Excellent Indian summer healthy food brings smiles to the TONKAWA membership. Jerry Starns, our resident chef, prepared chili with beans and fresh cornbread! Potluck choices of beans, stew, fried chicken, Fresh steamed rice and a wide variety of salads and spicy dressing. Loads of fresh fruit and big juicy grapes for summer diets.
Our busy TONKAWA treasurer Vicky Gambala was in attendance and contributed reports and updates on many of the recent events past and announcements of upcoming events. Don Vingeualt, Santa Ysabel Ipai, and Jerry Starns, Menominee participated in discussions and the congeniality of the afternoon. Jerry reviews the photos taken by Ben Nance in the previous meeting minutes. Roy Cook, TONKAWA Secretary reported on the Native American Warriors displays progress and special invitation to the reception November 6 at the Veterans Museum in Balboa Park.
Maybe we will see you and a friend at the next meeting of the TONKAWA Elders: November 14, 2004. Our TONKAWA meetings are in the Many Nations: Chet Hunt Community room, 3928 Illinois St. San Diego, California.