Greeter: Gil Hill

Invocation: Gil Hill

July Programs:

July 9, Merdock Jimerson, Lansing Parks and Recreation Director

"New South Side Community Center"

July 16, John Shinsky, Mexico Orphanage

"Bike Ride From East Lansing to Mexico"

July 23, Richard J Thelen, Survived 4 days in the South Pacific after the sinking of his ship, the USS Indianapolis during WWII

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Ed LeMay, former member and now living in Florida, was a guest today of Dennis Churchill.

Lou Leitz: We have 3 inter-clubs to complete this year. We will be at Eaton Rapids at noon next Tuesday, June 30. I have members lined up for Eaton Rapids. On July 13 we will be at the East Lansing Club, also at noon. I need a couple more volunteers for East Lansing. The last one will be Delta Township on August 13.

Bob Holden: I think you are aware we were awarded the Michigan District Golf Outing for next year. I think we should think about using this to recruit new members. It will be on June 7, 2009 at Royal Scot. I don’t think we should restrict it to Kiwanians. We have a year to plan so give it some thought.

Norm Miller: Bob Nelson asked me to mention the Holt Club’s 60^th anniversary dinner has be rescheduled for Monday evening July 13^th. They meet at 6:30pm at the Charlar Place, 4230 Charlar Dr, Holt. Charlar Dr is off Cedar Street, ¾ mile south of Holt Road. The cost is $8.00 per person.

Gary Brya: I am the program chairman for July and I think you will find the programs interesting. Speakers from Biggy Coffee, City of Lansing Parks, a bike ride from East Lansing to Mexico and a survivor of the USS Indianapolis. See the speaker listing above.

Clarence Smith: Jo and I have been attending the planning meetings to plan our involvement in the Kiwanis activity tents at the Lansing 150 LaborFest on Sept 5 from 11:00am to 5:00pm. I would like to get more people involved since this is an opportunity for free publicity and advertising for our Club. There will 3 tents with a $650 budget for each tent provided by the city. There will be separate tents for the different age groups, with 2 activities and 2 crafts in each tent. Other Kiwanis Clubs will be involved, our tent will be 5-8 year olds. Contact Jo, Bob Nelson or myself to get involved.

Jim Dalton: To replace our Las Vegas nights we have hooked up with Texas Hold ‘Em at Trippers. The first event we have to staff is Aug 31 through Sept 2. That is the Mon, Tue and Wed prior to Labor Day. The second event for us is Nov 23 – Nov 25, the Mon, Tue and Wed prior to Thanksgiving. Staffing will be required from noon to 1:00am each day. We are required to have 2-3 people at all times all 3 days so we will have to split that up in shifts. All equipment and dealers are provided, our jobs will be selling chips, taking money and doing some paperwork.

The news today is… there is no news since Nicholas, Bill Maher, Carla Johnston and Bob Nelson are at the Kiwanis International Convention in Nashville.

Clyde was back and Roger was leading… "Sweet Adeline" (it is thought Roger hit HI C on this one) "Daisy Bell" and "Smile."

Ray Easton, a happy buck to be here today, you may not remember me but I am a member here.

Roger Grove, a happy buck to have Clyde back.

Dennis Churchill, I have a happy dollar for my good friend Ed LeMay, in Lansing visiting from Dayton Beach.

Jim Dalton, I have a happy buck for making it 3 in a row and if Ray works real hard he may achieve that some day.

Larry Pingle, I have a happy buck for our speaker Nicole and another for the Tigers who are doing well even without help from many of their players with multi-million dollar salaries.

Clyde Flory, a happy buck for a golf outing that got rained out but included 4 generations… my mother-in-law, my wife and I, my son and grandkids. Three days later we had a great get-together at our cottage… there were 26 of us.

Roger Grove, I have a happy golf buck, for shooting my age 2 weeks ago. A 77.

Bob Holden, a happy buck for 5 visiting grandkids living on our lower level. Thank goodness for the cleaning lady.

Larry Pingle, pinch hitting for Carla Johnston, introduce today’s speaker Nicole Noll-Williams. Nicole is with the Capital City International Airport and discussed recent changes and future plans for the airport such as receiving International Port of Entry Status in January of 2008, the opening of a U.S. Customs Federal Inspection Station in June of 2008 and a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) covering the entire Airport in the near future.

Harry Kost won the POT today and also a travel bag, compliments of Nicole Noll-Williams from the Capital City Airport. No joker today.