Your membership must be curent today, and have been so for the last 3 years.

A membership that has been dropped, by not paying dues is at that point dead and gone. When you rejoined, you got a new membership number, and started from the begining again as a new member.

I wanted the checks made out to the club, but was instructed by Mr. Bedo to have them made out to me.

I don't speak for the board, as things change, but that's the way it was for the 6+ years that I was on the board.

Regards,
Ralph