Pam Galloway – Presiding

Attendance – 40 in person, 26 via zoom 

Guests – Ella Hansen
Announcements:
      – Quiz Bowl – Tuesday, Aug 25, 7:00 pm, Virtual event
      – Fall displays – Right now need people to make phone calls to take orders
      – Golf Outing, Monday, September 14
50/50 Drawing – $19 / Winner, Ron Chambers
Program – Home Brewing, Dr. Jason Rich – There are 116 different styles of beer. There are 1.1 million home brewers in the U.S.  1.4 million barrels of beer home brewed each year. He has established a local brew club entitled, Kettleheads.

Membership –
2nd reading; Matt Guy, Sponsor, Ron Donkers
Optimist of the Month – Jeff Owens
Birthdays – Greg Velazquez, Jill Boggs
Sergeants – Members were fined for various bogus charges.
Program next week – Solar Energy Systems – Andrew Staffelbach
Optimistic quote – 
“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” Oscar Wilde