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January 8, 2009
Meeting
Guests
Jennifer Whiting was a guest
today of Larry Pingel. Jennifer formerly worked in Larry’s office and is
interested in Kiwanis.
Bill Cohen was a guest of Dick
Skinner. Bill moved back to Michigan after retiring from the Florida State
Police.
Announcements
Roger Grove: I will be
leaving for Palm Springs next Wednesday, returning May 1st. In
the meantime I will be having a birthday, so I have here my $77 check. I am
honestly going to miss Kiwanis as I don’t often get to visit a Club in
California.
Larry Pingel: As you know
we have volunteered to serve lunches at the City Rescue Mission on the third
Monday of each month. I have a sign-up sheet going around… select the
month(s) of your choice.
Jo Grubbe: We have
decided on the last week of the months having five Thursdays, we will have
no speaker but have a "planning," "how are we doing," "what are we doing"
type meeting. This will keep all the members aware of what we are doing and
planning.
Clarence Smith: We had
the monthly Board meeting on Tuesday. Secretary Bill Maher is not here today
but we will have the minutes next week. It was a productive meeting with a
lot of ideas discussed such as what we are going to be doing with the
Lansing sesquicentennial.
Songs
Roger Grove, our departing song
leader, with Clyde at the piano… "Grand Old Flag," and "On Kiwanis."
Happy Bucks
Dennis Churchill, a happy
buck to see Dick Skinner back after his illness.
Gary Brya, a happy buck to be
heading south next week. I will be gone until April 15th except
for a couple of weeks in February.
Roger Grove, a happy buck
after visiting my urologist on Monday. He was gentle, gave me a good report,
my PSA is headed down.
Dick Skinner, a happy buck
for all your phone calls and concerns after spending 10 days in the
hospital. I had a seizure but I am feeling better, my energy level is coming
back. They took my drivers license away but I am working part time.
Terry Holzhausen, I have a
couple of happy bucks, I am not going south and might go north for a couple
of weeks and a second buck for the Obama news networks who have more spare
time now and can devote more to Hamas.
Larry Pingel, a couple happy
bucks, one for my guest Jennifer and the other for the best part of being a
grandfather. I baby sat with my granddaughter last week who started crying
at 9:00pm. The best part was I could give her back to her parents when they
came home at mid-night.
Jeff Lorencen, a happy buck
for Dick, glad you’re back and believe it or not looking forward to hearing
more of your stories.
Jim McCartney, a happy buck
for our beautiful new great granddaughter who we saw recently in North
Carolina.
Roger Grove, I have another
happy buck for our granddaughter Jennifer who visited us for a few days
while her parents went skiing. My wife was at the window waiting for her to
arrive and then a few days later was at the window waiting for her parents
to pick her up.
Clarence Smith, I have a
happy buck to see Dick back. It’s never the same without him, we wish him
well.
Program
Dick Skinner, program chairman
for the day, introduced his speaker and neighbor Jerry Roe.
Mr. Roe is a Michigan Historian
and served on the Michigan Historical Commission for 20 years as well as
other historical commissions and organizations. He also teaches political
science at Lansing Community College and is a former member of the Lansing
Kiwanis Club. His subject today was Michigan Governor burial sites. He has
visited each one of them and today related many stories about them, in a
very interesting, entertaining and humorous half hour.
Pot Winner
Rod Conrad drew a six after
winning today’s pot.
