Meeting Location: Coscarelli’s, 2400 S Cedar St
Thursdays, 12:00 noon Buffet 11:45am
http://kiwanislansing.org
Program for May 14: Virg Bernero, Lansing City Mayor
"The Nation’s Economy and it’s effect on Lansing"
Chair of the
Month: Dr. Clyde Flory
Chair of the Week:
Dr. Clyde Flory
Presiding:
President Clarence Smith
Greeter: Richard
Skinner
Invocation:
Richard Skinner
Programs for May:
May 21: Bob Hoffman, Manager of
Public Relations, Wharton Center
Wharton Center’s 2009-2010 Season Preview.
May 28: Dr. Leonard Zuckermann,
Chief of Urology, Sparrow Health System
The benefits of robotic assisted surgery… a new technique for prostate
and
other surgery.
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May 7, 2009
Meeting
Announcements
Clarence Smith: The
Board is continuing the search for a permanent meeting place and we expect
to have this accomplished by the end of the month.
On May 14 we will again meet here
at the Salvation Army. On May 21 we will meet at Grumpy’s Restaurant at Mt.
Hope and Pennsylvania. On May 28 we will meet at the Eagles Club, 4700 N.
Grand River near the airport.
As soon as we have decided on
our permanent meeting location Norm will update our "Reasons to Join
Kiwanis" tri-fold brochure and have it reprinted. I would like all our
members to have these available for prospective new members.
Today I am making the first
announcement of our nominations for year 2009-2010.
President Elect: Nicholas Ferreri
– Vice President: Bob Holden – Board of Directors: Yvonne Groak, Richard
Borucki, Sue Devon.
One last thing, on the table
is a sign-up sheet to help prepare the Kiwanis Float for the Lansing 150
parade on May 16. The South Lansing Kiwanis is leading this effort and
deserves our help as we hope to get an assist from them for our project
later this year.
Norm Miller: The annual
Safety Patrol Picnic sponsored by the Lansing Area Safety Council will be at
Hawk Island Park on Wednesday, May 20. The Council has again asked us for
volunteers to help feed the kids, 8:45am to 12:45pm, and there are sign-up
sheets on the tables.
Dennis Churchill: The
Human and Spiritual Aims Committee will meet next Tuesday morning ,
May 12, at the Frandor Flapjack Restaurant at 7:30am.
Yvonne Groak: I would like a
meeting of the Community Services Committee here next Thursday
at 11:30am.
Bob Nelson: The Membership
Committee will meet on Tuesday, May 19th, 7:30am at the Frandor
Flapjack. Members please note.
The Holt Club will be
celebrating their 60th anniversary on June 15th ,
7:00pm. As their sponsoring Club I hope several of our members will be able
to attend.
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Scheduled to serve lunch at the
City Rescue Mission on May 18th:
Dick and Carolyn Skinner, Sue
Devon, Jo Grubbe and Jim Kost.
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The Noon News with
Nicholas Ferreri
Nicholas with more interesting
news items and again with an assist from Bob Nelson.
Songs
Roger Grove with Clyde at the
piano led the singing of "We of Kiwanis" "On Kiwanis" and "Smile."
Happy Buck$
Clyde Flory, I have a happy
buck for my speaker today Dr. Wallace.
Dick Skinner, I also have a
happy buck for our Lansing School Superintendent. Dick also slipped in
a"Skinnerism."
Bob Holden, I have a happy
buck for our 11th grandchild. A 9 lb 3oz baby girl, Keegan, born
in Ireland.
Terry Holzhausen, my happy
buck is for Carla who I spoke with this morning. She is home and doing well
after her surgery, but it will probably be a few weeks before she is back.
Dennis Churchill, I have a
happy buck for the use of the Salvation Army’s meeting room and for our
speaker Dr. Wallace.
Bill Maher, a happy buck to
see Dick Skinner back and in form. See above
Sue Devon, my happy buck is
for my son who is graduating Saturday from Michigan State.
Clarence Smith, I spend a lot
of time at the Lansing Schools so I have a happy buck to have Dr. Wallace
here today.
Chuck Reifsnyder, my happy
buck is for my oldest granddaughter who will be graduating from Michigan
State on Saturday and will be going on to medical school.
Harry Kost, a happy buck for
my granddaughter Becky who is on the Williamston tennis team.
Jo Grubbe, a happy buck and
best wishes to Carla. She does a lot for Kiwanis with style and grace and we
miss her. We all miss you Carla… best wishes!
Program
Clyde Flory introduced today’s
speaker, Dr. T. C. Wallace, Superintendent of Lansing Schools. He discussed
many of funding issues currently facing the school system and the problems
created by the loss of students. The District currently has just over 16,000
students, down from 40,000 in 1970.
Pot Winner
The Pot winner today, Harry Kost.
Harry drew a jack of clubs.
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