 816.536.9193

Paul Vescovo To Address Clay County Pachyderms

The May meeting of the Clay County Pachyderms will be held on Thursday, May 10, from 6 to 7:30 PM, and feature Paul Vescovo.

Mr. Vescovo will share his recent experiences as one of the U.S. State Department sponsored trainers for Afghani National Police forces. Prior to this project, he was the Clay County Sheriff from 2001 through 2008.  His law enforcement experience began in 1978, with the Smithville Police Department where he advanced from Patrolman to Chief. He served as Police Chief from 1993 to 2000.

The Clay County Pachyderms meet monthly on the second Thursday from 6 to 7:30PM, at Staley Farms Golf Clubhouse, 10310 North Olive Avenue, Kansas City.  Cost is $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers, which covers hors d’oeuvre and a drink ticket.  Parking is free.

For further information about the Club, please visit www.claycopachyderms,org. The Pachyderms can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.  Questions can also be directed to claycountypachyderms@gmail.com and to 816.536.9193

Gubernatorial Candidate, Dave Spence, To Address Clay County Pachyderms

The April meeting of the Clay County Pachyderms will be held on Thursday, April 12, from 6 to 7:30 PM, and feature Missouri Gubernatorial candidate David Spence.

For 27 years, Spence led  Alpha Packaging, a Missouri-based plastics manufacturing company. From 1985, when he was 26 and the business had about 15 employees and $350,000 in annual sales, he grew it to over 800 employees and almost $200 million in revenue.

The Clay County Pachyderms meet monthly on the second Thursday from 6 to 7:30PM, at Staley Farms Golf Clubhouse, 10310 North Olive Avenue, Kansas City.  Cost is $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers, which covers hors d’oeuvre and a drink ticket.  Parking is free.

For further information about the Club, please visit www.claycopachyderms,org. The Pachyderms can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.  Questions can also be directed to claycountypachyderms@gmail.com and to 816.536.9193

Gubernatorial Candidate, Bill Randles to Address Clay County Pachyderms

Gubernatorial Candidate, Bill Randles
To Address Clay County Pachyderms

The March meeting of the Clay County Pachyderms will be held on Thursday, March 8, from 6 to 7:30 PM, and feature Missouri Gubernatorial candidate Bill Randles.

Randles, is an ordained Baptist Minister, a graduate of the Harvard Law School, and was a member of two of the most prestigious law firms in Missouri. He and his spouse, Bev, are the principals of their consulting firm. Randles is described as still just a country boy at heart who never lost his Southern accent and he never stopped being that small town boy who saw beyond the horizon.

The Clay County Pachyderms meet monthly on the second Thursday from 6 to 7:30PM, at Staley Farms Golf Clubhouse, 10310 North Olive Avenue, Kansas City.  Cost is $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers, which covers hors d’oeuvre and a drink ticket.  Parking is free.

For further information about the Club, please visit www.claycopachyderms,org. The Pachyderms can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.  Questions can also be directed to claycountypachyderms@gmail.com and to 816.536.9193

February Clay County Pachyderm Meeting

Clay County Election Board Director
To Address Clay County Pachyderms

The February meeting of the Clay County Pachyderms will be held on Thursday, February 9, from 6 to 7:30 PM, and feature Dave Reinhart, the Republican Director of the Clay County Election Board.

Director Reinhart will review the connection of census data to voting districts, implications of recent court decisions on districts, and the Board’s policies and procedures to ensure the integrity of each person’s vote.

The Clay County Pachyderms meet monthly on the second Thursday from 6 to 7:30PM, at Staley Farms Golf Clubhouse, 10310 North Olive Avenue, Kansas City. Cost is $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers, which covers hors d’oeuvre and a drink ticket. Parking is free.

For further information about the Club, please visit www.claycopachyderms,org. The Pachyderms can also be found on Facebook and Twitter. Questions can also be directed to claycountypachyderms@gmail.com and to 816.536.9193

Clay County Pachyderms Sponsor Honor Flight at January Meeting

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From Clay County Pachyderms

Contact Ron Thiewes, 816.454.7886

E-Mail claycountypachyderms @ gmail . com

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Clay County Pachyderms Sponsor Honor Flight at January Meeting

The January meeting of the Clay County Pachyderms will be held on Thursday, January 12, from 6 to 7:30 PM, and feature Gary Lint who will discuss the Honor Flight Network of Kansas City. 

Honor Flight is a charitable organization formed to thank and honor America’s veterans for their sacrifices by flying then to Washington, DC to visit and reflect at their memorials. The veterans fly absolutely free, with priority to those who are terminally ill and senior in age. The Pachyderms will take a free-will collection to assist the next Honor Flight, scheduled for April, 2012.

In addition, Ben Wierzbicki, Chairman of the Clay County Republican Central Committee, will be on hand to provide an update on Central Committee activities and to describe the plans for a successful Republican year in the 2012 elections

The Clay County Pachyderms meet monthly on the second Thursday from 6 to 7:30PM, at Staley Farms Golf Clubhouse, 10310 North Olive Avenue, Kansas City.  Cost is $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers, which covers hors d’oeuvre and a drink ticket.  Parking is free.

