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| I have
many fond memories of my years with he Jaycees and the Senate. I clearly remember
that the Senate membership increased my year, because my treasurer kept regaling us at our
monthly board meeting with all of the funds that we had in our treasury. In addition, the Senate started sponsoring the award of a Senatorship for a deserving Jaycee who seemed to have been forgotten by his local chapter. I presented the award at the Saturday night banquet. They tell me that they had to carry me off the stage with the gavel still in my hand. What can I tell you, power corrupts even me! My treasurer, Steve McGowan, was awarded outstanding officer during my year for all of his efforts. Which went far beyond the call of duty, considering that he had a full time job and a wife and kids and lived on the west side of the state. The fondest memories that I have of my year as Senate President was in attending the Jaycee State meeting and hosting the Senate Hospitality Suite. The war stories that were told should have been written down for posterity, but to protect the guilty and the innocent they gratefully were not recorded. |
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| I ended my year as
President by attending the US JCI Senate Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio. I had to leave
early for another commitment and since I was not there they elected me as a US Senate Vice
President, much to my surprise and elation. During my year as a National Senate Vice President, I attended many Senate meetings in Tulsa, OK, and in the five states that were assigned to me: Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, and of course Michigan. In summary, I remember my year as President as a year of restarting many of the Michigan Senate traditions. The election for my replacement, held at the Jaycee state meeting, had the largest turnout for a Senate election in many years, probably to make sure I didn't try for another year as President.
East Vice President - Jim Miranda
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