For further information about the Club, please visit www.claycopachyderms,org. The Pachyderms can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.  Questions can also be directed toclaycountypachyderms@gmail.com and to 816.536.9193

Clay County Pachyderms Welcome Back Writer Jack Cashill

Jack Cashill will address the Clay County Pachyderms at their December meeting on Thursday, December 8, from 6 to 7:30 PM.  Cashill is an independent writer and producer and the Executive Editor of Ingram’s Magazine, Kansas City’s premier business magazine. 

Cashill has also written for Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Weekly Standard, AmericanThinker.com, and regularly for WorldNet Daily.  In addition to publishing a collection of essays and a novel, Cashill has written numerous non-fiction books.  Three of them have cracked Amazon’s top-ten list within the past seven years.  His latest book, Deconstructing Obama” The Life, Loves, and Letters of America’s First Postmodern President, discusses whether President Barack Obama has written his own books and speeches.  Cashill has produced at least a dozen documentaries for regional PBS and national cable channels, including the Emmy Award-winning The Royal Years, and he has hosted local and national daily talk radio shows. 

The Clay County Pachyderms meet monthly on the second Thursday from 6:00 to 7:30PM, at Staley Farms Golf Clubhouse, 10310 North Olive Avenue, Kansas City.  Cost is $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers, which covers hors d’oeuvre and a drink ticket.  Parking is free. 

For further information about the Club, please visit www.claycopachyderms,org. The Pachyderms can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.  Questions can also be directed to claycountypachyderms@gmail.com and to 816.536.9193

Pachyderm Club Features Kauffman Foundation and Collects for Northland Charity

The Clay County Pachyderm Club meets this month on Thursday, November 10, and will feature Cameron Cushman of the Kauffman Foundation.  Headquartered in Kansas City, the Foundation enjoys a national reputation as a think tank for entrepreneurship.  Mr. Cushman will discuss the Foundation’s current initiatives aimed at catalyzing an entrepreneurial society in which job creation, innovation, and the economy flourish and alsoat improving the education of youth.

 

For their quarterly charitable outreach, the Pachyderms will be collecting child-appropriate gifts for the Northland Christmas Store.  The Store is a collaborative effort of many Clay County churches, organizations and individuals to provide a happy and dignified Christmas Season for needy families.  Pachyderm members and their meeting guests are invited to bring donations for the Christmas Store at the November meeting.

 

The Clay County Pachyderms meet monthly on the second Thursday from 6 to 7:30 PM, at Staley Farms Golf Clubhouse, 10310 North Olive Avenue, Kansas City.  The cost is $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers, which covers hors d’oeuvre and a drink ticket.  Parking is free.

 

The Clay County Pachyderms are on Facebook and Twitter.  Questions can also be directed to claycountypachyderms@gmail.com and to (816) 536-9193.

October Pachyderm Meeting with Melanie Abrajano From MO Club For Growth @mocfg

The October meeting of the Clay County Pachyderms will be Thursday, October 13, and feature Melanie Abrajano, Executive Director of the Missouri Club for Growth.

The Club for Growth is comprised of concerned Missouri taxpayers, and brings new focus and energy to the fight for smaller government and fiscal responsibility in the State of Missouri. Most recently, Ms. Abrajano served as the Political Director for the McCain-Palin campaign in Missouri, and earlier represented the fiscally conservative principles of groups such as United States Chamber of Commerce and Associated Builders and Contractors.

The Clay County Pachyderms meet monthly on the second Thursday from 6:00 to 7:30PM, at Staley Farms Golf Clubhouse, 10310 North Olive Avenue, Kansas City. Cost is $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers, which covers hors d’oeuvre and a drink ticket. Parking is free.

The Clay County Pachyderms are on Facebook and Twitter. Questions can also be directed to claycountypachyderms@gmail.com and to 816.536.9193

Radio Host Greg Knapp to Join Clay County Pachyderms Annual Picnic Meeting

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From          Clay County Pachyderms

Contact      Ron Thiewes, 816.454.7886

E-Mail        claycountypachyderms @ gmail . com

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Radio Host Greg Knapp to Join Clay County

Pachyderms Annual Picnic Meeting

 

The September meeting of the Clay County Pachyderms will be a picnic from 6 to 7:30 PM, on Thursday, September 8, at Oak Grove Park, Gladstone.  Hot dogs, hamburger, soft drinks and water, and picnic fare will be served.  Cost is $8 for members and $10 for nonmembers.

Greg Knapp, the host of KCMO 710′s highly popular “The Morning Show” will address and take questions from those attending the picnic meeting.  The Club is also collecting personal items and toiletries for Synergy Services, which provides a full continuum of care to assist individuals and families with immediate respite from violence.

The usual monthly meetings of the Clay County Pachyderms are held each second Thursday at the Staley Farms Golf Clubhouse.  The Pachyderms are on Facebook and Twitter.  Questions can also be directed to claycountypachyderms@gmail.com and to 816.536.9193